Reposted by Laura BridgewaterMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13hThe Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. 236117002354
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13hKlobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology" 19666191405
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12hTrump’s bizarre affinity for “YMCA” will be the subject of many future graduate school politics, history, and even anthropology theses. 4364
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12hOne thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 292687606
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I just started reading this book about infrastructure, and it's so well written and so smart and appealing about what infrastructure is and what it means and how it connects us in ways people don't always think about on a daily basis. 1330157
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17hbsky.app/profile/lind... 150425
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterDSA (((Spreadsheet Campaign))) Caucus, MSW (NOT A MAN) 🥯🌹 @acabcalloway.bsky.social · 18hHe's trying to deliberately wreck the grand jury and get the victim SLAPP-ed. Vile stuff. 635068
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 14hThere is a vision of what the Real Electorate is in the minds of people like this that is mostly about their own experience of their long-ago childhood and is not troubled at all by reality, in which women in lower income households are overwhelmingly part of the workforce and long have been 828940
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 14hwomen in lower income households participate in the workforce at a rate higher than the population average, making them particularly exposed to the high cost and scant availability of reliable childcare. but this is a policy proposed by Dems so it's a handout to people with master's degrees i guess 723518
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hJack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 636254488801
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterhuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 14ha cherished subgenre of Atlantic thinkpiece is "this leftish idea will never work, especially if you ignore all the ways that it already is." 0866
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14hcentrists only talk about this stuff to troll Democratic proposals, it's the explicit frame of the Atlantic piece. it's like back during Black Lives Matter when a white guy would get shot by the cops and Republicans would pretend to care for a few minutes 427819
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14hin reality Democrats are the only US party interested in child benefits. conservatives and centrists hate the welfare state, they think the working class must be forced to work by the threat of destitution. so every policy must have a work requirement, which is impossible for stay at home parents 548363
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14hyou could do it like a classic European socdem-Christian Dem compromise, we get free daycare, you get stay at home parent subsidy. if Republicans wanted to offer that bargain to, say, President AOC I guarantee she'd accept it in a heartbeat 637631
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14hNorway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents 362308479
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope." 492488702
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Major u-turn from Justice Alito as Supreme Court reveals he will no longer participate in the big climate change case being argued next week. Previously, the court told NBC News there was no reason for him to step aside despite his earlier recusal in same case. 581265294
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 16082142651
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026would have been great if the united states didn't cut departments and funding to help prepare for el nino... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now. (Gift Article)There’s still time to prepare. 0112
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Shot: "We asked 37 top academics and researchers who study education to rate a range of ideas for both effectiveness and cost, on a scale of 1 to 7." Chaser: "The panel included: Dominique Baker..." LOL y'all I read so many papers to complete this survey on k12 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.com30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by ExpertsMath and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around? 825752
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thesis: www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru... 48831
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is from The Information. But I'm not sure it's online. It's the overview or intro into several articles and I have it as an email from them. When I click the headline it goes to group of articles. So just in terms of what's the source it's The Information. But not sure how to link. 61258
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These sound like non-trivial problems. 63939226
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterSusan of Texas @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A woman’s lifetime of suffering is weighed against a potential temporary setback in a man’s career, and the man’s self-induced plight always carries more weight. 226640
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026It’s easy to conflate “unlikable” with “a problem who has to be taken care of,” when it comes to women who get on the wrong side of (charismatic) misogynists (of any gender identity). 016411
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026What’s my point? That men are never justified when they dislike a woman? No. I am saying you should analyze the power dynamics of the situation and ask why, when men are the only ones to identify a woman as a problem, why is it only men? What are their political commitments and actions? 116620
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026We need to be clear with ourselves and each other that this is most pronounced when rape is involved but it‘s everything … women are told to always put men’s potential first, ahead of everyone’s well-being bsky.app/profile/susa... 230138
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Rape culture is structured by the incident of rape and other forms of sexual assault, yes. But it is also structured by the assaulter’s impression of what the consequences might be. Structured by the unfettered harassment anti-assault advocates face. Given shape by bad behavior being given a pass. 230937
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Part of the testimonial injustice in the situation is believing that the harm to accused men is worse than the rape and worse than the harm caused to advocates and survivors everywhere when men are let off easy 240355
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why in the hell would you see one of your frat brothers post in your frat chat group the message that there's "free pussy" available in the house and not question if something truly awful is occurring? Congrats on not raping anyone. In this situation, that was less than the bare minimum. 1760681
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026Today we publish @opinionhaver.bsky.social having some opinions on social media 2338
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the age differential remains fascinating 1815811
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterLove2026 @love2024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026He could not keep a secret if his life depended on it.🖕 18475053261
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 875328848234
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Anthropic and OpenAI are both very intermeshed with the disturbingly bizarre rationalist/effective altruism/“AI safety” cultures in Silicon Valley, just FYI. 26117
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27/09/2026I'm so glad they are making this point (not for USA consumption because I think you basically pay nobody properly but tenured profs) — I got so sad hearing this as the answer: > ‘You can always say that more money needs to go to research, but it’s a myth that more money will solve all the problems’voxweb.nlA quarter of academics experience symptoms of depression or anxiety, especially young researchers - Vox magazineOne in four academics in the Netherlands experiences symptoms of depression and/or anxiety, according to research by The Young Academy. 'We’ve created a culture of hypercompetition in academia', says ... 3469
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAnnetteRosieP @annetterosiep.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BBC World Service - Witness History, The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid share.google/zYrksHYUfUMm...share.googleBBC World Service - Witness History, The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheidIn 1984, 11 Dunnes store workers walked out after refusing to handle South African goods 14512
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes 382309660
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterrepugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026HIS MAKING US THAT SHITHOLE COUNTRY HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT....EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION! 866113223063
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterSande @sande0724.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Donald Trump. Corrupt as hell. 9232461258
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterJamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New - Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 10239
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterThe Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing." ~ George Orwell @mluckovich.bsky.social 8045231540
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026"Getting French-Canadians to the point of embracing the mindset of 'we must all hang together or we shall all hang separately' is an amazing feat. Only Trump could have made the US seem so awful that the Quebecois would embrace Canada First."publicnotice.coThe view from Canada: Make America Think AgainRebuilding trust will take generations. 471710328
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterno brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026... their significant others is not a good sign. In fact, the fact that they are fantasizing about all the ways they could murder the person they're dating means the person they're dating is not safe right now or ever. And I would argue no woman is safe around them. 161
Reposted by Laura Bridgewaterno brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They were both stitched videos with feminist responses (one from a man), thankfully, but the fact that this is video footage and podcast content that multiple people are making is terrifying. The fact that men are, with their whole chests, comfortably stating the many ways they could easily kill... 131
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026Part of the issue is that humans anthropomorphize everything and we don't really have language to describe a non sentient machine capable of doing tasks once reserved only for humans. The battle over language to describe AI is getting so tedious. I agree about putting Altman in prison though. 1127324
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterZach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living. 532623434
Reposted by Laura BridgewaterRob @robertferry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026With the cost of fuel so high, why wouldn’t automakers go for 50.4 anyway? “The proposed rule, issued in December, required automakers to achieve an average fuel efficiency of 34.5 mpg for cars and light trucks in model year 2031, down from the standard of 50.4 mpg set by the Biden administration.”nytimes.comTrump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles. 1148