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Just another lefty urbanist #NOLATwitter in exile Nerdy things I’ve made: tupress.temple.edu/books/monument-l… plotofland.monumentlab.com www.papermonuments.org small.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads…

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 5h
Is it a healthy sign of an industry when regular investors who haven't chosen to be baptized in datacenter wastewater manage to get a glimpse of AI frontier model financials and subsequently ask "Wait, what the fucking fuck is this?!"
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Anthropic IPO leak is insane
Company Discussion
Anthropic's leaked IPO filing shows $4.6B of 2025 revenue, a $42B net loss, Q2 2026 revenue of $11.5B, $518B of planned computing spend, and a target valuation near $2T.

Anthropic is literally projecting a -3.9:1 evaluation to profit ratio and a 174:1 evaluation to revenue ratio and then asking for two trillion dollars. I feel like I’m going insane.

I’m pulling out of the NASDQ. These numbers just don’t make sense anymore. CEOs called their own investors insane during the dot com crash for investing in companies with a 10:1 revenue to profit ratio.
We live in some bizzaro world where a company will burn hundreds of billions per quarter and we have legions of investors foaming at the mouth to throw another two trillion into the fire.

I feel like at one point there was genuinely an argument for speculating on growth, but these numbers are out of control.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 5h
Fascinating transformation from denying that racial dog whistles were present to demanding that they be present
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 4h
@kennyjacoby.bsky.social on X: NEW: I analyzed seven years of Cornell's sexual violence case data. Expulsions are very rare. 1,216 reports of sexual assault, DV and stalking, 2018-2024 162 formal investigations. 51 findings of fault. 14 suspensions. 7 expulsions or dismissals.
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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 4h
The kiddo’s faith in my ability to keep track of their friends’ gossip from across schools, camps, online affinity groups etc., despite all of the constant changes in names, genders, descriptions, interests, and significant others among them is touching…and misguided! My perimenopausal brain cannot!
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked
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Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
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Lauren Jewett, NBCT, MA @doitjewett.bsky.social · 7h
Who’s down to make some DIY campaign merch this Friday? I’m hosting a screen-printing night in Metairie! All you need to do is grab a plain t-shirt, tote bag, or jacket from your closet (or a thrift store!), bring it over, and we’ll help you print custom campaign designs onto it.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 8h
Louisiana, we’re about to be all data centers and ice detention. @conrad4congress.bsky.social here’s your next campaign ad.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h
BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.
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First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager
Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 11h
They’re gonna take it down at the end of the day so we might as well have fun with it before then
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 13h
The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025.
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 15h
This great @perrybaconjr.bsky.social piece also gets at a within our industry. Outlets act as if eliminating human rights protections or stripping Black people of political representation are "culture" issues, which are treated as less important than "kitchen table" newrepublic.com/article/2159...
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Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”
Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy.
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Adrienne Dixson @doctadre.bsky.social · 15h
The differences btw trad sch district closures & charter closures is that these decisions are profit driven & pub sch districts can’t just close up shop & go on to the next. Algiers Charter will cease to exist very soon. They’re down to about 3 schools. We all knew this wasn’t sustainable.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"For months, a group of central Louisianans and its growing coalition of allies have come together to thwart the family and child detention facility from taking root in Alexandria..." veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The story some of us have been waiting for a long time. It doesn’t disappoint and there are some jaw-droppers. Kudos to the three reporters who produced it, because the daily can’t. The closer is too perfect, a gift from interviewee to interlocutor.
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Michael Seraphim @mseraphimsl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The 1876 Presidential election is commonly thought of as the end of Reconstruction (it wasn't, but let's go with it for this). There were 9 Black men elected to Congress after the 1876 Federal elections, 1 Senator, Blanche Bruce, was elected by the Mississippi legislature before the 1878 elections
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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People outside Louisiana, please explain: why is there so little national attention on this race when the democrat is basically within the margin of error?
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I managed to mostly not know any of this until today. This detail is new to me. The horror coursing through my body feels like poison. My God, men. Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love this thread for its correct read, for the WILD variety of misreads, and the nearly limitless number of people to block floating around in the replies! 
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026
Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really looking forward to many of these launching from/crash landing along our very fragile coast.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
Fatalities near 4,000 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.
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Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak
Fatalities near 4,000 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.
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JP Morrell @jpmorrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2027 Budget Hearings start TOMORROW!🔔 IMPORTANT: Note that the schedule is subject to change The public is encouraged to attend in person or watch online on the NOLA City Council YouTube page 📺
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Haven't thought this out all the way through, but now would be a good time for an aggressive humanitarian movement to combat the death cults, the rise of AI, and otherwise anti-life impulses coursing through our politics and society.
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 28/09/2026
In Southeast Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish has seen the highest growth in voters being moved to the inactive list with more than 23,000 people being placed on it. ow.ly/hTLk50ZRSOq
Text: Tangipahoa residents want to make sure all voters know about inactive list

