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writer / editor / producer

New York City
Joined February 2009
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for earth day, I’m proud to share the grand opening announcement for Audiodrome Vinyl, the first 100% solar-powered vinyl record press in the U.S. billboard.com/business/busin…
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super stoked to be in evan's punk zine it looks sick AF
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“the only democracy in the middle east”
Israeli government approves resolution to stop all government advertising in Ha’aretz, and calls upon all publicly funded institutions to cease all communications with the newspaper. This, due to Ha’aretz “harming the legitimacy of the State” and publisher’s call for sanctions
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Matthew Ismael Ruiz retweeted
I will never forget how the New York Times had to make a second map that excluded donations for Sanders to get a sense of how individual donor support was distributed amongst other candidates and the DNC ended up appointing the two least popular ones for two consecutive elections
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Democratic pundits as soon as Latinos don’t vote the way they wanted
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Kyp too real for this one we tired
"This is where we were when 9/11 happened," says Tunde Adebimpe. "It's when everybody collectively decided to work harder, because we were like, 'Fuck it, the world is ending we should just keep making shit.'" A tour of Williamsburg with TV on the Radio hearingthings.co/tv-on-the-r…
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is there a name for this sort of action? it’s almost as if they’re *cleansing* the territory of a particular *ethnicity* i feel like we call this something but i just can’t place it
Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF dlvr.it/TG2dw1
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Why would a tech worker with a good job need just cause? Well…
Meta fired employees making $400,000+ per year for using $25 meal credits on toothpaste ft.com/content/7d1a2738-2518…
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Corporate greed is DuPont making $1.62 billion in profits this year, spending $1 billion on stock buybacks, paying its CEO $20 million & being fined just $480,000 for the release of a chemical that causes leukemia. It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America.
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Just a reminder that as recently as 1999 (American Beauty), carrying a camera with you at all times to take video of random moments from your life was seen as antisocial weirdo freak behavior that defined your whole personality
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Music distributor Distrokid is trying to bust the @distrokid_Union—they just laid off 5 of the 7 bargaining unit members (!) and are planning further layoffs this weekend. Musicians need to speak out and stand up for these workers—tell @DistroKid to stop union-busting!
URGENT! Sign the petition below and demand DistroKid STOP union busting. We stand with the DistroKid Union & employees and their right to safely organize their workplace. actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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so you’re saying the best place to park illegally is next to the precinct…got it
"And the biggest offender the cameras found? Illegally parked cars within a block of an NYPD precinct, where virtually not tickets were issued at all."
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"The scale shocked me." According to a new study that looked used AI to generate illegal parking complaints, the NYPD marked complaints as "resolved" in just over half the cases where the vehicles were in fact still illegally parked. hellgatenyc.com/ai-nypd-ille…
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