Markerosenthal
@markerosenthal.bsky.social
LGBTQ+, genx, abortion-loving, bully-hating, anti-Zionist, NYC Jew, theatrical idealist, Refugee from Twitter. Frequently Eeyore with bouts of Tigger. Cultivating inner-Pooh. Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry, TCG 2001.
Sober since 92
Sober since 92
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As state lawmakers head into the final days of budget negotiations, New York is facing crises on multiple fronts.
But what's really important to Governor Kathy Hochul as we approach the April 1 budget deadline? A statewide mask ban.
Why? What the hell?
hellgatenyc.com/mask-ban-why/
But what's really important to Governor Kathy Hochul as we approach the April 1 budget deadline? A statewide mask ban.
Why? What the hell?
hellgatenyc.com/mask-ban-why/
Governor Hochul Wants to Jam Through a Mask Ban. Why?
Because apparently we don't have more important issues to deal with, and other links to start your Tuesday.
hellgatenyc.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
As state lawmakers head into the final days of budget negotiations, New York is facing crises on multiple fronts.
But what's really important to Governor Kathy Hochul as we approach the April 1 budget deadline? A statewide mask ban.
Why? What the hell?
hellgatenyc.com/mask-ban-why/
But what's really important to Governor Kathy Hochul as we approach the April 1 budget deadline? A statewide mask ban.
Why? What the hell?
hellgatenyc.com/mask-ban-why/
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this is fascinating: the iphone's gorilla glass screen becomes eco-friendly window glass
Thanks to Steve Jobs and Gorilla Glass, factories in America are now ramping up to make affordable windows, made from panes thinner than a credit card, that can:
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
A Piece of Glass Thinner Than a Credit Card Could Solve America’s $25 Billion Energy Problem
New windows can insulate better than most walls, and some can even survive being hit with a two-by-four shot from a cannon.
www.wsj.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
this is fascinating: the iphone's gorilla glass screen becomes eco-friendly window glass
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This is the wildest story I have literally ever read. In any normal circumstances, a half-dozen senior officials would be forced to resign over this—starting with the National Security Advisor. And I doubt anyone will face any accountability at all.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the wildest story I have literally ever read. In any normal circumstances, a half-dozen senior officials would be forced to resign over this—starting with the National Security Advisor. And I doubt anyone will face any accountability at all.
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Up TO the job.
These people are clearly not up for the job.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Up TO the job.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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Detainees died due to starvation or dehydration. ICE murdered them.
Migrants found dead at Krome Detention Center in Miami, due to possible starvation and dehydration.
The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.
The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.
‘They are being treated like dogs': Families concerned over living conditions at Krome Detention Center
Family members of detainees being held at Krome Detention Center are speaking out about the alleged harsh conditions of the facility.
www.nbcmiami.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Detainees died due to starvation or dehydration. ICE murdered them.
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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Let it not escape us: They greenlighted murdering people while scheming on how to get paid for it.
March 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Let it not escape us: They greenlighted murdering people while scheming on how to get paid for it.
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Zero harm and ample upside in Democrats calling for impeachments and a special prosecutor. The VP, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, the DNI, and the NSC were all involved in the grossly negligent disclosure of specifics on combat operations.
18 U.S.C. § 793(f) makes it a federal crime to for people entrusted with information related to the national defense to, with gross negligence, disclose it to others in violation of that trust.
March 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Zero harm and ample upside in Democrats calling for impeachments and a special prosecutor. The VP, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, the DNI, and the NSC were all involved in the grossly negligent disclosure of specifics on combat operations.
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He's giving us a preview of the game to attack our HBCUs.
He can take his S. African immigrant ass back over there.
He can take his S. African immigrant ass back over there.
March 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
He's giving us a preview of the game to attack our HBCUs.
He can take his S. African immigrant ass back over there.
He can take his S. African immigrant ass back over there.
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You are calling for the Trump admin to investigate itself?
No, they should do what you should do: resign
No, they should do what you should do: resign
Amateur behavior.
This kind of security breach is how people get killed.
How our enemies take advantage.
How our national security falls into danger.
These people are clearly not up for the job.
We need a full investigation into how this happened and the damage it created.
This kind of security breach is how people get killed.
How our enemies take advantage.
How our national security falls into danger.
These people are clearly not up for the job.
We need a full investigation into how this happened and the damage it created.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You are calling for the Trump admin to investigate itself?
No, they should do what you should do: resign
No, they should do what you should do: resign
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My only very slight errata here is to amplify what's contained in "discovery". It's not just FOIA. It's what happens when that intelligence officer reviews the discussions and realizes, "They just treasoned. I think I have to report this." Trump already had that happen.
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My only very slight errata here is to amplify what's contained in "discovery". It's not just FOIA. It's what happens when that intelligence officer reviews the discussions and realizes, "They just treasoned. I think I have to report this." Trump already had that happen.
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"The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing and one thing only: a punch in the face." - @govpritzker.illinois.gov
March 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"The response to authoritarianism isn't acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing and one thing only: a punch in the face." - @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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I like how he implies that previously people only liked Tesla because they were programmed to
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I like how he implies that previously people only liked Tesla because they were programmed to
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.
March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.
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My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
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Compared to Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Poland, Trump is moving MUCH faster, more aggressively, and with broader claim to power. We're not in danger of becoming those autocracies--we're very quickly surpassing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook (Gift Article)
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Compared to Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Poland, Trump is moving MUCH faster, more aggressively, and with broader claim to power. We're not in danger of becoming those autocracies--we're very quickly surpassing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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Moving a detainee around to evade judicial review is classic authoritarian behavior.
The government claims Mahmoud Khalil was already in NJ on his way to Louisiana by the time his habeas petition was filed—an argument that the NY federal court lacks jurisdiction.
But Khalil's lawyer checked the ICE locator when she filed and even 4 hrs after, and he was listed as still being in NY.
But Khalil's lawyer checked the ICE locator when she filed and even 4 hrs after, and he was listed as still being in NY.
March 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Moving a detainee around to evade judicial review is classic authoritarian behavior.
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Again, non-Jews have given themselves the right to define who is a Jew. This is still antisemitism.
The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core.
And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.
The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core.
And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.
Donald Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I am concerned. He has become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He is not Jewish anymore. He is a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Again, non-Jews have given themselves the right to define who is a Jew. This is still antisemitism.
The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core.
And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.
The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core.
And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.
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JIMINY GLICK: Now you, you, you, you—your cars, they tend to run over pedestrians. Or else BURST into flames. ha HA isn't that wonderful!
ELON MUSK: *the least convincing laugh of all time*
GLICK: *tucking his legs under himself* You bought a website where no one likes you. Why?
ELON MUSK: *the least convincing laugh of all time*
GLICK: *tucking his legs under himself* You bought a website where no one likes you. Why?
July 3, 2023 at 2:16 PM
JIMINY GLICK: Now you, you, you, you—your cars, they tend to run over pedestrians. Or else BURST into flames. ha HA isn't that wonderful!
ELON MUSK: *the least convincing laugh of all time*
GLICK: *tucking his legs under himself* You bought a website where no one likes you. Why?
ELON MUSK: *the least convincing laugh of all time*
GLICK: *tucking his legs under himself* You bought a website where no one likes you. Why?
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Why should the school not close its doors at this point?
Great. Columbia J-school students from abroad are being told to obey in advance by their dean. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Why should the school not close its doors at this point?
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And straight into a tariff wall at that.
March 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And straight into a tariff wall at that.
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Maximum Wage Now
I am fully serious in every way, 100% tax rate after a certain point
I am fully serious in every way, 100% tax rate after a certain point
Bill Gates is not one of the good ones. There are no good billionaires. Billionaires should not exist. Tax all of their wealth away.
So he clearly 100% did not believe in the inherent worth of any of it at all, it was always an act, zero genuine moral investment, dropped it to comply in advance, good to know, good to know
March 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Maximum Wage Now
I am fully serious in every way, 100% tax rate after a certain point
I am fully serious in every way, 100% tax rate after a certain point
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Rank Mamdani 1. Don’t rank Adams or Cuomo. Save NYC
March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rank Mamdani 1. Don’t rank Adams or Cuomo. Save NYC