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2024-11-05: What is the plan? Love and service.

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Jan🧘‍♀️ @jfx9.bsky.social · Nov 10
We choose mutual aid as a moral and political act - we are caring for our community and knowing we will be cared for in our turn.

The state is going to abandon us but we do not have to abandon ourselves.
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A must-read:
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.

www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Tunku Varadarajan: Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance? Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn't the mayor. It didn't work. He's a great organizer. I'll give you an example: Melinda Katz, the current District Attorney for Queens County, New York. She's the mother of my two youngest sons. She was running for DA in 2019. She had the institutional support. Moderate Jewish mother. Loyal Democrat. Queens borough president. Perfect résumé. She's running against Tiffany Caban, who wasn't even in elective office at that time. Very radical. You know, "do away with jails, don't arrest anyone." Tiffany Caban won on election night. But she lost the race on the absentee ballots, but only by about 20 votes. You know who the street organizer was for Tiffany Caban? Zohran Mamdani. So, when they talk about him as a trust fund baby, I say no, no, no, no, no. You don't like it when people call him a "nepo baby." He's earned his stripes. He had 100,000 volunteers going door-to-door, and I experienced that in some of the neighborhoods where you would never have seen anybody liberal or progressive go. Howard Beach! In conservative Howard Beach, they're going block to block. They were everywhere. 100,000. I call them Zohranistas. This was the secret to his election, not TikTok. It was good, old-fashioned retail politics. Frankly, Cuomo and not Mamdani was the nepo baby in this race. Born on third base. Felt entitled. Knew the political process, but mailed it in. He didn't have the stomach to actually go out and do retail politics. And shame on him. Do you think Mamdani will make a better mayor than Andrew Cuomo might have done? How would you describe Mamdani's politics? He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism. What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor! I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left. There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do. A last question. All through our interview you pronounced Mamdani as "Mandami," transposing the "m" and the "n" in his name. Are you aware of the mispronunciation? Many people, Cuomo included, mangle his name. In the debate, Zohran brought that to my attention, my mispronunciation. I didn't do it on purpose. There's no disrespect. I have a hard time with it. It took people about 10 years to pronounce my last name correctly: "Sleewah.'" They pronounced it Silva, Saliva, Slywah. In the streets, we would have given Zohran a nickname, like I did for all the Guardian Angels. "Z Man" would have been perfect for him. That would have been his handle. Mr. Varadarajan, a Journal contributor, is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and at NYU Law School's Classical Liberal Institute.
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I wish I had the energy and capacity to do a major end of year fundraising push to support them. I do not. I'm completely wrung out. But if you can donate to @psabortionfund.bsky.social, they do really good work.
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
jfx9.bsky.social
The NYT loves the right and does not think trans people deserve full civil rights
jael.bsky.social jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d
she just got the house to pass her bill criminalizing trans care for people under 18 years old.

the only mention in this piece is about how she’s upset trump hasn’t done *enough* to harm trans kids. oh and a quote from her saying trans people are all “perverted”.

what is going on at NYT?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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ndhapple.bsky.social
Literally RETVRN, a scoop from @davecolon.bsky.social
nyc.streetsblog.org Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 5d
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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chittimarco.bsky.social
🧠: gondolas for ski
🧠🧠: gondolas for urban transit
🧠🧠🧠🤯: gondolas for apples

The gondola connecting the central treatment hub of the largest apple producers consortium in Italy to the underground storage facility.
Opened last November.
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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oopsallmutualaid.bsky.social
I want to provide a space where people can find inspiration, a morale boost, a break from the firehose of horrors, and resources for doing similar work in their own communities.
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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laurajg.bsky.social
This poster, 1938, was printed by the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio to encourage Americans to welcome Jewish refugees from Germany & Austria. More info in ALT. I couldn’t track down the name of the artist. #arthistory #illustration #immigration #immigrants #Refugees
A poster depicting Mary holding Baby Jesus as she rides a donkey. Behind them, on foot, Joseph looks back, perhaps to see if they are being followed. You will find story of The Flight Into Egypt in the Gospel according to Matthew 2:13-15: ‘After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”’ ~ New Living Translation From the website Facing History & Ourselves: “In 1939, 83% of Americans were opposed to the admission of refugees. In the midst of the Great Depression, many feared the burden that immigrants could place on the nation’s economy… While economic concerns certainly played a role in Americans’ attitudes toward immigration, so too did feelings of fear, mistrust, and even hatred of those who were different. Immigration policies were shaped by fears of communist infiltrators and Nazi spies. Antisemitism also played an important role in public opinion.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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seantcollins.com
We're ruled by people in all three branches of government and across the tech/corporate landscape who think it's bad that this happened and wish the mob had prevailed, plain and simple. It's clarifying.
kidadaewilliams.com KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 8d
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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wimgmeijer.bsky.social
Astronomers made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the JWST:

A runaway super-massive black hole, rocketing through space at a staggering 1,000 km/s, leaving a 200,000 light-year-long tail in its wake in which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation.

