Jamie Gaehring
@jgaehring.bsky.social
I make #freesoftware for #farm & #food #workers 🧑🌾 🧑💻 🧑🍳
Curr'ly & mainly @runrig.bsky.social 🚜
Prev'ly & at times still @farmos.bsky.social 🌱 https://dfc-standard.org 🍇 openteam.community 🐝
Proud member of @goatech.bsky.social 🐐 social.coop 🐘 mayfirst.coop 👥
Curr'ly & mainly @runrig.bsky.social 🚜
Prev'ly & at times still @farmos.bsky.social 🌱 https://dfc-standard.org 🍇 openteam.community 🐝
Proud member of @goatech.bsky.social 🐐 social.coop 🐘 mayfirst.coop 👥
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Status update: fiber cut between data centers - trucks are rolling. Services are slow but functional, except for the Wayback Machine, which is still offline.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Status update: fiber cut between data centers - trucks are rolling. Services are slow but functional, except for the Wayback Machine, which is still offline.
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OPINION: "19th-century Southern intellectuals drew on this imagined Egypt to legitimize slavery as an ancient and divinely sanctioned institution," Charles Vanthournout writes.
Opinion | How America Used Egypt to Justify Racism and Slavery
Charles Vanthournout writes about how ancient Egypt shaped slavery and liberation in the American South.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
OPINION: "19th-century Southern intellectuals drew on this imagined Egypt to legitimize slavery as an ancient and divinely sanctioned institution," Charles Vanthournout writes.
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Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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To be a successful working-class woman of color comes with the territory of erasure. I’m sure the kids will find me the way I found Begum Rokeya among others.
And it’s just infuriating to see Shahana Hanif’s story be ignored, particularly in this moment. This won’t be the last time I rant about this, but I’ve read more about losing (almost all male) Muslim candidates than I have about the most successful Muslim woman in the history of NYC politics.
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
To be a successful working-class woman of color comes with the territory of erasure. I’m sure the kids will find me the way I found Begum Rokeya among others.
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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That blistering house editorial -- it was not an individual's op-ed -- came despite a vow by the edit page to stop doing endorsements in local elections.
I wrote about that a few months ago and was told that the earlier ban suffered from "imprecise" wording.
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www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
I wrote about that a few months ago and was told that the earlier ban suffered from "imprecise" wording.
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www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
To endorse, or not to endorse: For the NYTs, that is the question.
NYT opinion editor says she was “imprecise” with her earlier ban. Plus: Loomer and Grok vs. the truth, DOGE’s real-world fallout, and the ill of the chase.
www.cjr.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
That blistering house editorial -- it was not an individual's op-ed -- came despite a vow by the edit page to stop doing endorsements in local elections.
I wrote about that a few months ago and was told that the earlier ban suffered from "imprecise" wording.
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www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
I wrote about that a few months ago and was told that the earlier ban suffered from "imprecise" wording.
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www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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I’m not actually trying to tamp down anyone’s hope here, so much as attempting to redirect it. Do not put that hope in any elected official. If you’re feeling it, give it to where it’s safer and more deserved: in the grassroots movements that make left electoral wins possible.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m not actually trying to tamp down anyone’s hope here, so much as attempting to redirect it. Do not put that hope in any elected official. If you’re feeling it, give it to where it’s safer and more deserved: in the grassroots movements that make left electoral wins possible.
This! Right here! Hell yea!
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If a leftist politician’s message has resonance, it’s because countless people (outside of elections and campaigns) have worked together to create a shared understanding of their conditions. Left politicians use these *already existing* conditions to attain office. They DO NOT create them!
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This! Right here! Hell yea!
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👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🔥
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Revolutionary change does not and never will be brought about by “the electorate” acting as such but they *can* do enough to occasionally make reactionaries spend a whole day or two crying and that’s always funny.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Revolutionary change does not and never will be brought about by “the electorate” acting as such but they *can* do enough to occasionally make reactionaries spend a whole day or two crying and that’s always funny.
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Yesterday's election results must not diminish the urgency of grassroots organizing.
First, because it is clear that Donald Trump will not leave power voluntarily.
But even more importantly, because—as we saw under Biden—the Democrats will not solve any of these problems.
Real change is up to us.
First, because it is clear that Donald Trump will not leave power voluntarily.
But even more importantly, because—as we saw under Biden—the Democrats will not solve any of these problems.
