EricAVázquez
@fritamoreno.bsky.social
Mexican't, Mexiwon't, Mexiwill-never. Opinions expressed here are my own, and do not represent my employer. https://ericvazquezphd.com/
“True, the annals of fashion are littered with ill-advised accessories: leg warmers, trucker hats, Livestrong bracelets. But the very act of putting on a wearable—of willingly adorning oneself with a tiny computerized narc—is an act of surrender.”
Pull the Plug: Making a Case Against Wearable Tech
No more beeping, booping, or buzzing. One writer on why she’s opting out.
vanityfair.com
Make no mistake about this: this has always been part of RFK Jr's eugenicist agenda. It is entirely apace with his anti-vaccination beliefs (let children/the vulnerable fall sick, its good for the "population"). The goal is eugenics.
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6d ago‘The plan calls for government agencies to try out “supported-living models” such as “farmstead or campus-based communities”, which the groups fear could revive forms of institutional confinement.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Black people are less intelligent has been discredited so many fucking times. Why is such a hack with discredited ideas being given airtime and “free speech” articles. He’s an open “race realist”. Also fuck you
I argue in my @insidehighered.com column for protecting the academic freedom of @nathancofnas.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat
Here it is: California Forever—the proposed billionaire tech dystopian city—is pushing last-minute legislation to bypass environmental review. Will Gavin Newsom’s lobbyist pals get it over the finish line? www.solanotogether.org/post/trailer...
California Forever Billionaire Power Grab Is Here. Take Action Now!
Take action to demand that Governor Newsom and our legislators reject a last-minute bill favoring California Forever and bypassing environmental laws for industrial shipbuilding plans in Solano. Read ...
solanotogether.org
"My daughter went to school and came home with a penis." said no parent, ever.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Linda McMahon: "After the Biden administration allowed schools to secretly transition students without parents' knowledge, President Trump is defending parental rights like never before"
President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II.
The $1 Trillion Black Box
The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...
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The war on terror’s always had a domestic front. ICE was designed to be a militarized police force. It has limitless resources, which is why it can afford this tech. Pair that w/ unchecked license to racially profile & the US is further solidified as a police state. Literal shock and awe warfare.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoKILMEADE: DHS plans to spend $20 million on electric shock gloves to aid federal agents. How would that work? HOMAN: It's another device to help someone be compliant when they're not. You can't have the first thing you go for be lethal force.
Aug. 13, 1926: Fidel Castro, the revolutionary turned dictator who turned Cuba into the first Communist state in the Americas, is born to a prosperous sugarcane farm family in the island’s southeast. His reign from 1959-2008 made him a villain to the U.S. and an icon of Third World leftism.
🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: Vanderbilt's board just launched a horrifying assault on academic freedom that threatens the legitimacy of their university. 1/x #AAUP #academicsky #edusky
Vanderbilt’s Board Declares War Against Academic Freedom
A new policy punishes faculty for speech the trustees deem strays from the core purpose of the university.
insidehighered.com
Our good friends from @eff.org are going to join us at #DEFCON34 to talk about ALPRs. We will go into excruciating details about how all the governance and policies around ALPRs are designed to fail. bsky.app/profile/evac...
evacide@evacide.bsky.social · 4w agoYou cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock. www.gpb.org/news/2026/08...
"For every AI ethicist or prompt engineer role created in San Francisco, dozens of livelihoods vanish in Manila, Johannesburg or Mumbai." Read an excerpt from “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI" by Jibu Elias: https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-jobs-economy-impact/
Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution
In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
restofworld.org
A federal judge ordered the Adelanto ICE facility to fix its water. But only weeks later, a detainee filmed worm-like creatures swimming in his drinking water. How is DHS claiming it meets FDA standards?
'Disturbing' video shows 'worm-like creatures' swimming in ICE detainees' drinking water
A video shared by attorneys shows a California ICE detainee holding up a water bottle crawling with "worm-like creatures" just weeks after a judge ordered the facility to fix its water problems.The fo...
rawstory.com
It’s super unserious to live to witness our pre-apocalyptic hellworld that went from being a boundless source of infinite sustenance to having a crumbling ecosystem only since the 3rd Industrial Revolution & fix your mouth to say that it is the socialists that are going to kill us all.
We're doing this for what exactly. What fucking benefit are we getting from this.
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · last mo."By the end of 2030," reports NYT, the amount of energy used by data centers"is expected to quadruple, eclipsing the power used by all countries in South America and Africa combined." This is extinctionism.
Israel is progressively forcing Palestinians into smaller and smaller concentration camps
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · last mo.Israel expands 'yellow zone', forcing thousands more Gazans to flee again "We are taking our belongings out and going to leave the place because the occupation (Israel) has moved the yellow line all the way to Salah al-Din Street," www.reuters.com/3fec1b0a85a0...
After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire? As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.
Elon Musk’s tired schtick
Why does the media keep debasing itself for a man who despises them?
disconnect.blog
Great reporting from @insidehighered.com "The story of Steven Thrasher shows how this network of government extortion and repression has had a powerful impact pressuring campuses to fire dissenting faculty and silence free speech." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Extortion and Appeasement at Northwestern
There is so much government repression happening that I cannot begin to summarize it.
insidehighered.com
The largest privately held company in the United States is refusing to concede to workers’ demands for more dignified workplace conditions, including protected bathroom breaks.
Over 1,700 Cargill Meatpacking Workers Locked Out After Demanding Bathroom Breaks
The largest privately held company in the United States is refusing to concede to workers’ demands for more dignified workplace conditions, including protected bathroom breaks.
sentientmedia.org
Many many people in this country cannot recognize Islamophobia because they are swimming so deeply in it on a daily basis and have so internalized it that it isn't actually legible to them as racism. It's why it's so casually deployed in a way that other forms of racism in the country are not.
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
Forbes@forbes.com · 2mo agoTaylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.
We speak with Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian community leader in Wisconsin, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and a legal permanent resident of the United States for over 30 years. He faces possible deportation after being arrested in March and detained in an ICE jail for 80 days.
Judge has to order our own government to provide clean drinking water to human beings.
Donna Hopkins Ⓥ@vegandreamer.bsky.social · 2mo agoA federal judge on Thursday ordered major changes to reported conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, granting a preliminary injunction that requires federal immigration officials provide people with clean drinking water and adequate medical care. cal.news/44AizS9
This AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
apnews.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds
Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’
theguardian.com
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'It Was a Field Execution': IDF Shoots Driver Delivering Relief Supplies to Gaza in the Head | Common Dreams
"The soldier who shot Ahmad talked to the three surviving drivers afterward and threatened them, saying they would meet the same fate as Ahmad," said a leader of a Gaza trucker's association. "This c...
commondreams.org
When people call 911, they expect to get real help — not be tased, beaten, and sent to immigration detention by police officers acting as ICE agents. Local police partnerships with ICE endanger all of us.
They Called 911 for Help. Police Sent Them to ICE Detention Instead.
As more local police collaborate with ICE, even some crime victims and people who call 911 are facing arrest.
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