Sarah Milstein
@sarahmilstein.com
Writing a romance novel(?!). Better known for: tech leaderizing, dog loving, nap taking, vegetable cooking, needlepoint doing
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Sarah Milstein
@sarahmilstein.com
· Jan 20
This is a hard era. But I'm buoyed today by the lessons so many emphasize:
* Picking a lane and working in community is how we make a difference
* Joy is vital, art is critical
* It's unhelpful to be aware of and outraged by every horrible thing
Sometimes, we'll despair. But these truths will help
* Picking a lane and working in community is how we make a difference
* Joy is vital, art is critical
* It's unhelpful to be aware of and outraged by every horrible thing
Sometimes, we'll despair. But these truths will help
Please understand this. It's a core piece of why the movement seeks defund policing, not reform it. It's not trainable or reformable
The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Please understand this. It's a core piece of why the movement seeks defund policing, not reform it. It's not trainable or reformable
Reposted by Sarah Milstein
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It turns out I'm not averse to the word "shrill" when applied to Stephen Miller
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
It turns out I'm not averse to the word "shrill" when applied to Stephen Miller
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ok, y’all.
I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora
tag yourselves or others, or DM me
I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora
tag yourselves or others, or DM me
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
ok, y’all.
I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora
tag yourselves or others, or DM me
I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora
tag yourselves or others, or DM me
I can physically feel the Obsessed with Heated Rivalry Epoch giving way to the Confused and Worried About Venezuela Era
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I can physically feel the Obsessed with Heated Rivalry Epoch giving way to the Confused and Worried About Venezuela Era
Was this whole thing a ploy to boost 60 Minutes' ratings
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Was this whole thing a ploy to boost 60 Minutes' ratings
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DEADLINE IS TOMORROW 12/18
I would like to remind folks that @librariesftp.bsky.social's 2026 Library Board Cohort application is due 12/18 [so this week]. We hope that folks on the Left(s) will apply. We will only be offering one cohort in 2026. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
DEADLINE IS TOMORROW 12/18
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I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @propublica.org. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring
Director, Product Engineering
New York City, United States; Remote, United States
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December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @propublica.org. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
Reposted by Sarah Milstein
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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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I'm just to the right of the lightning bolt, 100% obscured by other people! This was a lot of fun, I chatted with interesting folx, learned a cool zine folding technique and was heartened to see people out against ICE
Thanks @gregpak.net and co for organizing
Thanks @gregpak.net and co for organizing
Huge thanks once again to everyone who came out to the @handsoffnyc.bsky.social / @bkindivisible.bsky.social event at @anyonecomics.bsky.social. Such great vibes!
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm just to the right of the lightning bolt, 100% obscured by other people! This was a lot of fun, I chatted with interesting folx, learned a cool zine folding technique and was heartened to see people out against ICE
Thanks @gregpak.net and co for organizing
Thanks @gregpak.net and co for organizing
The way these people type, it might just have been about Trump blowing bubbles
But either way, good not to forget that *the president of the United States is implicated in child sex trafficking ring*
But either way, good not to forget that *the president of the United States is implicated in child sex trafficking ring*
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The way these people type, it might just have been about Trump blowing bubbles
But either way, good not to forget that *the president of the United States is implicated in child sex trafficking ring*
But either way, good not to forget that *the president of the United States is implicated in child sex trafficking ring*
The GOP believes some people deserve to be poor, and poor people deserve nothing. Cutting off SNAP is consistent w/their twisted values
But I wonder if they'd find it as politically palatable to starve 16M US kids if more Americans didn't support Israel's starving thousands of Palestinian children
But I wonder if they'd find it as politically palatable to starve 16M US kids if more Americans didn't support Israel's starving thousands of Palestinian children
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The GOP believes some people deserve to be poor, and poor people deserve nothing. Cutting off SNAP is consistent w/their twisted values
But I wonder if they'd find it as politically palatable to starve 16M US kids if more Americans didn't support Israel's starving thousands of Palestinian children
But I wonder if they'd find it as politically palatable to starve 16M US kids if more Americans didn't support Israel's starving thousands of Palestinian children
Good writing about some bad shit
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Good writing about some bad shit
A thing I will never understand: Why are Dems so eager to listen to polls and so uninterested in listening to voters?
People just voted against the GOP--and for Dems who will stand up to Trump--in a record off-year election. Why doesn't that mean anything? I'm losing my entire mind
People just voted against the GOP--and for Dems who will stand up to Trump--in a record off-year election. Why doesn't that mean anything? I'm losing my entire mind
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A thing I will never understand: Why are Dems so eager to listen to polls and so uninterested in listening to voters?
People just voted against the GOP--and for Dems who will stand up to Trump--in a record off-year election. Why doesn't that mean anything? I'm losing my entire mind
People just voted against the GOP--and for Dems who will stand up to Trump--in a record off-year election. Why doesn't that mean anything? I'm losing my entire mind
Just called Schumer (202-224-6542) and Gillibrand (202-224-4451)
I am, idiotically, surprised that they're trying to fuck this up now. It seems they will never learn and neither will I. But it felt good to call
I am, idiotically, surprised that they're trying to fuck this up now. It seems they will never learn and neither will I. But it felt good to call
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Just called Schumer (202-224-6542) and Gillibrand (202-224-4451)
I am, idiotically, surprised that they're trying to fuck this up now. It seems they will never learn and neither will I. But it felt good to call
I am, idiotically, surprised that they're trying to fuck this up now. It seems they will never learn and neither will I. But it felt good to call
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time."
A window, from @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy
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A window, from @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
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November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time."
A window, from @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy
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A window, from @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Incredible thread
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Incredible thread
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
Truly everything you need to know about the established Dem party is that Cuomo, now endorsed by Trump and Miller, was a Dem governor of NY and was originally running as a Dem mayoral candidate--and those endorsements have not disqualified him from the party
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Truly everything you need to know about the established Dem party is that Cuomo, now endorsed by Trump and Miller, was a Dem governor of NY and was originally running as a Dem mayoral candidate--and those endorsements have not disqualified him from the party
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the fact that Chicago is still under invasion & most of the rest of the country just chugs on, is reminding me really really unpleasantly of losing more than a million Americans to the early pandemic, with a collective shrug.
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
the fact that Chicago is still under invasion & most of the rest of the country just chugs on, is reminding me really really unpleasantly of losing more than a million Americans to the early pandemic, with a collective shrug.
There's a US city called Judith?
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There's a US city called Judith?
When you send $ to Dem candidates, they often use it to buy ads on far right-owned media networks like Sinclair. And the ads don't work
A+ thread from @matthew.flux.community on how this happens, why it's a disaster, and what we must do differently. Excellent counter to that "Deciding to Win" trash
A+ thread from @matthew.flux.community on how this happens, why it's a disaster, and what we must do differently. Excellent counter to that "Deciding to Win" trash
🧵There's a pernicious myth that Republicans have more money than Democrats. In fact, Democrats have raised more—including so-called "dark money."
Republicans have less money but understand politics better. This is why they win.
My upcoming e-book "What Republicans Know" discusses…
Republicans have less money but understand politics better. This is why they win.
My upcoming e-book "What Republicans Know" discusses…
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October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When you send $ to Dem candidates, they often use it to buy ads on far right-owned media networks like Sinclair. And the ads don't work
A+ thread from @matthew.flux.community on how this happens, why it's a disaster, and what we must do differently. Excellent counter to that "Deciding to Win" trash
A+ thread from @matthew.flux.community on how this happens, why it's a disaster, and what we must do differently. Excellent counter to that "Deciding to Win" trash