Reposted by Rachel PayneCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Someone just left this sweet kitten on my doorstep, but I'm allergic! 😭 Does anyone in Brooklyn want to foster a kitten? Seems to be about 4 months old, clean and well-cared for, and very docile. 28895243
Reposted by Rachel PaynePatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes! 8570641790
Reposted by Rachel PayneKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026fascists get the fuck out of our city 19811
Reposted by Rachel PayneNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026On 11 Nov. 2020, APOD published this spectacular image. It is a spiral mosaic of 48 full moons, collected over 10 years from northern to southern Italy. No trick: it is the Moon, filtered by Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Marcella Giulia Pace apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20111... 🔭⚛️🧪 #astrophotography 29321
Reposted by Rachel Payneashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept 10460212
Reposted by Rachel Payneebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Insanity 😡 19093763245
Reposted by Rachel PaynePower Map @powermapmag.com · 10/09/2026A right wing fever dream has consumed our culture. None of us can escape it grasp. In Power Map, we look at how fascism is spreading through all of our minds and how we can keep our sanity. powermapmag.substack.com/p/the-fascis...powermapmag.substack.comThe Fascist Mind Virus will Destroy YouFascism is ruining our culture and our brains. 35512
Reposted by Rachel PayneLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 03/09/2026On the one hand, the press hound a black scholar to death, on the other hand, on this one, where the academic fraud is front and centre and the dude is an Epstein pal... crickets... www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...dukechronicle.com‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraudNew evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ... 6315112
Rachel Payne @rachelpayne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I just wrote a @socialists.nyc letter: NYC council Pied-à-Terre Tax 8/18/26 hearing. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/nyc-...actionnetwork.orgNYC council Pied-à-Terre Tax 8/18/26 hearingMayor Zohran Mamdani was able to secure a huge win recently with a pied-à-terre (PAT) tax on the rich! This means NYC is able to secure over $500 million dollars in extra revenue to fund the affordabi... 000
Reposted by Rachel PayneStates Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 30/07/2026With Ohio’s Haitian refugees losing their protected status Monday, Springfield’s large population has begun being terminated from their jobs, a pastor who works with the community said on Tuesday. via @ohiocapitaljournal.comnewsfromthestates.comOhio Haitians lose jobs, face terror — and impossible choicesWith Ohio’s Haitian refugees losing their protected status Monday, Springfield’s large population has begun being terminated from their jobs, a pastor who works with the community said on Tuesday. 42831
Rachel Payne @rachelpayne.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I just took action with @publicpowerny.bsky.social: Sign up to demand public renewables in public hearings and comments! . Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...actionnetwork.orgSign up to demand public renewables in public hearings and comments!This fall, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will hold a public comment period and public hearings on their plan for public renewables. We are demanding 15 GW--enough to power 12 million households,... 000
Reposted by Rachel Paynemady castigan✨ 🏳️⚧️ @mady.cat · 11/07/2026it's not "detained," it's false imprisonment and kidnapping by an armed terrorist militia which exists explicitly to ethnically cleanse the West Bank of Palestinians. 3449158
Reposted by Rachel PayneBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three who built houses in Houston, started his own business, and raised his family here for 35 years. His son became a teacher. ICE agents killed him in cold blood. 🧵 9980303
Reposted by Rachel PayneShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/07/2026as someone from a country with multiple annual heat waves if you're mad at Mamdani for that super boilerplate statement on energy saving, you better get cracking on fixing climate change pronto, because you're really not going to enjoy the way advisories are phrased in hot places 241599195
Reposted by Rachel PayneJason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving. 8883363912525
Reposted by Rachel PaynePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/06/2026People should know that NYPL alone has 100 vacancies and that this doesn't include the 160 vacancies at BPL & QPL. Library workers also need higher pay. Meanwhile the libraries ARE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH FUNDING. We need @mayor.nyc.gov and the @council.nyc.gov to fund libraries at 0.5% of budget now. 021288
