Anna Lind-Guzik
@alindguzik.bsky.social
Founder @conversationalist.org. Host of The Conversationalist podcast. Lapsed lawyer and historian. Writing on authoritarianism, rule of law, human rights, feminism. She/her.
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Anna Lind-Guzik
@alindguzik.bsky.social
· Jan 24
A (State) Failure of Imagination
To believe things can get better, we must first accept they can get worse.
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I wrote about the massive failure of imagination that brought the US to this point.
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maybe now the appeasers and fascism-deniers will slink back to whatever rock they crawled out from under
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
maybe now the appeasers and fascism-deniers will slink back to whatever rock they crawled out from under
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To oppose colonialism can never just be ideological or intellectual. In their art and in their lives, these five musicians contend with that duality and create as an act of resistance.
How to Be an Anti-Colonial Musician
For these five artists, creation is an act of resistance, and anti-colonialism is the methodology.
conversationalist.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
To oppose colonialism can never just be ideological or intellectual. In their art and in their lives, these five musicians contend with that duality and create as an act of resistance.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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Talked to some National Guard kids from West Virginia on the street near my office. They don't have leave to go home for Thanksgiving this week.
They can't see their families, because the president wants to use them as political props. No doubt, though, there'll be a feast at Mar-a-Lago Thursday.
They can't see their families, because the president wants to use them as political props. No doubt, though, there'll be a feast at Mar-a-Lago Thursday.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Talked to some National Guard kids from West Virginia on the street near my office. They don't have leave to go home for Thanksgiving this week.
They can't see their families, because the president wants to use them as political props. No doubt, though, there'll be a feast at Mar-a-Lago Thursday.
They can't see their families, because the president wants to use them as political props. No doubt, though, there'll be a feast at Mar-a-Lago Thursday.
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The thing about the ongoing media scandal du jour is that RFK Jr is actually killing people.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The thing about the ongoing media scandal du jour is that RFK Jr is actually killing people.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
The idea a reporter could fall in love with that - and that major magazines and publishers - would find it appealing is appalling.
Making my dog jealous telling my pie it’s such a good sweet little pumpkin
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Making my dog jealous telling my pie it’s such a good sweet little pumpkin
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Everyone can draw their own lines for what they’re willing to tolerate but I personally can’t understand the continued use of zombie Twitter after all this time
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Everyone can draw their own lines for what they’re willing to tolerate but I personally can’t understand the continued use of zombie Twitter after all this time
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
this is not a smart man
after all the money and effort he’s put into bullshit racist conspiracies and twitter files nonsense, it’s hilarious that Musk unthinkingly revealed his whole site is an astroturfed sham
a woman in a leopard print coat is sitting on a couch with her hands on her face .
Alt: Karen Walker in a leopard print coat is sitting on a couch clapping her hands
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
this is not a smart man
after all the money and effort he’s put into bullshit racist conspiracies and twitter files nonsense, it’s hilarious that Musk unthinkingly revealed his whole site is an astroturfed sham
a woman in a leopard print coat is sitting on a couch with her hands on her face .
Alt: Karen Walker in a leopard print coat is sitting on a couch clapping her hands
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
after all the money and effort he’s put into bullshit racist conspiracies and twitter files nonsense, it’s hilarious that Musk unthinkingly revealed his whole site is an astroturfed sham
I can brine and shove herb butter under the skin and cook it beautifully and still not like turkey. let us hate in peace
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I can brine and shove herb butter under the skin and cook it beautifully and still not like turkey. let us hate in peace
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There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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By all means use it to code or within some small fixed dataset, but wow is it terrifying the number of times I’ve encountered people seeking medical or legal advice from ChatGPT
fwiw from my experience as a tech worker a lot of folks do genuinely use LLMs for coding, which they can be extremely helpful with, but almost nobody relies on them to answer questions the way a lot of laypeople do
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
By all means use it to code or within some small fixed dataset, but wow is it terrifying the number of times I’ve encountered people seeking medical or legal advice from ChatGPT
last year we made two ducks to make up for size and it was a glorious meal
Turkey totally sucks! This is why I make duck
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
last year we made two ducks to make up for size and it was a glorious meal
So much theorizing but imo it boils down to Mamdani being cool, charming, a winner and powerful in New York, all things Trump has wanted his whole life, so he likes the proximity. Helps that Mamdani came to him. It won’t last, of course. At some point he’ll flip on him. This is narcissism 101.
Today’s meeting with Mamdani confirmed once again that Trump is a narcissistic tyrant, not an ideologue. This is a personalist regime above all.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So much theorizing but imo it boils down to Mamdani being cool, charming, a winner and powerful in New York, all things Trump has wanted his whole life, so he likes the proximity. Helps that Mamdani came to him. It won’t last, of course. At some point he’ll flip on him. This is narcissism 101.
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Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Today’s meeting with Mamdani confirmed once again that Trump is a narcissistic tyrant, not an ideologue. This is a personalist regime above all.
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Today’s meeting with Mamdani confirmed once again that Trump is a narcissistic tyrant, not an ideologue. This is a personalist regime above all.
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And no, it doesn't sound better in the original Russian
More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
And no, it doesn't sound better in the original Russian
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Wait until they hear about the drug cascade that untreated ADHD tends to lead to.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Wait until they hear about the drug cascade that untreated ADHD tends to lead to.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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"There is a certain type of person who sees a hole and perceives it to be a trash can, where others have seen the potential for a garden." The latest by @marianneeloise.bsky.social on littering and the cost of convenience culture.
There’s No Such Thing as Polite Littering
I’ve gotten exhausted with the ways that convenience culture has shifted what we find acceptable when it comes to waste.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"There is a certain type of person who sees a hole and perceives it to be a trash can, where others have seen the potential for a garden." The latest by @marianneeloise.bsky.social on littering and the cost of convenience culture.
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Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly