JSelden
@jselden.bsky.social
NYC-based climate activist who believes that Robert Moses has had his way with our streets long enough.
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And here it is.
"New York has agreed to delay implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act, which was scheduled to go into effect in January and would prohibit natural gas and heating oil equipment in many new construction projects, including residences."
Gift article.
"New York has agreed to delay implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act, which was scheduled to go into effect in January and would prohibit natural gas and heating oil equipment in many new construction projects, including residences."
Gift article.
New York agrees to delay All-Electric Buildings Act in court filing
Attorneys for the state agreed in a stipulation filed in federal court Wednesday to delay the implementation of the law until an appellate court makes its decision in the case.
www.timesunion.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And here it is.
"New York has agreed to delay implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act, which was scheduled to go into effect in January and would prohibit natural gas and heating oil equipment in many new construction projects, including residences."
Gift article.
"New York has agreed to delay implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act, which was scheduled to go into effect in January and would prohibit natural gas and heating oil equipment in many new construction projects, including residences."
Gift article.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’
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November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
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New York, NY: Multi-Generational March to Say NO to Trump's Pipelines! · Food & Water Watch
EMERGENCY MARCH! GOVERNOR HOCHUL APPROVED THE WILLIAMS NESE PIPELINE.
Early Friday morning we got wind of horrible news that Governor Hochul is choosing to cave to Trump and his fossil fuel agenda at...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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She’s…not exactly Mamdani. What a sad thing for the Empire State, which showed such chutzpah in banning fracking
Well, fight not over yet!
nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
Well, fight not over yet!
nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Approves Trump-Backed Gas Pipeline
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline had been rejected by environmental regulators three times but was revived this spring after talks between Hochul…
nysfocus.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
She’s…not exactly Mamdani. What a sad thing for the Empire State, which showed such chutzpah in banning fracking
Well, fight not over yet!
nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
Well, fight not over yet!
nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
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BREAKING: Californians overwhelmingly approve Prop 50, a pro-democracy measure that allows the state to redraw its congressional map to counter Trump’s election rigging efforts. The Golden State moves one step closer to gaining five Democratic U.S. House seats in 2026. More to come.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
BREAKING: Californians overwhelmingly approve Prop 50, a pro-democracy measure that allows the state to redraw its congressional map to counter Trump’s election rigging efforts. The Golden State moves one step closer to gaining five Democratic U.S. House seats in 2026. More to come.
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NEW: On Friday, a judge gave New York until February 6 to issue regulations that would “ensure” the state meet its climate targets. But does the deadline mean anything?
My look at where things might go from here:
My look at where things might go from here:
A Court Ordered New York to Issue Major Climate Rules. What’s Next?
“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.
nysfocus.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
NEW: On Friday, a judge gave New York until February 6 to issue regulations that would “ensure” the state meet its climate targets. But does the deadline mean anything?
My look at where things might go from here:
My look at where things might go from here:
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “New York, NY: Rally Against Williams NESE Fracked Gas Pipeline” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/85...
New York, NY: Rally Against Williams NESE Fracked Gas Pipeline · Food & Water Watch
**Rally on the Upper West Side to call on Governor Hochul to stand up to Donald Trump and block the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline!**
The Williams NESE pipeline, off the coast of New York City, w...
www.mobilize.us
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “New York, NY: Rally Against Williams NESE Fracked Gas Pipeline” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/85...
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“As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance AI, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.”
• School cancelations
• Sick kids
• Collapse of basic hygiene
Gift:
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
• School cancelations
• Sick kids
• Collapse of basic hygiene
Gift:
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance AI, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.”
• School cancelations
• Sick kids
• Collapse of basic hygiene
Gift:
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
• School cancelations
• Sick kids
• Collapse of basic hygiene
Gift:
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “New York, NY: Rally Against Williams NESE Fracked Gas Pipeline” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/85...
