Saltypepper
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"Remember: Care for yourself and the people around you. Believe that the world can be better than it is now. Never give up."
—Sarah Gailey
Both a masterpiece and a work-in-progress. She/her ✊🏽
—Sarah Gailey
Both a masterpiece and a work-in-progress. She/her ✊🏽
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New School has been one of the most important humanities and social science universities in the world for the past 70 years. The humanities are collapsing at all of the pillars, and it won't be long until less prestigious institutions feel validated to call open season upon a number of departments.
Thinking of my New School friends whose programs have been closed (~30 of them), whose PhD programs have been indefinitely halted, and who are now receiving invitations to resign + accept severance payments — with the threat of 🪓 if not enough folks take the offer. A ✨-if-imperfect place ruined 😥
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
New School has been one of the most important humanities and social science universities in the world for the past 70 years. The humanities are collapsing at all of the pillars, and it won't be long until less prestigious institutions feel validated to call open season upon a number of departments.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
Yesterday's Bonne Maman Advent Calendar jam was Fig Cardamom. My kid was all "well, I *do* like cardamom," in a Making The Best of Things tone. I'm making toast to enjoy it on their behalf.
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Yesterday's Bonne Maman Advent Calendar jam was Fig Cardamom. My kid was all "well, I *do* like cardamom," in a Making The Best of Things tone. I'm making toast to enjoy it on their behalf.
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lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
I wish more people didn't get mad because "why can't I have $1000 a month for nothing!"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
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Quentin Tarantino is certainly following the Harlan Ellison arc, of enfant terrible smoothly metamorphosing over the years into an opinionated old arsehole. For a moment you think, "Well, how did that happen?" and then you recall that "enfant terrible" is French for "opinionated young arsehole."
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Quentin Tarantino is certainly following the Harlan Ellison arc, of enfant terrible smoothly metamorphosing over the years into an opinionated old arsehole. For a moment you think, "Well, how did that happen?" and then you recall that "enfant terrible" is French for "opinionated young arsehole."
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Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
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I don't think racist tirades are going to work when ground beef is $8.99 a pound at Publix and people's family members are being snatched up. I think things have gotten so bad that even antiblack Americans are seeing their own plight in the Haitian and Somali people.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I don't think racist tirades are going to work when ground beef is $8.99 a pound at Publix and people's family members are being snatched up. I think things have gotten so bad that even antiblack Americans are seeing their own plight in the Haitian and Somali people.
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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David Byrne has been uploading a themed playlist of music on the 1st of every month for over ten years now, and it's grown into a pretty incredible archive. www.davidbyrne.com/radio#filter...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
David Byrne has been uploading a themed playlist of music on the 1st of every month for over ten years now, and it's grown into a pretty incredible archive. www.davidbyrne.com/radio#filter...
I forgot a photo by Bonne Maman starts off the advent calendar strong with Blueberry Maple syrup jam. Tasty and not as sweet as I was afraid it might be.
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I forgot a photo by Bonne Maman starts off the advent calendar strong with Blueberry Maple syrup jam. Tasty and not as sweet as I was afraid it might be.
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“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
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How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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It’s World AIDS Day today. We’re thinking about the practices our communities have developed to keep each other alive—and the shifts we need to see in public health, from small groups to large institutions.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s World AIDS Day today. We’re thinking about the practices our communities have developed to keep each other alive—and the shifts we need to see in public health, from small groups to large institutions.
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This is happening tonight @ the Park Ave Armory. I wish I could go!
"In 1852, the NY DailyTimes commissioned... Frederick Law Olmsted to conduct an immersive rsch journey thru the Southern slave states.... Sara Zewde follows Olmsted’s path [to undrstnd how his journey inspired] the radical idea that public parks cld redress society’s ills @ the height of slavery..."
2025 Malkin Lecture: Finding Frederick Law Olmsted in Cotton’s Kingdom : Program & Events
The Park Avenue Armory is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring the Seventh Regiment Armory and bringing it back to life as a dynamic center for the visual and performing arts, followin...
www.armoryonpark.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is happening tonight @ the Park Ave Armory. I wish I could go!
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Who needs this? The New York Lottery, ca. 1970, was sold as something that would bring a windfall to NY schools. How did that turn out?
NYC is set to get three new casinos — two in Queens, one in The Bronx.
We took a look at what this means for the MTA’s bottom line. From October 22 in @thecity.nyc 🎲 🎰 🃏 💰
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/c...
We took a look at what this means for the MTA’s bottom line. From October 22 in @thecity.nyc 🎲 🎰 🃏 💰
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/c...
Who’s Banking on Big Bucks from Casinos? New York’s Transit System
The MTA is projecting billions in revenue from proposed NYC-based gaming halls, which are poised to win up to three licenses later this year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Who needs this? The New York Lottery, ca. 1970, was sold as something that would bring a windfall to NY schools. How did that turn out?
The number of mailing lists I have unsubscribed from this weekend as they sent me ad after ad is uncountable as stars in the sky or grains of sand on the beach.
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The number of mailing lists I have unsubscribed from this weekend as they sent me ad after ad is uncountable as stars in the sky or grains of sand on the beach.
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"I'm going to tax the everloving shit out of the rich people who made your life miserable and put every masked thug who broke the law or traitor who wrecked the government for their own profit in prison" I admit is too long for a sign, but at the very least this should be the spirit of the thing.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"I'm going to tax the everloving shit out of the rich people who made your life miserable and put every masked thug who broke the law or traitor who wrecked the government for their own profit in prison" I admit is too long for a sign, but at the very least this should be the spirit of the thing.
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People argue and deny this because it's terrifying to accept that you are one random bad luck incident away from being dependent on a food pantry and applying for rent or mortgage assistance, and a couple of random bad luck incidents from losing absolutely everything. It's scary. It's also real.
I can’t believe you idiots are still arguing with me about this. Idc what your job is paying you now, you still have to labor for your money. You’re working class.
All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All of you are poor. These hypothetical poor people everyone is discussing are us. We’re poor. Idc if you make 6 figures or not. You’re poor too.
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
People argue and deny this because it's terrifying to accept that you are one random bad luck incident away from being dependent on a food pantry and applying for rent or mortgage assistance, and a couple of random bad luck incidents from losing absolutely everything. It's scary. It's also real.
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On with the #nonfictionnovember spotlights, this thread highlights #culture essays and articles I'm particularly proud of, starting with this article for @artreview.bsky.social on the contributions of female writers to contemporary wuxia fiction, both literary and perspectives. #nonfiction 1/
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
On with the #nonfictionnovember spotlights, this thread highlights #culture essays and articles I'm particularly proud of, starting with this article for @artreview.bsky.social on the contributions of female writers to contemporary wuxia fiction, both literary and perspectives. #nonfiction 1/
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Most people with Covid brain damage do not know they have Covid brain damage or don’t link their persistent new onset cognitive problems with a Covid infection. Same with post-Covid increased aggression - people don’t realize they’ve changed but standardized evaluation picks it up
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Most people with Covid brain damage do not know they have Covid brain damage or don’t link their persistent new onset cognitive problems with a Covid infection. Same with post-Covid increased aggression - people don’t realize they’ve changed but standardized evaluation picks it up
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.