jill weiss
@jillweiss.bsky.social
"My identifying features are rapture and despair." -Wisława Szymborska
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November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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"With the neoliberal consensus fracturing, we may be able to think beyond its constraints, to envision new ways of organizing our economic life. ...we can ask ourselves new questions: How can we organize an economy that lets all Americans flourish?" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"With the neoliberal consensus fracturing, we may be able to think beyond its constraints, to envision new ways of organizing our economic life. ...we can ask ourselves new questions: How can we organize an economy that lets all Americans flourish?" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
“a moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Ireland’s New President Boldly Opposes Austerity, Militarism, and the Genocide in Gaza
Catherine Connolly, an independent leftist, won a landslide victory with the promise to serve as “a moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle.”
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October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“a moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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August 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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A draft version of the assessment was made public last year and drew objections from an industry trade group.
NEW: PFNA can be found in drinking water systems that serve about 26 million people.
The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.
The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
The report was completed in mid-April, scientists familiar with the document told ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A draft version of the assessment was made public last year and drew objections from an industry trade group.
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What happens when you get to the end of things? Physicist John Wheeler devoted his life to this question, in the end leaving behind not an answer, but an idea more profound than the thought that sparked it. www.quantamagazine.org/john-wheeler...
September 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What happens when you get to the end of things? Physicist John Wheeler devoted his life to this question, in the end leaving behind not an answer, but an idea more profound than the thought that sparked it. www.quantamagazine.org/john-wheeler...
let's do this
The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
let's do this
Matt FTW! Let’s go! www.patreon.com/posts/137050...
Solo Matt on Cash Welfare Argument | The Bruenigs
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August 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Matt FTW! Let’s go! www.patreon.com/posts/137050...
this was a great episode!
17th LOST PROPHETS just dropped—Elias Crim and I talk with historian @dlondonwortel.bsky.social about his new book about alternative visions of urban prosperity. Cameo appearances from Lost Prophets Jane Jacobs, Paul Goodman, and others: www.lostprophets.org/p/17-daniel-...
#17. Daniel Wortel-London on Alternative Visions of Urban Prosperity
A conversation about the folly of cities banking on billionaires.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
this was a great episode!
good job everybody! www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-d...
AG Platkin, DEP Commissioner LaTourette: Landmark Settlement with DuPont Valued at Over $2 Billion | New Jersey Office of Attorney General
Latest Major Environmental Victory Is Third in Two Years
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August 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
good job everybody! www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-d...
"Everyone seems to think they can dictate the future of Palestine without Palestinians. But we will be the ones to determine the manner in which we seek liberation and what we do with that freedom." www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham
Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They're offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.
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August 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Everyone seems to think they can dictate the future of Palestine without Palestinians. But we will be the ones to determine the manner in which we seek liberation and what we do with that freedom." www.thenation.com/article/worl...
"The massacre of 7 October did, however, lay bare the illusion that Israel could continue to subjugate the Palestinians without provoking a response – the illusion that lay at the heart of the never-ending ‘peace process’." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...
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July 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"The massacre of 7 October did, however, lay bare the illusion that Israel could continue to subjugate the Palestinians without provoking a response – the illusion that lay at the heart of the never-ending ‘peace process’." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
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July 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
after you read sam knowlton's thread on the work of soil microbiologist Robert Kremer, listen to this
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Good luck getting pesticides out of our food chain | Good Food
Journalist Lisa Held documents the power and influence of the pesticide industry.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
after you read sam knowlton's thread on the work of soil microbiologist Robert Kremer, listen to this
www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
www.kcrw.com/culture/show...
"The very genetic modifications meant to improve crops were disrupting ancient plant-microbe partnerships essential for sustainable agriculture." x.com/samdknowlton...
