@bridgetscallen.bsky.social
@bridgedet313.bsky.social ky.social
I will be emailing to connect w/ editor on due diligence for pieces by
@malachibarrett.bsky.social
in '24 & '23 in which he quoted Jeff Cowin. Months ago he expressed interest to correct the record. Giving credence to a predator undermines your own credibility.
I will be emailing to connect w/ editor on due diligence for pieces by
@malachibarrett.bsky.social
in '24 & '23 in which he quoted Jeff Cowin. Months ago he expressed interest to correct the record. Giving credence to a predator undermines your own credibility.
September 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
@bridgedet313.bsky.social ky.social
I will be emailing to connect w/ editor on due diligence for pieces by
@malachibarrett.bsky.social
in '24 & '23 in which he quoted Jeff Cowin. Months ago he expressed interest to correct the record. Giving credence to a predator undermines your own credibility.
I will be emailing to connect w/ editor on due diligence for pieces by
@malachibarrett.bsky.social
in '24 & '23 in which he quoted Jeff Cowin. Months ago he expressed interest to correct the record. Giving credence to a predator undermines your own credibility.
This @nypd-official.bsky.social disrespect reminds me of the occasion when a cop at a PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENT at Grand Army Plaza said "do you speak English" in same racist tone. I had not heard her Q bc their stereo was blasting. Still no idea of her gibberish.
Ps. Está soltero con ganas de moverse?
Ps. Está soltero con ganas de moverse?
BREAKING: Per NYPD spokesman, "We are aware of the video. The incident is under internal review." nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/m...
Monday's Headlines: 'We Speak English in America' Edition - Streetsblog New York City
Read that talk bubble. That's really what the cop said to a man under arrest. Plus other news from a busy weekend.
nyc.streetsblog.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This @nypd-official.bsky.social disrespect reminds me of the occasion when a cop at a PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENT at Grand Army Plaza said "do you speak English" in same racist tone. I had not heard her Q bc their stereo was blasting. Still no idea of her gibberish.
Ps. Está soltero con ganas de moverse?
Ps. Está soltero con ganas de moverse?
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A Minnesota landlord tried to evict a family because their autistic son was said to be making "too much noise." Legal aid intervened, citing disability discrimination, and kept them housed.
Now Trump's HUD is slashing the grants that made this defense possible, part of its assault on fair housing.
Now Trump's HUD is slashing the grants that made this defense possible, part of its assault on fair housing.
Eviction fears, disability discrimination, and Trump’s war on fair housing
Meanwhile “the nation is in the throes of a fair and affordable housing crisis.”
www.motherjones.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A Minnesota landlord tried to evict a family because their autistic son was said to be making "too much noise." Legal aid intervened, citing disability discrimination, and kept them housed.
Now Trump's HUD is slashing the grants that made this defense possible, part of its assault on fair housing.
Now Trump's HUD is slashing the grants that made this defense possible, part of its assault on fair housing.
Once while in line at the dermatologist's, a woman described to me how her mom's BF whisked them all across the river to Canada a few days before the 1967 rebellion. He'd sensed tensions. She, her mom, & her baby brother had just arrived UpSouth. They returned when Detroit was closer to safe & calm.
On this day in 1967, the Detroit Rebellion ended. During the conflict, at least 43 people, 33 of whom were Black, had been killed—most at the hands of law enforcement.
Jul. 27, 1967 | Detroit Rebellion Leaves Dozens Dead, Most at the Hands of Law Enforcement
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Once while in line at the dermatologist's, a woman described to me how her mom's BF whisked them all across the river to Canada a few days before the 1967 rebellion. He'd sensed tensions. She, her mom, & her baby brother had just arrived UpSouth. They returned when Detroit was closer to safe & calm.
