Rebecca Bratspies, Author
@rbratspies.bsky.social
Professor, CUNY Law | award-winning scholar, author, speaker
scuba diver | environmental justice, climate justice, human rights, NYC history, urban policy, comic books | mom | optimist (mostly) www.RebeccaBratspies.com
scuba diver | environmental justice, climate justice, human rights, NYC history, urban policy, comic books | mom | optimist (mostly) www.RebeccaBratspies.com
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hey friends. Guess what . . .my book Naming Gotham just won the 2024 American Legacy Book Award for US History!!! #history #NYC #newyorkcity #historybuff #historylovers #historypodcast #NewYork #awardwinning #books #booklovers www.amazon.com/Naming-Gotha...
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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A Waukegan councilman was briefly detained by U.S. immigration agents on Friday, and he says the agents drew their guns on him while he was sitting in his car with his hands raised.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
Waukegan alderman says federal agents pulled guns on him: ‘There were four barrels pointed at me’
As soon as he felt he felt he was safe, Martinez said his first call was to Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A Waukegan councilman was briefly detained by U.S. immigration agents on Friday, and he says the agents drew their guns on him while he was sitting in his car with his hands raised.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
“My life flashed before my eyes,” said Ald. Juan Martinez.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Meanwhile we're over here asking if women ruined the workplace. She's pushing structural changes forward and some w a platform asking us to go backwards.
"'My view is, if I don't file a complaint, what will happen to other Mexican women? If they do this to the president, what will happen to all women in our country?'"
Mexico president to seek charges after being groped on street
Claudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Meanwhile we're over here asking if women ruined the workplace. She's pushing structural changes forward and some w a platform asking us to go backwards.
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A U.S. Senate investigation led by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) "has uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide — with detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days and forced to compete for clean water."
Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers
A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered numerous credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers across the country.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A U.S. Senate investigation led by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) "has uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide — with detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days and forced to compete for clean water."
But for how much longer!
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
But for how much longer!
WTF???
Doing my best, not sure I’ve quite succeeded yet. Maybe next year!
many people are saying!
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
WTF???
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Jesus I see what you've done for others
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Jesus I see what you've done for others
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A new @climateanalytics.org report has come out today, with a profoundly hopeful message: even though the world is on track to exceed 1.5°C of global warming, we can peak at 1.7°C and get temperatures back down well below 1.5°C by end of century.
But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵
But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A new @climateanalytics.org report has come out today, with a profoundly hopeful message: even though the world is on track to exceed 1.5°C of global warming, we can peak at 1.7°C and get temperatures back down well below 1.5°C by end of century.
But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵
But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵
Now let’s #closerikers and build # renewablerikers
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Now let’s #closerikers and build # renewablerikers
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
‘To Get to any of us, you will have to go through All of us!’
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
‘To Get to any of us, you will have to go through All of us!’
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The @nytimes.com is completely OUT OF TOUCH and I am so glad that we have @thecity.nyc, @hellgatenyc.com and more covering NYC politics. Thank GOD.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The @nytimes.com is completely OUT OF TOUCH and I am so glad that we have @thecity.nyc, @hellgatenyc.com and more covering NYC politics. Thank GOD.
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Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
This wins post of the day, maybe if the year!
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This wins post of the day, maybe if the year!
This is amazing! Congrats.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is amazing! Congrats.
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TFW you run into your state senator getting the vote out for your state assembly member to be elected mayor @sengonzalezny.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Let’s go! #nyc
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
TFW you run into your state senator getting the vote out for your state assembly member to be elected mayor @sengonzalezny.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Let’s go! #nyc
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Dick Cheney lived long enough to witness the horrors he had unleashed.
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Dick Cheney lived long enough to witness the horrors he had unleashed.
