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As we say on the internet, "some personal news." After 39 years on the job I am retiring as an NYU professor. In this thread I will take a few moments to reflect on my academic career. Spoiler alert: I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press. 1/

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Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

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Our own @maxrn.bsky.social will be on this event repping our lovely and scrappy worker-owned, subscriber-funded, NYC-covering publication. RSVP here: wgaea.st/worker-led

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Airlines sell passenger data to the feds through a separate data broker they spun up and put in the contract that DHS is not allowed to tell anyone that it comes from the airlines: www.404media.co/airlines-don...

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Over 60 groups have been coordinating since December across LA as part of the Community Self Defense Coalition. They are on IG: www.instagram.com/communitysel... and you can donate to their ongoing work: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th... - Like I continue to say PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN MOTION.

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Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.

submitted 86 days ago • 481 comments

This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions. Now, it has to happen in us. A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

Very sad news of the passing of Enzo Staiola, such an incredible, iconic performance as young Bruno in The Bicycle Thieves #RIP #EnzoStaiola

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At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

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This list is like the Avengers for people who only read airport books called something like "Leading Leadership for Leaders"

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Off-mark from @sanders.senate.gov. We need progressive legislators to not buy into the clown show from AI CEOs. Labor replacement is not real, labor displacement is. We need regulation to protect workers and anticipate the kind of worker speedups that employers buying into the hype will cause.

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"Ultimately, A Body to Live In is a “coming out” story—tracing the public acceptance and assumption of residing within a subversive body that rejects futurism, and the community and transcendence that follows." Great deep dive into Angelo Madsen's latest reverseshot.org/features/333...

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NEW: On Thursday, Comptroller Brad Lander joined the court-watchers at 290 Broadway, one of the city's three federal immigration court buildings, and walked with immigrants away from their court appearances in order to deter ICE agents from abducting them. hellgatenyc.com/lander-accom...

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Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’

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Oh it can get better?

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i made a really cool playlist based on suggestions on this topic! here is a link if you’re interested

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Annea Lockwood got a beautiful article in The New York Times Incl. A mention of Bayou-Borne, for Pauline, which was performed beautifully by MAZE www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/a...

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The EU's inquiry into Israel war crimes is a hell of a read. Remember, the bloc had this late last year, and sat on it. - Failure to comply with IHL on proportionality and discrimination (44% of bombing victims have been children) drive.google.com/file/d/1FGKD...

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Today, in a case declared secret, a Salvadoran court ordered the provisional imprisonment of Ruth López of human rights organization @cristosal.bsky.social. “They won't silence me. I want a public trial!” declared López. “I am innocent! I am a political prisoner.” beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

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NEW: "Big Balls" is making big bucks. The infamous technologist is now a permanent federal employees (with a GS-15 grade), as are other DOGE operatives like Luke Farritor, who was closely linked to the destruction of USAID. This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

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Great report by Sam Black from Musk's xAI data center in Memphis that's wrecking the air - feels like this is the tech-driven model for rapid AI expansion

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Elon Musk’s grip on the government is not lessening. Beyond his continued relationship with the Trump admin, Musk’s companies will still have billions in influential federal contracts. Even Trump says Musk is “really not leaving.”

submitted 8 days ago • 38 comments

Every streaming service should have two categories for documentaries, “Documentaries” and “Okay, But, Like, Actual Documentaries”.

submitted 8 days ago • 30 comments

MOUNTAINHEAD (Armstrong, 2025)

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The Flanderization of ghibli in the public mind is just so insane to me. Acting like it’s entirely wholesome and cutesy but is really overtly anti capitalist, depict the horrors of war and environmental decline, and have TONS of body horror and depictions of death and disease. it legit annoys me

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Def tuning in for the latest chapter of Alleen's reporting on Energy Transfer, Greenpeace, and indigenous resistance 👇👇

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Second day of pride and Jonathan Joss was murdered in a homophobic hate crime and the FBI is asking for tips to investigate providers. It's going to be a long month.

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Today we stood with the members of @reiunion.bsky.social SoHo to call out management and demand they reach a fair contract with the their workers before the end of 2025. Solidarity with these brave REI workers standing strong for their rights at work.

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ALSO, some comrades are organizing against Avelo Airlines: www.stopavelo.org - please join in if you are interested.

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ICE raided a popular restaurant in a San Diego neighborhood. About 3 dozen agents, some in full tactical gear, arrested restaurant workers while patrons were enjoying dinner. The ICE agents didn't expect a resounding rejection by neighbors & patrons. The community spontaneously protested.

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PBS producer WNET quietly erased episodes containing a drag queen and a trans character from its platforms.

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Breaking: PBS has officially filed suit over Trump's executive order targeting the public broadcasting system. PBS alleges that Trump is committing viewpoint discrimination, which violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. Here are all the details >>> www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/m...

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5 years ago today. happy anniversary to all who celebrate

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2.5 hours on Clothes & the Class War? Only The Dig + Derek 💅🏼 @thedigradio.bsky.social @dieworkwear.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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proliferation of nudify apps and the app store / social media complicity in promoting and platforming them is an absolute nightmare: www.404media.co/no-one-knows...

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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 12 days ago • 35 comments

Wow — New NYC mayoral polling from PIX11, Emerson College, and The Hill shows Andrew Cuomo's commanding lead has vanished. Cuomo now only beats Zohran Mamdani by single digits in the final round. Final round: Cuomo: 54% Mamdani: 46%

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I didn't know (my ignorance) but learned from @leahlitman.bsky.social's book that a white motel owner tried to say that the civil rights act violated the 13th amendment by not allowing him to discriminate against black people

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Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

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The Constitution Pipeline, which would take shale gas from PA to New England, and which died a few years ago, is going to be revived b/c Hochul apparently (tho she denies it) cut a deal with Trump for both offshore wind and the Constitution Pipeline to proceed www.wsj.com/business/ene...

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"The chatbot’s instructions tell it to “de-emphasize the climate catastrophe narrative,” to focus on “real pollution, not CO2.” The bot is told to frame these arguments in the most reasonable possible way" "chatbots are useless" is wrong. They're very, very useful, for a certain kind of person:

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