Travis Malekpour
@tmalekpour.bsky.social
NYCPS Special Education & Social Studies Teacher; Former CSEA Local President; UFT Member; NYC Men Teach Mentor Program Facilitator, NYC Civics for All Teacher Leader; Camera Roll is Mostly of Dogs. Posts are mine, not my employer’s.
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“America is sleepwalking into authoritarianism, and if there’s anybody out there that is a member of a labor union that is safe and doesn’t think this applies to you, he’s coming for you. They’re coming for you.”
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Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey Wants You to Wake the F*ck Up
The Nazi-punching, union-supporting punk rocker who's setting an example in the Trump era.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“America is sleepwalking into authoritarianism, and if there’s anybody out there that is a member of a labor union that is safe and doesn’t think this applies to you, he’s coming for you. They’re coming for you.”
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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On this day eight years ago, during the fascist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA, neo-Nazi James Fields drove his car into a crowd of antifascists, killing 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer.
She is gone but many of us survived to fight another day.
Remember her.
Don’t give up.
🖤
She is gone but many of us survived to fight another day.
Remember her.
Don’t give up.
🖤
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
On this day eight years ago, during the fascist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA, neo-Nazi James Fields drove his car into a crowd of antifascists, killing 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer.
She is gone but many of us survived to fight another day.
Remember her.
Don’t give up.
🖤
She is gone but many of us survived to fight another day.
Remember her.
Don’t give up.
🖤
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August 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The same guy behind the surveillance company Palantir is investing in “identity verification” companies. What a strange coincidence
Age verification and these “child safety” laws are a massive gift to big tech. Persona, the leading third-party age and identity verification platform, recently announced a $2bn valuation after its latest funding round co-led by Peter Thiel.
The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
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August 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The same guy behind the surveillance company Palantir is investing in “identity verification” companies. What a strange coincidence
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Quatrain 60 - 11th century
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Quatrain 60 - 11th century
Reply or repost with the most gorgeous poem you’ve ever read.
(Stolen idea from the bad place)
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(Stolen idea from the bad place)
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August 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Quatrain 60 - 11th century
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Quatrain 60 - 11th century
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"When we forget the poor, when we forget the stranger... it is not just those with the least among us who suffer, we all become smaller. For as Dr. King said, "We are caught in inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.""
This.
This is why.
This.
This is why.
My profound thanks to Rev. Stephen A. Green and the Greater Allen AME for the honor of addressing their beautiful congregation in Jamaica, Queens this morning.
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"When we forget the poor, when we forget the stranger... it is not just those with the least among us who suffer, we all become smaller. For as Dr. King said, "We are caught in inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.""
This.
This is why.
This.
This is why.
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This is why wealthy people are so uncomfortable, why hateful people are so angry, and why evil people are so threatened. This vision of a unified, loving, and just society is their worst nightmare.
And this is why he will win. Good people want it & believe it can be true
And this is why he will win. Good people want it & believe it can be true
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is why wealthy people are so uncomfortable, why hateful people are so angry, and why evil people are so threatened. This vision of a unified, loving, and just society is their worst nightmare.
And this is why he will win. Good people want it & believe it can be true
And this is why he will win. Good people want it & believe it can be true
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U guys are actually delusional. Anyone advocating that the U.S. government, which has spent the past year attempting to criminalize speech against war crimes, should replicate China’s extreme censorship of online speech and that will somehow be better for marginalized ppl needs to stfu w all respect
Thing with "free speech" today is that people are noticing online media makes it toxic and so far, none of the west's proposed solutions have worked. China on the other hand, has been less affected by trolls and radical speeches allowing society to move but at a slower and steadier pace.
August 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
U guys are actually delusional. Anyone advocating that the U.S. government, which has spent the past year attempting to criminalize speech against war crimes, should replicate China’s extreme censorship of online speech and that will somehow be better for marginalized ppl needs to stfu w all respect
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“We just need to give the U.S. government (under Trump no less!) complete and utter authoritarian control over all of our online spaces and then we’ll have less trolls and everyone will be happier.” DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES
August 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“We just need to give the U.S. government (under Trump no less!) complete and utter authoritarian control over all of our online spaces and then we’ll have less trolls and everyone will be happier.” DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES
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You don’t even have to take my word for it, the Heritage Foundation and other right wing pro-Trump groups have been very explicit about how they plan to use “online safety” laws and the backlash to social media in the U.S. to censor all LGBTQ content, abortion info, etc off the internet.
Heritage Foundation Says That Of Course GOP Will Use KOSA To Censor LGBTQ Content
We’ve talked a lot about KOSA, the “Kids Online Safety Act” that has massive bipartisan support in Congress. The latest version was introduced with 26 Senators as sponsors or co-sponsors. We’ve exp…
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August 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You don’t even have to take my word for it, the Heritage Foundation and other right wing pro-Trump groups have been very explicit about how they plan to use “online safety” laws and the backlash to social media in the U.S. to censor all LGBTQ content, abortion info, etc off the internet.
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The most insane part is that OSA was passed back when the Tories were in charge of the HoC. All Labour had to do was table a motion to repeal it. But Labour under Keir Starmer has zero fucking backbone. They're going to walk the UK right into the hands of Reform simply by acting like 'Tories-light'.
Left wing voices have completely abdicated the issue of civil liberties/free speech online and now the extreme far right is taking the issue up and recruiting people off the backlash to age verification. Especially young gamers
August 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The most insane part is that OSA was passed back when the Tories were in charge of the HoC. All Labour had to do was table a motion to repeal it. But Labour under Keir Starmer has zero fucking backbone. They're going to walk the UK right into the hands of Reform simply by acting like 'Tories-light'.
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Let's not forget that this seat was vacant because Islamaphobic Democrats wouldn't let Biden's appointee be confirmed. And Schumer let the clock run out.
Bove himself is a literal criminal. A man whose short time in the public eye is defined by his open contempt for the law and those responsible for enforcing it. And the only reason he was nominated is because of his slavish devotion to the president’s most lawless impulses.
July 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Let's not forget that this seat was vacant because Islamaphobic Democrats wouldn't let Biden's appointee be confirmed. And Schumer let the clock run out.
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Here’s another good example of the Trump administration knowing and employing social science effectively to their ends.
July 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Here’s another good example of the Trump administration knowing and employing social science effectively to their ends.
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Sheiky baby always knew the score
July 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Sheiky baby always knew the score
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
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His neighbors in Westchester will have much to celebrate.
July 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
His neighbors in Westchester will have much to celebrate.
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Been talking to News12 Bronx since the 2008/2009 season.
July 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Been talking to News12 Bronx since the 2008/2009 season.
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The city of Philadelphia slapped the union with multiple injunctions during the strike, and was rumored to have been planning to use the courts to force the sanitation workers back to work.
So much for all those speeches from the mayor about “respecting” the workers.
So much for all those speeches from the mayor about “respecting” the workers.
July 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The city of Philadelphia slapped the union with multiple injunctions during the strike, and was rumored to have been planning to use the courts to force the sanitation workers back to work.
So much for all those speeches from the mayor about “respecting” the workers.
So much for all those speeches from the mayor about “respecting” the workers.
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“Sam Spear, the lead attorney for AFSCME District Council 33, said [union president] Boulware ended the strike because the laws for public sector employees make it difficult to carry out extended work stoppages before being ordered back to work by the courts.”
www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
Philly’s city worker strike ends after Mayor Cherelle Parker strikes deal with AFSCME District Council 33
Trash collection is set to resume Monday after Philadelphia’s first major strike of city workers since 1986.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Sam Spear, the lead attorney for AFSCME District Council 33, said [union president] Boulware ended the strike because the laws for public sector employees make it difficult to carry out extended work stoppages before being ordered back to work by the courts.”
www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
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~Personal news~ I'm so excited to announce that I'm joining the Omidyar Network's next Reporters in Residence cohort!
I'll still be doing my newsletter/YT, but I'll be writing a lot more about the fight to protect free speech and civil liberties online. Get in touch w tips!
I'll still be doing my newsletter/YT, but I'll be writing a lot more about the fight to protect free speech and civil liberties online. Get in touch w tips!
Announcing our sixth class of reporters in residence - Omidyar Network
Our new reporters will report on the emerging rules, institutions, norms, people and narratives shaping our technology and society.
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July 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
~Personal news~ I'm so excited to announce that I'm joining the Omidyar Network's next Reporters in Residence cohort!
I'll still be doing my newsletter/YT, but I'll be writing a lot more about the fight to protect free speech and civil liberties online. Get in touch w tips!
I'll still be doing my newsletter/YT, but I'll be writing a lot more about the fight to protect free speech and civil liberties online. Get in touch w tips!
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Some thoughts on the disappointing result of Philly’s DC33 strike (the IG version has captions: www.instagram.com/reel/DL6ApRi...)
July 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Some thoughts on the disappointing result of Philly’s DC33 strike (the IG version has captions: www.instagram.com/reel/DL6ApRi...)
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July 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tell Congress: Stop the $6.2 Billion Cuts to Our Public Schools npeaction.org/tell-c...
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You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
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July 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...