Alex Mizrahi
@alexmiz.bsky.social
Comms guy, proud progressive, and burgeoning innovator in the snack space. Check out the S'mores Lab: https://www.instagram.com/smore_explorer
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"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
gifting this article because it made me laugh, which is hard to do in this context. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/n...
After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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If you're still posting regularly on Twitter and bullshitting every day as if nothing is wrong I genuinely think less of you. Low stakes for sure but those are the stakes!
Damn Twitter is good again now gotta get back on there.
A tale of three apps. Identical post sent at the same time:
Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares
Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares
Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares
To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.
I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.
Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares
Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares
Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares
To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.
I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If you're still posting regularly on Twitter and bullshitting every day as if nothing is wrong I genuinely think less of you. Low stakes for sure but those are the stakes!
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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These are the sorts of things local authorities could be enforcing to get ICE out but aren’t, these are unequivocal public safety violations & with the mass of surveillance LP readers we already know where they are!
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
These are the sorts of things local authorities could be enforcing to get ICE out but aren’t, these are unequivocal public safety violations & with the mass of surveillance LP readers we already know where they are!
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
(Post is from a month ago to illustrate this isn’t even a new thing)
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Bob Weir was a beautiful musician who created a space for community to come together in joy. So many of these people followed his music and made their own homes on the road when they had nowhere else to go.
He made people feel less alone, and that’s the highest compliment you can pay another human.
He made people feel less alone, and that’s the highest compliment you can pay another human.
Bob Weir, who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78. His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution. trib.al/kC31x5R
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Bob Weir was a beautiful musician who created a space for community to come together in joy. So many of these people followed his music and made their own homes on the road when they had nowhere else to go.
He made people feel less alone, and that’s the highest compliment you can pay another human.
He made people feel less alone, and that’s the highest compliment you can pay another human.
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
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Love all of these Year 1 pieces validating what those in the know knew: Congestion pricing is a success. We should strive to make it even better next.
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Happy Birthday, Congestion Pricing!
"'I find the traffic a little bit better with congestion pricing,' [a Long Island driver] told Hell Gate, adding that the $9 fee 'makes people think twice,' and if he knows traffic is going to be bad, 'I'll jump on the railroad.'"
hellgatenyc.com/congestion-p...
"'I find the traffic a little bit better with congestion pricing,' [a Long Island driver] told Hell Gate, adding that the $9 fee 'makes people think twice,' and if he knows traffic is going to be bad, 'I'll jump on the railroad.'"
hellgatenyc.com/congestion-p...
Needs More Congestion Pricing
And more stories to kick off the week.
hellgatenyc.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Love all of these Year 1 pieces validating what those in the know knew: Congestion pricing is a success. We should strive to make it even better next.
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Maybe this sounds hyperbolic, but the people who run our state are literal sulfuric demons from hell bent on increasing the stock of human suffering
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Maybe this sounds hyperbolic, but the people who run our state are literal sulfuric demons from hell bent on increasing the stock of human suffering
That’s what happens when a flight gets delayed
Flight delays led to Rams getting into Seattle later than expected Wednesday night.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Flight delays led to Rams getting into Seattle later than expected Wednesday night
The Rams had some trouble getting to Seattle ahead of Thursday night's game.
www.nbcsports.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
That’s what happens when a flight gets delayed
Schumer needs to be banned from starting sentences with “if”. Everything he says starts with “if”, and immediately makes him sound passive and weak.
Schumer: "If they don't release the Epstein documents, there's gonna be such an outcry from one end of America to the other that I think they'll be forced to do it"
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Schumer needs to be banned from starting sentences with “if”. Everything he says starts with “if”, and immediately makes him sound passive and weak.
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I’ve been thinking about this Fresh Air interview with Rob Reiner even before today. So much love and warmth and humor. Then yesterday I watched Spinal Tap 2 and all the delight and liveliness of his performance there
www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...
Rob Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Still Goes To 11 : Fresh Air
Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap sparked a new genre of satire. Now, more than 40 years later, the band is back in a new sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. "They have grown neither...
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’ve been thinking about this Fresh Air interview with Rob Reiner even before today. So much love and warmth and humor. Then yesterday I watched Spinal Tap 2 and all the delight and liveliness of his performance there
www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...
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Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off
NOT GOOD 🫠
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids 'midair collision' with Air Force plane near Venezuela
A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off
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At Brown University today, a staff member decided to offer "free mom hugs." I saw many students take her up on the offer. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... @washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
At Brown University today, a staff member decided to offer "free mom hugs." I saw many students take her up on the offer. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... @washingtonpost.com
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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One big partisan asymmetry is Democrats have tended to approach politics as “find out what voters care about, then talk about it a lot,” and Republicans have tended to approach politics as “talk about it a lot, then voters will care about it.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One big partisan asymmetry is Democrats have tended to approach politics as “find out what voters care about, then talk about it a lot,” and Republicans have tended to approach politics as “talk about it a lot, then voters will care about it.”
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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As far as I can tell, this is attack is entirely rooted in Mamdani's criticism of the government of Israel, which the American electorate appears to be increasingly inclined to agree with.
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As far as I can tell, this is attack is entirely rooted in Mamdani's criticism of the government of Israel, which the American electorate appears to be increasingly inclined to agree with.
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When the Democrats lose an election, they debate endlessly how they can appeal to more voters. When Republicans lose an election, they think of ways to keep more people from voting.
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When the Democrats lose an election, they debate endlessly how they can appeal to more voters. When Republicans lose an election, they think of ways to keep more people from voting.
Forget about New Year’s Eve — it’s New Year’s Day / Inauguration Day that’s gonna be the real party in NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Forget about New Year’s Eve — it’s New Year’s Day / Inauguration Day that’s gonna be the real party in NYC.
A nice second-order effect of “the masks are coming off” is it might rope in some anti-vaxxers who aren’t paying close attention.
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A nice second-order effect of “the masks are coming off” is it might rope in some anti-vaxxers who aren’t paying close attention.
I’m so glad this op-ed was written, it clearly lays out what’s been on my mind for a while now.
New gift link (previous one expired). Comments have been disabled, which demonstrates my point..
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November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I’m so glad this op-ed was written, it clearly lays out what’s been on my mind for a while now.
