James Thacher
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Gruesome tour of the opportunists and new fusionists publishing the tech Zeitgeist in SF
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Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia
Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.
bayareacurrent.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Gruesome tour of the opportunists and new fusionists publishing the tech Zeitgeist in SF
bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...
bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...
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The Mamdani administration must build a popular coalition around housing development. How it does so has the potential to make or break New York’s nascent experiment in municipal socialism. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Homeward Bound? | Charlie Dulik
If the Democratic discourse du jour pits populist socialism against technocratic “Abundance,” nobody seems to have told New York City voters. One the same day that a majority chose Zohran Mamdani to b...
www.nplusonemag.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Mamdani administration must build a popular coalition around housing development. How it does so has the potential to make or break New York’s nascent experiment in municipal socialism. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
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Without the night shift, there is no morning.
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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November 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
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🚨Breaking: Israeli forces carried out a strike targeting senior Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, earlier this hour, with explosions and smoke reported in the capital. Local media reported 6 powerful simultaneous explosions.
Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social has more details below 👇
Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social has more details below 👇
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨Breaking: Israeli forces carried out a strike targeting senior Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, earlier this hour, with explosions and smoke reported in the capital. Local media reported 6 powerful simultaneous explosions.
Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social has more details below 👇
Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social has more details below 👇
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Zohran Mamdani has nearly twice the support in the New York City mayoral race as his closest rival, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race, is way ahead of his three rivals, but his lead would diminish considerably if the field shrank to a two-man race.
nyti.ms
September 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Zohran Mamdani has nearly twice the support in the New York City mayoral race as his closest rival, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
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This flew by my radar this week, but massively important: the 5th circuit court of appeals ruled that the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional.
It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions
The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.
newrepublic.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This flew by my radar this week, but massively important: the 5th circuit court of appeals ruled that the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional.
It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
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Vibes and Data are two cultural forces that shaped the Bay Area, and increasingly the wider world.
But they are two styles of the dogma of our capitalist time: self-optimization.
bayareacurrent.com/vibrational-...
But they are two styles of the dogma of our capitalist time: self-optimization.
bayareacurrent.com/vibrational-...
Data Shows The Vibes Are Bad
In the Bay, data and vibes compete to define our lives. But what if they’re not as different as they seem?
bayareacurrent.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Vibes and Data are two cultural forces that shaped the Bay Area, and increasingly the wider world.
But they are two styles of the dogma of our capitalist time: self-optimization.
bayareacurrent.com/vibrational-...
But they are two styles of the dogma of our capitalist time: self-optimization.
bayareacurrent.com/vibrational-...
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Understand that Israel assassinated Anas Al-Sharif after approving the plan to invade Gaza City.
They knew he would not leave the city and would cover the assault and killed him ahead of it. Let’s just be very clear here.
They knew he would not leave the city and would cover the assault and killed him ahead of it. Let’s just be very clear here.
August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Understand that Israel assassinated Anas Al-Sharif after approving the plan to invade Gaza City.
They knew he would not leave the city and would cover the assault and killed him ahead of it. Let’s just be very clear here.
They knew he would not leave the city and would cover the assault and killed him ahead of it. Let’s just be very clear here.
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Cuomo has proposed a new law to means-test rent-controlled and rent-stabilized housing, which make up half the apartments in NYC.
It's a ludicrous idea – you can't bar the middle class or the rich from half of the city's apartments – but it's part of Cuomo's larger attack on rent stabilization.
It's a ludicrous idea – you can't bar the middle class or the rich from half of the city's apartments – but it's part of Cuomo's larger attack on rent stabilization.
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cuomo has proposed a new law to means-test rent-controlled and rent-stabilized housing, which make up half the apartments in NYC.
It's a ludicrous idea – you can't bar the middle class or the rich from half of the city's apartments – but it's part of Cuomo's larger attack on rent stabilization.
It's a ludicrous idea – you can't bar the middle class or the rich from half of the city's apartments – but it's part of Cuomo's larger attack on rent stabilization.
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This is genuinely western liberalism summed up in a 30 second video. Incredible. Put it in an art gallery.
August 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is genuinely western liberalism summed up in a 30 second video. Incredible. Put it in an art gallery.
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80 years later, an event we should never, ever forget, in hopes that it should never be repeated again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9Q...
Barefoot Gen (1986) - Atomic Bomb Scene [4K] [35mm Film Scan]
YouTube video by Kineko Video
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August 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
80 years later, an event we should never, ever forget, in hopes that it should never be repeated again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9Q...
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Preorder the newly reissued ENEMY OF THE SUN: POETRY OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE (Seven Stories Press) from us. All proceeds to Sameer.
It was originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of SNCC and is finally being reissued!
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It was originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of SNCC and is finally being reissued!
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August 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Preorder the newly reissued ENEMY OF THE SUN: POETRY OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE (Seven Stories Press) from us. All proceeds to Sameer.
It was originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of SNCC and is finally being reissued!
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
It was originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of SNCC and is finally being reissued!
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
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"Executives anticipated hundreds in millions of dollars in revenue and 'an incredibly powerful brand moment' for Azure, according to the files."
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Executives anticipated hundreds in millions of dollars in revenue and 'an incredibly powerful brand moment' for Azure, according to the files."
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Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.
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Hamas is insisting in the ceasefire negotiations that the UN retake control of aid distribution.
Yesterday Israel insisted publicly that the UN must step up when it comes to aid delivery. Yet in negotiations they are now rejecting the UN role in aid distribution.
@jeremyscahill.com
Yesterday Israel insisted publicly that the UN must step up when it comes to aid delivery. Yet in negotiations they are now rejecting the UN role in aid distribution.
@jeremyscahill.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hamas is insisting in the ceasefire negotiations that the UN retake control of aid distribution.
Yesterday Israel insisted publicly that the UN must step up when it comes to aid delivery. Yet in negotiations they are now rejecting the UN role in aid distribution.
@jeremyscahill.com
Yesterday Israel insisted publicly that the UN must step up when it comes to aid delivery. Yet in negotiations they are now rejecting the UN role in aid distribution.
@jeremyscahill.com
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🔴 Mass Starvation in Gaza: Over 100 humanitarian groups, including Oxfam, warn aid workers are starving alongside those they serve. With supplies blocked and massacres near aid sites ongoing, Gaza’s collapse is accelerating.
July 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🔴 Mass Starvation in Gaza: Over 100 humanitarian groups, including Oxfam, warn aid workers are starving alongside those they serve. With supplies blocked and massacres near aid sites ongoing, Gaza’s collapse is accelerating.
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“It's just a major victory, a decisive victory for all New Yorkers who are facing housing instability, who can't make ends meet, and who want to live in our city, want to contribute to our city but need some assistance in doing that,” @cmpisanchez.bsky.social
Adams administration must expand city-funded rental subsidies, appeals court says
The decision reverses a lower-court ruling, requiring New York City to implement a package of laws to expand rental vouchers.
gothamist.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“It's just a major victory, a decisive victory for all New Yorkers who are facing housing instability, who can't make ends meet, and who want to live in our city, want to contribute to our city but need some assistance in doing that,” @cmpisanchez.bsky.social
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Weird threat to make since Hakeem already went after @jabaribrisport.bsky.social and I. How’d that go for him, again?
2022 Primary Results:
SD 22 Jabari Brisport: 70.4%
AD 57 Phara Souffrant Forrest: 67.2%
If the leader wants another public beatdown, he knows where to find me.
2022 Primary Results:
SD 22 Jabari Brisport: 70.4%
AD 57 Phara Souffrant Forrest: 67.2%
If the leader wants another public beatdown, he knows where to find me.
July 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Weird threat to make since Hakeem already went after @jabaribrisport.bsky.social and I. How’d that go for him, again?
2022 Primary Results:
SD 22 Jabari Brisport: 70.4%
AD 57 Phara Souffrant Forrest: 67.2%
If the leader wants another public beatdown, he knows where to find me.
2022 Primary Results:
SD 22 Jabari Brisport: 70.4%
AD 57 Phara Souffrant Forrest: 67.2%
If the leader wants another public beatdown, he knows where to find me.
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The Houthis released a video where they captured a vessel that was carrying weapons to Israel to use against Gaza and then they blew it up.
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Houthis released a video where they captured a vessel that was carrying weapons to Israel to use against Gaza and then they blew it up.
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the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective