Sam R 🌹
@orbarbarism.bsky.social
Rude mechanical | Charismatic megafauna | Planes, trains, death to automobiles | DSA-LA - tw: @SRange
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It's hilarious how many DSA members when I advocate for one member one vote unironically parrot the same uaw admin caucus anti-democracy propaganda. They say this stuff as though I haven't lived the experience of a class conflict org radically transforming from member participation.
July 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's hilarious how many DSA members when I advocate for one member one vote unironically parrot the same uaw admin caucus anti-democracy propaganda. They say this stuff as though I haven't lived the experience of a class conflict org radically transforming from member participation.
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“Stop me before I kill again!” - Josh Hawley
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduces a new bill to repeal some of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which he voted for. "Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect," Hawley says.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Stop me before I kill again!” - Josh Hawley
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when you make a flying contraption you go in knowing people are going to make fun of you if you accidentally kill yourself. that rule goes all the way back to icarus
July 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
when you make a flying contraption you go in knowing people are going to make fun of you if you accidentally kill yourself. that rule goes all the way back to icarus
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A funny thing about the free bus fare discourse is everybody engaging in it believes that zohran had never heard all their arguments before.
July 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A funny thing about the free bus fare discourse is everybody engaging in it believes that zohran had never heard all their arguments before.
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That's the actual message of the Alex Garland movie of the same name
As an American, I fear civil war. But as a journalist, I think it would be pretty exciting.
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
That's the actual message of the Alex Garland movie of the same name
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I’m politically homeless. Like so many Americans, I am furious that the president cut $50 billion in subsidies to my exploding rocket and child murdering car business. Like other Americans who have 60 kids with 57 different mothers, all boys with hieroglyphics for names, I am being left behind.
July 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I’m politically homeless. Like so many Americans, I am furious that the president cut $50 billion in subsidies to my exploding rocket and child murdering car business. Like other Americans who have 60 kids with 57 different mothers, all boys with hieroglyphics for names, I am being left behind.
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Every WWIII fear was the nervous grappling of a public opposed to the war trying to imagine consequences for themselves.
Instead we have the grim reality that Presidents can bomb as they like abroad with no consequence so long as the country targeted lacks nukes & majority in Congress allow it.
Instead we have the grim reality that Presidents can bomb as they like abroad with no consequence so long as the country targeted lacks nukes & majority in Congress allow it.
A decade or so of "my god will WWIII break out if we bomb Iran?" and a week later it's completely out of the news.
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Every WWIII fear was the nervous grappling of a public opposed to the war trying to imagine consequences for themselves.
Instead we have the grim reality that Presidents can bomb as they like abroad with no consequence so long as the country targeted lacks nukes & majority in Congress allow it.
Instead we have the grim reality that Presidents can bomb as they like abroad with no consequence so long as the country targeted lacks nukes & majority in Congress allow it.
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Imagine being Hasret Icsen. You pay $1,015/month for a 3-bedroom apartment in a green, mixed-income building full of amenities. When you touch your home, you're touching climate progress.
This is Vienna's green social housing. As @NPR explains, we could do it here
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
This is Vienna's green social housing. As @NPR explains, we could do it here
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
June 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Imagine being Hasret Icsen. You pay $1,015/month for a 3-bedroom apartment in a green, mixed-income building full of amenities. When you touch your home, you're touching climate progress.
This is Vienna's green social housing. As @NPR explains, we could do it here
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
This is Vienna's green social housing. As @NPR explains, we could do it here
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
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The French build infrastructure so quickly and at such low cost because they have no labor unions.
June 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The French build infrastructure so quickly and at such low cost because they have no labor unions.
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A book with just the right ambition to provide a vision for a different future that yet misses the moment.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
May 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A book with just the right ambition to provide a vision for a different future that yet misses the moment.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
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they've gotta stop letting federal law enforcement guys dress like they're in a cartel hype video
May 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
they've gotta stop letting federal law enforcement guys dress like they're in a cartel hype video
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There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics
FKA Twigs has announced she is canceling a series of live shows she was scheduled to perform after experiencing what she described as “ongoing visa issues": cnn.it/44hJdjJ
FKA Twigs cancels Coachella appearance and remaining tour dates due to ‘ongoing visa issues’ | CNN
British singer FKA Twigs has announced she is canceling a series of live shows she was scheduled to perform after experiencing what she described as “ongoing visa issues.”
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April 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics
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"never doubt a union man"
my brother, I never did.
my brother, I never did.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
April 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"never doubt a union man"
my brother, I never did.
my brother, I never did.
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NEW: Two-thirds of NYC voters support creating municipal grocery stores to bring down prices.
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
New York City Voters Support Municipal Grocery Stores - Climate and Community Institute
Read our Substack piece on why municipal grocery stores can bring down costs and repair food supply chains. The rising cost of groceries has driven nearly 50 …
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April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: Two-thirds of NYC voters support creating municipal grocery stores to bring down prices.
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
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Manhattan buses have for decades been among the slowest in the nation. But speed gains from congestion pricing have made riding on those routes desirable again.
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March 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Manhattan buses have for decades been among the slowest in the nation. But speed gains from congestion pricing have made riding on those routes desirable again.
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“The next time we hit a recession, a spending crisis or a budget shortfall, we will all look back at this vote,” said Hugo Soto-Martinez, whose district stretches from Echo Park to Hollywood.
March 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“The next time we hit a recession, a spending crisis or a budget shortfall, we will all look back at this vote,” said Hugo Soto-Martinez, whose district stretches from Echo Park to Hollywood.
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it’s been said, but every genocidaire in history said they were provoked
The Senate Democratic leader says it can’t be genocide if you were “provoked.”
That is just a stunning thing to believe let alone say on the record.
That is just a stunning thing to believe let alone say on the record.
March 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
it’s been said, but every genocidaire in history said they were provoked
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
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🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
March 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
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bro my grocery store launched a sports betting app im never gonna be able to afford eggs again
March 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
bro my grocery store launched a sports betting app im never gonna be able to afford eggs again
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Spending $1 billion on electric buses that will reduce our transit frequency to save 2% on CO2 emissions seems rather ridiculous to me.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/05/c...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/05/c...
Constantine Defends Bus Electrification Focus as King County Metro Service Lags - The Urbanist
# County Executive Dow Constantine says Metro has made the right choices when it comes to balancing service expansion needs with transitioning the fleet toward climate-friendly electric alternatives, ...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Spending $1 billion on electric buses that will reduce our transit frequency to save 2% on CO2 emissions seems rather ridiculous to me.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/05/c...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/05/c...
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Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past.
The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
March 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past.
The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.
www.latimes.com/california/s...