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Hey look I got a new temp job @harperbooks writing a book about how American democracy died in the workplace!
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My car got stolen in Brooklyn in 2024 and when I went to the police station to report it (a mistake, I know) the police ran my plates and scolded me for not immediately coming to the station because their license plate know where every car is in the city.
Tiffany Cabán@tiffany_caban10h
We should not be giving the NYPD—a department that already spends millions on surveillance—another tool that will allow them to conduct mass surveillance of New Yorkers. 1/
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Tiffany Cabán@tiffany_caban10h
We should not be giving the NYPD—a department that already spends millions on surveillance—another tool that will allow them to conduct mass surveillance of New Yorkers. 1/
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It's not surprising to learn Malcolm Gladwell elide and fabricate facts in favor of increased policing in his new book but if you are thinking of buying into the pundits insisting on a rightward drift on policing, you'd do well to read this. equalityalec.substack.com/p/… @equalityAlec
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alex sammon@alex_sammonOct 26
In @slate, the first of a 3-part series from Springfield, a city depopulating for a second time, where Haitian life is disappearing: reporting from behind the locked doors and in the basements, along with new info about the last days of Pierre Damas Bel. slate.com/news-and-politics/…

Sometimes It’s Tempting to Forget Exactly What Trump Has Done to America. In One Town, It’s...

Three days at the heart of Trump’s project in America.

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Michael Friedrich@mfriedrichnycOct 25
Replying to @mfriedrichnyc @newrepublic
Across the country, recent conversions of public housing have led to too many bad renovations and failed relocations to ignore. In NYC, independent analysis finds that private management has increased eviction rates and created poor living conditions for many tenants.
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just to be clear. this guy was chased out of nycdsa for being a real estate shill. – at Brooklyn, NY
Paul E Williams@PEWilliams_Oct 24
Just to be clear. This redevelopment goes from 2,000 old NYCHA units to: 2,000 new NYCHA units, plus 1,000 additional new affordable units, plus 2,000 new market rate units And the old buildings don’t come down until the new buildings have been built and NYCHA residents move in.
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This is really a story about the future of democracy in America, and how much people want democracy and to have some control over their homes and lives.
Michael Friedrich@mfriedrichnycOct 25
A tenacious group of tenants is fighting a teardown plan in one of Manhattan's most desirable neighborhoods that could spell the end of public housing as we know it? I wrote for @newrepublic about their struggle and the fate of government-run homes in the US.
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Obviously, the issue of housing is messy and tied up in a lot of complicated funding and management issues. But that doesn't mean we can abandon all the transparency and accountability that leads to democracy and turn things over to private managers with less oversight.
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Take some time to read this impressive, thorough report by @mfriedrichnyc on the privatization of NYCHA and the last dying gasp of the New Deal
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Their Buildings Are Set to Be Demolished. They Won’t Move Out.

A teardown plan in one of Manhattan’s most desirable neighborhoods has sparked a pitched battle between some tenants and the New York City Housing Authority. Is this public housing’s last stand?

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Ann Larson@AnnLLarsonOct 25
Even Wall Street insiders are saying that AI is a farce.
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Marshall Steinbaum 🔥@Econ_MarshallOct 24
Interesting #take as one of the core tenets of Chicago School economics (and law) is that power is “not an economic concept” and therefore should not be incorporated into economic models.
Milton Friedman Daily
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“The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power—whether that person is a government official, a trade union official, or a business executive.” — Milton Friedman
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it says everything about our society, and the insane concentrations of wealth, that this fine does not mean anything will change with this company
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@nytimesOct 21
Breaking News: Meta must pay $25 billion, one of the largest penalties levied against the tech giant, for deceiving users about data privacy. nyti.ms/4yvv5yZ

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy

The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.

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This autopsy of how corporate ownership killed a magazine for political reasons really begs the question about whether it is possible to do journalism with corporate ownership. thenation.com/article/societ…
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It's really odd that anyone is surprised that Gen Z people express a certain hopelessness in their expectations for their lives when everyone older have been insisting that a better world (one with healthcare, say) is impossible and bleating about how doomed we all are.
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Private equity pushing autism providers to increase the number of hours kids get care. Even when they clearly need a nap. We have a horrible health care system in this country. wsj.com/health/healthcare/au… via @WSJ

Autism-Therapy Workers Say Big Chains Pressured Them to Boost Treatment Hours

Medicaid data show some private-equity-backed chains billed far more hours than rivals. Companies say patient needs guide treatment.

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Alyssa Katz@alykatzzOct 20
Bloomberg gets named (correctly) by @michelleinbklyn for ushering in a choice-oriented high school system but it was de Blasio who later wiped away remaining vestiges of local zoning in the name of equity. Leading to more inequity. nytimes.com/2026/10/19/opini…

Opinion | The Unrelenting Nightmare of Applying to High School in New York City (Gift Article)

I thought my worst New York City experience was getting punched in the face. That was before I started trying to get my kid into a public high school.

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Wild nbcnews.com/news/us-news/off… via @nbcnews

Florida officer found dead man, impersonated him for years and renovated his home, police say

Brian Louis Sguros responded to Dennis West’s Lauderhill home in 2022 for a welfare check. Sguros later claimed he spent at least $214,000 on the home, according to police documents.

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"business schools don’t just reflect our economic system — they actively manufacture its priorities and normalize its harms, training the future leaders who will design and defend the structures driving our overlapping global crises." nytimes.com/2026/10/18/opini…

Opinion | I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down.

Students come in with noble intentions and leave with flawed expertise.

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It's also deeply weird that business schools are the ones who promote that they teach "leadership." But it's clearly because businesses are hierarchical systems and business schools educate the unaccountable people in charge.
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