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Dr. Amy Csizmar Dalal

@drcsiz

Professor of Computer Science at Carleton College. Athlete and crafter. HCI, networks, ethical civic engagement. she/her. @DrCsiz on Threads and Twitter

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WHERE IS THE ASTEROID sweet baby jesus we have jumped the shark

06.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preparing for a bigΒ test Later this week, I test for my 4th degree black belt in taekwondo. Black belt rank tests (testing for the next belt level) are a different kind of beast. Before you can rank test, you need to spend a minimum amount of time within your current rank, AND be ready to test. The minimum time in rank increases as your rank increases -- so, for instance, I've spent 3 years as a 3rd degree black belt -- and you need to do a certain number of interim tests between ranks to measure your progress within that rank (2, at our studio).

Preparing for a bigΒ test

Later this week, I test for my 4th degree black belt in taekwondo. Black belt rank tests (testing for the next belt level) are a different kind of beast. Before you can rank test, you need to spend a minimum amount of time within your current rank, AND be ready to test.…

03.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

28.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 17025 πŸ” 6539 πŸ’¬ 469 πŸ“Œ 549

So much ICE out there today in South Minneapolis. They’re prowling around harassing schools.

Stay frosty, friends

27.02.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 452 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5
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Someone was abducted in St Anthony this morning at 6 AM near 29th Ave & Silver Lake Road. And then at 8 AM we saw at least 5 agents out of their vehicles at 26th & Jackson near Walgreens before they dispersed into the neighborhood.

This isn’t over. We still need people keeping watch & staying safe.

27.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 11

I have a dress that is really just a glorified sweatshirt with pockets. It's on heavy rotation right now.

27.02.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This, on perpetual repeat

26.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

26.02.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 10822 πŸ” 5231 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 338

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

25.02.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 3486 πŸ” 1815 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 63

I'm so sorry for your loss.

16.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

15.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 41466 πŸ” 14039 πŸ’¬ 658 πŸ“Œ 593

There is no reforming this. There is only abolition, and then trials.

13.02.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 1339 πŸ” 258 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 7

Come ride bikes with us in Minneapolis! And spend your money at our amazing local businesses.

In the meantime please keep donating to help us keep our neighbors housed/fed/in MN.

Lots of donation options here: standwithminnesota.com

Or this one for my neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...

12.02.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 720 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women β€” and interactions with them β€” through the lens of sex

05.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 19942 πŸ” 4687 πŸ’¬ 302 πŸ“Œ 263

dang it, *dystopian*.

04.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You say "cool", I say "distopian". πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

04.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the bloodshed? came after:

β€œit’s okay, i’m not mad at you”

&

β€œare you okay?”

04.02.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 1012 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

Democracy dies in broad daylight under billionaire ownership

04.02.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1271 πŸ” 339 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

Hey @schumer.senate.gov, these agents are doing this on video.

Not another dime for these motherfuckers. Not one more piece of equipment, no more nonsense about body cams and training.

Shut it down.

03.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 1460 πŸ” 367 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 12

And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating β€œillegal” immigrants created a ton more β€œillegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.

02.02.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 2325 πŸ” 719 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 10

What the rest of the country needs to know is those days don’t exist in Minnesota right now. Every single day we hear about them terrorizing one of our neighbors, tear gassing the helpers, and driving around our city like maniacs

02.02.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 1473 πŸ” 319 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 4

"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.

29.01.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 3227 πŸ” 993 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 38

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 47525 πŸ” 14311 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 600

the reason DHS officers wear masks is because it allows them to commit crimes with impunity. there is literally no legitimate reason for it.

29.01.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 14948 πŸ” 3466 πŸ’¬ 375 πŸ“Œ 119
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Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting The Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers about $496 million through December.

Tell everyone you know

HALF A BILLION $

apnews.com/article/trum...

28.01.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 410 πŸ” 258 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 34

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

28.01.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 10384 πŸ” 3652 πŸ’¬ 257 πŸ“Œ 104

this is, unfortunately, the time for us to once again call our senators and say fuck you try again

28.01.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 879 πŸ” 217 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 4

please remember that no matter how many β€œICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.

people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

28.01.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 9742 πŸ” 3343 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 57

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

26.01.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 4068 πŸ” 1021 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 45

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

25.01.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 41798 πŸ” 10724 πŸ’¬ 727 πŸ“Œ 328