Arjun Jaikumar
@arjunjaikumar.bsky.social
I’m going to have no choice but to wear sweatpants on tomorrow’s flight, aren’t I
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I’m going to have no choice but to wear sweatpants on tomorrow’s flight, aren’t I
it’s been 40 years waiting for the Republican health care plan, what’s a few more decades between friends
PBS News’s Lisa DesJardins confirms that the Trump health care plan, which was intended for announcement today, has been postponed at least through this week, after pushback from House Republicans.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
it’s been 40 years waiting for the Republican health care plan, what’s a few more decades between friends
Dinosaur eat man . . . woman inherits the earth!
PFT attempts to change the subject to coyotes, attempting to coerce the mayor into allowing him to do so, and he is rejected. He suggests the coyotes could eat the rats?
Apparently there are a lot of coyotes (or rumors thereof?) in North Cambridge.
Done with the Manager's Agenda.
Apparently there are a lot of coyotes (or rumors thereof?) in North Cambridge.
Done with the Manager's Agenda.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Dinosaur eat man . . . woman inherits the earth!
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one strong statistical finding which has been commented upon somewhat less than I think it should, is that young women have extremely unfavorable views of the Republican Party
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
one strong statistical finding which has been commented upon somewhat less than I think it should, is that young women have extremely unfavorable views of the Republican Party
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In the #CambMA municipal election, voters came out stronger for the School Committee vote than in prior years.
Typically turnout is only 90-92% of the Cambridge City Council turnout. This year it was 98%.
Did the SC vote end up influencing the CC result? A data anomaly suggests it's possible:
Typically turnout is only 90-92% of the Cambridge City Council turnout. This year it was 98%.
Did the SC vote end up influencing the CC result? A data anomaly suggests it's possible:
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In the #CambMA municipal election, voters came out stronger for the School Committee vote than in prior years.
Typically turnout is only 90-92% of the Cambridge City Council turnout. This year it was 98%.
Did the SC vote end up influencing the CC result? A data anomaly suggests it's possible:
Typically turnout is only 90-92% of the Cambridge City Council turnout. This year it was 98%.
Did the SC vote end up influencing the CC result? A data anomaly suggests it's possible:
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For the Netroots community, for everyone who knew @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social when he was a guy posting on DailyKos and SSP as "brownsox" who loved writing about elections, today is a joyous day as he's been elected to the Cambridge School Board with the strong backing of the local teachers' union.
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For the Netroots community, for everyone who knew @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social when he was a guy posting on DailyKos and SSP as "brownsox" who loved writing about elections, today is a joyous day as he's been elected to the Cambridge School Board with the strong backing of the local teachers' union.
you Winsome, you lose some
BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger flips control of the Virginia governorship, becoming the first woman to lead the state, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/47Ljn7Z
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
you Winsome, you lose some
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Happy Halloween!
Don’t forget to vote!!
Don’t forget to vote!!
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Happy Halloween!
Don’t forget to vote!!
Don’t forget to vote!!
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For those voting in Cambridge's City Council elections, here's how I'd rank candidates:
#1 - Burhan Azeem
#2 - Marc McGovern
#3 - Dana Bullister
#4 - Ned Melanson
#5 - Patti Nolan
#6 - Sumbul Siddiqui
#7 - Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Don't rank: Simmons, Bisio, Hanratty, Hsu, Sherin, Wilson, Zusy
#1 - Burhan Azeem
#2 - Marc McGovern
#3 - Dana Bullister
#4 - Ned Melanson
#5 - Patti Nolan
#6 - Sumbul Siddiqui
#7 - Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Don't rank: Simmons, Bisio, Hanratty, Hsu, Sherin, Wilson, Zusy
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
For those voting in Cambridge's City Council elections, here's how I'd rank candidates:
#1 - Burhan Azeem
#2 - Marc McGovern
#3 - Dana Bullister
#4 - Ned Melanson
#5 - Patti Nolan
#6 - Sumbul Siddiqui
#7 - Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Don't rank: Simmons, Bisio, Hanratty, Hsu, Sherin, Wilson, Zusy
#1 - Burhan Azeem
#2 - Marc McGovern
#3 - Dana Bullister
#4 - Ned Melanson
#5 - Patti Nolan
#6 - Sumbul Siddiqui
#7 - Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Don't rank: Simmons, Bisio, Hanratty, Hsu, Sherin, Wilson, Zusy
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Incredible quotes from @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social.
Been extremely impressed by him over the course of the campaign.
One of the most clear eyed candidates for school committees.
Both able to bring together a wide coalition from the ALA to teachers union and good sense of what moves the needle.
Been extremely impressed by him over the course of the campaign.
One of the most clear eyed candidates for school committees.
Both able to bring together a wide coalition from the ALA to teachers union and good sense of what moves the needle.
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Incredible quotes from @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social.
Been extremely impressed by him over the course of the campaign.
One of the most clear eyed candidates for school committees.
Both able to bring together a wide coalition from the ALA to teachers union and good sense of what moves the needle.
Been extremely impressed by him over the course of the campaign.
One of the most clear eyed candidates for school committees.
Both able to bring together a wide coalition from the ALA to teachers union and good sense of what moves the needle.
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Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
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Spanberger knocked off Dave Brat in 2018 after saying in debate
“I am not Nancy Pelosi…Abigail Spanberger is my name”
She never voted for Pelosi for Speaker
This is 4th campaign in a row GOP trying to make the connection
But doesn’t look like it will work this time either
“I am not Nancy Pelosi…Abigail Spanberger is my name”
She never voted for Pelosi for Speaker
This is 4th campaign in a row GOP trying to make the connection
But doesn’t look like it will work this time either
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Spanberger knocked off Dave Brat in 2018 after saying in debate
“I am not Nancy Pelosi…Abigail Spanberger is my name”
She never voted for Pelosi for Speaker
This is 4th campaign in a row GOP trying to make the connection
But doesn’t look like it will work this time either
“I am not Nancy Pelosi…Abigail Spanberger is my name”
She never voted for Pelosi for Speaker
This is 4th campaign in a row GOP trying to make the connection
But doesn’t look like it will work this time either
This whole thread.
(Go vote, Cambridge! And please rank me No. 1 for school committee)
(Go vote, Cambridge! And please rank me No. 1 for school committee)
I can't stress this enough: in ranked choice systems like Cambridge has, your best bet at getting the council & school committee you want is to rank candidates in order of your genuine preference.
That means you should give your #1 vote to the person you most want to win.
That means you should give your #1 vote to the person you most want to win.
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This whole thread.
(Go vote, Cambridge! And please rank me No. 1 for school committee)
(Go vote, Cambridge! And please rank me No. 1 for school committee)
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The point of this effort by Councillor Zusy is to kill all green multifamily inclusionary homes, which would increase Cambridge’s carbon emissions and send rents through the roof.
Err, CZ wants more data about solar in the city first, presented "as a bell curve" «err?», because the previous modeling assumed that solar in the city was typically at 45 feet but she thinks it's more typically at 25 feet.
[ I do feel like I missed a beat. ]
She is asking for "a pause."
[ I do feel like I missed a beat. ]
She is asking for "a pause."
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The point of this effort by Councillor Zusy is to kill all green multifamily inclusionary homes, which would increase Cambridge’s carbon emissions and send rents through the roof.
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I think @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social saw one of those foxes on a recent trip to London, and then we saw a seal in the Thames in the middle of London last month. Too small to get a decent picture though. It's like "I swear, that little tiny blob in the water was a seal head."
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social saw one of those foxes on a recent trip to London, and then we saw a seal in the Thames in the middle of London last month. Too small to get a decent picture though. It's like "I swear, that little tiny blob in the water was a seal head."
Follow along for the latest housing-related ride with the Cambridge Historical Commission here, with @jfsheehan.bsky.social
We'll see whether I can stick it out to the end, but I'm remote attending the CHC meeting on 17 Story St. Devs propose to relocate & preserve the historic Harriet Jacobs House on the same site, and demolish a 3-story building, to build a hotel and 50 apartments. Harvard Sq Conservation District.
August 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Follow along for the latest housing-related ride with the Cambridge Historical Commission here, with @jfsheehan.bsky.social
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We have always had corruption in America but right know the whole country is being operated like a criminal enterprise, including kickbacks to the mob boss from universities, the media, law firms and now tech companies.
August 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We have always had corruption in America but right know the whole country is being operated like a criminal enterprise, including kickbacks to the mob boss from universities, the media, law firms and now tech companies.
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Massachusetts is not perfect, but on days like today this place makes me really proud.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...
Healey signs bill expanding reproductive, transgender care protections - The Boston Globe
“No one is going to come to Massachusetts and attack our people, attack our institutions, attack our providers because we believe in freedom,” Healey said.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Massachusetts is not perfect, but on days like today this place makes me really proud.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...
Exactly. Thinking in good/bad binary about AI is so dangerous especially while we still are getting our heads around the tech. It’s complex and complicated - and we shouldn’t be rushing to implement it in classrooms, or for that matter, to ban it — until we have a better grasp of it.
So much this. Letter counting and state names are gimmicks, not primary use cases. Frontier models are already remarkably capable for many quite difficult tasks despite still, of course, failing in important ways. We should be able to recognize this fact without uncritically accepting industry hype.
One of the really cursed things about AI discourse is that people try to argue it isn’t USEFUL FOR CERTAIN TASKS and then pretend that’s the same as arguing it’s all smoke and mirrors. A screwdriver is more useful for many things than a jet plane, but a jet plane is an impressive piece of tech.
