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🇨🇦 book lover, bball fan; 7th ward squatter; history buff.
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Really nice investigative work from Monacelli of the Texas Observer.

Note "courtroom observation": the reporter sat in on his trials, noted the times he appeared to be typing on his phone, and watched his tweets appear in real time.
stevanzetti.bsky.social steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Feb 19
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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thomasronge.bsky.social
Nothing to see here, literally! Just 6ft me standing, you read that right, standing upright in front of a truck.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
A 6ft tall person standing in front of a pickup truck, the top of his head barely reaching to the top of the hood.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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notyournegro.blacksky.app
92%. 🙌🏾
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
*taps sign*
awalkerinla.bsky.social Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 26
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost." soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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smartbitches.bsky.social
In 2001, immediately after 9/11, I made a rule for myself:

I do not let white men on screens tell me things.

This has probably lifted my baseline mental health by about 21%.
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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xitter-refugee.bsky.social
#ReleaseTheFiles
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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salenagodden.bsky.social
Not enough posts for Jamaica on Bluesky: Here’s some information from the Black Music Movement. An open call for ways you can help and show up. This time last week, the Category 5 hurricane Melissa did her worse, I’ll keep sharing what I can find, let’s unite, Jamaica needs help 🇯🇲❤️
An Open Call for Organising Relief for Jamaica Calling all: • Artists • Charities • CIC's • Organisations • Businesses • Individuals Join Black Music Movement in creating a people led network to: • Raise Money • Collect Essential Donations • Ship them directly to Jamaica • Support Volunteers to help rebuild • Build Long term support Networks THE AIM Volunteers Black Music Movement will have a volunteer in Jamaica to co-ordinate relief directly to local communities on the ground We are asking for volunteers in the UK to help set up: • fundraising events • do donation drives • deliver essentials for shipping • co-ordinate fundraising • help with admin We will release a guide to volunteering on the ground in Jamaica And build a direct support network between the UK and Jamaica to foster direct relief THE AIM - Fundraisers Rebuilding will be a longterm effort that needs to continue when the media attention fades Black Music Movement believes in the Power of Arts and organisations to keep the awareness of important issues at the forefront of peoples minds We are calling for artists, organisations and businesses to find a small way to get people involved in either donation drives, direct community donations or to find ways to donate themselves with special products, concerts or events The biggest impact we can have is by keeping momentum going through a longer period of time to sustain the support needed as rebuilding continues over the coming months
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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docvanden.bsky.social
Fuck.
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 8d
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
TheAsset-can't the Europeans make police procedurals without being racist or sexist?
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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rabbir.bsky.social
Cuomo’s final ads are everything but a jump scare with Mamdani pouncing out of the dark. At least we’ll have the right way to remember him, as Cuomo’s political career fades to black.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d
I saw a Cuomo ad last night that was basically "if there's another 9/11, we need a mayor with experience like Andrew Cuomo," and it made me wonder, wait, what was Andrew Cuomo doing on 9/11?

Well, he was probably preoccupied with damage control for this:

nypost.com/2001/09/10/p...
PROBE RIPS ANDY IN $130M HUD MESS By Deborah Orin Published Sep. 10, 2001, 4:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON – Federal watchdogs today will testify that Andrew Cuomo’s “lax oversight” let crooks loot a housing program for the poor that will now cost taxpayers $130 million to bail out. At issue is Cuomo’s role as Bill Clinton’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development and his pet home-ownership program for the poor, which collapsed in scandal. Today’s bipartisan congressional hearing was called by Rep. Sue Kelly (R-Westchester), with Reps. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) – who backs Cuomo’s gubernatorial rival Carl McCall – and Felix Grucci (R-L.I.) also expected. “Decisions made during [Cuomo’s] tenure opened up this program to widespread fraud and abuse while the concerns of federal investigators were ignored,” Kelly said. The program was supposed to help poor people fix up housing. But instead, it left tenants stuck in 719 homes – including almost 200 Harlem brownstones – that are mostly a mess, in foreclosure and, in some cases, without heat.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.
goldengateblond.bsky.social shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 10d
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
from people magazine Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results The president predicted that Democratic Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam By Greta Bjornson | Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT from people magazine Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42 Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown By Bailey Richards Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT
November 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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docrevan.bsky.social
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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czedwards.bsky.social
If you’re in the Baltimore area, and need to cut food costs, there’s a program run by Catholic Charities called Share Food. It’s basically a bulk buying & volunteer packing community that gets you a 50% discount on groceries. I used the Denver version for years, and never saw any proselytizing.
SHARE Food Network - Catholic Charities DC
The SHARE Food Network offers nutritious groceries at a 50 percent discount. Food packages, which include fresh produce and protein items, are available monthly through a network of community-based ho...
www.catholiccharitiesdc.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I see a lot of "ICE is doing this to even CITIZENS!!" responses, and… who cares if it's citizens. Who cares if it's people undocumented or here The Wrong Way. The lustful violence is incommensurate with any possible justification no matter the targets. They are evil. Fundamentally, biblically evil.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cnn 6pm line up starting w breathless royal news is closing in on Entertainment Tonight
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bublik in Paris (responding to coach's advice): "I dont wanna win a slam, I wanna retire, so f** off." #BUBLIK TENNIS
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Images of creative Dutch biking infrastructure
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Catastrophic #flooding in Santa cruz #jamaica 🇯🇲 being reported! #melissa #hurricane
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: “FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM