'viktor shtrum'
@viktorshtrum.bsky.social
Lover of trains, bikes, college football, and other stuff, too.
Jewish New Yorker. Thoughts are free.
Urban Studies MA student @ a CUNY school
"Read Marx!" - Lee Gregovich
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Jewish New Yorker. Thoughts are free.
Urban Studies MA student @ a CUNY school
"Read Marx!" - Lee Gregovich
Repost is not an endorsement, I just like pressing the button. Buttons are fun.
Oh I get it, she's a speechwriter so is that why she can't shut the fuck up? She's so used to writing words or saying words?
Her comparison of an Israeli flag shirt and Black Lives Matter shirt is fucking insane
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Oh I get it, she's a speechwriter so is that why she can't shut the fuck up? She's so used to writing words or saying words?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
This is a newspaper headline from Back to the Future 2 when Marty McFly travels to the Biff world.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, REPEAT KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, REPEAT KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH
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Ukrainian drone pilots saw a woman in Pokrovsk running on a treadmill in her backyard
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ukrainian drone pilots saw a woman in Pokrovsk running on a treadmill in her backyard
I would demand they do a full theatrical release (2000 screens, minimum) of The Day The Clown Cried
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I would demand they do a full theatrical release (2000 screens, minimum) of The Day The Clown Cried
Jackie Chan could do the funniest thing
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Jackie Chan could do the funniest thing
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Really must emphasize that Ratner (who was always the worst sort of unoriginal, name-dropping Hollywood sleazebag) is only a darling of Trumpworld because he once forced Olivia Munn to watch him jack off.
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Really must emphasize that Ratner (who was always the worst sort of unoriginal, name-dropping Hollywood sleazebag) is only a darling of Trumpworld because he once forced Olivia Munn to watch him jack off.
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The thing is that I'm temperamentally agreeable to the idea that you should avoid protesting places of worship altogether or to the best of your ability, but this is qualitatively different from claiming that there's nothing illegal or wrong being done when hosting an org that promotes settlement.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The thing is that I'm temperamentally agreeable to the idea that you should avoid protesting places of worship altogether or to the best of your ability, but this is qualitatively different from claiming that there's nothing illegal or wrong being done when hosting an org that promotes settlement.
the idea of a camouflage polo is very funny
Nothing would make me say “lawyer” faster than this guy trying to flex on me
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
the idea of a camouflage polo is very funny
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over and over i ask: do you genuinely think the police will catch the person who stole your package (and what do you actually want to happen to that person, if so)
“Camera doorbells are social cancer as a technology, breaking down social solidarity and further encouraging people to see strangers with suspicion.”
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
over and over i ask: do you genuinely think the police will catch the person who stole your package (and what do you actually want to happen to that person, if so)
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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At 55, I'm at the right age to think everything sucks compared to how things were back when I was hot and nothing hurt when I got out of bed in the morning. But when I talk to young people about the enshittification of basically everything, it's pretty clear that it's not just me being a curmudgeon.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At 55, I'm at the right age to think everything sucks compared to how things were back when I was hot and nothing hurt when I got out of bed in the morning. But when I talk to young people about the enshittification of basically everything, it's pretty clear that it's not just me being a curmudgeon.
Every judge who refuses to jail this clear and present danger for contempt is endangering more Americans
Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![A 5-question exchange in which Greg Bovino is asked if he sees an older gentleman, "expressing his disagreement with [Bovino's] presence in Chicago [who] doesn't like the fact that you are instructing him to move down, right?"
Bovino responds, no, "That individual is failing to follow instructions to vacate the area."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibxlni2hq5i7mycqssosneb3ahdrtvw3ullnbi6y66dtomevhyhh4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Every judge who refuses to jail this clear and present danger for contempt is endangering more Americans
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Zohran mentioned he's going bald on TAFS. So he knows. I think we should use public funds to get him some help with that. Do the Roman pills work?
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Zohran mentioned he's going bald on TAFS. So he knows. I think we should use public funds to get him some help with that. Do the Roman pills work?
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A simpler and more plausible explanation for the meeting is tactical: The federal government can make things difficult for NYC in many ways, and if the new mayor is going to deliver on his agenda he needs to try to limit how much Trump is actively trying to wreck it.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A simpler and more plausible explanation for the meeting is tactical: The federal government can make things difficult for NYC in many ways, and if the new mayor is going to deliver on his agenda he needs to try to limit how much Trump is actively trying to wreck it.
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so here's a funny thing I just thought of: what do you think the chances are that this administration/these congressional majorities would manage a bailout successfully if they tried, as opposed to blowing a ton of money while making the systemic problems worse
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
so here's a funny thing I just thought of: what do you think the chances are that this administration/these congressional majorities would manage a bailout successfully if they tried, as opposed to blowing a ton of money while making the systemic problems worse
Not the point but look at how two right wing blogger Jack-offs treat an accomplished academic and published author.
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not the point but look at how two right wing blogger Jack-offs treat an accomplished academic and published author.
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Omg that COD thing is so embarassing. I'm not a partisan in the FPS wars, I've played both franchises (I prefer BF but I'm not loyal to it) - but omg that is so tacky and cheap. And they charge like $70 (BF costs the same)
I am happy to say I think so far I haven't run into any AI slop gaming
I am happy to say I think so far I haven't run into any AI slop gaming
If 2023 was the year AI slop was embraced by spammers and social media influencers, and 2024 was the year the slop era began in earnest, 2025 was when slop became embedded in our cultural institutions and social spheres.
On the slop layer that we all must navigate now:
On the slop layer that we all must navigate now:
Lost in the slop layer
How AI has encrusted our culture and social sphere in a sedimentary layer of slop.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Omg that COD thing is so embarassing. I'm not a partisan in the FPS wars, I've played both franchises (I prefer BF but I'm not loyal to it) - but omg that is so tacky and cheap. And they charge like $70 (BF costs the same)
I am happy to say I think so far I haven't run into any AI slop gaming
I am happy to say I think so far I haven't run into any AI slop gaming
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Some professional news: I’m coming back to @cityandstateny.bsky.social as editor-in-chief.
I was a fan of C&S when I was a college student emailing to ask for an internship, and I’m still a fan today. Excited to take the helm heading into such a crucial and interesting time in NY politics.
I was a fan of C&S when I was a college student emailing to ask for an internship, and I’m still a fan today. Excited to take the helm heading into such a crucial and interesting time in NY politics.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Some professional news: I’m coming back to @cityandstateny.bsky.social as editor-in-chief.
I was a fan of C&S when I was a college student emailing to ask for an internship, and I’m still a fan today. Excited to take the helm heading into such a crucial and interesting time in NY politics.
I was a fan of C&S when I was a college student emailing to ask for an internship, and I’m still a fan today. Excited to take the helm heading into such a crucial and interesting time in NY politics.