Stephanie Gal
@stephaniegal.bsky.social
I used to just post about safe streets, but there's a lot going on right now. I'm worried about the climate, growing fascism, injustice, and my friends in Palestine. Also will be giving my observations of the US after living in Greece for 10 months.
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We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous
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and a h/t to Somerville, Easthampton et al for updating their legal filing
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
and a h/t to Somerville, Easthampton et al for updating their legal filing
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
WeAintBuyingIt.com Indivisible is asking people not to purchase from Home Depot, Amazon, and Target over the Thanksgiving weekend. These aren't the only companies complicit in Trump's attack on democracy, but they're major ones, and economic pressure works best when coordinated. Make yourself heard!
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
WeAintBuyingIt.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
WeAintBuyingIt.com Indivisible is asking people not to purchase from Home Depot, Amazon, and Target over the Thanksgiving weekend. These aren't the only companies complicit in Trump's attack on democracy, but they're major ones, and economic pressure works best when coordinated. Make yourself heard!
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Here is how catastrophically bad the life science scene is right now.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Here is how catastrophically bad the life science scene is right now.
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Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
Somerville YIMBY sent out this graphic about the changing demographics in Somerville. Wow. Wowowowow. Although I do have some questions about the chart, see alt text.
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Somerville YIMBY sent out this graphic about the changing demographics in Somerville. Wow. Wowowowow. Although I do have some questions about the chart, see alt text.
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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I sometimes wonder if Americans truly understand the global scale of political disruptions, political interference, open violence and destabilization their country has inflicted on millions--billions?--over the decades
I'd wager most don't given what I know of how US history is taught
I'd wager most don't given what I know of how US history is taught
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I sometimes wonder if Americans truly understand the global scale of political disruptions, political interference, open violence and destabilization their country has inflicted on millions--billions?--over the decades
I'd wager most don't given what I know of how US history is taught
I'd wager most don't given what I know of how US history is taught
Typhoid outbreak, that had to be pretty uncommon, right?
McDonald's Shrimp Salad (1985-1986): A garden salad topped hardboiled eggs and mini shrimp cocktail. This offering made national headlines when improperly stored shrimp led to a typhoid outbreak in Maryland. This salad has popped back up in some European markets in recent years
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Typhoid outbreak, that had to be pretty uncommon, right?
Honest question: who is buying all these "celebrity" memoirs? What is this market for these navel gazing books? I'm thinking of Cory Booker's "Speech of the Century" (about a speech which accomplished) and this whole thing about Olivia Nuzzi. Who buys these? Do they read them?
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Honest question: who is buying all these "celebrity" memoirs? What is this market for these navel gazing books? I'm thinking of Cory Booker's "Speech of the Century" (about a speech which accomplished) and this whole thing about Olivia Nuzzi. Who buys these? Do they read them?
They caused other suffering, they learned to look away
"a tale about [ppl] able to look away bc they had learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering: the financial meltdowns some in the network helped trigger, the misbegotten wars some in the network pushed, the overdose crisis..."
"a tale about [ppl] able to look away bc they had learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering: the financial meltdowns some in the network helped trigger, the misbegotten wars some in the network pushed, the overdose crisis..."
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
They caused other suffering, they learned to look away
"a tale about [ppl] able to look away bc they had learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering: the financial meltdowns some in the network helped trigger, the misbegotten wars some in the network pushed, the overdose crisis..."
"a tale about [ppl] able to look away bc they had learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering: the financial meltdowns some in the network helped trigger, the misbegotten wars some in the network pushed, the overdose crisis..."
Probably nothing to worry about here
Early in his second term, Trump signed an order reinstating federal executions and encouraged states to expand the use of capital punishment.
Rev. Jeff Hood has seen many of these executions up close and believes that they illustrate our society’s increasing movement in a more violent direction.
Rev. Jeff Hood has seen many of these executions up close and believes that they illustrate our society’s increasing movement in a more violent direction.
Executions are rising in the US. This reverend witnesses them.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers for the final moments of…
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Probably nothing to worry about here
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This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my kind of good trouble.
This should not be normalized in any way. US intelligence points to the prince’s involvement. Khashoggi was a journalist - this is about so much more than his unjust death.
Trump shrugs off Khashoggi murder during Saudi prince’s White House visit
Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to major non-Nato ally after claiming Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about murder of journalist
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This should not be normalized in any way. US intelligence points to the prince’s involvement. Khashoggi was a journalist - this is about so much more than his unjust death.
I don’t think this is any more sophisticated than simple division from the federal budget, normalized per capita, but even so, that’s a lot of money (you can look at Somerville specifically).
www.notmytaxdollars.org
www.notmytaxdollars.org
Not My Tax Dollars
Find out how much of your city's federal tax dollars went to Israel, and what your community could look like if we stopped exporting our taxes to Israel.
www.notmytaxdollars.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I don’t think this is any more sophisticated than simple division from the federal budget, normalized per capita, but even so, that’s a lot of money (you can look at Somerville specifically).
www.notmytaxdollars.org
www.notmytaxdollars.org
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
This is a fascinating read that I would argue is about vanity and branding, and of course people’s insecurities. And I reflect on one definition of extremism: that you are willing to give up something sacred to protect your beliefs. To allow a child to die certainly meets that definition.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is a fascinating read that I would argue is about vanity and branding, and of course people’s insecurities. And I reflect on one definition of extremism: that you are willing to give up something sacred to protect your beliefs. To allow a child to die certainly meets that definition.
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Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
Teachers fight off grizzly bear attacking schoolchildren
A grizzly bear attacked a group of elementary schoolchildren and their teachers on a walking trail Thursday in British Columbia, injuring 11 people,
mynorthwest.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
“one teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get away…he jabbed the bear’s eyes with his fingers and that’s how he was able to… how the bear just left him.”
“That teacher was later airlifted from the scene.”
Teachers are heroes.
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Cycle chic from NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Cycle chic from NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
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IANAL but this guy is and he has an excellent explainer up on how to behave if an undocumented person flees immigration enforcement into your home or business.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
IANAL but this guy is and he has an excellent explainer up on how to behave if an undocumented person flees immigration enforcement into your home or business.
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In memory of all our lost transgender friends and neighbours.
20th November, The Transgender Day of Remembrance
亡くなった全てのトランスジェンダーの同胞たちを偲んで。
11月20日、トランスジェンダー追悼の日
20th November, The Transgender Day of Remembrance
亡くなった全てのトランスジェンダーの同胞たちを偲んで。
11月20日、トランスジェンダー追悼の日
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In memory of all our lost transgender friends and neighbours.
20th November, The Transgender Day of Remembrance
亡くなった全てのトランスジェンダーの同胞たちを偲んで。
11月20日、トランスジェンダー追悼の日
20th November, The Transgender Day of Remembrance
亡くなった全てのトランスジェンダーの同胞たちを偲んで。
11月20日、トランスジェンダー追悼の日
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.
Because a lot of leftists/progressives have pseudo conspiratorial models of reality where they think the only reason Americans live in suburbs is bc GM tore up the streetcar lines in LA etc.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.