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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2h

"Contrary to economic orthodoxy, this paradigm redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than exploitative competition for scarce funds."

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 36m

I suppose, if it’s the centenary of Thatcher’s birth, it must be time to tell you about the career of someone whose first term in office was so disastrous, she had to have a war to win the 1983 election. Well, except the ‘Falklands Factor’ was a myth...

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

It’s Indigenous People’s Day. Today, I honor my great grandfather, Cre. His mother, a full Cherokee, was wed to a German immigrant with land. They had two children, then the man died. His family dispossessed Cre’s mother; they were forced out of their home in early winter. With no where to go (1/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 24m

I am incorporating it into a novel; I just don’t have enough information to do a nonfiction piece—but I feel I can tell their truth in fiction

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 38m

I did a post, too! Thank you for the reminder!

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

It’s Indigenous People’s Day. Today, I honor my great grandfather, Cre. His mother, a full Cherokee, was wed to a German immigrant with land. They had two children, then the man died. His family dispossessed Cre’s mother; they were forced out of their home in early winter. With no where to go (1/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

I am trying to reconnect with the tribe of Cre and his mother by learning all I can about the indigenous tribes of W.Va, PA, NY. My grandmother married another part-indigenous man, whose grandmother had been a squaw in the region, though I don’t know which tribe. I honor by learning all I can. (11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

Perhaps the younger members felt bad. Or perhaps they had a change of heart. My grandmother said no—they were just worried he would disinherit them, as they deserved. But Cre didn’t. He said he wanted no land from people who had his mother’s blood on their hands. He would work for his own. (10)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

Brother who died a young man. But I think of the strength it took to run away. And also to come back for his brother. And I think of this: the family ran into legal trouble when it was discovered that Cre lived. Technically all their land belonged to him. They came and tried to placate (9/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

My grandmother told me all she knew about it. Cre died relatively young. Durpha lived until the year I was born, 1977. She remained tough, worked the farm, bought a motorcycle when she grew too old to walk the fields. She talked about Cre as her one true soul mate. I never met them, or Cre’s (8/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

…their own growing family. My grandmother, Dora, was the eldest girl. Cre never spoke of his Cherokee lineage. He never wanted anyone, especially not his children, to speak of being partly indigenous because of persecution. The history of his mother’s family is lost due to white oppression. (7/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

…even check to see who she hit, afraid to open it in case of a trick. The next morning, it turns out she had killed a coyote. Cre fell deeply in love with this tough woman, and they wed. He told her about his brother, and they searched for him, rescued him from the school, raising him with (6/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

It was a dangerous place to be single. The houses were clap board and not secure. Men prowled at night, breaking in to rape unattended women. Durpha kept a shotgun by the door. One night she heard someone trying to break in. She gave one warning, then shot right through the door. She didn’t (5/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

…in a few year’s time, he got to know an Irish woman named Durpha. Durpha was a midwife but had also apprenticed under a surgeon (after being denied medical education). She was the only medical support for those injured in the shanty town. And though young, already widowed after an accident (4/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

…to a residential school, most of which were cruel systems meant to break indigenous children. Either they perished, or they would be assimilated to white culture. Cre determined to flee. He escaped to a mining camp (W. Va.) where he got work in the coal mine (many children did). Then, (3/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

They took shelter in an out building on the property. It was not heated and they had no proper provisions. Cre’s mother (my great great grandmother) contracted pneumonia and died that winter, leaving Cre (pre-teen) and his baby brother alone. The family determined to send them (2/11)

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 41m

It’s Indigenous People’s Day. Today, I honor my great grandfather, Cre. His mother, a full Cherokee, was wed to a German immigrant with land. They had two children, then the man died. His family dispossessed Cre’s mother; they were forced out of their home in early winter. With no where to go (1/11)

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 1h

On Indigenous Peoples' Day I'm re-sharing the episode of @thisguysucked.com on which I spoke with host @ceaubin.bsky.social about why, even in his own day, people thought Christopher Columbus sucked.

💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #renaissance #maps #geography #cartography #empire 1/2

Christopher Columbus with Surekha Davies

Podcast Episode · This Guy Sucked · 08/28/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1h

It’s getting to be impossible—publishers generally do not care about anyone who isn’t in their top 2% of earners. And increasingly that means those with money to build platforms (celebrities, the rich, the already famous). I write books, I also review them. And some of the things pushed out there…

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1h

Hey there! @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social is on the scene doing #journalism and the work/videos have been content-scraped by outlets stealing the clicks. Follow and give Amanda a boost.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 9h

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 9h

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 9h

Read my words. Ty.

Arrests and Protests at the Broadview ICE Facility

The Department of Homeland Security says that eleven people were arrested Saturday at a protest outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 17h

Worried it may be FIP — treatable but scary. More soon.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23d

This is what they've done.

Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 23d

This is super cool bc:

1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list

2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them

3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA

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CDC panel votes to limit who is eligible for this fall's Covid vaccine

Only people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots, the advisory group recommended. There may be insurance roadblocks for others.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 17h

JD #Vance is pretty much exactly what you think.

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That Time I Made JD Vance Sad

As we head into the final days for election 2024, I would like to share an embarrassing moment for the ‘creepy’ candidate

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