Reposted by Rachel PayneCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/06/2026In a real society, in a real country where laws were applied to everyone and consequences were a thing, saying "I will protect the pedophiles and crooks in this room from justice" would be the end of this guy's career and he'd be in jail 151420430
Reposted by Rachel PayneTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I don't care. Shut down the bitcoin farms first. 4292094
Reposted by Rachel PayneDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/06/2026I remember when non-binding language suggestions from university HR departments were national news, subject to repeated outraged columns in multiple media outlets. Do you see any of that national outrage about this real, bona fide, state-enforced intimidation & censorship? 241892570
Reposted by Rachel PayneNYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · 22/06/2026Tomorrow, democratic socialism is on the ballot. All across the City we have a chance to send new leaders to Albany and DC to tax the rich, block the bombs, and build an affordable New York for all. Find your poll site and candidates at dsa.nyc/vote 🌹 06721
Reposted by Rachel PayneMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/06/2026When James Dolan cancels the watch party outside MSG, we bring the watch party to you. Thanks to the @nba.com, Knicks Game 4 is now playing on dozens of LinkNYC screens across our city. LGK. 349205192923
Reposted by Rachel PayneAlan Woke 2 @mrpostsgood.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Pro-Palestine marches will openly be called "hate marches" in the press, but these arsonist pogroms, illustrated by a burned-out bus, are simply "disorder" 152894994
Reposted by Rachel PayneGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026History shows us there are 2 options when faced with a rising far right. 1. Deal with it quickly and decisively. 2. Let it win. The great majority reject it. But it doesn't need majority support: just enough thugs to intimidate everyone else. Weakness and indecision by government let it rise. 311065397
Reposted by Rachel Paynepublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Mayor Who’s Going To Be Okay 480771
Reposted by Rachel PayneChris Baraniuk @handle.invalid · 11/06/2026Want to share some thoughts. I know the rioting in Belfast has had lots of coverage. But I still think more needs to be said. This was so incredibly shocking. *people burned out of their homes because of the colour of their skin*. 1279110
Reposted by Rachel PayneIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/06/2026THE STRIKE INSIDE DELANEY HALL IS STILL GOING ON 2 WEEKS LATER!!! 4379137
Reposted by Rachel PayneNYC-DSA Ecosocialists @nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Kathy Hochul is killing New York’s future – sending us higher bills, toxic air, and deadlier weather. New Yorkers say NO. With public renewables we can end these crises and take our power back. 152
Reposted by Rachel PayneDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/05/2026If I were a Democratic leader, I would see oil prices about to shoot up, while people are already upset. I would see Republicans blowing off people's concerns. I would anticipate a massive midterm victory, and I would be thinking about how to use all that momentum to do *big, ambitious things*. 1026541
Rachel Payne @rachelpayne.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell City Council: NYC needs green and healthy public schools!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...actionnetwork.orgTell City Council: NYC needs green and healthy public schools!Walk into any NYC public school and you'll find dedicated teachers, hardworking staff, and kids eager to learn. But look closer at the buildings themselves, and you'll see the real problem: Students... 000
Rachel Payne @rachelpayne.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I just wrote a @socialists.nyc letter: Tell your Council Member: Uphold Mayor Mamdani's 175B Veto, Protect the Right to Protest, and Support Real Safety!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell your Council Member: Uphold Mayor Mamdani's 175B Veto, Protect the Right to Protest, and Support Real Safety!On Friday, April 24, Mayor Mamdani stood with labor unions, free speech groups, community organizations, students, educators, and all New Yorkers who support the constitutionally protected right to pr... 000
Reposted by Rachel PayneOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss" 623750784
Reposted by Rachel PayneDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/04/2026All these right wingers who converted to Catholicism in adulthood were just shopping around for an ideology that justified their pre-existing instincts and prejudices. If you convince them that Catholicism means peace and charity they'll just drop it and keep shopping. 722253359
Reposted by Rachel PayneMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/04/2026Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible. 577286484383
Reposted by Rachel Paynejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/04/2026this is just a warmed over david duke speech from 1990 13470871179
