"...Stand up, speak up, be heard and be seen because your voice and your life matter as much as anyone else's,”

Not like the rest of The Rock: Staten Island's redistricting fight centers on North Shore

A legal case highlights how different the North Shore is from the rest of Staten Island.

gothamist.com

The only thing keeping my dopamine up currently is the McDonald’s Monopoly game.

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

CAPTALISM - dashare.zone ADMIN

I would rather die than create an account to continue

The Israeli Defense Forces surrounded, beat, and choked American labor leader Chris Smalls, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced

Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls

Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.

newrepublic.com

They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.

Lizzie O'Leary@lizzieohreally.bsky.social · last yr.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

This 4th, I can’t stop thinking about how many lives will be hurt by Trump’s catastrophic bill. But I’m also thinking about the incredible ways people stand with, protect, and serve their communities. The most patriotic thing we can do today is help our neighbor. It’s more important now than ever.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · last yr.

This bill is going to harm millions of Americans right now but we won’t know the true toll for years. It’s time for Democratic leaders, donors, and organizations to use their dollars to fill the gaps Trump is creating: fund clinics, stock food banks, protect communities.

This is how I found out that the United States just bombed Iran. youtube.com/shorts/qwjE3...

This is how I found out that the USA just bombed Iran

YouTube video by Pearlmania500

youtube.com

We need a LEGO soulslike

In light of Pride month I'm fundraising for Point of Pride, an incredible trans-led nonprofit that provides direct gender affirming care & things like HRT to trans ppl in need. Please, please donate any small amount that you can. Every bit makes a major impact! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

“Gimme a minute I’m crashing out” - @nevergrow.bsky.social

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

freedom.press

Schumer’s answer is bad in various ways, among them: - there is as yet no charge or even official statement that Khalil broke any law - not all violations of the law are deportable offenses - the assault on the 1st amendment and widely-reported, grave due process violations deserve mention

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have a post up saying ‘Free Mahmoud Khalil’ while Chuck Schumer, leader of the Senate Dems, from New York!, can’t bring himself to condemn the detention of Khalil. Shameful.

My quick fix for social media is duration caps. Allowing content to be longer increases the likelihood that it will be annoying or evil. Twitter with character limits? Good. Vine with 6 second videos? Good. Remove these guardrails and you get only Digital Filth

I can’t get over how much the MAGA people who pretend to love America actually hate everything about it. They hate the people, they hate the freedom of speech and assembly, they hate free elections, they hate the idea of the people governing ourselves. They aren’t patriots.

Is the theory that he’s racist and is expecting a compliant Supreme Court?

There's honestly no better photo for the modern day US than this.

"New Yorkers are looking to us, to their leaders for courage and conviction and what they are finding instead is collaboration." Mamdani is a NYS Assemblyman representing Astoria who is running for NYC mayor.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:

Congestion pricing is already very popular in Manhattan. Now it's becoming popular in Staten Island, too:

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 2y ago

In the new poll, a majority of Staten Islanders who offered an opinion support congestion pricing, by a margin of 49 to 46 % (5% didn't know). That's a huge swing, considering that virtually all of the Island's elected officials are still fighting to stop it. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/06/t...

yep. and this is the basic problem with trump being psychologically incapable of perceiving a positive sum relationship. everything is a dominance game for him.

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2y ago

No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress. No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States. Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.