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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6h

It’s not too late.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6h

These are former intelligence officers who have used the methods of analysis they used to evaluate other nation states, looking inward at the USA. They are sounding the alarms.

open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

“Absent organized resistance by institutions, civil society, and the public, the United States is likely to continue along a path of accelerating democratic erosion, risking further consolidation of executive dominance and a loss of credibility as a model of democracy abroad.”

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6h

“I just start [demolishing it]. It's like a magnet. Just [wreck it]. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything."

Reposted by Cory Hawkins

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 1d

Watch this.

Open your eyes to this brutality.

ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.

Now share this.

Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.

You have power.

Even sharing this video exerts that power.

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 1d

Just STOP deploying AI. If this one was “validated”, it was clearly not evaluated under the conditions it’s being used. (I use quotes bc I’m not an expert, and I’m not even sure one can effectively validate an AI for this use case.)

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

“An artificial intelligence system apparently mistook a high school student’s bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.”

US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for firearm

Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious

www.theguardian.com

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 3d

As a scientist I can attest that trusting dilettantes and apparatchiks is not a feature of science, it’s a feature of quackery and politics.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 3d

Along with the cost overruns, delays, and general controversy over the process at Savannah River Site, this move in the 45 (mis)administration coincided with interest in getting back to building warheads. But also why not sell the material to finance their nazi misventures?

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 3d

The idea is to get reactors built and fueled. But this requires down-blending with uranium stock to make useful fissile material, like Mixed OXide (MOX) fuel. DOE cancelled their MOX plant and have converted it to a Pu pit plant.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 3d

Original article behind FT paywall.

www.ft.com/content/2fbb...

US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium

Expert warns commercial use of the radioactive material from cold war-era warheads carries safety risks

www.ft.com

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 3d

Offering U.S. weapons grade plutonium to startups like Oklo is alarming. Lack of federal governance, staffing of the NRC with apparatchiks, and the under resourced security at private facilities vying for possession of fissile material, these potential contracts are a clear and present danger.

US furloughs 1,400 nuclear agency staff as shutdown drags on; opens weapons-grade plutonium access to private energy firms

The US nuclear weapons agency furloughed 1,400 employees due to the government shutdown, leaving under 400 on duty to maintain the nuclear arsenal. Simultaneously, the Department of Energy is offering...

m.economictimes.com

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 3d

open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

“Everyday people have been far more resilient than individuals and institutions with enormous resources at their disposal. Maybe it’s because, after decades of having everything stolen, Americans have less to lose. We know what losing is like, and what it’s like when losing is called winning, and when theft is called business.”
“And we’re not falling for that again.”

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 4d

“People in South Shore…starved for the attention of government, of anyone in power, for decades,” “…an especially cruel irony that, when such attention finally comes, it takes the form of hostile theater — making a spectacle out of beating up on poor people.”
Despicable, shameful, intolerable

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6d

Such violent rhetoric, let alone riots 🙄

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6d

#NoKings Rockford, Illinois, “Lean on Me” - Bill Withers

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6d

Nonsense. Trump is making good on his promise to carve an extrajudicial system. Continuously giving voice to unscrupulous liars is not in the public interest. We need Sunday shows to extract truth, stop legitimizing. They won’t enact this initiative, because corporate is enmeshed with the regime.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 6d

The plan is not to put masses on trial. They aren’t concerned with laws. The plan is to divide, deport, loot, declare war on the people, starve them, & conquer the remainder. Project 2025 is the 1st stage. The next stage is the Dark Enlightenment.
But we won’t fall so easily. We need direct action.

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 7d

#NoKings Rockford, Illinois

Poster reading, “Stop pretending your racism is patriotism.”
To the right, the Axolotl.

Haight Park gazebo, location for Rockford, IL No Kings rally

Dinosaur 🦕 costume in a skirt with poster reading, “Don’t let democracy become extinct”

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t answer their questions. It’s an unlawful stop if they demand this information in a compulsory manner. The simple refrain is
1. “Am I being detained?”
2. If not, “Am I free to go?”

Hope they can take this before a judge without added cost.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

Bullshit

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

Every time they open their mouths, they are telling on themselves.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t answer their questions. It’s an unlawful stop if they demand this information in a compulsory manner. The simple refrain is
1. “Am I being detained?”
2. If not, “Am I free to go?”

Hope they can take this before a judge without added cost.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.

It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a

www.chicagotribune.com

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t answer their questions. It’s an unlawful stop if they demand this information in a compulsory manner. The simple refrain is
1. “Am I being detained?”
2. If not, “Am I free to go?”

Hope they can take this before a judge without added cost.

Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

As a scientist I can attest that trusting novices is not a feature of science, it’s a feature of quackery and politics.

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 8d

This is the antithesis of government of the People, by the People, and for the People. Let them hear us loudly tomorrow and until this corrupt regime falls. #NoKings #ReleaseTheFiles

They have money for a [grand] ballroom, a new plane, and endless golf trips. They have money for ICE [to terrorize our communities]. They have money to occupy our cities [with troops they may choose not to pay]. They have money for Argentina [bailouts] and Israel [genocide]. But there’s no money to fund healthcare and reopen the government.

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Cory Hawkins @coryopcicle.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for sharing this, Jack. There are a lot more of us ready to contribute, and those that are as active as they can be. It brings me hope.