Gail Jaitin
@gailnyc.bsky.social
Avid cyclist, pedestrian, and taker of public transit. Lifelong Mets fan. Bronx resident but my heart is in Queens.
And who will be able to afford it?
We are entering a hopeful moment for the treatment of cancer. Significant advances in research into the early detection of cancer could accelerate discovery and redefine what’s possible, by Keith Stewart www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social
Opinion: We are entering a hopeful moment for the treatment of cancer
Significant advances in research into the early detection of cancer could accelerate discovery and redefine what’s possible
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:23 AM
And who will be able to afford it?
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“Neither the political left nor the Muslim world...has in the past century offered a form of anti-Jewish prejudice anywhere near as coherent, influential, and dangerous as that of their right-wing counterparts.” —Omer Bartov
Where Hatred Lies | Omer Bartov
A nuanced new history by Mark Mazower reminds us that antisemitism, an age-old threat to Jewish life, can be warped into a political tool—as we see today, when any criticism of Israel can be deemed an...
www.nybooks.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
“Neither the political left nor the Muslim world...has in the past century offered a form of anti-Jewish prejudice anywhere near as coherent, influential, and dangerous as that of their right-wing counterparts.” —Omer Bartov
Did Howie just say the Florida school system has a great reputation? Maybe I misheard. It most certainly does not.
September 14, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Did Howie just say the Florida school system has a great reputation? Maybe I misheard. It most certainly does not.
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“It’s probably the worst of what we’ve seen,” said Saher Selod, director of research at the non-partisan Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)... “We’re certainly seeing in 2025 and 2026, ahead of these midterms, really very Islamophobic ads – more so than what we saw after 9/11.”
‘It’s just straight bigotry’: wave of Islamophobic rhetoric looms over US midterm elections
As Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climate
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
“It’s probably the worst of what we’ve seen,” said Saher Selod, director of research at the non-partisan Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)... “We’re certainly seeing in 2025 and 2026, ahead of these midterms, really very Islamophobic ads – more so than what we saw after 9/11.”
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One strategy to ensure a secure election is to encourage people to VOTE EARLY! Post this image on your social media today and every week until Nov 3!! 💪🇺🇸🗳️
Never underestimate the power of annoying everyone with reminders!
#midterms #voteearly #electionprotection #nokings #democracy
Never underestimate the power of annoying everyone with reminders!
#midterms #voteearly #electionprotection #nokings #democracy
September 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
One strategy to ensure a secure election is to encourage people to VOTE EARLY! Post this image on your social media today and every week until Nov 3!! 💪🇺🇸🗳️
Never underestimate the power of annoying everyone with reminders!
#midterms #voteearly #electionprotection #nokings #democracy
Never underestimate the power of annoying everyone with reminders!
#midterms #voteearly #electionprotection #nokings #democracy
Great job, Queens!
NYC Visibility Brigade collaboration!!
Northeast Queens Indivisible, Forest Hills Indivisible
@jh-indivisible.bsky.social (Jackson Heights Indivisible), and the Astoria Visibility Brigade!!
🎾🎾🎾
Northeast Queens Indivisible, Forest Hills Indivisible
@jh-indivisible.bsky.social (Jackson Heights Indivisible), and the Astoria Visibility Brigade!!
🎾🎾🎾
September 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Great job, Queens!
Outrageous
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Outrageous
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the fact that they were all screaming about how disrespectful it was to the victims to let the Muslim mayor attend, and then the Muslim mayor was the only one who fucking respected the victims
I don't really believe in hell but I KNOW it is not hot enough
I don't really believe in hell but I KNOW it is not hot enough
Zohran Mamdani "was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end…Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began 'schmoozing.'"
Per Steve Kastenbaum:
Per Steve Kastenbaum:
September 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
the fact that they were all screaming about how disrespectful it was to the victims to let the Muslim mayor attend, and then the Muslim mayor was the only one who fucking respected the victims
I don't really believe in hell but I KNOW it is not hot enough
I don't really believe in hell but I KNOW it is not hot enough
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Shanah Tovah, New York!
