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Seth Pollack

@sethmpk.bsky.social

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Bikes, seltzer, NYC for life. Wayward political organizer.

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Nov 12

Thanks for following me on Twitter for Humans. I’m Seth. I do political advocacy and organizing, largely about housing and healthcare. I live in Brooklyn near a cemetery full of parakeets.

A photo of a scruffy white guy in his 30s who’s wearing an orange jacket and a baseball cap. He’s sitting outside a coffeeshop and waving hi

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Reinvent Albany @reinventalbany.bsky.social · 7d

NEW Report: States that voted for Trump got billions from MTA Spending

Companies in red states by U.S. Senate seats received more than $3.5 billion in MTA payments over 14 years. States that voted for Trump in 2024 received nearly $7 billion from the MTA over this period.

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · 12d

A corrupt SCOTUS just gave the President a veto on Congressional budget power and this is our Democratic leader?

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · 14d

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · Sep 10

GHISLAINE MAXWELL: here we go, boss. a big book of letters from all of your horrible best friends

JEFF EPSTEIN: oh neat! look at this one from Donald

GHISLAINE: that one's fake actually

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Sep 5

My “I’m not dropping my fatally doomed reelection campaign” t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my shirt

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · Sep 5

ok this was an excellent post and Eric Adams dropping out of the race while speaking from a podium that reads "NEVER QUITS" would have been one of the most perfectly Eric Adams things ever to happen

but apparently he's refusing the Trump bribe and staying in the race

lol and lmao

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Making jokes about Adams dropping out of the race is still a form of charity to him, because it suggests that his “campaign” matters. Polling suggests that it doesn’t matter electorally. He’s just saving face and cashing out.

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Sep 5

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matt @lurrie.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hi cooperators. Does the Coop carry Nuun tablets or similar?

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 15

It might have been literally 20 years ago that @kattullus.bsky.social mailed me a mixed CD of the coolest songs I’d ever heard.

The lesson: If you recommend music to a sulky teenager, it might get lodged in their brain forever

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 14

This isn’t even the saddest reporting of how AI hurts people, but it’s really making me want to quit Facebook and Instagram.

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh come on. www.reuters.com/investigates...

"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual, according to Meta's "GenAI: Content Risk Standards." The standards are used by Meta staff and contractors who build and train the company's generative Al products, defining what they should and shouldn't treat as permissible chatbot behavior. Meta said it struck that provision after Reuters inquired about the document earlier this month.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 12

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study

Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

www.bloomberg.com

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 11

Chuck Schumer’s response emails to my constituent complaints are taking so long lately, by the time I get them, I can’t even remember which atrocity I had written to him about specifically

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 8

Cliff! An excellent addition

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 8

Those are both so good

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 8

Manzanita is adorable

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 6

Almost included that one but it seemed a little too hifalutin

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 6

Does anyone have an earbud recommendation? I loved Jabra but they stopped making earbuds, and the top Wirecutter rec seems to have been broken by an iOS update

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 6

Lower Manhattan Streets That Are Also Good Names for Cats:
• Baxter
• Delancey
• Carlisle
• Mosco
• Murray
• Monroe
• Catherine Lane

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 3

The original electric car is the human heart

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Incredibles and The Incredibles 2 came out 14 years apart, yet they take place seemingly within the span of maybe a week. No one is talking about this

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Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Jul 28

R/malelivingspace, rate my living room

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Jul 28

All great but I really love this very rare thylacine representation

Seth Pollack @sethmpk.bsky.social · Jul 19

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough.

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