Terri Friedline
@terrifriedline.bsky.social
I’m not disengaged, I’m trying to practice better labor politics | Not an asshole | Opinions my own
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November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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What is unique about our measure is that we aggregate wealth at the level of the municipality: the funding base for many critical public services. This allows us to capture the important difference between (1) a *wealthy neighborhood* in a larger municipality, and (2) a *wealthy municipality*
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What is unique about our measure is that we aggregate wealth at the level of the municipality: the funding base for many critical public services. This allows us to capture the important difference between (1) a *wealthy neighborhood* in a larger municipality, and (2) a *wealthy municipality*
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
I've been annoyed that I'm teaching 4 classes again next semester (including 3, 1-credit classes [triple the # of students]). But, I'm a good teacher, so an email today from a former student was lovely, "I wanted to thank you so much for both your ability to teach and your trust in your students..."
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've been annoyed that I'm teaching 4 classes again next semester (including 3, 1-credit classes [triple the # of students]). But, I'm a good teacher, so an email today from a former student was lovely, "I wanted to thank you so much for both your ability to teach and your trust in your students..."
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Special thanks to our Public Banking panelists who broke down the impact & what’s ahead: Trinity Tran @trinitytran.bsky.social, Dey Del Rio @neweconomyproject.bsky.social, Dr. @terrifriedline.bsky.social, Linda Levy, Rei Fielder & moderator David Cobb, @democracycollab.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Special thanks to our Public Banking panelists who broke down the impact & what’s ahead: Trinity Tran @trinitytran.bsky.social, Dey Del Rio @neweconomyproject.bsky.social, Dr. @terrifriedline.bsky.social, Linda Levy, Rei Fielder & moderator David Cobb, @democracycollab.bsky.social
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Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
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These thoughts also came from wondering why it was so accessible for politicians to express care about wealthbuilding and the wealth gap. (back when they did for a moment). as compared to what other types of programs that they could be supporting otherwise?
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
These thoughts also came from wondering why it was so accessible for politicians to express care about wealthbuilding and the wealth gap. (back when they did for a moment). as compared to what other types of programs that they could be supporting otherwise?
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The response to this sort of thing cant be ‘do it somewhere else’ or ‘put it in Detroit.’ It has to be ‘No.’
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
5 takeaways: OpenAI & Oracle’s data center sparks clash between rural life, AI ambitions
The $7 billion project will transform 250 acres of farmland and require energy equivalent to a nuclear power plant to fuel OpenAI and Oracle's ambitions.
www.mlive.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The response to this sort of thing cant be ‘do it somewhere else’ or ‘put it in Detroit.’ It has to be ‘No.’
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
This week, join us for a conversation exploring how cities and states are moving to reclaim public money for the public good
Tuesday, November 19, 2025
12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
Register on Zoom: bit.ly/PBC2C
Tuesday, November 19, 2025
12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
Register on Zoom: bit.ly/PBC2C
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This week, join us for a conversation exploring how cities and states are moving to reclaim public money for the public good
Tuesday, November 19, 2025
12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
Register on Zoom: bit.ly/PBC2C
Tuesday, November 19, 2025
12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
Register on Zoom: bit.ly/PBC2C
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Had a lot of fun recording this! Thanks to @anikacolliernavaroli.com and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...
Through to Thriving: Protecting Our Privacy with Chris Gilliard | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli in conversation with Critical Internet Studies Institute privacy researcher and advocate Chris Gilliard.
www.techpolicy.press
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Had a lot of fun recording this! Thanks to @anikacolliernavaroli.com and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...
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Something everyone needs to know about @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong was her commitment to Palestine. Just a year ago, she & I wrote a letter in @literaryhub.bsky.social defending six Palestinian journalists. Sadly, Alice now joins two of them on the other side: Anas al-Sharif & Hossam Shabat
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Something everyone needs to know about @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong was her commitment to Palestine. Just a year ago, she & I wrote a letter in @literaryhub.bsky.social defending six Palestinian journalists. Sadly, Alice now joins two of them on the other side: Anas al-Sharif & Hossam Shabat
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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Heritage is to Fuentes what the White Citizens Councils were to the Klan. White supremacists fellow travelers who agree on goals but differ on strategy and tactics.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Heritage is to Fuentes what the White Citizens Councils were to the Klan. White supremacists fellow travelers who agree on goals but differ on strategy and tactics.
"Ms. Adams said her class, a graduate-level course with 24 students, included discussion of racism because it often comes up in social work, a profession that has embraced the idea of social justice...the dean of social work is listed as the complainant" 👀
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Ms. Adams said her class, a graduate-level course with 24 students, included discussion of racism because it often comes up in social work, a profession that has embraced the idea of social justice...the dean of social work is listed as the complainant" 👀
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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✨ New Essay! ✨
We argue that loan-based finance perpetuates capitalist interests & constraints that undercut efforts to address social & climate crises. Public banking is vital, to be sure; but we must fight for public banks that are empowered to issue grants, not merely loans.
Please share! 👩💻 🙌
We argue that loan-based finance perpetuates capitalist interests & constraints that undercut efforts to address social & climate crises. Public banking is vital, to be sure; but we must fight for public banks that are empowered to issue grants, not merely loans.
Please share! 👩💻 🙌
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
moneyontheleft.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
✨ New Essay! ✨
We argue that loan-based finance perpetuates capitalist interests & constraints that undercut efforts to address social & climate crises. Public banking is vital, to be sure; but we must fight for public banks that are empowered to issue grants, not merely loans.
Please share! 👩💻 🙌
We argue that loan-based finance perpetuates capitalist interests & constraints that undercut efforts to address social & climate crises. Public banking is vital, to be sure; but we must fight for public banks that are empowered to issue grants, not merely loans.
Please share! 👩💻 🙌
My piece on John Fetterman and how media overlooks racism and Islamophobia. Many thanks to the people who have read this over the years, helping me figure out what I was trying to write and what version of the ideas I wanted to share
terrifriedline.medium.com/how-media-ov...
terrifriedline.medium.com/how-media-ov...
How Media Overlooks Political Candidates’ Racism and Islamophobia: The Case of John Fetterman
John Fetterman, the Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania, continues to make news headlines about his increasingly horrendous politics and…
terrifriedline.medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My piece on John Fetterman and how media overlooks racism and Islamophobia. Many thanks to the people who have read this over the years, helping me figure out what I was trying to write and what version of the ideas I wanted to share
terrifriedline.medium.com/how-media-ov...
terrifriedline.medium.com/how-media-ov...
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Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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Yes we have a new zine for people who are interested: www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yes we have a new zine for people who are interested: www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...
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What if I told you that the University of Michigan was one of the most infamous offenders of faculty and student rights during McCarthyism? It feels like their current moves targeting student protestors are in alignment with this dubious honor.
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
From the Daily: The University's values on trial
specials.michigandaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What if I told you that the University of Michigan was one of the most infamous offenders of faculty and student rights during McCarthyism? It feels like their current moves targeting student protestors are in alignment with this dubious honor.
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
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Just now seeing that this March event has been posted. I’m so excited for this and so grateful for this group of brilliant minds. I’ve been learning so much from them!
You can register here: www.disconetwork.org/disco-events...
You can register here: www.disconetwork.org/disco-events...
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Just now seeing that this March event has been posted. I’m so excited for this and so grateful for this group of brilliant minds. I’ve been learning so much from them!
You can register here: www.disconetwork.org/disco-events...
You can register here: www.disconetwork.org/disco-events...