Beth Krieger
@uwsider.bsky.social
Bringing arthouse cinema to the UWS, http://uptownfilm.org.
Joyful distractions from the chaos. But never stop resisting.
Joyful distractions from the chaos. But never stop resisting.
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A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
medicalxpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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BREAKING: Elise Stefanik DROPS OUT of race for New York Governor and will NOT be seeking reelection in Congress
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
BREAKING: Elise Stefanik DROPS OUT of race for New York Governor and will NOT be seeking reelection in Congress
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Urgent: #BrownUniversity students (& Rhode Islanders) need blood bank donations.
If you're in: NY, NJ, MN, NB, or DE, can you please spread the word or help?
www.ribc.org
#Brunonian #BrownieForLife
If you're in: NY, NJ, MN, NB, or DE, can you please spread the word or help?
www.ribc.org
#Brunonian #BrownieForLife
December 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Urgent: #BrownUniversity students (& Rhode Islanders) need blood bank donations.
If you're in: NY, NJ, MN, NB, or DE, can you please spread the word or help?
www.ribc.org
#Brunonian #BrownieForLife
If you're in: NY, NJ, MN, NB, or DE, can you please spread the word or help?
www.ribc.org
#Brunonian #BrownieForLife
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We’re def going back to the “roaring 50s” with a nice measles outbreak.
Nice work MAHA n stuff
Nice work MAHA n stuff
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We’re def going back to the “roaring 50s” with a nice measles outbreak.
Nice work MAHA n stuff
Nice work MAHA n stuff
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is hosting more than 120 community-led events across NYC this weekend to ensure their neighbors have whistles and know their rights, all to protect from escalating ICE abductions.
This. Is. The. Way.
If you're in New York, you can find events near you at HandsOffNYC.com.
This. Is. The. Way.
If you're in New York, you can find events near you at HandsOffNYC.com.
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is hosting more than 120 community-led events across NYC this weekend to ensure their neighbors have whistles and know their rights, all to protect from escalating ICE abductions.
This. Is. The. Way.
If you're in New York, you can find events near you at HandsOffNYC.com.
This. Is. The. Way.
If you're in New York, you can find events near you at HandsOffNYC.com.
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"Filmmakers don't make movies for living rooms. Seeing a movie on a home screen is a lot
like looking at a painting in a book."-actor/director Tim Blake Nelson
It's a great time to support your local #arthousecinema. Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/u_0wfrtDWB0?...
like looking at a painting in a book."-actor/director Tim Blake Nelson
It's a great time to support your local #arthousecinema. Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/u_0wfrtDWB0?...
Tim Blake Nelson, actor/director/writer
YouTube video by Uptown Film Center
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Filmmakers don't make movies for living rooms. Seeing a movie on a home screen is a lot
like looking at a painting in a book."-actor/director Tim Blake Nelson
It's a great time to support your local #arthousecinema. Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/u_0wfrtDWB0?...
like looking at a painting in a book."-actor/director Tim Blake Nelson
It's a great time to support your local #arthousecinema. Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/u_0wfrtDWB0?...
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A Netflix buyout of WBD is bad. A Paramount hostile takeover is worse.
Baby Ellison is backed by Daddy Eillson's deep pockets and his buddies in the Kleptocracy.
Whoever wins, we lose.
#FilmSky #Movies
Baby Ellison is backed by Daddy Eillson's deep pockets and his buddies in the Kleptocracy.
Whoever wins, we lose.
#FilmSky #Movies
This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
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"In response to Trump's order, attorneys general in 21 states sued the administration.
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.
www.npr.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"In response to Trump's order, attorneys general in 21 states sued the administration.
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
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Pollster: Trump's net approval rating among voters under the age of 30 is going into a deep, dark black hole. Look at that, -46. That is a shift on the net approval of 56 points in the wrong direction since February. We almost never see drops this big, this quickly.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
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HANDS OFF NYC!
Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, New York, NY
Sunday, December 14
1:00 – 2:00pm
Our message to Trump is clear:
NO TROOPS - NO ICE IN NYC!
We will have banners, signs and a hell of a lotta NOISE - because no city should be occupied by federal troops.
Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, New York, NY
Sunday, December 14
1:00 – 2:00pm
Our message to Trump is clear:
NO TROOPS - NO ICE IN NYC!
We will have banners, signs and a hell of a lotta NOISE - because no city should be occupied by federal troops.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
HANDS OFF NYC!
Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, New York, NY
Sunday, December 14
1:00 – 2:00pm
Our message to Trump is clear:
NO TROOPS - NO ICE IN NYC!
We will have banners, signs and a hell of a lotta NOISE - because no city should be occupied by federal troops.
Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, New York, NY
Sunday, December 14
1:00 – 2:00pm
Our message to Trump is clear:
NO TROOPS - NO ICE IN NYC!
We will have banners, signs and a hell of a lotta NOISE - because no city should be occupied by federal troops.
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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New York must, absolutely must, fight fire with fire when it comes to redistricting.
I know it doesn’t feel great to descend into the muck with these guys.
But if we do not, we will have permanent, one-party control of Congress.
I know it doesn’t feel great to descend into the muck with these guys.
But if we do not, we will have permanent, one-party control of Congress.
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New York must, absolutely must, fight fire with fire when it comes to redistricting.
I know it doesn’t feel great to descend into the muck with these guys.
But if we do not, we will have permanent, one-party control of Congress.
I know it doesn’t feel great to descend into the muck with these guys.
But if we do not, we will have permanent, one-party control of Congress.
At first read I thought wow, the Dell couple is awesome. Then I read that the money they're donating goes into "Trump Accounts" for kids, & all I can wonder is, what's the scam? Is Trump mining data, getting dollars, or both? He is Never altruistic. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At first read I thought wow, the Dell couple is awesome. Then I read that the money they're donating goes into "Trump Accounts" for kids, & all I can wonder is, what's the scam? Is Trump mining data, getting dollars, or both? He is Never altruistic. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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"Movies have always been meant to be shared together... You need the movies and the movies need you!" - - Kyra Sedgwick at the Uptown's Big REVEAL
Giving Tuesday is Dec 2, but momentum starts NOW. Your gift today will be doubled! Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/-5WnVGK7ydM
Giving Tuesday is Dec 2, but momentum starts NOW. Your gift today will be doubled! Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/-5WnVGK7ydM
Kyra Sedgwick, Actor
YouTube video by Uptown Film Center
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Movies have always been meant to be shared together... You need the movies and the movies need you!" - - Kyra Sedgwick at the Uptown's Big REVEAL
Giving Tuesday is Dec 2, but momentum starts NOW. Your gift today will be doubled! Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/-5WnVGK7ydM
Giving Tuesday is Dec 2, but momentum starts NOW. Your gift today will be doubled! Uptownfilm.org/donate
youtu.be/-5WnVGK7ydM
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New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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“Trump’s family has deals to build luxury resorts and hotels in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. And their crypto firm will be used by the UAE to make a $2B deal— netting the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars. His ‘diplomatic trips’ are blatant self-enrichment opportunities.” @rbreich.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Trump’s family has deals to build luxury resorts and hotels in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. And their crypto firm will be used by the UAE to make a $2B deal— netting the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars. His ‘diplomatic trips’ are blatant self-enrichment opportunities.” @rbreich.bsky.social
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...