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✍🏽 writer, editor, leftist 🌹 let your naysayers be your wayfarers on the journey to success 🛸 editorial @rooseveltinstitute.org @rooseveltforward.org and member @nyguild.bsky.social
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commie corridor, queens
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commie corridor, queens
aotearoa / new zealand
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- lupins in bloom at lake tekapo
- trail to aoraki / mt. cook
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- lupins in bloom at lake tekapo
- trail to aoraki / mt. cook
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
aotearoa / new zealand
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- lupins in bloom at lake tekapo
- trail to aoraki / mt. cook
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- lupins in bloom at lake tekapo
- trail to aoraki / mt. cook
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Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:
If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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Is ChatGPT Conscious?
Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
nymag.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:
If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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"I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to someone who I suspected was lying to me with each and every response. I also don’t know if I’ve interviewed anyone I so desperately wanted to hear the truth from."
a wild story
a wild story
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to someone who I suspected was lying to me with each and every response. I also don’t know if I’ve interviewed anyone I so desperately wanted to hear the truth from."
a wild story
a wild story
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If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
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For Elle, I wrote about intimacy coordinators—a really fascinating and varied group of people—and asked them how they feel about the rapid rise and recent backlash to their profession. They surprised me. www.elle.com/culture/movi...
Why Some Stars Are Skipping Intimacy Coordinators—and What It Means for Hollywood Sets
The rise of intimacy coordinators on film sets was seen as one of the most tangible wins of the MeToo movement. So why has the tide started to turn?
www.elle.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For Elle, I wrote about intimacy coordinators—a really fascinating and varied group of people—and asked them how they feel about the rapid rise and recent backlash to their profession. They surprised me. www.elle.com/culture/movi...
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Today at @rooseveltinstitute.org we have two new blog posts by @maraheneghan.bsky.social As. Director, Health and Political Economy Project at the New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy tackling medical debt in the United States....1/2
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-me...
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-me...
What Medical Debt Cancellation Teaches Us About Our Failing Health-Care System - Roosevelt Institute
It is a somber year for health care in America. While we commemorate both the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid and the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we’re watching health...
rooseveltinstitute.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today at @rooseveltinstitute.org we have two new blog posts by @maraheneghan.bsky.social As. Director, Health and Political Economy Project at the New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy tackling medical debt in the United States....1/2
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-me...
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-me...
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In the midst of its criminal assault on Gaza, Israel killed hundreds of Palestinian journalists bearing witness to its brutality. It also remade its own press outlets into vehicles abetting genocide.
These crimes can’t be swept under the rug.
These crimes can’t be swept under the rug.
Israel’s Slaughter of Journalists Can’t Go Unpunished
In the midst of its criminal assault on Gaza, Israel killed hundreds of Palestinian journalists bearing witness to its brutality. It also remade its own press outlets into vehicles abetting genocide. These crimes can’t be swept under the rug.
jacobin.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In the midst of its criminal assault on Gaza, Israel killed hundreds of Palestinian journalists bearing witness to its brutality. It also remade its own press outlets into vehicles abetting genocide.
These crimes can’t be swept under the rug.
These crimes can’t be swept under the rug.
letting larry summers touch your economic platform is disqualifying even without his epstein ties
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
letting larry summers touch your economic platform is disqualifying even without his epstein ties
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@jeffhauser.bsky.social says it best: "Only insane people would seek out the counsel of a man who relies on Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and Milton Friedman for economic inspiration.”
Summers story updates:
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding CAP’s ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@jeffhauser.bsky.social says it best: "Only insane people would seek out the counsel of a man who relies on Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and Milton Friedman for economic inspiration.”
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The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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SJP, Indivisible, Gay Nerd Association, your local YIMBY sex club, environmentalist cult, the NIMBY sex club, your labor union's reform caucus, your un-unionized workplace's group chat; EWOC, Ewok gang, whatever. Fuck you. Get up.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
SJP, Indivisible, Gay Nerd Association, your local YIMBY sex club, environmentalist cult, the NIMBY sex club, your labor union's reform caucus, your un-unionized workplace's group chat; EWOC, Ewok gang, whatever. Fuck you. Get up.
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In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations. www.wired.com/story/welcom...
Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State
In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations. www.wired.com/story/welcom...
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Ms. Rachel (Rachel Griffin Accurso), the extremely popular children’s educator, said she unsubscribed from the The New York Times, “because of its biased and dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians and Palestine, and its failure to uphold journalistic integrity.”
Over 300 writers, scholars, public...
Over 300 writers, scholars, public...
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ms. Rachel (Rachel Griffin Accurso), the extremely popular children’s educator, said she unsubscribed from the The New York Times, “because of its biased and dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians and Palestine, and its failure to uphold journalistic integrity.”
Over 300 writers, scholars, public...
Over 300 writers, scholars, public...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
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NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order To Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
an injury to one is an injury to all //
Donate to support unionists in the West Bank—the latest payment of $643 went to the Palestinian Electricians Union in southern Hebron to pay for food baskets for members who lost their jobs after 10/7 chuffed.org/project/soli...
Donate to support unionists in the West Bank—the latest payment of $643 went to the Palestinian Electricians Union in southern Hebron to pay for food baskets for members who lost their jobs after 10/7 chuffed.org/project/soli...
Solidarity with Palestinian Union Workers
Solidarity with Palestinian Union Workers
chuffed.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
an injury to one is an injury to all //
Donate to support unionists in the West Bank—the latest payment of $643 went to the Palestinian Electricians Union in southern Hebron to pay for food baskets for members who lost their jobs after 10/7 chuffed.org/project/soli...
Donate to support unionists in the West Bank—the latest payment of $643 went to the Palestinian Electricians Union in southern Hebron to pay for food baskets for members who lost their jobs after 10/7 chuffed.org/project/soli...
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Rich people are not entitled to a private audience with politicians just because they happen to be rich.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Rich people are not entitled to a private audience with politicians just because they happen to be rich.
YOU: policy wonk or policy-curious who likes an argument in 500 words or less
US: conveners of takes, always thoughtful and occasionally hot
come park your camel for a bit (universal and free at the point of use!):
caravanseraiforum.substack.com
US: conveners of takes, always thoughtful and occasionally hot
come park your camel for a bit (universal and free at the point of use!):
caravanseraiforum.substack.com
Caravanserai | Substack
A forum for policy and culture. Click to read Caravanserai, a Substack publication.
caravanseraiforum.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
YOU: policy wonk or policy-curious who likes an argument in 500 words or less
US: conveners of takes, always thoughtful and occasionally hot
come park your camel for a bit (universal and free at the point of use!):
caravanseraiforum.substack.com
US: conveners of takes, always thoughtful and occasionally hot
come park your camel for a bit (universal and free at the point of use!):
caravanseraiforum.substack.com
"If you are going to pursue an uncertain outcome, you might as well pursue the uncertain outcome that you want, rather than one that will not give you what you want even if it succeeds."
Fight For What You Actually Want remains the savviest political strategy even though it is the least embraced by the people who consider themselves the most savvy.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/do-what-yo...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/do-what-yo...
Do What You Believe In
How to navigate a complex political world.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"If you are going to pursue an uncertain outcome, you might as well pursue the uncertain outcome that you want, rather than one that will not give you what you want even if it succeeds."
"Mamdani’s agenda treats affordability of essentials as democratic obligation, not market efficiency." @isabellamweber.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Mamdani’s agenda treats affordability of essentials as democratic obligation, not market efficiency." @isabellamweber.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...