I'm more of a "don't mourn: organize" guy but am feelin this O'Neill quote: ”Be always drunken. Nothing else matters: that is the only question. If you would not feel the horrible burden of Time weighing on your shoulders and crushing you to the earth, be drunken continually."
From a doctor friend: Columbia U is working on a vaccine and needs subjects who have been exposed. If you know someone who has had Covid-19, send this link: recruit.cumc.columbia.edu/cl…
Phonebanking for @espyforsenate today to GOTV in Mississippi. You should too if you're pro decent human beings and anti public hangings and racist jokes about them: events.mobilizeamerica.io/sw…
NYers: I just called all 5 of Sen. Schumer's offices (got 3 people, left 1 msg), and asked that he fight Whitaker's appointment with all he's got. What are you waiting for?
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RT: read this thread from @LesterSpence , which contextualizes the durable green shoots from last night much better than so much of the breathless punditry out there.
So here are a few takeaways from yesterday. Some caveats. First while I'm talking about voting and electoral politics I understand it's necessary not sufficient. Second I also understand that the Democratic Party isn't the end all be all--in fact it's the opposite in many ways.
If, like me, you had appalling difficulties simply voting yesterday, register your experience on this site created by @ProPublica : propublica.org/article/voter… . And if you're in NYS, pressure the new Dem leadership (@NYGovCuomo ) to push hard on electoral reform.
Amen! I stood in line at PS130 in Kensington for 1 hr with all 4 scanners broken, am getting ready to return, only to find that all 4 are broken. Again. #letNYvote
NYC isn't having SCANNER PROBLEMS, we're having 💥REGRESSIVE💥VOTING💥LAW💥PROBLEMS💥! Albany has refused to pass #EarlyVoting for years, so today 4.5 MILLION voters are showing up on the SAME DAY to cast their ballots. 🤯 RT if you're FED UP! #letNYvote
Incandescent essay framing higher-ed pedagogy in broader context of learning, then binding all that to urgent ?s re: gender/sexuality/ethics. @HunterACERT