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At 69, she’s the first person jailed for protesting AI. She has no regrets
The San Francisco Standard ^ | Aug. 14, 2026 | By Emily Shugerman

Posted on 08/14/2026 8:18:45 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

On the eve of surrendering herself at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice at 850 Bryant St., Wynd Kaufmyn was a flurry of activity: Tailoring an old pair of jeans while chatting with reporters about her upcoming incarceration, stopping to pick up coffee and doughnuts for her official send-off at the courthouse Friday morning, and preparing for dinner with friends at one of her favorite restaurants, Ben ‘N Nick’s in Oakland.

It was, after all, her 69th birthday.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfstandard.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ai; kaufmyn; sanfrancisco
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"dystopian fascist surveillance police state" is pure gold.
1 posted on 08/14/2026 8:18:45 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

She probably also loves government schools, wants government Pre-K and babysitting, wants life sentences for all “J6 Protestors,” wanted prison camps for the covid- unvaccinated, wants total single-payer government health-care.


2 posted on 08/14/2026 8:21:42 AM PDT by PGR88
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wants total single-payer government health-care.

Translation - middle class paid government health care system from major tax increases required to fund it.

3 posted on 08/14/2026 8:23:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Tailoring an old pair of jeans while chatting with reporters”

How gay is that.


4 posted on 08/14/2026 8:25:57 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: PGR88

Perhaps the Bay Area can pass legislation to honor her trials and tribulations. I nominate April 31.


5 posted on 08/14/2026 8:28:00 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Smart-
But a Brenda since day one.


6 posted on 08/14/2026 8:28:53 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Only in SF would a protest of 3 people make the news.
She probably refused to move.


7 posted on 08/14/2026 8:31:39 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: PGR88

What do you want to bet that her last name was originally ‘Kaufman’, but she changed it to ‘Kaufmyn’ because she couldn’t dare have the word ‘man’ in her name?


8 posted on 08/14/2026 8:33:55 AM PDT by chaosagent ( )
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To: chaosagent

That comment was originally part of my original post.


9 posted on 08/14/2026 8:36:21 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

She WAS NOT arrested for protesting. She was arrested for barricading the entrance to the Open AI building. There is a difference.


10 posted on 08/14/2026 8:36:59 AM PDT by Pythion.net
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To: ConservativeStatement

These idiots are always “teachers” or “professors”. Any roofers, plumbers or construction workers out there that are also professional protesters/agitators/general ass wipes?


11 posted on 08/14/2026 8:38:06 AM PDT by albie
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To: Pythion.net

Yea, lying is their thing to try to stir us up.


12 posted on 08/14/2026 8:38:31 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: ConservativeStatement

FAKE NEWS headline.

She wasn’t jailed for *protesting* - as the article spells out (shocker) she was jailed as a result of she and four others “barricading the entrance to OpenAI’s headquarters”.

Although it may be news to some, one can actually protest legally.


13 posted on 08/14/2026 8:41:21 AM PDT by BB62
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14 posted on 08/14/2026 8:44:47 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: dljordan
How gay is that.

She's now 'dating' one of her co-defendants in the case who is two decades younger, so maybe it was his pair of jeans.

15 posted on 08/14/2026 8:51:19 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: ConservativeStatement

You forgot to add “They are fine if we all die. And that needs to be exposed.”

Brings to mind the apt quote “Even a blind pig finds a acorn now and then.”

She gets it, as do many Conservatives, that to a great many of those who consider themselves our superiors we are expendable.


16 posted on 08/14/2026 8:58:35 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: mac_truck

Sydney Sweeney is in no danger of losing her job as spokeswoman for great jeans.


17 posted on 08/14/2026 9:09:49 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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Needs the man juice.


18 posted on 08/14/2026 9:20:55 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: lastchance
> She gets it, as do many Conservatives, that to a great many of those who consider themselves our superiors we are expendable.

And "your team" hates you as much as their team does.

I learned this first hand in my youth when the Republican National Convention was in town. I tried to socialize with some of the delegates that took over one my favorite night clubs, naively thinking they would be thrilled to meet a young, everyday Republican.

19 posted on 08/14/2026 10:27:29 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (Political insight on loan from Rush Limbaugh)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Good for her. Hope she spends her last birthday in jail. As in LAST.

She is commie trash protesting just like the CCP paid her to do. Pi$$ on her.


20 posted on 08/14/2026 10:48:36 AM PDT by bobbo666
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