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zach lennon-simon

@lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social
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writer/video editor/performer/union organizer & one of the last born & raised Brooklynites to still live in Brooklyn.

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Ivy @ivyashe.bsky.social · 2h
It is also important to note that Cornell doesn't have a journalism major. These are students who may not even plan to make journalism a career, but their dedication to the field is tremendous.
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 7h
A skeleton is seen from a sitting position from head and shoulders. His bony hands resting over the eyeholes. 
Narration: "Even the ORPHAN KING can be heard sobbing."
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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 7h
Today is the 28th anniversary of The Great Day in Hip-Hop photo shoot for XXL shot by Gordon Parks. If u look over Parks' right shoulder you'll see me sitting there soaking it all in. I later wrote about that marvelous day for Red Bull Academy (Google it), an essay reprinted in Contact High
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 12h
Hey @thebaffler.com: I just heard you hired Jackson Lewis to break your staff’s union? Are you serious!?! I’m proud of this piece and stand by its thesis that organizing is critically important work in the defense of democracy in the new gilded age.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 28/09/2026
One thing I've noticed is that upstart worker-owned places are trying our best to pay as much as possible, but because none of us have millions is still far from how much we want to pay. But the rates at the big media companies haven't budged or gotten worse objectivejournalism.org/2026/09/free...
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Freelance journalism rates have barely changed since 2000
New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.
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Your fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 27/09/2026
Honestly, this a basic reality for being Black or Brown in the US.
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
youtu.be/TBLsMAvO7Ys?... rewatched to confirm my suspicion that this is one of the greatest performances of all time. the choir lady is living her DREAMS
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yeah yeah yeahs "Sacrilege" on Letterman 4/5/13
YouTube video by Kevin Hamman
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this genocidal bum should never be able to speak without a chorus of boos drowning him out.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Over 400 New Yorkers are risking arrest in a mass anti-war sit-in outside the United Nations during Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to say: Stop the genocide and stop arming Israel.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
all these people sound like this:
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trans people aren't going quietly, and Assigned Media's journalists are doing what we can to make sure their stories, and their passion, reaches you.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I swear.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This man has gotten more done in 9 months in office than most politicians achieve in their ENTIRE CAREERS all with that extreme good-muppet energy and that's why everybody else can't stand him because he gets it done, has receipts to back his words, and then just moves on to the next.
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
what did I fucking tell you people about this guy. what did I say
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Alex Kittle @alexxkittle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Back home so the online shops are back open 🌈 www.etsy.com/shop/panands... ko-fi.com/panandscan/s...
Front page of my etsy store.Front page of my ko-fi store.
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Molly "Mollylele" Lewis @mollylewis.wtf · 23/09/2026
when I say “I’ll ask Claude” you can assume that I am praying to the spirit of this albino alligator
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this album came out 9 years ago
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Huge finding. ICE activity was NOT correlated with immigrant density. It WAS correlated with Black and brown neighborhoods. Shocked, shocked.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/09/2026
this bigot is a republican
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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When workers file for a union election, it’s like a Bat-Signal goes off: a column of light cuts through the night sky, summoning not Bruce Wayne but a swarm of anti-union managers and consultants who reap tens of thousands of dollars from sowing fear and doubt. labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
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AutoZone Workers Are Trying to Form the Company’s First-Ever Union
When workers file for a union election, it’s like a Bat-Signal goes off: a column of light cuts through the night sky, summoning not Bruce Wayne but a swarm of anti-union managers and consultants who ...
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
With plenty of room.
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Next issue blub. It says, "Next: CHAOS!"
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‼️ALL OUT IN NYC! WAR CRIMINALS NOT WELCOME HERE!‼️ Genocidal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting New York City to speak at the UN General Assembly this week. 🧵
Graphic describing Netanyahu Out of NYC march with a mugshot of Benjamin Netanyahu.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 21/09/2026
Five months ago, the Treasury Secretary said we’d have $3/gallon gas by now. It’s September 21st and prices on gas are at record highs, and the costs of everything else like groceries, rent, and utilities are still out of control.
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
the Supergirl movie is better than people have been saying. an all Blondie soundtrack would have fixed everything.
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Marisa LaScala @martogo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So glad I got to vote for @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social for @wgaeast.bsky.social council! When he was co-chair of our union at Hearst, he showed how it was possible to lead with kindness.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sometimes I can't make it through this song at all. But I will never make it through without absolute rage and incredible sorrow. And I WANT to feel those things so it works out well. Folks here will never be over what happened. **It is not just a song.** youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I voted for @susanrinkunas.com and you should too! Vote before Tuesday!
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 20/09/2026
We need more journalists, but it’s unsustainable for so many people to pursue this as a career. Healthcare is a huge reason why. Link to vote is in your email from “eballot” 🫡
Screenshot of a candidate email sent to online media members on Tuesday, September 15 

SUSAN RINKUNAS - Candidate for Online Media Sector Council

Digital media is being crushed by consolidation, bad bosses, and vampiric technologies like Al. Writers and journalists don't just need strong employer-based contracts, they also deserve protections and resources if they choose to go out on their own—or are forced to do so.

I've served two terms on the Council, and served on both the finance committee and the executive director search committee that helped bring Sam Wheeler to the Guild. I could hit the ground running to make sure the WGAE organizes promising targets, negotiates contracts with the strongest Al protections, supports independent journalists demanding better terms from platforms like Substack, and works to reduce the appalling cost of health insurance for freelancers. I know these challenges firsthand: I bargained two contracts, I've been on strike with my former shop GMG Union, I've been laid off, and, in 2025, I co-founded a worker-owned publication.The Guild needs to think seriously about how it can use its power to help materially provide for its members so they can continue to do the necessary work of holding truth to power. One solution is having the Council decide whether to advocate for a bill for statewide universal healthcare in New York. It would be a vehicle that helps WGAE members in all sectors and gets the wheels in motion for nationwide guaranteed healthcare. (Check out my candidate statement for more.)

Thank you for reading these candidate emails. I would be honored to continue serving the WGAE, but please vote, even if it isn't for me.

In solidarity,
Susan Rinkunas
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 20/09/2026
I firmly believe that the U.S. needs universal healthcare, and that it won’t happen until a state does it first, and that the WGAE can and should apply pressure in this area. Helping my colleagues has the potential to help millions more people www.wgaeast.org/candidates/s...
Screenshot from my candidate statement:
Pushing for universal healthcare wouldn't just benefit [online media] members, it would also help freelance members in the Broadcast sector and Film and Television members under the MBA who have run out of points for their health plan. I see it as our duty to use the Guild's political power to improve the lives of our members, which has the pleasant side effect of raising the standard of living for everyone.

I believe we as a Guild should do whatever we can to support the universal healthcare bill in New York, up to and including the Council deliberating whether to create a Political Action Committee (PAC). Our WGA siblings in the West already have a PAC, formed in 2008. In the interim, we could also consider how to create a health plan for freelance members—I'm open to ideas on how to get this done.
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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neuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it's easy to not think about what you're seeing but what is the case for tearing up the roads? what is the case for bombing everything like this, not a few buildings but *everything*? if you believe in good faith what the israelis say of their objectives this is still unreasonable destruction
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
whenever I submit a bill to UHC, it forces me to use its dumb AI thing. then I have to spend another ten minutes correcting all the stuff the AI got wrong. GREAT SYSTEM!
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026
“Part of what happened when people got out there with the practice pickets was they started to feel a sense of their own power.” Luis Feliz Leon on how preparing to strike changed what UPS Teamsters believed they could do together.
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What Teamsters Class Solidarity Looks Like
Yael Bridge’s new documentary "Who Moves America" about the UPS contract fight offers a window into the the class culture of one of the country’s largest unions.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i don't understand how the gas prices have not yet caused a mutiny
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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It took three of us and multiple days to actually build this list, because private equity is inescapable in restaurants
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emily 🩷 @bbghost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
i don’t mean to be annoying but i want everyone in the world to know that if you just did a ton of stuff and now you have a fever and coldlike symptoms it probably is covid and furthermore YOU NEED TO TEST MULTIPLE TIMES NOT JUST DAY ONE. IT CAN TAKE DAYS TO SHOW A POSITIVE ON A RAPID TEST NOW
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Somehow, it's been two years since we started Hearing Things. Now we’re commemorating our continued existence with a very special show starring two of our favorite current singer-songwriters.
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Come Celebrate Our 2nd Anniversary!
Join us for a concert featuring two of our favorite singer-songwriters on October 7 in New York City.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
news anchors with a sketch of a bathroom intended behind them.  the sketch is basically the male news anchor.  his co-anchor is looking at him suspiciously.
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Moosie @ignoramoose.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
youtu.be/_bZjKC0EaY0
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Pulp - Help The Aged
YouTube video by PulpVEVO
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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
personally i think it's cool that every day there's some new shit that would be presidency-ending and obit-leading for anyone else and we just have to accept it all because of a do-nothing congress and puppet supreme court and *then* have pundits muse why there isn't more alarm being raised and such
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zach lennon-simon @lennonhyphensimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
accidentally almost sent this in as my head shot
this is Blackbird in Twilight by Ciruelo Cabral. it rules. I don't even know how to describe it.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.
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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Barber CEO: You Risk Falling Behind If You Don't Get A Haircut "Right Now" Industry Experts Foresee Future In Which Everyone Receives Multiple Haircuts Every Day Today Your Hair, Tomorrow The World: Barbers Say They Are On Track To Build A Pair Of Scissors So Big, It Could End Life As We Know It
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Tamra Bonvillain @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Very disheartening to see more and more Dem politicians lean into anti trans positions and when trans people say "man, this sucks" they get swarmed by people yelling at them for handing elections to the GOP. Wish they had that energy for the politicians.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep The Marshall Project documents how kinds of detainees -- immigrants and transgender - and esp those who are both are targeted in ICE custody with harassment, humiliation, assault and denial of medical. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/12/i...
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ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices
Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care.
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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 11/09/2026
Nazis in NYC
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/09/2026
This photograph is disinformation. Trump was not at the ceremony in NYC. The AP should delete this post.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 11/09/2026
sure, everything on earth sucks fucking shit but on the bright side at least i’m not mentally tough enough to handle any of it
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