Marcia Biederman
@busypencil.bsky.social
Book author, biographer, haunter of archives, white gloves refusenik in special collections. marciabiederman.com
It’s sad that 4 years ago, when the City of NY and, disgracefully, our former unions tried to force 250,000 municipal retirees off Medicare into a for-profit plan, only lawsuits filed by @nycretirees.bsky.social stopped them. Now our fate lies entirely with the next mayor & here’s how things stand:
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It’s sad that 4 years ago, when the City of NY and, disgracefully, our former unions tried to force 250,000 municipal retirees off Medicare into a for-profit plan, only lawsuits filed by @nycretirees.bsky.social stopped them. Now our fate lies entirely with the next mayor & here’s how things stand:
Reposted by Marcia Biederman
Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
Here’s hoping tomorrow‘s NYC mayoral debate will ask the candidates if they promise to preserve municipal retirees’ traditional Medicare. Will they support a bill to ensure this? @katiehonan.bsky.social @errollouis.bsky.social @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social @nycretirees.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here’s hoping tomorrow‘s NYC mayoral debate will ask the candidates if they promise to preserve municipal retirees’ traditional Medicare. Will they support a bill to ensure this? @katiehonan.bsky.social @errollouis.bsky.social @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social @nycretirees.bsky.social
Opinion: Birthright citizenship is more fragile than you think: Consider my CT relative www.courant.com/2025/07/13/o...
Opinion: Birthright citizenship is more fragile than you think: Consider my CT relative
A nation had stood by while she and an unknown number of other women were stripped of their birthright.
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July 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Opinion: Birthright citizenship is more fragile than you think: Consider my CT relative www.courant.com/2025/07/13/o...
Seen last night in downtown Brooklyn, on Atlantic near 4th Avenue.
June 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Seen last night in downtown Brooklyn, on Atlantic near 4th Avenue.
Brilliant.
March 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Brilliant.
I think @nytimes.com can defend Mahmoud Khalil’s rights without running a softball feature with this error, which I pointed out but is still there: “Ms. Abdalla hurried up to their apartment to get her husband’s green card. She reminded the officers that he was a permanent citizen.”
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March 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I think @nytimes.com can defend Mahmoud Khalil’s rights without running a softball feature with this error, which I pointed out but is still there: “Ms. Abdalla hurried up to their apartment to get her husband’s green card. She reminded the officers that he was a permanent citizen.”
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Tragic.
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Tragic.
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I come from the right. It’s the cruelty. For the right, the cruelty is the point. The cruelty sells.
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I come from the right. It’s the cruelty. For the right, the cruelty is the point. The cruelty sells.
You gotta find some humor in all this.
First they came for the people who quoted Martin Niemöller...
February 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
You gotta find some humor in all this.
This is true heroism.
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
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January 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is true heroism.