Humza K
@humza.bsky.social
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One part immigration attorney, one part TTRPG nerd. She/they.
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humza.bsky.social
Ok. I think I gotta cut down my time on this place - the world is on fire, and being continually reminded of exactly HOW on fire it is, is doing a number on my being able to actually work towards helping in whatever way I can.

Much love to y'all.
humza.bsky.social
...Ghost War *was* my first BT book! Backfilled from there to the Clan trilogy and then to Warrior before starting to branch out.
humza.bsky.social
Still feeling shitty but she hopped into my lap and is purring.

She's not normally a lap cat.
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humza.bsky.social
Almost everything is awful and I am sad and depressed --

But my cat is an absolute sweetheart and is prowling and purring up a storm, and that part's pretty good.
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood
A poster on a pole next to a street says:
“ICE YOU ARE NOT INVISIBLE
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
NAZI RATS LEAVE OUR CITY”
A stack of posters featuring a hammer-wielding figure with the stars of the Chicago wrapped around his torso. It says:
“I PREFER MY ICE CRUSHED. END IMMIGRATION ARRESTS, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY” A sign in a store window says: “WE DON’T [SERVE is crossed out] FEED ICE OR PIGS! even if you steal this sign” The words “ICE OUT” are written in chalk on a sidewalk.
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ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
I had a call today with someone in OR who was talking about the need for more “agitation theater” in street protests to humiliate ICE and make people laugh.

Well done Portland chicken and Portland frog.
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minillajovovich.bsky.social
It's lesbian day?! Boy howdy have I got two cool ones for you!

Do you like ass-kicking butches? Femmes who get away with *anything*?

They literally fight comphet demons in the second story!?

Zeynep & Kawtar are your gals!
minillajovovich.bsky.social
Zeynep ain't much for talking. Kawtar wants to be heard *at all costs*.

At the demon-haunted barrier between our world and the outer dark, they found each other.

How it started: swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/loves-red-bl...

How it's going: swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-dream-qu...
A line art drawing of a high femme princess leaning against a marble pillar, with a tall butch warrior in leather armor leaning over her. They gaze at each other lovingly.
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seantcollins.com
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true
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phineas.bsky.social
We are under siege by an army of Paul Blarts that all think they are Judge Dredds
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!
Petitioner’s counsel has requested documentation of a judicial warrant for his arrest, any charging documents, or other authority supporting his detention. See Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 18–20. ICE has provided no response. Id.  To date, ICE has not placed Petitioner in removal proceedings, charged him with violating immigration law, set bond, issued a Notice to Appear, or otherwise processed him. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 49. In Respondent’s Opposition brief, the government states “ICE intends to take further action consistent with the laws prescribed under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) once Petitioner is released from medical care and it can conduct the examination as [prescribed] in 8 C.F.R § 287.3.” Opp. at 4. Neither Petitioner nor Respondents have provided the Court with information about Petitioner’s citizenship, whether he has violated any law or regulation, or any information that would suggest that Petitioner is a flight risk.
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strandjunker.com
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
humza.bsky.social
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com has been putting out some great pieces recently, but I'm going to be particularly interested in the ones drawing from Clausewitz...
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
humza.bsky.social
I lost the post, but someone was going into the methodology used and it seemed...suspect to say the least.
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six6jiang.bsky.social
i just think of this quote whenever i’m forced to interact with an AI engineer who actually believes LLMs will revolutionize the world. upton sinclair you will always be famous

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
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quatoria.bsky.social
It's really important to understand how Bill Burr, and the others like him who attended, have demonstrated that everything they've ever said about what they believe and what they stand for was nothing but a hollow lie.

They believe in money. They believe in power. They believe in getting theirs.
chuckwendig.bsky.social
"The royals loved the show. Everyone was happy. The people that were doing the festival were thrilled." -- Bill Burr on the Riyadh Comedy Festival
acarv.in
The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
open.substack.com
humza.bsky.social
Do you know if ppl's saved G+ histories would be useful to those folks?
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gamefiend.bsky.social
Here is my occasional note: if you are black TTRPG designer and can use help with anything - design advice, brainstorming, connections - please feel free to reach out and I will do what I can to help or find someone who can help.

We need more black TTRPG designers.