Phil Mandelbaum
@philmandelbaum.bsky.social
Nonprofit x Political x Digital Strategy + Activation | Design | Journalism | Work: AP, NWU, Stand Up For Science, National Writers Union, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Melina Abdullah, Cat Brooks, Noelle Cook • philmandelbaum.com • aka @awkword.bsky.social
2 in 3 Americans are “one paycheck away from homelessness”
And in Utah they’re building a concentration camp for unhoused people
Modeled after Alligator Auschwitz and serving as a test case for the criminalization and disappearance of poverty
Caused by the very same government that ended SNAP.
And in Utah they’re building a concentration camp for unhoused people
Modeled after Alligator Auschwitz and serving as a test case for the criminalization and disappearance of poverty
Caused by the very same government that ended SNAP.
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
2 in 3 Americans are “one paycheck away from homelessness”
And in Utah they’re building a concentration camp for unhoused people
Modeled after Alligator Auschwitz and serving as a test case for the criminalization and disappearance of poverty
Caused by the very same government that ended SNAP.
And in Utah they’re building a concentration camp for unhoused people
Modeled after Alligator Auschwitz and serving as a test case for the criminalization and disappearance of poverty
Caused by the very same government that ended SNAP.
Everything you need to know to prep for a general strike
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October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Everything you need to know to prep for a general strike
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This country is a 🗑️🔥
Support those fighting back, benefit in return:
Buy a GLOBAL WARNING shirt for $20
DONATE 25% to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
and GET a SHOUTOUT on
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Support those fighting back, benefit in return:
Buy a GLOBAL WARNING shirt for $20
DONATE 25% to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
and GET a SHOUTOUT on
1) Livestream
2) Social media
on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn
www.thisisawkword.com/store/global...
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This country is a 🗑️🔥
Support those fighting back, benefit in return:
Buy a GLOBAL WARNING shirt for $20
DONATE 25% to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
and GET a SHOUTOUT on
1) Livestream
2) Social media
on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn
www.thisisawkword.com/store/global...
Support those fighting back, benefit in return:
Buy a GLOBAL WARNING shirt for $20
DONATE 25% to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
and GET a SHOUTOUT on
1) Livestream
2) Social media
on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn
www.thisisawkword.com/store/global...
Did You Know?…
Working “the standard” 40 hours per week won’t cover a *two* bedroom apartment in *any* state
Working “the standard” 40 hours per week won’t cover a *two* bedroom apartment in *any* state
October 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Did You Know?…
Working “the standard” 40 hours per week won’t cover a *two* bedroom apartment in *any* state
Working “the standard” 40 hours per week won’t cover a *two* bedroom apartment in *any* state
Everyone below is a king or their gatekeeper…
Or blindly follows @radiantshrub.bsky.social — and blocks anyone added to their list.
That’s dumb
“Radiant Shrub” is a gatekeeper. I’m a dot connector.
(Also, Bluesky needs to dead the block lists; require due diligence, don’t enable disconnection.)
Or blindly follows @radiantshrub.bsky.social — and blocks anyone added to their list.
That’s dumb
“Radiant Shrub” is a gatekeeper. I’m a dot connector.
(Also, Bluesky needs to dead the block lists; require due diligence, don’t enable disconnection.)
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Everyone below is a king or their gatekeeper…
Or blindly follows @radiantshrub.bsky.social — and blocks anyone added to their list.
That’s dumb
“Radiant Shrub” is a gatekeeper. I’m a dot connector.
(Also, Bluesky needs to dead the block lists; require due diligence, don’t enable disconnection.)
Or blindly follows @radiantshrub.bsky.social — and blocks anyone added to their list.
That’s dumb
“Radiant Shrub” is a gatekeeper. I’m a dot connector.
(Also, Bluesky needs to dead the block lists; require due diligence, don’t enable disconnection.)
I created this graphic — and my list of *famous* quotes — TWO MONTHS AGO.
Lil more OCD than bi-polar, TBH
Lil more OCD than bi-polar, TBH
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I created this graphic — and my list of *famous* quotes — TWO MONTHS AGO.
Lil more OCD than bi-polar, TBH
Lil more OCD than bi-polar, TBH
I’m prolific, not manic.
@theferocity.bsky.social @indyfromspace.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @kibblesmith.com @joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I’m disabled, and I see you. I have autism, and I see you. I have borderline personality disorder, and I see you.
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I’m disabled, and I see you. I have autism, and I see you. I have borderline personality disorder, and I see you.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’m prolific, not manic.
@theferocity.bsky.social @indyfromspace.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @kibblesmith.com @joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I’m disabled, and I see you. I have autism, and I see you. I have borderline personality disorder, and I see you.
