fun WSJ article about those crypto bros (William Duplessie and John Woeltz) arrested in NYC a month or two ago for torturing someone for weeks to try to steal their crypto in a $75,000 a month rental property.

* no paywall: https://archive.ph/00WM6

So this is a bit niche even for enviro-nuts like me but if you're down to sign petitions, this one could use it. Tell SUNY ESF to drop their partnership with the dangerous, unproven, and disrespectful "Darling 58" genetically modified chestnut tree makers SilvaBio.

If you read "The Overstory," you may be familiar with the tale of chestnut trees in North America: afflicted by an invasive blight and then prematurely chopped down by panicking white people, to the extent that chestnut trees almost went extinct. Now this private company has been working with ESF to develop blight-resistant trees, but even though their results are poor, and even though indigenous communities of the northeast, such as the Onondaga Nation, have been urging a traditional breeding approach, and even though SilvaBio's stated intent to sell the trees for profit is in conflict with ESF's mission for "all people... to propagate them for personal or restoration use," ESF has been sticking with SilvaBio.

#trees #ChestnutTrees #Darling58 #SUNYESF #SUNY #NewYork #NYS #NYpol

https://globaljusticeecology.org/chestnut-pr-2025-1/

this must be so awkward if you're a racist

#RadioactiveWaste #USMilitary #NYPol #MIPol #TXPol

Army Corps Redirects Radioactive Waste from Michigan to Texas

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/25/army-corps-redirects-radioactive-waste-michigan-texas.html

Lambasting your oppositions rhetoric before they even have a chance to use it is pretty inspired. Nice work Mamdani and team. #USpol #NYpol #NYCpol

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/post/3lufp7ztaes2z

How do you do, fellow New York City residents?

…

Veteran New York Democratic political strategist Hank Sheinkopf put it more bluntly, predicting a hasty exodus of religious Jews from the city and a decline in long-standing Jewish influence that would be replicated elsewhere.

“It’s the end of Jewish New York as we know it,” he said, adding: “New York is a petri dish for national Democratic politics. And what happened here is what will likely happen in cities across the country.”

yes, it turns out there are consequences for supporting genocide. #Gaza #nypol #uspol

A reminder that Hochul is one of the Democrats who is panicking about the Mamdani primary win. In under a year, the Democratic primary elections for NY governor will take place. If you live in NY state, maybe take a look at other candidates as in general she's been terrible (remember that she backed an anti-abortion, anti-union judge, pushed to fund a football stadium for her billionaire friend and more). Plenty of time until that election, but get ready to push her out.

a good one from Eli Valley about the reaction to #Zohran...
https://jewishcurrents.org/zionism-people-reborn-zohran-mamdani-primary

p.s. these are all actual quotes: https://x.com/elivalley/status/1938612956616364207

Bill Karenman would like to speak to New York City's manager.

"So #Zohran thoroughly earned the win, and #Cuomo and the #Democraticestablishment thoroughly earned the loss. And even if they finally take the hint, generational turnover in the #DemocraticParty is coming whether they like it or not."

Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved
https://www.natesilver.net/p/zohran-delivered-the-democratic-establishment?hide_intro_popup=true

#AndrewCuomo
#USpol
#ZohranMamdani
#NYpol
#mayoralrace
#NYmayoralrace
#progressivecandidate

Oof that's cringe
#uspol #nypol

We need to bring back whore as an insult. Not for sex workers, but for people who will do the most disgusting, shameful things for money or praise.
Example: #andrewcuomo is a whore.
If you're in #NYC vote for #ZohranMamdani who actually cares about things!
#VoteNYC #NYpol #zohranfornyc