@pigly.bsky.social
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this comes up over and over (most notably in Town of Castle Rock), the police don't owe you shit. they don't owe you protection and they sure as hell aren't going to stop a man planning to kill his family.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
this comes up over and over (most notably in Town of Castle Rock), the police don't owe you shit. they don't owe you protection and they sure as hell aren't going to stop a man planning to kill his family.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Okay, why the fuck does the New Yorker want me to use face id, ffs
November 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Okay, why the fuck does the New Yorker want me to use face id, ffs
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French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
An incredibly well crafted story by @vajra.me -- from 2019?!-- that feels so au courant, as if it were written through the lens of this precise moment future-sf.com/fiction/apol...
Apologia
Of course they sent a poet. He was quick on his feet, electric, stepping lightly through the portals we opened for him into and across the committee's carefully Chosen Moments of history. He would onl...
future-sf.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
An incredibly well crafted story by @vajra.me -- from 2019?!-- that feels so au courant, as if it were written through the lens of this precise moment future-sf.com/fiction/apol...
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ICE is tear gassing schools
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
ICE is tear gassing schools
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I don’t think people really understand the ramifications of Ring data being accessed by authorities. This short vid explains the dangers
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I don’t think people really understand the ramifications of Ring data being accessed by authorities. This short vid explains the dangers
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
Just finished The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social, tearing through the last 80 pages on the edge of my seat as the three protagonists' stories intertwined. Beautifully wrought with potent imagery and emotional heft. Another banger from one of my fav writers 🧙♀️
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just finished The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social, tearing through the last 80 pages on the edge of my seat as the three protagonists' stories intertwined. Beautifully wrought with potent imagery and emotional heft. Another banger from one of my fav writers 🧙♀️
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What I need right now is a couple episodes of Scavengers Reign where they are just doing science and freaking out with joy over their discoveries.
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What I need right now is a couple episodes of Scavengers Reign where they are just doing science and freaking out with joy over their discoveries.
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Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
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ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.
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AI in education amplifies existing biases against marginalized or vulnerable groups
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
AI in education amplifies existing biases against marginalized or vulnerable groups
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
AI in education is not evidence-based but based on speculation and proof of concept claims
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Here’s what to know now about finding (and paying for) the new COVID shots in New York City 2025:
What to Know About Getting a COVID Vaccine in New York This Fall
The confusion around guidelines is making things tough for pharmacists and patients alike.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here’s what to know now about finding (and paying for) the new COVID shots in New York City 2025:
I regret to inform you that we do, in fact, gotta hand it to Hoboken
New York City should take note of what is going on in a city that has not had a traffic fatality since 2017.
Scofflaws Beware! Hoboken to Launch Automated Parking Enforcement - Streetsblog New York City
New York City should take note of what is going on in a city that has not had a traffic fatality since 2017.
buff.ly
October 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I regret to inform you that we do, in fact, gotta hand it to Hoboken
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Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
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UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.
109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
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Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
September 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.
What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
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For @motherjones.com, I wrote about the political pressure & coercion faced by teachers & staff at Success Academy.
"They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."
"They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."
The charter school pressuring teachers to get involved in politics
“It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate," one Success Academy educator said.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about the political pressure & coercion faced by teachers & staff at Success Academy.
"They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."
"They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
My husband described my type as "scruffy Vulcan"
September 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My husband described my type as "scruffy Vulcan"
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As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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Portland has spent billions on housing, with very little to show for it. Let's stop reinventing the wheel and instead learn from the successes and failures of other cities around the world to create something that actually works for Portland.
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Portland has spent billions on housing, with very little to show for it. Let's stop reinventing the wheel and instead learn from the successes and failures of other cities around the world to create something that actually works for Portland.