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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
I was there in the 90s. Definitely worth the trip.
This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
Earlier today I was thinking about the tactic of providing people with legal authority to take custody of children when their parents are disappeared, and lo, it is happening.
Sooo I just found out that More Than Two, Second Edition is included in the @parademag.bsky.social list of best nonfic books of all time, as chosen by librarians. How awesome is that?! 😊 📚💚 cc @everickert.bsky.social
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I think it's worth pointing out that part of why the twin cities has a large Hmong population is because of refugee resettlement after the Vietnam war.
They sided with the US.
Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous, because it will make officers angry and they just tend to snap and kill people, you know
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*screams silently in Canadian*
NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GROW A FUCKING SPINE, MARK CARNEY!
But also no specification that it *wasn't,* which was at minimum a massive communication fail given how touchy people are about AI. 2/2
Also I think a lot of people don't realize that having an LLM analyze your paper doesn't equate to letting that LLM train itself on the paper. It depends on the model, licence and settings. So there's no evidence the paper was stored and reused... 1/2
Because Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al. we're famously all held accountable 🙃
Canada finally reacts, through our foreign affairs minister (not our prime minister).
Really, embarrassingly timid statement when you consider what just happened.
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
I've done no promo for this because I genuinely wasn't sure until a few weeks ago that I'd be able to actually finish it.
So if you blurbed my other book and I didn't ask you to blurb this one, it's only because I haven't asked anyone.
Oh yeah so I went and wrote another book!
Kindle out now, audio out December 31.
Print on its way (sooner if you're in Canada)—pre-orders up now.
Oops forgot to tag the author @everickert.bsky.social who is, as always, great
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Okay but why does the first supposed link to the paper go to a tweet? 🤦🏻♀️
Uggh it's still going on and now he's got a friend helping him edit the other formats. Meanwhile GR is still "investigating." 🤦🏻♀️
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This was the KB thing. I had this up on TT and YT for a couple of days then made them private.
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No it's fine. There's no details, and I might still need help.
IDK why, but this and the Kat Blaque thing have been the most intensely triggering things to have happened to me in the last year. I think it has something to do with agency? A feeling like others are flexing their power to keep me from moving forward?
I appreciate the support and concern. The whole thing is kind of crazy-making.
Saw your FB post but can't seem to contact you there. Just so you know, I took down my thread here because I was worried about it somehow I flaming the situation more. GR support says they are "investigating the situation." IDK why it needs an investigation, but hopefully something good will result.
Mostly just sharing because this image made me giggle at a time that I really needed it.
