Dan Ordorica
@sagittariusx.bsky.social
Litigation attorney - representing tenants, workers, and consumers seeking justice in Western Massachusetts.
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Found this to be fascinating and a really important discussion of AI grounded in a materialist/Marxist analysis. A great jumping off point for crafting a political program responsive to our political moment.
Found this to be fascinating and a really important discussion of AI grounded in a materialist/Marxist analysis. A great jumping off point for crafting a political program responsive to our political moment.
Is AI Coming for Our Jobs?
Podcast Episode · Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber · 02/18/2026 · 53m
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February 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Found this to be fascinating and a really important discussion of AI grounded in a materialist/Marxist analysis. A great jumping off point for crafting a political program responsive to our political moment.
Found this to be fascinating and a really important discussion of AI grounded in a materialist/Marxist analysis. A great jumping off point for crafting a political program responsive to our political moment.
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Yay Tish
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Yay Tish
Only half way through, but the Harvey interview is exceptional and looking forward to the new book: www.versobooks.com/products/337...
February 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Only half way through, but the Harvey interview is exceptional and looking forward to the new book: www.versobooks.com/products/337...
Saw “My Dinner with Andre.” I must be an idiot, but I didn’t get it. Came away thinking it had some interesting ideas, but given that almost the entire “movie” was just the monologues recited back and forth, it would have worked better as a radio-play. And I actually enjoyed “Jeanne Dielman.”
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Saw “My Dinner with Andre.” I must be an idiot, but I didn’t get it. Came away thinking it had some interesting ideas, but given that almost the entire “movie” was just the monologues recited back and forth, it would have worked better as a radio-play. And I actually enjoyed “Jeanne Dielman.”
I’m not sure people appreciate this enough.
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 AM
I’m not sure people appreciate this enough.
Both interviews are good. The second particularly. The “reactionary Left” should mature past rejecting everything tainted by the whiff of wrong-Thought and just taking what is useful simply b/c it’s useful. Turns out Berger became a virulent anti-racist. Maybe the whole debate is a distraction.
fresh audio product:
• Alejandro Velasco on Venezuela
• Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social defends Victor Berger, Milwaukee’s sewer socialist, against charges of racism
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• Alejandro Velasco on Venezuela
• Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social defends Victor Berger, Milwaukee’s sewer socialist, against charges of racism
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Both interviews are good. The second particularly. The “reactionary Left” should mature past rejecting everything tainted by the whiff of wrong-Thought and just taking what is useful simply b/c it’s useful. Turns out Berger became a virulent anti-racist. Maybe the whole debate is a distraction.
One the things I hate most about the pmc is their tendency to knowingly laugh when discussing deeply serious topics. Like, it might be horrific, but hey - it doesn’t affect them, so they can chuckle at the absurdity of something so horrifying. Please stop.
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
One the things I hate most about the pmc is their tendency to knowingly laugh when discussing deeply serious topics. Like, it might be horrific, but hey - it doesn’t affect them, so they can chuckle at the absurdity of something so horrifying. Please stop.
Particularly liked Battistoni, I have found her work compelling for some time. I wonder if Hardt/Negri’s concept of commonwealth gets us anywhere in how to deal with Nature in a property-rights framework. Maybe there is some potentially interesting work to be done on property/sovereignty/Nature.
fresh audio product:
• Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social , author of Extraction, on the complexities of lithium
• Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt.bsky.social, author of Free Gifts, on the weird relationship between capitalism and Nature
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• Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social , author of Extraction, on the complexities of lithium
• Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt.bsky.social, author of Free Gifts, on the weird relationship between capitalism and Nature
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Particularly liked Battistoni, I have found her work compelling for some time. I wonder if Hardt/Negri’s concept of commonwealth gets us anywhere in how to deal with Nature in a property-rights framework. Maybe there is some potentially interesting work to be done on property/sovereignty/Nature.
Pastor takes away the right lessons. Though the analysis suffers from the familiar conflation of voting patterns with Left/Right ideological commitments, the prescription remains valid. dissentmagazine.org/article/por-...
¿Por Qué MAGA? - Dissent Magazine
Progressives will only make lasting progress with Latino voters if they examine not just why Trump was appealing, but also why the left was not.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Pastor takes away the right lessons. Though the analysis suffers from the familiar conflation of voting patterns with Left/Right ideological commitments, the prescription remains valid. dissentmagazine.org/article/por-...
Sad to hear Rep. Golden is not running for another term. I hope he reconsiders. Work like this is so important.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
U.S. House passes Rep. Golden's bill to restore federal workers' collective bargaining rights
The bipartisan 231-195 came after Golden, D-District 2, used a parliamentary maneuver known as a "discharge petition" to force a vote on the measure despite opposition from House Republican leaders wh...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sad to hear Rep. Golden is not running for another term. I hope he reconsiders. Work like this is so important.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
Fair contract now! Join the Starbucks boycott until workers get a fair contract.