Reposted by Rachel PayneBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/03/2026A Bellingcat and @mongabay.com investigation has identified nine Facebook groups, in which coded language has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade bans on the platform for years. Facebook says it prohibits any form of animal trading on its platform. youtube.com/shorts/uwQNZ...youtube.comHow Wildlife Traffickers Use Secret Codes to Sell Animals on FacebookYouTube video by Bellingcat 3318126
Reposted by Rachel PayneMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/03/2026BREAKING: @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov are introducing a ban on AI data centers and other hyperscale data centers. The ban would remain until Congress passes new AI legislation. That legislation must ensure AI is safe, benefits workers, and doesn't raise electricity prices. 703334822
Reposted by Rachel PayneNYC-DSA Ecosocialists @nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026TOMORROW: Join the call relay for public power! ☎️⚡️ This is our last chance to win the public renewables funding we need in the budget. We need you to keep the pressure on @governor.ny.gov by keeping her phone ringing off the hook. It's Build or Burn. So let's turn up the heat. 144
Reposted by Rachel PayneMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Funny thing about American mass media is how woke content is broadly popular, routinely pays for itself, and sometimes goes blockbuster, whereas right-wing content is a narrow niche that rarely reaches breakeven, never goes blockbuster, and usually requires immense subsidies for it to exist at all. 273106292373
Reposted by Rachel PayneJoshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 23/03/2026really like Gita’s tracking of “woke 2” from joke to considered philosophy to actual practice. woke 2 is about Doing Stuff 215322
Reposted by Rachel PayneReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 21/03/2026Also the rules we have in the @coyotemedia.org newsroom 2755
Reposted by Rachel PayneRhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Just seen "thee/thou" pronouns in bio for the first time, delighted by the idea of Quakerism as gender 1249967
Reposted by Rachel PayneMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 22/03/2026"RFK Jr. just wants to fight chronic disease!" 1555990
Reposted by Rachel PayneRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/03/2026AP is much better. "Unlike during previous oil shocks, renewable power is now competitive with fossil fuels in many places. More than 90% of new renewable power projects worldwide in 2024 were cheaper than fossil-fuel alternatives..."apnews.comEnergy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energyThe Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies. The conflict has virtually choked off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of the... 8660172
Reposted by Rachel PayneSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 20/03/2026Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men on earth, is raising $100 billion to replace workers with robots around the world. The oligarchs want it all. Not going to happen. Stand up and FIGHT BACK. 664162394846
Reposted by Rachel PayneRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Stunningly bullshit framing on this NYT story that insists that somehow renewables are a dicy unpredictable thing and downplays that they're far, far cheaper most of the time by focusing on how they're not always. As is often the case with the NYT, comments smarter than article.nytimes.comSpain Says the Sun Shields It From Rising Gas Costs. Is That True? 1413349667
Reposted by Rachel Paynedrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 20/03/2026the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do 2103863237
Reposted by Rachel PayneThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 20/03/2026If you're not paying for news, who's paying for your news? 2378
Reposted by Rachel PayneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/03/2026"Universal health coverage is not merely a technical goal to be achieved; it is primarily a moral imperative for societies that wish to call themselves just." —Pope Leo XIV 13365941906
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Hi, my name is [NAME] and I live in [Neighborhood]. I'm calling on [Governor Hochul / Leader Stewart-Cousins] to include $200 million in this year's budget for the New York Power Authority, and to fight for it at the negotiating table.
We need this funding to build renewable energy projects that lower utility bills, advance our climate goals, and create family-sustaining union jobs. Renewable energy projects like solar and battery storage are the cheapest and easiest ways to meet our energy needs.
Every project NYPA builds will create new revenues for the REACH program to provide direct utility bill credits to ratepayers who are currently struggling with spiking heating and electricity prices.
Public renewables are the only way to solve critical underlying problems with our grid and provide immediate affordability.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dx7xfcbtkmkerk72yxqwdo55/bafkreicg5re2cmi3o5u2h5ydea44civwciot2qyxnrbyk42lm2rrvkkwya)
