Sasha Akhavi @sakhavi@social.cleverlibre.org

As a human rights lawyer who has done extensive immigration work, let me make something absolutely clear.

Asylum is legal immigration.
There's no "port of entry" requirement.
There's no "visa" requirement.
There's no "first country" requirement.
You enter the United States, and you apply for asylum.

Because asylum is legal immigration. Period.

Period.

Why the super rich are inevitable https://pudding.cool/2022/12/yard-sale/ and how a bit of redistribution evens it out

“That's what mathematicians argue in something called the Yard-sale model, and I promise it has something to do with my dumb watch purchase. But first…“

Morning Joe just showed this. Love it.
https://www.kwwl.com/weather/mark-woodleys-weather-rant/article_22aadc4e-824b-11ed-9415-7b928fe0f466.html

Appalling: Huntsville library privatized following orders to remove gay pride display; librarian put on leave.
https://bookriot.com/huntsville-public-library-privatization/
h/t @robtruman

take me down to parallax city where the back moves slow and the front moves quickly

The Washington Post is the newspaper most likely to try stuff and I'm delighted that @jeremybowers says they're spinning up a Mastodon instance as we speak. Bravo.

Holy shit, my favorite quote from one of my most important mentors, fits here.

“Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned. This trust in one's nakedness is all that gives one the power to change one's robes.” -- James Baldwin

Emailing any other time of the year: Hi

Emailing before the holidays: Dear most intimate friend, may you and your family experience joy and safety forever more. With love and affection,

The Taliban suspend university education for female students in Afghanistan effective immediately, education ministry says https://cnn.it/3v6zRoo

Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal to reinstate my account and confirmed that I am *permanently* banned. The email I just received says the decision cannot be reversed.
I have never once violated Twitters rules or terms of service. I’ve never had a single tweet flagged, my account was permanently banned with no warning and with no reason, after I reached out to Musk for comment.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #news #technews

This is a fundraising email from @SenatorTimScott@twitter.com

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-scott-fundraising-heat-cut-off_n_63924d5be4b019c696206042

We normally promote the conference Tech Intersections: Women of Color in Computing on #Twitter but won't this year for obvious reasons.

Please help us spread the word about this #bipoc conference in #Oakland #California.

We're offering 20% off with promo code MASTODON. #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday

We also want to give free tickets to people who have been laid off.
https://techintersections.org

Cats do it
Dogs do it
Even educated hogs do it
Let's do it
Let's sleep most of the day

[seeing the four horsemen of the apocalypse] horsies

Here's why? Because the volcano has finally had it with Elon Musk? Because the volcano had too much pepperoni on its pizza? Headlines promising 'why' are so idiotic.

Or. Or . . . wait.

Is *this* the logic billionaire philanthropists are using?

"I stole hundreds of millions, but now my debt will be absolved by giving $100,000 to a charity."

Maybe *I'm* the outlier here.