Ben Theodore
@beninbrooklyn.bsky.social
Progressive Jew in Brooklyn; fan of trains, tuxedo cats, and the Mets; missing my underscores @ben_in_brooklyn on the dumb bird app
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Hello fellow New York City dwellers! I made a mayoral primary zine letting you know who to rank on your ballot, important dates, why ranked choice voting is good, and who NOT to rank. I posted a free download so you can print and assemble your own here: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fo...
April 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hello fellow New York City dwellers! I made a mayoral primary zine letting you know who to rank on your ballot, important dates, why ranked choice voting is good, and who NOT to rank. I posted a free download so you can print and assemble your own here: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fo...
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anyway this is my plea: run for office or help someone who doesn't suck do it.
in my experience, almost no one who doesn't suck WANTS to run for office, but we have to. leaving it to the people who actively want to hold office has had very shaky outcomes
in my experience, almost no one who doesn't suck WANTS to run for office, but we have to. leaving it to the people who actively want to hold office has had very shaky outcomes
January 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
anyway this is my plea: run for office or help someone who doesn't suck do it.
in my experience, almost no one who doesn't suck WANTS to run for office, but we have to. leaving it to the people who actively want to hold office has had very shaky outcomes
in my experience, almost no one who doesn't suck WANTS to run for office, but we have to. leaving it to the people who actively want to hold office has had very shaky outcomes
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If you subscribe to @us-gov-funding.bsky.social it’ll show the top donor info for each member of Congress. Really cool and enlightening!
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 PM
If you subscribe to @us-gov-funding.bsky.social it’ll show the top donor info for each member of Congress. Really cool and enlightening!
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If he's going there for his son, he had better do this. www.lawdork.com/p/joe-biden-...
December 2, 2024 at 12:21 AM
If he's going there for his son, he had better do this. www.lawdork.com/p/joe-biden-...
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Such pathetic nonsense from the supposed bastion of liberal Brooklyn. The anonymous coward who wrote this should have the courage of his or her convictions to attach a name to it. Car Brain Disease nonsense.
November 30, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Such pathetic nonsense from the supposed bastion of liberal Brooklyn. The anonymous coward who wrote this should have the courage of his or her convictions to attach a name to it. Car Brain Disease nonsense.
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If you’re post-dinner and in the mood to cry, please read this feature by @oliviabensimon.bsky.social for @hellgateny.bsky.social about migrant youth trying to make it in NYC despite so so many needless obstacles and somehow finding a way forward.
hellgatenyc.com/teenage-migr...
hellgatenyc.com/teenage-migr...
Not Quite Adults, Not Quite Children, Teens Seeking Asylum in NYC Just Want a Little Help
"They're scared kids who still want to be mothered and fathered and had to leave because not making that decision could have killed them."
hellgatenyc.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:37 PM
If you’re post-dinner and in the mood to cry, please read this feature by @oliviabensimon.bsky.social for @hellgateny.bsky.social about migrant youth trying to make it in NYC despite so so many needless obstacles and somehow finding a way forward.
hellgatenyc.com/teenage-migr...
hellgatenyc.com/teenage-migr...
Me for 364 days of the year:
Me at 11:58 ET on Thanksgiving with NBC playing in my parents' living room:
Me at 11:58 ET on Thanksgiving with NBC playing in my parents' living room:
a man in a green elf costume is standing in front of a christmas tree and saying santa 's coming .
ALT: a man in a green elf costume is standing in front of a christmas tree and saying santa 's coming .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Me for 364 days of the year:
Me at 11:58 ET on Thanksgiving with NBC playing in my parents' living room:
Me at 11:58 ET on Thanksgiving with NBC playing in my parents' living room:
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If you read that incredible Esquire piece about homelessness by a former (now unhoused) Boston Globe reporter, read this next.
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:28 AM
If you read that incredible Esquire piece about homelessness by a former (now unhoused) Boston Globe reporter, read this next.
A real bucket list item seeing Robert Caro speak at 92nd St Y last night. (Bryan Cranston doing a dramatic reading of the Power Broker also pretty cool.)
November 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A real bucket list item seeing Robert Caro speak at 92nd St Y last night. (Bryan Cranston doing a dramatic reading of the Power Broker also pretty cool.)
Acknowledging my last day at Run for Something with my first post on Blue Sky!
I spent 6 years building and leading the program for RFS alumni! Before that, I was a program manager working in human capital and teacher retention in NYC Schools & DC Public Schools.
Excited for whatever is next!
I spent 6 years building and leading the program for RFS alumni! Before that, I was a program manager working in human capital and teacher retention in NYC Schools & DC Public Schools.
Excited for whatever is next!
November 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Acknowledging my last day at Run for Something with my first post on Blue Sky!
I spent 6 years building and leading the program for RFS alumni! Before that, I was a program manager working in human capital and teacher retention in NYC Schools & DC Public Schools.
Excited for whatever is next!
I spent 6 years building and leading the program for RFS alumni! Before that, I was a program manager working in human capital and teacher retention in NYC Schools & DC Public Schools.
Excited for whatever is next!