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David Kronig

@davekronig.bsky.social
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Voting rights & government accountability lawyer. Previously: American Oversight, WisDems. Musician. Immunocompromised/disabled. Fan of N95s, democracy, and righteous fights. he/him. Opinions are mine alone but generally pretty good

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t even know what to say anymore. The only thing Covid conscious people are trying to do, truly, is not get sick. That we’ve become the country’s newest freak show is predictable given the pandemic, but truly despicable on a base human level.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💯. Also, for a lot of disabled folks, we've been doing the other things. We've tried building bridges, connecting on common ground, open-hearted education, appeals to self-interest. We've tried it all & been met with hostility. So we're fucking mad & if that makes you uncomfy, that's not my problem
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In the wake of this week’s nonsense I’ve seen a few disabled advocates say that anger is not a good way to convert people and not an ideal advocacy tactic. Perhaps this is true. But not everything a disabled person says needs to be advocacy, and the expression of emotion is an end in itself.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh hey look, exactly on schedule. Anybody feel like apologizing for adding to the pile on of a marginalized person because of an *obviously* bad faith article, as confirmed by the bar, and using it to smear a couple of marginalized groups as a bonus?
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This makes my so heart happy. Opera can make our souls soar and our worlds expand, and should be accessible to all. What a gift, to have a leader who celebrates and supports New York’s cultural institutions and wants to enrich New Yorkers’ lives with art
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s ironic because my thread was literally about how abled folks want us to disappear from society and then immediately the response is these folks should disappear from society 🤪 bsky.app/profile/unti...
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That the nominee to lead the FDA is named Overton is just too on the nose. The writing this season has gotten so lazy
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
hey just fyi if you think it's funny to mock people who mask and treat us as hysterical killjoys, you're doing the work of the fascists and you don't get to call yourself an ally of disabled people (or any marginalized group, really) because you're being a foot soldier of the oppressor class
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The More You Know Star Rainbow Streak
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Y’all call yourselves allies and then point and laugh at people who have been TRAUMATIZED by society as a whole. Where do you want us to go? We can’t even try to exist together outside the borders of your majority? This is why I say American society is eugenicist.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Because I just got an alarming call in which the specialty pharmacy that supplies the treatment for my immunodeficiency couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't be sending me a bill for upwards of $100,000, does anyone know a good health care lawyer in case I need to sue some people?
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Post by Michael Moran on X You all don't see the ableism because you're swimming in it. Every week you find a new reason to punch down on disabled people more swiftly and with more force: too cautious, too demanding, too dependent, too annoying. At some point, call it what it is: hatred of disabled people, normalized so completely that you mistake it for humor and common sense.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
last night we had ed sheeran apologizing for saying what’s happening in palestine is bad and at the same time david byrne putting up a huge graphic that says MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN and showing footage of ICE brutality to a sold out crowd. you can actually be famous and successful AND give a shit.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100! We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
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Lady DEADtera 💀🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Everyone insists they care about other people right up until you ask them why they're not wearing an N95.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hey quick reminder that human rights are actually not complicated. Trans people deserve the same rights to exist as their true selves as everyone else. Jim Crow & Jewish quotas were also “complicated” but turns out calling human rights issues “complicated” is just a way to excuse continued bigotry
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
See also: the dropping all mitigations for airborne infections has excluded a lot of disabled people from nearly every public space
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Scott 𐚁 Cataloochee Hogtoe 𐚁 Cave @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I know there’s a savvy take that being attached to the east wing or the kennedy center is a sort of west wing lame-o attachment to the symbols of power and on the other hand he fucking bulldozed our collective property
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I was in the hospital for an infusion & stopped for a snack for later from the cafeteria. As usual, I wore my 3M Aura N95. A cafeteria worker said w a smirk, "is that a construction mask?" then turned to her coworker & chuckled. Y'all, don't comment on masks unless it's to say "thanks for masking"
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In general, if people could stop acting like DC is a theme park where the only residents are in Congress that would be great, thanks
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When I lived in DC & was young & had little disposable income, going to the Kennedy Center was a huge treat. Walking in felt special, an occasion. I always dressed up, because it felt right to look my best there. A few times, I got to perform there, and it was magical. What’s happening is a tragedy
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LILY TOMLIN WAS MS FRIZZLE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU PEOPLE EVER TOLD ME
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Again the idea that merit and diversity are somehow in opposition already starts from the assumption bigots are correct about diversity.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
hey quick reminder that anyone willing to "compromise" trans' people's rights to exist in the world will be equally willing to compromise *your* rights when it becomes expedient, so it's to your selfish benefit to push leaders to be vocal in defense of trans people now, before you become a target
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
i mean, what the fuck. i'm not wild about the alternative, either
In the meantime, Holtec is letting the wastewater evaporate, releasing small amounts of radioactive tritium through the air vents to the surrounding area. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows airborne releases of tritium, and Holtec's reported releases are below the agency's safety limits.

Holtec has evaporated hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive wastewater since the start of decommissioning at Pilgrim, and has enhanced the process in recent winters by heating the wastewater pools. Holtec said the procedure helps warm the building and keep pipes from freezing. But the practice has angered local residents and opposition groups.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: In a victory for voters across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused the Trump administration’s request to allow the USPS to implement illegal mail voting restrictions ahead of the midterms. Mail voting remains safe, secure and unchanged. 1/
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 14/09/2026
VICTORY: Another federal court just blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing the president's unconstitutional restrictions on mail voting. Campaign Legal Center is proud to have secured this victory on behalf of our clients.
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Victory! Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Illegal USPS Rule Before Midterms
President Trump and his multiple executive orders trying to control our elections have now been stopped, twice, by Campaign Legal Center and our clients and co-counsel.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
The fun thing about living under a common law legal system is having to explain to people that we don’t have set laws that you just look up, we just have an overarching series of contradictory narrative fallacies that are all semi-load bearing.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you cannot be trusted to stand up for transgender Americans when they’re facing what some experts call a genocide, I don’t trust you to stand up for anything.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
so many things are bleak and hard, but also, what a beautiful world we live in
Sunset photo of the beach, facing away from the ocean and towards the dunes. light on the clouds is orange and peach against light blue sky and there’s a dark silhouette of a small building on top of the dune. The light is reflecting off a thin layer of water in the foreground
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Proud to be on this team
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Once again testing the (as yet undefeated) theory that if you crime brazenly enough, nobody will do anything about it
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
survivors of orphan crushing machine donate to temporarily turn off different orphan crushing machine
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Outsourcing your thinking makes you worse at thinking. Who could’ve seen that coming
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In unpacking some very old boxes, I found my undergrad thesis and was reminded of the music department’s spectacular decision to omit the “laude” from my grade
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY • DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
MUSIC BUILDING
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138, USA
Tel: 617-495-2791 • Fax: 617-496-8081
April 27, 2006
David Kronig
Department of Music
Harvard University
Dear David:
I am happy to inform you that the Department of Music, acting on the recommendation of your thesis committee, awards your thesis the grade of:

cum

I enclose the reader's reports from this department, and I hope you will talk to members of your committee if you should want further information.
Please let me congratulate you, on behalf of the Department of Music, for your substantial achievement.
Yours sincerely,

Thomas Forrest Kelly
Morton B. Knafel Profesor of Music
Head Tutor
Enclosures
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
idk, i think maybe people actually hate them because of the documented health impacts, soaring electricity prices, water usage, dirty fossil fuel power generation, with minimal job creation & a pattern of extracting enormous tax incentives from local govts that often more than outweigh benefits
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/09/2026
As our expert report states, any implementation of President Trump's mail voting executive order would cause "confusion and irreparable harm" to election officials and voters. Read the full report: campaignlegal.org/document/dec...
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
we're bringing back the manual hand crank
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Vintage Car Crankstart
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Not only is this morally reprehensible, at the end of the day it's self-defeating, because nobody will respect or trust you. Once you're willing to "compromise" one disfavored minority's right to exist as they are, at some intuitive level, everyone knows you'll sacrifice them when it's expedient
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Fresh blueberries are poison so I made a pie, for health
Blueberry pie with a crumble topping, sitting on aluminum foil with spilled over berry juices
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malyndae.bsky.social @malyndae.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Children who “happened to get measles” at the same time as another condition are exactly the children who rely on herd immunity for protection. Yeah, “we lived this during covid”, and a lot of people needlessly died.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Being loud and unapologetic that we should love, not judge, all people without regard to their color, creed, sexuality, or gender identity is actually the very opposite of “stay[ing] neutral in the culture wars”
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Very proud to be part of this team and this effort to protect the right to vote
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I had a dream last night that I got a $900 bill because insurance said testing they did in the ER was "elective" & not medically necessary. Chronically ill & disabled folks live with (very rational) fear every single day about what care will be denied that will kill or financially ruin us
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
AI slop is art in the same way a half-decayed roadkill possum is a Michelin starred dinner but ok bro
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Antisemitism is a real and big problem. Weaponizing antisemitism, however, makes all of us Jews less safe because it cheapens the term and makes people take it less seriously when genuine acts of antisemitism take place
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Disabled folks have been telling y'all that the dismantling of public health & food safety is part of the eugenics plan. The skyrocketing foodborne illnesses are a feature, not a bug. Most people will recover. The ones who don't are the disabled, immunocompromised, elderly. The undesirables.
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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
idk i just think that if i were the leader of the opposition party and saw that BILL KRISTOL was to my left on abolishing ICE i would rethink my "we need to reform ICE by making them wear body cams" position
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