"downwardly mobile millennials"
why are they downwardly mobile? could it be that boomers hoarded all the wealth and real estate, destroyed our planet with fossil fuels, and made it so that their generation was the last that did better than the one that came before?
26.07.2025 07:32 β π 162 π 19 π¬ 7 π 0
Opinion | The βBoy Crisisβ Is Overblown
"The ["boy crisis"] myth persists because thereβs always a market for anti-feminist backlash, and now that weβre in the middle of an anti-education backlash as well, a mostly female teaching force is sadly an easy target."-- @jessgrose.bsky.social
A-fricking-men.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
23.07.2025 16:43 β π 239 π 82 π¬ 9 π 12
15 years ago today, One Direction was formed on X Factor.
23.07.2025 07:26 β π 351 π 63 π¬ 7 π 36
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trumpβs Cuts to the Education Department
BREAKING: Trump's Supreme Court just greenlit his plans to gut the Department of Education.
Every kid in America deserves access to a good public education.
14.07.2025 21:17 β π 1456 π 365 π¬ 146 π 45
Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 113 days.
As vigil, Iβm posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
06.07.2025 00:05 β π 5557 π 1919 π¬ 112 π 72
02.07.2025 21:25 β π 31 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
βAttacking the future of the party while Republicans strip every poor person of Medicaid in the middle of the night,β by way of example, is not acceptable leadership. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward.
29.06.2025 16:54 β π 4575 π 800 π¬ 151 π 22
Trans youth are loved and valued.
28.06.2025 20:04 β π 1606 π 273 π¬ 15 π 9
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting"
the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee
intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles
come with a certain kind of cost."
soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates,
which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would
require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety
improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very
streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
26.06.2025 01:55 β π 4981 π 1022 π¬ 37 π 77
Where Can I Run β Run for Something Action Fund
Use this tool to find out when, where and how you can run for office.
Good morning, winning is possible, the establishment is beatable, millennials can lead - itβs a great day to take the first step and consider running for office. runforwhat.net
25.06.2025 11:30 β π 148 π 48 π¬ 1 π 2
Run for office. runforwhat.net
We've got all the resources you need to get started, no matter what level you're running for.
25.06.2025 02:12 β π 452 π 208 π¬ 4 π 4
Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.
25.06.2025 02:10 β π 17920 π 3417 π¬ 204 π 116
We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort.
On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
23.06.2025 12:14 β π 18891 π 3650 π¬ 355 π 334
SPIELBERG: When John Williams first played me his theme to βJawsβ, βI began to laugh .. He had a great sense of humor, I thought he was putting me on.β
(via Todd Spence)
@benstiller.redhour.com
20.06.2025 20:34 β π 5796 π 842 π¬ 145 π 66
When people support Andrew Cuomo, what theyβre saying implicitly is that they donβt care about the women heβs already sexually harassed and retaliated against and they wonβt care if he does it again. Itβs a political stance that enables discrimination against women in government
20.06.2025 17:15 β π 5697 π 1309 π¬ 151 π 74
19.06.2025 00:53 β π 241 π 42 π¬ 1 π 1
Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
19.06.2025 01:31 β π 1572 π 345 π¬ 54 π 18
some dumb shit head writing bullshit
Women are lagging behind on going bankrupt on DraftKings, drinking themselves to death, and fist-fighting anyone who looks at them funny on the subway but they can catch up.
18.06.2025 21:16 β π 7275 π 1287 π¬ 87 π 65
rip the 2018 red sox
16.06.2025 00:46 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
I go to the gym every day so I have the strength and stamina to cause lots of drama
14.06.2025 11:49 β π 119 π 41 π¬ 2 π 0
βif they can do this to a senator they can do this to anybodyβ
they already are doing it to everybody wtf do you think weve been saying
13.06.2025 11:20 β π 10583 π 1908 π¬ 159 π 62
Labels can be confusing. But our vision is common sense. No one should be priced out of a dignified life.
12.06.2025 17:48 β π 565 π 79 π¬ 7 π 11
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their childrenβs graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary schoolβs graduation today
07.06.2025 05:06 β π 14633 π 5040 π¬ 641 π 533
Taylor Swift, singing into a white Mic wearing a black and silver dress.
Taylor Swift performing shouldβve said no in pouring rain in the iconic black and silver fearless dress.
Taylor Swift performing with a bedazzled silver guitar and wearing a patriot number 13 jersey.
A Taylor Swift advertisement for the fearless tour Gillette Stadium show on Saturday, June 15, 2010 sold out with graphic images of pink orchids and green text.
On June 5, 2010 Taylor Swift sold out her first NFL stadium tour of her career at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA for #Fearless. ππ«π She wore a #13 Patriots jersey and also sang a rendition of βYouβre Not Sorryβ that incorporated Justin Timberlakeβs βWhat goes around comes around.β
05.06.2025 22:21 β π 65 π 10 π¬ 0 π 2
It sure seems like men are too emotional to run the most powerful country on earth!
05.06.2025 20:17 β π 2257 π 380 π¬ 47 π 21
Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braunβs Ithaca Holdings.
Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
30.05.2025 16:38 β π 515 π 66 π¬ 12 π 24
Taylor Swift surrounded by the vinyls of her first six records.
Taylor Swift now owns her masters for her first six albums.
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