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Glenn Raucher

@glennraucher.bsky.social
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Husband, son, brother, friend. Author Series Curator/Host 32BJ Training: Senior Manager, Communications Owned by Cats. DBT Heathen. Ever evolving, ever learning.

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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 9h
"A...survey released in early September found that in 2024, 71.5 percent of adults reported that at least some of the time in the past three months they felt fatigued, defined as “physical or mental tiredness or exhaustion that does not improve with additional sleep or rest....
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@scottok.bsky.social. For 100.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This from the extraordinary and essential @nybooks.com, is a reminder that the possibility of nuclear annihilation, too awful to be contemplated, must be contemplated, especially with malign actors currently having their fingers near the button. Important work, the review and the books in question.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
DEFINITELY a candidate for Record of the Year. As @martyrsmusic.bsky.social writes fulsomely here, it's close to perfect (and I ain't found the flaws yet).
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you have not read @brian-goldstone.bsky.social's astonishing book, at least read this article that gets at the core of it. Which makes me think of this: on March 27, 2020, the federal government passed the CARES Act.
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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There is a lesson for the non-Fascist party here in the States to take (and the media, too). "For his part, Merz has made the mistake of trying to push what was a popular centre-right party under Angela Merkel much further to the right in an attempt to win over disgruntled voters...
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Even if it doesn’t form government, the far-right AfD has shaken Germany’s political establishment to the core
Voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt punished the major parties for their handling of the cost-of-living crisis.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@drivebytruckers.bsky.social pals: go here and VOTE HARD.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One of the most extraordinary pieces of writing and journalism I've encountered in some time by @vermontgmg.bsky.social.
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The 17 Minutes That Changed America
The earliest moments of the September 11 attacks did not unfold the way we often remember. Here’s how those surreal 17 minutes changed America forever.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google has already proven that they are cowards, by changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. It appears that now, with the lake up north, they’re trying to have it both ways.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Two lovely cats needing a home in the NYC Metro area. Might you want two lovely cats, like, now? Please read entire post...
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yesterday I learned the wonderful British slang “belt and braces,” meaning the use of two or more actions in order to be extra careful about something, although only one is really necessary. What are some of your favorite phrases NOT from your home country or residence?
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The latest episode of the 32BJ Training Fund Building Stories podcast, our 14th, is up. I was talking with colleagues and it occurred to me that while I am sure there are podcasts that center the voices of working people, there cannot be nearly enough. And ours is one that consistently does this.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Even with the “over-familiarity,” side one of “Dark Side of the Moon” is an overwhelming emotional experience, more so as I get older. And bless Clare Torry forever. Woof.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A remarkable story about a remarkable city.
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Killings Plunge in a City Once Known for Violence (Gift Article)
After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i just found out that my mentor, friend & inspiration Dave Marsh has left the planet. I will write more later but this piece I wrote about the anthology of his work his friends curated a few years back captures many of my thoughts: jukeboxgraduate.com/why-dave-mar...
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Why Dave Marsh Matters
you must choose, brothers, you must choose
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ah, fuck. And fuck cancer.
theguardian.com
The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer
Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Like @drivebytruckers.bsky.social, they understand the assignment. Were it that more bands did. (There are some, don't get me wrong).
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
One of the greatest records ever, in any genre. I THINK I have two copies on vinyl...just in case.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Anyone who votes for or supports this is a monster.
Headline and sub-head reading "Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth."
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Beyond awful. Fuck, fuck, fuck.
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Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorcycle crash
Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died overnight in a motorcycle crash in Dublin’s Lucan.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
@deang154.bsky.social... Baseball is the best.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Clarity.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is wonderful. "Anyone here could be a friend if you got to know them; isn't that a kind of liberty?"
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
One of the most remarkable remasters I've ever heard. I've listened to "Music From Big Pink" a hundred times and it's like hearing it anew.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is fucking great. More of this, Democrats.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So good. Via @ihavethatonvinyl.com and the poet Chris Bridgen. "I miss my friend and, turns out, I missed Rush. I miss Joe Strummer. Miss the time when all that mattered was the spirit of radio, listening to records with friends. Having that classic on vinyl. One came back, and now has again."
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The Spirit of Radio
Finally, thankfully, the CKLC DJ said Rush would play the Memorial Centre this fall, one night only, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada to support their new album Hemispheres. Get your tickets soon, he said...
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's quite simple: This administration would rather Americans suffer potentially devastating acts of violence rather than allow black and brown people to vote as is their right.
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Administration Demands States Change Voting Rules or Lose Antiterrorism Funds
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Unions Now. I work for the Funds arm of the building services Union, 32BJ, and all workers should be represented by a Union. $51k is nowhere enough to live in New York City.
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How a Museum Security Guard and Artist Lives on $51,000 in Parkchester (Gift Article)
Ryan Compton works for one of the most famous museums in the world, but struggles to afford the life of an artist.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Sometimes a remarkable article makes you question what you think you know. (Content warning: death, COVID, end-of-life care) From Sunita Puri and @newyorker.com. (She also wrote a remarkable article about when to let a pet go. hard, but necessary stuff).
newyorker.com
The Hidden Harms of CPR
The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
For NYC-area people, for pick up or possible local delivery: I have a Dell Optiplex 3000 PC, a 27" HP monitor, and wireless Logitech keyboard available. Monitor does not have original desk stand, but we have a wall-mount with hardware. Message me if a good computer is something you need!
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"I'll tell you what I'm celebrating. I'm celebrating all the people. The human beings of my country, particularly those who have been bold enough to believe a different story, and to try their hand at telling it, to put their hands to the work of making it happen..." From @juliusgoat.bsky.social
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A clear-eyed and merciless evisceration from @davidjroth.bsky.social in Defector. I mean, woof.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I'm so thrilled I got to host this podcast with @32bjseiu.bsky.social's President, Manny Pastreich. We spoke about his background, his path to leadership, and his experience with the Training Fund. Do please give it a listen. (Apple and YouTube links below) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
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32BJ Training Fund Building Stories Podcast: Episode 11: Manny Pastreich
Podcast Episode · 32BJ Training Fund: Building Stories Podcast · July 2 · 27m
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"We'll have the benefit of charging down hill. Fix bayonets."
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Half way through 2026 (+1 day) and here are my favorite records so far. Still several I need to listen to more, like Hiss, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and a few others I could see creeping in, AND there's what is shaping up to be a great @themountaingoats.bsky.social record coming in August...
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
God damn it, @nytimes.com. "Yarns" summons up Uncle Bert telling us "the fishing story" again, not the fact that Trump doesn't know shit about fuck, but can't ever admit it, so just makes shit up! "Stretch the truth" is cute. He's an uncurious, unable-to-learn person. Just say THAT.
Headline Reading: Trump’s Historical Yarns Often Stretch the Truth. Here's a fact check.

