Nicole Bedera
@nbedera.bsky.social
Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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They don't have to ban vaccines outright. They can just force people to jump through enough hoops to get vaccines that they eventually stop trying and give up.
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
They don't have to ban vaccines outright. They can just force people to jump through enough hoops to get vaccines that they eventually stop trying and give up.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
An underlying dynamic throughout this article is that the risk of deportation doesn’t just come from calling the police. It’s also from trusting a new landlord or seeking medical care.
Institutions that used to offer support become dangerous if they may be cooperating with ICE.
Institutions that used to offer support become dangerous if they may be cooperating with ICE.
“A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.”
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An underlying dynamic throughout this article is that the risk of deportation doesn’t just come from calling the police. It’s also from trusting a new landlord or seeking medical care.
Institutions that used to offer support become dangerous if they may be cooperating with ICE.
Institutions that used to offer support become dangerous if they may be cooperating with ICE.
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“A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.”
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.”
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ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
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The thing is that it's also ahistorical. Unless something has gone really really wrong, birthing people have always been accompanied by someone who understood how birth happens. Because death. Death is a thing.
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The thing is that it's also ahistorical. Unless something has gone really really wrong, birthing people have always been accompanied by someone who understood how birth happens. Because death. Death is a thing.
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Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
I genuinely cannot believe how much the anti-vaxx, parental rights, misogynistic blame-mothers-for-everything logic has seeped into every conversation about children in our society.
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I genuinely cannot believe how much the anti-vaxx, parental rights, misogynistic blame-mothers-for-everything logic has seeped into every conversation about children in our society.
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Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
The degree to which the Democratic Party is failing to meet this moment is staggering. And INFURIATING, when contrasted with the courage on display from ordinary people with far, far less power & protection.
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
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Another—more accurate—description of “scientific orthodoxy” is “fact.” It's shameful that the country’s medical policy is being led by a worm-brained roadkill-eating cook. And it's shameful that the paper of record helps sanitize this.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Another—more accurate—description of “scientific orthodoxy” is “fact.” It's shameful that the country’s medical policy is being led by a worm-brained roadkill-eating cook. And it's shameful that the paper of record helps sanitize this.
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THIS is why Zohran asked for the meeting.
Q: You have differences when it comes to ICE agents in NYC. How do you reconcile them?
TRUMP: We're gonna work them out. The mayor wants to have a safe New York. We're gonna work together.
TRUMP: We're gonna work them out. The mayor wants to have a safe New York. We're gonna work together.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
THIS is why Zohran asked for the meeting.
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you know what? good advice.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
you know what? good advice.
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This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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This could also be about journalism. The idea of fighting back against the smears was rarely taken seriously, capitulation was widely accepted and treated as both inevitable and right
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This could also be about journalism. The idea of fighting back against the smears was rarely taken seriously, capitulation was widely accepted and treated as both inevitable and right
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
There’s this idea that we can’t end online harassment (or any other sexual violence) because feminists’ solutions will threaten everyone’s rights.
In reality, the reason we lost rights in the past is because people in power used collective punishment to convince everyone to turn on survivors.
In reality, the reason we lost rights in the past is because people in power used collective punishment to convince everyone to turn on survivors.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There’s this idea that we can’t end online harassment (or any other sexual violence) because feminists’ solutions will threaten everyone’s rights.
In reality, the reason we lost rights in the past is because people in power used collective punishment to convince everyone to turn on survivors.
In reality, the reason we lost rights in the past is because people in power used collective punishment to convince everyone to turn on survivors.
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Tech platforms should be regulated the way every other institution is.
If sexual abuse takes place in a school (or between two people who met at school), the school is liable if they failed to prevent violence and/or enabled the perpetrator.
It should be the same for Roblox. Or any other platform.
If sexual abuse takes place in a school (or between two people who met at school), the school is liable if they failed to prevent violence and/or enabled the perpetrator.
It should be the same for Roblox. Or any other platform.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tech platforms should be regulated the way every other institution is.
If sexual abuse takes place in a school (or between two people who met at school), the school is liable if they failed to prevent violence and/or enabled the perpetrator.
It should be the same for Roblox. Or any other platform.
If sexual abuse takes place in a school (or between two people who met at school), the school is liable if they failed to prevent violence and/or enabled the perpetrator.
It should be the same for Roblox. Or any other platform.
My takeaway from Careless People was that there is nothing the tech giants fear like government regulation.
And that makes me think that (the right, independent, not-driven-by-Meta’s-PR-team) government regulation would actually work to reign in tech.
And that makes me think that (the right, independent, not-driven-by-Meta’s-PR-team) government regulation would actually work to reign in tech.
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My takeaway from Careless People was that there is nothing the tech giants fear like government regulation.
And that makes me think that (the right, independent, not-driven-by-Meta’s-PR-team) government regulation would actually work to reign in tech.
And that makes me think that (the right, independent, not-driven-by-Meta’s-PR-team) government regulation would actually work to reign in tech.
“If you logged on, you were asking for it.”
Tech CEO's nearly across the board have a rapist's view of consent.
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“If you logged on, you were asking for it.”
Lots of replies and quotes warning parents to ban their kids from using Roblox. And fair enough.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Lots of replies and quotes warning parents to ban their kids from using Roblox. And fair enough.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
Listen.
It’s wild how much money you can make if your business model is covering up sexual abuse.
But if you want to give companies solutions that are empirically proven to end violence? All of a sudden, they’re facing budgetary constraints and can’t afford even the smallest intervention.
It’s wild how much money you can make if your business model is covering up sexual abuse.
But if you want to give companies solutions that are empirically proven to end violence? All of a sudden, they’re facing budgetary constraints and can’t afford even the smallest intervention.
This is the default position of every company!
It’s just a bigger issue for some than others depending on their product.
It’s just a bigger issue for some than others depending on their product.
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Listen.
It’s wild how much money you can make if your business model is covering up sexual abuse.
But if you want to give companies solutions that are empirically proven to end violence? All of a sudden, they’re facing budgetary constraints and can’t afford even the smallest intervention.
It’s wild how much money you can make if your business model is covering up sexual abuse.
But if you want to give companies solutions that are empirically proven to end violence? All of a sudden, they’re facing budgetary constraints and can’t afford even the smallest intervention.
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This is the default position of every company!
It’s just a bigger issue for some than others depending on their product.
It’s just a bigger issue for some than others depending on their product.
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is the default position of every company!
It’s just a bigger issue for some than others depending on their product.
It’s just a bigger issue for some than others depending on their product.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.