Get in, Comrades! We’re gonna get even more people to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS until workers have a fair contract!
🗣️CALLING ALL ALLIES! (yes, you!)
We're hosting a national Stop Buying Starbucks Day of Action next Monday, 12/15 and are asking YOU to host a simple leafletting event at a non-union Starbucks store near you! 🪧
Learn more here: forms.gle/QqCPKsmXD3ws...
We're hosting a national Stop Buying Starbucks Day of Action next Monday, 12/15 and are asking YOU to host a simple leafletting event at a non-union Starbucks store near you! 🪧
Learn more here: forms.gle/QqCPKsmXD3ws...
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Fair contract now! Join the Starbucks boycott until workers get a fair contract.
The interview with Eric Blanc is particularly good. It shouldn’t be controversial given the lessons of history; socialism in the US is only possible through the ballot box and electoral success requires a proven record of actually making life better for people. Sewer socialists for the win!
fresh audio product:
• David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard on the Honduran elections
• Elfadil Ibrahim on the Sudanese civil war
• Eric Blanc on the lessons of Milwaukee’s decades of “sewer socialism” for Mamdani and Wilson
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• David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard on the Honduran elections
• Elfadil Ibrahim on the Sudanese civil war
• Eric Blanc on the lessons of Milwaukee’s decades of “sewer socialism” for Mamdani and Wilson
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The interview with Eric Blanc is particularly good. It shouldn’t be controversial given the lessons of history; socialism in the US is only possible through the ballot box and electoral success requires a proven record of actually making life better for people. Sewer socialists for the win!
I’d frame it slightly differently: ”[Since] Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.”
Trump claims he wants to lower housing costs, but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’d frame it slightly differently: ”[Since] Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.”
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Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
Zohran Mamdani has called for a boycott of Starbucks until the company can bargain a fair contract with its striking workers. We joined members of the mayor-elect's team on the Starbucks picket line in NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
I feel like the Left YIMBY/NIMBY debate is just another front in the materialist/utopian debate. And I believe Marx settled that one 150 years ago.
The takeaway: more socialists need to read Capital.
The takeaway: more socialists need to read Capital.
Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I feel like the Left YIMBY/NIMBY debate is just another front in the materialist/utopian debate. And I believe Marx settled that one 150 years ago.
The takeaway: more socialists need to read Capital.
The takeaway: more socialists need to read Capital.
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Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
No cause evictions leave tenants at the mercy of landlords for stable jobs, kids’ education, and strong communities. It’s a terrible power to have.
“Losing your home due to an eviction without cause is not only destabilizing, it is unfair.”
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#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
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#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
Hawaii evictions loom as federal shutdown persists | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
An Oahu family headed by parents who are both working without pay for the shuttered federal government was evicted in the final days of October, and the Mediation Center of the Pacific expects more…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
No cause evictions leave tenants at the mercy of landlords for stable jobs, kids’ education, and strong communities. It’s a terrible power to have.
apnews.com/article/star... workers kick off 65-store US strike on company's busy Red Cup Day
Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company's busy Red Cup Day
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers are on strike Thursday at 65 U.S. stores. The strike has closed some stores on Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, which is typically one of the company’s busiest days ...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
apnews.com/article/star... workers kick off 65-store US strike on company's busy Red Cup Day
“The switching between Republican and Democrat is not ideological whiplash – it is practical hunger.”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...
Zohran Mamdani has paved the way for AOC to run for president
The stunning success of the new mayor of New York suggests that the candidate most likely to ‘flip the f---ing table’ and take the White House for the Democrats is fellow young leftist Alexandria Ocas...
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“The switching between Republican and Democrat is not ideological whiplash – it is practical hunger.”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...
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So - here’s the plan . . . We all bring sandwiches to the nearest ICE office and . . .
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So - here’s the plan . . . We all bring sandwiches to the nearest ICE office and . . .
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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AND ran unopposed after Robert Kraft's son ran a campaign (but dropped out)
If you're not familiar with the name, he's the owner of the New England Patriots that built the dynasty of this century. The Krafts are HUGE in Boston.
And she still crushed him. ❤️
If you're not familiar with the name, he's the owner of the New England Patriots that built the dynasty of this century. The Krafts are HUGE in Boston.
And she still crushed him. ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
AND ran unopposed after Robert Kraft's son ran a campaign (but dropped out)
If you're not familiar with the name, he's the owner of the New England Patriots that built the dynasty of this century. The Krafts are HUGE in Boston.
And she still crushed him. ❤️
If you're not familiar with the name, he's the owner of the New England Patriots that built the dynasty of this century. The Krafts are HUGE in Boston.
And she still crushed him. ❤️
Love to see our 2 highest profile DemSocs together. Let’s keep filling the room.
A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Love to see our 2 highest profile DemSocs together. Let’s keep filling the room.