New York, NY: Rally Against Williams NESE Fracked Gas Pipeline · Food & Water Watch
**Rally on the Upper West Side to call on Governor Hochul to stand up to Donald Trump and block the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline!**
The Williams NESE pipeline, off the coast of New York City, w...
www.mobilize.us
October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “New York, NY: Rally Against Williams NESE Fracked Gas Pipeline” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/85...
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Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
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If i did it right, this is a gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Opinion | Chris Hayes: The Democrats’ Main Problem Isn’t Their Message
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If i did it right, this is a gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
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More good news from this past week — The Cross Bronx traffic diversion was scrapped!
That means no highway expansions for the communities surrounding the Cross Bronx.
That means no highway expansions for the communities surrounding the Cross Bronx.
State DOT Scraps Cross Bronx Expansion Road On Highway Repair Plan - Streetsblog New York City
The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway -- a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.
nyc.streetsblog.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More good news from this past week — The Cross Bronx traffic diversion was scrapped!
That means no highway expansions for the communities surrounding the Cross Bronx.
That means no highway expansions for the communities surrounding the Cross Bronx.
Mamdani offers real solutions for mental health www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/15/m...
Mamdani offers real solutions for mental health
Our mental health system is running on fumes. For too long, it has been underfunded and shaped by politics rather than evidence. As chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Mental Health, we…
www.nydailynews.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mamdani offers real solutions for mental health www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/15/m...
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Feature filmmakers love left-wing violence plots. Secret gun-toting guerrilla groups, shootouts, car chases, hunted fugitives, and the rest work well – for movies, whose only job is to hold our attention for a couple of hours.
No Kings, No Violence: On the Ongoing Misrepresentation of the Left
Portlanders deploying inflatable animal costumes, a brass band, mass ukulele renditions of “This Land Is Your Land,” naked bike rides, and other tactics in their ICE protests are undermining the Trump...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Feature filmmakers love left-wing violence plots. Secret gun-toting guerrilla groups, shootouts, car chases, hunted fugitives, and the rest work well – for movies, whose only job is to hold our attention for a couple of hours.
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"His vision reflects both compassion and common sense."
Samra Brouk and Jo Anne Simon — Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in the NYS Senate and Assembly — endorse our plan to address the mental health crisis with real, evidence-based solutions.
Samra Brouk and Jo Anne Simon — Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in the NYS Senate and Assembly — endorse our plan to address the mental health crisis with real, evidence-based solutions.
Mamdani offers real solutions for mental health
Our mental health system is running on fumes. For too long, it has been underfunded and shaped by politics rather than evidence. As chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Mental Health, we…
www.nydailynews.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"His vision reflects both compassion and common sense."
Samra Brouk and Jo Anne Simon — Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in the NYS Senate and Assembly — endorse our plan to address the mental health crisis with real, evidence-based solutions.
Samra Brouk and Jo Anne Simon — Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in the NYS Senate and Assembly — endorse our plan to address the mental health crisis with real, evidence-based solutions.
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“Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns..”
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns..”
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Absolutely brutal.
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Absolutely brutal.
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “New York Volunteer Call: Fighting Trump's Fracked Gas Pipelines” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/85...
New York Volunteer Call: Fighting Trump's Fracked Gas Pipelines · Food & Water Watch
**Governor Hochul reportedly struck a deal with Donald Trump to build MORE fracked gas pipelines across New York.** A decision on one of these projects, Williams NESE, is expected soon. But we have pl...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “New York Volunteer Call: Fighting Trump's Fracked Gas Pipelines” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/85...
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350NYC & hundreds of our closest friends are marching in #NoKingsNYC as a climate contingent. Wanna join? Meet at 10:30 in the pedestrian plaza on Broadway btwn 47th & 48th. March step off at 11:00 from Father Duffy Square.
