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alp03.bsky.social
Data nerd and qualitative researcher with an interest in urban and comparative politics.
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submitted 8 days ago • 521 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 97 days ago • 835 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 97 days ago • 4955 comments

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

submitted 98 days ago • 292 comments

It's like we all live at Four Seasons Total Landscaping now.

submitted 103 days ago • 141 comments

A friend shared this about the need to lean into joy in this dark time, which might sound counterintuitive and absurd but I keep thinking about it and now I'm sharing it here so I guess it resonates.

submitted 104 days ago • 28 comments

From Leon Trotsky's "Fascism: What it is and How to Fight it"

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Tell me you're redlining without telling me you're redlining

submitted 107 days ago • 347 comments

"Israel Just Killed a Pregnant Palestinian Woman – And Western Media Doesn’t Care" My latest piece for Zeteo on the ongoing, brazen and shameful double standards in our media coverage of death and suffering in the Middle East. Read/share/subscribe:

submitted 107 days ago • 84 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 108 days ago • 1046 comments

It’s important to remember that the broligarchy believes in the entire privatization of government services (which, of course, they will provide), overseen by a “CEO,” i.e., dictator. So the idea is you won’t pay taxes, you will pay them. Eventually. That’s where they are headed

submitted 113 days ago • 58 comments

In this exchange, @andycraig.bsky.social does a nice job in explaining just how lawless Elon Musk's autocratic power grab has truly become. Read these four screen caps: newrepublic.com/article/1911...

submitted 112 days ago • 28 comments

This is a genocidal war crime endorsed by the president of the United States

submitted 113 days ago • 871 comments

My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”

submitted 113 days ago • 464 comments

pushback works, part infinity: apnews.com/article/immi...

submitted 114 days ago • 560 comments

🔥 The newest Rep from Maryland came out swinging at todays press conference… Rep. Elfreth: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal."

submitted 114 days ago • 112 comments

The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

submitted 114 days ago • 279 comments

The international community is booing the US national anthem, the vast majority of fentanyl comes in via US citizens, and the Biden administration secured the same deal of 10,000 border troops in 2021 without plunging the country (and markets) into chaos. But sure, great work 👍

submitted 114 days ago • 376 comments

At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury. Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk. Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠

submitted 115 days ago • 351 comments