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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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petersondouglas.bsky.social @petersondouglas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well. I gotta tell you as someone who has spent my entire adult life working for the US Department of Veterans Affairs: all of you fatty, tr*nny, beardo, weirdo, wimp and radical Veterans out there deserve to be taken care of.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I took graduate-level seminars as a senior and made it through law school and I did the reading. But, brother, 30 years later and I'd simply walk into the sea if I had to work half this hard again. Everyone's trying to break higher education, but it's everything to an advanced society. Go students.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Haiku for the tech press.
You stupid scarecrow
Under your very stick-feet
Birds are staling beans! 

Yayu
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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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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
MLK said in TWO PLACES that the ultimate logic of racism and segregation was the genocide of the segregated. I feel like folks intentionally forgot this extremely basic fact for the sake of political expediency.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you are American and can watch this and vote Republican at the mid-terms, you have no heart. www.ms.now/the-assignme...
ms.now
‘Traumatic is an UNDERSTATEMENT’: Transgender Cmdr. on 17-year Navy career cut short by Trump ban
Commander Austin Converse was placed on administrative leave with no notice, after 17 years of decorated service. She believes it's because she’s transgender. Antonia Hylton talks with her as the admi...
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petersondouglas.bsky.social @petersondouglas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I feel this so hard.
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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Voting isn't marriage. It's public transport. You're not waiting for "the one". You're getting on the bus. And if there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay home and sulk. You take the one that's going closest to where you want to be." #Vote for the Non-Felon #Voting #USPoli
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
People who remain silent during atrocities are NOT neutral. They are complicit. Have a day
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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Ima Cygnenoir @ima-cygnenoir52.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
remember the *GOP* death panels accusations? Well here they are
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
the astroturf is astroturfing www.contrariannews.org/p/i-typed-bl...
contrariannews.org
I Typed ‘Block the Merger.’ AI Revised it to ‘Drop Your Opposition.’
An AI assisted generator dramatically altered my statement before my own eyes.
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MGB💙 @wtpmary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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petersondouglas.bsky.social @petersondouglas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey it’s what I’m doing in Quincy with a lot less money!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
theprogressplaybook.com
Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
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Bishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
still one of the greatest conversations ever put on TV.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
School meals should be free for everybody. Charging children to eat somewhere they are legally required to be for the entire day is crazy.
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[No//Thrones] @krakoan-lorax.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Diarrhea in the lettuce, glass in the popsicles, E. Coli in the berries, screw worms in the beef, salmonella in the chicken & eggs, listeria in everything else. Man I love deregulation. Libertarianism is such a great philosophy.
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 20/08/2026
Yes, I oppose using any public dollars to subsidize pro sports venues. That's not me being obstinate, it's evidence-based intellectual consistency.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Darline Graham: I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 13/08/2026
@ruthgreenwood.bsky.social is 1 of 500+ scholars urging Congress to adopt proportional representation. After a career fighting gerrymandering, her conclusion is clear: it’s time for systemic change. We’re proud to back her & fellow scholars in their push for change. Her latest for @bostonglobe.com
protdem.org
Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules. - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court has closed off nearly every legal avenue for challenging partisan gerrymandering. The answer isn’t better maps. It’s proportional representation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is stationed in the Middle East, are so poor that sailors have tried to jump overboard. Trump also gutted the VA, firing thousands of workers who are veterans themselves. Remember this when Trump and Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
new from me: a story about VACANCY CHAINS, the idea that underlies the argument that more housing is good even if you can't afford it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
High-End Construction Really Does Help Everyone
A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb up.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 29/07/2026
An under-remarked point — not here on the intelligentsia's finest website, but elsewhere in the discourse — is that in the scenario where Dems get to clean up after (*gestures around*), they're going to have no money.
