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Dave Shapiro
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At the intersection of product management, parenting, over eating and cosmic horror.

Acting President, Ivo Shandor fan club.
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I’m drowning here folks 🥺
My deadline is PAST DUE as of today and I still need to raise $1700! 🥺 linktr.ee/jskylerinc 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

My checking account is also overdrawn
December 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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We need so much help for so many things now I don't know how we're gonna make it with the significant drop in anything at all, even small amounts, coming in.

We cannot work, we're dealing with displacement, we need food, we need a vehicle, I urgently need 4 root canals, our loved ones only have us.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I NEED YOUR HELP AND ITS REALLY IMPORTANT‼️
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Finally finished framing and hanging these beauties from @bakoon.bsky.social

That’s the good shit.
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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HELP!! EMERGENCY!! RIGHT NOW!
linktr.ee/wylder
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Today is World AIDS Day.

AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.

Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.

Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”

Silence = Death
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I was talking with a friend of mine today about that outlook one needs to have in order to deeply change systems. It's a squishy sort of emotion that we can't name or label cleanly, but she inspired me to write down my best attempt at describing it. What do you think?

hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
To Be a Leader of Systems | Hazel Weakly
Picture with me, if you will, the absurdity of finding yourself swimming in the middle of the ocean. First think about the ocean and how deep and infinitely...
hazelweakly.me
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Dog they reenacted Jim Crow and apartheid in front of our faces in less than five years because we just STARTED to hold them accountable

Stop asking

“How could this happen”

Start asking

“ How does this never happen again”
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Grateful for an enjoyable evening at the Francis Kite Club in NYC for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social ‘s We Had it Coming launch event. Amazing readings by @kylietcheung.bsky.social , @graceroso.bsky.social and @edwardongwesojr.com and stoked to meet @raxkingisdead.bsky.social a fellow early bird.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Live in NYC? Going to see @lukeoneil47.bsky.social tomorrow night? Why the hell not? I’m taking the LIRR and two subways to get there. Let’s go people.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Hello @support.bsky.team why has
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended without explanation?????
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB

Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.

I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.

I know where my allegiance lies.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social knows that safety for any of us depends on safety for all of us.

He will fight antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, and all forms of bigotry.

Our futures are intertwined.

Mazel tov, Mayor Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Thank you, Charlottesville.

With over 80 volunteers since March, including 27 on Election Day, and 153 donations, I truly believe we built a people-powered campaign.

A thousand thank-yous would be insufficient, but I’ll keep saying it because I couldn’t have done it without you all.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Good morning. Every reporter should be asking Kathy Hochul if she’s asked for Jay Jacobs resignation yet. He didn’t support the Dem nominee for mayor, he didn’t invest in Long Island, and because of that we were a lone red wave in an otherwise blue sea. We need change now. He has to go before 2026.
Brilliant night for Democrats across the board (NJ, VA, NYC, PA, GA, CA), but complete failure on Long Island*. NYs and national Dems have put up with the incompetence of Jay Jacobs for decades. Kathy Hochul must ask for his resignation.
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Brilliant night for Democrats across the board (NJ, VA, NYC, PA, GA, CA), but complete failure on Long Island*. NYs and national Dems have put up with the incompetence of Jay Jacobs for decades. Kathy Hochul must ask for his resignation.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Democrats shut the fuck up and win challenge.
"democrats worried winning will damage chances" is the most democratic party headline imaginable
The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
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November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."

Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM