Liliana Segura
@lilianasegura.bsky.social
Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
Signal: @lilianasegura.56
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
Signal: @lilianasegura.56
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ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her.
DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months.
The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs.
We explain.
DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months.
The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs.
We explain.
ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 10:31 AM
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her.
DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months.
The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs.
We explain.
DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months.
The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs.
We explain.
The NYT is really telling on itself in today's profile of Rahm Emanuel when it says that Rahm Emanuel has made "nearly 4,000 appearances in the pages of The New York Times."
September 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The NYT is really telling on itself in today's profile of Rahm Emanuel when it says that Rahm Emanuel has made "nearly 4,000 appearances in the pages of The New York Times."
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“As of May 2026, the C.D.C. had 30 percent fewer employees than it did before the layoffs…Interviews with more than 30 current & former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs”
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“As of May 2026, the C.D.C. had 30 percent fewer employees than it did before the layoffs…Interviews with more than 30 current & former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs”
Just feel like the rich jerks who eat worms and don't know their own phone number want us to be arguing about iced coffee at job interviews.
September 25, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Just feel like the rich jerks who eat worms and don't know their own phone number want us to be arguing about iced coffee at job interviews.
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This is incredibly important. I cannot begin to emphasize enough that local LE support for ICE must be eradicated. Huge thanks to @taniel.bsky.social for this compilation of races.
Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets.
So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most.
NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most.
NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
boltsmag.org
September 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
This is incredibly important. I cannot begin to emphasize enough that local LE support for ICE must be eradicated. Huge thanks to @taniel.bsky.social for this compilation of races.
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tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a virulent bigot, and a grotesque opportunist/propagandist.
it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build
it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build
September 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a virulent bigot, and a grotesque opportunist/propagandist.
it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build
it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build
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There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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I really hope Bluesky grows as a place where folks like this can speak up and say "hi, I was one of the primaries on that research, and about that headline…" and it will make it to all of us
(@lilianasegura.bsky.social consider this a response to your request for cool and interesting reads)
(@lilianasegura.bsky.social consider this a response to your request for cool and interesting reads)
I won’t lie, it’s a bit overwhelming to see the work hyperbolized by many press outlets, including the university. We did not discover a new organ, or that you have two consciousnesses, etc!
I’m excited for the general positive recognition, (especially the coverage from the Chronicle by Jack Lee)
I’m excited for the general positive recognition, (especially the coverage from the Chronicle by Jack Lee)
The brain is a single organ. But it may not start that way, study suggests
A Stanford-led study challenges the idea that the brain develops from one common pool of early cells — and could help researchers model diseases such as ALS.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I really hope Bluesky grows as a place where folks like this can speak up and say "hi, I was one of the primaries on that research, and about that headline…" and it will make it to all of us
(@lilianasegura.bsky.social consider this a response to your request for cool and interesting reads)
(@lilianasegura.bsky.social consider this a response to your request for cool and interesting reads)
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Reminder into the void here that @maris.bsky.social and I coedited a whole project for @literaryhub.bsky.social subtweeting: Pamela Paul’s tenure at the NYTBR …
lithub.com/what-was-los...
lithub.com/what-was-los...
September 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Reminder into the void here that @maris.bsky.social and I coedited a whole project for @literaryhub.bsky.social subtweeting: Pamela Paul’s tenure at the NYTBR …
lithub.com/what-was-los...
lithub.com/what-was-los...
Did the thing I try to avoid, which is amplifying the bad take from a shitty person. Gotta try harder to amplify the good work people are doing. If you have read or written anything beautiful/important/revelatory, send links my way.
September 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Did the thing I try to avoid, which is amplifying the bad take from a shitty person. Gotta try harder to amplify the good work people are doing. If you have read or written anything beautiful/important/revelatory, send links my way.
Feels like a waste of energy to be mad online about Bret Stephens or the NYT but I am truly so tired of these pitiful men and the institutions that support them.
LOL, the gotcha part in the second paragraph is truly hilarious. Who will think of the straight white rightwing men in the literary world? WHO? WHO?
September 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Feels like a waste of energy to be mad online about Bret Stephens or the NYT but I am truly so tired of these pitiful men and the institutions that support them.
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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
September 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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Pretty significant news, especially getting a preliminary injunction in a state like Alabama. Comes from the lawsuit filed by Leonardo Garcia Venegas, the U.S. citizen and Alabama resident detained three times by immigration agents. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
September 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Pretty significant news, especially getting a preliminary injunction in a state like Alabama. Comes from the lawsuit filed by Leonardo Garcia Venegas, the U.S. citizen and Alabama resident detained three times by immigration agents. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.
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EFF’s investigation found cops across dozens of jurisdictions writing “LMAO,” “LOL,” “Hehe,” “Haha,” “idk,” “blah,” “TBD,” and “robbery I don’t remember the case number leave me alone” in Flock’s “reason” box for searches.
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
www.404media.co
September 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
EFF’s investigation found cops across dozens of jurisdictions writing “LMAO,” “LOL,” “Hehe,” “Haha,” “idk,” “blah,” “TBD,” and “robbery I don’t remember the case number leave me alone” in Flock’s “reason” box for searches.
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Every prison and jail calls it segregation. No one says “solitary confinement” bc that would violate international law.
"ICE doesn't really call solitary confinement 'segregation.' No way they use that word."
"It's true."
"It's true."
The unending mission to describe the US migration enforcement regime to less-engaged friends and family...
a) without sounding like a crank;
b) while not overwhelming anyone to the point where they feel paralyzed.
a) without sounding like a crank;
b) while not overwhelming anyone to the point where they feel paralyzed.
