Nilam McGrath
@nilammcgrath.bsky.social
Author #SchrodingersCat = http://bit.ly/SchCatB2R & #PhDrollercoaster = http://bit.ly/b2read | Current project = #LivingLibrary
Holy moly, if only our UK politicians were this thoughtful and intelligent. What Mamdani says about the downsides of using the corporate sector to save money is 💯
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
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Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Holy moly, if only our UK politicians were this thoughtful and intelligent. What Mamdani says about the downsides of using the corporate sector to save money is 💯
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
open.spotify.com/episode/5QFA...
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At the Paramount Theatre in downtown Brooklyn, where Zohran Mamdani’s campaign held his Election Night party, attendees seemed to feel the eyes of history on them. Read about Mamdani’s path to victory—and what comes next: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/J6SnuQ
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
At the Paramount Theatre in downtown Brooklyn, where Zohran Mamdani’s campaign held his Election Night party, attendees seemed to feel the eyes of history on them. Read about Mamdani’s path to victory—and what comes next: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/J6SnuQ
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Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
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the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social
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watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
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Our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92.bsky.social, spoke to Parliament about the damp and mould renters are forced to live in, despite paying skyrocketing rents for their homes.
Watch 👇
Watch 👇
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our Head of Campaigns, @nyejones92.bsky.social, spoke to Parliament about the damp and mould renters are forced to live in, despite paying skyrocketing rents for their homes.
Watch 👇
Watch 👇
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hii we’re the women behind this upstart book app taking on Goodreads (owned by Amazon, bleh) & yes you know we’re indie and humans because we literally turned our pets into avatars you can choose when you create your pagebound profile 😂
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
hii we’re the women behind this upstart book app taking on Goodreads (owned by Amazon, bleh) & yes you know we’re indie and humans because we literally turned our pets into avatars you can choose when you create your pagebound profile 😂
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Homes are the foundations of our lives. Evictions shatter those foundations.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Homes are the foundations of our lives. Evictions shatter those foundations.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
Last night the Renters' Rights Act became law, paving the way for the end of S21 evictions.
The Government must bring in the changes ASAP to prevent more renters like Christina experiencing this turmoil.
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The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
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Our Deputy Chief Executive, @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social, has worked to end Section 21, no fault evictions for over a decade.
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
👇
www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
👇
www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes
The Renters' Rights Bill is set to receive royal assent and become law. Generation Rent's Dan Wilson Craw explains how it happened.
www.bigissue.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our Deputy Chief Executive, @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social, has worked to end Section 21, no fault evictions for over a decade.
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
👇
www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
Now unfair evictions are being abolished, you can read his reflections in his @BigIssue op ed below.
👇
www.bigissue.com/opinion/rent...
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C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.
(Worth reading? ✅️)
(Worth reading? ✅️)
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
C.S. Lewis responding to a letter from an American schoolgirl asking him for some writing advice.
(Worth reading? ✅️)
(Worth reading? ✅️)
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Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
(It wasn't until Jeff and Ann VanderMeer were working on their anthology The Weird that I learned that "onions" is a typo. Either Jeff or Ann mentioned to me that Barker asked them to fix the typo that had haunted the story in countless reprintings, incl in their own earlier antho The New Weird.)
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
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The PCR positivity map is out, and levels have dipped slightly this week.
Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The PCR positivity map is out, and levels have dipped slightly this week.
Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/10
Although the number of areas not reporting has gone up this week, we adjust for that on the map's total, so we can be sure it's a real drop.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/10
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This is gorgeous. And they show some images from the inside and they are also gorgeous! And, it looks like they also have some crafts as well as telling the story.
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is gorgeous. And they show some images from the inside and they are also gorgeous! And, it looks like they also have some crafts as well as telling the story.
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I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I can’t quote it all so please read it all “There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza” bit.ly/4q7DXrt
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Never thought I'd say this. It's
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
October 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Never thought I'd say this. It's
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
Some excellent sessions for renters coming up 👇🏽 via @generationrent.bsky.social
www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
Renters' Rights Awareness Week 2025 - Generation Rent
The Renters’ Rights Bill is set to shake up the way we rent. It’s getting rid of Section 21 evictions and bringing in lots of new rights and rules to […]
www.generationrent.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Some excellent sessions for renters coming up 👇🏽 via @generationrent.bsky.social
www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
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"AI is the asbestos we are shovelling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations" 👏
September 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"AI is the asbestos we are shovelling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations" 👏
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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“We don’t need any foreign body to rule our lives” – Palestinian politician
www.channel4.com/news/we-dont...
www.channel4.com/news/we-dont...
“We don’t need any foreign body to rule our lives” – Palestinian politician
Medicins San Frontier - a key medical NGO that operates inside Gaza - has said they have been forced to suspend their activities and leave Gaza city, that their clinics are encircled by Israeli Forces...
www.channel4.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“We don’t need any foreign body to rule our lives” – Palestinian politician
www.channel4.com/news/we-dont...
www.channel4.com/news/we-dont...
This 👇🏽 + The Hot Rock + Sneakers 💯
A compilation of some of movie legend ROBERT REDFORD's best moments thanks to "All The Right Movies" on Twitter.
September 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This 👇🏽 + The Hot Rock + Sneakers 💯
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.
Robert Redford in HBR://hbr.org/2002/05/turning-an-industry-inside-out-a-conversation-with-robert-redford
Turning an Industry Inside Out: A Conversation with Robert Redford
How can you change an industry? According to the Oscar-winning director who upended the movie business, be prepared to start small and accept setbacks.
hbr.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Robert Redford in HBR://hbr.org/2002/05/turning-an-industry-inside-out-a-conversation-with-robert-redford
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Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