ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

It is legit good to see people saying it. If you have a senator who looks like they might be wobbling, call them!!! And if you have one that you don't think is wobbling, call them to thank them.

Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.

Every person responsible for this needs to be arrested, prosecuted, and tried, and the trials need to be public and livestreamed

But we are seeing- solidarity is built in every single day relationships. It’s built in barefoot in your pajamas in November in Chicago going out to help actions. It’s built in food and whistles and scavenger hunts.

We have to be fully aware of how Ds like Clintona and even Bernie worked to carefully mobilize people, but not too much. Send us your money and we’ll do all the rest! Voting is the revolution! Etc. bcz this moments needs people to not just get but STAY mobilized.

Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers? For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.

Trump's concentration camps are exactly like they always are

people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up

So far, they’ve publicly announced plans to seek accreditation from three different accrediting organizations, while periodically making noises about avoiding accreditation as they bounce from one to the next to the next. Ever see a kid petulantly declare they didn’t want something anyway? 4/

Alongside all the other horrible shit these people do, there is always--ALWAYS--a grift.

Journalist types I know, I am genuinely curious: why does no one demand clarifications from him when he blatantly lies?

I shouldn't be surprised, but it's amazing to me how many people are digging in on the Other Site, despite the clearly charred surroundings, a whole photo album from the visit and clearly visible green space nearby on satellite imagery.

This workshop looks AWESOME y'all

Apologies! See below with alt text. Join us fo this exciting workshop with writer, performance artist, and literary scholar Ofir Ashery, and explore different modes of nonlinear writing: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_... #writing #workshop #rhizomes #fiction #nonfiction

[me pulling up the second author's wikipedia page and clicking on "Controversies"]

I legit can’t figure out the play on these FAA flight cancellations. Who’s the White House trying to pressure. And who do they think people are gonna get mad at when Thanksgiving goes down the drain?

A POTUS is way more dependent on mass media than a mayor and 2008 was such a different media environment it might as well have been 1888. In 2008 if you wanted to talk to the public you could message through the NYT or you could post to 125 ppl on Facebook

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

Jesus this is so good

15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.

Policy professionals, I need help. I’m trying to understand how technical researchers entering policy best demonstrate their qualifications on the job market. Are 1–2 page briefs a reasonable tool to showcase applied expertise, or do policy audiences expect something more extensive?

This study by my colleagues at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that deep sea mining waste to be released near the ocean surface would disrupt marine food webs. The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊

What a nightmare! Chinese astronauts can’t come home because space debris hit their return craft. The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.

reposting now that I’ve found @leahegose.bsky.social!!

JAIL FOR YALE

ever see a DC license plate? it says ‘taxation without representation’ out of spite. the cheers in the 51st minute of sports games? good-natured spite

other occupied cities’ spites will no doubt take different shapes but washingtonians have been sick of being second class citizens in their own city for a looooong time and they have a great eye for opportunities for petty administrative sabotage

What are the effects of the shutdown on SNAP users? Propel provides an app to SNAP users to allow them to track their spending and so can offer real-time estimates of needs. About 70% of SNAP households have a $10 or less balance on their SNAP card accounts. www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...

In this @latimes.com op-ed, @leahegose.bsky.social draws on her research and volunteer work to show how the SNAP benefits cutoff is worsening hunger. She writes that the Trump administration could fund SNAP during the shutdown but has not, and shares ways readers can help locally. ⤵️

my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics… …and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here. read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!

Now for the people who wanted to leave New York if Mamdani won: Are bags packed? Are flights or trains booked? Did you call the movers/ Because...I need a brownstone with a backyard so I can put a sauna and fire pit. Maybe plant some peaches and tomatoes too.

also this is one of my fave news stories ever involving oklahomans: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/d...

Oh ok, it's Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute — here saying that climate change contributes only "very little to present-day disasters."

And no I frankly don’t believe the Editor of Wired of anybody when they say “we’ll continue our political reporting” They said that racial justice

Ellis: "The public also has an interest in its citizens' bodily integrity, the right to peaceful protest, the right to assemble, the right of peaceful free exercise of religion."

Judge Ellis finds that the Trump administration has placed "content-based restrictions" on protesters. "Tellingly, she says, "defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators more favorably."

Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters." "But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

Ellis notes people being tear gassed, staring down the barrel of a gun and being "slammed to the ground with their head bashed into the street." "All of that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental constitutional rights."

THIS.

Hockey coach admits he's been asking improv comedy group for advice after his team became the worst in the league

He did not have the requisite mens rye-a

when are they holding the parade in dc

Free DC.

Lettuce rejoice! Sandwich guy is free!

grapefruit for @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social!

for @plasmaring.bsky.social we have a pomegranate. 4 slots!

for @[email protected]: it’s chanterelle time

for @mountmccabe.bsky.social a leek! 6 left!