In no place in our world 🇹🇭🇨🇴🇬🇹🇧🇷🇰🇪 did I experience deprivation of water (#WASH) until Detroit, egregious during a moratorium and when I had COVID. @cityofdetroit.bsky.social Accountability needed for shut-off due to illegal usage & lease violation by landlord Jeff Cowin. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter to DWSD - July 16, 2025
Attn: Matthew Phillips Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Board of Water Commissioners Customer Service Committee 735 Randolph St. Detroit, Michigan 48226 Attn: Michael Einheuser, Mary E. Blackmon...
docs.google.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In no place in our world 🇹🇭🇨🇴🇬🇹🇧🇷🇰🇪 did I experience deprivation of water (#WASH) until Detroit, egregious during a moratorium and when I had COVID. @cityofdetroit.bsky.social Accountability needed for shut-off due to illegal usage & lease violation by landlord Jeff Cowin. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
“We really were the only source of safety monitoring in this country,” said one fired CDC staffer who worked on the guidelines, known as the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, or MEC.
A team of workers at the CDC monitored the safety of birth control for millions of women with underlying health conditions. Then HHS fired them. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
HHS Eliminates CDC Staff Who Made Sure Birth Control Is Safe for Women at Risk - KFF Health News
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
kffhealthnews.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“We really were the only source of safety monitoring in this country,” said one fired CDC staffer who worked on the guidelines, known as the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, or MEC.
Seeing a public servant, particularly of Padilla's rank & composure, be silenced, pushed out of a press room, pressed to the floor almost on his face, all the while he did not resist, is dead-sickening. State bigotry is consistent w/ the US status quo of exploitation and exclusion, escalated v. far.
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
June 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Seeing a public servant, particularly of Padilla's rank & composure, be silenced, pushed out of a press room, pressed to the floor almost on his face, all the while he did not resist, is dead-sickening. State bigotry is consistent w/ the US status quo of exploitation and exclusion, escalated v. far.
As an American who has always cherished the written word & freedom of speech, I never imagined that one day I'd suggest a person *delete all my messages* before he crossed back from Canada, for his own safety. I'd shared news of Detroit-Windsor friendship demo, & my stress about arrogance. #Fascism
Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
Know your rights, but also minimize your risk.
buff.ly
June 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
As an American who has always cherished the written word & freedom of speech, I never imagined that one day I'd suggest a person *delete all my messages* before he crossed back from Canada, for his own safety. I'd shared news of Detroit-Windsor friendship demo, & my stress about arrogance. #Fascism
1/2 Appreciate the organizing of #NoKings protests nationwide. Why though is virtual "training" only ENG, not SPN too? Even recognizing that younger people who are US citizens whose parents are Mexican, are bilingual, it seems like this option would be considerate & a good model? @indivisible.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
1/2 Appreciate the organizing of #NoKings protests nationwide. Why though is virtual "training" only ENG, not SPN too? Even recognizing that younger people who are US citizens whose parents are Mexican, are bilingual, it seems like this option would be considerate & a good model? @indivisible.org
No person deserves to be stressed about survival in the wealthiest country in the world; no person should be falsely "dead" @dogeposts.bsky.social; each of our freedom of speech must be respected rather than arrested, senator or not! #Dignity is foundational to prosperity. archive.ph/202504130228...
archive.ph
June 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No person deserves to be stressed about survival in the wealthiest country in the world; no person should be falsely "dead" @dogeposts.bsky.social; each of our freedom of speech must be respected rather than arrested, senator or not! #Dignity is foundational to prosperity. archive.ph/202504130228...
1/2 Riding the bus in Detroit is always a bumpy and inefficient ride, due to inadequate infrastructure, brightened by the local culture of camaraderie. A couple months ago I witnessed a rider give another rider his unopened take-away meal, when asked what it was, w/o hesitation, then silverware too.
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
1/2 Riding the bus in Detroit is always a bumpy and inefficient ride, due to inadequate infrastructure, brightened by the local culture of camaraderie. A couple months ago I witnessed a rider give another rider his unopened take-away meal, when asked what it was, w/o hesitation, then silverware too.
