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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 37m

Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.

In her latest — and, yes, 34th! — article for Places, @shannonmattern.bsky.social writes about building the infrastructure we need to keep ourselves free.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2h

Border Patrol's Greg Bovino likes to say his agents are welcomed by 99 percent of people in Chicago but as they drive around the city, they're met with constant shouts of "get the fuck out of here!"

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3h

None of this is a policy failure... it's just their policy

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 6h

Ms Rachel just called Andrew Cuomo a raggedy old racist bitch

Ms Rachel via Instagram:

I've eaten rice the way Zohran Mamdani does. A friend made me a meal years ago & showed me that way of eating rice. I thought it was cool.
Teachers in NYC teach students to be kind & respectful toward other students' cultures. It's one of our learning standards to help children feel proud of who they are.
It's disappointing that some adults can't model the same decency & kindness that students in NYC show every day.
They would rather model something none of our religions teach us - racism and attacking our neighbors instead of loving them.

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 7h

it's globally the norm, from my expertise

what's actually unusual is atomised families of generally European heritage, where nobody knows their extended families —

(weirdly they also bang on about family values all the time)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

One of the disconnects between academic and not-academia is that there are still Professors giving assignments to their students to interview very busy people. It's so unfair to the busy people and to the students.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

Here's our full conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

All Access With Linsey Davis: Zohran Mamdani

YouTube video by ABC News

www.youtube.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

I rode the 1 train with Linsey Davis on the way to our ABC News interview yesterday, and talked about how in the wealthiest city in the world we can't simply accept that people have to sleep on the streets or the subways.

It's not a question of resources. It's a question of political will.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7h

I wrote about public libraries as spaces of civic solidarity, common knowledge, and public infrastructure — all endangered by commercial and federal saboteurs

Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need

Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.

placesjournal.org

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 19h

Slavery often is discussed more as a what than a who. A new marker in Mississippi follows a West African prince from capture to slave to freedom to a return to Africa.

Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 1d

Natchez honors ‘Prince Among Slaves’

Natchez has unveiled a historical marker honoring an African prince sold into slavery and freed 40 years later.

Natchez honors ‘Prince Among Slaves’

Natchez has unveiled a historical marker honoring an African prince sold into slavery and freed 40 years later.

mississippitoday.org

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

🔥 🔥 🔥 from @aoc.bsky.social

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez V @AOC
X.com
Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn't have come in fifth.
Riley Gaines
@Riley_Gaines_• 17h
We're being destroyed from within

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

A judge has cleared Nebraska to move ahead with converting a state prison into a migrant detention center, with officials expecting to house the first detainees by week’s end.

Judge Lets Nebraska Move Forward With Plan to Convert Prison Into Migrant Jail

State and federal officials have said they expect to house the first detainees by the end of this week.

buff.ly

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/i... [gift link]

Illinois residents to see 78% average cost increase for Affordable Care Act exchange plans if subsidies expire

Illinois residents to see 78% average increase in cost of Affordable Care Act exchange plans, if Congress allows subsidies to expire

www.chicagotribune.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are putting out random statements signed by many of the people who got the country here in the first place while the fascists consolidate their power at a speed yet unseen. Incredible.

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Micah Sifry ❌👑 @msifry.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone who follows NY politics, the fact that state Democratic leaders Kathy Hochul, Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Carl Heastie are about to appear on stage at Zohran Mamdani’s big Forest Hills rally (which is also being headlined by AOC and Bernie Sanders) is tectonic.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1d

I love how some people think it is so implausible that all the major political donors from both parties are child rapists when there are headlines like this in major news outlets and no one bats an eye.

Peter Thiel Wants to Inject Himself With Young People’s Blood

The Silicon Valley billionaire reportedly sees blood transfusions as the pathway to radical life extension.

www.vanityfair.com

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to report that Milei has had a successful evening.

elpais.com/argentina/20...

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland elects an independent, socialist woman to the position of president.

Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’

#SpeirGorm #Áras2025

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 2d

“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?”

No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

More importantly IMO, him delivering depends on US. We have to continue and deepen our organizing. We have to push him and also uplift him when he does stand up to deliver on his promises. This is not Door Dash.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

When Albany starts to claim that they can't tax the rich, will you be DEMAGOGUED or will you demand that they tax the rich? Organized people can win demands and unorganized individuals cannot.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 1d

Folks who knit/crochet: Boston Food Not Bombs is seeking donations of hats, gloves, and scarves, as well as yarn that they can use to make hats:

www.instagram.com/p/DQSEViuj1s7

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 2d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...

Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 2d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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