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lisastampnitzky.bsky.social
Lisa Stampnitzky
@lisastampnitzky.bsky.social
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Writer, teacher, cat lady, etc. Thinking about truth, knowledge, secrecy, speakability, torture, “terrorism”, and the relationship between all of the above. Working at a university in the UK, with which this account is not affiliated.
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · Sep 10
Due to some sort of uk govt nonsense I cannot access my dms here without going through a verification hoo-ha. So, tldr, don’t send me dms here.
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 1h
Ooh this looks interesting
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 1h
😩
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9h
What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h
Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 14h
Oh this is bad
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d
It seems like a bad sign when they fire the people who tell the military what’s legal and what is not.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6d
“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 16h
If there had been robust accountability for U.S. personnel involved in torture, wonder if the U.S. would be engaged in premeditated killings in the Caribbean.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...
Fragments of 2003 Cable Detail Torture in a Secret C.I.A. Prison
www.nytimes.com
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 16h
Yes! I just got stuck on the name of the hedge fund!
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo, just hypothetically, wondering how this might align with certain UK universities’ “free speech” policies ….
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d
The tell is when the "free speech" warrior's argument equates to "the people criticizing me are silencing me and should therefore be made to shut up."

It's a pretty obvious tell; makes you wonder about those who keep falling for it time after time after time. Or maybe not wonder so much.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d
They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 16h
futurism.com/future-socie...

“hedge fund Praetorian Capital” ?!?!?!
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.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18h
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20h
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.
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Nick Rhodes 🇵🇸 @nickrhodes.bsky.social · 23h
This bit is key, too.
No land border with Egypt means Israel controls everything that enters or leaves.
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 1d
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 18h
All jokes aside, this is an incredible piece of analysis & the way it concludes by motioning to the growing phenomenon of RW billionaires buying & destroying anything that challenges their regime of unchecked profit & power should serve as a wake-up call to those of us still missing the thread.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
Absolutely brutal.
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 18h
When you’ve lost Jeff Jacoby!
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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 1d
I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?” No Kings logo: a drawing of a crown with a red x over it
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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d
omg y’all are the best — only $220 to go!
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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 3d
help me reach my goal of raising $1,000 for the gaza soup kitchen
High Holidays 5786 Tzedakah Campaign
Let’s keep Gaza Soup Kitchen running through the High Holidays
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · Aug 6
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 1d
😩😩😩
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 1d
Absolutely shameful actions from Cornell management
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "AI is based on information. I hope they're right about information. I don't know. You've gotta make a lot of money to-- there's gotta be a lot of information out there, but that seems to be pretty hot. We're leading the world on information on AI."
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CarlaExotic🏳️‍🌈NAFO🇺🇦Fellania🏳️‍⚧️🦄🦘 @carlaexotic.bsky.social · 2d
AI makes shit up
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 2d
This whole thread is amazing
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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 2d
You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)
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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 6d
LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 2d
The Congressional GOP rhetoric labeling the No Kings protest as “terrorist” & participants as “rabid” is a pretty clear attempt to encourage & justify violence against an event that hasn’t even happened yet.
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Politico @politico.com · 3d
Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”
Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering
Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.
www.politico.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
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