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Gabriella "Biella" Coleman

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Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/

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I can’t relay the science fully but I met with her last year and she explained why and how the tech is different from existing devices. I asked her recently to put an explanation on the website

05.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to see this one step closer to reality. deveillance.com

05.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.

We updated our record of people immigration agents have killed or caused to die since Trump took office in January 2025.

As of today, agents have killed at least 28 people in the field and 48 people in custody.

04.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 994 πŸ” 595 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 15
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One of the dumbest ideas? Building with paper, which is dry wall, more or less.

04.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's awful. It's a total purge.

02.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not naming names as they are not all public, but the trends are unmistakable: esteemed, accomplished, extremely productive (re: excellent scholars) are being denied tenure, usually by the university president.

02.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Also, radical liberal is an oxymoron

02.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jason Snitker - "Parmaster" Memorial Service - Feb 28, 2026
Jason Snitker - "Parmaster" Memorial Service - Feb 28, 2026 YouTube video by Deb Kavaler Wysopal

πŸ•―οΈ Par’s Memorial πŸ•―οΈ
Link below.

Please watch the CHAT video in the description.

Rest in peace, Jason Snitker
Legend. Always.

youtu.be/0qMRIZWCrJw?...

02.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

That sounds very hard. I hope things improve soon. <3

01.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flying to Nationals in Baton Rouge, like totally empty plane back in the day when airlines still didn't ram everyone in like sardines in a tin can.

01.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That's me in the photo, and we did have 2 am practices in the gym at Columbia in the winter as the story reports. I can't even fathom that today, but back then it was great, and then let's get a milkshake at Tom's Diner after!

01.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning eye candy

01.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congress has to immediately start hearings to determine how the school was targeted and to what degree that decision was made by human or machine.

01.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Robyn, our three legged dog who is brown and black, asleep on a blue sofa

Robyn, our three legged dog who is brown and black, asleep on a blue sofa

Oh, to be a dog, sleeping in a world of peace, not knowing hate and evil

28.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Not to be missed, Jad is a gem.

28.02.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally, just ridiculous that part, but coming from HBS, kinda not surprising. But Mandami's popularity and effectiveness should also put that BS debate to rest. My lord.

28.02.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No justification, no authorization from Congress, and no clear objective.

But none of that matters to Donald Trump β€” and apparently neither do the safety and lives of American service members.

28.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 3442 πŸ” 925 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 48
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We’re 23 HBS Professors. This Is the Cost of Silence. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson We urge business leaders to recognize that there is no conflict between their responsibilities as CEO and their responsibilities as citizens. The cost of silence is incalculable.

Harvard Business School professors leading a call for speaking up about threats to democracy is not exactly a normal state of affairs, and that's the point: if we don't do more, we will lose it all www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

27.02.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Columbia President with NEW details:

5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.

They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."

A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.

They ignored him & took the student.

27.02.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 4372 πŸ” 1800 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 213

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

27.02.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 7215 πŸ” 1747 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 102
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I'm not easily horrified by hidden mold. This horrified me.

26.02.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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And wow? Obviously not scalable, but damn, Mandami is not just a Mayor but a snake charmer.

26.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phrack (Final)

Huh -- this week, the FBI uploaded 35 pages on Phrack to its FOIA Library vault.fbi.gov/phrack/phrac...

26.02.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Too good not to swipe and share here, but yea, Trump is crushmaxxing Mamdani, and I am crushmaxxing him as well for being willing to get the job done

26.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More proof, as if we need it. MAHA was likely decisive for Trump's win and if Dems want to get those votes, they better start getting tough on chemical regulation www.pew.org/en/research-...

26.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He looks like he's about to pitch the worst social media startup idea of 2007, but to be clear that's a large improvement in style over the greased-back look.

26.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Current Anthropology | Ahead of print

Peeps, there is a new full on Current Anthropology issue on Populism www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ca/0/0

26.02.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

LOL. So true. And he does fancy himself an entrepreneur, though I felt a little less animosity toward him after the piece. And yes, it is a huge improvement.

26.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After reading the Gavin Newsom New Yorker profile, I learned that Newsom sometimes lets his hair down and without that hair grease (never when he is politicking). Someone needs to tell him that going gel-free is the way to go.

26.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Media Merger You Should Actually Care About An under-the-radar, Trump-approved deal could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?

I't's nice to see some outlets suddenly and uncharacteristically caring about media consolidation:

26.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1