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
if there's a writer you like, and you'd like to keep reading that writer's work, *you need to pay for their work*
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Mithos @mithos343.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wait hang on this is something I'm really imagining Me, to Kant: Okay, so then they introduced Fairy types in Gen VI. Now, this meant a lot had to be redone, since none of it had been updated since Steel and Dark,
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Donald Trump is making it easier for scammers, human traffickers, and drug cartels to launder money and hide their finances. This opens the floodgates for criminal finances.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The combined MMR vaccine, developed by Dr. Maurice Hilleman in 1971, “is more convenient for patients, and this convenience actually saves lives. Fewer injections translate as fewer missed doses, and therefore more protection in a shorter time. The MMR vaccine has saved millions of lives worldwide.”
si.edu
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines | Smithsonian Institution
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"What’s happening in Boston is basically the same as what’s happening in other cities—an unrepresentative political process and a hesitation by political leaders to boldly face tradeoffs and defend their choices." This is a really fantastic read about the politics that prevent safer infrastructure.
hks.harvard.edu
Traffic-related deaths are a problem in American cities—but politicians are slow to embrace fixes
The recent death of a Boston bike-safety advocate has heightened attention to an issue that many U.S. cities continue to face. Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Justin de Benedictis-Kessner explai...
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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is a triggering image of a museum display in the natural history museum in DC about life before smartphones. Me and a fellow 40+ person were laughing at how we are now LITERAL MUSEUM PIECES. MY teen was like did you have a clear phone? An address book? A book of maps. Yes, yes I did. 🫠🫠🫠
An image of a boom box, a cd wallet, a travel atlas, business cards, dictionarjes a pay phone and various things people used before cellphones
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 07/08/2026
Cowards win, 4-1. Hope you enjoy your time in the owner's box. There's no reasonable policy case for doing this. None. It's why no one has made one. Just vibes.
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Joey Ferris @ferriswheelpro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Let PlayStation have a Wii U generation" goes so hard.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/07/2026
you know, at least U.S. business journalism spent a lot of time making it very clear this IPO was a fraudulent lie only made possible because the country is too corrupt to have functional regulators
bloomberg.com
Wall Street Races to Sell SpaceX-Linked Products as Stock Sinks
Wall Street is racing to roll out complex investment products tied to SpaceX shares that aim to shield buyers from future losses amid a sharp selloff following its market debut.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you’re wasting your time on this Earth.” ~Roberto Clemente. Image: MLB via Getty Images.
This color photo shows a man in a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball uniform—Roberto Clemente—standing in a batting stance and holding a baseball bat.
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 27/07/2026
I wrote up a primer on the economic impact of stadiums, targeted to policymakers and journalists. Feel free to pass along. jcbradbury.com/stadium-econ...
jcbradbury.com
Do Sports Stadiums Help Local Economies?
What economic research shows about stadiums, jobs, tax revenue, development, public subsidies, and common economic impact claims.
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high Tired of "winning" yet?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get nearly enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
Many Parisians on bikes in a protected bike-lane in central Paris (Rue de Rivoli)Many Paris streets are still chocked with cars, with traffic moving VERY slowly. If the people choosing bikes were all driving cars instead, the gridlock would be even worse — in fact, that’s how it was not many years ago.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Two, very obvious, things which really struck me in Copenhagen. 1. Bikes racked up everywhere. But almost no bike locks. 2. No gates on public transport. You buy a ticket and present it if asked. Didn’t see any ticket inspectors. High trust societies are good.
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petersondouglas.bsky.social @petersondouglas.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Corporations aren’t people. They’re run by people… and those people might be bad. But we know corporations aren’t people.
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Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
One consistent theme in the US is that police don’t know the laws which they are tasked to enforce (or don’t care, and I’m not sure which is worse). For example yesterday a Pierce County Sheriff yelling at me over his PA in downtown Orting for … riding a bike, using the road.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 17/07/2026
One of the reasons I wanted to move back up to the PNW is bc of how brown & smoke-ridden LA was getting each year. Then it came for the PNW, too. Growing up in Seattle, we only had a handful of 80+ days in the summer, and NEVER smoke weather. Now heatwaves and air quality alerts are a June-Oct norm.
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
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