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.
conversationalist.org/2025/01/24/s...
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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
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‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The good news is that DOJ’s political prosecutions are failing and its reputation is in the dumpster.
The bad news is that this damage will outlast Trump.
The bad news is that this damage will outlast Trump.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The good news is that DOJ’s political prosecutions are failing and its reputation is in the dumpster.
The bad news is that this damage will outlast Trump.
The bad news is that this damage will outlast Trump.
Trump and Putin have always been money launderers and gangsters above all. Remember Wilbur Ross and the Bank of Cyprus, Trump Tower Baku?
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump and Putin have always been money launderers and gangsters above all. Remember Wilbur Ross and the Bank of Cyprus, Trump Tower Baku?
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
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New podcast alert! 🚨
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New podcast alert! 🚨
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Hey ChatGPT, tell me 50 valid social security numbers
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hey ChatGPT, tell me 50 valid social security numbers
The journalists who would stand up to Trump to his face aren’t flying on Air Force One. They’re all out of a job or in independent media now
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The journalists who would stand up to Trump to his face aren’t flying on Air Force One. They’re all out of a job or in independent media now
This is wishful thinking. Most people don’t do shit, especially when the person screaming is more powerful than them.
The thing is. Imagine if anyone spoke to you like this in real life. There's approximately a 50% chance you'd punch them in the face. Every day is such an utter fucking disgrace to the presidency.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This is wishful thinking. Most people don’t do shit, especially when the person screaming is more powerful than them.
This is him ON CAMERA. He’ll be ten times worse when they’re not around. Nothing but contempt for everyone who watched this happen and said nothing.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is him ON CAMERA. He’ll be ten times worse when they’re not around. Nothing but contempt for everyone who watched this happen and said nothing.
Nicki Minaj helping Trump start a conflict with Nigeria was not on my bingo card
Minaj will join the U.S. Amb Waltz, to deliver remarks Tuesday at UNHQ, spotlighting “violence committed against Christians in Nigeria”.
Waltz complimented her in a tweet Sunday, calling her a "principled individual who refuses to remain silent in the face of injustice."
Waltz complimented her in a tweet Sunday, calling her a "principled individual who refuses to remain silent in the face of injustice."
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nicki Minaj helping Trump start a conflict with Nigeria was not on my bingo card
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...