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
This might be the most trans positive thing NYC has ever done.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This might be the most trans positive thing NYC has ever done.
what perfect album came out the year you turned 16? I definitely win!
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
what perfect album came out the year you turned 16? I definitely win!
This is Malcolm. He completely made our day by serenading the Weil Cornell cardiac ICU with some Miles Davis.
PS All good wishes accepted right now. Allen has mystery heart issue
PS All good wishes accepted right now. Allen has mystery heart issue
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is Malcolm. He completely made our day by serenading the Weil Cornell cardiac ICU with some Miles Davis.
PS All good wishes accepted right now. Allen has mystery heart issue
PS All good wishes accepted right now. Allen has mystery heart issue
Pro Tip: Fill in [Name] before sending your spam email.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Pro Tip: Fill in [Name] before sending your spam email.
and let's not forget this Summers "gem" from 1991 (when he was Chief Economist for the World Bank) in which he touts the "impeccable logic "of dumping a load of toxic waste" in less developed countries. #HatedHimLongerThanYou
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
and let's not forget this Summers "gem" from 1991 (when he was Chief Economist for the World Bank) in which he touts the "impeccable logic "of dumping a load of toxic waste" in less developed countries. #HatedHimLongerThanYou
But for how much longer!
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
But for how much longer!
Now let’s #closerikers and build # renewablerikers
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Now let’s #closerikers and build # renewablerikers
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
‘We have been trained to be efficient machines. Now we are being replaced by more efficient machines trained on the data extracted from us’
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
‘We have been trained to be efficient machines. Now we are being replaced by more efficient machines trained on the data extracted from us’
The dentist trying to compensate by sharing good news?
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The dentist trying to compensate by sharing good news?
well, we do sorta mind being left off all the generation charts (y'know, . . .like this one). But mostly I thought we just sat in the corner and got high.
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
well, we do sorta mind being left off all the generation charts (y'know, . . .like this one). But mostly I thought we just sat in the corner and got high.
Pretty sure this is just an asshole cosplaying ICE. But stay alert people. At Costco
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Pretty sure this is just an asshole cosplaying ICE. But stay alert people. At Costco
Keep
Getting calls/texts from this astroturf group funded by billionaires
Getting calls/texts from this astroturf group funded by billionaires
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Keep
Getting calls/texts from this astroturf group funded by billionaires
Getting calls/texts from this astroturf group funded by billionaires
I expect better from @gothamist.com than this innumerate nonsense
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I expect better from @gothamist.com than this innumerate nonsense
Remembering when Cuomo
sold out Long Island City to Amazon in a back-room, taxpayer funded, sweetheart deal b/c it ‘would bring high-paying jobs’. Yet another reason NYC needs to send him packing.
sold out Long Island City to Amazon in a back-room, taxpayer funded, sweetheart deal b/c it ‘would bring high-paying jobs’. Yet another reason NYC needs to send him packing.
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Remembering when Cuomo
sold out Long Island City to Amazon in a back-room, taxpayer funded, sweetheart deal b/c it ‘would bring high-paying jobs’. Yet another reason NYC needs to send him packing.
sold out Long Island City to Amazon in a back-room, taxpayer funded, sweetheart deal b/c it ‘would bring high-paying jobs’. Yet another reason NYC needs to send him packing.
Monday 4:00 pm. I was voter 715 on my voting machine—2145 for the polling site. Really amazing early turnout!
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Monday 4:00 pm. I was voter 715 on my voting machine—2145 for the polling site. Really amazing early turnout!
Public transit is really the best way to get places
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Public transit is really the best way to get places
Fact: it is next to impossible to take a selfie with a brachiosaurus
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Fact: it is next to impossible to take a selfie with a brachiosaurus
Watching Dr David Boyd and Prof John Knox receive well-deserved recognition from Haub Pace Law School
for their groundbreaking work on the right to a Healthy Environment @drdavidboyd.bsky.social @johnhknox.bsky.social
for their groundbreaking work on the right to a Healthy Environment @drdavidboyd.bsky.social @johnhknox.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Watching Dr David Boyd and Prof John Knox receive well-deserved recognition from Haub Pace Law School
for their groundbreaking work on the right to a Healthy Environment @drdavidboyd.bsky.social @johnhknox.bsky.social
for their groundbreaking work on the right to a Healthy Environment @drdavidboyd.bsky.social @johnhknox.bsky.social
My seven-year old wrote a letter to a political prisoner being held in a Russian jail for the crime of protecting the environment.
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My seven-year old wrote a letter to a political prisoner being held in a Russian jail for the crime of protecting the environment.
A moment of peace
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A moment of peace