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Ryan (he/him)Jun 9, 2023

Jo - pièce de résistance Jun 7, 2023

Best understandable plans I've seen so far to build a corsi-rosenthal box. Everything else I've seen was practically gibberish.

#airquality #airpurifier #diy #wildfires #covid

Ryan (he/him)Apr 6, 2023

Justin Elliott Apr 6, 2023

Our new investigation:

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor For Decades

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.

ProPublica

Ryan (he/him)Jan 12, 2023

“We want folks to be able to age in place, and for our seniors to be able to maintain support from their lifelong communities,” she said. “Gentrification hurts the elderly on fixed incomes the most.”
https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2023/1/11/23549314/nyc-public-housing-models-for-tenant-rights-activism

How These NYC Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

Over generations, residents of the Cooper Park Houses in Brooklyn have created a blueprint for successful housing organizing.

The City

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Ryan (he/him)Jan 10, 2023

"The company’s [National Grid's] new pipeline, which transports methane gas from Pennsylvania to two preexisting National Grid pipelines in Brooklyn, carves through multiple historically Black neighborhoods, bypassing most of the borough’s majority white neighborhoods before ending at Cooper Park’s doorstep."

Ryan (he/him)Jan 10, 2023

'During two 10-minute periods on a Wednesday afternoon in November, Capital B counted 52 garbage trucks, 18-wheelers, and scrap metal haulers driving by the housing projects. Even in the cold, Leader explained, “you can feel the exhaust and dust caught in your throat.”'
https://www.thecity.nyc/environment/2023/1/9/23545203/brooklyn-public-housing-cooper-park-industrial-pollution

Public Housing Tenants Struggle Against the ‘Slow Violence’ of Industrial Pollution

NYCHA residents in Brooklyn say their debilitating health problems are caused by industrial pollution — but it’s nearly impossible to prove.

The City

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Ryan (he/him)Dec 30, 2022

I'm still flummoxed... has there been reporting on why Zimmerman/Dems/WFP didn't press harder on Santos lies during the race? Zimmerman's former campaign mgr says here they knew https://theintercept.com/2022/12/24/george-santos-election-republicans/

Did Republicans Know About George Santos Before the Election?

The race was neck and neck, but outside Republican groups put almost no cash into Santos’s effort.

The Intercept

Ryan (he/him)Dec 20, 2022

ok now an exposé on whomever the Dems paid for oppo research in this campaign https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html?searchResultPosition=2

New York Republican George Santos’s Résumé Called Into Question

Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he’s the “embodiment of the American dream.” But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.

The New York Times

Ryan (he/him)Dec 16, 2022

teach data science without capitalist examples challenge.

(why are sample data always "sales" or "profit"?) stackoverflow as vehicle for neoliberal capitalist propaganda 👀

#decommodify #data

Ryan (he/him)Dec 16, 2022

broomcorn murdering #catsofmastodon

Ryan (he/him)Dec 12, 2022

#nyc patch job