"Trust in the process," "Listen to what the universe is telling you" is something I have experienced women in privilege who don't want to DO THE WORK saying, "liberal" or "progressive" women, older & younger. It's insidious victim-blaming, absence of accountability, assumption for self-convenience.
June 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"Trust in the process," "Listen to what the universe is telling you" is something I have experienced women in privilege who don't want to DO THE WORK saying, "liberal" or "progressive" women, older & younger. It's insidious victim-blaming, absence of accountability, assumption for self-convenience.
Many of us did NOT consent to regressive public health measures. And why is dollar cost before "lives" in this headline. 🙄 apnews.com/article/epa-...
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Many of us did NOT consent to regressive public health measures. And why is dollar cost before "lives" in this headline. 🙄 apnews.com/article/epa-...
A part of Takeaway unfairly blames the patient: it may not have been possible for her as an individual to get accurate cost estimates from other hospitals or clinics -- and she should not be burdened w/ administrative burden in the first place, for her basic health! kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
The $18,000 Breast Biopsy: When Having Insurance Costs You a Bundle - KFF Health News
An online calculator told a young woman that a procedure to rule out cancer would cost an uninsured person about $1,400. Instead, the hospital initially charged almost $18,000 and, with her high-deduc...
kffhealthnews.org
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A part of Takeaway unfairly blames the patient: it may not have been possible for her as an individual to get accurate cost estimates from other hospitals or clinics -- and she should not be burdened w/ administrative burden in the first place, for her basic health! kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
"You're trying to take him [predator] down" misconstrues, and overlooks community complicity. #MeToo centers #accountability, #safety, #prevention. "We deal w/ healing & action. A lot of that action is how do we keep more people from not from not having to say, 'Me too.'" www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/e...
Between Combs and Weinstein, #MeToo is back in the spotlight. Its founder wants to highlight a few important things | CNN
At one point during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal criminal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, defense attorney Brian Steel asked a witness, who was testifying under a pseudonym, if she retained cou...
www.cnn.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"You're trying to take him [predator] down" misconstrues, and overlooks community complicity. #MeToo centers #accountability, #safety, #prevention. "We deal w/ healing & action. A lot of that action is how do we keep more people from not from not having to say, 'Me too.'" www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/e...
Canadian wildfire smoke could hold toxic metals: ‘It’s quite scary’ planetdetroit.org/2025/06/cana...
Canadian wildfire smoke could hold toxic metals: 'It's quite scary'
Toxic metals, including arsenic, could be released by Canadian wildfires, posing health risks to those downwind.
planetdetroit.org
June 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Canadian wildfire smoke could hold toxic metals: ‘It’s quite scary’ planetdetroit.org/2025/06/cana...
Fled SF in 2020 to reduce my COVID risk, escape the wildfire pollution & affordable housing crisis, & distance myself from bullies. Detroit is not much better w/ slumlords aplenty, past bullying roommates in two places, CA wildfire smoke (today 3rd worst global AQ), & oblivious people in privilege.😓
June 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Fled SF in 2020 to reduce my COVID risk, escape the wildfire pollution & affordable housing crisis, & distance myself from bullies. Detroit is not much better w/ slumlords aplenty, past bullying roommates in two places, CA wildfire smoke (today 3rd worst global AQ), & oblivious people in privilege.😓
"Rachel Swaner, vice president of policy, research, and advocacy for the Community Service Society of New York, said pregnant people who are randomly assigned to Pathway Home might not have anyone to stay with, which could skew the research results." gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...
Mayor Adams wants fewer NYC babies born in shelters. Advocates are skeptical of his plan.
An estimated 2,000 babies were born in shelters between July 2023 and June 2024.
gothamist.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Rachel Swaner, vice president of policy, research, and advocacy for the Community Service Society of New York, said pregnant people who are randomly assigned to Pathway Home might not have anyone to stay with, which could skew the research results." gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...