@thirdactnyc.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @fffnyc.bsky.social
@thirdactnyc.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @fffnyc.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
350NYC & hundreds of our closest friends are marching in #NoKingsNYC as a climate contingent. Wanna join? Meet at 10:30 in the pedestrian plaza on Broadway btwn 47th & 48th. March step off at 11:00 from Father Duffy Square.
@thirdactnyc.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @fffnyc.bsky.social
@thirdactnyc.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @fffnyc.bsky.social
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📊 Our new report exposes the 4-to-1 lobbying advantage industry giants used to block #NewYork's Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. But 73% of New Yorkers support it. Who will #Albany lawmakers listen to? ➡️ bit.ly/prria-lobbying
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📊 Our new report exposes the 4-to-1 lobbying advantage industry giants used to block #NewYork's Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. But 73% of New Yorkers support it. Who will #Albany lawmakers listen to? ➡️ bit.ly/prria-lobbying
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17,390 square feet of new pedestrian space is something to celebrate!
This morning we joined the ribbon cutting for the 29th Street Plaza at Laguardia Community College — fought for by the school community, and designed by a student!
This morning we joined the ribbon cutting for the 29th Street Plaza at Laguardia Community College — fought for by the school community, and designed by a student!
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
17,390 square feet of new pedestrian space is something to celebrate!
This morning we joined the ribbon cutting for the 29th Street Plaza at Laguardia Community College — fought for by the school community, and designed by a student!
This morning we joined the ribbon cutting for the 29th Street Plaza at Laguardia Community College — fought for by the school community, and designed by a student!
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We’re teaming up with the NYC Biodiversity Task Force to give away FREE native wildflower seeds like Field Thistle, Cardinal Flower and Spotted Beebalm! 🌸
📍 Hell’s Kitchen Park
📅 Friday, October 3
🕒 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Let’s plant the future—together.
📍 Hell’s Kitchen Park
📅 Friday, October 3
🕒 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Let’s plant the future—together.
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We’re teaming up with the NYC Biodiversity Task Force to give away FREE native wildflower seeds like Field Thistle, Cardinal Flower and Spotted Beebalm! 🌸
📍 Hell’s Kitchen Park
📅 Friday, October 3
🕒 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Let’s plant the future—together.
📍 Hell’s Kitchen Park
📅 Friday, October 3
🕒 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Let’s plant the future—together.
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Biodiversity is vanishing fast due to pollution, habitat loss and climate change. But you can help by planting native wildflowers! 🌼
Native plants restore ecosystems and support pollinators. Pick up your free seed packet and help grow a greener, more vibrant NYC! 🌿
Native plants restore ecosystems and support pollinators. Pick up your free seed packet and help grow a greener, more vibrant NYC! 🌿
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Biodiversity is vanishing fast due to pollution, habitat loss and climate change. But you can help by planting native wildflowers! 🌼
Native plants restore ecosystems and support pollinators. Pick up your free seed packet and help grow a greener, more vibrant NYC! 🌿
Native plants restore ecosystems and support pollinators. Pick up your free seed packet and help grow a greener, more vibrant NYC! 🌿
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Faster buses in midtown are arriving soon! Implementation of the 34th Street Busway is scheduled to start in the second week of October, and be completed by November or December.
This hard-won victory for hard-working commuters would not be possible without your advocacy.
This hard-won victory for hard-working commuters would not be possible without your advocacy.
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Faster buses in midtown are arriving soon! Implementation of the 34th Street Busway is scheduled to start in the second week of October, and be completed by November or December.
This hard-won victory for hard-working commuters would not be possible without your advocacy.
This hard-won victory for hard-working commuters would not be possible without your advocacy.
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"With the approval process now in its 11th hour, opponents are doing everything they can to step up pressure on the governor."
Pipeline Opponents Vow Election Showdown If Hochul OKs More Gas
Pipeline opponents say that approving NESE could bite Hochul in next year’s elections.
nysfocus.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"With the approval process now in its 11th hour, opponents are doing everything they can to step up pressure on the governor."