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Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
“This poem more than any other makes me feel the totality and the weight of our historical moment, which is perhaps terminal. The rage of, the goodbye of it all.“
i wrote about some recent poetry for @BookPostUSA
books.substack.com/p/review-…
cc @jorie_graham
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
This is very, very strong. Props to @AOC for her clarity in cutting through the AI executives’ propaganda and reframing the discussion. These companies can be prosecuted NOW under existing laws
New email from @AOC to her list with some of her most expansive comments yet on AI:
"Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that AI robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves."
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Strange how "uncommitted" voters saying they won't vote Dem is a betrayal but Stevens voters saying they won't vote Dem is a warning.
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Many people taking issue with Mamdani calling Netanyahu a war criminal don't even bother making the case that Netanyahu is not a war criminal - because by any honest reading of intl law he is.
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Choice of i-Ready as math program at many elementary & middle schools despite fierce backlash against its screeners & privacy lawsuit indicates DOE educrats not paying attention. Plus where’s any independent research backing any of these curriculums? chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
If he is cutting $500M in spending on class size for FY27, what is left? Prelim budget had $543M; does that mean @nycmayor is only planning to spend $43M on more staffing &/or space next year? What is the new timeline, and where is the plan?
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
"According Hochul’s office, the governor has agreed to grant the mayor flexibility in meeting the class size law, allowing NYC to cut $500M in spending." This deal if it happened would have been with @LiuNewYork & other legislators - not simply w/Gov. gothamist.com/news/mayor-mam…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
i built a site that explores which books are most popular across the brooklyn public library system!
+ see what's most popular borough-wide or by select neighborhoods
+ compare book tastes across neighborhoods
+ see ratings on goodreads + NYT best sellers
borrowed-brooklyn.vercel.app…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
NYers: Please join us tomorrow at 4 PM at City Hall Park in front of the fountain, where our coalition will deliver our petition w/more than 2000 signers & a national letter calling for an AI moratorium to the Mayor's office. More info & RSVP here: act.climatefamilies.org/rall…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Democrats should be doing everything they can to force a vote and make clear that they oppose a war with Iran that an overwhelming majority of Americans opposes. It would be a massive failure of leadership not to do so.
NEW: Top Democrats are working behind the scenes to stop a vote on the Khanna-Massie Iran war powers resolution – a vote that would force every member of Congress to go on the record over Trump’s potential regime change war. capitalandempire.com/p/top-d…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
For 5 years, Baldwin & Co. has been proof that ideas can live out loud in New Orleans.
Now we’re asking our community to help us mark that truth—one book at a time.
Goal: Sell 5,000 books in 5 days
Ask: Buy one book—online or in store
Deadline: February 20 (our 5-year anniversary
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
10 AI companies disclose none of the key information related to environmental impact: AI21 Labs, Alibaba, Amazon, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, Midjourney, Mistral, OpenAI, and xAI. This includes no information about energy usage, carbon emissions, or water use.
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
I agree. Mayoral control has not improved NYC public schools. The schools should have an independent Board of Education. Less top-down control. More community schools that offer health services, tutoring, connection to other services for families.
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Very disappointed that even before taking office @ZohranKMamdani renounced his view that Mayoral control needs to be reformed. We endorsed him in part because of his views on this.See below. We will be grading him on his actions on this & other key issues. drive.google.com/file/d/1lG3…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
"First Grace United Methodist Church (in New Orleans) posted a sign citing scripture that read, 'ICE: Whatsoever you do to the least, you do unto me.'" washingtonpost.com/immigrati…
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Some people thought they were gonna avoid regime change wars and get lower prices, and to those people I say welcome.
Bessonitsa Homer retweeted
Until a few weeks ago, most immigration arrests in NYC were happening at appointments in the Manhattan federal building or immigration offices. That's over: we're now in the randomly-grabbed-while-out-getting-coffee stage of lawless enforcement. thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/ice-a…