September 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Every prison and jail calls it segregation. No one says “solitary confinement” bc that would violate international law.
I am always saying this. (Really though.)
The single most unrealistic thing about HBO’s Silicon Valley is the team choosing saving humanity with zero credit and not the money
Are you even a frontier AI lab if you haven’t lost track of your AI agents during security testing and they hacked a bunch of websites?
It’s like this is a new benchmark for showing investors how close you are to AGI.
It’s like this is a new benchmark for showing investors how close you are to AGI.
September 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I am always saying this. (Really though.)
Always read @leehedgepeth.bsky.social on Alabama's death penalty. He witnessed last night's execution of Jeffrey Lee. www.treadbylee.com/p/the-way-we... And read about one of the 7 jurors who voted to spare Jeffrey Lee's life, only to see a judge send him to die: www.treadbylee.com/p/a-jurors-p...
A Juror’s Prayer
Ozetta Thomas and a majority of jurors voted to spare Jeffery Lee’s life. The State of Alabama is planning to execute him anyway.
www.treadbylee.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Always read @leehedgepeth.bsky.social on Alabama's death penalty. He witnessed last night's execution of Jeffrey Lee. www.treadbylee.com/p/the-way-we... And read about one of the 7 jurors who voted to spare Jeffrey Lee's life, only to see a judge send him to die: www.treadbylee.com/p/a-jurors-p...
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Great article in The Guardian about the Trump Administration’s cancellation of my wife’s research on the social determinants of Alzheimer’s Disease. I am so proud of her for standing up to the racist, anti-science fascists who currently control our country! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Hundreds of ageing Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts
Shutdown of study is latest for Trump administration, which has canceled, frozen and otherwise disrupted more than 5,700 medical research grants over two years
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Great article in The Guardian about the Trump Administration’s cancellation of my wife’s research on the social determinants of Alzheimer’s Disease. I am so proud of her for standing up to the racist, anti-science fascists who currently control our country! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
So for the second time in less than a year, Stacey Humphreys's scheduled execution has been temporarily called off. NOT because of the juror misconduct, but due to a separate last-minute challenge under GA's Survivor Justice Act--an acknowledgement that he was a victim of serious childhood abuse.
A Lone Juror Hijacked Deliberations. This Time, a Man Faces Execution.
While many fixated on the man who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy, Georgia is set to kill Stacey Humphreys despite “extreme juror misconduct.”
theintercept.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
So for the second time in less than a year, Stacey Humphreys's scheduled execution has been temporarily called off. NOT because of the juror misconduct, but due to a separate last-minute challenge under GA's Survivor Justice Act--an acknowledgement that he was a victim of serious childhood abuse.
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***Throwing this down as a marker, here on Sept. 17, 2026, that Fox News is helping to set stage for the Nov election being stolen by drumming up the Trump admin's "crackdown" on a handful of alleged cases of voter fraud.
This reporter should be ashamed of himself.
www.foxnews.com/politics/ski...
This reporter should be ashamed of himself.
www.foxnews.com/politics/ski...
Skid Row forgeries, illegal votes and a mayoral candidate: Election fraud cases pile up nationwide
Noncitizen voting and fraudulent voter registration cases were announced across several states this week, adding to DOJ's growing election fraud prosecutions from recent weeks.
www.foxnews.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
***Throwing this down as a marker, here on Sept. 17, 2026, that Fox News is helping to set stage for the Nov election being stolen by drumming up the Trump admin's "crackdown" on a handful of alleged cases of voter fraud.
This reporter should be ashamed of himself.
www.foxnews.com/politics/ski...
This reporter should be ashamed of himself.
www.foxnews.com/politics/ski...
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I wrote about the insane developments in Chris Duncan's case.
He was exonerated by the LA Sup. Ct. in June. But the local DA vowed to re-try him.
Yesterday, cops showed up at the home of alleged victim's mother, demanded her DNA, threatened to arrest her, and said they would exhume her daughter.
He was exonerated by the LA Sup. Ct. in June. But the local DA vowed to re-try him.
Yesterday, cops showed up at the home of alleged victim's mother, demanded her DNA, threatened to arrest her, and said they would exhume her daughter.
Breaking: DA demands DNA from Chris Duncan and Haley Oliveaux’s mother
Louisiana continues to persecute a wrongly convicted man
radleybalko.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I wrote about the insane developments in Chris Duncan's case.
He was exonerated by the LA Sup. Ct. in June. But the local DA vowed to re-try him.
Yesterday, cops showed up at the home of alleged victim's mother, demanded her DNA, threatened to arrest her, and said they would exhume her daughter.
He was exonerated by the LA Sup. Ct. in June. But the local DA vowed to re-try him.
Yesterday, cops showed up at the home of alleged victim's mother, demanded her DNA, threatened to arrest her, and said they would exhume her daughter.
I am going to become the Joker
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
www.chicagotribune.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I am going to become the Joker
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Americans (of both parties) built the Law Enforcement Baronial Class against the warning of many many people, mostly Black communities, and now they look around like, huh, why are we a police state.
sheriffs.substack.com/p/trump-made...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/trump-made...
Trump Made the Law Enforcement Baronial Class His Best Friend
April 29, 2025
sheriffs.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Americans (of both parties) built the Law Enforcement Baronial Class against the warning of many many people, mostly Black communities, and now they look around like, huh, why are we a police state.
sheriffs.substack.com/p/trump-made...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/trump-made...