Rusty Zimmerman
@rustyzimmerman.bsky.social
Donate: https://donorbox.org/the-free-portrait-project-red-hook-round-two www.freeportraitproject.org Exec. Director: Community Arts Brooklyn, Inc. Portrait painter, unlicensed oral historian IG: @ wearesouthbrooklyn @rusty.zimm, @ communityartsbk
You know what’s sweeter than chocolate? Affordable health care. Solidarity with our @unitehere.org Local 2 union siblings at Ghirardelli in San Francisco as they start their 3 day strike! America’s unions have your backs ✊
Ghirardelli closes flagship San Francisco shop as workers strike
Workers at Ghirardelli’s flagship San Francisco shop are asking customers to stay away during a three-day strike involving health insurance and a 6% surcharge.
sfchronicle.com
That's the boldest big journalism I've seen in a minute and I'm here for it.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 6d ago"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
“Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city,” [says Jean-Louis Missika, Paris’s deputy mayor for urbanisation]. “They are parked 95% of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70kg. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is.” www.ft.com/content/882e...
How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
ft.com
UEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped
Europe Announces World Cup Boycott Over FIFA Investment Deal With Kushner Family
UEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped
meidasnews.com
Good morning 😘 have a great day 😊☀️☕️🥐🪷🌲🦦🦆🐝🦋✨🌿💜
Anti-war protesters demand end to US use of UK airbase to strike Iran https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/26/anti-war-protesters-demand-end-to-us-use-of-uk-airbase-to-strike-iran
Anti-war protesters demand end to US use of UK airbase to strike Iran
Anti-war activists have protested outside a UK airbase over US forces using it to bomb Iran
aljazeera.com
This should be a much bigger story. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stepped into a fight over powering AI facilities with natural gas turbines. It could shape the industry’s future.
politico.com
When you open the internet and find out your friend painted a portrait of you. 😮🫠♥️🔥😘
Jeff Faerber@jefffaerber.bsky.social · 2w agoi finally finished this portrait of @rustyzimmerman.bsky.social that was 90% done a few years ago
This could be us, but we playin'.
Oliver@oliver48.bsky.social · 2w ago"New Zealand already generates 85% of its electricity from renewables — and is now adding solar at record speed to reach the 100% clean target that will make it one of the world's first fully renewable electricity systems. New Zealand's electricity grid is alrea..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
"New Zealand already generates 85% of its electricity from renewables — and is now adding solar at record speed to reach the 100% clean target that will make it one of the world's first fully renewable electricity systems. New Zealand's electricity grid is alrea..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Dude on an electric skateboard pulling a wagon of stuff down a bike lane. Bike lanes aren’t just for bikes.
Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
nj.com
Imagine watching your neighbour's house burn down and, instead of helping, complaining about the smell of the smoke.
Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."
As we're all reeling from Canadian wildfire smoke in NYC, don't forget to ask: How are the homies in Canada? Is there anything we can do to help?
Hi. So like, we can’t eat fruits or veggies, we can’t breathe the air, we can’t afford anything. When do we all get sick of this nonsense and rip the system to shreds? I’m so tired.
This is what fighting fascism looks like.
Mihaïl Zablodski (Ukrainian Artist, born 1988) "The Fatigue", 2022. Oil on Canvas, 40 × 80 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
The 3 types of driver that think it's OK to park in bike lanes in NYC
We're in the midst of a transportation revolution. www.twincities.com/2026/07/11/c...
More Twin Cities families using ‘cargo bikes’ to haul groceries and children
People on such bikes are a common sight in the Twin Cities as residents increasingly embrace them for shopping and family outings — sometimes taking the extreme step of replacing a car with a cargo bi...
twincities.com
Arrogance is thinking our technological cleverness will inevitably bail us out of ecological collapse, ignoring the need for prevention and harmony.
Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last mo.An island-wide blackout hit Cuba as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
".. the small Quebec town ... has become the first municipality in Canada to officially recognize trees as living beings with inherent rights ... declaring that trees deserve protection, including the right to life, natural growth, integrity, and regeneration" www.facebook.com/groups/29053...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
People across the country are pushing for moratoriums, and electeds who approve projects are being punished
theguardian.com
