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@shelleypark.bsky.social
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Anti-racist, anti-fascist, pro-labor, queer, feminist philosopher. AI skeptic. Views my own.

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ResistUSA @resistusa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
JFC WTF AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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mary @roughrider994.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Navalny, in prison: “I don’t for a second regret it… the only thing we should fear is we’ll surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves & hypocrites. That we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and the future of our children.”
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
These stories are often being presented as "cunning AI escapes its test room". I can't see why. It's simply the case that the sandbox was not well isolated by the testing companies. Put the agency and responsibility where it belongs. cyberscoop.com/anthropic-cl...
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Anthropic says its AI accidentally hacked three companies during safety tests
Anthropic revealed its Claude AI models accidentally breached three real companies during safety testing after a vendor configuration error exposed live systems.
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
THIS 👇👇👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
😕🤷🏼
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/karenkel... #academicsky
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"Is AI Making Faculty More Likely to Retire?"
I was interviewed today, and this is what I said (with fewer F-bombs)
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Tired, leaky brain. @columbojones2.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Lindsey Graham, key ally of Donald Trump, has died after sudden illness, his office says
Republican senator had served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#TrumpRepublicanCorruption Seriously Republicans this is outrageous MOST CORRUPT POTUS EVER
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
👏👏👏👏👏
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
orlandodsa.solidarity.tech/operation-ni...
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Operation Nickelback - Orlando DSA
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Divestment From Florida PRIME . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/di...
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Divestment From Florida PRIME
Divestment from Florida PRIME is important for multiple reasons. While the ethical and political dimensions cannot be ignored by Orange County constituents, there are also transparency issues and fidu...
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Some good news. #academicsky
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment for the Humanities Funding In Historic Case
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Orlando DSA General Body Meeting: March. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/orlan...
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Orlando DSA General Body Meeting: March
Hello! You are invited to Orlando DSA's March General Body Meeting this Sunday at the North Orange Branch Library. You can review the items that will be discussed and voted on in the attached agenda...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I love this so much. Thank you to all the creatives in the twin cities and elsewhere.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 06/02/2026
AI did not arise out of a real human need. It arose out of billionaires’ agenda that this is what the world needs next so they can be even richer. Everything it does, humans do better, it’s better for them to do. What’s left is that it’s causing people mental crisis, polluting, plagiarizing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
When SEO meets GenAI, from @mims.bsky.social. What could possibly go wrong?
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How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big to feature prominently in the output of AI chatbots. It’s called GEO.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
www.citizen.org/news/ice-out...
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ICE Out For Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action Demanding Accountability After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. —  A broad national coalition, including Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Citizen, Voto Latino, United…
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 08/01/2026
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
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Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Does he not realize that white men are already much less than a majority of the population?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Make it viral.
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The U.S. as proud predator.
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tam @damntam.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Okay, I’m weirdly going to bring this up again…The Orders Project that I learned about from an episode of Amicus Brief with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social helps service members sort out the legality of orders www.ordersproject.com
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The Orders Project: Legal Guidance for Military Personnel
The Orders Project helps military personnel navigate legal orders with confidence. Understand your rights and options today.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is one of our favorites!
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We need news reporters to report the news. Wtf are you doing CBS? @cbsnews.com
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 20/12/2025
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers. An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly.  We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Or . . . People will soon be as stupid as machines.
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
FFS. And these are the sort of men we deem today's geniuses.
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Remember to shop at small businesses this holiday season (and in general).
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Btwn this guy and Kennedy, folk are going to die unnecessarily and suffer chronically debilitating conditions unnecessarily. Who benefits?(real question; i dont believe it's just an unhappy accident that these morons are in charge of public health. Somebody stands to benefit from the fallout)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2025
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
CHICAGO…
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
NEW: “It is a famine. Everyone owns this.” UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza. The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes. (🎥 BBC News)
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
How is anyone supposed to reasonably believe these people are law enforcement? They're masked, anyone can buy a CBP hat and a POLICE patch, and why would a real gov't agent wear insignia suggesting they're both federal border patrol AND state/local police? They're dressed like amateur carjackers.
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Spark @shelleypark.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I'm attending ACLU Florida's event, “Know Your Rights for Immigrants: University Faculty/Staff” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/aclufl/event...
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Know Your Rights for Immigrants: University Faculty/Staff · ACLU Florida
Florida's public universities are entering into unprecedented partnerships with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the 287(g) program. Join us as we discuss the rights that university fac...
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Absolute worst part, imo, is the pressure from school administrators to "welcome our new overlords" by adopting AI. It's also happening in elite universities, to my utter bafflement & horror. Anyone who calls bullshit on AI is treated as if only ignorance could explain their perspective.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
UPDATE: Governor Abbott just threatened to REMOVE THE TEXAS DEMS FROM THEIR SEATS if they don’t return by 3pm Monday (so Republicans can steal 5 seats in Congress using a special session about the flooding as cover) — and charge them with FELONIES. We are over the cliff.
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