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@theferocity.bsky.social @indyfromspace.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @kibblesmith.com @joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I’m disabled, and I see you. I have autism, and I see you. I have borderline personality disorder, and I see you.
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If a writer were to have a manic episode on Bluesky, surely other writers would come to their aid, right?
Wrong. Even if you’re not, and they think you are, they’ll block you and disparagingly quote-post you, instead.
Blue-check narcissists, who’ve never engaged, will show up just to punch down.
Wrong. Even if you’re not, and they think you are, they’ll block you and disparagingly quote-post you, instead.
Blue-check narcissists, who’ve never engaged, will show up just to punch down.
October 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If a writer were to have a manic episode on Bluesky, surely other writers would come to their aid, right?
Wrong. Even if you’re not, and they think you are, they’ll block you and disparagingly quote-post you, instead.
Blue-check narcissists, who’ve never engaged, will show up just to punch down.
Wrong. Even if you’re not, and they think you are, they’ll block you and disparagingly quote-post you, instead.
Blue-check narcissists, who’ve never engaged, will show up just to punch down.
For Counterpunch, I conducted exclusive Q&As with:
• @crimethinc.com
• @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social
• @deanspade.bsky.social
• Rory Mir, @eff.org
+ included insights from:
@micahflee.com, @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social
• @crimethinc.com
• @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social
• @deanspade.bsky.social
• Rory Mir, @eff.org
+ included insights from:
@micahflee.com, @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Counterpunch, I conducted exclusive Q&As with:
• @crimethinc.com
• @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social
• @deanspade.bsky.social
• Rory Mir, @eff.org
+ included insights from:
@micahflee.com, @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social
• @crimethinc.com
• @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social
• @deanspade.bsky.social
• Rory Mir, @eff.org
+ included insights from:
@micahflee.com, @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social
"Musk has set a new standard for being washed. Let us not forget that he bought and tanked a beloved website as part of a years-long campaign to get people to think he's cool and funny."
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Musk has set a new standard for being washed. Let us not forget that he bought and tanked a beloved website as part of a years-long campaign to get people to think he's cool and funny."
CDC layoffs mean an even greater need for *neighborhood* public health and safety solutions.
“Aim to build communities of people with longstanding friendships and experience acting together” - @crimethinc.com
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“Aim to build communities of people with longstanding friendships and experience acting together” - @crimethinc.com
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/05/i...
October 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
CDC layoffs mean an even greater need for *neighborhood* public health and safety solutions.
“Aim to build communities of people with longstanding friendships and experience acting together” - @crimethinc.com
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/05/i...
“Aim to build communities of people with longstanding friendships and experience acting together” - @crimethinc.com
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/05/i...
All of these Instagram advertisers donate at least a portion of their proceeds to the cause(s) they support
October 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
All of these Instagram advertisers donate at least a portion of their proceeds to the cause(s) they support
Not one of these Instagram advertisers donates any of its proceeds to the cause it claims to support
October 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Not one of these Instagram advertisers donates any of its proceeds to the cause it claims to support
Get found “in seconds”
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Get found “in seconds”
“I live in a tragic situation, I do not have a tent, and I do not have the lowest essential ingredients; I can hardly buy food for me and my child”
I interviewed 25-year-old ER nurse and mother Soad, who lost her husband, home and career in G*za.
Not long ago, she and her family lived in luxury…
I interviewed 25-year-old ER nurse and mother Soad, who lost her husband, home and career in G*za.
Not long ago, she and her family lived in luxury…
October 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“I live in a tragic situation, I do not have a tent, and I do not have the lowest essential ingredients; I can hardly buy food for me and my child”
I interviewed 25-year-old ER nurse and mother Soad, who lost her husband, home and career in G*za.
Not long ago, she and her family lived in luxury…
I interviewed 25-year-old ER nurse and mother Soad, who lost her husband, home and career in G*za.
Not long ago, she and her family lived in luxury…
Taylor Fairbank is co-founder and director of development of Distribute Aid, a nonprofit organization that creates and maintains supply chains for grassroots and refugee-led organizations.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Taylor Fairbank is co-founder and director of development of Distribute Aid, a nonprofit organization that creates and maintains supply chains for grassroots and refugee-led organizations.
truthout.org/articles/gra...
@borderless.bsky.social
@truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/gra...
@borderless.bsky.social
@truthout.org
Alan Elrod is contributing editor for Liberal Currents and president and CEO of the Pulaski Institute, a nonprofit targeting subnational influence on democratic backsliding.
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@aselrod.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com
@newrepublic.com @gregsargent.bsky.social
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September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Alan Elrod is contributing editor for Liberal Currents and president and CEO of the Pulaski Institute, a nonprofit targeting subnational influence on democratic backsliding.
