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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Since the news broke, my friends and I have talked A LOT about what it means to be young economists and whether we feel comfortable at all.

The AEA's statement is necessary and a step in a direction that centers long overdue accountability and safety. This is the way. #economics #econsky
Wow.

The AEA has issued a life time ban against Larry Summers.
www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Changing the FDA's Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children www.scientificamerican.com/article/chan...
Changing the FDA's Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children
The FDA is reportedly mulling changes that could make childhood vaccines less accessible and more expensive
www.scientificamerican.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.

There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.

By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The DJT administration fired 8 immigration judges in NYC today.

All the judges were dismissed from the immigration court’s offices at 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses the NYC headquarters ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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People are organically shifting to taking care of one another and beginning to rediscover interconnectedness. There’s something growing and it doesn’t matter that it isn’t being harnessed by a political party. At some point it will shift the balance of power.
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.

Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
September 16, 2023 at 10:12 PM
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It was seventy years ago today that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, triggering one of the world's great experiments in nonviolent action
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Ironically it's "Time Heals"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2lS-...
Gear Daddies | "Time Heals" | 09.13.25
YouTube video by Melissa King
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December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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This thread should win a combined Nobel and Pulitzer prize for accuracy
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!

gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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What made Mary Lucia and Jade Tittle so good at their jobs also brought a decade of abuse. Our desire to “know” on-air personalities puts women, especially, at risk.
Two DJs stalked by the same listener. Is a life of terror the price of being in the public eye?
What made Mary Lucia and Jade Tittle so good at their jobs also brought a decade of abuse. Our desire to “know” on-air personalities puts women, especially, at risk.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Woke up to a new De La Soul album and a David Byrne Tiny Desk (including "Nothing but Flowers"). All right.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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The incomparable Beth Hart.

So, so good.
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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This could be the cold open for the next SNL. 🤦🏽‍♂️
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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dig this guy's taste in art

IG casitamxhome
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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He’s letting white collar criminals walk free:
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.

As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Do you hate driving in snow? Have a new driver who needs to learn? Take advantage of today’s snow!

Go find an unplowed empty parking lot (schools, business parks, offices, etc) and PRACTICE!

Starts, stops, slamming on the brakes, turns without fishtailing. Get comfortable in snow!
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM