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Sonya H

@sonyah.bsky.social

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13th gen Tejana in Houston with too many degrees. Professional interests: immigration law, international and comparative law, and national security. Personal interests: pop culture, technology, and cats. 🐘: [email protected]

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · Nov 18

It’s #EveeWeek in #PokemonSleep! Do you play? Add me to your research team! My friend code is 4916-2119-7825 🩷

A screenshot of this user’s Pokémon Sleep friend section. It shows her QR code and her research ID: 4916-2119-7825

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t believe that a US-born American citizen currently in the US has “papers.” “Papers” usually refer to a green card (a card that indicates one is a Legal Permanent Resident) or a visa.

On that note, I don’t know if work authorization counts as “papers.”

Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 7h

I am hesitant to renew my passport (book) because the renewal process requires you to mail in your passport before you can receive a new passport book or a passport card.

Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 8h

Now I’m apprehensive that armed goons will detain and zip tie me despite 1) speaking better English than an average American and 2) carrying my passport around because they don’t understand that women can take their husband’s last name.

Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 8h

I took my husband’s very British last name after we got married. At Creighton Law, a new white VAP approached me, asked my name, and then asked me if I was certain that my name wasn’t Chloe Sanchez. (Maybe it was Suarez or Saenz? I don’t remember her very well.) 🤨

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 8h

In the 2010s, my hubby was driving, ran a red light, and got into a minor accident. The passengers were 2 older white ladies who demanded to see *my* ID because they claimed “it’s the law.” I disagreed. I knew what they were doing.

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 8h

This is one of my fears. Many people look at me and assume I must be undocumented or that I don’t speak English.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Kate Sanner @k8san.bsky.social · 19h

“We only have one earth. Let’s take care of it.” – Deb Haaland
Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. She served as 54th US Sec. of the Interior from 2021 to 2025 and was a member of U.S. House of Reps 2019–2021. She is running for governor of New Mexico in the 2026 gubernatorial election.

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 8h

I didn’t know that Easter Island was part of Chile.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 11h

The maths of how stalagmites form
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/earth-...

The maths of how stalagmites form

The mathematics of how stalagmites grow has implications for how scientists interpret records of ancient climates trapped within the layers of stone.

cosmosmagazine.com

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 10h

Just watched the Harmony Gold edited dub of the Lensman, which luckily has been preserved by fans since it never got a home video release, and it's interesting how the various nips & tucks HG made when it came to editing results in a massive change in pacing.

It's essentially nonstop all the way.

Lensman Secret Of The Lens (The Movie) : Harmony Gold : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Lensman: The Secret of the Lens is a Japanese animated film based on the novels by E.E. Doc Smith, produced by Madhouse and directed by Kazuyuki Hirokawa and...

archive.org

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 21h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Dozens Rescued in Remote Alaskan Villages in Storm That Swept Away Homes

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 14h

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Ennie @anyuse.bsky.social · 17h

There is a city washing away;

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 20h

Columbo Day > Columbus Day

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1d

And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct. The shrew's extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country phys.org/news/2025-10...

And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more.

phys.org

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ByteVagabond @bytevagabond.com · 1d

Windows 10 support ends tomorrow.

They designed it to be EVERGREEN. The UI is still modern. It works flawlessly. Users love it.
Microsoft is killing their most successful OS for literally no reason except to push Windows 11.

This is customer-hostile nonsense.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

One thought that few seem to care to utter is that you can't have viewpoint diversity to any great degree if you keep hiring people from the same four schools, all having the same professors. You get the view of one segment of a class hierarchy.

reason.com/volokh/2025/...

How Viewpoint Diversity Can Help Protect Academics from Themselves (and Perhaps Help Heal Our Civic Culture Too)

Ohio State Professor Michael Clune, who caused a bit of a stir in academia with hhis December 2024 essay "We…

reason.com

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Sue Tyler @styler.bsky.social · 1d

I’m enjoying the retaking of frogs. I always felt incredibly sad for the original illustrator of pepe who had his creation stolen and exploited

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

“The initial newspaper reports mentioned the names of the white crew members, but only referred to the Mexican passengers as ‘deportees.’ That lack of recognition moved Woody Guthrie to write a song …” www.kqed.org/news/1194127...

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 12h

My mom lived with my aunt for a little while. They registered their number under my aunt’s dog’s name, Coco. They would have fun when random sales people called asking to speak with Coco.

Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 12h

I still remember old friend’s phone numbers. And old home phone numbers. 717-3820. 398-1819. 790-9491. 464-5194. 460-6079.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 17h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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We're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social · 12h

We’re just normal men

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 20h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3d

Ned Blackhawk - How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · 12h

Other fav Lizzie Bordon fact: not having a lot of friends/family after the trial, she left $30k in her will to the “Animal Rescue League of Fall River, Massachusetts, which benefits from her first—and final—bequest to this day” after wisely investing it. 🗃️

werehistory.org/lizzie-borde...

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 1d

“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

www.nytimes.com

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