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I write & gab. Most recent: ONE WEEK TO CHANGE THE WORLD: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests (Simon & Schuster). I write the “Renters” column for the New York Times. dwgibson.net

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Snap quiz that’s perfect for today: can anyone name the chancellor of Germany?

06.06.2025 06:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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You will always be missed, Ngugi. Thanks for changing how I see the world.

28.05.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Probably one of the fundamental structural flaws with current culture.

18.04.2025 21:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

There is no debate in this conversation. Sugar is #1 and it’s not even close.

15.04.2025 05:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is precisely what the ‘99 protests in Seattle accomplished. WTO never succeeded at reaching the BIG agreement that would have given it enforcement authority. Now Trump is harnessing the energy of those protests in the most perverse way! The left totally lost its argument against globalization.

04.04.2025 20:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t like it when Duolingo threatens me late at night.

29.03.2025 03:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Definitely confused that Sam Walton’s book from generations ago is still in print. Definitely bothered that it’s next to Hansberry. Alphabetical order and respect for the human condition be damned.

27.03.2025 00:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image of text in a book that reads: For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break.

Image of text in a book that reads: For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break.

Kurt Vonnegut writing about the hypocrisy of so-called Christians.

#Vonnegut #Writing

01.03.2025 13:58 — 👍 9474    🔁 2151    💬 182    📌 82

Love that image

01.03.2025 23:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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She’s Raising Her Daughter in Her Own Childhood Apartment It took a ruling from New York State’s highest court, and a critical renovation of the building, to make a dream come true.

Lunchtime timeline cleanse. I love any time @dwgibson.bsky.social writes about real estate for the NYT. This colorful apartment brought sunshine to my day. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/r...

27.01.2025 17:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Here, here.

29.12.2024 03:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good news. Workers have power and need to flex it more like this.

19.12.2024 05:27 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Curating a Two-Bedroom Museum of Her Own Life (Gift Article) Betti Franceschi has lived in her art-filled Upper West Side apartment for decades. For her latest project, she published a book of photographs featuring dancers from her generation.

I met Betti Franceschi

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/r...

04.12.2024 20:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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