Jen Heminger
@jbhindy.bsky.social
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It’s really happening:
135 E.57th St is a large office building that’s been mostly vacant since the pandemic.
And now it is going to be converted to housing—350 units, including affordable.
4+ million sq. ft. of conversions are now underway in Manhattan. Let’s keep this going.
135 E.57th St is a large office building that’s been mostly vacant since the pandemic.
And now it is going to be converted to housing—350 units, including affordable.
4+ million sq. ft. of conversions are now underway in Manhattan. Let’s keep this going.
August 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It’s really happening:
135 E.57th St is a large office building that’s been mostly vacant since the pandemic.
And now it is going to be converted to housing—350 units, including affordable.
4+ million sq. ft. of conversions are now underway in Manhattan. Let’s keep this going.
135 E.57th St is a large office building that’s been mostly vacant since the pandemic.
And now it is going to be converted to housing—350 units, including affordable.
4+ million sq. ft. of conversions are now underway in Manhattan. Let’s keep this going.
Typical
Who’s the moron who appointed Jerome Powell to be Fed Chair anyway?
Life comes at you fast
July 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Typical
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The critics were right. Ashish Jha, Zeynep Tufekci, and Monica Gandhi were dead wrong about Jay Bhattacharya being a strong choice for NIH Director.
July 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The critics were right. Ashish Jha, Zeynep Tufekci, and Monica Gandhi were dead wrong about Jay Bhattacharya being a strong choice for NIH Director.
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Because we are ruled by cranks now
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
4 things to know about the vaccine ingredient thimerosal
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
n.pr
July 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Because we are ruled by cranks now
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"Vladimir Putin is not looking for a cease-fire, and he does not want to negotiate. Why? Because he believes that he can win. Thanks to the actions of the U.S. government, he still thinks that he can conquer all of Ukraine"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Great Realignment
Trump is giving the Russian dictator every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.
www.theatlantic.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Vladimir Putin is not looking for a cease-fire, and he does not want to negotiate. Why? Because he believes that he can win. Thanks to the actions of the U.S. government, he still thinks that he can conquer all of Ukraine"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.
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“By doing nothing to push back against attacks on lower courts], and by behaving in a way that gives the appearance of justices more interested in rationalizing their votes than in reconciling their jurisprudence, #SCOTUS is ultimately weakening the federal judiciary at the worst possible moment.”:
163. A New Kind of Judicial Supremacy
The Supreme Court closed the balance of the October 2024 Term with both actions and opinions that bespeak a new vision of how it exercises power—one that is as dangerous as it will be unpredictable.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“By doing nothing to push back against attacks on lower courts], and by behaving in a way that gives the appearance of justices more interested in rationalizing their votes than in reconciling their jurisprudence, #SCOTUS is ultimately weakening the federal judiciary at the worst possible moment.”:
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We’ve got secret police black bagging people and sending them to gulags, the scary parts of communism are already here idk what these people think a public grocery store will lead to bsky.app/profile/jame...
you know, i’m not militantly pro city-run groceries — i think it is an interesting idea to pilot and try out! — but i’m getting negatively polarized into being a big supporter just from these incredibly vapid, brain-dead posts.
they are really acting like he's going to close every business or something
June 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We’ve got secret police black bagging people and sending them to gulags, the scary parts of communism are already here idk what these people think a public grocery store will lead to bsky.app/profile/jame...