Image: Tamara Whittington looks at a canvasing app during a voter registration and inactive voter training meeting in Hammond.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He was a minister, a soldier in the United States Army, a chaplain, and the president of Alcorn State University. But perhaps what he's most known for is that he was the first Black person to serve in any house of Congress. Senator to Mississippi Hiram Revels was born 199yrs ago today
An entry on Hiram Revels in a directory that documents all of the Black officeholders during Reconstruction book:

Freedom's Lawmakers. A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction by Eric Foner
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 27/09/2026
More than 1.2 million children lost access to food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program between July 2025 and 2026, according to a new analysis. to.pbs.org/4dwuKEf
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More than 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits since last July. Experts explain why
Experts say that the drop is a cause for worry, and that it’s unlikely that the need for food assistance has dropped.
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A delicious review 🧵
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1/ Neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe with banner that reads “Racism Works” City Hall Springfield, OH September 26, 2026 This group was responsible for amplifying the lies about Haitian migrants. Here’s what I told military.com Sept 2024 ⬇️
Blood Tribe outside Springfield, Ohio city Hall. With a banner that says “Racism Works”
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last year there were like nine different bread pudding varieties!
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
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German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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Rachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jules, the Executive Director of Abortion Care Tennessee, tells TN Repro News that abortion funds across the country have yet to see a state AG put forward something this aggressive and comprehensive. @abortionfunds.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Tennessee AG Launches Investigation into State's Abortion Fund
Abortion Care Tennessee's attorney says the investigation is retaliation for a free speech case the state lost.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Queen LII @nolasue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#nolasky news you can use! St Claude will be one lane from 9-3 on 9/29 & 9/30
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I gave a talk about US demo backsliding to a visiting group of Brazilian academics yesterday &, in response to a question, found myself explaining that—w/ Congress sidelined—the US is being driven to the right by an intricate dance btwn a POTUS & SCOTUS who are reactionary in subtly different ways.
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kansas
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Colin Kennedy @ck3po.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This Day in Labor History: September 25, 1891. A battle broke out in Lee County, Arkansas, between members of the Colored Farmers Alliance and others, both black and white, who opposed their organizing for better wages in cotton picking. Two men died and the Alliance was crushed!
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So my mother has to have radiation five days a week for a while and she’s been taking advantage of New York’s wonderful access a ride shared paratransit service to do so. It’s a total lifesaver, especially with the general assembly in town.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/09/2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing ill-conceived plans to rapidly increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned. to.pbs.org/4xELMY9
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ICE has wasted tens of millions of dollars with 'uninformed' detention plans, GAO finds
Among the misspending was nearly $3 million to erect tents at Guantanamo Bay that were never used, $20 million to maintain purchased warehouses that are now being sold without having housed a single d...
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JP Morrell @jpmorrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#UPDATE Budget hearings start next week, and the Moreno Administration is making sure the public can follow along as city departments discuss their proposed budgets for 2027. Have a good weekend, and enjoy 9 to 5 Day with the Krewe of Dolly! www.instagram.com/p/DdsGSF2grJD/
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City of New Orleans 2027 Budget Materials
View proposed budget cuts here (Pages 29-33) View 2027 proposed budget book here
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