The Dance Faction
@thedancefaction.bsky.social
Data protection advokats. Lovers of dogs, admirers of birds, and a little too loose for you. Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum.
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It’s no longer safe for Australians to go to America. This is insane. We ALL have American friends. Mine are like family. Dear god.
April 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It’s no longer safe for Australians to go to America. This is insane. We ALL have American friends. Mine are like family. Dear god.
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My Massachusetts-born law/platonic life partner received this email today in which DHS "encourages" her to leave the United States "immediately on your own" rather than face criminal prosecution, which is of course fine and normal
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My Massachusetts-born law/platonic life partner received this email today in which DHS "encourages" her to leave the United States "immediately on your own" rather than face criminal prosecution, which is of course fine and normal
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Here are Trump and Hegseth again discussing a military invasion of Panama for purposes of seizing control of the canal. Note how, as usual, this discussion is leading news around Latin America, but is essentially ignored in major US news outlets.
April 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Here are Trump and Hegseth again discussing a military invasion of Panama for purposes of seizing control of the canal. Note how, as usual, this discussion is leading news around Latin America, but is essentially ignored in major US news outlets.
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Jesus Christ this headline and subtitle
April 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Jesus Christ this headline and subtitle
Doesn't forcing individuals to use X violate their right to free association?
To say nothing of individuals (elderly, rural) that don't have ready access to computers/internet?
cc: @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social
To say nothing of individuals (elderly, rural) that don't have ready access to computers/internet?
cc: @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social
The SSA is shifting all public comms to X amid major staffing cuts: www.wired.com/story/social...
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Doesn't forcing individuals to use X violate their right to free association?
To say nothing of individuals (elderly, rural) that don't have ready access to computers/internet?
cc: @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social
To say nothing of individuals (elderly, rural) that don't have ready access to computers/internet?
cc: @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social
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Question: if Tr*mp is such a big strong bestest most powerful leader, how come he's too weak to get Abrego Garcia back from teeny tiny El Salvador? He's so impotent he can't extract one little dude from a torture prison he's funding with our tax dollars? Huh.
April 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Question: if Tr*mp is such a big strong bestest most powerful leader, how come he's too weak to get Abrego Garcia back from teeny tiny El Salvador? He's so impotent he can't extract one little dude from a torture prison he's funding with our tax dollars? Huh.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
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Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came.
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
April 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came.
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
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Both Elon Musk and Christian nationalists call empathy "toxic," "suicidal," and even "satanic."
But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*.
And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*.
And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy "toxic" and "suicidal" — blame their shared misogyny
MAGA demonizes empathy as the "pathological feminine" — and it's why women shouldn't be Supreme Court justices
www.salon.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Both Elon Musk and Christian nationalists call empathy "toxic," "suicidal," and even "satanic."
But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*.
And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*.
And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
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Very informative chart from Washington Post
April 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Very informative chart from Washington Post
Note to, well, the planet:
Tariffs are NOT PAUSED.
Still very much ON.
See chart (below).
Tariffs are NOT PAUSED.
Still very much ON.
See chart (below).
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Note to, well, the planet:
Tariffs are NOT PAUSED.
Still very much ON.
See chart (below).
Tariffs are NOT PAUSED.
Still very much ON.
See chart (below).
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What do baby planets 🪐 have in common with supermassive black holes? 💥
There’s this weird thing in astronomy where, across mind-boggling differences of scale, you keep finding jets of radiation shooting out of the poles of things. I wrote about why that happens for @sciencefocus.bsky.social 🧪🔭
There’s this weird thing in astronomy where, across mind-boggling differences of scale, you keep finding jets of radiation shooting out of the poles of things. I wrote about why that happens for @sciencefocus.bsky.social 🧪🔭
Cosmic jets: How some of the most violent (and beautiful) phenomena in the Universe are born
You need just three ingredients to make these truly colossal ‘double-sided lightsabers’
www.sciencefocus.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What do baby planets 🪐 have in common with supermassive black holes? 💥
There’s this weird thing in astronomy where, across mind-boggling differences of scale, you keep finding jets of radiation shooting out of the poles of things. I wrote about why that happens for @sciencefocus.bsky.social 🧪🔭
There’s this weird thing in astronomy where, across mind-boggling differences of scale, you keep finding jets of radiation shooting out of the poles of things. I wrote about why that happens for @sciencefocus.bsky.social 🧪🔭
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AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations - Large Language Models, by Isabel Barberá, is the 107-page report about AI & Privacy you were waiting for (download it below):
April 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations - Large Language Models, by Isabel Barberá, is the 107-page report about AI & Privacy you were waiting for (download it below):
Lest we forget @thefireorg.bsky.social’s noble crusade, de-coddling the American mind.
three years ago the New York Times published an op-ed by a college student complaining about the chilling effect of feeling "disdain" from fellow students, because the New York Times wanted to convince America the real threat to free expression was something other than a looming right-wing autocracy
This is very noticeable among students as well. Especially international students are increasingly reluctant to speak, even inside the classroom, because they are - understandably! rightfully! - frightened they might get punished by the regime.
