John Stehlin
@jstehlin.bsky.social
Urban/economic geographer focused on the political economy of urban sustainability and transportation, Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, UNC Greensboro
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
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@cplusc.bsky.social’s brilliant @pmbigger.bsky.social takes the wheel on our front page today.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
@cplusc.bsky.social’s brilliant @pmbigger.bsky.social takes the wheel on our front page today.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
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…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
jesus the parody Dick Cheney tributes do not need to be this on the nose
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
jesus the parody Dick Cheney tributes do not need to be this on the nose
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While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
still one of the finest essays on this particularly grim episode of corporate social murder
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
still one of the finest essays on this particularly grim episode of corporate social murder
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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yes hahaha yes
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
yes hahaha yes
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
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I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.
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OK now we're going to need to have a talk with Gov-elect Spanberger about ending right to work in Virginia.
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
OK now we're going to need to have a talk with Gov-elect Spanberger about ending right to work in Virginia.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
my grandfather liked to say the Staten Island Ferry was the only thing that went down in price in his lifetime, because when he lived there it cost a nickel
"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
my grandfather liked to say the Staten Island Ferry was the only thing that went down in price in his lifetime, because when he lived there it cost a nickel
the @nytimes.com is best understood as loyal footsoldiers for the center-right. they would take a 1000-year Trump reich over one democratic socialist and they don't even care to hide it at this point...
I genuinely wonder if anyone on the NYT editorial team looks at the Mamdani coverage in total and thinks "yeah, we got this one right"
The story on the eve of the election is basically reporters asking the public "is Mamdani experienced enough?"
No actual news.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
The story on the eve of the election is basically reporters asking the public "is Mamdani experienced enough?"
No actual news.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/n...
Even for Some Mamdani Supporters, His Thin Résumé Is Cause for Concern
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
the @nytimes.com is best understood as loyal footsoldiers for the center-right. they would take a 1000-year Trump reich over one democratic socialist and they don't even care to hide it at this point...
this is key. there’s an argument that tariffs can grow infant industries by encouraging inward investment, but afaik they have never been used to *recover mature industries* and I don’t think Americans could accept the radical wage reductions that making them competitive again here would require…
This isn't to say that there's never a use for tariffs. They're instrumental in the early stages of economic development, helping to cultivate the expertise and infrastructure for particular industries.
This is not a situation that the United States has found itself in since the 19th century
This is not a situation that the United States has found itself in since the 19th century
Tariffs are the pro-labor policy of fools. All you're doing is robbing your exporters to pay non-exporters
In the context of Maine: you're stealing from the lobsterman, in order to pay the lumberman. Except you're not even really paying the lumberman, you're lining the pockets of his boss.
In the context of Maine: you're stealing from the lobsterman, in order to pay the lumberman. Except you're not even really paying the lumberman, you're lining the pockets of his boss.
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
this is key. there’s an argument that tariffs can grow infant industries by encouraging inward investment, but afaik they have never been used to *recover mature industries* and I don’t think Americans could accept the radical wage reductions that making them competitive again here would require…
AI is a semantic entropy factory but I think some critiques overlook the extent that the institutions pushing it want entropy. they want to themselves be slop. how else could you explain this?
there’s a new ad running at wapo where you can access all of their articles for free without a sub if you read using comet, an ai-powered browser controlled by perplexity
perplexity is an amazon-backed ai product
i have no other words, really
perplexity is an amazon-backed ai product
i have no other words, really
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
AI is a semantic entropy factory but I think some critiques overlook the extent that the institutions pushing it want entropy. they want to themselves be slop. how else could you explain this?
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My congratulations to all Baseball Perverts. It was their "super bowl" last night and it seems they all had a very bad time (in their culture that's how you have a good time)
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My congratulations to all Baseball Perverts. It was their "super bowl" last night and it seems they all had a very bad time (in their culture that's how you have a good time)
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When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
perfect example of ideology as an imaginary relationship to real material conditions. billionaires truly believe that they are their money, but they are not. we eliminate billionaires by taxing top incomes highly enough that it disincentivizes pulling capital out of the productive economy.
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
perfect example of ideology as an imaginary relationship to real material conditions. billionaires truly believe that they are their money, but they are not. we eliminate billionaires by taxing top incomes highly enough that it disincentivizes pulling capital out of the productive economy.
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“The U.S. has now murdered 57 civilians in attacks on 14 civilian boats,” said the UN Special Rapporteur for the protection of human rights. “A systematic attack on civilians is a crime against humanity under international law. When will other governments speak out?”
Read more: bit.ly/3L8OTFr
Read more: bit.ly/3L8OTFr
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“The U.S. has now murdered 57 civilians in attacks on 14 civilian boats,” said the UN Special Rapporteur for the protection of human rights. “A systematic attack on civilians is a crime against humanity under international law. When will other governments speak out?”
Read more: bit.ly/3L8OTFr
Read more: bit.ly/3L8OTFr
the @nytimes.com is so housebroken that it does paid posts for free
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
the @nytimes.com is so housebroken that it does paid posts for free
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the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
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This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...