Joel Reinstein 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇻🇪
@joelreinstein.bsky.social
Labor organizer
"Would it not be easier for the government to dissolve the people, and elect another?"
"Would it not be easier for the government to dissolve the people, and elect another?"
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This by @tayari.bsky.social is my favorite essay and it's never far from my heart
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Health insurance company got a chatbot and I have to admit it does make the process faster
February 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Health insurance company got a chatbot and I have to admit it does make the process faster
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🟢 In leaked audio, NJ Democrat Sue Altman, now running in the state’s 12th Congressional District, says she is revising her position on U.S. weapons transfers to Israel. In 2024, running in a different district, she won the endorsement of the AIPAC-aligned group Democratic Majority for Israel...
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
🟢 In leaked audio, NJ Democrat Sue Altman, now running in the state’s 12th Congressional District, says she is revising her position on U.S. weapons transfers to Israel. In 2024, running in a different district, she won the endorsement of the AIPAC-aligned group Democratic Majority for Israel...
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Mayor Frey resisted our $1 million rental assistance funding to the very end. Now he’s claiming credit.
But we’re not fooled. “Pause Evictions, Save Lives” is up next to give residents more time to connect with rental assistance before facing eviction. Tell your Council Member to vote "yes"!
But we’re not fooled. “Pause Evictions, Save Lives” is up next to give residents more time to connect with rental assistance before facing eviction. Tell your Council Member to vote "yes"!
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Mayor Frey resisted our $1 million rental assistance funding to the very end. Now he’s claiming credit.
But we’re not fooled. “Pause Evictions, Save Lives” is up next to give residents more time to connect with rental assistance before facing eviction. Tell your Council Member to vote "yes"!
But we’re not fooled. “Pause Evictions, Save Lives” is up next to give residents more time to connect with rental assistance before facing eviction. Tell your Council Member to vote "yes"!
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The numbers do speak for themselves. In fact, our neighbors know this because they feel it on the ground. They expect us to do more.
How about you stop telling us behind closed doors that we shouldn’t fund immigrant legal assistance, rental assistance, or support for our small businesses!
How about you stop telling us behind closed doors that we shouldn’t fund immigrant legal assistance, rental assistance, or support for our small businesses!
Big numbers. Big impact. The numbers speak for themselves when it comes to the effects of Operation Metro Surge. What can you do? Support businesses. Donate. Volunteer for a grocery run. As Assistant Chief Gaiters said today, we're Minneapolis Strong.
February 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The numbers do speak for themselves. In fact, our neighbors know this because they feel it on the ground. They expect us to do more.
How about you stop telling us behind closed doors that we shouldn’t fund immigrant legal assistance, rental assistance, or support for our small businesses!
How about you stop telling us behind closed doors that we shouldn’t fund immigrant legal assistance, rental assistance, or support for our small businesses!
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Among the reasons I’m burned out and inimical to tech now is in my last job I watched social media companies fund meaningful outside research into halting the use of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists at a platform design level and then ignore it all or do the exact opposite.
for all this social media research we have we sure don't actually use it to inform the social media we build
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Among the reasons I’m burned out and inimical to tech now is in my last job I watched social media companies fund meaningful outside research into halting the use of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists at a platform design level and then ignore it all or do the exact opposite.
"We all need to collectively take a breath and stop repeating this nonsense. A human created this, manages this, and is responsible for this."
The Scott Shambaugh Situation Clarifies How Dumb We Are Acting
My personal blog here is dedicated to tech geek material, mostly about databases like postgres. I don’t get political, but at the moment I’m so irritated that I’m making the extra…
ardentperf.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
"We all need to collectively take a breath and stop repeating this nonsense. A human created this, manages this, and is responsible for this."
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If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
I think most (not all) of the "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" people are communists who are mad that Americans don't like communism and want to destroy the Democratic party out of revenge. They don't care how many elections Republicans win or how many trans people die as long as the Dems fall.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
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Globalizing the genocide
UK Lawyers for Israel instigated the removal of:
Entries to Britannica for kids relating to Palestine
Chelsea & Westminster hospital artwork by school children in Gaza
Open University the term “ancient Palestine” from future learning materials
History! www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...
Entries to Britannica for kids relating to Palestine
Chelsea & Westminster hospital artwork by school children in Gaza
Open University the term “ancient Palestine” from future learning materials
History! www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...
'Erasing history': British Museum criticised for removing references to ‘Palestine' from exhibits
Museum bows to pressure from pro-Israel group to remove the term ‘Palestine’, a move scholars and activists say is part of a ‘systematic’ attack on Palestinian cultural identity
www.middleeasteye.net
February 16, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Globalizing the genocide
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years
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From 2021-24:
Poverty: +65%
Child poverty: +158%
Difficulty paying bills: +25%
Overdraft/NSF fees: +46%
Food insecurity: +38%
sources: Census Bureau, CFPB, USDA
Poverty: +65%
Child poverty: +158%
Difficulty paying bills: +25%
Overdraft/NSF fees: +46%
Food insecurity: +38%
sources: Census Bureau, CFPB, USDA
Allow me to suggest that lying to yourself about what actually happened - the working class did great 2021-24 - is a great way to keep walking into the same traps!!
