Annie Tan
@annietan.com
educator, activist, storyteller (she/her) #writing a #memoir #WIP #writersky! VT Studio Center, Tin House, & Bread Loaf '23! #AAPI #BLM annie@annietan.com
Most of my old posts were transferred & archived here from my old Twitter account annietangent, RIP
Most of my old posts were transferred & archived here from my old Twitter account annietangent, RIP
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The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Note: Mamdani leads by double-digit among Black and Hispanic voters, and by 48 percentage points among Asian respondents. White respondents go 39/37 for Cuomo.
New Quinnipiac poll of New York City:
Mamdani 46%
Cuomo 33%
Sliwa 15%
(A month ago, it was Mamdani 45%, Cuomo 23%, Sliwa 15%, Adams 12%.)
One obstacle to Cuomo rising much higher: Mamdani's favorability rating is 43/35, but Cuomo's is 37/52.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Mamdani 46%
Cuomo 33%
Sliwa 15%
(A month ago, it was Mamdani 45%, Cuomo 23%, Sliwa 15%, Adams 12%.)
One obstacle to Cuomo rising much higher: Mamdani's favorability rating is 43/35, but Cuomo's is 37/52.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
October 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Note: Mamdani leads by double-digit among Black and Hispanic voters, and by 48 percentage points among Asian respondents. White respondents go 39/37 for Cuomo.
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I’ve never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud.
NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’ve never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud.
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I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?
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The worst part about the AI bubble popping is how many average people will be affected by the economic fallout. People will lose their job, kids will go hungry, and families will lose their homes. Yet these billionaire bastards won't feel a thing other than a decline in their net worth.
One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The worst part about the AI bubble popping is how many average people will be affected by the economic fallout. People will lose their job, kids will go hungry, and families will lose their homes. Yet these billionaire bastards won't feel a thing other than a decline in their net worth.
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The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator
Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals
Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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apple.news/ABiFmXcCZTMy...
This is such good news for so many people 🙂
This is such good news for so many people 🙂
Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome — Guardian US
Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed
apple.news
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
apple.news/ABiFmXcCZTMy...
This is such good news for so many people 🙂
This is such good news for so many people 🙂
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Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
I just don't know what to say anymore.
Y'all, my healthcare deductible has been met for the year 😭
September 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Y'all, my healthcare deductible has been met for the year 😭
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The moment ICE agents threw a flash grenade at protesters at the Broadview facility today.
September 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The moment ICE agents threw a flash grenade at protesters at the Broadview facility today.
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6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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Rest In Power ✊🏼
September 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Rest In Power ✊🏼
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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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The news is out before the family has had a chance to say anything. Unfortunately it's true.
I'll be offline for a few days.
Sending everyone who loved her care.
I'll be offline for a few days.
Sending everyone who loved her care.
Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."
She was 78.
She was 78.
Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
www.whatimreading.net
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The news is out before the family has had a chance to say anything. Unfortunately it's true.
I'll be offline for a few days.
Sending everyone who loved her care.
I'll be offline for a few days.
Sending everyone who loved her care.
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“I have advocated, and I still advocate revolutionary change. I advocate an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism, and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty.”
- Assata Shakur
- Assata Shakur
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“I have advocated, and I still advocate revolutionary change. I advocate an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism, and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty.”
- Assata Shakur
- Assata Shakur
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I know I keep going on about this but
1) yes
2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and
3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it
1) yes
2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and
3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it
even for an unhinged presidency this week has been pretty fuckin unhinged tbh
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I know I keep going on about this but
1) yes
2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and
3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it
1) yes
2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and
3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it
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if you can look at it without catching poster’s madness, the list of who actually gets engagement here is pretty interesting. somewhat dire at the top but quickly it’s real and high quality posters.
bluefacts.app/top-reach
bluefacts.app/top-reach
The Top 1000 Engaging users of the last week (updated daily) | BlueFacts
View the most engaging users on Bluesky by total number of likes and reposts, updated daily.
bluefacts.app
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
if you can look at it without catching poster’s madness, the list of who actually gets engagement here is pretty interesting. somewhat dire at the top but quickly it’s real and high quality posters.
bluefacts.app/top-reach
bluefacts.app/top-reach
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NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe
New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The
newjerseyglobe.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
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lolololol
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
lolololol
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Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
www.vulture.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains
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Why is this happening? I’ll explain.
If the FCC approves Nexstar’s merger deal, the company’s reach would increase from 39% to more than 80% of US households.
But the deal ALSO depends on the FCC eliminating the current 39% cap on reach. Sinclair has been lobbying for this change as well.
If the FCC approves Nexstar’s merger deal, the company’s reach would increase from 39% to more than 80% of US households.
But the deal ALSO depends on the FCC eliminating the current 39% cap on reach. Sinclair has been lobbying for this change as well.
“Nexstar, a major owner of local ABC stations, said on Tuesday morning that it would pre-empt Mr. Kimmel’s show indefinitely. Sinclair, another owner of local affiliates, said the same on Monday evening.”
Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Late Night
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why is this happening? I’ll explain.
If the FCC approves Nexstar’s merger deal, the company’s reach would increase from 39% to more than 80% of US households.
But the deal ALSO depends on the FCC eliminating the current 39% cap on reach. Sinclair has been lobbying for this change as well.
If the FCC approves Nexstar’s merger deal, the company’s reach would increase from 39% to more than 80% of US households.
But the deal ALSO depends on the FCC eliminating the current 39% cap on reach. Sinclair has been lobbying for this change as well.
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it would be nice if we could all just move on from the medical model of disabilities (they must be 'cured') and embrace the social model (the world must be made accessible and livable for all people)
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
it would be nice if we could all just move on from the medical model of disabilities (they must be 'cured') and embrace the social model (the world must be made accessible and livable for all people)