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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 1d

Two frames from The Good Place:

“Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”

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Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the correction.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 2d

Or maybe it is a good thing that more people stay home when they are sick, instead of going to work and getting everyone else sick.

Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 3d

US research:

"COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences...similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic"

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

"Policymakers should consider...policies & actions that mitigate the spread of #COVID19"

#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver

Key Points
Question Following the COVID-19 pandemic, has SARS-CoV-2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits?

Findings In this nationally representative cohort study of approximately 158.4 million workers, rates of health-related work absences remained elevated after the pandemic and were associated with circulating SARS-CoV-2 and subsequent decreases in labor force participation by absence-affected workers.

Meaning These findings suggest that COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences that is similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic; policymakers should consider expanding interventions and data collection efforts to address the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the labor force.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3d

We are at the "Anne Frank" stage of the US immigrant raids campaign.

Neighbor hid a 7-year-old and her mother during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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SCARE-ator Meow 🎃 @senatormeow.bsky.social · 7d

Hello, Meowlets! Early Voting for the 2025 General Election starts today. I'll be at 1700 Morse Rd to cast my Meowlot soon, and the BoE will be waiting for you 8am-5pm weekdays, with more details on their website. More details in the newsletter. See you there!

Senator Meow's Sample Meowlot - Columbus City Council: Jesse Vogel; Columbus City School Board: Antoinette Miranda, Mounir Lynch, Janeece Keyes; Upper Arlington City Council: Laura Oldham; Canal Winchester City Council: Hanna Detwiler; Grove City City Council: Joel Newby; South-Western City Schools Board: Camille Peterson, Chelsea Alkire, Kelly Dillon; visit senatormeow.substack.com for any missing races and explanations!

Senator Meow's Sample Meowlot - Issue 1 (ADAMH Levy): Yes; Issue 2 (Zoo Levy): Yes; Issues 5-9 (Bond Issues): Yes; Issues 25-28 (Fairway Cliffs): No; yes to school bonds, Sunday sales, library levies, funding social services. Visit senatormeow.substack.com to read more about the issues.

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Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 10d

I genuinely believe that I can swing at least 5 votes on my street in a city council election just by having a yard sign, so we had Arts and Crafts Night tonight.

Jesse Vogel for Columbus City Council. November 4.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 11d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.

Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.

They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 11d

What I'm referring to. It's a privilege to be invited onto networks to talk about my reporting but I have limits. Similarly stopped doing NewsNation after Nextar took its Kimmel stance.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 11d

Columbus mentioned

Columbus, Ohio | District 7

A battle between two Democrats for a seat on this city council is testing the Democratic Party establishment, which has largely rallied behind assistant city attorney Tiana Ross. She’s facing Jesse Vogel, an attorney who has represented tenants and immigrants who is running an outsider campaign. Among the topics of the race, Ross has touted her work spearheading Columbus’ civilian police oversight board, while Vogel has criticized the board as inefficient.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 11d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18d

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18d

UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2

When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.

109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.

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Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 18d

James Comey was, by far, the most persistent and unreasonable force attacking Hillary Clinton in 2016.

More than anyone else, he forced this country not to move on from Donald Trump in 2016.

Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 18d

Former FBI Director James Comey reacts to indictment by the Trump administration: “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.”

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 18d

Former FBI Director James Comey reacts to indictment by the Trump administration: “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.”

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Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 18d

This is going to be a very, very controversial position nowadays:

I think that we should not build concentration camps in the Florida Everglades unsafe for humans or wildlife.

Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 19d

I am going to come right out and say it:

People who stand still on escalators deserve to have them stop while they are on them.

Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 21d

The lesson from the return of Jimmy Kimmel is that protests and boycotts work.

Now apply that to other issues.

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Anita Somani District 8 OH @anitamd.bsky.social · 26d

International Equal Pay Day represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for all, building upon the United Nations' commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination. Equal pay for equal work is long overdue. #womensrights #equality #equalpayday

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 27d

I'm sorry, I get that we all have our own s**t but it's incredibly weird that anyone ever thought this quote was meant to stoke the embers of violence, found it to be a radicalizing moment in their life, or is still angry about it a decade later.

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Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · 29d

I still do not understand why Molly Weasley was not the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher the year when Dumbledore was forced to hire Dolores Umbridge.

Paul Filippelli @paulforohio.bsky.social · Sep 8

Macron could have avoided all of this chaos by forming a coalition with the left, but he just relies on their voters to pick him over the far right, then spends his whole presidency stabbing the left in the back.

Agence France-Presse @afp.com · Sep 8

🇫🇷 L'Assemblée nationale renverse le gouvernement de François Bayrou lors d'un vote de confiance par 364 voix contre et 194 pour.

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