Farzin Farzad
@ffarzad.bsky.social
That one guy from LinkedIn!
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An entire 45 minute @hankgreen.bsky.social video answering the question of why boomers run the government - in case you need some Thanksgiving eve viewing material that perfectly sums up why @runforsomething.net exists. youtu.be/IwgzuSqb7ys?...
Why Was Every President Born in the Same Year?
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
An entire 45 minute @hankgreen.bsky.social video answering the question of why boomers run the government - in case you need some Thanksgiving eve viewing material that perfectly sums up why @runforsomething.net exists. youtu.be/IwgzuSqb7ys?...
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"The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing."
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.
www.streetroots.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing."
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
What stage of capitalism is paying "buy it for life" prices for planned obsolescence products?
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What stage of capitalism is paying "buy it for life" prices for planned obsolescence products?
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With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
Wasted absolutely no time.
House will vote on Epstein files after newly sworn Democrat completes discharge petition
Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona was sworn in after record 50-day wait sparked by the government shutdown.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Wasted absolutely no time.
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ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
Is the strategy to open the government in time for the holidays and to reintroduce SNAP just long enough for ACA subsidies to end so we realize how popular they are?
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Is the strategy to open the government in time for the holidays and to reintroduce SNAP just long enough for ACA subsidies to end so we realize how popular they are?
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Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
The complexity and inaccessibility of American politics to the masses leaves so much room for misinformation.
We should not be this alienated from our own governance.
We should not be this alienated from our own governance.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The complexity and inaccessibility of American politics to the masses leaves so much room for misinformation.
We should not be this alienated from our own governance.
We should not be this alienated from our own governance.
The cloture vote is a measure to end the discussion and proceed to a vote on the CR.
There is no opportunity here because it is filibuster proof, meaning the CR will pass with a simple majority, which Republicans have in the Senate.
There is no hope here for a last minute change.
There is no opportunity here because it is filibuster proof, meaning the CR will pass with a simple majority, which Republicans have in the Senate.
There is no hope here for a last minute change.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The cloture vote is a measure to end the discussion and proceed to a vote on the CR.
There is no opportunity here because it is filibuster proof, meaning the CR will pass with a simple majority, which Republicans have in the Senate.
There is no hope here for a last minute change.
There is no opportunity here because it is filibuster proof, meaning the CR will pass with a simple majority, which Republicans have in the Senate.
There is no hope here for a last minute change.
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There are wide lanes open for Democratic candidates who believe in something other than neoliberalism and insider trading.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
There are wide lanes open for Democratic candidates who believe in something other than neoliberalism and insider trading.
Are we going to have to go through this whole thing again on January 30?
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Are we going to have to go through this whole thing again on January 30?
Imaging going out like this...
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Imaging going out like this...
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runforsomething.net/donate if you’re feeling similarly.
Anyway if you’re like me it’s a good night to cancel a bunch of recurring Democratic monthly donations and increase my monthly recurring donation to @runforsomething.net
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
runforsomething.net/donate if you’re feeling similarly.
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Spoiler alert: that vote in December to extend the ACA subsidies is going to fail.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Spoiler alert: that vote in December to extend the ACA subsidies is going to fail.
The final Republican Senator to vote is whizzing by my house at this moment to get from Dulles to DC to log in the last (60th) filibuster breaking vote on this bill.
Wild.
Wild.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The final Republican Senator to vote is whizzing by my house at this moment to get from Dulles to DC to log in the last (60th) filibuster breaking vote on this bill.
Wild.
Wild.
So wait, the Senate Dems who caved are now celebrating the passage of that House bill because they think getting the other side to promise a vote on ACA subsidies next month is some kind of victory?
So many people I care about endured a really hard 40 days just to end up with a verbal promise.
So many people I care about endured a really hard 40 days just to end up with a verbal promise.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So wait, the Senate Dems who caved are now celebrating the passage of that House bill because they think getting the other side to promise a vote on ACA subsidies next month is some kind of victory?
So many people I care about endured a really hard 40 days just to end up with a verbal promise.
So many people I care about endured a really hard 40 days just to end up with a verbal promise.
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⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
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If you are, like me, a native born American, please take some time this week to make sure the immigrants in your life know that you are glad that they are here and part of your community, since our government seems focused on sending the opposite message
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If you are, like me, a native born American, please take some time this week to make sure the immigrants in your life know that you are glad that they are here and part of your community, since our government seems focused on sending the opposite message
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The US is seeing the largest number of layoffs since 2020, with nearly 1 million people losing their jobs so far this year.
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The US is seeing the largest number of layoffs since 2020, with nearly 1 million people losing their jobs so far this year.
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NEW: Oklahoma’s GOP supermajority — where some identify as Christian nationalists — passed limits on teaching about racism and gender in 2021, prompting districts to review if lessons might make students “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish” about their race.
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, Oklahoma had been there, done that.
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Oklahoma’s GOP supermajority — where some identify as Christian nationalists — passed limits on teaching about racism and gender in 2021, prompting districts to review if lessons might make students “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish” about their race.