Jed Hartman
@elysdir.bsky.social
Editor, writer, generalist, logophile, paronomasiac, ludophile. Bi, poly. He/him. Most of my posts here are abbreviated copies of things I’ve posted elsewhere.
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
(Small correction to the below: Deadline is Nov. 15th, not 14th.)
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
(Small correction to the below: Deadline is Nov. 15th, not 14th.)
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@sulliview.bsky.social correctly identifies the media freakout over the new mayor of NYC.
Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani
Plus: Midterms success for Democrats must avoid the false choice between affordability and opposing Trump
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@sulliview.bsky.social correctly identifies the media freakout over the new mayor of NYC.
Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
“Results from one of the first federally funded clinical trials for Long COVID showed that three active non-drug treatments had similar impacts on symptoms of cognitive dysfunction, but no one treatment outperformed other groups, including the comparison groups.”
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
recovercovid.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“Results from one of the first federally funded clinical trials for Long COVID showed that three active non-drug treatments had similar impacts on symptoms of cognitive dysfunction, but no one treatment outperformed other groups, including the comparison groups.”
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
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9 Nov 2025 --Heartbreaking op-ed in Teen Vogue by Katelyn Burns --"Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better" @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
9 Nov 2025 --Heartbreaking op-ed in Teen Vogue by Katelyn Burns --"Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better" @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
FUNCAP27 is an interesting 27-question questionnaire for assessing “functional capacity in patients with diseases where post exertional malaise (PEM) is present.”
PDF versions downloadable from the FUNCAP site: www.funcap.no
Interactive online version here: form.jotform.com/242043953978...
PDF versions downloadable from the FUNCAP site: www.funcap.no
Interactive online version here: form.jotform.com/242043953978...
Home - funcap.no
FUNCAP is used to assess functional capacity in patients with diseases where post exertional symptom exacerbation (PEM, PENE, PESE) is present
www.funcap.no
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
FUNCAP27 is an interesting 27-question questionnaire for assessing “functional capacity in patients with diseases where post exertional malaise (PEM) is present.”
PDF versions downloadable from the FUNCAP site: www.funcap.no
Interactive online version here: form.jotform.com/242043953978...
PDF versions downloadable from the FUNCAP site: www.funcap.no
Interactive online version here: form.jotform.com/242043953978...
Long but good piece by Andrea Pitzer: “Swept into the flood: What history tells us about what comes next, and what to do about it.”
(Resharing from 2024.)
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/swept-into...
(Resharing from 2024.)
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/swept-into...
Swept into the flood
What history tells us about what comes next, and what to do about it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Long but good piece by Andrea Pitzer: “Swept into the flood: What history tells us about what comes next, and what to do about it.”
(Resharing from 2024.)
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/swept-into...
(Resharing from 2024.)
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/swept-into...
Jay Smooth (from 2016) on the 2016 election results, and hate, and white supremacism, and America, and resistance, and love. (3-min video)
(Watchable without a Facebook account.)
www.facebook.com/illdoctrine/...
(Watchable without a Facebook account.)
www.facebook.com/illdoctrine/...
1.1M views · 8.4K reactions | This is what happens now. | Ill Doctrine
This is what happens now.
www.facebook.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Jay Smooth (from 2016) on the 2016 election results, and hate, and white supremacism, and America, and resistance, and love. (3-min video)
(Watchable without a Facebook account.)
www.facebook.com/illdoctrine/...
(Watchable without a Facebook account.)
www.facebook.com/illdoctrine/...
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"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Something I've really noticed among institutional "responses" to generative technologies is that "DO NOT USE THIS TOOL, IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE" is fudamentally erased from any possibility of ever being an option
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Something I've really noticed among institutional "responses" to generative technologies is that "DO NOT USE THIS TOOL, IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE" is fudamentally erased from any possibility of ever being an option
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
Often paired with fatalist stuff like "this isn't going away"
‘“[Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
‘“[Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job
Potentially clarifying speculation about why Justice Jackson issued the administrative stay tonight.
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Potentially clarifying speculation about why Justice Jackson issued the administrative stay tonight.
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1/ Seattle! 2000 ballots need signatures (updates or didn't sign)!! Tell your friends to check their ballot status here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And if you have time between now & Nov. 14, volunteer to help cure votes: linktr.ee/Wilsonforsea... ("Ballot Chasing for Katie Wilson")
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
1/ Seattle! 2000 ballots need signatures (updates or didn't sign)!! Tell your friends to check their ballot status here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And if you have time between now & Nov. 14, volunteer to help cure votes: linktr.ee/Wilsonforsea... ("Ballot Chasing for Katie Wilson")
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BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
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I mean, even Smithsonian Magazine even highlighted how horrible he was.
DNA Pioneer James Watson Loses Honorary Titles Over Racist Comments
The renowned scientist has a long history of controversial commentary on not only race, but issues spanning gender, religion and sexuality
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I mean, even Smithsonian Magazine even highlighted how horrible he was.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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Days like this, I remember Rosalind Franklin.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Days like this, I remember Rosalind Franklin.
‘"It's painful when someone comes in and we have to say, 'I just don't have anything for you today,' " says the pantry's client advocate, Juliet Smith. "We've never had to do that before. Never."’
At one food pantry in Boston, the spike in demand means there's now a two-week wait for some to receive food, stressing needy families as well as pantry staff.
As millions of Americans struggle with SNAP lapses, food banks are swamped with demand
At one food pantry in Boston, the spike in demand means there's now a two-week wait for some to receive food, stressing needy families as well as pantry staff.
n.pr
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
‘"It's painful when someone comes in and we have to say, 'I just don't have anything for you today,' " says the pantry's client advocate, Juliet Smith. "We've never had to do that before. Never."’
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The FAA is cutting 10% of air traffic at 40 of the nation's busiest airports, canceling hundreds of flights and creating uncertainty for many more passengers. Here's what to do if you're one of them.
Traveling soon? What the FAA's flight reductions could mean for you
The FAA is cutting 10% of air traffic at 40 of the nation's busiest airports, canceling hundreds of flights and creating uncertainty for many more passengers. Here's what to do if you're one of them.
n.pr
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The FAA is cutting 10% of air traffic at 40 of the nation's busiest airports, canceling hundreds of flights and creating uncertainty for many more passengers. Here's what to do if you're one of them.
Black Trans Travel Fund: “Our mission as a Black trans led collective is to provide Black trans women with financial and material resources towards education, community, safety and removing travel barriers.”
Donations are tax-deductible in the US.
www.blacktranstravelfund.com/about-us.html
Donations are tax-deductible in the US.
www.blacktranstravelfund.com/about-us.html
About Us
BTTF is a collective of Black Trans artists, organizers, cultural workers, and visionaries, united by our commitment to advocating for and celebrating Black trans women around the world. Our shared...
www.blacktranstravelfund.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Black Trans Travel Fund: “Our mission as a Black trans led collective is to provide Black trans women with financial and material resources towards education, community, safety and removing travel barriers.”
Donations are tax-deductible in the US.
www.blacktranstravelfund.com/about-us.html
Donations are tax-deductible in the US.
www.blacktranstravelfund.com/about-us.html