Steven Nelson
@stevenel.bsky.social
Advocate for democracy, reader, occasional runner, hobby woodworker, attorney, Philly.
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So many things happening, I nearly missed the @newrepublic.com piece I was quoted in last week. It raises the possibility of continued political threats to SNAP, underscoring a point I make often: the best way to politically protect the safety net is to build the power of those who rely on it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So many things happening, I nearly missed the @newrepublic.com piece I was quoted in last week. It raises the possibility of continued political threats to SNAP, underscoring a point I make often: the best way to politically protect the safety net is to build the power of those who rely on it.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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Great breakdown and explainers from @canarymedia.com on making the most of the tax credit-eligible upgrades before the end of the year! www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
Electrify your home with our handy roundup before tax credits expire
You could save thousands of dollars on heat pumps, solar, and other home energy updates if you act before Dec. 31. Our explainers and guides will get you…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great breakdown and explainers from @canarymedia.com on making the most of the tax credit-eligible upgrades before the end of the year! www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
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I spoke to @sarabronin.bsky.social about her book on zoning and how it affects us all. Have a listen!
DIY Democracy: Zoning: Key to the City and to Our Communities
I spoke with Professor Sara Bronin to learn about zoning: what is it, what is its purpose, and how does it work. Link to her book on bookshop: Link to her website tool to learn about zonin...
diydemocracy.libsyn.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I spoke to @sarabronin.bsky.social about her book on zoning and how it affects us all. Have a listen!
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Shame on the AGSulzberger @nytimes.com
“Challenge scientific orthodoxy … that vaccines save lives”
NYT loves the heterodox opinions for clicks and to grow its subscriber base.
-did women ruin the work place?
-Nuzzi
-Yarvin
-vaccines
Your media dollars are better spent supporting other outlets.
“Challenge scientific orthodoxy … that vaccines save lives”
NYT loves the heterodox opinions for clicks and to grow its subscriber base.
-did women ruin the work place?
-Nuzzi
-Yarvin
-vaccines
Your media dollars are better spent supporting other outlets.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Shame on the AGSulzberger @nytimes.com
“Challenge scientific orthodoxy … that vaccines save lives”
NYT loves the heterodox opinions for clicks and to grow its subscriber base.
-did women ruin the work place?
-Nuzzi
-Yarvin
-vaccines
Your media dollars are better spent supporting other outlets.
“Challenge scientific orthodoxy … that vaccines save lives”
NYT loves the heterodox opinions for clicks and to grow its subscriber base.
-did women ruin the work place?
-Nuzzi
-Yarvin
-vaccines
Your media dollars are better spent supporting other outlets.
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
I spoke to @sarabronin.bsky.social about her book on zoning and how it affects us all. Have a listen!
DIY Democracy: Zoning: Key to the City and to Our Communities
I spoke with Professor Sara Bronin to learn about zoning: what is it, what is its purpose, and how does it work. Link to her book on bookshop: Link to her website tool to learn about zonin...
diydemocracy.libsyn.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I spoke to @sarabronin.bsky.social about her book on zoning and how it affects us all. Have a listen!
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I keep thinking the *process* of researching is as important as what you discover.
It forces you to consider what impacts and relates to what you are looking for and the context of what you find impacts its meaning.
Knowledge is not a box of cereal that you can just grab a handful of. #KM
It forces you to consider what impacts and relates to what you are looking for and the context of what you find impacts its meaning.
Knowledge is not a box of cereal that you can just grab a handful of. #KM
Well slap my ass and call me Suzy
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I keep thinking the *process* of researching is as important as what you discover.
It forces you to consider what impacts and relates to what you are looking for and the context of what you find impacts its meaning.
Knowledge is not a box of cereal that you can just grab a handful of. #KM
It forces you to consider what impacts and relates to what you are looking for and the context of what you find impacts its meaning.
Knowledge is not a box of cereal that you can just grab a handful of. #KM
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
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EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their boss, giving them some orders.
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their boss, giving them some orders.
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their b
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their boss, giving them some orders.
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their b
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their boss, giving them some orders.
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their boss, giving them some orders.
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their b
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their boss, giving them some orders.
EOs are nothing more than interoffice memos to executive officials from their b
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EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or fede
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or fede
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or fede
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or federal laws.
EOs cannot overturn state or fede
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Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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I think that superhero movies have done a number of human beings conditioning some people to believe that extraordinary actions are what matter. And if one can't be a superhero, then simple, ordinary efforts aren't worth doing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I think that superhero movies have done a number of human beings conditioning some people to believe that extraordinary actions are what matter. And if one can't be a superhero, then simple, ordinary efforts aren't worth doing.
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Spreading the word in case this is new info.
These Chicago restaurants are offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here's where you can find free food in Chicago right now.
www.timeout.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Spreading the word in case this is new info.
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Just because we beat them doesn’t mean we should continue to let billionaires spend whatever they want on elections.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Just because we beat them doesn’t mean we should continue to let billionaires spend whatever they want on elections.
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Voters in Pennsylvania have until 8 pm. Go vote 🗳️
a poster that says " i need you to vote " on it
ALT: a poster that says " i need you to vote " on it
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November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Voters in Pennsylvania have until 8 pm. Go vote 🗳️
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The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
October 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
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I've been harping on using FSA funds because workers lose $4 BILLION in unspent funds each year. I don't think many people even know about the FSA store as just one example of a simpler way to spend some of that money. Use it for others if you don't need it yourself.
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Workers Are Losing Over $4 Billion in Unspent FSA Money a Year
An exclusive Money analysis finds that 47% of workers failed to drain their FSA balances in 2023, adding up to billions in lost money.
money.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I've been harping on using FSA funds because workers lose $4 BILLION in unspent funds each year. I don't think many people even know about the FSA store as just one example of a simpler way to spend some of that money. Use it for others if you don't need it yourself.
money.com/unspent-fsa-...
money.com/unspent-fsa-...
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If you think Republicans losing their shit about Canada airing an ad with Reagan’s own words is crazy, let me remind you about the time that they lost their shit over NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day.
October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you think Republicans losing their shit about Canada airing an ad with Reagan’s own words is crazy, let me remind you about the time that they lost their shit over NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day.