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Democrats: Fascist government better than no government!
Great logic, guys.
Great logic, guys.
March 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Democrats: Fascist government better than no government!
Great logic, guys.
Great logic, guys.
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NEW: Columbia expelled & fired the president of its student workers’ union today, a day before contract negotiations were set to begin, per UAW
The union is calling it “part of a wave of crackdowns on free speech against students and workers who have spoken out…against the war on Gaza”
The union is calling it “part of a wave of crackdowns on free speech against students and workers who have spoken out…against the war on Gaza”
In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers. The firing comes one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the University.
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Columbia expelled & fired the president of its student workers’ union today, a day before contract negotiations were set to begin, per UAW
The union is calling it “part of a wave of crackdowns on free speech against students and workers who have spoken out…against the war on Gaza”
The union is calling it “part of a wave of crackdowns on free speech against students and workers who have spoken out…against the war on Gaza”
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Only 14 House Democrats signed this letter calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Only 14 House Democrats signed this letter calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil
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Susan Lynch was one of just a handful of female train operators working at BART in 1973, one year after the system opened for service. After graduating from Mills College, Susan decided to apply for the role because “it sounded super sci-fi and a great job for someone who loved to travel."
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March 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Susan Lynch was one of just a handful of female train operators working at BART in 1973, one year after the system opened for service. After graduating from Mills College, Susan decided to apply for the role because “it sounded super sci-fi and a great job for someone who loved to travel."
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People feel safe renting cars but not car seats. Ok.
March 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
People feel safe renting cars but not car seats. Ok.
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I’m unsurprised but astounded by the eagerness with which universities have dispensed of diversity and inclusion “commitments” and their belief that abandoning brief attention to racial justice will make their jobs easier. The Venn diagram overlap of cowardice and monstrosity in times like these.
March 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’m unsurprised but astounded by the eagerness with which universities have dispensed of diversity and inclusion “commitments” and their belief that abandoning brief attention to racial justice will make their jobs easier. The Venn diagram overlap of cowardice and monstrosity in times like these.
The weirdest thing i have read in a while. There are no progressive elites. No one is coming to save you. Nancy Pelosi hates people in her own state as much as she hates you. “influential progressive allies have failed to meet the moment”? They are imaginary!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a pediatrician in Texas. Things are dire and we need your support – not your condescension | Seema Jilani
Nothing I have done is more impactful than a day’s work in this battleground in the south, the graveyard of politicians’ abandoned promises
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The weirdest thing i have read in a while. There are no progressive elites. No one is coming to save you. Nancy Pelosi hates people in her own state as much as she hates you. “influential progressive allies have failed to meet the moment”? They are imaginary!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Idk how I feel about driving in a car to cliffs for an “rainbow flag and an extension cord”. Like shop in your own neighborhood? Idk idk
February 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Idk how I feel about driving in a car to cliffs for an “rainbow flag and an extension cord”. Like shop in your own neighborhood? Idk idk
Me shopping at rainbow: ah plenty of eggs, awesome, I’ll get two boxes
Me looking at the email receipt later: oh .. I see .. they are $16 a dozen 😅
Me looking at the email receipt later: oh .. I see .. they are $16 a dozen 😅
February 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Me shopping at rainbow: ah plenty of eggs, awesome, I’ll get two boxes
Me looking at the email receipt later: oh .. I see .. they are $16 a dozen 😅
Me looking at the email receipt later: oh .. I see .. they are $16 a dozen 😅
"Dear students, faculty and staff,
I know what’s happening in Washington is creating uncertainty"
I know what’s happening in Washington is creating uncertainty"
February 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"Dear students, faculty and staff,
I know what’s happening in Washington is creating uncertainty"
I know what’s happening in Washington is creating uncertainty"
My child: Oh shit we gotta clean up!
Luke: that’s on you
Luke: that’s on you
February 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
My child: Oh shit we gotta clean up!
Luke: that’s on you
Luke: that’s on you
Journalism at work!
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Journalism at work!
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For a $50 to $75 donation, staff at an Oregon sanctuary will write your ex’s name on a “bloody heart” to be fed to one of their resident wildcats.
Have your ex’s ‘heart’ devoured by a wildcat this Valentine’s Day
For a $50 to $75 donation, staff at an Oregon sanctuary will write your ex’s name on a “bloody heart” to be fed to one of their resident wildcats.
www.oregonlive.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For a $50 to $75 donation, staff at an Oregon sanctuary will write your ex’s name on a “bloody heart” to be fed to one of their resident wildcats.