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
September 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Shanah Tovah, New York!
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
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Only in Republican America is it illegal to give water to people waiting in line to vote, but it's OK for the president to bribe them with a promise of $5,000 to influence *how* they vote.
September 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Only in Republican America is it illegal to give water to people waiting in line to vote, but it's OK for the president to bribe them with a promise of $5,000 to influence *how* they vote.
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Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
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If you live in an urban or suburban area and most or all public amenities are too far away for most people to walk, that did not happen by accident and it does not have to stay that way.
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
If you live in an urban or suburban area and most or all public amenities are too far away for most people to walk, that did not happen by accident and it does not have to stay that way.
So gross.
Rachel Campos-Duffy on Trump's $5k offer to voters if they vote Republican: "This just shows how creative and rule-breaking and out of the box President Trump is. I'm surprised nobody has thought of this before."
September 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
So gross.
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Reduce costs, maybe. Improve teaching and research? Fuck no. The answer to faculty overwork is not to spend money on AI snake oil, but on supporting your faculty and hiring more of them. This article is gross and insulting. "Hey professors! Save time by having ChatGPT plan your classes!" Fuck you.
Is AI finally a way to reduce higher ed costs? (opinion)
AI could free up faculty time to focus on the teaching and relationship-building that matter most, José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson write.
www.insidehighered.com
April 23, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Reduce costs, maybe. Improve teaching and research? Fuck no. The answer to faculty overwork is not to spend money on AI snake oil, but on supporting your faculty and hiring more of them. This article is gross and insulting. "Hey professors! Save time by having ChatGPT plan your classes!" Fuck you.
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To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more.
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
#UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
September 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more.
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth
Wow.
CAIN: What about the existing illegal immigration population that is not a parole violator, or does not have a criminal record. Are they a priority?
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: 100% a priority
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: 100% a priority
September 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Wow.
Agree so hard!
Podcasts should go back to being audio only.
September 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Agree so hard!
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john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
September 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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I love a good 1984 reference.
Even Newsnation is now questioning the exciting news about the potential increases in the chocolate rations.
NEWSNATION: Why should we believe that now all of the sudden prices will come down after the election?
KELLY LOEFFLER: We've done it before and he'll do it again. The Biden administration ...
NEWSNATION: Why do you guys keep talking about the Biden administration?
KELLY LOEFFLER: We've done it before and he'll do it again. The Biden administration ...
NEWSNATION: Why do you guys keep talking about the Biden administration?
September 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I love a good 1984 reference.
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There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
September 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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The ancient paranoia of the slavers. Your oppression brings you no peace, for the ghosts of those you've damned torment your every dream.
For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
September 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The ancient paranoia of the slavers. Your oppression brings you no peace, for the ghosts of those you've damned torment your every dream.
Whoa.
US DOT to NPR: "…we are [taking down website resources such as the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool]…This is a common sense approach despite the Left's belief that everyone should ride a bike to their shoebox-sized apartment to eat crickets to achieve a phony climate agenda."
September 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Whoa.
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One way you could respond:
"Are you kidding me? You have an incredibly powerful position as a member of the elite media to inform Americans and set the terms of debate. THIS is what you think is important? Not the war, the economy, the climate crisis, but Hasan Piker? What is wrong with you?"
"Are you kidding me? You have an incredibly powerful position as a member of the elite media to inform Americans and set the terms of debate. THIS is what you think is important? Not the war, the economy, the climate crisis, but Hasan Piker? What is wrong with you?"
September 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
One way you could respond:
"Are you kidding me? You have an incredibly powerful position as a member of the elite media to inform Americans and set the terms of debate. THIS is what you think is important? Not the war, the economy, the climate crisis, but Hasan Piker? What is wrong with you?"
"Are you kidding me? You have an incredibly powerful position as a member of the elite media to inform Americans and set the terms of debate. THIS is what you think is important? Not the war, the economy, the climate crisis, but Hasan Piker? What is wrong with you?"