Real change is up to us.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yesterday's election results must not diminish the urgency of grassroots organizing.
First, because it is clear that Donald Trump will not leave power voluntarily.
But even more importantly, because—as we saw under Biden—the Democrats will not solve any of these problems.
Real change is up to us.
First, because it is clear that Donald Trump will not leave power voluntarily.
But even more importantly, because—as we saw under Biden—the Democrats will not solve any of these problems.
Real change is up to us.
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The Movement Behind Mamdani: Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump
Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Mamdani’s Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump
Democracy Now! spoke with supporters celebrating Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral race Tuesday night. Volunteers with the Democratic Socialists and other campaign organizers at the Br...
www.democracynow.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Movement Behind Mamdani: Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump
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Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
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This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Sure registered "Democrats" won at the ballot box here in NYC, but it was an utter defeat for the Democratic Party establishment.
❌ Republicans
❌ Democrats
✅ Socialists
❌ Republicans
❌ Democrats
✅ Socialists
I dunno if ppl outside of NYC realize voters here register Dem just so they can have any electoral voice in the primaries; the general so seldom matters. The takeaway nat'l media is missing this morning is this:
Democrats had NOTHING to do with organizing this victory. It was won 💯 by socialists.
Democrats had NOTHING to do with organizing this victory. It was won 💯 by socialists.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sure registered "Democrats" won at the ballot box here in NYC, but it was an utter defeat for the Democratic Party establishment.
❌ Republicans
❌ Democrats
✅ Socialists
❌ Republicans
❌ Democrats
✅ Socialists
The question now is will the DNC continue to fixate so much on combating their left that they botch what should be a shoe-in victory for the midterms, and if they do, is the left sufficiently organized to take the reins, either thru a third party red/green coalition or on the convention floor in 28?
If the Democratic party bosses won't share power with the only wing breathing any life back into it, they will be replaced, as will the party as a whole if need be. Schumer clearly is checked out & won't run in 28. Jeffries is scared for his own seat next year & has no hope of retaining leadership.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The question now is will the DNC continue to fixate so much on combating their left that they botch what should be a shoe-in victory for the midterms, and if they do, is the left sufficiently organized to take the reins, either thru a third party red/green coalition or on the convention floor in 28?
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Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
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I know that some of you #onhere have access to people with money. Get some of them to invest in Lex and the other staffers laid off from Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I know that some of you #onhere have access to people with money. Get some of them to invest in Lex and the other staffers laid off from Teen Vogue.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Democracy Now! takes a look at a crucial segment of Zohran Mamdani’s base — working class South Asians.
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Democracy Now! takes a look at a crucial segment of Zohran Mamdani’s base — working class South Asians.
While checking to see if some of these groups were on 🦋, I found this great piece from Sept by @daniarajendra.bsky.social & @rvilkomerson.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com that hits so many of main narrative beats. Bravo!
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
While checking to see if some of these groups were on 🦋, I found this great piece from Sept by @daniarajendra.bsky.social & @rvilkomerson.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com that hits so many of main narrative beats. Bravo!
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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4/ Mamdani’s campaign drew on years of infrastructure built by groups like:
Democratic Socialists of America
Desis Rising Up & Moving
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Jewish Voice for Peace
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
These networks helped power the win.
Democratic Socialists of America
Desis Rising Up & Moving
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Jewish Voice for Peace
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
These networks helped power the win.
September 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
4/ Mamdani’s campaign drew on years of infrastructure built by groups like:
Democratic Socialists of America
Desis Rising Up & Moving
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Jewish Voice for Peace
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
These networks helped power the win.
Democratic Socialists of America
Desis Rising Up & Moving
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Jewish Voice for Peace
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
These networks helped power the win.
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🎧LEVER TIME: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the culmination of a 40-year movement that built NY’s clean elections system giving outsider candidates public money to compete with oligarchs.
Now, there’s a push to replicate that system across the country.
Search “Lever Time” in your podcast app.
Now, there’s a push to replicate that system across the country.
Search “Lever Time” in your podcast app.
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Citizens United
The New York City mayoral candidate used an undervalued political strategy to battle against dark money.
www.levernews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎧LEVER TIME: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the culmination of a 40-year movement that built NY’s clean elections system giving outsider candidates public money to compete with oligarchs.
Now, there’s a push to replicate that system across the country.
Search “Lever Time” in your podcast app.
Now, there’s a push to replicate that system across the country.
Search “Lever Time” in your podcast app.