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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 57m

What I want @schumer.senate.gov to understand is that the reason Mamdani is popular is what he is saying. Not that he's saying it in a well-produced video. It is the policy position that is attractive to New Yorkers.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 3h

I respect @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social as a writer, but I reported this story 3 days ago, the story uses some of my same sources, and it's now at the top of the Post website, with no acknowledgement that @prospect.org already published it.
Read the Prospect, get the news first.

Post story on the Labor Department warning of immigration enforcement threatening the food supply, 10/11/25

Prospect story on the Labor Department warning of immigration enforcement threatening the food supply, 10/8/25

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 12h

⭕️ BREAKING: CNN reports that Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal.

“The occupation refused to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,” a Hamas official told CNN on Friday.

💔💔💔💔

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 6h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING NEWS--THE MASS LAYOFFS BEGIN--‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/subs...

‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape th...

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 1d

At the meeting, I would also exercise my Weingarten rights and bring a union rep.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 1d

I recognize that not everyone can take an argumentative stance against their employer and that it is a perilous time overall. However, I would copy/paste my job description into an email and attach the union contract.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 1d

Here, take a break from the peace prize angst and rest your eyes on my latest story in @prospect.org about crypto bros' promise to turn us all into landlords by slicing properties into tiny investments. If you're old enough to remember 2008, well, idk what to tell you. Time is a flat circle.

Crypto Bros Want to Create Micro Landlords

Crypto executives are selling investors fractions of buildings in yet another scheme to reinvent an existing activity and say rules don’t apply because it’s on the blockchain.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

yeah uh not sure this Nobel Peace Prize is the anti-Trump dunk so many people seem to believe it is www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...

For now, her greatest hope — and that of the majority of Venezuelans, who are opposed to the regime — lies in Trump and his desire to ensure Maduro’s political demise.

“I totally support his strategy,” Machado told me. “And I’ve said on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think it is the right thing to do. It’s courageous. It’s visionary.”

But attacking a speedboat? Killing 11 citizens? “I’m in favour of the US dismantling this criminal structure.”

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like the fact that everyone is so focused on how Trump didn't win the award he wanted is proof that we're trapped in some abusive mass psychological phenomenon. And there's something like this every day.

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 1d

NEW: L.A. Times journalists just voted to authorize the newsroom’s first open-ended strike.

Eighty-five percent of the @latguild.bsky.social voted to support the strike. Just over 200 workers — 98% of members — took part in the historic vote.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 1d

Sign the petition to support the @nydnunion.bsky.social fight against private equity vultures! Support the workers of New York's hometown paper!

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 1d

In these tough times, Michigan’s home care workers remind us what collective power looks like.

32,000 workers fought, won, and reclaimed their union. 💜💪 #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll

April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 1d

In a moment when our democracy feels fragile & our freedoms under attack, 32k home care workers in Michigan are giving us something powerful: hope. These powerful workers fought, won & took back their union. Congrats to the workers w/ MI Home Care Workers United & @seiuhcmi.bsky.social #UnionsForAll

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 2d

They approach illegality the same way corporations do, with the understanding that fines and legal fees are nothing more than a routine cost of doing business. They build it into their budget.

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration does not care about doing illegal things. Part of the reason is that lawsuits take years and they don't care about anything hat far off. And if they have to pay money big deal.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 2d

So so happy to see Brooklyn's own Craig Taborn get a genius grant. One of my favorite pianists ever. Here's a moody solo he played years ago at the Skopje Jazz Fest.

Craig Taborn solo, live @ Skopje Jazz Festival 2015

YouTube video by skopjejazzfest

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 3d

Hell yeah, let's go. Some of her platform issues were improving the civic response to mental health crises, affordable housing, and preparing the local infrastructure for climate disasters, and she won in conservative, macho Fairbanks.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 3d

Hours after burying his wife, two children and grandson, Palestinian journalist Wael al-Dahdouh went back on air to continue reporting

His ability to continue his job while Israel killed tens of thousands of Gazans around him has turned him into an icon of bravery

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d

The guy we are saving with $20B bailout

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 3d

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 3d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 3d

WE WILL RUN OUT OF FOOD.

The fact we aren’t using this precious & precarious moment to rebuild our food system around need & not profit - changing what we eat, how we produce food & how we transport it - will prove our gravest & most suicidal mistake.

One year’s worth of bread lost in UK to wrecked harvests since 2020, report finds

Worsening droughts and floods have destroyed wheat for 4bn loaves of bread and forced record levels of imports

www.theguardian.com

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 7d

It looks like they won some nice gains!

WGA Members at CBS News Ratify New Union Contract | Press Room

Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) members at CBS News and management reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. The contract was overwhelmingl...

www.wgaeast.org

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 7d

since newswriters and others recently ratified a new union contract with @wgaeast.bsky.social, I’d suggest everyone covered force her to try to get rid of them and then absolutely wreck her with ULPs

Michael Mirer @michaelmirer.bsky.social · 7d

The question is whether people should quit or make Bari spend her time firing them for doing journalism. I honestly don't know what to think.

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 7d

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10d

conservative constitutional jurisprudence: "the Special Boy legal school of thought. It holds that Donald Trump is America’s most Special Boy, and nothing whatsoever can be allowed to interfere with any of the Special Boy’s goals or cause him a moment’s discomfort." h/t @fleerultra.bsky.social

The Real Problem With the Trump Shutdown

The reactionary Supreme Court has given him Congress’s power of the purse.

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