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Rebecca Bratspies, Author
@rbratspies.bsky.social
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Professor, CUNY Law | award-winning scholar, author, speaker
scuba diver | environmental justice, climate justice, human rights, NYC history, urban policy, comic books | mom | optimist (mostly) www.RebeccaBratspies.com

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · Apr 28
hey friends. Guess what . . .my book Naming Gotham just won the 2024 American Legacy Book Award for US History!!! #history #NYC #newyorkcity #historybuff #historylovers #historypodcast #NewYork #awardwinning #books #booklovers www.amazon.com/Naming-Gotha...
Good seal. Words Award Winner 2024 emblazoned across the seal cover of Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York Place Names. Title in a central red box with white type Photos (in clockwise order) of Peter Cooper, Henry Bruckner, NYC view from Hells Kitchen, Jackie Robinson, at bat, Shirley Chisholm, and Bryant Park

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 16h
This is horrible news.

www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 18h
If you are in NYC in Dec 8, please join me and @queenscosta.bsky.social and our local elected officials for this discussion about environmental justice in Western Queens. (Reposting b/c I forgot alt text. Mea culpa)
The environmental future of western queen. A discussion with ejected leaders, advocates and legal scholars on how we can shape law, policy, and environmental Justice in our communities) At CUNY LAW. 12/8. 6:30 pm

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 21h
I will die on this hill

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 21h
As folks are now finding out the hard way in the US

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 2d
This might be the most trans positive thing NYC has ever done.
Subway sign announcing F-M and M-F swap For weekday service as of 12/8

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 3d
Here’s another #mushroom for you
Mushroom with lace like body

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Mother Jones Magazine @motherjones.com.web.brid.gy · 3d
The Tennessee Upstart That Suddenly Has Trump World Quaking
You should be paying attention to Tennessee. The congressional race in the state’s seventh congressional district, which includes Nashville, is where cracks in Donald Trump’s base are starting to show. Democrat Aftyn Behn is facing off against Matt Van Epps, a Republican West Point grad who had been strongly favored to win. Both parties have […]
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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 4d
wait. whut??
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New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. https://to.pbs.org/4oZRBfu
Multicultural New Orleans is the next battleground in Trump's immigration crackdown
New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy and the birthplace of jazz, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 4d
Leadership. Pass it on Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.

We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

Reposted by Rebecca M. Bratspies

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4d
New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. https://to.pbs.org/4oZRBfu
Multicultural New Orleans is the next battleground in Trump's immigration crackdown
New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy and the birthplace of jazz, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
www.pbs.org

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Rebecca M. Bratspies

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Lissa Harris🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 4d
“adversarial poetry”??? holy shit

who wants to hire me and @pa.ulst.ar to be white hat poet ronin, I’m so serious right now
1 Introduction In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse. As contemporary social systems increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) in operational and decision-making pipelines, we observe a structurally similar failure mode: poetic formatting can reliably bypass alignment constraints.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.

We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

Reposted by Rebecca M. Bratspies

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 4d
Recently posted about how the local GOP was attempting to shut down ALL protests - weekly and #NoKings - in Nanuet, NY (see my thread below).

Now @indivisrockland.bsky.social is fighting back.

If you live in-or-near #NY17 PLEASE attend THIS SATURDAY’s Nanuet rally.

www.mobilize.us/indivisibler...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4d
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 5d
Ceasefire means the firing stops. Whatever this is, it is not a ceasefire

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 5d
I did not know either. Thanks for sharing

Reposted by R. M. Wilson, Rebecca M. Bratspies

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 5d
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We all need to reflect on the lives lost to transphobia and violence. Consider supporting organizations that are making things better for people.
transgender flag

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Philadelphia Gay News @phillygaynews.bsky.social · 5d
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.

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Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 6d
we lost a giant today RIP
rimaanabtawi.bsky.social Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d
Rest in peace and power. 💔
blockclubchi.bsky.social Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6d
Sister JoAnn Persch, a trailblazer of the Chicago immigrant rights movement and prominent activist, died at 91 after devoting 73 years of her life to the Sisters of Mercy. blockclubchi.co/445Fp4c

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d
Rest in peace and power. 💔
blockclubchi.bsky.social Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6d
Sister JoAnn Persch, a trailblazer of the Chicago immigrant rights movement and prominent activist, died at 91 after devoting 73 years of her life to the Sisters of Mercy. blockclubchi.co/445Fp4c

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 6d
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 7d
F trains are jammed past capacity on the way in from Queens as well.

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 7d
how is it possible that she is getting paid to write this drivel???

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 7d
I couldn't make it very far into the "essay(?) Dear Lord--are these people who actually get PAID to write???

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 8d
you are so young! HBD

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 8d
indeed

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 8d
you win for sure

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 8d
you win too!