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@merluza

Ethnographer working in tech; walking makes me happy

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We live in the dumbest episode of Black Mirror

02.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so sad that the internet has become a tool for oppression and exploitation, that reduces people to data inputs for machines that ultimately benefit a few people. How do we refuse that? How do we re-build the people's internet? How do we find each other away from these monetization machines?

27.02.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so disturbing that incel online culture has become mainstream for teens. There are so many trends like looksmaxxing or misogynist tropes that originated in the sewers of the internet. I don't know how we come back from that.

26.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a dumbass. As if Scottish, Irish and English were all the same, or as if they had been considered ethnically equivalent throughout history. He says things that are so ignorant. He rejects multiculturalism while giving examples of multiculturalism.

15.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm traveling within the US and I'm taking my US passport just in case. Everything is so disconcerting that i don't know if I'm being paranoid or sensibly prepared.

13.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"This is not a test of your ability, and you won't hurt my feelings with your honest opinion"

08.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so wonderful to be older and feel comfortable being quiet and doing your own thing in social settings like kids' parties. I don't want to visit, and It's okay!

07.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

His spite for Obama keeps him alive.

06.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now let's free the 3800 other "Liams" in ICE custody.

And abolish ICE.

01.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For profit detention centers are a big part of the problem. When will Congress act to stop greedy companies from profiting from human suffering?

01.02.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

01.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 67298 πŸ” 16093 πŸ’¬ 2572 πŸ“Œ 1828

I think about that little bunny everyday.

01.02.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so beautiful! And it conveys how chaotic things have been, it provides perspective. Thank you!

01.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Any form of accountability has to come with ending concentration camps, releasing imprisoned children and reuniting families.

28.01.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's so predictable! I remember that debate with Kamala when she started talking about the tiny crowds in his rallies, and he took the bait. That's also why Tim Cook gifts him golden stuff. He loves shiny.

27.01.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call β€œsymbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

26.01.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 20841 πŸ” 8641 πŸ’¬ 266 πŸ“Œ 714

There needs to be justice. Investigations into the multiple terror campaigns he commanded in several cities.

26.01.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

26.01.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 10478 πŸ” 3184 πŸ’¬ 1271 πŸ“Œ 3632

Thank you for fact checking! That's community service ❀️

26.01.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snow day + having the kids home + feeling sick = not fun.

26.01.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS?!?!?

24.01.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.

If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

24.01.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 20857 πŸ” 7056 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 260

Poor wife, poor kids. I don't understand how that lady subjects herself to this.

23.01.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them β€œWe have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”

🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...

23.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1021 πŸ” 321 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 28

He will back off when faced with resistance and people acting with dignity. He loves the attention and is not a serious person. He only wants the limelight and enrich himself.

21.01.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's like they just want to go to war, no matter where. Toxic insecure bro energy.

15.01.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For my fieldwork, i worked with election observers in Colombia and did some myself. We did to do the same here for the midterms. Have people at polling posts documenting any abnormalities, manually going through voting tallies and comparing them with voter rolls.

15.01.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for re-sharing! Very helpful. Do you see any meaningful changes in how riot porn is deployed today vs five years ago?

13.01.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With all the news on the identity of the agent who killed Renee Nicole Good, and the heritage of his wife, I keep thinking of Killers of the Flower Moon.

09.01.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! Looks great on you. How long have you've been sewing?

09.01.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0