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Jessica Kant

@jessdkant.bsky.social

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Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ jessk.org/blog

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · Jun 12

The things that have happened this week across the country have, at other times and in other places, each been singular catalysts for regime change. Occupying cities. Firing on peaceful protesters. Suspending fundamental liberties. Arresting elected officials. Each of these has toppled governments.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 5h

These are crimes against children which would mean prison time for anyone without a badge.

In May, another teenager, Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, was arrested by ICE in Milford. He was detained for six days at the agency's field office in Burlington before being released.
He said during the six days in custody, he was surrounded by adult men, and he was uncomfortable using the bathroom in front of others. He slept on concrete floors using a mylar blanket.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 5h

On the one hand, yes, demand answers as to why this happened. But release him now independent of the answer — there is no justification for this. No society that hasn’t hopelessly devolved past the point of return does this to kids. I don’t care whatever they can possibly cook up as an excuse.

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old from ICE custody

The federal court ruled the boy must be freed unless immigration officials can justify detaining a juvenile with adult detainees at the Burlington facility.

www.masslive.com

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

And for more than half of them it can come with free, albeit involuntary, lodging at the Hague

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

a woman says nicely played while holding a board game

Alt: a woman says nicely played while holding a board game

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a fair question. Gotta say SiriusXM proved that point pretty well to anyone who had the misfortune of getting a free trial with purchase

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

a woman is laughing and saying `` me '' while sitting in front of a bookshelf .

ALT: a woman is laughing and saying `` me '' while sitting in front of a bookshelf .

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

So surprising given how trustworthy the brand has been so fa—

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

I’d consider investing in an update that does that to anyone who bought a Tesla

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

I am cackling. Tesla owners are reacting to the fact that ads are being pushed inside the car now as part of an “update”

electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

"Oh good, advertisements are making it in my car."

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

Wait for real? So they’re already mobile billboards *inside the vehicle*?

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

It isn’t

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

No, I can see how that’s confusing but I also feel like it’s worth explicating that the only reason toys don’t cost $5000 dollars is because of the country he’s trying to bully

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

China?

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re unfamiliar, I suggest reading about abandoned battery manufacturing towns across Mexico and Latin America where battery manufacturing has left the rivers unpotable and the soil and air full of lead and mercury. Once enough people start dying, companies abandon them and rebuild elsewhere.

Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

The data centres being built now will be derelict by 2030.

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 1d

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

One of the reasons progressive mayors and local officials scare the establishment so much is that without a complicit local politico, their goals become less and less achievable without the use of glaringly obvious physical force— thus requiring bigger and less plausible lies as justification.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Oh what’s that? They will depreciate at roughly 3 times the rate previously touted and require constant replacement and 2-3x the revenue to match initial expenditure?

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Was also curious about that!

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

More. Of. This. Any city that allows a corporation to build a data center will be unlivable within a year of construction.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. They’ve totally outsourced what little thinking they used to do

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Check if your senator is on this list and let them know how you feel. This is the “yes” vote roll call.

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAS ---77
Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Kaine (D-VA)
Banks (R-IN)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Bennet (D-CO)
King (I-ME)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Lankford (R-OK)
Blunt Rochester (D-
Lee (R-UT)
DE)
Lujan (D-NM)
Boozman (R-AR)
Lummis (R-WY)
Britt (R-AL)
Marshall (R-KS)
Budd (R-NC)
McConnell (R-KY)
Capito (R-WV)
McCormick (R-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Moody (R-FL)
Collins (R-ME)
Moran (R-KS)
Coons (D-DE)
Moreno (R-OH)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Mullin (R-OK)
Cotton (R-AR)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Cramer (R-ND)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Crapo (R-ID)
Peters (D-MI)
Curtis (R-UT)
Reed (D-RI)
Daines (R-MT)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Ernst (R-IA)
Risch (R-ID)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Rosen (D-NV)
Fischer (R-NE)
Rounds (R-SD)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Schmitt (R-MO)

Gallego (U-A<
schmilt (R-Mv)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Schumer (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Scott (R-FL)
Grassley (R-IA)
Scott (R-SC)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Hassan (D-NH)
Sheehy (R-MT)
Hawley (R-MO)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Thune (R-SD)
Hirono (D-HI)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Warner (D-VA)
Husted (R-OH)
Warnock (D-GA)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Johnson (R-WI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Justice (R-WV)
Young (R-IN)

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Do I think they had enough votes to block it? Maybe not. Do I think they’re absolutely obligated to try? Yes. Yes I do. That’s not even a question.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Not for nothing but this is the same day Hegseth announced that a repressive theocracy will be allowed to build in air base in Idaho. That’s who you just funded, Chuck.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who voted to pass the NDAA today devoid of the amendments proposed to reign in the deployment of troops to US cities but somehow still full of anti-LGBTQ riders— thus supplying nearly a trillion dollars to an occupying army, will be remembered in history books as having helped end democracy.

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