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Nic Mira
@nicmira.bsky.social
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Urban policy, bureaucrat, administrative state, Boston/MA politics, other lefty stuff
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Nic Mira @nicmira.bsky.social · Nov 15
These two are by far the best content this account will be posting.
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jamellebouie.net
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Instead of retreating into facile cynicism about the safety net and regulatory state, people on the left should be trying to occupy the bureaucracy at the state, local, and, after the MAGA putschists are finally expelled from power, federal level—not simply because we need good people in those jobs, but because enough good people in any given department can change its internal culture for the better. A lot depends, for example, on whether state and local transportation departments are staffed by car-brained traffic engineers or planners who are genuinely invested in walkability and developing viable mass transit networks. Just as much hinges on whether state health agencies are staffed by people with a genuine commitment to the cause of universal healthcare, even in the face of brutal federal Medicaid cuts. There’s another reason for occupying the bureaucracy, too. For a movement that wants to transform the state, there is tremendous value in understanding how policy implementation and institutional change happens on a granular level. If you spend some time working inside the bureaucracy and you keep your eyes open, you can learn a lot about the points of leverage that leftist politicians and outside advocacy groups can press to their advantage. On the flipside, you can also learn a great deal about the tradeoffs associated with certain approaches and how well-intentioned but undercooked policy initiatives can produce unintended consequences. These are all important lessons for anyone trying to push any level of government in a more humane direction. But they’re especially important lessons for leftist officials who have ambitious agendas, a finite amount of time in which to implement them, and little room for error.
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
nicmira.bsky.social
The Quinebaug
thinkingbayonet.bsky.social thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 13d
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.

Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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oppinsights.bsky.social
📢We’re hiring a Data Scientist!

Use big data to shape policies that boost economic mobility.

📍Cambridge, MA | Hybrid
🔗Link to apply: shorturl.at/dQ6Gl

#DataScience #EconomicMobility #Hiring
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November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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paulisci.bsky.social
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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mariabustillos.com
Inspiring leadership as ever from The Handbasket: a BRILLIANT Independent Journalism Gift Buying Guide.

Thank you @marisakabas.bsky.social!! The @flaminghydra.com lair is roaring with pride to be included among great IRL publications, for great IRL readers.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/independen...
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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daisy-pitkin.bsky.social
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.

www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]

—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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brainchain.ca
Reposting for the morning crowd.

If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
proton.me Proton @proton.me · Oct 31
Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
"You are—at most—going to be one piece of that solution in a chain of many people that begins before you were born and continues after you die." degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
You don't have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
nicmira.bsky.social
Actual courage
wrecked9n76e.bsky.social Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · Sep 16
Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.
September 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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timmaughan.bsky.social
TNC identified as the last well known American columnist with a spine:

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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kevinbuist.com
One of the best people decoding all this chaos is @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme
Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence
www.garbageday.email
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
if that news is true, don't say anything you wouldn't want to see screenshotted and spread all over right wing media
September 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Had a fun time writing about bread and circuses vs. bread and roses and whether in crises we're allowed to have fun. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-...
Circuses vs. Roses: Notes on Pleasure and Scold Culture
Someone made this extra-grumpy meme about the fact that football player and podcaster Travis Kelce proposed to pop superstar Taylor Swift and now they're engaged, or rather about the fact that of cour...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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amandalitman.bsky.social
It is only barely hyperbolic to say NIMBYism and the downstream effects of making affordable housing inaccessible are why Democrats have lost so much ground.
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
nicmira.bsky.social
No one can find me here....
August 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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jdcmedlock.bsky.social
The case against worrying about pre-transfer poverty
August 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
reposted this today because the inverse is also true:

if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period.

if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
joshuaerlich.bsky.social Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Aug 9
the thing about trans rights is that we fight the civil rights issues of our time. nazi chuds have made this the issue of our time.

it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.
lukeoneil47.bsky.social Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · Mar 7
Centrists bigots and right wingers have this all backward. YOU are the ones constantly bringing up trans issues. I would be happy to not think about this shit every day of my life unless I was talking to or reading something by one of my trans friends and thought of it in passing. SHUT THE FUCK UP
August 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social
“URGENT. 8X MATCH. THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE.”

Ugh if I never get another text like that it won’t be soon enough!!!

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August 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
August 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM