New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another. MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2mo ago

The Bengali Knicks poet and the Sikh dholi guys combined forces for a follow-up! Now we just need the sewing machine guy and the ride a bike with stuff on his head guy to meet.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

NYU-MCC is hiring! Asst. Prof in the area of “Media and Global Cities.” Please help us get the word out. apply.interfolio.com/174886

Fuck yeah Letterman

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 11mo ago

Mamdani surges past Cuomo in final Emerson poll, pulling nearly even in the first round and winning final round 52/48. Crucially, the poll shows Mamdani with a 41/31 lead among those who have already cast their ballots.

New York City Mayoral Poll: Mamdani Catches Cuomo In Rank Choice Voting - Emerson Polling

The final Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary…Full Release & Results

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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.

NYC: if you can get to Federal Plaza near the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall subway stops, come support Brad Lander, the latest Dem politician to be manhandled/detained by ICE for no legal reason. Zohran Mamdani is there in support of his fellow mayoral candidate. NYT's darling Cuomo nowhere in sight.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · last yr.

The current scene outside 26 Federal Plaza where Democratic mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested by ICE agents earlier for asking to see a judicial warrant. The crowd supporting Lander is growing - and includes other elected officials. (🎥 Annie McDonough)

My kids have measles, I lost my job, and I've been stranded at Newark for three days. But at least I know that Harvard is going to have start hiring more conservative professors.

After adding today's new polls, Trump's approval rating has hit a new low of 43.6%, down from 49.4% on day one of his term. His new record-low net rating of -9.4 is now lower than his rating at this point in his first term. Worst-ever approval for a POTUS 100 days in. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

This is why the student loan bubble is about to burst. I feel bad for this woman—but she freaking nails it. 🔥

Highly recommend this interview with Christopher Eisgruber, President of Princeton University, on why academic freedom at our higher ed institutions should concern all Americans. #AcademicSky #MomSky

The University President Willing to Fight Trump

Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.

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For the #HandsOff , there were a group of seniors that couldn't make it to the Capitol. So they held their very own! 57 of them came out! Aged 67-104! They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them! They had s sign making day before the event! They sent this video to me to share.🥰

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

Mor Naaman@informor.bsky.social · last yr.

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!

NYS Ed Dept. won’t sign Trump admin anti-DEI certification — risking federal funds

NYS Ed Dept. won’t sign Trump admin anti-DEI certification — risking federal funds

A letter from the U.S. Education Department gave state commissioners 10 days to sign and return the formal affirmation.

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What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.

how it feels lately doing my little tasks & confronting my minor responsibilities

(AP) — Democrat James Andrew Malone won a special election for a state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning Pennsylvania suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a territory that a Democrat hasn’t represented in the chamber for 136 years. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/penn...

Democrat James Andrew Malone scores an upset win in a Pennsylvania Senate special election

Democrat James Andrew Malone won a special election for a state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning Pennsylvania suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a territory that a Demo...

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Voting is a fundamental right and sacred responsibility of every American. Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress.

Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat

Big turnout for other "empty chair" town hall, this time for the two AWOL Ohio senators in Columbus www.facebook.com/christinapao...

“But you know what none of them voted for? To dismantle the Postal Service!” — NALC President Brian Renfroe HANDS OFF USPS! We will #FightLikeHell to defend our jobs and the universal service all Americans rely on!

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Important note about this breakthrough: Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing. Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to Steve Jobs and Gorilla Glass, factories in America are now ramping up to make affordable windows, made from panes thinner than a credit card, that can: * save Americans $25 billion / year * withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon (gift link) www.wsj.com/business/cor...

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).