Stephanie Gal
@stephaniegal.bsky.social
I used to just post about safe streets, but there's a lot going on right now. I'm worried about the climate, growing fascism, injustice, and my friends in Palestine. Also will be giving my observations of the US after living in Greece for 10 months.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.
Because a lot of leftists/progressives have pseudo conspiratorial models of reality where they think the only reason Americans live in suburbs is bc GM tore up the streetcar lines in LA etc.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.
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🔥WILLIAMSON COUNTY — RAVENWOOD SENIOR: “We’re told the (bell to bell) phone ban is to keep students focused, present, engaged… then lead by example and ban yours too.”
Her post: www.instagram.com/reel/DRLkRNY...
Her post: www.instagram.com/reel/DRLkRNY...
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🔥WILLIAMSON COUNTY — RAVENWOOD SENIOR: “We’re told the (bell to bell) phone ban is to keep students focused, present, engaged… then lead by example and ban yours too.”
Her post: www.instagram.com/reel/DRLkRNY...
Her post: www.instagram.com/reel/DRLkRNY...
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These sorts of things annoy me.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
These sorts of things annoy me.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
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Extreme wealth allows people to live in such a way that they only ever have to interact with others who cater to them.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Extreme wealth allows people to live in such a way that they only ever have to interact with others who cater to them.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
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The most far fetched part of Home Alone is that a 9 year old is actually wearing a winter jacket outside without an adult.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The most far fetched part of Home Alone is that a 9 year old is actually wearing a winter jacket outside without an adult.
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Oof. This is gorgeous piece of writing.
"Words cannot keep up with what happens here. Language always follows loss. Still, I write, because forgetting is another kind of death. Writing does not save anyone; it only makes absence visible. It says, 'We existed.' It says, 'We tried.'"
"Words cannot keep up with what happens here. Language always follows loss. Still, I write, because forgetting is another kind of death. Writing does not save anyone; it only makes absence visible. It says, 'We existed.' It says, 'We tried.'"
Alphabets on the Sand
In Gaza, language is insufficient to describe the magnitude of our loss, but I write anyway.
jewishcurrents.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Oof. This is gorgeous piece of writing.
"Words cannot keep up with what happens here. Language always follows loss. Still, I write, because forgetting is another kind of death. Writing does not save anyone; it only makes absence visible. It says, 'We existed.' It says, 'We tried.'"
"Words cannot keep up with what happens here. Language always follows loss. Still, I write, because forgetting is another kind of death. Writing does not save anyone; it only makes absence visible. It says, 'We existed.' It says, 'We tried.'"
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The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
They found a 'bucket of lentils.' Then it blew up. The menace of Gaza's unexploded ordnance
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Important to understand the issues but also the cost burden implications
🐟Watch our Resolution on sewage overflows here👇
Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure
Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Important to understand the issues but also the cost burden implications
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A lot of displaced people in Gaza are having a really difficult time because of the awful weather flooding and/or damaging their tents.
Please consider supporting a family from the thread below if you can!
Please consider supporting a family from the thread below if you can!
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A lot of displaced people in Gaza are having a really difficult time because of the awful weather flooding and/or damaging their tents.
Please consider supporting a family from the thread below if you can!
Please consider supporting a family from the thread below if you can!
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I really thought we'd emerge from covid with an appreciation of the frailty of life. But Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan... the causal dehumanization of refugees... it's hard not to feel like we're all just bodies for the elite meat grinder.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I really thought we'd emerge from covid with an appreciation of the frailty of life. But Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan... the causal dehumanization of refugees... it's hard not to feel like we're all just bodies for the elite meat grinder.
Driving Rt 2 from Boston in the dark - maybe for the first time since 2024? All the signs’ reflectors are so messed up! This is pretty unfortunate.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Driving Rt 2 from Boston in the dark - maybe for the first time since 2024? All the signs’ reflectors are so messed up! This is pretty unfortunate.
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More Death by Construction Industry driving ridiculous trucks in urban environments when there are safer alternatives.
Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
52-year-old crossing guard dead after being hit by dump truck in Hamilton
Hamilton police are investigating after a 52-year-old crossing guard was struck and killed by a truck at the intersection of Mohawk Road and Upper Wentworth Street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More Death by Construction Industry driving ridiculous trucks in urban environments when there are safer alternatives.
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emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
Real question. Anecdotally, voter turnout seems like it was much better decades ago. Is this factually true? If so, what happened?
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Real question. Anecdotally, voter turnout seems like it was much better decades ago. Is this factually true? If so, what happened?
I will describe this in the alt-text but this picture is worth a thousand words. It's Gaza, on its side from the usual angle. It's just full of waste. How can 2 million people live in this 141 square miles, an area a little larger than Manhattan, in so much ruined infrastructure?
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I will describe this in the alt-text but this picture is worth a thousand words. It's Gaza, on its side from the usual angle. It's just full of waste. How can 2 million people live in this 141 square miles, an area a little larger than Manhattan, in so much ruined infrastructure?
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"Does our plastic actually get recycled?" The #CamberVille newsletter is always excellent, but this one is truly a must-read: a deep dive into the recycling processing plant where all of Somerville's recycling winds up: mailchi.mp/bostonglobe....
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"Does our plastic actually get recycled?" The #CamberVille newsletter is always excellent, but this one is truly a must-read: a deep dive into the recycling processing plant where all of Somerville's recycling winds up: mailchi.mp/bostonglobe....
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If recent events have caused you to lose trust in The New York Times, might I suggest a subscription to @us.theguardian.com.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If recent events have caused you to lose trust in The New York Times, might I suggest a subscription to @us.theguardian.com.
Best places to donate used toys in the Boston area before the holiday season?
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Best places to donate used toys in the Boston area before the holiday season?
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we've already gone past "murdering kids is ok" via Sandy Hook so why not cross the Rubicon into "sexually abusing kids is ok"
I would like to see democrats, today, straightfowardly call for Trump to resign and turn himself in to prison for raping children at Epstein's house. not "new emails raise questions, he must release the files" but skip straight to "resign and/or kill yourself you pedo shitbag"
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
we've already gone past "murdering kids is ok" via Sandy Hook so why not cross the Rubicon into "sexually abusing kids is ok"
Returning to the US from Greece has really highlighted how much of my environment and my choices are constrained by corporate decisions and money, rather than democracy. They constrain us and they call it freedom. It doesn't feel like freedom to me anymore.
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Returning to the US from Greece has really highlighted how much of my environment and my choices are constrained by corporate decisions and money, rather than democracy. They constrain us and they call it freedom. It doesn't feel like freedom to me anymore.
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One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
This donation link works! It is a fundraiser for immediately displaced families from El Fasher in Sudan, because of the violence there.
Lifeline for El Fasher
Lifeline for El FasherFood. Medicine. Hope — for civilians trapped by violence.El Fasher, Sudan is facing a humanitarian catastrophe.After months of brutal violence and blockade, tens of thousands of ...
www.zeffy.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This donation link works! It is a fundraiser for immediately displaced families from El Fasher in Sudan, because of the violence there.
I would really like someone to explain to me how normal it is to be released from a 5-day jail sentence after 17 days. Are there still rules for wealthy people, or no? Why do the rest of us have to follow the rules?
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison
Sarkozy, who told court his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence at home pending appeal
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I would really like someone to explain to me how normal it is to be released from a 5-day jail sentence after 17 days. Are there still rules for wealthy people, or no? Why do the rest of us have to follow the rules?