Sam Knowlton on X: "For 17 years, soil microbiologist Robert Kremer studied what happens in the soil when we plant GMO crops. His findings contradict conventional assumptions about modern agriculture’s impact on the invisible world beneath our feet. https://t.co/kcnDgGcdY6" / X
For 17 years, soil microbiologist Robert Kremer studied what happens in the soil when we plant GMO crops. His findings contradict conventional assumptions about modern agriculture’s impact on the invisible world beneath our feet. https://t.co/kcnDgGcdY6
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July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"The very genetic modifications meant to improve crops were disrupting ancient plant-microbe partnerships essential for sustainable agriculture." x.com/samdknowlton...
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"If Mamdani’s victory feels like something new, it is. But it is also a return. A return to a politics that sees dignity as non-negotiable, solidarity as a strategy, and leadership as a tool for the many."
Zohran Mamdani's Win Could Change Everything
Mamdani won by uplifting and uniting some of New York City's most forgotten voters. His coalition now has a chance to transform what's possible for people everywhere.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"If Mamdani’s victory feels like something new, it is. But it is also a return. A return to a politics that sees dignity as non-negotiable, solidarity as a strategy, and leadership as a tool for the many."
A beautifully written and fascinating essay!
He modeled the logic of induction; traced the contours of the embodied mind; hung out with Einstein, Wheeler, and Bohr; gave away millions for art and conservation; fought for civil and gay rights; and lived as a janitor. My new story in @nautil.us
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Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind
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June 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A beautifully written and fascinating essay!
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UPDATE — At least *37* members of Congress have now signed on to efforts against the Trump-Vance administration's moves towards war on Iran.
+5 since yesterday.
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Americans strongly disapprove of US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran: 16-60
+5 since yesterday.
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Americans strongly disapprove of US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran: 16-60
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
UPDATE — At least *37* members of Congress have now signed on to efforts against the Trump-Vance administration's moves towards war on Iran.
+5 since yesterday.
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Americans strongly disapprove of US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran: 16-60
+5 since yesterday.
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Americans strongly disapprove of US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran: 16-60
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As for so many across this country, Bernie Sanders has been the single most influential political figure in my life.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As for so many across this country, Bernie Sanders has been the single most influential political figure in my life.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.
...allowing corporations to both own the infrastructure and run the services that depend on it sets up an untenable conflict of interest at the heart of our society. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
When It Comes to Understanding the Dangers Posed by Big Tech, We’re Lost in the Cloud
By treating IT and AI as neutral tools, we obscure our ability to see—and resist—power. If just one of the big three tech giants collapses, societal mayhem could follow.
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June 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
...allowing corporations to both own the infrastructure and run the services that depend on it sets up an untenable conflict of interest at the heart of our society. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
University of Michigan hiring private, undercover investigators to surveil anti-genocide campus groups, including trailing them on & off campus, secretly recording them & eavesdropping on their conversations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters
Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted
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June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
University of Michigan hiring private, undercover investigators to surveil anti-genocide campus groups, including trailing them on & off campus, secretly recording them & eavesdropping on their conversations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
it's about time www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/s...
Horse Bits Have Been Used for Thousands of Years. Now They’re Being Reconsidered.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's about time www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/s...
Auchincloss’s accusation that the left is in the pocket of big tech is a political tactic to undermine Demand Progress’s poll and dismiss populist arguments that threaten his "Abundance" agenda. demandprogress.org/rep-auchincl...
Rep. Auchincloss & Abundance Co-Author Derek Thompson Attack Demand Progress Poll that Shows Abundance is Bad Politics - Demand Progress
Auchincloss Referred to the Poll that Showed Populism Trumped Abundance as a ‘Romance Novel’ Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, Rep. Jake Auchincloss and “Abundance” co-author Derek Thompson spoke at We...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Auchincloss’s accusation that the left is in the pocket of big tech is a political tactic to undermine Demand Progress’s poll and dismiss populist arguments that threaten his "Abundance" agenda. demandprogress.org/rep-auchincl...
how does it happen? you make a phone call after lining their pockets duh 🤨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhU...
May 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
how does it happen? you make a phone call after lining their pockets duh 🤨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhU...