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Richard Harrington

@rtharrington.bsky.social

Writer and software engineer in NYC

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"Eyes Not Lies" is a project to bear witness on a large scale to how Alex Pretti really died, based on video evidence.

Anyone can make one of these videos. Here's mine.

If you want to post yours, and help the truth push out the lies, here's the link: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#EyesNotLies

26.01.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good Trouble Lives On On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...

Everybody ready for the Good Trouble Lives On day of action tomorrow Thursday July 17, in honor of civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis?

goodtroubleliveson.org

Every city will have a different take on it. In NYC, we'll be surrounding Federal Plaza at 5:30pm. See you there if you're in NYC!

17.07.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chop Wood, Carry Water 6/30 A VERY important day

Looks like an interesting strategy for putting pressure on Senators Murkowski, Collins and Johnson to vote NO on the Budget Bill is to contact their donors.

Info for doing that at the bottom of this post: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/chop-wood-...

30.06.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A little about how the Big Lie Bill affects my family, and how it's still possible to stop it!

harringtonr.substack.com/p/stop-the-b...

30.06.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This post is for New Yorkers who haven't yet voted in the NYC primary and who are suspicious of Zohran Mamdani or outright dislike him but think Andrew Cuomo would be worse:

This is between the 2 of them now! To have a chance of blocking Cuomo, you have to vote for Mamdani. Anywhere on the ballot.

24.06.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brad Lander, shortly after being released from detention yesterday, giving a speech to the crowd outside the detention center.

Here he talks about how Andrew Cuomo was able to stiff immigrants he'd relied on to clean the subways during the pandemic, calling them "illegal."

Don't rank Andrew Cuomo!

18.06.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone in NYC is able to take the afternoon off, there is an impromptu event happening in Foley Square, right now, to protest mayoral candidate Brad Lander's arrest for asking ICE if they had a warrant.

17.06.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Proud to have put Lander and Mamdani first and second on my ballot in early voting yesterday.

Fascism will not prevail. One day everyone who supports ICE now will pretend they always opposed it, and saw it for the Gestapo it has become.

17.06.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings: What's Next in the Fight? YouTube video by No Kings June 14

Anyone trying to watch the #nokings wrapup zoom call tonight that started at at 8pm EDT and can't get in, there's a YouTube livestream at www.youtube.com/live/ECEbs-z... (which will also be a recording if you miss it).
It's very inspiring!

17.06.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ashdashlee.bsky.social On the #NoKings wrapup call, that's our Tesla dealership in Gowanus in Brooklyn! I held up signs there every Saturday for three months!

17.06.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

14.06.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 31950    πŸ” 12589    πŸ’¬ 2062    πŸ“Œ 1680
Protest sign of Stephen Miller as a demon

Protest sign of Stephen Miller as a demon

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Some #NoKings shots from the march down 5th Ave yesterday.

My personal favorite is the one of Stephen Miller as a demon that says, "LOSER," and "THIS GUY SUCKS."

Come to think of it, I didn't actually see any signs with him on it that DIDN'T portray him as a demon.

16.06.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A conventional wisdom took hold after the shock of the election and the inauguration, that protests this year were muted compared to 2017.

That was never true, and it's DEFINITELY not true now.

wagingnonviolence.org/.../american...

See you in the streets today for NO KINGS!

14.06.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zohran & Brad: No matter who, rank us #1 & #2
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Zohran & Brad: No matter who, rank us #1 & #2

Wow!

Thanks to ranked choice voting for NYC mayor, it's quite possible one of these two guys will save us from Andrew Cuomo! (Knocking on wood...)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdei...

13.06.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
YouTube commenter says they've never been to a protest but are going to the one tomorrow.

YouTube commenter says they've never been to a protest but are going to the one tomorrow.

Here's one of the top comments from a YouTube video about Senator Alex Padilla getting thrown to the ground and handcuffed for questioning Kristi Noem's speech.

I'm thinking the NO KINGS protest tomorrow (Saturday 6/14) is shaping up to be pretty big!

www.nokings.org

13.06.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NYC Dem primary voters: Don't rank Cuomo!

Sexual harasser, lied about nursing home deaths during Covid, decimated NYC schools.

All scenarios where he wins have him winning in like the 10th round, so putting him 4th or 5th on your ballots is exactly what would put him over the top.

Don't do it!

11.06.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image with graffiti on bus stop saying "Love your neighbor, stop I.C.E."

Image with graffiti on bus stop saying "Love your neighbor, stop I.C.E."

11.06.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings On June 14β€”Flag Dayβ€”Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

This Saturday, let's strongly exercise our right to peacefully protest! Now is the time to do that!

In NYC, it's at 2pm in Bryant Park. And there's one wherever you are in the country: nokings.org

10.06.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a beautiful, personal film about going on an unexpected road trip with someone who refuses to take off their monkey suit.

And it opens for another run in L.A. next week, if you're there!

09.06.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunlight β€” Quad Cinema Established in 1972, Quad Cinema is New York's original multi-screen cinema.

Anyone in NYC that wants to go see a great movie, check out "Sunlight", at the Quad in Manhattan, before Thursday. It's by and starring the ventriloquist @ninaconti.bsky.social and my old friend from the Canadian fringe circuit @shenoahallen.bsky.social .

quadcinema.com/film/sunlight/

09.06.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call-In Instructions National Call-In Day to Sink the Reconciliation Bill May 20, 2025 ☎️CALL: (202) 224-3121 πŸ‘‰Ask to be connected to YOUR Representative’s officeπŸ‘ˆ Here’s a script you can use: βœ…If your Member is alr...

Reconciliation is a long process, but today is a particularly good day to call your rep & tell them to vote NO on the horrible reconciliation bill! (Or thank them if they're a Dem -- gives them energy!)

Progressive groups are pushing for a national call-in day today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

20.05.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're looking for something to do tonight in Brooklyn at 7:30, it's the last night to see my old friend Dr. Brown in from L.A perform his now show, Dr. Brown Beturns!

I saw it a couple days ago and it's some amazing, subtle, hilarious clowning. Highly recommended.

unionhallny.com/calendar

16.05.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rally Against Illegal Detainment of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Β· New York Working Families Party The New York Working Families Party, Make the Road Action, NYIC Action, Popular Democracy, elected and community leaders will rally to denounce the illegal arrest and detainment of Newark Mayor Ras Ba...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested by ICE yesterday. Going to a rally in Foley Square in Manhattan to express how I feel about this: www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

10.05.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing!

To everyone who's been protesting outside Tesla dealerships, you did this!

And if you want to make your local government cut ties with Musk too, go here: www.teslatakedown.com/divest

08.05.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One exists already that excludes the top 7 (including Tesla). No one has set up a Tesla-only exclusion, but it's only a matter of time, see slate.com/technology/2...

08.05.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's the Cybertruck, from a protest 2 days later in front of a Tesla dealership

07.05.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NO KINGS New York City Β· No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

Excited to attend the next really big protest in NYC on Saturday, June 14th!

Already thinking about what I'm going to wear for a hat that will top my May Day Cybertruck...

mobilize.us/s/ilK8XB

07.05.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am a father of an autistic child with profound developmental delays. This clip nails it.

Also did you know that RFK Jr's aunt founded the Special Olympics? That guy's really working out some family issues.

www.youtube.com/embed/zMndfv...

01.05.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
National Day of Action They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices. This May Day we are fighting back. Stand with us.

May 1 protest tomorrow in Foley Square in NYC, 5-7 pm!

More than 1,000, all over the country: maydaystrong.org

Lots are at the end of the day, so you don't have to take the whole day off. I will so I can get some stuff together (like a cardboard Cybertruck hat in flames), but that's another story.

30.04.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0