dªwsºn sᶦms
@d-j-sims.bsky.social
libraries, ecosocialism, baseball
he/him
he/him
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
The point is to create a world in which the authoritarians can simultaneously inhabit a position of victim and abuser, creating an imagined threat of persecution and violence in order to persecute and carry out violence.
This is how this always works. We cannot allow this to continue.
This is how this always works. We cannot allow this to continue.
June 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The point is to create a world in which the authoritarians can simultaneously inhabit a position of victim and abuser, creating an imagined threat of persecution and violence in order to persecute and carry out violence.
This is how this always works. We cannot allow this to continue.
This is how this always works. We cannot allow this to continue.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
It’s not just that they normalize political violence. They also accuse the left of engaging in mostly imaginary violence, which gives unhinged right-wingers justification to “retaliate.”
June 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s not just that they normalize political violence. They also accuse the left of engaging in mostly imaginary violence, which gives unhinged right-wingers justification to “retaliate.”
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
June 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
A sign of the times right now is working in libraries and helping more and more people in their 60s and 70s apply for jobs online for the first time in their lives.
May 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A sign of the times right now is working in libraries and helping more and more people in their 60s and 70s apply for jobs online for the first time in their lives.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
Pope Francis has died at 88.
His final message: a call for a Gaza ceasefire.
“This is cruelty. This is not war,” he said after Israel killed 7 children in Jabalia.
He called Gaza’s suffering “deplorable” — and made nightly calls to Christians trapped there.
His final message: a call for a Gaza ceasefire.
“This is cruelty. This is not war,” he said after Israel killed 7 children in Jabalia.
He called Gaza’s suffering “deplorable” — and made nightly calls to Christians trapped there.
April 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pope Francis has died at 88.
His final message: a call for a Gaza ceasefire.
“This is cruelty. This is not war,” he said after Israel killed 7 children in Jabalia.
He called Gaza’s suffering “deplorable” — and made nightly calls to Christians trapped there.
His final message: a call for a Gaza ceasefire.
“This is cruelty. This is not war,” he said after Israel killed 7 children in Jabalia.
He called Gaza’s suffering “deplorable” — and made nightly calls to Christians trapped there.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
This is the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.
James Patterson & MrBeast Penning Thriller Novel; TV & Film Rights Attracting Serious Heat
The rights to the book from the unlikely pairing are currently subject to a bidding war.
deadline.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
turns out when you legitimate a taste for bigotry people gravitate to the parties that serve it as an entree rather than as a garnish
"To the contrary, voters are on average more likely to defect to the radical right when mainstream parties adopt anti-immigration positions, a pattern that has been particularly pronounced for established RRPs."
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
turns out when you legitimate a taste for bigotry people gravitate to the parties that serve it as an entree rather than as a garnish
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
The new Trump administration has illegally removed far more people from their jobs because of speech and beliefs in the last month than the entire list of cancelled or pressured people (many of whom were criticized, not fired) compiled by FIRE and others over years.
It’s not remotely close.
It’s not remotely close.
First, the activist ‘overreach’ mostly consisted of low-stakes, cherry-picked anecdotes. The police were not defunded. Words were not banned. White men were not barred from college.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
February 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The new Trump administration has illegally removed far more people from their jobs because of speech and beliefs in the last month than the entire list of cancelled or pressured people (many of whom were criticized, not fired) compiled by FIRE and others over years.
It’s not remotely close.
It’s not remotely close.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
First, the activist ‘overreach’ mostly consisted of low-stakes, cherry-picked anecdotes. The police were not defunded. Words were not banned. White men were not barred from college.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
First, the activist ‘overreach’ mostly consisted of low-stakes, cherry-picked anecdotes. The police were not defunded. Words were not banned. White men were not barred from college.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism
February 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Shout out to the friends and comrades @sunrisemvmtkc.bsky.social who are fiercely making the public case for regional transit funding.
Kansas City-area residents deserve robust and reliable buses, but instead the people with the power to act seem content to let our transit system wither away.
Kansas City-area residents deserve robust and reliable buses, but instead the people with the power to act seem content to let our transit system wither away.
NEW: Today marked the third protest in just one week from Kansas City-area climate activists, who demand that Jackson County step up to fund the KCATA.
One protester was detained and more than 50 activists were removed from the legislature's chambers.
One protester was detained and more than 50 activists were removed from the legislature's chambers.
Transit activists interrupt Jackson County Legislature to demand bus funding: ‘Do your job’
Monday marked the third protest in just one week from Kansas City-area climate activists, who demand that Jackson County step up to fund the KCATA. One protester was detained and more than 50 activist...
www.kcur.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Shout out to the friends and comrades @sunrisemvmtkc.bsky.social who are fiercely making the public case for regional transit funding.
Kansas City-area residents deserve robust and reliable buses, but instead the people with the power to act seem content to let our transit system wither away.
Kansas City-area residents deserve robust and reliable buses, but instead the people with the power to act seem content to let our transit system wither away.
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
NEW: Today marked the third protest in just one week from Kansas City-area climate activists, who demand that Jackson County step up to fund the KCATA.
One protester was detained and more than 50 activists were removed from the legislature's chambers.
One protester was detained and more than 50 activists were removed from the legislature's chambers.
Transit activists interrupt Jackson County Legislature to demand bus funding: ‘Do your job’
Monday marked the third protest in just one week from Kansas City-area climate activists, who demand that Jackson County step up to fund the KCATA. One protester was detained and more than 50 activist...
www.kcur.org
January 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
NEW: Today marked the third protest in just one week from Kansas City-area climate activists, who demand that Jackson County step up to fund the KCATA.
One protester was detained and more than 50 activists were removed from the legislature's chambers.
One protester was detained and more than 50 activists were removed from the legislature's chambers.
“We have materials here that are not available anywhere else,” Ruiz told the Kansas City Star in 1996. And that’s important, she said, because “books open up a new world to you.”
www.kcur.org/history/2024...
www.kcur.org/history/2024...
Kansas City librarian Irene Ruiz refused to let the city forget the Westside
Armed with a tape recorder, Kansas City librarian Irene Ruiz captured the evolving history of the Westside and made the library a more welcoming place for the Mexican immigrants and Latinos who lived ...
www.kcur.org
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“We have materials here that are not available anywhere else,” Ruiz told the Kansas City Star in 1996. And that’s important, she said, because “books open up a new world to you.”
www.kcur.org/history/2024...
www.kcur.org/history/2024...
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
THREAD: What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal in Gaza
January 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD: What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal in Gaza
Reposted by dªwsºn sᶦms
I can’t begin to express how bad these fires are. Friends have evacuated to our house and other friends are packing up what they can to evacuate and we are wondering if we are going to have to evacuate too. It’s such a colossal shitshow.
January 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I can’t begin to express how bad these fires are. Friends have evacuated to our house and other friends are packing up what they can to evacuate and we are wondering if we are going to have to evacuate too. It’s such a colossal shitshow.