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Sarah Sobieraj

@sobieraj.bsky.social
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Sociologist @ Tufts University political culture & communication • digital abuse and harassment • social inequalities • media/society • democracy

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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sociologists, I would love recommendations for ethnographic books published in 2025 or 2026 -that should be on my radar. Suggestions?
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Reminder - support your favorite indie bookshop this weekend in honor of Independent Bookstore Day! I'm going (almost) all in, visiting 12 stores on the North of Boston Book Trail! Reading recs welcome! @indiebound.bsky.social @bookshop.org northofbostonbooktrail.com/passport-cha...
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Passport Challenge - North of Boston Book Trail
North of Boston Book Trail Passport Challenge April 25th & 26th, 2026 In celebration of Indie Bookstore Day on April 25th, nineteen North of Boston bookstores have come together for the 3rd annual spe...
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Madison Square Garden was a frontrunner in using facial recognition technology to keep legal opponents from going to concerts and sporting events. Interesting piece from Wired about the security apparatus there more generally. www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Look forward to digging into Surveillance in the Classroom hosted by @penamerica.bsky.social & @ucfreespeech.bsky.social, w/ Sarah Brown @chronicle.com, Heather Akou, @sobieraj.bsky.social and @isaackamola.bsky.social pen.org/event/survei...
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Surveillance in the Classroom: Tip-Lines, Recording, and Social Media Campaigns
This panel explores intersections of virality, teaching, surveillance, and the current political moment, including guidance for educators.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/11/2025
The new location feature suggested that some influencer accounts are based thousands of miles away from the countries they weigh in on. But X has explained very little about the data and how it works. n.pr/4p1jeoa
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X's new location feature sparks controversy, but is the data reliable?
The new location feature suggested that some influencer accounts are based thousands of miles away from the countries they weigh in on. But X has explained very little about the data and how it works.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Perfect.
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Vulture @vulture.com · 10/10/2025
Zohran Mamdani says the ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ producers pitched a ‘thumbs-up or thumbs-down’ segment with prompts like ‘Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state.’ ‘I just couldn’t believe what was happening,’ Mamdani recalled.
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The Late Show Pitched Zohran Mamdani a ‘Game’ About Palestine
Zohran Mamdani says the ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ producers pitched a ‘thumbs-up or thumbs-down’ segment with prompts like ‘Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state.’ ‘I just couldn’t believe what was happening,’ Mamdani recalled.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Great primer on generative AI-enhanced scams and prevention by @lanaschwartz.bsky.social @alicetiara.bsky.social & Kate Larson at @datasociety.bsky.social datasociety.net/library/scam...
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ScamGPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud
This collaboration between Lana Swartz, Alice E. Marwick, and Kate Larson maps generative AI's role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts at play.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Did Amazon Trick Customers Into Prime? A Jury Will Decide. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/t...
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Did Amazon Trick Customers Into Prime? A Jury Will Decide.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We need this information. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence
Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Deeply shocked to read that Charlie Kirk has been killed while speaking at a campus event, & worried about what it forebodes. Universities shouldn't be places where people settle things with guns; they're places to settle disagreements with words & ideas. apnews.com/article/char...
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, has died after being shot Wednesday at a Utah college event, President Donald Trump says.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It's true. apnews.com/live/utah-va...
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Live updates: Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
For your holiday anti-wishlists courtesy of @wired.com @boone.bsky.social @kylierobison.com
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I Hate My Friend
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.
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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
mixing a cocktail, didn't have a jigger handy; wondered what the ratio was of a quarter-cup to a jigger shot I googled it and the "AI overview" answer went utterly off the rails "a jigger shot equals six quarter cups" man this Old Fashioned is gonna be STRONG but it's what the AI says so *cheers*
A screenshot reading:

"Here's the breakdown:

    Standard Jigger Volume: A standard jigger holds 1.5 fluid ounces (fl oz).
    Quarter Cup Volume: A quarter cup is equal to 2 fluid ounces.
    Calculating: To find how many quarter cups are in a jigger shot, divide the volume of a jigger by the volume of a quarter cup:
    1.5 fl oz / 2 fl oz = 0.75 of a quarter cup.
    Total Quarter Cups: Therefore, a jigger is 0.75 quarter cups, and you would need to divide it by 0.75 (meaning 6) to get the grand total of 6 quarter cups in one jigger."
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A Victorian solicitor has been stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after being caught using AI-generated false citations in court case - he has acknowledged he did not verify the case list www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...
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Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first
Victorian solicitor stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after acknowledging he did not verify case list
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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“A lot of [young people] felt they were cringy. They were forced attempts at humour. And speaking to media and comms people at political parties, many of them didn’t feel necessarily comfortable in producing that kind of content.”
