@fredericklane.com
Father (now Grand-). Husband. Author. Runner. Fulbright Specialist in Law and Computer Technology. Hard-core liberal. Red Sox. Current book project: "The Cybertraps of Choice: Privacy and Pregnancy in a Post-Roe World." On @thedailyshow.com once (8/16).
More than 1.5 million girls were sent to maternity homes during the Baby Scoop era, where they were kept in seclusion, told they didn’t deserve to be mothers, and returned to their lives to pretend none of it happened.
This is the America the GOP wants to make great again.
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New records show a guard searched Jeffrey Epstein’s name minutes before his body was found. This follows thousands in unexplained cash deposits to that guard’s account days prior. These aren't coincidences; they’re receipts. We need a full independent investigation now.
Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.
OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…
“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”
Vintage black and white photo of a baby lying on a fluffy blanket, looking slightly towards the camera with a curious expression.
7 March 1942 | A French Jewish girl, Claudine Ruben, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 July 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 440 people murdered after selection in a gas chamber.
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This was clear from the jump, but the Venezuela invasion going as smoothly as it did, from a pure operational perspective, is going to prove catastrophic in the long run.
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a young woman with styled hair and checkered outfit, looking off to the side.
7 March 1917 | Czech Jewish woman, Frieda Kleinová, was born in Brno.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA
Vintage black and white photo of a young boy with curly hair, wearing a light-colored shirt.
7 March 1930 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Izak Philip van Dijk, was born in Oss.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
Virginia's legislature has passed a bill prohibiting schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it "as peaceful protest."
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jfc everything I read or hear about these things makes them seem even worse, a perpetual motion machine of utter depravity
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would not rule out using voter data for immigration enforcement during a federal hearing in Minnesota, but said such data was not currently being used. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Make Lack of Stupidity a Job Requirement Again
Just want to note that this religious freedom victory did not come from the Satanic Temple, which has a 0% success rate in challenging abortion bans, including in Indiana
The latest NY chatbot bill would bar chatbots from conveying information that could fall within the scope of a licensed profession.
It’s basically a censorship bill disguised as licensure protection.
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Peter Mandelson has refused to testify to the US Congress over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Édouard Vuillard, The Newspaper, 1896-98, showing a woman reading a newspaper in a decorated interior
If I were to recommend only a single exhibition in NYC right now it wouldn't be a big, splashy museum presentation but rather a small, ravishing show of Édouard Vuillard's early interiors at Skarstedt in Chelsea. Absolutely stupendous. Open through April 25 (thread) www.skarstedt.com/exhibitions/...
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
6 March 1896 | A Pole, Władysław Książek, was born in Łopuszna Wielka. A teacher.
In #Auschwitz from 3 November 1942.
No. 72200
In 1944 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived the war.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
I had planned a lengthy rant about the White House Correspondents Dinner, but it’s Friday and I’ve run out of ways to say “pathetic” and “spineless betrayal.”
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My gmail address is fslane3@. Even more impressive, my author page is fredericklane.com (at least 31 years old, probably more).
Illinois’ Accountability Commission heard testimony about a third grader who stopped eating lunch at school because he feared typing in his lunch code would help immigration enforcement agents target his family: capitolnewsillinois.com/news/a-city-...
Very much how I feel this morning
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Wooden guard tower, barbed-wire fencing, and rows of brick barracks at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau. An open gate leads into the camp area under a partly cloudy sky.
📷 The gate leading to the oldest part of Auschwitz II-Birkenau - sector BI.
Learn about its functions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHTsmPDa7CU
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‘within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways of violently killing Black people and the chat was renamed after what one member described as “Nazi heaven.”’
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Black-and-white photograph of a girl smiling gently at the camera, with one hand to the side of the head, wearing a striped top.
6 March 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Esther Tukarski, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 892 people murdered after selection in gas chambers.
as ever i feel i must remind people that two of the most important words are ones not used often enough in this connection: “adoption industry”. 🥚
