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Astra Taylor

@astra.bsky.social

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Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · Nov 14

When I titled my book "Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone" I really did not anticipate how hard that phrase would eventually hit.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

It will also disconnect students from each other—and in a world fractured by various flavors of technofascism, I cannot think of a more disastrous thing (which is likely partly why AI fetishists are pushing for AI in schools and universities)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 4d

Now: Debt Collective Raises Hand to Purchase Chunk of Federal Government Student Debt Portfolio

The Debt Collective has purchased billions in household debt over the past decade

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, after a new POLITICO report that the Trump administration is “exploring options to sell off parts of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to the private market,” the Debt Collective is announcing its willingness to purchase the entire portfolio for its true market value. The Debt Collective will then subsequently cancel the debt.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 7d

I really enjoyed this essay by Audrey Borowski on Günther Anders & his prescience on the impact of technology.

“The atom bomb…illuminates that the more ‘our’ technological power grows, the smaller we become… singled out as being expendable and inadequate.”

aeon.co/essays/gunth...

Excerpt from “Philosopher of the apocalypse” by Audrey Borowski about Gunter Anders:

“‘Man is probably not a machine, but he behaves as such in a situation where the machines im se his operating rules. Indeed, the progress of technology should not be understood as necessarily being the progress of mankind: far from it, they are not accompanied by a progress of thought, reflection and responsibility, since they eliminate their intervention and even often make them impossible.’ [end quote by Gunter Anders.]

Crucially, man increasingly found himself enlisted in the production of his own disappearance in the most natural manner possible.”

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 7d

What was as striking (pardon the pun) as the strike itself was how enthusiastic and chill all the inconvenienced people seemed to be. I got where I needed to go about five hours later than scheduled. Everyone I spoke to along the way said the delays were worth it.

Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 8d

Hi from northern Italy where all the trains are canceled or very delayed. Free Palestine!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d

AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.

@proftwolf.bsky.social

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 8d

Hi from northern Italy where all the trains are canceled or very delayed. Free Palestine!

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 8d

If you’re based in NYC consider becoming a member of the Francis Kite Club, a really special cultural and political bar/space in lower Manhattan. We need grassroots uncensored spots that are actually a pleasure to be in!

& if you’ve never been, check it out.
www.franciskiteclub.com/kite-members...

www.franciskiteclub.com

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 8d

when do we start using a term other than “social” media?

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to @victorerikray.bsky.social and @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social for a great conversation. You can watch or download via Apple Podcasts and listen. newrepublic.substack.com/p/race-and-r...

Race and Racism in Trump 2.0 With Victor Ray and Hakeem Jefferson

Right Now With Perry Bacon

newrepublic.substack.com

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 10d

It’s my birthday, donate to David!

David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General @daveyseligman.bsky.social · 12d

It takes many vs. money. I am running for Attorney General of Colorado to put the law on the side of working people. I am not being backed by the billionaires and oligarchs. Consider donating and joining the fight today. I know we can do this. Link in bio.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10d

Very proud of my colleagues right now--especially @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @alexabdo.bsky.social. But we could not have got this far without the superb trial lawyers at Sher Tremonte. Grateful to them for all of the time and energy they put into this case. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech

www.nytimes.com

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 11d

New: We're sparking a coordinated form of economic resistance that has never been done in the housing space.

We're organizing a debt-strike.

Rental debtors around the country will refuse to pay their back-rent debt to a giant corporate landlord.

And we're going to win.

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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 11d

Tomorrow activists are launching a novel rent debt strike against one of the largest corporate landlords in the country.

I report on their strategy and national goals

Vox @vox.com · 11d

A small group of former Equity Residential tenants is launching a first-of-its-kind back rent debt strike that will go public in early October. The campaign's broader strategy is to challenge what organizers see as systematic abuse of renters.

Tenants say it’s time for landlords to cancel back rent debt

Tenants are going on strike against their landlords.

www.vox.com

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 11d

‘Gaza Trump Riviera’, ‘MBS Ring’, ‘Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone’? It’s an oligarch’s blood-soaked fantasy, a Disney Land of genocide.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12d

This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 11d

Oh yea!

Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 13d

Next Wednesday, we're announcing something we think could really shift the landscape for tenant protections.

Join us — and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib — as we roll out a new legal-tech tool and novel strike.

RSVP: BIT.LY/DEBTSTRIKE2025

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 11d

"Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from families if one household member is in the country illegally."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

www.propublica.org

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.

“This place is built to break us”

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

www.theguardian.com

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 12d

Oh man I need to read this. The book is such drivel.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

heated.world/p/fossil-fue...

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

heated.world

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 13d

I went to the ICE facility Trump claims is "under siege" by antifascists and "other domestic terrorists." There were four protesters there, one a thoughtful young man in a chicken costume www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon

Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Peter @jules-p.bsky.social · 16d

On Oct 1, @debtcollective.bsky.social is taking on one of the country's biggest landlords by launching:

⚡ Debt Strike: Brave individuals who owe back-rent will collectively refuse to pay.

⚡ A new tool for renters to fight debt + junk fees

Debtors are organizing. RSVP: bit.ly/DebtStrike2025

Debt Strike! Abolish Corporate Landlords & Build Tenant Power

The rent is too damn high — and corporate landlords are to blame! Join the Debt Collective as we make a huge announcement: we’re launching a national Back-Rent Debt Strike against the fifth largest…

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22d

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.

I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.

We need a government that serves the many, not the money.

Join in. lewisforleader.ca/

youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY

Why I’m running for NDP leader

YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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