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Neil Bhaerman

@neilanalien.bsky.social
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hype man for unions [@OFTunion comms director]. organizer. baker. cyclist. tarotist. dad. baseball watcher. yinzer at heart, ohioan by accident. opinions=mine only & often bad.

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I didn't plan this but I'm currently reading (book) The Witches: Salem 1692 and also listening (audiobook) to American Scoundrel, about Roy Cohn, currently in the chapters about his time with McCarthy.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of like seven reasons I don't understand certain Dems trying to human sacrifice trans people is: What in the past 25 years of American politics makes you think the Give An Inch, Take a Mile Party is going to accept anything short of utter capitulation on all issues?
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sukkot Sameach
A sukkah (a temporary shelter used to celebrate the Jewish holiday Sukkot). The walls are blue and white fabric, there are decorations hung inside, and a table with a candle) under the moonlight in my backyard My daughter shaking the lulav (a combination of myrtle, willow, and palm leaves)
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
can't stop watching
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects. Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it. apnews.com/article/open...
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
a "democracy"
a screenshot from a Haaretz news email: 

Election panel dominated by Netanyahu coalition bars all of Israel’s Arab parties
 
Israel's Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday to disqualify both Mansour Abbas' United Arab List party and the Joint List – an alliance of Israel's other three Arab parties – from running.

The committee's largely political composition, made up mostly of members of PM Netanyahu's coalition, was expected to approve disqualification requests against the Arab parties while rejecting requests against right-wing parties. As was the case in previous elections, these decisions will likely be reversed by Israel's Supreme Court.
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Miami (Ohio) will be hiring a tenure track position in public law/judicial politics. We need someone who can teach con law and participate in the Miami community as a teacher-scholar. More info: miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...
Job Description Summary
The Political Science Department at Miami University invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Public Law and/or Judicial Politics. This is a full-time, tenure-track position that will begin at the start of the academic year in August 2027.

Job Description

The successful candidate will teach courses in American constitutional law, civil rights and liberties, and a capstone or elective course in the candidate’s area of expertise for the undergraduate major; advise students; conduct relevant research leading to a record of published scholarship; and provide institutional and professional service, as part of Miami University’s teacher-scholar model.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kudos to Minnesota! Ohio kids need universal free school breakfast and lunch. It's hard to learn when you're hungry.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republicans have a $500 million dollar advantage in this election. Every dollar spent on telling the electorate you can be as big a transphobe as the republicans is a dollar not spent talking about broken economy, inflation, widespread incompetence & corruption, housing shortage, war in Iran, etc.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Workers at CVS, the country's largest pharmacy, say they're understaffed, overworked, and underpaid. Some of them are getting ready to strike. capitalandmain.com/understaffed...
capitalandmain.com
Understaffed and Underpaid: Why CVS Pharmacists in Three States Authorized a Strike
The pressure on pharmacy staff to work quickly leads to high turnover and threatens patient safety, workers say.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UFW wishes our Jewish friends a sweet #RoshHashanah. The first institutional religious support for grape strikers came when boards of rabbis in big Eastern cities declared boycotted products non-Kosher. 2/
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Reyna" is harvesting apples in Zillah, WA. A #RoshHashanah custom involves eating apple slices dipped in honey, sometimes after prayer. The sweet nourishment of apples and honey signifies healing and optimism - the hope that the new year will be sweet. #WeFeedYou 1/
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shana Tovah!
Homemade Apple Cake Homemade honey cakeHomemade round challahs. One of them is stuffed with apples and raisins.Two challahs and 3 vases of marigolds and herbs from my garden
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Very revealing profile of Sen. Jerry Cirino (Ohio legislature's primary attacker of public higher education) in @insidehighered.com by @ryanequinn.bsky.social
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Architect of Ohio Higher Ed Overhaul on Shared Governance: Garbage
Jerry Cirino, former chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee, successfully passed a sweeping, controversial law in his state. He’s an example of state lawmakers getting more invol...
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good riddance
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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.cryptoanarchy.network · 09/09/2026
Marlene is a real person whose life has been thrown off course by white supremacy and fascism. She’s my friend who has been with me through so much. She deserves to live safely with her cats and have her dream job.
a white person with glasses and a mullet smiling and holding a floral hand fan next to a Black woman in long braids and glasses also smiling at the camera wearing a silk blue blouse
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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.cryptoanarchy.network · 09/09/2026
My friend Marlene recently lost TPS due to the SCOTUS ruling and she was fired. She now can’t work and is at risk of being deported to a country she hasn’t been to since she was a baby, where she knows no one. She has bills and she NEEDS to meet her goal. Please donate or share linktr.ee/marlos24
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From the US to Germany, fascists everywhere are relying on their unconditional support for Israel to distract from their blatant antisemitism and racism.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is one reason it is so outrageous when **public sector employers** waste money to try and defeat a union campaign
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Unions power the economy. Unions build the middle class. Unions fight for fairness. I'm so honored to be endorsed by strong Michigan unions.
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Between shit like this, the entire GOP loving AI, Linda McMahon trying to force it into schools, Musk making Mechahitler, and data centers being built in predominantly black communities, there's a very obvious theme here and yet the AI stans on "our side" pretend it isn't there. Funny that.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Brave boy being brave at the doctor's office
My cat Charlie, a perfect orange tabby, in a pet carrier at the vet's office
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When I was volunteering at the COVID19 vaccine POD in 2021, people would say over and over again that they were getting vaccinated for the people they love. Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine. Please get one for the people you love. 💕
Photo of a brunette with a braid in her hair, standing in front of a sign that says Vaccinated with a count of 30,000. 

