ERIC COOPER
@ericooper.bsky.social
Urban Planner. Cyclist. Runner. Hurling. Skateboarding.
Rochester, NY (Formerly Charleston, Buffalo, NF)
Rochester, NY (Formerly Charleston, Buffalo, NF)
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my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
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This is blatantly, undeniably true and has been for a long time, and it is cooking people's brains to hang out there and think it's not true. Regardless of if you like this place as an alternative or not. Musk puts his thumb heavily on the scale because your feed there is his personal plaything.
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is blatantly, undeniably true and has been for a long time, and it is cooking people's brains to hang out there and think it's not true. Regardless of if you like this place as an alternative or not. Musk puts his thumb heavily on the scale because your feed there is his personal plaything.
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My god.
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My god.
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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the "b" in "subtle" is really just there as an example
November 9, 2023 at 6:18 PM
the "b" in "subtle" is really just there as an example
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also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
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This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
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The office is functionally vacant not just in a "he's very bad" sense but because he is literally unable to wield effective control over the government, and so non compos mentis that his orders are either disregarded as gibberish he'll forget or followed even though he's unable to validly give them.
“Oh damn, the president ordered the murder of his political opponents” is super bad and to a large extent so is “nobody under him lifted one single finger toward that goal” because who is exercising the power of the presidency at that point?
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The office is functionally vacant not just in a "he's very bad" sense but because he is literally unable to wield effective control over the government, and so non compos mentis that his orders are either disregarded as gibberish he'll forget or followed even though he's unable to validly give them.
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Weird. Nothing on the @nytimes.com homepage about the President of the United States calling for the execution of members of the opposition in response to their political speech.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Weird. Nothing on the @nytimes.com homepage about the President of the United States calling for the execution of members of the opposition in response to their political speech.
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Trump has gone off the rails this morning, calling for democrats to be arrested & killed, which only means one thing: he knows his time is up.
He will be impeached. He will be convicted. He will be removed. And this entire regime will be held accountable for its attack on our democracy and people.
He will be impeached. He will be convicted. He will be removed. And this entire regime will be held accountable for its attack on our democracy and people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Trump has gone off the rails this morning, calling for democrats to be arrested & killed, which only means one thing: he knows his time is up.
He will be impeached. He will be convicted. He will be removed. And this entire regime will be held accountable for its attack on our democracy and people.
He will be impeached. He will be convicted. He will be removed. And this entire regime will be held accountable for its attack on our democracy and people.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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Please keep leaves out of the street!
Just a reminder that leaves can clog storm drains and create slick, unsafe roads. Rake leaves to the area between the sidewalk and curb so City crews can pick them up quickly and safely.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/leaf
Just a reminder that leaves can clog storm drains and create slick, unsafe roads. Rake leaves to the area between the sidewalk and curb so City crews can pick them up quickly and safely.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/leaf
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Please keep leaves out of the street!
Just a reminder that leaves can clog storm drains and create slick, unsafe roads. Rake leaves to the area between the sidewalk and curb so City crews can pick them up quickly and safely.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/leaf
Just a reminder that leaves can clog storm drains and create slick, unsafe roads. Rake leaves to the area between the sidewalk and curb so City crews can pick them up quickly and safely.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/leaf
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Presenting to the court an indictment the grand jury didn't actually approve or even see might be the most flabbergasting thing that's ever happened in a federal criminal case.
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Presenting to the court an indictment the grand jury didn't actually approve or even see might be the most flabbergasting thing that's ever happened in a federal criminal case.
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they should invent a Microsoft Word where you can format the document according to your wishes
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
they should invent a Microsoft Word where you can format the document according to your wishes
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Trump II has gotten more bad cops out of local departments than decades of DOJ civil rights actions have ever accomplished.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump II has gotten more bad cops out of local departments than decades of DOJ civil rights actions have ever accomplished.
Notable composition of the D&C front page.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Notable composition of the D&C front page.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
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MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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One of the President's top advisers: reminding the military and the intelligence community to follow the law and the Constitution is "calling for insurrection"
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
One of the President's top advisers: reminding the military and the intelligence community to follow the law and the Constitution is "calling for insurrection"
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The problem with having rather openly purged DOJ of all but the most shameless stooges and loyalists is precisely this: Even once the Epstein files are released, why would anyone believe that release is complete and undoctored?
At this stage there’s literally no reason to believe the admin, even if it releases more than you’d expect, are being forthcoming. It’s the opposite of conspiracy theory to look at the proudly lawless pattern of deception and raw power that this trump admin has engaged in then to conclude they’d…
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The problem with having rather openly purged DOJ of all but the most shameless stooges and loyalists is precisely this: Even once the Epstein files are released, why would anyone believe that release is complete and undoctored?