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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

If we look at 20th-century China and Germany as examples, it actually takes a few decades to recover from the type of self-harm that the US is currently inflicting on itself.

And he called US President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape American science and health policy -- including mass firings to government scientists and steep slashes to research budgets -- an "immensely serious problem."

"This will cripple much of United States science research," he told AFP, adding that he knew people who have taken enormous funding hits.

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues," Clarke said. "Assuming that the present administration finally comes to an end, it may take a decade to get back to where we were, say, half a year ago."

"It's a huge problem" that's "entirely beyond any understanding of anyone who is a scientist," he said.

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 17h

"That’s why it can’t just be up to individuals to make environmentally (and health) conscious choices, experts say. Instead, large food corporations need to be held responsible for the burden they place on society..."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

www.theguardian.com

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 21h

More ballerina urbanism, please!
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 1d

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 17h

There was a point in time when we had Immigration & Customs Enforcement conducting law enforcement activity. Unfortunately they devolved to the #ICEtapo under the current #RacistRegime

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20h

If the Trump regime was only screwing allies across the world to benefit the people of the United States, that would be selfish, short-sighted, and self-defeating, but at least they could argue they ran on “America First.”

But they’re screwing US citizens too. Badly.

Except themselves of course.

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 18h

"And I will tell you, the Cheesecake Factory in Riyadh, it’s incredible. It’s right next to Pizza Hut and KFC, and if you want a pair of Timberlands, it’s across the street next to the Marriott, catty-corner to the fucking Hilton.”

Unfortunately, not a joke line.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Bill Burr calls critics of Riyadh comedy festival ‘sanctimonious’ and ‘phony’

Comedian defends appearance at controversial comedy festival, saying: ‘It felt right afterward. I vibed with them’

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

"Just can't find the money"

Our mayor is a billionaire. We have the third most billionaires living here of any city in the world. We can't accept these excuses.

Massive Mission District affordable housing plan slashed, dropping from 465 to 100 units

The Potrero Yard Modernization Project cannot secure the funding for an ambitious bus yard and housing plan seven years in the works.

missionlocal.org

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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 1d

Nicely done

Dan Przygoda @dprzygoda.bsky.social · 9d

I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 1d

But the folks who buy mansions will be able to buy bigger mansions with all tax cuts available because of all the money the #GOP saves by cutting this sort of funding.

Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 1d

worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankin...

Homeless Population by State 2025

Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

worldpopulationreview.com

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 1d

And this is NOT UNIQUE to California- these cuts will hurt every state,be they red, purple or blue.

And they will hurt in many ways - because homeless people cost cities & state more than the same people in state/city funded permanent housing.

calmatters.org/housing/home...

California braces for ‘devastating’ expected cuts to federal homeless housing funds

Thousands of Californians could return to homelessness as the feds reportedly plan to disinvest from permanent housing.

calmatters.org

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

If it seems like our mayor only cares about fellow rich people, it might have something to do with his brother being a luxury real estate agent who thinks SF has a "mansion shortage"

www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

Local return-to-office policies are helping to fuel the resurgence, said luxury real estate agent Alexander Fromm Lurie, who is the brother of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie.

The city’s existing “mansion shortage,” coupled with “a massive influx of buyers who want to be back in the city,” is making it difficult for even his wealthiest clients to find quality housing, according to Lurie.

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 2d

Markets and solutions: Markets exist to make profits, not to solve problems

Didn't the #GreatFriedman and his economist acolytes tell us that if a company made a profit, it proved they were doing the right thing?

Climate Destruction is profitable.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 2d

Why does "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." come to mind?

Is driving youth to suicide ad self harm really "saving" them? Is that why they lie about the research - to "save" them?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Paul Wermer @paulwermer.bsky.social · 3d

"“It’s wrong, there should be consequences for that and for leaders that stand up and knowingly lie about the situation on the ground,” Noem said."

So Noem knows she should face consequences for her lies and abuses as she perpetrates this violence on Chicago.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

Homeland security secretary takes aim at city’s mayor who has called deployment of national guard ‘unhinged’

www.theguardian.com

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Rural Freedom Network @ruralfreedomnet.bsky.social · 4d

Someday. Soon.

Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 4d

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 5d

The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens.

Few understand this.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

sites.stat.columbia.edu

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 5d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 4d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago

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