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"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€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The β€˜Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown

"The ["boy crisis"] myth persists because there’s always a market for anti-feminist backlash, and now that we’re 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€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12
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15 years ago today, One Direction was formed on X Factor.

23.07.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 36
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Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s 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€” πŸ‘ 1456    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 45
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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, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories.

Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories. https://n.pr/3ZUKlXC

30.06.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 834    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 10

β€˜Attacking the future of the party while Republicans strip every poor person of Medicaid in the middle of the night,’ 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€” πŸ‘ 4575    πŸ” 800    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 22

Trans youth are loved and valued.

28.06.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1606    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 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."

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."

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€” πŸ‘ 4981    πŸ” 1022    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 77
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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 - it’s a great day to take the first step and consider running for office. runforwhat.net

25.06.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 452    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 17920    πŸ” 3417    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 116
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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€” πŸ‘ 18891    πŸ” 3650    πŸ’¬ 355    πŸ“Œ 334
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SPIELBERG: When John Williams first played me his theme to β€œJaws”, β€œI began to laugh .. He had a great sense of humor, I thought he was putting me on.”

(via Todd Spence)

@benstiller.redhour.com

20.06.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5796    πŸ” 842    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 66

When people support Andrew Cuomo, what they’re saying implicitly is that they don’t care about the women he’s already sexually harassed and retaliated against and they won’t care if he does it again. It’s a political stance that enables discrimination against women in government

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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€” πŸ‘ 1572    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 18
some dumb shit head writing bullshit

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€” πŸ‘ 7275    πŸ” 1287    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 65

rip the 2018 red sox

16.06.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I go to the gym every day so I have the strength and stamina to cause lots of drama

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β€œif they can do this to a senator they can do this to anybody”

they already are doing it to everybody wtf do you think weve been saying

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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€” πŸ‘ 565    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 11
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today

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Taylor Swift, singing into a white Mic wearing a black and silver dress.

Taylor Swift, singing into a white Mic wearing a black and silver dress.

Taylor Swift performing should’ve said no in pouring rain in the iconic black and silver fearless dress.

Taylor Swift performing should’ve 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.

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.

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. πŸŒŸπŸ’«πŸ’› She wore a #13 Patriots jersey and also sang a rendition of β€œYou’re Not Sorry” that incorporated Justin Timberlake’s β€œWhat goes around comes around.”

05.06.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

It sure seems like men are too emotional to run the most powerful country on earth!

05.06.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2257    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 21
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Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE during immigration hearing Martir Garcia Lara was ordered into custody in Houston as federal agents target courthouses nationwide

ICE detained a FOURTH GRADER during his #immigration hearing

05.06.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 639    πŸ” 354    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 36
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Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings.

Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Taylor Swift surrounded by the vinyls of her first six records.

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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