on New York using AI to inform family policing decisions, based on the justification that it's too hard for caseworkers to surveil families without it: defector.com/new-yorks-us...
A photo from a listing that I came across last night.....tortilla 🙏🏽
Defector@defector.com · 5d agoAI listings have made apartment hunting even more debasing:
Wrote about Fergie Chambers, Neville Roy Singham, and the new Red Scare chapter of the War on Terror
Defector@defector.com · last wk.Eventually everyone will be called a terrorist: defector.com/eventually-e...
This is really great defector.com/pen-americas...
PEN America's "Silent Moratorium" Prompts Very Loud Criticism | Defector
PEN America president Dinaw Mengestu resigned from his position this past Thursday after the troubled free-expression organization published a report reaffirming its opposition to cultural boycotts. T...
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Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 3w agoYou can always rely on PEN America to double down after shooting itself in the foot.
LeeAnne Hutchison was at the Tony Awards watching her Broadway debut 'Liberation' win for Best Play. The next morning, she woke up and clocked in at Defenders Academy, a week-long trial skills program for public defenders from across the country.
Meet The Broadway Actor Teaching Public Defenders How To Win In Court | Defector
On Sunday, June 7, LeeAnne Hutchison was at the Tony Awards, watching her Broadway debut Liberation win for Best Play. The next morning, she woke up and clocked in at Defenders Academy, a week-long…
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Is Plato’s 'Republic' too gay for Texas Tech?
Here's What Texas Tech's Leadership Is Being Sued For Censoring | Defector
Is Plato’s Republic too gay? This is one of many brave questions posed by the Texas Tech University System’s chancellor and Board of Regents as they implement an “extraordinary system of censorship…
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Judge Reed O'Connor decided one of the first anti-trans legal victories in 2016. Being one of two judges who sentenced Prairieland protestors to a combined 547 years in prison for being antifa gender extremist terrorists is the latest in a decade-long arc.
Defector@defector.com · last mo.Unlike the defendants, one of the Prarieland judges is part of an organized cell of extremists: defector.com/unlike-the-d...
My goodness, @defector.com is on a real heater this week, even by their extremely high standards. Threading below some pieces published just over the last few days. Read and share and subscribe, make sure these folks get the love they deserve and the support they need for the work they're doing.
Wrote about eight years of listening to Rosalía with my friends <3
Defector@defector.com · last mo.Eight years of rituals with Rosalía:
Wrote about last week's illegal boat strike death spree, which killed 8 people and stranded 6 others.
Defector@defector.com · last mo.The U.S. is still killing people in illegal boat strikes: defector.com/the-u-s-is-s...
I wrote about the maze within a maze that NYCHA tenants have to navigate to get repairs done for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social.
City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoInspections by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development are one of the only tools NYCHA tenants have for securing overdue repairs. But tenants and legal advocates say scheduling snafus make those fights even harder. via @sohini.bsky.social: citylimits.org/for-nycha-te...
Washed-up clown Spencer Pratt will not be the mayor of Los Angeles: defector.com/washed-up-cl...
Washed-Up Clown Spencer Pratt Will Not Be The Mayor of Los Angeles | Defector
Spencer Pratt will not be the mayor of Los Angeles. There should be no need to utter this sentence, much like “You do not have to swallow a rhino whole, tonight” or “Human shit will not rain down…
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Great blog on why Bari Weiss is too stupid to be an effective rightwing propagandist. defector.com/bari-weiss-e...
Bari Weiss Even Worse At Her Job Than Previously Imagined | Defector
Recently fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley sat down with The New York Times over the weekend for a lengthy interview about the end of his tenure at CBS News, which Bari Weiss has been speedi...
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I wrote about the people striking against conditions of torture and death at Delaney Hall, the infamous private ICE jail in New Jersey
Defector@defector.com · 2mo agoPrisoners at private ICE jail in New Jersey collectively refuse conditions of death: defector.com/prisoners-at...