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Craig Prentiss

@cprentiss.bsky.social

Religious studies prof, compulsive movie watcher, Fulbright alumn, recovering doomscroller

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h ago

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. "As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests. "You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens." Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13h ago

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w ago

When Pete Hegseth polled top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during military operations, he bet they’d back his view that the program was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” officials told ProPublica. Instead, every commander rebuffed the idea.

Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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Cas Mudde@casmudde.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you are wondering how bar-shit crazy Texas is these days: the University of Houston removed almost half of its courses to comply with state censorship laws.

UH removes over 45% of courses from its ‘core’ curriculum to comply with SB 37 | Houston Public Media

Some of the classes removed from UH’s core curriculum include those discussing race and gender, such as Introduction to LGBT Studies, Women and Gender in Arabic Literature, and Intro to Global Climate...

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Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is introducing a Western civilisation course in military-family schools that distorts history by closely equating Western civilisation with Christianity, portraying Islam as unusually violent, and downplaying Christian violence such as the Crusades, AP reports.

Craig Prentiss@cprentiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Missouri trouncing two awful Constitutional amendments by a 4 to 1 margin that Republican legislative leaders tried to shove down our throats with a well-financed campaign of lies is a rare hopeful sign in this neck of the woods.

Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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Craig Prentiss@cprentiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It seems Emily Wilson is more than welcome to craft a film script herself. I do cringe when academics (or authors of novels) critique scripts as though the parameters of the medium don't put severe restrictions on the nuances they value. Opinions are fine, but I feel it reveals some cluelessness.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 2mo ago

Off the top of my head there are more Republican ex-legislators in prison right now for child sexual abuse then there are trans girls playing high school sports

choo choo choose anger@ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have not ever seen a single story about a trans kid causing any issue in some sport they’re playing (other than other butthurt parents) yet this is somehow an exponentially bigger problem than an ocean of conservative men preying on children and women.

Craig Prentiss@cprentiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With 60 million Americans watching the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, which is roughly double that of a World Series game 7 or an NBA Championship, why do we persist in the narrative the U.S. is still "warming up" to the sport. Only the NFL tops interest in the WC.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2mo ago

It's a scam all the way down. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed implementation of food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

FEC Schedule A itemized receipt, line C. Contributor: Taylor Fresh Foods Inc, 911-B Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93902. Date of receipt: 03/26/2025. Transaction ID: SA17.4550. Amount of receipt this period: $1,000,000.00. Marked "Memo Item" and labeled "NON-CONTRIBUTION." Receipt-for boxes (Primary/General/Other) are blank. Aggregate year-to-date: $1,000,000.00.
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2mo ago

My pre-write turned out to be 70% a. CDC's comms have been wildly irresponsible; b. If I couldn't prove lettuce is not from Taylor Farms, I wouldn't eat it; c. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trump's big document release tonight, supposedly meant to prove China stole the 2020 election, includes this classified intel graphic making clear that Russia was the only country trying to meddle in American voting systems.

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James Goodwin@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old.

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Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

'It let white supremacists organize': the toxic legacy of Facebook's Groups

Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough

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Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One of the first things Facebook’s algorithm showed me today was this propaganda post by Patriot Front. It’s not just that FB is platforming fascists. They are algorithmically PROMOTING and amplifying them.

American Nationalists • Follow 3h • Excerpt from Thomas' Independance Day Speech ... X 387 119 30
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3mo ago

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4mo ago

Welcome to FIFA World Cup Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven ​hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad ‌early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said.