"Without the human right to stable, safe & affordable housing, it really jeopardizes your ability to do all of the things that you need to do in order to have a good life, a good healthy life & a productive life." -epidemiologist Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson
@cityofdetroit.bsky.social: enforce the law!
@cityofdetroit.bsky.social: enforce the law!
More than half of Black women in metro Detroit survey reported experiencing evictions
A Detroit-based researcher surveyed more than 1,400 Black women from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties over five years to learn the scale and impact of evictions.
A Detroit-based researcher surveyed more than 1,400 Black women from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties over five years to learn the scale and impact of evictions.
More than half of Black women in metro Detroit survey reported experiencing evictions
A Detroit-based researcher surveyed more than 1,400 Black women from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties over five years to learn the scale and impact of evictions.
www.bridgedetroit.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Without the human right to stable, safe & affordable housing, it really jeopardizes your ability to do all of the things that you need to do in order to have a good life, a good healthy life & a productive life." -epidemiologist Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson
@cityofdetroit.bsky.social: enforce the law!
@cityofdetroit.bsky.social: enforce the law!
1/2 Why do almost all the women I knew in small liberal arts college who majored in women's studies and present themselves as decent people now, not give a damn about dignity of home-place beyond themselves, or self-select who is "worthy." Most are white, one has Palestinian background? Confounding.
May 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1/2 Why do almost all the women I knew in small liberal arts college who majored in women's studies and present themselves as decent people now, not give a damn about dignity of home-place beyond themselves, or self-select who is "worthy." Most are white, one has Palestinian background? Confounding.
Snazzy slices of NYE life for Y2K, esp. "A Steamy Scene" at Pratt, BK, back in the day when decent writing in media was a thing. nymag.com/nymetro/food...
CELEBRATION 2000 - Nymag
By around 10 p.m. on the last day of the past millennium, the anxieties that have been tormenting us for months -- What does one wear to an apocalypse? Is there a bomb in that man's knapsack? Where ar...
nymag.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Snazzy slices of NYE life for Y2K, esp. "A Steamy Scene" at Pratt, BK, back in the day when decent writing in media was a thing. nymag.com/nymetro/food...
"Mutual respect" is not a term commonly recognized in America. 😥 www.bbc.com/news/article...
EU calls for US trade deal based on 'respect' after Trump's tariff threats
Trade chief Maros Sefcovic said the EU is "ready to defend" its interests after Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the bloc.
www.bbc.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Mutual respect" is not a term commonly recognized in America. 😥 www.bbc.com/news/article...
“I am pessimistic about humankind, but optimistic about the planet. The planet will recover. It is becoming increasingly easier for the planet to eliminate us.”
One whose photography exhibition 14 years ago remains vivid in my mind. 🌠
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
One whose photography exhibition 14 years ago remains vivid in my mind. 🌠
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer
The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“I am pessimistic about humankind, but optimistic about the planet. The planet will recover. It is becoming increasingly easier for the planet to eliminate us.”
One whose photography exhibition 14 years ago remains vivid in my mind. 🌠
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
One whose photography exhibition 14 years ago remains vivid in my mind. 🌠
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”
I have the same question each day, finally answered it for myself: this is a country of narcissists, built on genocide & slavery, exploitation & exclusion. archive.is/b5FP7#select...
I have the same question each day, finally answered it for myself: this is a country of narcissists, built on genocide & slavery, exploitation & exclusion. archive.is/b5FP7#select...
archive.is
May 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”
I have the same question each day, finally answered it for myself: this is a country of narcissists, built on genocide & slavery, exploitation & exclusion. archive.is/b5FP7#select...
I have the same question each day, finally answered it for myself: this is a country of narcissists, built on genocide & slavery, exploitation & exclusion. archive.is/b5FP7#select...
