Phil Mandelbaum
@philmandelbaum.bsky.social
Nonprofit x Political x Digital Strategy + Activation | Design | Journalism | Work: AP, NWU, Stand Up For Science, National Writers Union, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Melina Abdullah, Cat Brooks, Noelle Cook • philmandelbaum.com • aka @awkword.bsky.social
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How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
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How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
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Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
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“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
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ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes…
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
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And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
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February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes…
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation
electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...
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New: The Trump arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social has backfired, giving biggest boost of his online career. In two weeks, he's gained 300k on Instagram, 140k on YouTube, 73% on Substack and started selling arrest-themed merch. "They elevated me," he said in interview wapo.st/3OfiGxz
Trump officials condemned Don Lemon. He’s bigger than ever after arrest.
The administration’s attacks on Lemon and independent journalists have boosted their online attention and revenue.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
New: The Trump arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social has backfired, giving biggest boost of his online career. In two weeks, he's gained 300k on Instagram, 140k on YouTube, 73% on Substack and started selling arrest-themed merch. "They elevated me," he said in interview wapo.st/3OfiGxz
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There's a few likely consequences of having free buses...and they will probably surprise you! Really happy to be able to share this perspective today in the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
There's a few likely consequences of having free buses...and they will probably surprise you! Really happy to be able to share this perspective today in the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
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I read through the texts, emails, and iMessages between Steve Bannon and his good friend, and self described “cornerman,” convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. My dispatch from the files:
www.ms.now/news/steve-b...
www.ms.now/news/steve-b...
Steve Bannon had a plan to rehabilitate Jeffrey Epstein, files reveal. Will MAGA care?
Trump’s former adviser maintained a relationship with Epstein long after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
www.ms.now
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I read through the texts, emails, and iMessages between Steve Bannon and his good friend, and self described “cornerman,” convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. My dispatch from the files:
www.ms.now/news/steve-b...
www.ms.now/news/steve-b...
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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How fucked up of a state do you have to be, that the AG feels he needs to remind
running lawmakers that:
Bribery and extortion is a crime..
Seriously.. 🤦🏻♀️
#SheShed
running lawmakers that:
Bribery and extortion is a crime..
Seriously.. 🤦🏻♀️
#SheShed
February 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
How fucked up of a state do you have to be, that the AG feels he needs to remind
running lawmakers that:
Bribery and extortion is a crime..
Seriously.. 🤦🏻♀️
#SheShed
running lawmakers that:
Bribery and extortion is a crime..
Seriously.. 🤦🏻♀️
#SheShed
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February 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”
🚨 new from me 🚨
ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.
How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could
🚨 new from me 🚨
ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.
How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could
ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.
“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most
www.counterpunch.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”
🚨 new from me 🚨
ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.
How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could
🚨 new from me 🚨
ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.
How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could
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The *real* story of Black Lives Matter
Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social
My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...
Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social
My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...
How White Supremacist Fearmongering Broke Apart Black Lives Matter
"Black lives matter — I get it now,” my aunt declared in 2020. “You’ve been saying it for years.” Yes, I told her. I have. It shouldn’t have taken the
www.counterpunch.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The *real* story of Black Lives Matter
Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social
My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...
Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social
My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...
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“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social
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AI drones used in Gaza are now surveilling American cities…
And corporate media isn’t covering it.
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...
And corporate media isn’t covering it.
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...
February 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
AI drones used in Gaza are now surveilling American cities…
And corporate media isn’t covering it.
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...
And corporate media isn’t covering it.
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-ai-dro...
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The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is awarded the order of freedom by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the International Olympic Committee's decision to bar him from the Winter Olympics. “Remembrance is not a violation,” Zelenskyy said www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is awarded the order of freedom by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the International Olympic Committee's decision to bar him from the Winter Olympics. “Remembrance is not a violation,” Zelenskyy said www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A trump voter tells donald he's not moving on from the Epstein files.
He says: "I'm a conservative and I voted for you and I care about this more than anything.....our country is run by rich pedophiles who do whatever they want with no consequences."
Is the cult cracking?
He says: "I'm a conservative and I voted for you and I care about this more than anything.....our country is run by rich pedophiles who do whatever they want with no consequences."
Is the cult cracking?
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
A trump voter tells donald he's not moving on from the Epstein files.
He says: "I'm a conservative and I voted for you and I care about this more than anything.....our country is run by rich pedophiles who do whatever they want with no consequences."
Is the cult cracking?
He says: "I'm a conservative and I voted for you and I care about this more than anything.....our country is run by rich pedophiles who do whatever they want with no consequences."
Is the cult cracking?
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Whitehouse finally recognizes what is inside their own building 🤣🤣🤣
February 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Whitehouse finally recognizes what is inside their own building 🤣🤣🤣
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🚨 The exercise, known as Hedgehog 2025, involved more than 16,000 troops from 12 NATO countries who drilled alongside Ukrainian drone experts, including soldiers borrowed from the front line.
archive.ph/2026.02.13-2...
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
archive.ph/2026.02.13-2...
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
Opinion | NATO Has Seen the Future and Is Unprepared
A simulation of drone warfare shows how far the alliance has to go to learn the lessons of Ukraine.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
🚨 The exercise, known as Hedgehog 2025, involved more than 16,000 troops from 12 NATO countries who drilled alongside Ukrainian drone experts, including soldiers borrowed from the front line.
archive.ph/2026.02.13-2...
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
archive.ph/2026.02.13-2...
www.wsj.com/opinion/nato...
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Case in point: Federal immigration enforcement agents are using facial recognition technology to track and record U.S. citizen observers, according to a federal court declaration in Minnesota. | KTSP youtu.be/Z9_kxOnXJ_4
ICE uses facial recognition to track citizen observers in Minnesota, federal court filing says
YouTube video by KSTP 5 Eyewitness News
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Case in point: Federal immigration enforcement agents are using facial recognition technology to track and record U.S. citizen observers, according to a federal court declaration in Minnesota. | KTSP youtu.be/Z9_kxOnXJ_4
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Bovino comes off as an incel.
Border patrol chief Greg Bovino tried to flirt with a journalist…
“I’d love to see you bustling around the gubner’s kitchen fixing us a pie. I truly would.”
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
“I’d love to see you bustling around the gubner’s kitchen fixing us a pie. I truly would.”
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Bovino comes off as an incel.
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Border patrol chief Greg Bovino tried to flirt with a journalist…
“I’d love to see you bustling around the gubner’s kitchen fixing us a pie. I truly would.”
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
“I’d love to see you bustling around the gubner’s kitchen fixing us a pie. I truly would.”
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Border patrol chief Greg Bovino tried to flirt with a journalist…
“I’d love to see you bustling around the gubner’s kitchen fixing us a pie. I truly would.”
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
“I’d love to see you bustling around the gubner’s kitchen fixing us a pie. I truly would.”
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
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February 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent - The American Prospect
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison assaulted immigrants.
prospect.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.