AOC on why Trump returned to office: "when you have economic stagnation, for the working class that, especially in an environment where GDP is growing, that is the stuff of populist movement. The choice is what direction those populist movements can go."
February 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
From 2021-24:
Poverty: +65%
Child poverty: +158%
Difficulty paying bills: +25%
Overdraft/NSF fees: +46%
Food insecurity: +38%
sources: Census Bureau, CFPB, USDA
Poverty: +65%
Child poverty: +158%
Difficulty paying bills: +25%
Overdraft/NSF fees: +46%
Food insecurity: +38%
sources: Census Bureau, CFPB, USDA
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Spike Lee courtside at the All Star game tonight while Denicide Avdija waits for someone to pass him the ball
February 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Spike Lee courtside at the All Star game tonight while Denicide Avdija waits for someone to pass him the ball
You could call Zohran Mamdani's politics "sewer socialism," the old moniker for mild municipal social democracy. but wouldn't you rather call it Sesame Street Socialism?
February 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
You could call Zohran Mamdani's politics "sewer socialism," the old moniker for mild municipal social democracy. but wouldn't you rather call it Sesame Street Socialism?
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Huge pop when she says about "a lot of what we talk about when we talk about a class based internationalist perspective, also means ending the hypocrisy towards the global south."
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Huge pop when she says about "a lot of what we talk about when we talk about a class based internationalist perspective, also means ending the hypocrisy towards the global south."
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"The alternative is a populist movement that tells the truth, a populist movement that says, this is an injustice. You are being screwed over, and that story is not a cultural one, but a class one," which gets a huge pop.
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"The alternative is a populist movement that tells the truth, a populist movement that says, this is an injustice. You are being screwed over, and that story is not a cultural one, but a class one," which gets a huge pop.
Incredibly simple, hiding in plain sight. Every election since 08 it's "throw the bums out," trust in institutions at an all time low, your pitch against Trump is that you'll defend democracy, and then...
AOC says she told President Biden about Gaza: "What people are seeing is this entire argument for democracy fall apart."
February 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Incredibly simple, hiding in plain sight. Every election since 08 it's "throw the bums out," trust in institutions at an all time low, your pitch against Trump is that you'll defend democracy, and then...
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"Hanan Abu Hadaid's family was fast asleep in their tent when the attack began."
"I started calling out to them one by one, screaming, but no one answered."
"[T]argeting of civilians and displaced people continues."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military #Weapons
"I started calling out to them one by one, screaming, but no one answered."
"[T]argeting of civilians and displaced people continues."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military #Weapons
'Israel wiped out my family', Survivor warns as UK considers arms sales
'What happened proves that targeting of civilians continues,' says grandmother who survived Gaza tent attack.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
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JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
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‘China encourages Israeli friends to engage with us in various forms of economic and trade cooperation, and hopes that all sectors will actively safeguard China-Israel relations and play an active role in advancing bilateral friendship and practical cooperation.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
‘China encourages Israeli friends to engage with us in various forms of economic and trade cooperation, and hopes that all sectors will actively safeguard China-Israel relations and play an active role in advancing bilateral friendship and practical cooperation.
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Love this guy deciding for me that i've removed myself from my own community.
What a bizarre thing to say.
That's before he even gets on to defending John Mann! 🤣
What a bizarre thing to say.
That's before he even gets on to defending John Mann! 🤣
I suspect that David Hirsh has had enough of Zack Polanski dining out on his Jewish heritage while having largely removed himself from the community. John Mann is perfectly capable of recognising antisemitism, and he is a respected friend of the Jewish community.
@davidhirsh.bsky.social
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February 15, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Love this guy deciding for me that i've removed myself from my own community.
What a bizarre thing to say.
That's before he even gets on to defending John Mann! 🤣
What a bizarre thing to say.
That's before he even gets on to defending John Mann! 🤣
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#OtD 15 Feb 1851 African-Americans and abolitionists (including Lewis Hayden, pictured) raided a Boston court to rescue imprisoned runaway enslaved person, Frederick Jenkins, and smuggled him to freedom in Canada stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8659...
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 15 Feb 1851 African-Americans and abolitionists (including Lewis Hayden, pictured) raided a Boston court to rescue imprisoned runaway enslaved person, Frederick Jenkins, and smuggled him to freedom in Canada stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8659...
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NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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This is so deeply fucked. I wish these people would just admit they hate the idea of democracy and get it over with. This kayfabe bullshit is just silly at this point.
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This is so deeply fucked. I wish these people would just admit they hate the idea of democracy and get it over with. This kayfabe bullshit is just silly at this point.