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Go Jumbos!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I’ll tell you this. A favorite campus dining spot closed last semester, with almost no notice. It’s been replaced by a fully automated kiosk. The kids are pissed. Asking all the right questions about labor and human contact and sociality. Some of the kids are alright.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Hey sociologists -- help your far flung colleagues out -- more #ASA2025 #ASA25 posts!
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Dream team of folks to work with (@nancybaym.bsky.social, @marylgray.bsky.social, Tarleton Gillespie) Principal Researcher position for a social scientist doing critical analysis of tech and society: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
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Search Jobs | Microsoft Careers
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Remember this? Matt Stone and Trey Parker aren't attacking Trump, they are *using* him. They'll keep going until he slaps Paramount with one of his patented defamation lawsuits, then reminisce abt their brutal licensing negotiations amidst and explosion of free publicity (cue maniacal laughter).
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South Park keeps getting delayed over wacky business deals
With streaming deals expiring, South Park Season 27 has been delayed, and without a new agreement, the series could soon be without a platform.
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Nothing to see here. @onthemedia.bsky.social
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F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s $8 Billion Merger With Paramount
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Grateful for Rümeysa Öztürk's bravery and insights. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
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“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"In the nearly six months of his second term, he has used [the word "evil"] 11 times to describe Democrats or journalists."
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Most popular podcasts on YouTube, says YouTube. charts.youtube.com/podcasts 1. Joe Rogan Experience 2. MeidasTouch 10. Tucker Carlson Show 13. Pat McAfee Show 26. Black Conservative Perspective 32. Bulwark Takes 34. 60 Minutes 47. Democracy Now 60. PBS News Hour 64. Call Her Daddy 74. Roland Martin
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society @signsjournal.org · 25/06/2025
New Ask a Feminist with @ninajankowicz.com, @moyazb.bsky.social, and @sobieraj.bsky.social! They analyze the harassment and abuse that women—esp. women in politics—face online and how it impedes women’s equal political participation. Check it out FREE on our website or your favorite podcasting app!
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Online Abuse and US Politics, a Conversation with Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Delighted to facilitate this conversation about the way intersectional inequality, technology, and politics intersect with @moyazb.bsky.social and @ninajankowicz.com for @signsjournal.org. Critically important for all of us.
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Online Abuse and US Politics, a Conversation with Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Friendly note for the email marketers out there... there is almost certainly no such thing as a "can't miss webinar."
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Insights from @milleridriss.bsky.social on @pbsnews.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMx...
youtube.com
Understanding the root causes and possible solutions for rising political violence
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
SNL-worthy chuckle (that also stings) courtesy of Nitya Kuthiala and @louisbarclay.bsky.social‬ wearthebox.com #gender #deepfakes
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The Box — The World's First Anti-Deepfake Wearable
Feel safe in public again. Our elegant, full-size wearable has you covered.
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The contents, that cover...it's about to drop! Keep a lookout for the latest @contexts.org, where we stay true to our promise to keep things rigorous, relevant, readable, and rad. #sociology #protecthedolls @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
After I watched those people storm the capitol on January 6, I vowed to never again be shocked on behalf of this country. It’s a struggle to hold that line as I watch L.A.
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Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
SINNERS second Saturday is $18.5M. 13% higher than last Saturday.
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a man in a suit sits in front of a sign that says i told you so
ALT: a man in a suit sits in front of a sign that says i told you so
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 26/04/2025
Who would be down to contribute to an essay collection on Sinners? #academicsky
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Fascinating conversation about new YouTube Short measure of view as a ‘vanity’ metric and smart discussion of its meaninglessness. As if our metrics weren’t troubled enough… open.spotify.com/episode/51N9...
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What is a View, Really? feat. Drew Baldwin, Founder & CEO of Tubefilter
Creator Upload · Episode
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
More than the headline suggests - nice piece re: food / culture / status
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My Matcha-Dusted, Lemon-Scented, Tahini-Drizzled Adventures in Flavormaxxing
When did our taste buds become so spoiled?
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/04/2025
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
4. With her consent, the University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing. Her research focuses on how young adults can use social media in positive, prosocial ways and she is described by her faculty as a hard-working student dedicated to her studies and the Tufts community. The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of support for Ms. Öztürk over the last week from Tufts students, faculty and staff. These individuals have described Ms. Öztürk as a valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits and committed to her colleagues.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/04/2025
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk's latest filings include a strong set of declarations from a number of experienced immigration lawyers in MA, NH, VT, and ME who say the way Öztürk was rapidly shuttled out of state and then from place to place was highly unusual, illogical, and (by all appearances) unnecessary.
I have reviewed the Declaration of David T. Wesling. In my 16 years of practice,
I have not seen or even heard of an ICE detainee arrested in Massachusetts being booked and
repeatedly moved in the manner described in that declaration. I have never seen or even heard of
an ICE detainee arrested in Massachusetts being moved to Methuen, Massachusetts, then Lebanon,
New Hampshire, then St. Albans, Vermont, within a matter of hours. The conduct described in Mr. Wesling's declaration is, in short, highly irregular.
Executed on April 2, 2025, in Boston, MA.
Stefanie Fisher-Pinkert13. I have reviewed the Declaration of David Wesling. The procedures described
therein for Ms. Ozturk are not consistent with anything I have ever observed in my 17 years of
immigration practice. I have never seen or even heard of an immigrant booked in 14 minutes. I
have never seen a client transferred twice in the same day. The fastest transfer I recall seeing was
24 hours after initial placement. I do not recall ever seeing a client arrested in Massachusetts be
detained in St. Albans, Vermont. I have never seen an F-1 revocation where the noncitizen was
arrested and detained on the street, by masked men, with no prior notice that the visa had been revoked. To the best of my memory, in each of the F-1 revocations I have seen, the noncitizens' alleged actions leading to the visa revocation would (if true) have been clearly in violation of the
terms of the visa (e.g., the immigrant was no longer attending the listed school, the immigrant
had overstayed the visa). I have never before seen an F-1 visa revoked, and the student arrested
without prior notice of the revocation, based on an op-ed published in a school newspaper.

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Heather Yountz6. CCJ provides our clinic with daily data concerning, among other things, the number
of civil immigration detainees housed in its facility.
Paragraphs 7-11 below summarize
voluminous writings that cannot be conveniently examined in court, in part because they contain
personally identifying information concerning certain persons housed in CCJ.
7. On March 7, 2025, records indicated that approximately 27 civil immigration
detainees were housed in Pod C3 at CCJ. Pod C3 is the female housing unit.
8. On March 7, 2025, records indicated that approximately 62 total female detainees,
including civil immigration detainees, were housed at CCJ.
9. On March 25, 2025, records indicated that approximately 19 civil immigration
detainees were housed in Pod C3 (the female housing unit) at CCJ.
10. On March 26, 2025, records indicated that approximately 18 civil immigration
detainees were housed in Pod C3 (the female housing unit) at CCJ.
11. On March 26, 2025, records indicated that approximately 46 total female detainees,
including civil immigration detainees, were housed at CCJ.
12. Based on my review of these records, and my extensive experience working with
CCJ and detainees at CCJ over more than a decade, I conclude that there were at least 16 open beds to house additional female detainees at CCJ on March 25 & 26, 2025.
13. Throughout my years of experience working with the immigrant population in
northern New England, I have never heard of an ICE detainee being arrested in Massachusetts and
being transferred to Methuen, MA, Lebanon, NH, and then St. Albans, VT in a matter of hours.
Executed on April 2, 2025, in Boston, MA.
Anna R. Welch6. The St. Albans Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office serves as a subordinate office to the ICE Boston Field Office and is where ICE conducts Enforcement and Removal Operations including supervision. It is a small administrative office that has been staffed by visiting officers on secondment from southern districts for several years since marked attrition over 2020 and 2021. In my years of practice in Vermont, I have only ever seen or heard of people being detained at the St. Albans office upon initial arrest in Vermont. I have never previously seen or heard of people from other states being transferred into the St. Albans Office for detention.
7. Last year, ICE Boston Field Office and St. Albans Sub-Office leadership called a meeting with Vermont immigration legal services providers in Burlington, Vermont to introduce us to new management who would be permanently staffing the office. There, I had the chance to personally meet with Boston and St. Albans ICE leadership, solicit their practice and prosecutorial discretion priorities, exchange contact information to facilitate more efficient resolution of represented parties' immigration custody and removal proceedings. I understood from this engagement and have heard confirmed by numerous and pro bonos I supervise, that the St. Albans office is a small, simple administrative office not suitable for long-term custody and detention.
8. Moreover, in my seven years of practicing in Vermont and serving as a local expert on immigration matters, I have never once encountered the case of a detained person who is being transferred into Vermont for the purposes of continued ICE detention. I have only encountered individuals being held in Vermont who were initially detained in Vermont and being held temporarily on their way to longer term detention in nearby over-72-hour facilities. It is even more extraordinary for a person to be transferred into the St. Albans ICE office, which is a government office and not a det…
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/04/2025
NEW: There were plenty of open beds in New England—maybe even in Massachusetts—when ICE claimed that Rümeysa Öztürk had to be transferred to Louisiana for want of beds locally, according to Öztürk's lawyers and the director of UMaine Law's refugee & human-rights clinic. www.aclum.org/en/cases/ozt...
ICE states that it decided that Ms. Oztürk would be transferred to Louisiana even before
she was arrested because it had "determined there was no available bedspace for [her] at a
facility where she could appear for a hearing" in New England. D.E. 19-1 I 6. Yet ICE provides no explanation of, or support for, how it reached this "determin[ation]." Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts, Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island, Stafford County Correctional Facility in New Hampshire, Cumberland County Jail in Maine, Chittenden
Regional Correctional Facility in Vermont, and ICE's Buffalo Facility in Batavia, New York can all hold women detained by ICE. Yountz 11 8-9; Fisher 4 6. There is no indication that ICE communicated with any of these facilities to determine whether they had bedspace available for Ms. Öztürk. To the contrary, it seems ICE either did not communicate with these facilities or ignored what it heard. For example, it appears that the Cumberland County Jail had at least 16
open beds on March 25 and March 26, 2025 Exhibit 5, Anna R. Welch Decl. 9 7-12.6. CCJ provides our clinic with daily data concerning, among other things, the number
of civil immigration detainees housed in its facility.
Paragraphs 7-11 below summarize
voluminous writings that cannot be conveniently examined in court, in part because they contain
personally identifying information concerning certain persons housed in CCJ.
7. On March 7, 2025, records indicated that approximately 27 civil immigration
detainees were housed in Pod C3 at CCJ. Pod C3 is the female housing unit.
8. On March 7, 2025, records indicated that approximately 62 total female detainees,
including civil immigration detainees, were housed at CCJ.
9. On March 25, 2025, records indicated that approximately 19 civil immigration
detainees were housed in Pod C3 (the female housing unit) at CCJ.
10. On March 26, 2025, records indicated that approximately 18 civil immigration
detainees were housed in Pod C3 (the female housing unit) at CCJ.
11. On March 26, 2025, records indicated that approximately 46 total female detainees,
including civil immigration detainees, were housed at CCJ.
12. Based on my review of these records, and my extensive experience working with
CCJ and detainees at CCJ over more than a decade, I conclude that there were at least 16 open beds to house additional female detainees at CCJ on March 25 & 26, 2025.
13. Throughout my years of experience working with the immigrant population in
northern New England, I have never heard of an ICE detainee being arrested in Massachusetts and
being transferred to Methuen, MA, Lebanon, NH, and then St. Albans, VT in a matter of hours.
Executed on April 2, 2025, in Boston, MA.
Anna R. Welch
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
freedom.press
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I didn’t get the wordle until 6, failed connections, and took *three* minutes on the mini. How’s your day going?
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Gross.
nytimes.com
Trump Sums Up His Zelensky Showdown: ‘This Is Going to Be Great Television’
The ratings are never far from President Trump’s mind.
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Jesper Stromback @jesperstromback.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Now I just finished reading this extremely important, disturbing, and well-written book by @sobieraj.bsky.social. It can be strongly recommended to anyone caring about not only women’s rights and experiences, but also about democracy, and those who fail to see online harassment as real harassment.
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
…And I get to work with this guy!? @jonathanmijs.com, this is awesome! Paradise is serious about its sociology. www.bu.edu/articles/202...
bu.edu
Hulu’s Hit Series Paradise Was Shaped in Part by This BU Sociologist
CAS’ Jonathan Mijs explains his behind-the-scenes role
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/02/2025
In the past weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security. By @hannahallam.bsky.social
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Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist?
The president’s sweeping clemency for Capitol rioters and his administration’s ongoing removal of career national security specialists foretell a permissive new climate for extremist movements, say…
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The 'feeling' that X under Musk is a different place than before is quantified in this new study titled 'Substantial Hate' 1️⃣ hate speech up to 50% higher; 2️⃣ hate speech increase persistent; 3️⃣ no reduction in inauthentic accounts #commsky @polcomm.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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X under Musk’s leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity
Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/02/2025
NEW: DOGE is behind the abrupt cancellation of $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, a Department of Education division responsible for much of what we know about the state of U.S. schools. By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
propub.li
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data…
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Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“Trump’s tornado has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary told his allies from the stage of the summit whose slogan was, “Make Europe Great Again.” “Yesterday we were the heretics,” he said. “Now we are the mainstream.”
nytimes.com
Far-Right Leaders Rally in Spain to ‘Make Europe Great Again’
At a gathering in Madrid, members of Europe’s far-right parties set aside any trepidation they might have about President Trump’s threats, and instead focused on a common enemy — the European Union.
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Deana A. Rohlinger @deanarohlinger.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
112 submissions to @sscratsage.bsky.social for 2025 so far. We - mostly Yuki Maynor and Robert Tinkle - are updating the collections section of the website. Soon you will be able to easily find paper on AI among other topics. Stay tuned!
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