Vicki Madden
@vlmadden.bsky.social
Teacher, very slow writer, lover of libraries & trains. Words in A Public Space and The New York Times. Rewilding my 1/3 acre garden, mending and darning socks and my little corner of the world
Also I help school leaders.
truenorthbk.org
vickimadden.net
Also I help school leaders.
truenorthbk.org
vickimadden.net
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The parenthetical is my favorite bit of the article
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The parenthetical is my favorite bit of the article
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What if CEOs earned 100x what the average worker earned? This used to be normal. And rich people still managed to live rich lives. Billionaires have been created by government policies, tax policy, taking money from average people and giving it to CEOs & super rich. We can stop it.
Last year, Starbucks’ CEO took home $95.8 million. The typical Starbucks worker got $14,674. That’s a gap of 6,666 to 1.
It’s no wonder Starbucks workers across the country are going on strike today.
Show solidarity and shop elsewhere.
It’s no wonder Starbucks workers across the country are going on strike today.
Show solidarity and shop elsewhere.
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What if CEOs earned 100x what the average worker earned? This used to be normal. And rich people still managed to live rich lives. Billionaires have been created by government policies, tax policy, taking money from average people and giving it to CEOs & super rich. We can stop it.
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“Between 1989 and 2022, households in the top 1 percent added about 100 times as much wealth as households at the national median. The share of all U.S. wealth held by the top 0.00001 percent has nearly doubled over the last decade.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | The Haves and Have-Nots Are, Once Again, at War
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Between 1989 and 2022, households in the top 1 percent added about 100 times as much wealth as households at the national median. The share of all U.S. wealth held by the top 0.00001 percent has nearly doubled over the last decade.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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All those Pizzagate MFs are quiet AF right now
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All those Pizzagate MFs are quiet AF right now
"There are many ways to work on writing--reading, thinking, researching, walking, watching a film or seeing art, talking to friends, doubting... all are writing. Perhaps the churning that needs to be done is not words on a page but inwards."
Kate Zambreno, found in my old 2018 notebook
Kate Zambreno, found in my old 2018 notebook
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"There are many ways to work on writing--reading, thinking, researching, walking, watching a film or seeing art, talking to friends, doubting... all are writing. Perhaps the churning that needs to be done is not words on a page but inwards."
Kate Zambreno, found in my old 2018 notebook
Kate Zambreno, found in my old 2018 notebook
Reviewing my notes from Shakespeare class with Ted Tayler at Columbia.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Reviewing my notes from Shakespeare class with Ted Tayler at Columbia.
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“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.”
– Aldous Huxley
– Aldous Huxley
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.”
– Aldous Huxley
– Aldous Huxley
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
"Mr. Mamdani touched down Thursday afternoon in a window seat on JetBlue. (It was a stark contrast with Mr. Adams, who arrived in Puerto Rico four years ago as mayor-elect on a private jet owned by a crypto billionaire.)" #mymayor at Somos
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Mr. Mamdani touched down Thursday afternoon in a window seat on JetBlue. (It was a stark contrast with Mr. Adams, who arrived in Puerto Rico four years ago as mayor-elect on a private jet owned by a crypto billionaire.)" #mymayor at Somos
I'm watching American Masters PBS show about Daniel Patrick Moynihan--he says he came of age when govt cared: free and discounted college and grad school. I also came of age when govt regulated how much student loan debt colleges could allow students to take on. Deregulation has devastated.
I’m a product of big government. Everyone likes to shitpost the government. California taxpayers and the regents of the University of California saved my ass. fortune.com/2025/11/06/s...
Scott Galloway says he’s a product of big government: ‘Taking bets on unremarkable people pays off’ | Fortune
Galloway credits UCLA for his success, despite an initial rejection: “California taxpayers and the regents of the University of California saved my ass.”
fortune.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm watching American Masters PBS show about Daniel Patrick Moynihan--he says he came of age when govt cared: free and discounted college and grad school. I also came of age when govt regulated how much student loan debt colleges could allow students to take on. Deregulation has devastated.
These shooting at lost people knocking at doors or driving into driveways to turn around...I guarantee these shooters watch FOX all the time and are filled with fear-based false stories about crime and danger everywhere. This is fracturing our country. #BanMurchochs
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
These shooting at lost people knocking at doors or driving into driveways to turn around...I guarantee these shooters watch FOX all the time and are filled with fear-based false stories about crime and danger everywhere. This is fracturing our country. #BanMurchochs
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
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Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
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It is a German conceit, that the vertebræ are absolutely undeveloped skulls.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It is a German conceit, that the vertebræ are absolutely undeveloped skulls.
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This is a nice story about how libraries change lives.
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is a nice story about how libraries change lives.
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
Looking forward to a smart, fashionable artist as NYC's 1st lady. I love Vanessa Friedman's take on Election Night attire: "a little personal (Ms. Duwaji has wrestled with Palestinian trauma in her work), a little downtown, a little Audrey Hepburn." Also, per @nypost.com a little aloof, lol #NewDay
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looking forward to a smart, fashionable artist as NYC's 1st lady. I love Vanessa Friedman's take on Election Night attire: "a little personal (Ms. Duwaji has wrestled with Palestinian trauma in her work), a little downtown, a little Audrey Hepburn." Also, per @nypost.com a little aloof, lol #NewDay
And of course, he was ready!
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
And of course, he was ready!
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
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I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
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The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.