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Exactly. Thinking in good/bad binary about AI is so dangerous especially while we still are getting our heads around the tech. It’s complex and complicated - and we shouldn’t be rushing to implement it in classrooms, or for that matter, to ban it — until we have a better grasp of it.
Important thread from a great advocate for housing in Cambridge
I'm remote attending to the Cambridge Historical Commission meeting today, as the A.J. Spears Funeral Home (124 &132 Western Ave) is up for demo review.
These two properties will be sold to developer DND Homes to become a 6 story bldg w/50-60 homes, 20% affordable, contingent on demo permits.
These two properties will be sold to developer DND Homes to become a 6 story bldg w/50-60 homes, 20% affordable, contingent on demo permits.
A.J. Spears Funeral Home plans to close in 2026, six stories of homes possible under new zoning - Cambridge Day
A.J. Spears Funeral Home is expected to close operations at 124 Western Ave., Riverside, starting next year, 62 years after its founding in 1964.
www.cambridgeday.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Important thread from a great advocate for housing in Cambridge
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In answer to those basic questions about the process itself, not requests for personal details or anything, this is the response from the mayor, Cambridge Day reports: “There could be no answer, Simmons said, because members of the selection panel needed to respect the integrity of the process.”
Search process for a superintendent stumbled onto a candidate who'd stumbled even harder - Cambridge Day
Facing continued criticism even from within its own ranks for a superintendent search process that has seemed secretive and scattered, School Committee members moved Tuesday toward releasing more info...
www.cambridgeday.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In answer to those basic questions about the process itself, not requests for personal details or anything, this is the response from the mayor, Cambridge Day reports: “There could be no answer, Simmons said, because members of the selection panel needed to respect the integrity of the process.”
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And apparently there’s more to come on this story. But in the meantime I’ll note that crap like this is why @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social is running for Cambridge School Committee. And it’s why transparency, which can maybe sound generic, is one of the things he talks about most.
Arjun for Cambridge
A more transparent, accountable, and equitable Cambridge.
arjunjaikumar.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
And apparently there’s more to come on this story. But in the meantime I’ll note that crap like this is why @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social is running for Cambridge School Committee. And it’s why transparency, which can maybe sound generic, is one of the things he talks about most.
Went down to support @local26-unitehere.bsky.social and walk their picket line amid the rain. Aramark workers deserve a living wage!
If you want to support, you can still attend and enjoy the games: just don’t buy food or drink in the park. You can bring food in (or pregame)!
If you want to support, you can still attend and enjoy the games: just don’t buy food or drink in the park. You can bring food in (or pregame)!
July 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Went down to support @local26-unitehere.bsky.social and walk their picket line amid the rain. Aramark workers deserve a living wage!
If you want to support, you can still attend and enjoy the games: just don’t buy food or drink in the park. You can bring food in (or pregame)!
If you want to support, you can still attend and enjoy the games: just don’t buy food or drink in the park. You can bring food in (or pregame)!
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To my friends & followers, from what I've read UNITE-HERE Local #26 is saying boycott concessions. They consider that to be the picket line.
They are not asking you to boycott the Red Sox or Fenway Park.
Go to the game. Don't buy food & drinks from scabs.
Walk the line with any picketers.
They are not asking you to boycott the Red Sox or Fenway Park.
Go to the game. Don't buy food & drinks from scabs.
Walk the line with any picketers.
BREAKING: Concession workers at Fenway are on strike.
This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.
These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.
This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.
These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.
July 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To my friends & followers, from what I've read UNITE-HERE Local #26 is saying boycott concessions. They consider that to be the picket line.
They are not asking you to boycott the Red Sox or Fenway Park.
Go to the game. Don't buy food & drinks from scabs.
Walk the line with any picketers.
They are not asking you to boycott the Red Sox or Fenway Park.
Go to the game. Don't buy food & drinks from scabs.
Walk the line with any picketers.
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Looks very similar to attacks on Black scholars.
*Complaint of some sort of academic misconduct
*Rufo and Times boost the story, giving it legitimacy
*Complainant turns out to be a eugenicist! Congrats everyone!
*Complaint of some sort of academic misconduct
*Rufo and Times boost the story, giving it legitimacy
*Complainant turns out to be a eugenicist! Congrats everyone!
July 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Looks very similar to attacks on Black scholars.
*Complaint of some sort of academic misconduct
*Rufo and Times boost the story, giving it legitimacy
*Complainant turns out to be a eugenicist! Congrats everyone!
*Complaint of some sort of academic misconduct
*Rufo and Times boost the story, giving it legitimacy
*Complainant turns out to be a eugenicist! Congrats everyone!