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the Unabomber.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
“…There'll be no knock at the door I'm total pro, that's what I'm here for I come from downtown Born ready for you Armed with will and determination And grace, too…” Re-watching, after nearly TEN years, The Hip’s final concert. Just an overwhelming emotional experience, still.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I think one of the biggest reasons centrist Dems are so riled up by Mamdani is: he is actually going along and getting stuff ~done~. Not getting side-tracked into name-calling or online fights, but serving his constituents. Mainstream Dems likely don't want to be judged by accomplishments, clearly.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As usual, SO good and clarifying from @vermontgmg.bsky.social. For YEARS I've said the Republican party NEVER forgave the country for forcing their hero, Nixon, from power and have been making everyone pay every day since. Nixon will not be rehabilitated and J.D. Vance will never be President.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'll take this result! britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
And I’m one of the booksellers! Thrilled to be here.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The BEDLAM in midtown is something else. (Watching from our 36th floor window at 42nd St. and ninth Avenue.) Knicks, World Champs. WOW.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Released four years ago today. I THINK this is the longest stretch between @drivebytruckers.bsky.social records, but it is OK to let it percolate! They worked incredibly hard since '22 and deserve the time to have...a life, ya' know? (My hunch is a new record in '27 is going to be killer). (1/4)
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This, from @fotoole.bsky.social in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social is so smart, perceptive, and clear. I don't know if I've ever so well understood "greatness in comparison only to smallness," and its awful relevance to today's disastrous politics in the States and the UK.
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Gulliver’s Warning | Fintan O’Toole
Like Gulliver in Lilliput, “greatness” in the political realm depends on the existence of a group deemed puny or weak.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A clear and persuasive editorial on what needs to happen in the next Congress, by someone who wants to be there to make sure it does.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A VERY important story from @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social in E & E News. This is why sitting out national elections cannot be an option. Regarding the curtailing of Fed funds, she observes, "some of the nation’s hottest cities, often located in red states, face the biggest hurdles."
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Deadly heat is coming. But funding to save lives is not.
Emergency officials are searching for loopholes to save lives as President Donald Trump slashes programs.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Just extraordinary news.
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A very cool interview by @nancyein.bsky.social (Mundane Mayhem; subscribe now!) of my dear friend, and shit, role-model, @scottok.bsky.social. Just the nicest, sweetest (with a spine) guy that I am privileged to know and call friend.
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Interview With Drive-By Truckers Fan Scott O'Kelley
"When I experienced some of the Heathens crowds, I realized that getting jostled and getting beer spilled on you can be kind of fun."
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This, from @themountaingoats.bsky.social (incl. of course Jon and Matt!) is a lot of fun. The deadpans are just fantastic.
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the Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by the Mountain Goats
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Glenn Raucher @glennraucher.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I mean, f**k Tony Blair sideways with a chainsaw. Still has not faced any accountability for the fiascos of the Bush era.
Headline in the Guardian: Labour: Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
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