Stephen Copek
@copek.bsky.social
Park Slope, Brooklyn. Philanthropy professional working in economic mobility and poverty reduction. Will mostly post about that, NYC politics, and my fandom of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago White Sox and Bears, and US Soccer. All views my own.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
“But as obvious as that may sound, supporting organizing has never been a priority for philanthropy, despite the sector’s endless hand-wringing about democracy. Such work is now, and has always been, chronically underfunded. That needs to change.”
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/light-a...
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Light at the End of the Tunnel?
How should philanthropy capitalize on events in Minneapolis? Backing effective civic pushback is just one piece of the puzzle.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM
“But as obvious as that may sound, supporting organizing has never been a priority for philanthropy, despite the sector’s endless hand-wringing about democracy. Such work is now, and has always been, chronically underfunded. That needs to change.”
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/light-a...
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/light-a...
I appear to be in the minority in that I’m not worried about this Iowa WBB team. Tough stretch after losing a leader who clearly was a bigger piece of the puzzle than I thought.
Still, I think they right the ship next week. Also think this is the last 3 game losing streak we see for a long time.
Still, I think they right the ship next week. Also think this is the last 3 game losing streak we see for a long time.
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I appear to be in the minority in that I’m not worried about this Iowa WBB team. Tough stretch after losing a leader who clearly was a bigger piece of the puzzle than I thought.
Still, I think they right the ship next week. Also think this is the last 3 game losing streak we see for a long time.
Still, I think they right the ship next week. Also think this is the last 3 game losing streak we see for a long time.
I don’t agree with this this endorsement, but I totally get it.
If Delgado wins will he be adversarial because of this? I doubt it.
Will Mamdani lose his base of support over this? No chance.
Will Hochul return favors if she wins? Maybe, it’s worth a shot.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
If Delgado wins will he be adversarial because of this? I doubt it.
Will Mamdani lose his base of support over this? No chance.
Will Hochul return favors if she wins? Maybe, it’s worth a shot.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to endorse Gov. Kathy Hochul
The endorsement, expected this week, gives Hochul a critical inroad with left-leaning voters.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I don’t agree with this this endorsement, but I totally get it.
If Delgado wins will he be adversarial because of this? I doubt it.
Will Mamdani lose his base of support over this? No chance.
Will Hochul return favors if she wins? Maybe, it’s worth a shot.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
If Delgado wins will he be adversarial because of this? I doubt it.
Will Mamdani lose his base of support over this? No chance.
Will Hochul return favors if she wins? Maybe, it’s worth a shot.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
One of the better three point shooters Iowa has ever seen. Hate to see a career end this way. She will deserve every second of the ovation she gets at senior day.
NEW: Taylor McCabe suffers torn ACL, out for the season
- McCabe started all 20 games she played in, averaging a career-high 8.7 points per game
- Taylor ranks 11th in program history in made threes (172)
MORE🏀: www.on3.com/teams/iowa-h...
- McCabe started all 20 games she played in, averaging a career-high 8.7 points per game
- Taylor ranks 11th in program history in made threes (172)
MORE🏀: www.on3.com/teams/iowa-h...
Taylor McCabe suffers torn ACL, out for the season
The Hawkeyes will be without guard Taylor McCabe for the remainder of the season after she suffered a torn ACL in their win over Ohio State.
www.on3.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 AM
One of the better three point shooters Iowa has ever seen. Hate to see a career end this way. She will deserve every second of the ovation she gets at senior day.
Having lived in Park Slope for the last ~ten years, I have zero doubt that Brad Lander will be out there doing this exact same thing when we elect him to be our Congressman.
We need so many more leaders like him in DC. Community building is part of the job. He shows up every time.
We need so many more leaders like him in DC. Community building is part of the job. He shows up every time.
Thank you @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social for organizing! I hope you all had a wonderful snow day with your family and friends. Let’s keep our community safe together.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Having lived in Park Slope for the last ~ten years, I have zero doubt that Brad Lander will be out there doing this exact same thing when we elect him to be our Congressman.
We need so many more leaders like him in DC. Community building is part of the job. He shows up every time.
We need so many more leaders like him in DC. Community building is part of the job. He shows up every time.
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Governor Hochul has made very clear she will keep allowing government agencies to collaborate with ICE.
The only way to make her change course is through a strong primary challenge from the Left.
The power to force Hochul to end collaboration with ICE—and to tax the rich—lies with us, via Delgado.
The only way to make her change course is through a strong primary challenge from the Left.
The power to force Hochul to end collaboration with ICE—and to tax the rich—lies with us, via Delgado.
Kristi Noem is clearly unfit to lead, but here’s what we can control at home: New York for All would immediately bar local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE.
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul calls for removal of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem following fatal shooting of ICU nurse in Minneapolis
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul isn't mincing words when it comes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's actions in Minneapolis.
www.cbsnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Governor Hochul has made very clear she will keep allowing government agencies to collaborate with ICE.
The only way to make her change course is through a strong primary challenge from the Left.
The power to force Hochul to end collaboration with ICE—and to tax the rich—lies with us, via Delgado.
The only way to make her change course is through a strong primary challenge from the Left.
The power to force Hochul to end collaboration with ICE—and to tax the rich—lies with us, via Delgado.
Love seeing the confidence grow for this Iowa WBB team. Keep this up and they’ll will do some damage in March. The next few years are going to be fun as they gain experience.
January 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Love seeing the confidence grow for this Iowa WBB team. Keep this up and they’ll will do some damage in March. The next few years are going to be fun as they gain experience.
The new Speaker says the Council will be looking into possible malfeasance by the Adams admin. “We need to retrospectively take a look back at what happened the last couple years”.
I really hope this happens, we can’t just let people just sail off with no accountability.
nymag.com/intelligence...
I really hope this happens, we can’t just let people just sail off with no accountability.
nymag.com/intelligence...
It Will Take Years to Fully Grasp Eric Adams’s Corruption
New York has turned the page, but more evidence of the ex-mayor’s venality keeps turning up.
nymag.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The new Speaker says the Council will be looking into possible malfeasance by the Adams admin. “We need to retrospectively take a look back at what happened the last couple years”.
I really hope this happens, we can’t just let people just sail off with no accountability.
nymag.com/intelligence...
I really hope this happens, we can’t just let people just sail off with no accountability.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
Quite a season for the Bears, came up just short tonight but I hope this is a sign of things to come in Chicago.
January 19, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Quite a season for the Bears, came up just short tonight but I hope this is a sign of things to come in Chicago.
Can confirm
Bears fans must have the highest blood pressure of any sports community.
I don't know how u all survive every game.
I don't know how u all survive every game.
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Can confirm
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“This is a test of whether we will accept the slow erosion of democracy, or rise up — as generations before us did — to redeem it,” writes Martin Luther King III.
Opinion | Martin Luther King’s Son to the Supreme Court: Preserve Our Democracy.
Martin Luther King’s son and Norm Ornstein, a leading scholar of voting rights, discuss a case that could hollow out the Voting Rights Act.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“This is a test of whether we will accept the slow erosion of democracy, or rise up — as generations before us did — to redeem it,” writes Martin Luther King III.
Honestly didn’t think Iowa’s MBB team would have a shot at the tournament when the year started. Today, I’d be disappointed if they don’t make it.
Great start to the McCollum era, and excited to see what he can build in Iowa City with time.
Great start to the McCollum era, and excited to see what he can build in Iowa City with time.
January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Honestly didn’t think Iowa’s MBB team would have a shot at the tournament when the year started. Today, I’d be disappointed if they don’t make it.
Great start to the McCollum era, and excited to see what he can build in Iowa City with time.
Great start to the McCollum era, and excited to see what he can build in Iowa City with time.
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“The United States does a fine job generating economic growth, but it lags at translating that G.D.P. growth into the things we most care about,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
One reason for the toxicity of American politics may be that our quality of life is slipping behind our peers’.
nyti.ms
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
“The United States does a fine job generating economic growth, but it lags at translating that G.D.P. growth into the things we most care about,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
As a life long Bears fan who had just had my first birthday the last time they won the Super Bowl, I’m used to disappointment.
The second half tonight might have been the best I’ve ever felt as a Bears fan. Running over the Saints in the 2006 NFC championship was great, but it wasn’t the Packers.
The second half tonight might have been the best I’ve ever felt as a Bears fan. Running over the Saints in the 2006 NFC championship was great, but it wasn’t the Packers.
January 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
As a life long Bears fan who had just had my first birthday the last time they won the Super Bowl, I’m used to disappointment.
The second half tonight might have been the best I’ve ever felt as a Bears fan. Running over the Saints in the 2006 NFC championship was great, but it wasn’t the Packers.
The second half tonight might have been the best I’ve ever felt as a Bears fan. Running over the Saints in the 2006 NFC championship was great, but it wasn’t the Packers.
Well, we have a third straight year without an SEC team in the national championship game.
Meanwhile, the Big Ten will be competing for its third straight title. If successful, it will be with three different teams.
Meanwhile, the Big Ten will be competing for its third straight title. If successful, it will be with three different teams.
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Well, we have a third straight year without an SEC team in the national championship game.
Meanwhile, the Big Ten will be competing for its third straight title. If successful, it will be with three different teams.
Meanwhile, the Big Ten will be competing for its third straight title. If successful, it will be with three different teams.
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Today in the New York Times:
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Today in the New York Times:
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
Hardly the Hawkeyes best here tonight, but also one of those games that great teams make sure they find a way close out and win. If they do, we won’t remember how they won this one in March.
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Hardly the Hawkeyes best here tonight, but also one of those games that great teams make sure they find a way close out and win. If they do, we won’t remember how they won this one in March.
It is incredible to me that the Bears and Packers, one of the longest standing rivalries in American sports, will meet in the post season for only the third time ever next weekend.
Can’t wait. Bear Down.
Can’t wait. Bear Down.
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It is incredible to me that the Bears and Packers, one of the longest standing rivalries in American sports, will meet in the post season for only the third time ever next weekend.
Can’t wait. Bear Down.
Can’t wait. Bear Down.
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This is yet another example of the President’s baseless rhetoric putting our people and our democracy at risk.
@governorwalz.mn.gov is a good man and the President’s insinuation is completely ridiculous.
@governorwalz.mn.gov is a good man and the President’s insinuation is completely ridiculous.
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is yet another example of the President’s baseless rhetoric putting our people and our democracy at risk.
@governorwalz.mn.gov is a good man and the President’s insinuation is completely ridiculous.
@governorwalz.mn.gov is a good man and the President’s insinuation is completely ridiculous.
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Local advocacy is more important than ever. It's overwhelming to think about how to fix [motions to everything] but I can make it safer for seniors to cross the street, for kids to bike to school, for people to have places to meet in public space... all of which build and strengthen our democracy.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Local advocacy is more important than ever. It's overwhelming to think about how to fix [motions to everything] but I can make it safer for seniors to cross the street, for kids to bike to school, for people to have places to meet in public space... all of which build and strengthen our democracy.
Been a good week for Hawkeyes fans. As for just about everything else going on in the world right now… I’ll happily take the mental distraction.
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Been a good week for Hawkeyes fans. As for just about everything else going on in the world right now… I’ll happily take the mental distraction.
I’m so happy I was wrong about Iowa’s men basketball team this year. This team is so fun to watch.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I’m so happy I was wrong about Iowa’s men basketball team this year. This team is so fun to watch.
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NYCers have earned a day to just feel hopeful and happy. Nobody's in denial about political reality, and tomorrow will be here soon enough, but an inauguration is a celebration and an articulation of a vision, and it's okay to let yourself give in to the joy of aspiration.
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
NYCers have earned a day to just feel hopeful and happy. Nobody's in denial about political reality, and tomorrow will be here soon enough, but an inauguration is a celebration and an articulation of a vision, and it's okay to let yourself give in to the joy of aspiration.