Amy Peterson
@amypete.bsky.social
Author, teacher, Episcopal priest. Wayward and curious. Solvitur ambulando. she/her
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Reposted by Amy Peterson
Reposted by Amy Peterson
An immigration enforcement system that punishes people for the government’s own delay is a system which destroys its own legitimacy.
People are being thrown in handcuffs and put in ICE detention despite having done every single thing the U.S. government asked them to do.
People are being thrown in handcuffs and put in ICE detention despite having done every single thing the U.S. government asked them to do.
August 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
An immigration enforcement system that punishes people for the government’s own delay is a system which destroys its own legitimacy.
People are being thrown in handcuffs and put in ICE detention despite having done every single thing the U.S. government asked them to do.
People are being thrown in handcuffs and put in ICE detention despite having done every single thing the U.S. government asked them to do.
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The Justice Department appears to have included a fake AI-generated. citation in an ICE detainee's case.
Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The Justice Department appears to have included a fake AI-generated. citation in an ICE detainee's case.
Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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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
July 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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-...
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A human rights lawyer fled China and came legally to the US , where he is applying for asylum and waiting for his case to be adjudicated. He was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE arrested him this week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A human rights lawyer fled China and came legally to the US , where he is applying for asylum and waiting for his case to be adjudicated. He was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE arrested him this week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
June 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Reposted by Amy Peterson
They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
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A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
May 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
Reposted by Amy Peterson
Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers.
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'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune
Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.
fortune.com
May 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers.
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Described this change to my teenage daughter who immediately said, “the homogenization of knowledge!”
May 19, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Described this change to my teenage daughter who immediately said, “the homogenization of knowledge!”
“In the end, we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism, and humbug, and will want to live — more musically”
Vincent to Theo, 1888
Vincent to Theo, 1888
May 18, 2026 at 10:36 PM
“In the end, we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism, and humbug, and will want to live — more musically”
Vincent to Theo, 1888
Vincent to Theo, 1888
An 88 year old parishioner who never graduated from college emailed me last night to tell me how amused and delighted she was by Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of St Macrina, which she was enjoying on her back deck along with a glass of French white 🥰
May 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
An 88 year old parishioner who never graduated from college emailed me last night to tell me how amused and delighted she was by Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of St Macrina, which she was enjoying on her back deck along with a glass of French white 🥰
Last week in adult formation, someone asked me about the growth in the Catholic Church and I really said “there are some great nuns on TikTok”
May 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Last week in adult formation, someone asked me about the growth in the Catholic Church and I really said “there are some great nuns on TikTok”
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“Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered,” he added. “It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered,” he added. “It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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What do you call camps where people keep disappearing and dying
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
www.webworm.co
May 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
What do you call camps where people keep disappearing and dying
Asheville, come hear Marie Howe and Bruce Beasley talk poetry and prayer tomorrow night!
May 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Asheville, come hear Marie Howe and Bruce Beasley talk poetry and prayer tomorrow night!
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DAWKINS: You idiots believe in God?
ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend
ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend
Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it
Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it
Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
DAWKINS: You idiots believe in God?
ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend
ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend
Is there a biometric tracker I can wear that has the capability to tell that I have fallen asleep and then softly fade out my audiobook or podcast? Cause that’s the only thing I’m looking for
April 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Is there a biometric tracker I can wear that has the capability to tell that I have fallen asleep and then softly fade out my audiobook or podcast? Cause that’s the only thing I’m looking for
bring back wives who check out Mozart while they do taebo and remind you that you’ve got room to grow
Manosphere influencers have increasingly popularized the ideal of a “Pilates girl” — a woman who engages in what they see as a feminine form of exercise, one that doesn’t result in bulky muscles. https://bit.ly/3NOjOIw
March 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
bring back wives who check out Mozart while they do taebo and remind you that you’ve got room to grow
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“You can see that the rain, the rainwater is actually black – also saturated, it appears, with oil.”
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reporting from Iran after attack on Iranian oil facilities, March 8, 2026.
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reporting from Iran after attack on Iranian oil facilities, March 8, 2026.
March 8, 2026 at 11:38 AM
“You can see that the rain, the rainwater is actually black – also saturated, it appears, with oil.”
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reporting from Iran after attack on Iranian oil facilities, March 8, 2026.
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reporting from Iran after attack on Iranian oil facilities, March 8, 2026.
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Something I don’t think can be emphasized enough is how fast ICE is shipping the people they detain off to another state. “Move fast and break things” but for people in potentially life or death situations. nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/j...
March 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Something I don’t think can be emphasized enough is how fast ICE is shipping the people they detain off to another state. “Move fast and break things” but for people in potentially life or death situations. nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/j...
HBO needs to make a show about Frances Perkins
March 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
HBO needs to make a show about Frances Perkins
I was on a jury for three weeks (a case about moving dirt around incorrectly) and now we have a jurors group chat and are planning a reunion. Sometimes America is beautiful
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I was on a jury for three weeks (a case about moving dirt around incorrectly) and now we have a jurors group chat and are planning a reunion. Sometimes America is beautiful
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He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.