🧪

www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'
"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."
www.space.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
jfx9.bsky.social
Also: a campaign that was also a community would be formidable!
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d
🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now.

This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8d
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
jfx9.bsky.social
Mutual aid is inherently political and its a great chance to radicalize or at least educate people. Why do I have to get up at 7a on Saturday morning to feed people in the richest city in the world!
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d
🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now.

This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8d
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
jfx9.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who donated this past week. Here is some shots from today's distro! We fed about 250 and also gave away masks, coffee, hygiene supplies and consensual hugs

That is the passenger seat of my car with enough donated bread and pastries to trigger the seat-belt alarm
December 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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dandrezner.bsky.social
Congratulations to Columbia University for finding their new president.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15d
Breaking news: Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik said she ended her campaign for New York governor, a move that comes weeks after she officially jumped into the race. The conservative congresswoman also said she will not run for reelection to the U.S. House.
Elise Stefanik ends bid for N.Y. governor and won’t run again for House
Stefanik’s move came after Trump ally Bruce Blakeman decided to enter the Republican primary for New York governor.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
jfx9.bsky.social
Very funny that reddit broke the Brown U shooter case while trump has the FBI investigating Antifa for crimes against pronouns
December 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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peark.es
Hell yeah sister.

Full video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrG4LSMB/
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
jfx9.bsky.social
Someone was especially generous tonight! I don't want to out you here but we see it and we appreciate it!

DM if you like so I can think you directly!
jfx9.bsky.social Jan🧘‍♀️ @jfx9.bsky.social · 16d
At Tompkins Distro we support our neighbors with hot food, treats, fruit, pantry items, hygiene supplies, coffee & cocoa, and other resources such as masks, covid tests, know your rights info etc

We could use some help with handwarmers this winter!

www.amazon.com/registries/g...
Very sexy volunteers handing out fresh produce Your humble poster far left
December 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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jfx9.bsky.social
At Tompkins Distro we support our neighbors with hot food, treats, fruit, pantry items, hygiene supplies, coffee & cocoa, and other resources such as masks, covid tests, know your rights info etc

We could use some help with handwarmers this winter!

www.amazon.com/registries/g...
Very sexy volunteers handing out fresh produce Your humble poster far left
December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
jfx9.bsky.social
Know Your Rights!
tusk81.bsky.social Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16d
One parishioner who lacks legal immigration status "learned about his rights for the first time at a freedom school and shared his new knowledge with his landscaping colleagues and neighbors, telling them not to open their doors during a warrantless raid.”
tusk81.bsky.social Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16d
“Participants act out how to respond to encounters with immigrant agents in various situations, including agents coming to homes, stopping someone in their car or approaching a street vendor.” religionnews.com/2025/12/18/l...
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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heuser.bsky.social
The relative usages of "[adjective] reading" in Anglophone literary studies journals, 1920-2020. Made for my "Prac Crit" course next term, "[Adjective] Reading". Interactive version here: public.tableau.com/views/Adject...
Line graph showing the history of different types of '[adjective] reading' in Anglophone literary studies from 1920-2020. The x-axis represents publication decades, while the y-axis shows the percent of '[adjective] reading' instances in literary studies journals as a 9-decade moving average. Multiple colored lines track various reading methodologies over time. 'Close reading' shows the most dramatic rise, peaking around 2010 at approximately 18% (33 times its 1920s usage). 'Original reading' dominated the 1920s at 7.6% but declined to 0.5% by the 2010s. Other notable methodologies include 'careful reading' (peaked 1960s), 'critical reading' (peaked 1980s), 'wide reading' (1920s), 'correct reading' (1930s), 'new reading' (1950s), 'feminist reading' (1990s), 'textual reading' (2000s), 'distant reading' (2010s), and 'nuanced reading' (2010s). Each labeled point includes the decade of peak usage, the percentage at peak, and the ratio compared to its lowest-usage decade. Data sourced from JSTOR across seven leading literary studies journals including PMLA, Critical Inquiry, New Literary History, ELH, Modern Language Review, Review of English Studies, and Modern Philology.
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
jfx9.bsky.social
At Tompkins Distro we support our neighbors with hot food, treats, fruit, pantry items, hygiene supplies, coffee & cocoa, and other resources such as masks, covid tests, know your rights info etc

We could use some help with handwarmers this winter!

www.amazon.com/registries/g...
Very sexy volunteers handing out fresh produce Your humble poster far left
December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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kenschneck.bsky.social
INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold.

thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold
Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township
thebuckeyeflame.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
Two girls on Sheep, Cornwall, England — John Drysdale, 1969
B&W photo of two happy girls riding on sheepback racing each other.
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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seanlimmn.bsky.social
It brings me so much joy to see my artwork make it from Minneapolis, Minnesota all the way out to Lewiston, Maine!! 🇸🇴🩵🦋
We love our Somali neighbors.
Andy O’Brien: “Somali Mainer activist Safiya Khalid, @grahamformaine & @shennabellows lead a march today in support of Somali neighbors in Lewiston.”
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM