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Michael Friedrich @mfriedrichnyc.bsky.social · 3d

A group of former tenants has organized the first rent debt strike in U.S. history. They are refusing to pay back unjust debts to Equity Residential, a corporate landlord accused of widespread misconduct. I wrote about their campaign for @prospect.org. prospect.org/infrastructu...

Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord

The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 2d

Fellow Texans, here's a link to prepare for the elections this November.

Brian Gaar @briangaar.bsky.social · 2d

Texas has some constitutional amendments up for a vote Nov. 4. Here’s my summary: If you’re wealthy, the state promises to protect your fortune forever. If you’re poor and accused of a crime, Texas promises to protect the public from you. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/07/t...

Texas Is Asking Voters to Protect the Rich and Punish the Poor. Will They Do It?

Among 17 potential constitutional amendments, voters will be deciding the fate of corporate welfare and inherited wealth.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 2d

simcity 2000: cd collection, print ad, imagery (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/2313/si...

black text:
one extra large helping of urban reality, served up on a silver platter.
(pixelated isometric chunk of a city, including skyscrapers and a stadium, sitting on a shiny round cd).

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about the innovative art fair/exhibition Texas Vignette , running through today in the Dallas Design District, for @texassignal.bsky.social. It's free. Lots of parking. Artists get 100 percent of sales. Go. texassignal.com/texas-vignet...

Texas Vignette Returns For A Seventh Year

A groundbreaking woman-only artist art fair runs again this weekend in its new permanent facility in the Dallas Design District

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 6d

so this new compact for higher ed will just make all universities into reactionary grifts like the university of austin and the new new college of florida. cool

JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 7d

I barely built my humble town in Sim City 2000 and already the National Guard took over.

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 8d

alamo plaza hotel courts, shreveport, louisiana, 1982

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 8d

under her tutelage at a grifter right-wing think tank she called for abolishing agriculture subsidies: www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/u...

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 8d

this is the same department who on the day of a looming shutdown emphasized her government agency canceled “woke” grants supporting ”transgender ideology” while also not noting multiple farm bill provisions also expired

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 8d

Why must we produce most of our own food? What hemisphere does she think her winter produce comes from?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Rollins: "It's Biblical - we've got to produce our own food. The president has talked significantly about the importance of onshoring our manufacturing. We also have to onshore our food. We have over the last decade begun to import more than we export, whether it's citrus or berries or even meat."

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 12d

Carthage, once a powerful ancient city, faces a new existential threat: climate change. Rising seas, saline winds and erosion are visibly damaging its Unesco-listed ruins, including the Baths of Antoninus and Punic Port.

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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 15d

One of my "radical" reform opinions is that more states should regularly audit local budgets. www.wthr.com/article/news...

'Public trust has been broken' | Clinton County Commissioners calling for sheriff, wife to resign after misappropriating funds

A court ruling last week found Sheriff Richard Kelly and his wife, Jail Matron Ashley Kelly, personally liable for the misappropriation of more than $329,000.

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 15d

or go to the kennedy school. isn’t that a thing has beens do?

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 15d

kennedy’s primary to markey may have been the best thing to happen to him, who was otherwise a little known white geriatric. his messaging as a progressive and anti-establishment incumbent. he also defeated a more conservative congressman in the primary when the seat opened up. moulton should pass.

Matti has a Boo-ty 👻 @mrbtx.bsky.social · 16d

ok actually this would be funny

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 16d

Representative Seth Moulton is seriously considering a 2026 primary challenge to Senator Ed Markey, several sources told the Globe.

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 15d

that was not in my playbook.

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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social · 16d

Ok but what if Jimmy Kimmel is raptured

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