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· Oct 14
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
www.cityandstateny.com
"We articulated the vision for the movement that we hoped to build. Each day, we would work to embody the values of a better world." - Elle Bisgaard-Church
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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The gorgeous 🇬🇧 cover in the wild!
I’ve been looking forward to this journey. Arrived today after months on order. Thanks @peterbrannen.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The gorgeous 🇬🇧 cover in the wild!
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Suddenly occurring to folks it’s conceivable Trump won’t be president forever and anti-corruption laws might ever again be enforced….
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Suddenly occurring to folks it’s conceivable Trump won’t be president forever and anti-corruption laws might ever again be enforced….
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Apps give companies more power because users can’t modify them, block ads, or protect their privacy.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Apps give companies more power because users can’t modify them, block ads, or protect their privacy.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
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In her new book “Driven to Their Knees,” Roxanne Euben, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, examines how the language of degradation has come to pervade, reflect, and reshape our civic life.
Humiliate Retaliate Repeat
A book from Roxanne Euben, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, explores a pervasive cycle in contemporary politics through an examination of the language that propels…
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September 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In her new book “Driven to Their Knees,” Roxanne Euben, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, examines how the language of degradation has come to pervade, reflect, and reshape our civic life.
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Political Humiliation, Collective Struggle: A Conversation with Roxanne Euben | Dec. 4th at BISR Central | thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/events...
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Political Humiliation, Collective Struggle: A Conversation with Roxanne Euben | Dec. 4th at BISR Central | thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/events...
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In Driven to Their Knees, Roxanne Euben takes readers from conflicts in the Arabic-speaking world to America’s divided public square, advancing a theory of humiliation rooted in the ways people articulate and enact it.
Out now. Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Out now. Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In Driven to Their Knees, Roxanne Euben takes readers from conflicts in the Arabic-speaking world to America’s divided public square, advancing a theory of humiliation rooted in the ways people articulate and enact it.
Out now. Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Out now. Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK!
Kickstarter workers unionized, went on strike, and won a four-day workweek.
Kickstarter workers unionized, went on strike, and won a four-day workweek.
Kickstarter United NYC-OPEIU 153 Declares Victory and Ends 40+ Day Strike — OPEIU Local 153
New York, NY – Today, the members of Kickstarter United (KSRU) ended their 42 day-strike and declared victory over the tech company. KSRU secured an escalating minimum salary floor tied to cost of liv...
www.opeiulocal153.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK!
Kickstarter workers unionized, went on strike, and won a four-day workweek.
Kickstarter workers unionized, went on strike, and won a four-day workweek.
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I agree with the author of this piece that whether someone is a journalist has little bearing on their rights to take photos on the street. Why is Alvin Bragg’s office charging this person with a hate crime?
The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.
Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime
Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees
freedom.press
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I agree with the author of this piece that whether someone is a journalist has little bearing on their rights to take photos on the street. Why is Alvin Bragg’s office charging this person with a hate crime?
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
All of Nike advertising right there:
All frauds and con artists play on *your perception of yourself*--they convince you that only by giving them money or gifts can you be the person you aspire to be.
Best book on the psychology of people who get scammed, from the perspective of con artists, published 1940 by linguist Doc Maurer:
Best book on the psychology of people who get scammed, from the perspective of con artists, published 1940 by linguist Doc Maurer:
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
All of Nike advertising right there:
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All frauds and con artists play on *your perception of yourself*--they convince you that only by giving them money or gifts can you be the person you aspire to be.
Best book on the psychology of people who get scammed, from the perspective of con artists, published 1940 by linguist Doc Maurer:
Best book on the psychology of people who get scammed, from the perspective of con artists, published 1940 by linguist Doc Maurer:
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
All frauds and con artists play on *your perception of yourself*--they convince you that only by giving them money or gifts can you be the person you aspire to be.
Best book on the psychology of people who get scammed, from the perspective of con artists, published 1940 by linguist Doc Maurer:
Best book on the psychology of people who get scammed, from the perspective of con artists, published 1940 by linguist Doc Maurer:
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Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
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Many young Afghans who held elite positions working with the U.S. military are now adrift in America. They’ve been left to build a life on the margins of an uncaring society.
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Many young Afghans who held elite positions working with the U.S. military are now adrift in America. They’ve been left to build a life on the margins of an uncaring society.
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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As American families struggle with rising costs, President Trump and members of his family are raking in millions of dollars—and the number is only growing. https://www.americanprogress.org/feature/trumps-take/
Trump’s Take: Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.
Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.
www.americanprogress.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As American families struggle with rising costs, President Trump and members of his family are raking in millions of dollars—and the number is only growing. https://www.americanprogress.org/feature/trumps-take/
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absolutely, and not only in presentations - it makes me wonder about articles and opinion pieces too.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
absolutely, and not only in presentations - it makes me wonder about articles and opinion pieces too.
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Ok this is a sign
Wow: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems to think that companies involved with Trump's ballroom project could be criminally prosecuted. thehill.com/business/559...
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ok this is a sign
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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Here's a gift link: www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here's a gift link: www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
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The worst person in the world (2021)
Joachim Trier
Joachim Trier
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The worst person in the world (2021)
Joachim Trier
Joachim Trier
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This is arriving just in time to go straight onto the reading list - from Rachel Noorda and @corinnanorue.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is arriving just in time to go straight onto the reading list - from Rachel Noorda and @corinnanorue.bsky.social
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Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries @theconversationus.bsky.social Kathi Inman Berens Rachel Noorda
theconversation.com/gen-z-and-mi...
theconversation.com/gen-z-and-mi...
Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries
Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
theconversation.com
January 12, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries @theconversationus.bsky.social Kathi Inman Berens Rachel Noorda
theconversation.com/gen-z-and-mi...
theconversation.com/gen-z-and-mi...
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Identifying as a reader "is often about community, wealth and gender – and what counts as reading – than it is about how much someone actually reads", argue Profs. Kathi Inman Berens & Rachel Noorda.
Read more: tinyurl.com/25bdfx35
Read more: tinyurl.com/25bdfx35
Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
It turns out that identifying as a reader can be more about community, wealth and gender than how much someone actually reads.
tinyurl.com
May 1, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Identifying as a reader "is often about community, wealth and gender – and what counts as reading – than it is about how much someone actually reads", argue Profs. Kathi Inman Berens & Rachel Noorda.
Read more: tinyurl.com/25bdfx35
Read more: tinyurl.com/25bdfx35