She is wearing glasses, a Sun Studio t-shirt, and an orange high vis vest.
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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Centre Daily Times Journalists Win First Contract In Record Time Members voted to approve their first agreement less than four months after forming the #union. Find out more at tinyurl.com/bdfv5nft #Pennsylvania #Journalism #Media @newsguild.org
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Centre Daily Times Journalists Of Central Pennsylvania Win First Contract In Record Time - Labor Heritage Foundation
Journalists at the Centre Daily Times—who are represented by The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia, have ratified their first contract with parent company McClatchy.This victory is especially notable because members voted to approve their first agreement less than four full months after form
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Drew Sheneman, Newark Star Ledger
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Same loser energy
Columbus Dispatch: 

Why do Ohio State fans cross out M's? The history of The Game tradition
Nathan Hart
Columbus Dispatch
Updated Nov. 24, 2025, 9:14 a.m. ET

The M's are beginning to disappear all over Columbus, replaced with red ❌'s.

It happens every year around rivalry week ahead of the Ohio State vs. Michigan game, better known as The GameNBC News: 

Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
The move comes as Trump and Canada have become embroiled in a trade war.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We got this month's Imagination Library book in the mail today 😭
My daughter holding a copy of the kids book "Forts" high in the air, covering her face
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
A photo of Dolly Parton sitting at a desk and talking on the phone in a scene from the movie 9 to 5.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
a true american hero
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is a sign of poor reporting. If "many" or "most" economists say these things, why are you unable to quote one of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
NY Times article excerpt: Many economists say that because Canada’s economy is about one-twelfth the size of the U.S. economy, its retaliatory tariffs will have the effect of a pea shooter in a gun battle. At the same time, most economists say, price increases caused by tariff retaliation will actually harm Canadian companies.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Simon Wiesenthal Center *literally blessed* Donald Trump while he was ushering Nazis into the government. The organization condemned anti-fascist Jews for using a Yiddish anti-fascist slogan. To pretend they represent anything but a fascist fringe is absurd.
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Mark Ruffalo Called Out Over 'Extremist and Antisemitic Messaging' by Simon Wiesenthal Center, Creative Communities For Peace
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“Experts say camels comfortably beat the heat up to 40C…(but) in many parts of the Sahara, summer temperatures now frequently exceed 50C… (and) the unprecedented intensity of current heatwaves directly threatens their vital functions, turning this historically resilient animal into a climate victim”
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Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soar
Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is REALLY important. “Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.” They want you to think you’re alone. You’re not. #ClimateCrisis
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Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same
That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll....
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 10/08/2026
They’re alarmed that the largest news chain would partner with a firm responsible for technology used to advance widespread surveillance and power immigration crackdowns. It creates an inherent conflict of interest and fails journalists who have been assaulted while doing their jobs.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 10/08/2026
BREAKING: USA Today’s journalists and media workers demand that the media company end its relationship with AI firm Palantir.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm halfway through "The AI Con" by @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social & I am emerging even more militantly anti-"AI" then I was previously. More importantly, it is giving me the language I need to try to shut down AI creep into my work. Highly recommend checking it out.
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Neil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Work with me and my amazing colleagues. We have 2 openings currently: Field Representative: www.unionjobs.com/listing/3116... Temporary Project Staff Organizer: www.unionjobs.com/listing/3110...
OFT (Ohio Federation of Teachers) logo
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 08/08/2026
“…the latest crop of progressive candidates are campaigning like organizers. In doing so, they’re revealing weaknesses in the Democratic machine that have existed since Barack Obama ran for president—the first time.” - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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Opinion | Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Organizers? (Gift Article)
Democrats are going to have to organize voters — not just fund-raise off them.
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Now that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed has won the primary, i think he needs to begin addressing the concerns of people who are extremely racist against him
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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ftr matzah is bread. it is not *leavened* bread. also, there is a matzah-breaking ritual during the seder so even though el-sayed meant it metaphorically it is also literally true. this isn't a lie meant for jews, it's to get goyim to falsely think el-sayed was being antisemitic or insensitive.
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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 06/08/2026
We get some @leftistteendrama.bsky.social and more crustacean-based unionism from @mariadip.bsky.social in “'Your [Organizing] Matters. It’s What Got Me Here.' One Tree Hill’s Brooke Davis as a Role Model for Millennial Union Workers."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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