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
@aselrod.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com
@newrepublic.com @gregsargent.bsky.social
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Randy Bryce is a disabled veteran, ironworker, union organizer and WI-based “populist” Democratic Congressional candidate endorsed in 2018 by Bernie Sanders and the Human Rights Campaign.
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@ironstache.bsky.social
@commondreams.org @brettwilkins.bsky.social
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@ironstache.bsky.social
@commondreams.org @brettwilkins.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Randy Bryce is a disabled veteran, ironworker, union organizer and WI-based “populist” Democratic Congressional candidate endorsed in 2018 by Bernie Sanders and the Human Rights Campaign.
www.commondreams.org/news/randy-b...
@ironstache.bsky.social
@commondreams.org @brettwilkins.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/news/randy-b...
@ironstache.bsky.social
@commondreams.org @brettwilkins.bsky.social
Scott Campbell is a member of the collective behind El Enemigo Común, as well as an acclaimed anarchist educator, writer, translator and journalist for Al Jazeera, The Jerusalem Post, ZNet, It’s Going Down, and more.
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@susurros.bsky.social
@igd.bsky.social
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@susurros.bsky.social
@igd.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Scott Campbell is a member of the collective behind El Enemigo Común, as well as an acclaimed anarchist educator, writer, translator and journalist for Al Jazeera, The Jerusalem Post, ZNet, It’s Going Down, and more.
itsgoingdown.org/igdcast-scot...
@susurros.bsky.social
@igd.bsky.social
itsgoingdown.org/igdcast-scot...
@susurros.bsky.social
@igd.bsky.social
Daniel Zuidijk is a veteran Bloomberg journalist covering misinformation, disinformation and “the business of online influence.”
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@dzuidijk.bsky.social
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@dzuidijk.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Daniel Zuidijk is a veteran Bloomberg journalist covering misinformation, disinformation and “the business of online influence.”
bloomberg.com/authors/ATeo...
@dzuidijk.bsky.social
bloomberg.com/authors/ATeo...
@dzuidijk.bsky.social
awkword is a(n) political, nonprofit and digital strategist, 30-year organizer and activist, union journalist, Hip Hop artist and co-founder of TEN DEMANDS, an abolitionist collective focused on education and action.
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@awkword.bsky.social
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social
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@awkword.bsky.social
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
awkword is a(n) political, nonprofit and digital strategist, 30-year organizer and activist, union journalist, Hip Hop artist and co-founder of TEN DEMANDS, an abolitionist collective focused on education and action.
www.youtube.com/live/qrSl2ns...
@awkword.bsky.social
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/qrSl2ns...
@awkword.bsky.social
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social
Michael Gould-Wartofsky is an award-winning educator, editor and writer, who focuses on the sociology of social movements and the politics of resistance through a critical realist lens.
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@mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social
@wnyc.org
@occupywallstnyc.bsky.social
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@mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social
@wnyc.org
@occupywallstnyc.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Michael Gould-Wartofsky is an award-winning educator, editor and writer, who focuses on the sociology of social movements and the politics of resistance through a critical realist lens.
www.wnyc.org/people/micha...
@mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social
@wnyc.org
@occupywallstnyc.bsky.social
www.wnyc.org/people/micha...
@mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social
@wnyc.org
@occupywallstnyc.bsky.social
Alex Mingus is an abolitionist organizer, harm reductionist, self- and community-defense educator and youth worker in Minneapolis. He went viral for embarrassing the St. Paul police during a live TV press conference.
youtu.be/llClMhkusaY?...
instagram.com/alex_does80
@awkword.bsky.social
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@awkword.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Alex Mingus is an abolitionist organizer, harm reductionist, self- and community-defense educator and youth worker in Minneapolis. He went viral for embarrassing the St. Paul police during a live TV press conference.
youtu.be/llClMhkusaY?...
instagram.com/alex_does80
@awkword.bsky.social
youtu.be/llClMhkusaY?...
instagram.com/alex_does80
@awkword.bsky.social
Eric King is “an anarchist, a father, a poet, a brutal scrabble player, an adoring Swiftie and an undying anti-fascist.” He was wrongly incarcerated for nearly a decade and released in 2023.
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@unicornriot.bsky.social
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@unicornriot.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Eric King is “an anarchist, a father, a poet, a brutal scrabble player, an adoring Swiftie and an undying anti-fascist.” He was wrongly incarcerated for nearly a decade and released in 2023.
unicornriot.ninja/2023/eric-ki...
instagram.com/supportericking
@unicornriot.bsky.social
unicornriot.ninja/2023/eric-ki...
instagram.com/supportericking
@unicornriot.bsky.social