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Thanks to my buddy Brett "Solidarity 2024" Banditelli, I got to check out a nesting colony of Black-crowned Night Herons today. This bird is a lifer for me and the bonus is, these trees also have a crap-ton of Snowy Egrets nesting in them. Super stoked about this! #birds

Thisis waht tha skys looklike yesterdy btw.

There's another socialist Brett from rural Pennsylvania and look at this sign!

Dudes will edit cows before shutting down coal-fired power plants.

Excited that blue whale season has officially kicked off in Orange County as I got to experience this incredible creature about an hour ago. Let's treat them with dignity and respect. Insert more language about how your conservation shouldn't stop with whales.

Columbia was an early investor in the 2008 foreclosure crisis, partnering with vulture private equity funds to sweep up thousands of foreclosed homes and convert them into rentals i.e. long-term income for corporate landlords. Not in NY btw, in California & across the Sunbelt. 1/

CAMPUS PROTESTS: Today I submitted public records requests for the last several days of emails sent by university leadership at the 7 public universities (that I know of) that have arrested students at Gaza Solidarity Encampments.

Will provided updates if/when I get a response.

Bernie out there manually clipping coupons and refusing to download the 8 different grocery store apps that it takes to save 6 cents on a pear.

I think about the fact that Bernie Sanders DOESN'T have apps on his phone and uses his browser to read In These Times and Common Dreams often. And envy him for it. (h/t Charlie Warzel)

'Something important is missing in many movement conversations about the threat of Democratic Party co-option: namely that this is a good problem to have. This is what political leverage looks like.'

Very proud to be part of this effort.

“To that end, several local labor councils around the country have recently passed resolutions endorsing Fain’s proposal, recommending their affiliates try to shift the dates on which their contracts come up.” huffpost.com/entry/organize…

Even as demonstrations engulf campuses across the nation, USC stands out. No other university has pulled its main commencement, and few have seen as many arrests as quickly as USC.

“It’s a complete disaster,” said USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. latimes.com/california/sto…

Tag yourself I'm unelected bureaucrat