Attempting to learn to cook decent meals. And also make it feel like not a chore. Because folks I did not get that as a child. But I have decided that appreciating - dare I say enjoying? - care work is a Good Thing.
January 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Attempting to learn to cook decent meals. And also make it feel like not a chore. Because folks I did not get that as a child. But I have decided that appreciating - dare I say enjoying? - care work is a Good Thing.
In other news putting Dutch babies on the “cookie” rack level as opposed to the “bake” rack level is not advised. Oops.
January 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In other news putting Dutch babies on the “cookie” rack level as opposed to the “bake” rack level is not advised. Oops.
Reading a different Mike Davis than everyone else right now and thinking about community and “frenetic mobility” … and throwing myself into the cooperative preschool as my best political move. And wondering how to keep that going as the wilds of elementary school rapidly approach our family.
January 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reading a different Mike Davis than everyone else right now and thinking about community and “frenetic mobility” … and throwing myself into the cooperative preschool as my best political move. And wondering how to keep that going as the wilds of elementary school rapidly approach our family.
People that park their strollers and set up blankets literally in and under the climbing structure rendering it unsafe — and only to have a baby play with noisy battery operated toys — are extremely on my shit list.
January 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
People that park their strollers and set up blankets literally in and under the climbing structure rendering it unsafe — and only to have a baby play with noisy battery operated toys — are extremely on my shit list.
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Yet, the fire camps remain the most humane places to serve time in the California prison system, and it is the only program that offers full expungement of criminal records after release.
Folks don't go to fire camp for the money, they go for the freedom.
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Folks don't go to fire camp for the money, they go for the freedom.
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January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Yet, the fire camps remain the most humane places to serve time in the California prison system, and it is the only program that offers full expungement of criminal records after release.
Folks don't go to fire camp for the money, they go for the freedom.
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Folks don't go to fire camp for the money, they go for the freedom.
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An argument can be made that choosing to go to fire camp isn't a choice due to the inhumane conditions behind the prison walls. There is merit in this argument.
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January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
An argument can be made that choosing to go to fire camp isn't a choice due to the inhumane conditions behind the prison walls. There is merit in this argument.
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Here's the looting in L.A.:
"Moritz said a rental on Wednesday was going for $25,000 a month. Almost instantly, prospective tenants were offering $40,000 a month, though California law bans rent increases of more than 10% during a state of emergency."
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
"Moritz said a rental on Wednesday was going for $25,000 a month. Almost instantly, prospective tenants were offering $40,000 a month, though California law bans rent increases of more than 10% during a state of emergency."
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Their Wealth Is in Their Homes. Their Homes Are Now Ash.
Many of L.A.’s middle-class homeowners bought properties years ago, before prices exploded. Now, they’re figuring out what to do next, as fires accelerate the city’s crushing housing crunch.
www.wsj.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Here's the looting in L.A.:
"Moritz said a rental on Wednesday was going for $25,000 a month. Almost instantly, prospective tenants were offering $40,000 a month, though California law bans rent increases of more than 10% during a state of emergency."
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
"Moritz said a rental on Wednesday was going for $25,000 a month. Almost instantly, prospective tenants were offering $40,000 a month, though California law bans rent increases of more than 10% during a state of emergency."
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
At Ariscault listening to a very opinionated person regale tourists with croissant opinions. The only other good one in the city is at an unnamed Vietnamese bakery apparently. Because the best French food is actually Vietnamese.
January 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
At Ariscault listening to a very opinionated person regale tourists with croissant opinions. The only other good one in the city is at an unnamed Vietnamese bakery apparently. Because the best French food is actually Vietnamese.
“ideal as a stylish pied--terre or comfortable full-time home “
Who even is the real estate agent that wrote this listing for a 7 million dollar Noe valley compound
Who even is the real estate agent that wrote this listing for a 7 million dollar Noe valley compound
June 8, 2024 at 5:40 PM
“ideal as a stylish pied--terre or comfortable full-time home “
Who even is the real estate agent that wrote this listing for a 7 million dollar Noe valley compound
Who even is the real estate agent that wrote this listing for a 7 million dollar Noe valley compound
What is it about thinking you have to start over from a blank slate with this big production to build community?
blog.edgeesmeralda.com
blog.edgeesmeralda.com
Edge Esmeralda | Devon | Substack
A month-long popup village for people building the future: https://edgeesmeralda.com. Click to read Edge Esmeralda, a Substack publication.
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June 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM
What is it about thinking you have to start over from a blank slate with this big production to build community?
blog.edgeesmeralda.com
blog.edgeesmeralda.com