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Sarah Jaffe
@sarahljaffe.bsky.social
Troublemaker. Vagrant. Author of From the Ashes, Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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All new Heart Reacts on your podcast feed of choice!

This week @sarahljaffe.bsky.social talk about feeling simultaneously over- and under-committed, whether having boyfriends is embarrassing now, and why people are talking "chalant"
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Mr. Mamdani, would you please be my mayor? I wrote about the Zohran phenomenon and economic populism for some folks across the pond:
macrodosepod.substack.com/p/f0caf063-a...
THE FIX
Fact-based, climate-focused economic analysis from MACRODOSE. Click to read THE FIX, by MACRODOSE, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
macrodosepod.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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After Zohran Mamdani beat disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in this year’s New York City Democratic mayoral primary, Cuomo, his billionaire backers and corporate media all took a beating.

But they picked themselves up, got back in the ring, and lost again.

fair.org/home/mamdani...
Mamdani Beats Cuomo and the Press Hacks (Again)
The city’s media oligopoly looked to a rejected, corrupt sleazeball to save the city from a fresh-faced progressive who vowed to make life more affordable.
fair.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I'm told by Cuomo and others that this is "not" possible.
Today, New Mexico launched its universal childcare initiative. Last month I wrote about it for Roosevelt Institute -- historic state endeavors like this should show lawmakers at all levels of government that Americans are sick and tired of waiting for bold action on childcare. shorturl.at/Sm2tZ
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Recently, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social sat down with @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social, authors of “Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future” to discuss the difference between radical and bullshit abundance.

inthesetimes.com/article/radi...
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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If anyone is in or around Glasgow on Saturday and wants to hear me talk about my most recent essay on Video Game Worker Unions and Revolution, I'd love to see you there!

notesfrombelow.org/article/vide...

6pm at Broadside in Glasgow!
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Heart Reacts is up! Some thoughts on relationships and organizing, clarity, terminology, and why I hate the word "situationship" with every fiber of my being. Link below or find the show wherever you get your podcasts. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Heart Reacts is up! Some thoughts on relationships and organizing, clarity, terminology, and why I hate the word "situationship" with every fiber of my being. Link below or find the show wherever you get your podcasts. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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That should be a career ender. Let’s hope that we’re at the point in time when we’re organized and aware enough that it is.
Gov. Bill Lee says Trump’s military-police occupation of Memphis “may never end.”

“We have just begun. We do know this is going to last for months… In fact, I will tell you that it will last forever.”
October 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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One person riding a bike while naked probably requires some kind of emergency response. But a whole group = a regular-ish PNW event.
Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland
October 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Stay until the end to learn it’s possible to buy an inflatable axolotl costume…
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Hundreds of people arrested by ICE agents around Chicago over the past few months could be released, according to a new fed. ruling.

|https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/100s-could-be-freed-from-ice-custody-after-ruling-that-warrantless-arrests-violated-consent-decree/
Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling
Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely "just the tip of the iceberg....
blockclubchicago.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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This beautiful podcast inspired by From the Ashes is up for a Signal award and you can vote for it: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
vote.signalaward.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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What would it really take to build a green, democratic future?

@sarahljaffe.bsky.social interviews the authors of “Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future,” who lay out a roadmap for transitioning out of capitalism through public-common partnerships and collective power.
Transitioning Out of Capitalism Towards a Green Future
A conversation with the authors of "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future" about what it will take to build a livable world for all.
inthesetimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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This beautiful podcast inspired by From the Ashes is up for a Signal award and you can vote for it: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
vote.signalaward.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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"The left _cannot_ be a historical re-enactment society." (YES!) Appreciated this podcast (even I am not particularly "Lenin-curious" heh...)
the latest Heart Reacts is up, a particularly tender one for me. we do a bit of an update on "Your Party" but mostly focus on a question about how to care and be cared for in a privatized world www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
Episode 29: Let the People who Love You Love You | Heart Reacts
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October 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Reading this alongside news about the military being requested for Memphis is something else.
"Musk’s data centers will probably bring in only a few hundred jobs to Memphis while consuming millions of gallons of water a day and more electricity than is needed to power all the city’s homes. Natural-gas turbines powering the data centers have brought pollution and controversy over their use.."
Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI
xAI is aiming to win the tech arms race with its “Colossus” data centers, thrown up at lightning speed, but Memphis is divided over the massive power and water demands.
www.wsj.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM