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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 02/10/2026
I really don't understand America's culture of forcing service workers to be on their feet all day.
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Coming up soon on 10/9, as the 13th surge continues! #HealthDisparities #HealthEquity #LongCovid #HealthCareDisparities #HealthPolicyResearch @togetherwemask.bsky.social
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New York Democrats in Congress are pushing Senate leaders for a two-year delay of a new SNAP cost-sharing requirement they say could hit the state especially hard. Read more: specne.ws/nBAgpy 
specne.ws
Exclusive: N.Y. House Democrats push for delay of state SNAP cost share
The law establishes an up to 15% state contribution rate, depending on the state’s error rate.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
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New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits because of the federal government's expanded work requirements can reapply starting today, October 1.

To find out whether you're eligible to get your benefits back or qualify for an exemption, call 718-SNAP-NOW (718-762-7669), visit nyc.gov/ACCESSHRA, or use the ACCESS HRA app.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
COVlD-associated hospitalizations are exploding in NYC. This is quite serious. Due to vaccinations and prior mortality, the acute effects of infection are often less obviously apparent in 2026. It's a testament to the high transmission. Screenshot from @datareport.bsky.social via the devil app.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PMC COVlD Update, Sep 28, 2026 (US): 🔸We're in a 13th COVlD wave. 🔸40 states & territories continue to have COVlD outbreaks, stable from last week. 🔸Levels likely peaked between Sep 7-13 at a PMC-estimated 580,000 new daily infections. pmc19.com/map
The US has at least 40 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks, the same number reported last week. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
     There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.

Nuance: 
Note that while PMC uses forecasting to estimate national statistics through Sep 28 and beyond, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the national forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13, closely aligned with our prior forecasts. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. Levels often decline slowly, suggesting the need for ongoing precautions. Additionally, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week, and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so the national forecast has more uncertainty than usual. For example, we could see the peak adjusted upward or a double peak. It is unclear how quickly reporting will resume at the offline sites. 

Note that while PMC national statistical estimates include forecasting, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. However, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so high uncertainty.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mask up in #NYC, and cancel what you're doing to get your booster today. Kings County is raging with COVlD, per today's CDC update. PMC estimates 1 in 20 residents actively infectious, as of the most recent data on Sep 12. pmc19.com/map We have warned of this for weeks.
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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Global Policy Repository tracked 53 nations: only 8 have a gov't lead on #IndoorAir, just 7 have binding health standards, and only 25/253 policies address schools. Call your local reps and demand #CleanAir in schools! Fight for the kids! Watch: airclub.org/unga-2026
A close-up shot at the Air Club UN event showing a booklet provided to each attendee highlighting the organizers and speakers. Resting on top of the booklet is a flyer titled, “The Global Indoor Air Quality Policy Database.” The Air Club flyer outlines the first comprehensive repository of National Indoor Air Quality Policies, tracking 253 policies across 53 countries. The text notes that only 8 of 53 countries (15%) have a clear government lead on indoor air quality, only 25 of the 253 policies address education settings, and only 7 countries have legally binding, health-based standards across multiple pollutants and settings.
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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NYC bill: intro.nyc/0699-2026+ drafted for real time reports on the DOE website regarding air quality in schools, the installation and maintenance of air quality monitoring devices, as well as annual reports regarding air quality in schools. Let’s support this. @debsoc.bsky.social @luckytran.com
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Int 0699-2026 Standards and reporting regarding indoor air quality in schools within the city school district.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
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New York City has spent one-third of this year under a Flash Flood Emergency activation.

Today, we are preparing for a nor’easter that could bring heavy rain and coastal flooding.

I brought together commissioners and senior leaders from more than a dozen City agencies and departments at City Hall to coordinate a whole-of-government response to protect our neighborhoods.
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Chaplin's final speech in #TheGreatDictator is even more poignant than just a year ago for many reasons -- incl. its mentions of "machine men" and the line, "More than machines, we need humanity!" #TCMparty
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
His brain is completely broken. What the actual fuck is this nonsense
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Based on Trumpy's decision to ban reporters from the white house, is there ANY DOUBT that Trumpy fully and completely plans to really screw up the midterm elections? Get rid of the journalists who won't lie for you, your truth becomes the only truth. This is his goal.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The WHCA is useless. They will never give up access, because it defines them. So they have no leverage. Individual news organizations and reporters could choose to boycott or get a spine and start pushing back on his lying, derangement, rudeness, racism, misogyny, and thin skin. 
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rigging the Electoral College isn’t the goal of illegally excluding noncitizens—this map is a minor tradeoff for turbocharging gerrymandering 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 Texas, Florida, etc. Excluding noncitizens from redistricting would let the GOP pack more Dem votes into fewer seats—making the rest whiter & more GOP
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Fredxie @rodgilbert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So the guy who oversaw the largest health care fraud in history while he was CEO OF Columbia /HCA says we should just trust CEO’s to do the right thing
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pastor Voldemort demands we trust AI.
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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.jacksonformaine.com
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#DrStrsngelove discusses the Doomsday Machine. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb #TCMparty #StanleyKubrick
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Says the President, "You can't fight in here -- it's the War Room!" #TCMpaety #DrStrangelove
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Urging a pre-emptive nuclear first strike, General Turgeson promises, "No more than 10 million dead -- 20 million tops!" #TCMparty #DrStrangelove
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley. Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This “game” on the White House website, a version of Snake where you play as a white man in a suit and you run around picking up identifiably black, Asian, and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits, might be the most openly white supremacist thing I’ve ever seen the US government produce
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without lying about fentanyl, Trump would have no excuse to begin boat strikes. Without the boat strikes, he’d have no cover for theUSS Gerald Ford carrier group to invade Venezuela. Without overthrowing VZ, he couldn’t have seized the oil. Without controlling the oil, he couldn’t strangle Cuba.♻️
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good luck trying to sell your house and move away!
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My view of @edmarkey.bsky.social at last night’s election party. He gave a great speech, but honestly what truly moved me was the first speaker — a trans young person who spoke about the meaning of this win. About seeing MA vote for someone who was unabashed in their support… 1/
A view of Ed Markey taking the stage at his primary night celebration. There is a crowd holding signs and his wife standing next to him
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JUST IN: Voters in Independence, Missouri's fifth largest city, have recalled a city council member who had supported a data center. This follows regular local elections in April where they ousted two city councilors for the same reason.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Target paid its CEO $21.8M last year — 794x the median Target worker's pay of $27,506. Target has also spent $13.9B on stock buybacks since 2019, while remaining among the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients in America. This is what I mean by a rigged economy.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 30/08/2026
👸🏼 Charlotte B. torched Santa Clarita's city council and used them as a hood ornament for her 1957 Cadillac Eldorado #Flock #GiveHerAShow via @jesscraven101.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
youtu.be
The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
After Dingle's obnoxious reading of her diar... then Coburn/Dingle is SO silly sounding, cooing "Con-nie, Con-nie!" -- claiming Joe had done it in his sleep... #TCMparty
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debsoc.bsky.social @debsoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Such fun, this stretch of the movie... Joe (the newbie) barking like a seal, the room switching farce, the 2 each dancing, the meandering pants(!), her stunned face-creamed face! The negotiations. And then morning train noises...& Joel McRae gawking at Jean Arthur! #TCMparty #TheMoreTheMerrier
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
good advice
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
1/3 🧵Remember the Dad who was being interviewed by MSNOW and CNN about his son…who was struggling with his mental health on the USS Lincoln?
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Elizabeth @sexiplex.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He did. He was one of the main ones to speak out. So they retaliated. Absolutely sick regime we’re living under.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is what the growth of surveillance is going to bring. Not safety from crime, but new, non-criminal acts redefined as criminal so as to give the police an excuse to exercise power. local12.com/news/offbeat...
local12.com
Police request public's help to find suspect who picked up $30 off ground in Walmart
A police department took to social media and asked the public to help them identify a suspect who found $30 on the ground in Walmart.
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Dad Bod E @dadbode.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Underreacting is how we got to where we are. Probably wise to give the opposite a try for a change!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Cheryl T. @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Washington is an all-mail voting state. If it’s decided that the USPS gets to control ballot mailings, WA needs a backup plan. For instance, make ballots available at a site in each precinct for voters to pick up in the weeks before an election, then use one of the many drop boxes to return them.
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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
COVID @wastewaterscan.bsky.social level is HIGH nationwide. Meanwhile, Mom’s Organic Market bans staff from masking, reported by @thebaltimorebanner.com. Masks are a vital safety tool. All customers—especially the most vulnerable—want stores to prioritize health. #MaskTogetherAmerica
Sharing The Banner’s article: “MOM’s Organic Market bans employees from wearing face masks while working” by Ginny Bixby, 8/15/2026. Visual: A picture of MOM’s Organic Market’s storefront. Source: https://bit.ly/StopMOMsMaskBan
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
That’s the gist of it.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Lake Powell Hits Record Low, Threatening Key Water And Electricity Supply For Millions #HuffingtonPost
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Water Levels At America’s Second-Largest Reservoir Plummets To Record Low
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Im declaring a national emergency
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Have you ever heard the name Melville Herskovits? He was the white Anthropologist who wrote the seminal 1941 work on the cultural continuity of displaced Africans peoples. Then he founded the first African Studies program in the country at Northwestern and its largest library. They're killing it
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The Myth of the Negro Past by Melville J. Herskovits
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