zach lennon-simon
@lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social
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union organizer, writer/video editor, & one of the last born & raised Brooklynites to still live in Brooklyn.
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lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social every time I call your office, your staff has assured me that you would never turn your back on the trans community. why did you vote for a bill that strips them of their fundamental healthcare rights?
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lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov I will be calling your office every day for the rest of our miserable lives demanding to know why you betrayed my trans friends
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social
These are the 27 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate that voted yea to pass S 2296, a Defense bill that bans trans healthcare from TriCARE, bans trans women from competing in armed services collegiate sports, and guts a swath of DEI programs & reports in the DoD.
Angela Alsobrooks (MD)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Richard Blumenthal (CT)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
Chris Coons (DE)
John Fetterman (PA)
Ruben Gallego (AZ)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Martin Heinrich (NM)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Mazie Hirono (HI)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Ben Ray Lujan (NM)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jack Reed (RI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Chuck Schumer (NY)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Mark Warner (VA)
Raphael Warnock (GA)
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
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fascistdemtracker.bsky.social
These are the 27 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate that voted yea to pass S 2296, a Defense bill that bans trans healthcare from TriCARE, bans trans women from competing in armed services collegiate sports, and guts a swath of DEI programs & reports in the DoD.
Angela Alsobrooks (MD)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Richard Blumenthal (CT)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
Chris Coons (DE)
John Fetterman (PA)
Ruben Gallego (AZ)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Martin Heinrich (NM)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Mazie Hirono (HI)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Ben Ray Lujan (NM)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
Gary Peters (MI)
Jack Reed (RI)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Chuck Schumer (NY)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Mark Warner (VA)
Raphael Warnock (GA)
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
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gregpak.net
this is the weakest person who has ever lived
newsguy.bsky.social
The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
www.theguardian.com
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samadams.bsky.social
the suggestion of playing “hot or not” with Palestinian statehood is so breathtakingly offensive I don’t even know where to start
aaronnarraph.bsky.social
the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting
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mattnegrin.bsky.social
That (NPR!) journalists think AI is a creative engine that can finesse iconic productions is not just context for the crap quality of writing in media but alarmingly the inability among a class of supposedly professional scrutinizers to distinguish between art and slop, good and bad, truth and lie
junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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noahs.bsky.social
that’s a very good reason to do so but also if you need a second one Wells Fargo let someone wash a check of mine, cash it for all the money in my checking account (which they only could have known if they had an employee on the inside) and then refused to extend me credit and stalled on reversing
noamlaw.bsky.social
want to close your Wells Fargo account because you want to punish them for siccing ICE on a building of impoverished immigrants that Wells Fargo execs wanted to foreclose and sell?

here's how
mamamurphy.bsky.social
Here’s how you can close your account:

Call 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557)
Visit a Wells Fargo branch near you.
You can close most accounts immediately when:

The account has a positive or zero balance.
All deposits, outstanding and pending items are posted.
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ultralaser.bsky.social
fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e

like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
vt-vagabond.bsky.social
There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.
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keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
dlknowles.bsky.social
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
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lollardfish.bsky.social
I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.
thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social
all flags should fly at half mast for this legend!!!!!
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.
Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
wait it's possible to move from pilot studies to permanent implementation of basic income? please tell everyone except Andrew Yang about this
mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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luckytran.com
Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.

Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
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resistrebelrevolt.net
Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."
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crushbort.bsky.social
how insane was it to say “we tortured some folks” and then not only not do anything about it but keep everyone involved in polite society. what did we think was going to happen after that