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Jay Edidin

@edidin.bsky.social

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writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. https://linktr.ee/edidin LOOKING FOR WORK.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · Aug 28

when i say that i'm an abolitionist, i am talking primarily about state violence including policing and incarceration; but i'm also very down for getting rid of grammar police and horny jail

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 9h

Dear every fucking reporter

Trump is not cracking down on the left

Trump is making up lies to attack America

We don't need to hear from 10 citizens who have never been to Portland, give their opinion on the state of Portland - we need objective truth about what is happening you spineless fucks

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 2d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that families in Gaza will need help even during a ceasefire ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Doaa. Doaa is the mother of 3 children Omar, 10, Yasmine, 8 and Youseff, 4 but she primarily started this fundraiser to help her sister Amal who lost a husband and son and is trying to support her children Hiam, 13, Omar, 12 and Jawad, 7.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Free College Prep Workshops Coming This Fall - Free Library of Philadelphia
libwww.freelibrary.org/blog/post/5553

Blog: Register in Advance: Free College Prep Workshops Coming This Fall

Free college prep workshops are returning to the Free Library for Fall 2025! Field Teen Center hosts these FREE workshops in partnership with The Alexander Advantage and …

libwww.freelibrary.org

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!! Would learn.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Love this. www.prattlibrary.org/about-us/div...

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

Today, for no particularly good reason, I am fondly remembering Mr. Wizard.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

friends, collaborators, work, a lot of congenial silliness

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

I still bring it up in conversations about ass-backwards (absence of) sex ed, but that falls less under nostalgia and more under recognizing Florida's general value as a cautionary tale.

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

In closing: Shutter Rikers, cancel the BBJs, and roll back carceral MH interventions as a "substitute" for incarceration.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

When Cuomo talks about rebuilding on the same site, what he's actually promoting is the isolation and dehumanization of incarcerated people, and a degree of spatial insulation that allows abuse to continue unseen.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

Even setting aside all the other atrocities of Rikers Island, its location *alone* is inhumane and indefensible.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

I live in the same borough, and it takes me over two hours each way to get to and from Rikers via public transit.

It is an incredibly, inherently isolated and isolating location. It keeps the carceral system and the people caught in it outside of casual view or community access.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

Right now, it is an absurd and time-consuming rigmarole for a kid to visit a parent incarcerated on Rikers. They will likely have to miss school; they will likely be there until fuck o'clock at night; and there's a decent chance that DESPITE doing both of those, they won't actually get a visit.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

I continue to endorse everyone learning to knit!

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

(Mixed feelings about BBJs = abolitionist and EXTREMELY skeptical of any building-a-better-jail plan; but also believe adamantly that if jails are going to continue exist they MUST exist in the community)

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

I have deeply mixed feelings about the BBJ plan, but this is ABSOLUTELY not the way. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/08/c...

Cuomo wants to scrap Rikers replacement plan, calls for rebuilding on current site

Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo told business leaders Wednesday morning that he wants to scrap the city’s plan to replace Rikers Island with neighborhood-based jails and instead build new “sta…

www.nydailynews.com

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

we would also like cozy socks

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 2d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 1d

Job-hunting whine: When the hell did "advocate" start primarily meaning sales positions?

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Mr Mohamad @mojhamad.bsky.social · 15d

Im Mohammed from Gaza, father of two girls. We have been living in a deadly war for more than two years. I lost my job because of the war and I am no longer able to buy food for my children. Please do not leave us and help my family as much as you can.
support : tinyurl.com/Support-Muha...