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This is a really important story: on the danger of believing your own conspiracy theories. Iran did. Is the US next?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
What America Can Learn From Iran’s Failure
The regime’s predicament shows what happens when conspiracies, rather than reality, shape decision making.
www.theatlantic.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This is a really important story: on the danger of believing your own conspiracy theories. Iran did. Is the US next?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A military ethicist resigns in protest. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military-Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded that she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A military ethicist resigns in protest. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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LA: "A news event distributed and consumed through a constellation of different still images and video clips, all filmed from different perspectives and presented by individuals and organizations with different agendas"
From Charlie Warzel
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
From Charlie Warzel
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is (Again)
The L.A. distortion effect
www.theatlantic.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
LA: "A news event distributed and consumed through a constellation of different still images and video clips, all filmed from different perspectives and presented by individuals and organizations with different agendas"
From Charlie Warzel
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
From Charlie Warzel
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Trump has so paralyzed the federal agencies responsible for protecting civil servants’ rights that federal employees may now be able to win relief directly from courts instead, the 4th Circuit rules. A very good decision for the independent civil service. knightcolumbia.org/documents/9m...
June 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump has so paralyzed the federal agencies responsible for protecting civil servants’ rights that federal employees may now be able to win relief directly from courts instead, the 4th Circuit rules. A very good decision for the independent civil service. knightcolumbia.org/documents/9m...
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Please watch.
Please.
Please.
🧵
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please watch.
Please.
Please.
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Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
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This, in a nutshell, is why the Justice Department remains independent from the White House when it comes to directing criminal prosecution. A country that fails to take to heart the lessons of Watergate ends up with Trump.
If this were a report about any other country in the world, the headline would be something more like "Trump Expands Efforts to Crackdown on Political Opposition."
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats’ Cash Engine
The president ordered an inquiry into ActBlue, the main Democratic fund-raising platform, in his latest move using the government to target political opponents.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This, in a nutshell, is why the Justice Department remains independent from the White House when it comes to directing criminal prosecution. A country that fails to take to heart the lessons of Watergate ends up with Trump.
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
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Poor Pete Hegseth. It looks like he gave up drinking for nothing.
The Pentagon is in "total chaos" and Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and missteps at the highest levels of the department.
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth
“The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.
www.politico.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Poor Pete Hegseth. It looks like he gave up drinking for nothing.
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Has anyone noticed that the Republican discourse about North Carolina’s storm recovery vanished after the election? Nothing. Not a peep from them.
Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK!
Crazy how that works!
Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK!
Crazy how that works!
April 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Has anyone noticed that the Republican discourse about North Carolina’s storm recovery vanished after the election? Nothing. Not a peep from them.
Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK!
Crazy how that works!
Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK!
Crazy how that works!
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imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop
April 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop
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The gap between the self-image that MAGA has of themselves as tough macho he-men and their constant pants-pissing fear of every goddamn thing in the world is bigger than the Grand Canyon
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The gap between the self-image that MAGA has of themselves as tough macho he-men and their constant pants-pissing fear of every goddamn thing in the world is bigger than the Grand Canyon
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Cackling glee over literally condemning millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to death due to eliminating USAID; on the verge of tears over his falling stock price. This is Elon Musk in a nutshell.
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Cackling glee over literally condemning millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to death due to eliminating USAID; on the verge of tears over his falling stock price. This is Elon Musk in a nutshell.
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Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand
March 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand
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The arguments Trump is making in court TODAY were test-driven by Dick Cheney.
With all due respect, if YOU ignored our warnings in the 2000s, that's a confession that you didn't heed a fact-based warning when it would have been easier.
With all due respect, if YOU ignored our warnings in the 2000s, that's a confession that you didn't heed a fact-based warning when it would have been easier.
I am not blaming Democrats for Republicans becoming fascists. I am blaming people who overused "fascist" for years for removing the power of that word and gutting it of meaning, and making it useless now that we need it.
Something I warned would happen.
Something I warned would happen.
March 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The arguments Trump is making in court TODAY were test-driven by Dick Cheney.
With all due respect, if YOU ignored our warnings in the 2000s, that's a confession that you didn't heed a fact-based warning when it would have been easier.
With all due respect, if YOU ignored our warnings in the 2000s, that's a confession that you didn't heed a fact-based warning when it would have been easier.
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1/ This is wildly illegal. That is not a question on which reasonable legally informed folks can disagree.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
1/ This is wildly illegal. That is not a question on which reasonable legally informed folks can disagree.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.