This is a very bad take. Consider the amount of money that most campaigns have, building a mutual aid network can have lasting effects. TV ads don’t contribute to building social ties or to building community institutions…the actual things that influence people at the level of their social identity.
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is a very bad take. Consider the amount of money that most campaigns have, building a mutual aid network can have lasting effects. TV ads don’t contribute to building social ties or to building community institutions…the actual things that influence people at the level of their social identity.
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Visited the Haymarket Martyrs Memorial and gravesites.
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Visited the Haymarket Martyrs Memorial and gravesites.
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
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i just don't think there are any shortcuts--if we want kids who are readers, we need teachers who are readers, and if we want teachers who are readers, we need professors who are readers
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
i just don't think there are any shortcuts--if we want kids who are readers, we need teachers who are readers, and if we want teachers who are readers, we need professors who are readers
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New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
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I will never get tired of coming across people sharing my art.
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I will never get tired of coming across people sharing my art.
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The rent of a recently-built building has to reflect the cost of constructing it. But the rent of an old building does not. That portion of the rent of the old building is also a rent economically.
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The rent of a recently-built building has to reflect the cost of constructing it. But the rent of an old building does not. That portion of the rent of the old building is also a rent economically.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Samwise and Dave
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Durin Durin.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Samwise and Dave
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One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
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I came here to say this one, too. I’ve even assigned it in first-year courses. www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/m...
Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I came here to say this one, too. I’ve even assigned it in first-year courses. www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/m...
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They made a desert and called it a job market.
THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ACADEMIA! NO JOBS! DOZENS OF HYPER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS PER JOB!
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
They made a desert and called it a job market.
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“They don’t want working people to have a voice.”
@silviabaldwin.bsky.social reports that over 3,800 baristas are on strike with @sbworkersunited.org in the longest national work stoppage in the company’s history—demanding fair pay, stable hours, & real democracy at work.
@silviabaldwin.bsky.social reports that over 3,800 baristas are on strike with @sbworkersunited.org in the longest national work stoppage in the company’s history—demanding fair pay, stable hours, & real democracy at work.
Striking Barista on Starbucks' End-Game: “They Don’t Want Working People to Have a Voice"
Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”
inthesetimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“They don’t want working people to have a voice.”
@silviabaldwin.bsky.social reports that over 3,800 baristas are on strike with @sbworkersunited.org in the longest national work stoppage in the company’s history—demanding fair pay, stable hours, & real democracy at work.
@silviabaldwin.bsky.social reports that over 3,800 baristas are on strike with @sbworkersunited.org in the longest national work stoppage in the company’s history—demanding fair pay, stable hours, & real democracy at work.
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antifa begins at home.
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
antifa begins at home.
As 2026 election gets closer we're going to need more and more threads like this. The Harris campaign outperformed in an year when incumbents got clocked. I say this as someone who dislikes Harris and the mainstream faction of the Dems. Her support for the genocide in Gaza is abhorrent.
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As 2026 election gets closer we're going to need more and more threads like this. The Harris campaign outperformed in an year when incumbents got clocked. I say this as someone who dislikes Harris and the mainstream faction of the Dems. Her support for the genocide in Gaza is abhorrent.
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White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
A friend suggested a reading group on Abundance and boy does this book commit the fallacy of calling things "The Left" instead of developing a good theory of the problem.
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A friend suggested a reading group on Abundance and boy does this book commit the fallacy of calling things "The Left" instead of developing a good theory of the problem.
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Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
Nothing in neoliberal policy making is about affordability. Wild to just slip that in. Efficiency is often used to legitimize privatization in neoliberal policy. And fiscal discipline certainly is a core of municipal level neoliberal policy (though not at the federal level). But affordability?
The foundation of neoliberal political economy is that you should actually care about efficiency, affordability, and fiscal discipline — it’s the bipartisan decision to abandon that which has landed us here.
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nothing in neoliberal policy making is about affordability. Wild to just slip that in. Efficiency is often used to legitimize privatization in neoliberal policy. And fiscal discipline certainly is a core of municipal level neoliberal policy (though not at the federal level). But affordability?
Some great suggestions here and I would add eliminating off year election cycles.
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Some great suggestions here and I would add eliminating off year election cycles.
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Just published online - ‘I can lean on all of you’: teacher leaders cultivating pedagogical resistance by Naomi Fair. More information @ bit.ly/3LKUFgH
‘I can lean on all of you’: teacher leaders cultivating pedagogical resistance
Without critical professional development opportunities, teacher leaders can sustain the exclusion and marginalisation of disabled students, particularly those who experience marginalisation at the...
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Just published online - ‘I can lean on all of you’: teacher leaders cultivating pedagogical resistance by Naomi Fair. More information @ bit.ly/3LKUFgH
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I keep thinking about how terrible it is that so many people will be losing their health insurance in January due to costs and cuts. I was rejected from insurance once before the ACA [preexisting conditions]. I was hospitalized that year and it almost bankrupted me. We need universal heathcare ASAP.
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I keep thinking about how terrible it is that so many people will be losing their health insurance in January due to costs and cuts. I was rejected from insurance once before the ACA [preexisting conditions]. I was hospitalized that year and it almost bankrupted me. We need universal heathcare ASAP.
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Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing a toy drive. If you can, please support and share with others! If you are based in NYC, you can also drop off toys and gifts in person on 12/18 and 12/19.
Check out the donations list for:
🎁Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
🎁Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Check out the donations list for:
🎁Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
🎁Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing a toy drive. If you can, please support and share with others! If you are based in NYC, you can also drop off toys and gifts in person on 12/18 and 12/19.
Check out the donations list for:
🎁Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
🎁Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Check out the donations list for:
🎁Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
🎁Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK