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Accidental Decaf

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Non-profit Comms, writing about corporate impacts on climate, worker rights & access to health care. Long-time #Union activist. Has been known to shout "Capitalism is obscene!" at parties once or twice.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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SOC Investment Group @socinvgrp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As extreme heat events become more common around the world, investors are reckoning with the impacts on worker health and company operations, as well as how companies are managing and disclosing the effects of extreme heat on their workforces. #LaborRights #CorpGov
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Big read: How are investors dealing with extreme heat’s impacts on workers?
Investors scrutinise worker protections and adaptation measures as conditions worsen and corporate disclosures remain patchy.
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don’t remember whose insight this is, but it blew my mind when I first read that to understand American history you have to get that race law was designed to increase the number of enslavable people (one-drop rule) and decrease the number of claimants to indigenous land (blood quantum)
Jamelle Bouie writes: yeah this is a separate conversation but one of the things that hasn’t quite bubbled up from scholarship into mainstream thinking is that american slavery was a system centered principally on reproduction. forced birth for capital accumulation is what it was
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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A big part of why the job market is so broken is that a lot of 30-50 year olds have been laid off from mid-level "good" jobs that paid salaries in the $75-100k range and the jobs that are "available" for people with that much experience are trying to hire people for something more like $60-70k.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
data4democracy.substack.com
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨BREAKING 🦠 On Friday, the US CDC arbitrarily shifted higher COVlD levels into lower categories depicted with cooler colors. Much of what was Very High is now "High." What was High is now "Moderate" or "Low." Low is "Very Low." 1/
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.
(3) COVERED PLATFORM.— The term "covered platform" -
(A) means an entity -
(i) that is an interactive computer service;
(ii) that-
(I) is engaged in interstate or foreign commerce;
or
(Il) purposefully avails itself of the United States
market or a portion thereof; and
(iïi) for which it is in the regular course of the trade or
business of the entity to create, host, or make available content that meets the definition of harmful to minors under paragraph (4) and that is provided by the entity, a user, or other intration conten provider, with
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/07/2026
And like, 2 million and change tons of CO2 is not nothing, but I would personally prefer governments start by banning private jets, which produce 17 million tons of CO2, over organic eggs.
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SOC Investment Group @socinvgrp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A very important hearing that highlights the ongoing issues related to fast-tracking mega IPOs into major US indexes. #CorpGov
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 24/06/2026
In honor of his apparent victory: @bradlander.bsky.social eats a hot dog on the Cyclone
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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 02/06/2026
Some math: Starlinks last ~5 years They launch in 20-29 per launch Goal: 12,000 Satellites Assuming they replace 1/5 per year, or 2400 per year, at ave 24 per launch, that is 100 launches a year. At $74M per launch (per Starbase), that's $7.4 billion in launch costs + $500M to $1G in satellites
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18/07/2025
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
disconnect.blog
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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ICCR @iccr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If it looks like work, why isn’t it treated like work? Check out this new blog post from Pia Garavaglia which explores the impact of AI on work, and who counts as a 'worker' in today's economy: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/if-it-look...
A gig worker in green on a moped in a city street
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ICCR @iccr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A new article from Data Syn looking ahead to June's ILO Conference where governments, employers, and worker representatives will come together to negotiate what could become the first global standard on decent work in the platform economy. datasyn.substack.com/p/from-recog...
A colorful collage of workers in various gig industries.
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ICCR @iccr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Alone We Are Powerless; Together We Are Strong.” A recap from the 05.10-05.12 Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project convening in Nairobi. Read more: www.iccr.org/alone-we-are...
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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Breaking: The NYS Assembly, dominated by democrats, just voted for a Trumpy energy agenda that guts the NY climate law. The climate law delayed action by 7 years, but a court had ordered Hochul to implement it… so she moved to gut it and the legislature is obliging. 🤦🤦🤦
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
50% of American workers say they want to join unions, but 10% of workers are IN unions. Where’s the disconnect, you might wonder? The game is rigged. www.epi.org/publication/...
epi.org
U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. We estimate that employers spend roughly ...
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Really moved by the interview with Wallace Shawn, one of about oh I dunno I wanna say four living celebrities I love and admire. www.interviewmagazine.com/film/wallace...
interviewmagazine.com
Wallace Shawn Isn’t Ready to Die
With his retrospective currently playing at the Metrograph, the 82-year-old actor proves he has one of the most iconic filmographies. Even if he can't exactly remember most of it.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
this is a masterpiece
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
He’s still doing 2-hour one-man plays at 82. An inspiration. www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-int...
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‘A lot of people don’t think I can act’: Wallace Shawn on Hollywood, therapy and speaking out on Palestine
At 82, the character actor is as frank and fired-up as ever with two hit stage shows and a summer blockbuster on the way. He’s embracing being odd, he says, even if everyone doesn’t quite get it
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/05/2026
I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
5 out of the 6 Supreme Court Justices who gutted the Voting Rights Act were nominated by a president who came into office having lost the popular vote. 70% of Americans support the John Lewis VRA. The Supreme Court is historically unpopular. It is not a democratically legitimate institution.
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ICCR @iccr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Today we released "Excessive Executive Compensation: Investor Guidance" spotlighting the ways exec. comp trends are distorting the wider economy. Our guide provides concrete examples of how investors can help rein in excessive pay through their proxy voting & engagement www.iccr.org/iccr-issues-...
The cover of the Excess Executive Compensation report, which shows a blue and orange graph of escalating pay disparity between CEOs and average workers, and how intervention by investors can help reduce the disparity.
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olive consumer's floating skull @machete.gay · 23/04/2026
Imagine every interaction with a public official—from people working lines at the airports, to cops, to the people responsible for keeping your power on at your job—requires an exchange of some petty cash. Just the constant friction of graft to not get fucked over. It's bad.
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SOC Investment Group @socinvgrp.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The SOC Investment Group urges shareholders to vote NO on Items 3 and 4, the resolutions to ratify the actions of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board at the Mercedes-Benz AGM on April 16. Mercedes consistently breached their own human rights and labor protection commitments. #CorpGov
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SOC Investment Group urges Mercedes-Benz Shareholders to Vote NO on Board of Management and Supervisory Board’s Actions — SOC Investment Group
Read the full letter here.
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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Very cool that data centers increase the temperature around them up to 16 DEGREES for a radius of 6 miles. Bc the surrounding families will use more energy to cool their homes. And uh oh, there goes another blackout!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Last month the NYT said AOC "struggled" to give an answer on Taiwan and quoted her with "uhs" and "ums" to make her look stupid Yesterday talking about Hormuz Trump claimed he's heard from "numerous countries" and said "uh" four times. The NYT deleted the "uhs" and paraphrased him to look smarter:
NYT on Feb. 13, 2026:

The visit also demonstrated the relative foreign policy inexperience of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who has made a few overseas trips since taking office but does not sit on any House committees devoted primarily to world affairs. She struggled at times to formulate succinct answers at a nighttime panel session, during which she was asked probing and specific questions about how to respond to international crises.

Questioned about whether the United States should send troops to defend Taiwan if China invaded the island, she stalled for roughly 20 seconds before offering a substantive response.

“I think that, uh, this is such a, a — you know, I think that — this is a, um — this is of course, a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy of the United States,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said, before saying that the country should try to avoid reaching that point with China in the first place.NYT on March 16, 2026:

On Monday, Mr. Trump claimed that “numerous countries have told me they’re on the way,” noting that President Emmanuel Macron of France would most likely help in the Strait of Hormuz and was an eight out of 10. “Not perfect, but it’s France,” he said.

Others are not demonstrating sufficient enthusiasm for his demands, he said.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The data from your Meta Ray Bans is used to train Meta's AI, which most people don't understand means that humans are looking at the most intimate details of their lives. www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...
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She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
(2/11) You know dynamic pricing—think Uber rides, flights, or concert tickets that surge based on supply and demand. “Surveillance Pricing” takes this to the next level: using your data to set a “price for you” based on your predicted breaking point. This is, increasingly, everywhere.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
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McKenna Schueler @shecarrieson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Tomorrow, a FL Senate committee will hear a bill (SB 1236) that would incentivize employers to make it harder for workers in the private sector to form unions & discourage neutrality. It's similar to model legislation drafted by ALEC that's been passed (in some form) in AL, GA, & TN 🧵
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly.  We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Utility watchdogs accuse PGE of skirting new law meant to make data centers pay for rising demand. PGE is trying to spread part of the costs onto regular ratepayers, contrary to recent law requiring separate rate class for data centers oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/15/u...
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Utility watchdogs accuse PGE of skirting new law meant to make data centers pay for rising demand • Oregon Capital Chronicle
PGE doesn't plan to simply assign the costs of energy investments needed to support data centers, to data centers.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE. This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/12/2025
he believes that if they die they were meant to die and that those that live are the fittest
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/12/2025
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
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Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans. Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 16/11/2025
I'm not going to read the NYT story but I do want to hear what other people would put in their "Lost New York" takes, mine would include Dr Zizmor ads and the free transfer between the Broadway G/Lorimer JMZ stops
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UAW @uaw.org · 17/11/2025
🧵 This morning, Local 2110 of @uawregion9a.bsky.social petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a union election for nearly a thousand full-time and part-time professional and non-professional staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Photo of Metropolitan Museum of Art staff workers in New York who are organizing to form their union and join UAW Local 2110.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme Stop embracing surveillance tech
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 14/11/2025
the ~5 tons of CO2 emitted on this hourlong flight is roughly equivalent to what the average EU citizen emits in a year
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
ER wait times are going to be much longer when 13.7 million Americans lose their Medicaid coverage over the next decade due to this administration’s billionaire tax cuts, not to mention the higher premiums from expiring ACA subsidies, the thousands of jobs being lost every month, & massive inflation
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
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