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Economics geek. Left-of-center politics. Yankees & Manchester United fan. Jets sufferer. joer42 on bsky.

New York
Joined January 2010
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I personally dislike religious conservatism and I think modesty culture is inherently sexist and also women get to dress how they like and have whatever religious beliefs they like. This is a woman with a career, her own resources, and her own mind. I’d assume her choices are hers. The promise of feminism - and America - isn’t that you’ll always agree with everyone’s choices, but that individuals should be fully free to make them regardless of gender or religion.
De un lado el senador electo Abdul El-Sayed con remerita ajustada mostrando bíceps, jean, reloj, gafas y pose de canchero. Del otro lado su mujer tapada con dos manteles de pies cabeza. Sí, el Islam debería darte FOBIA si sos mujer.
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All NYC pro permit streamlining ballot initiatives are at 60-40 or better. Abundance on the ballot (and winning)!
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I think Democratic commentators need to stop pretending voters care intensely about fringe culture war crap or policy spreadsheets. They’re angry and whoever can channel the anger wins. That’s why Abdul, Talarico, Andrew, Ossoff, despite being very different people were all great candidates.
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Replying to @JoelSchamber
Oh no, I was mocked? I want Michiganders to have civil rights, voting rights, bodily autonomy, clean air, clean water, healthcare, education funding, to not die from vaccine-preventable diseases - and to reign in the neverending grift of the Trump family and every Republican too cowardly to stand up to him.
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Enough with José Caballero’s stall tactics. He found a tiny loophole in rule, so good for him. But for what? To annoy opposing pitchers and get a pitch clock violation once a month? Guess what, it’s annoying many more than the pitcher now.
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I think Democrats need to stop taking the loudest most unstable characters online and using them to develop how they understand certain factions of the Democratic Party. Zohran is correct here.
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Back-to-back World Cup games held at 40 and 50-year-old stadiums, one of which was privately built. Remember that the next time a politician tells you they need a new taxpayer-funded stadium to attract world-class mega-events. It's bullshit.
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An important section from Brad Lander’s speech last night…
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If you want a salary cap, you are saying — in defense of billionaires’ pockets — you want to spend every offseason discussing the incredibly Byzantine and fucking boring details of salary cap management. Less than a week from the Knicks’ title and this is already a concern!
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I am probably in the minority and maybe this is just another thing geared to the younger crowd, but this is the latest example of the Yankees becoming just another team. To me, it started when they moved into this current stadium and has slowly deteriorated since. It doesn’t have that special feeling like the old stadium. It can’t be more corporate if it tried.
Yankees players recently pitched higher-ups on the idea of wearing alternate road jerseys for the first time in franchise history, league sources tell @TheAthletic. The jerseys look a lot like these. ⤵️ READ: nytimes.com/athletic/7217246…
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The dumbest person you know is going to gloat about banning two people from the Olympics while pumping gas at 7 dollars a gallon
Transgender women athletes banned from competing in Olympics — AP
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.@JamesTalarico’s message to Gen Z: “You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you. Your boss cares about politics. Your landlord cares about politics. Your insurance company cares about politics. And until you care about politics, they're gonna keep using the political system to screw you over.”
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MLB is made up largely of right-leaning/conservative players & you pretty much never see liberal fans mad about it. But ONE player’s wife leans politically left & the MAGA fans absolutely lose their sh!t. Damn. MAGA really is made up of the softest snowflakes around.🤣🤣🤣
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Why this insatiable desire to hold people accountable for minor transgressions? She acted like a bit of a dick. That’s all! She didn’t commit assault or theft or sexual harassment or racial abuse. Why do you give a fuck? Just roll your eyes & keep on scrolling you weirdos
ALERT: 🚨 X users are asking for the image of the woman who DEMANDED a ball from a father and his LITTLE BOY at a Phillies game tonight to go viral, so she may be held accountable. HERE SHE IS.
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Wait, so: - unlimited pitches - pre-determined amount of swings/outs - no batter clock Had the crowd on their feet! It’s too bad MLB never tried something like this in the Home Run Derby before!
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Congratulations, @ZohranKMamdani! Onward to November.
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Lander and Zohran are modelling what a healthy liberal/left alliance would look like. Whatever happens with election results, this is the model to follow.
Hard to think of a politician in living memory (at least mine) who's acted with more integrity and class than @bradlander has these past few weeks and months—if Zohran pulls it off, Lander's refusal to punch left and fear monger will be a major reason why
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Columbia student and New Yorker, Mahmoud Khalil - who was targeted and detained for constitutionally protected speech - should be home with his 8 months pregnant wife today. Not missing in ICE detention, unreachable by his lawyers. 1/15
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