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New reason to live just dropped!!
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Zohran Mamdani won young men 18-29 by 40 points.

40!

And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity—& still unapologetically dunking on Trump.

He is anti-MAGA w/o throwing people under the bus.

1/2
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize

we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily

that won’t happen without noise

please, bluesky, do what u do best

@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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37 years ago today
Guy Picciotto falling out of a basketball hoop during a concert with his band Fugazi at Frankford YWCA, Philadelphia, August 7, 1988.

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #guypicciotto #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory #otd
August 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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“Tonight, we made history … I will be your democratic nominee for mayor of New York City” - Zohran Mamdani
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all.

Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna.

Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time.

Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
www.npr.org
June 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fucked up how good this is
strangeranger.bandcamp.com/track/amoeba
Amoeba, by Sioux Falls
from the album Big Krackel
strangeranger.bandcamp.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🤔
“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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this is just incredible. jeff rosenstock and ajj doing 15 frantic songs youtu.be/NLnfFUZNkww?...
Andrew Jackson Jihad and Jeff Rosenstock mash-up 16 Undercover hits
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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NEW | Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the first month on record 🇺🇸

Among all the turmoil, some positive news from the latest @ember-energy.org data for March 2025:

🏆↘️ The share of fossil fuels fell to a record low of 49.2%

🏆↗️ Wind and solar power hit a new record high of 24.4%
April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The American college experience—earning a degree to join the middle class while coming of age on a pastoral campus with sororities and sports—may be over.

Trump's attacks on higher ed impact much more than just Columbia or scientific research. They put the whole idea of college at risk.

My story:
The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
www.theatlantic.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New Alien Boy is the best song to come out this year so far
open.spotify.com/track/1yjDvL...
Changes
Alien Boy · Changes · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker

Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
One of my favorite bands surprise dropping an album today??
🚨🚨🚨 A VERY IMPORTANT TELETHON ANNOUNCEMENT FROM 97-YEAR OLD SCREEN LEGEND PAUL DOOLEY ⚡️⚡️⚡️
March 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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we’re planning a dc music festival to raise money and awareness for trans rights.

lots of thrilling stuff planned for it but we’re looking for sponsors to help make it happen.

does you, your business or your friends want to help raise money for direct action?

email ekkoastraldc@gmail.com

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March 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New reason to live just dropped
February 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Real birds sitting on their plastic twins 👯‍♀️

Meet artist Bart Eysink Smeets, who created this amazing series. He placed the plastic birds outside and patiently waited until a real one of the same kind landed on top. And let’s be honest—our real bird friends are unbeatable. 🐦✨ #birds
February 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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It was an honor to write about THE PAWNBROKER, which screens at AFI Silver today through Thursday. It's a groundbreaking and thorny work of American art. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7576...
Retro Review: Sidney Lumet’s The Pawnbroker Pushed the Boundaries of Cinema
The 1964 film, the first to tell the story of a Holocaust survivor, is a universal tale of grief, but the specifics are equally important.
washingtoncitypaper.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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EMERGENCY PIECE: Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous. Worse, exclusive new information revealed here explicate how Musk’s actions relate to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

(Link at the end)
February 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM