James
@sirjamesa12.bsky.social
@demsocialists.bsky.social member. If you've found me from somewhere else, turn around. ✔️Co-ops, grassroots democracy, progressives, and solidarity economy 🚫Capitalists, con artists, cultists, grifters, accelerationists, and nihilists I also code in C.
Black representation in Congress being returned in Harlem and Detroit by Black socialists feels cathartic. ✊🏿
Scoop from Black Current News, Jason Arday has resigned from the University of Cambridge. www.blackcurrentnews.co.uk/p/jason-arda...
Exclusive | Professor Jason Arday resigns from Cambridge University, citing toll of ‘public scrutiny and personal attack’
The academic, who became the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history when appointed, said he had reached “the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure"
blackcurrentnews.co.uk
Current fate of the Democratic candidates for 2018 #MIGOV: Shri Thanedar lost renomination to Donavan McKinney in the Democratic primary for #MI13. Gretchen Whitmer, the eventual winner of this race, is term-limited from office. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for #MISEN.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 9h ago2018 debate stage, Michigan Democratic governor primary. Quite a journey these three have been on. (Photo credit: AP)
I couldn’t be prouder of the movement we’ve built in mid-Michigan. Thank you, Ambassador Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam, for your years of public service and all your hard work on the campaign trail. While tonight we celebrate, there’s still much more work ahead.
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
Congratulations to Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of the Uncommitted Movement, for winning the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate, District 2! 🥳
1.3 million Michigan voters have cast their ballots as of 10 am, about 300,000 more than those in the 2024 primary, according to Michigan Secretary of State's Office
The question is designed to harm Francesca Hong's turnout operation in Menominee County and the three northernmost counties of Wisconsin that border Lake Superior. “Bring people to the table and discuss uncomfortable conversations about this holiday.” is a good-faith compromise answer. #WIGov
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 2d agoShould Thanksgiving Be Canceled? Socialist Candidate Can’t Give CNN a Straight Answer
Michigan health authorities were in touch with Taco Bell’s parent company about a parasitic outbreak in early July, weeks before the company officially alerted consumers
Taco Bell owner, Michigan met on Cyclospora weeks before recall
Documents reveal Taco Bell was warned about a parasitic outbreak weeks before the company alerted customers.
detroitnews.com
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Good morning! Today is primary election day in Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, and Washington State! 🌞🗳
The Green Party of Pennsylvania released a statement implicitly warning people that candidates running under their ballot line other than for governor and lieutenant governor are sham candidates. This is after news circulating that the GOP is running a sham Green candidate to harm Bob Brooks. #PA07
Statement of the Green Party of Pennsylvania Concerning its Nominated Candidates for the November General Election
Supporting the Green Party's 10 Key Values in Pennsylvania
gpofpa.org
If you will be in the NYC area for the @atproto.nyc community day on 8/22, @blackskyweb.xyz will be hosting a community mixer in Brooklyn on 8/20! Spots are limited, so be sure to sign up asap via the link below. And no worries, we have more events coming. Stay tuned! luma.com/6n8btnyb
Blacksky Community Mixer · Luma
Join the Blacksky for an evening mixer with their team and others building in the AT Protocol space. We’re gathering in Brooklyn for good conversation, fresh…
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This past weekend, former Mayor Eric Adams was in Wisconsin Rapids—population 18,654—trying to convince residents that they should allow a real estate developer to build a data center in the heart of their town. The public hearing did not go well. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...
Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Wisconsin Rapids to convince residents to allow a real estate developer to build a data center in their town. Boos quickly rained down.
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
hellgatenyc.com
this ROCKS lmao just throwing it out there but would anyone wanna do something similar in chicago with Kapow after primaries maybe 👀
wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d agoThe DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
🔥 The Blacksky mobile app is here. Today we're opening up our public beta on both iOS and Android. If you've been waiting for a native mobile experience, now's your chance to try it before our full public launch and help us make it even better. 🧵👇
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) made their first ever endorsement in its 110-year history: They're backing Abdul El-Sayed in his race for U.S. Senate in Michigan #MISEN
a lot of people forgot (or never learned) this history when that fuckin chud YouTuber was lying about Somali daycares. these people lie as easily as they breathe
the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 4d agoI mean there was ACORN and then senate Democrats responded to Project Veritas-esque smears by nuking it
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
propublica.org
Flying over Spokane and several emergency alerts went off on the plane. Turns out there is a massive fire sweeping through Spokane as we passed over it. Seeing it from the air was surreal.
In the old days, in order to have light at night, one needed wax or fat to light a candle; later, it became oil or gas to turn the turbines generating electricity to power one's light bulb. Today, we fight for renewables; but there is a similar fight for public power to be waged in finance.
Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 5d ago✨ New Essay! ✨ Against Councilmember Robert Kettle’s recent call for budget austerity, @greenbackbetter.bsky.social shows how the Seattle Loop enlarges the city's fiscal capacity while reorganizing the relationships among public commitments, institutions, & constituencies. Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
I stand by everything I said previously. At least with a major bank I know there is oversight, deposit insurance, and regulation for things like anti-money laundering.
The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.X Money is launching in the US starting today
Virginia has a unique law where restoration of voting rights to formerly incarcerated peoples wholly rests on the governor. A federal judge earlier this year said this violates a Reconstruction-era law. An upcoming proposed constitutional amendment in November would make such restoration automatic.
VPM News@vpm.org · 6d agoSince taking office in January, Gov. Abigail Spanberger has restored the voting rights of more than 66,000 Virginians who lost them due to felony convictions, her office announced today. “The right to vote is foundational to who we are as Americans,” Spanberger said in a statement.
The most protected tenant is an organized tenant. Yesterday, we welcomed the 8609 Bay 16th St. Tenant Association as the 100th tenant union to organize with the City's support.
if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it
wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d agoThe DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
I am stunned to hear of the passing of the fierce, brilliant and principled scholar activist Johanna Fernandez. Johanna's scholarship will endure. She was a gem and the world is worse for her no longer being here. Rest in power, comrade.