It is heartbreaking and it makes me so fucking angry.
It is heartbreaking and it makes me so fucking angry.
April 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Lest we forget @thefireorg.bsky.social’s noble crusade, de-coddling the American mind.
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three years ago the New York Times published an op-ed by a college student complaining about the chilling effect of feeling "disdain" from fellow students, because the New York Times wanted to convince America the real threat to free expression was something other than a looming right-wing autocracy
This is very noticeable among students as well. Especially international students are increasingly reluctant to speak, even inside the classroom, because they are - understandably! rightfully! - frightened they might get punished by the regime.
It is heartbreaking and it makes me so fucking angry.
It is heartbreaking and it makes me so fucking angry.
One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
April 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
three years ago the New York Times published an op-ed by a college student complaining about the chilling effect of feeling "disdain" from fellow students, because the New York Times wanted to convince America the real threat to free expression was something other than a looming right-wing autocracy
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The problem with this ruling is the presumption of regularity. In any other administration, a remand with instructions to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return would lead to honest representations about what is—and isn’t—possible.
In this administration, there’s no reason to expect straight answers.
In this administration, there’s no reason to expect straight answers.
#BREAKING: Supreme Court holds that Trump administration must attempt to “facilitate” the return of Wilmer Armando Abrego García from El Salvador, but remands to the district court to sort out exactly what the administration can and must do going forward:
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The problem with this ruling is the presumption of regularity. In any other administration, a remand with instructions to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return would lead to honest representations about what is—and isn’t—possible.
In this administration, there’s no reason to expect straight answers.
In this administration, there’s no reason to expect straight answers.
What would be less misleading is calling yourself a Democrat.
Tell us when you can see Trump’s tonsils will you?
Tell us when you can see Trump’s tonsils will you?
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
What would be less misleading is calling yourself a Democrat.
Tell us when you can see Trump’s tonsils will you?
Tell us when you can see Trump’s tonsils will you?
And the blanket 10% tariffs still in effect are not a ridiculous fiasco? Please just resign.
Hochul could appoint a traffic cone to serve out your term and it’d be 100% more effective, if not better informed.
Hochul could appoint a traffic cone to serve out your term and it’d be 100% more effective, if not better informed.
History will remember April 9, 2025 as America’s actual liberation day—the day that President Trump backed down from his ridiculous tariff fiasco.
April 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
And the blanket 10% tariffs still in effect are not a ridiculous fiasco? Please just resign.
Hochul could appoint a traffic cone to serve out your term and it’d be 100% more effective, if not better informed.
Hochul could appoint a traffic cone to serve out your term and it’d be 100% more effective, if not better informed.
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I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
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🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
House Republicans are set to pass a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It's a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”
www.motherjones.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
*checks watch*
*checks calendar*
*checks watch again*
Better late than…?
For the “paper of record”?
Sure?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
*checks calendar*
*checks watch again*
Better late than…?
For the “paper of record”?
Sure?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
We frequently criticize headlines for not conveying what is happening, so lets this. Clear, concise, and does not use the authoritarian's frame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies
The president targeted two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm as part of his campaign for retribution.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
*checks watch*
*checks calendar*
*checks watch again*
Better late than…?
For the “paper of record”?
Sure?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
*checks calendar*
*checks watch again*
Better late than…?
For the “paper of record”?
Sure?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
We didn’t know what the op-ed’s title was referring to until just recently, but we’ll be learning more about such historical analogs soon, libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
April 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We didn’t know what the op-ed’s title was referring to until just recently, but we’ll be learning more about such historical analogs soon, libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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I’ve got bad news for those U.S. officials about how their own government is treating foreign nationals who criticize the wannabe American monarch …
The arrest of an American academic, Paul Chambers, in Thailand on charges of criticizing the monarchy has alarmed U.S. officials, the State Department said on Tuesday. The case represents a rare detention of a foreign citizen under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws.
American Is Arrested in Thailand on Charges of Criticizing Royalty
The U.S. State Department said it was alarmed at the arrest of Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations, under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’ve got bad news for those U.S. officials about how their own government is treating foreign nationals who criticize the wannabe American monarch …
Cops are always a failure in training. Change our minds.
I watched the footage, and it always astounds me that police with guns will open fire in such situations instead of taking a few steps back and trying to de-escalate. They are not in real danger here, with a fence in between. I though cops were supposed to be tough! This is a failure of training.
"Idaho police officers opened fire from behind a chain-link fence just seconds after exiting their patrol cars and critically wounded a teenage boy — described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled — as he stepped toward them with a knife, video from a witness shows."
April 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cops are always a failure in training. Change our minds.