Sophie Gonick
professorsophie.bsky.social
Sophie Gonick
@professorsophie.bsky.social
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urban studies prof at NYU. Currently studying migrant popular economies of housing and labor in NYC
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I know it’s irrelevant and won’t change anything, but a hundred years ago Mr. Ingrassia wouldn’t even have been considered white
1. I am happy these stories are getting written
2. None of them are the least bit surprising, least of all this one about edgelord too squeamish to use the real word so he uses an italian american substitute instead www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
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We also need to get to a point where someone declaring they’d like to reverse the Civil Rights Act, or functionally dismantles the Voting Rights Act, or argues for treating Black people as inherently inferior publicly is just as “shocking” as these revealed texts.
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#OtD 19 Oct 1907 the 1st issue of the anarchist newspaper Solidaridad Obrera (Workers' Solidarity) was published by workers' societies in Barcelona. It later became the mouthpiece of the @CNTSindacato, and one of the most important papers in the country. shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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your analysis of this political moment is going to fail if you keep using reductionist labels like "wine mom". first of all, there are dozens of factions just within that one term, from whiskey women to chardonnay chicas, and understanding their unique informal coalitions can take decades of study
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BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has begun a wave of air attacks on southern Gaza as the precarious ceasefire comes under threat.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7g8svh
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The only thing that anyone ever needs to know about Bill Ackman is that he once joined a group of avid long distance bikers from NYC to Montauk and back without training or preparation, arrogant in his ability to "lead the pack" and ended up screaming in agony
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Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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How AI saves time and increases productivity.
I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.
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we love edgy jokes about gas chambers and rape unless it’s jokes about charlie kirk dying, which if you do that, you’ll be punished and deported and free speech revoked
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Trump wants to DOUBLE Argentina's bailout to $40 billion to save his political ally.

Yet he is doing nothing to prevent 15 million Americans from losing their health care and 20 million from seeing a doubling in their premiums.

Is this what Trump means by America first?
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Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.
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Thinking of all the people who insisted that this admin was serious about "ending antisemitism on college campuses."
I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
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JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.
Gee, I wonder what Matt Taibbi will say
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
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Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
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This sentiment from current beat cops (not the shadowy talking heads from the PBA that Weiss is using as sourcing here) meshes with informal interviews over the years with cops who hate subway details (mandatory OT). It’s a big reason why cops are leaving NYPD: Not what they signed up to do.
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Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.
Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?
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What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.
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Join the IPK on October 22 for a book talk with @jonathantarleton.bsky.social. He will discuss his book Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons, with @professorsophie.bsky.social and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.

ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
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It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.
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