John Gershman
@jgershman.bsky.social
Politics, development, food, global health, democracy, Southeast Asia
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The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.
August 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.
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Read @columlynch.bsky.social's full story via the link below.
Exclusive: The UN’s $60 million fiasco
A cautionary tale on the pitfalls of playing in the high-stakes, risky world of impact investing.
www.devex.com
May 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Read @columlynch.bsky.social's full story via the link below.
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We're here and we're having fun. Come join us!
Stop by tomorrow to celebrate public libraries with us: app.smore.com/n/1mxna
People's Library & Art Celebration
People's Library & Art Celebration
app.smore.com
June 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We're here and we're having fun. Come join us!
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Happening Now!
I’ll be joining the #EpsteinFilibuster, one of many concerned Americans doing a 24 hour uninterrupted read of the Epstein Files.
I’m at 3:10. Tune in all day and all night.
I’ll be joining the #EpsteinFilibuster, one of many concerned Americans doing a 24 hour uninterrupted read of the Epstein Files.
I’m at 3:10. Tune in all day and all night.
Eliza Orlins & The Save America Movement are reading the Epstein Files
out loud. All of them. For 24 hours straight.
Location: The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
Memorial Reading Room, NYC - The Redacted Reading Room. COVER TO COVER-UP. May 18th,
12PM ET.
https://epsteinfilibuster.com/
out loud. All of them. For 24 hours straight.
Location: The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
Memorial Reading Room, NYC - The Redacted Reading Room. COVER TO COVER-UP. May 18th,
12PM ET.
https://epsteinfilibuster.com/
May 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Happening Now!
I’ll be joining the #EpsteinFilibuster, one of many concerned Americans doing a 24 hour uninterrupted read of the Epstein Files.
I’m at 3:10. Tune in all day and all night.
I’ll be joining the #EpsteinFilibuster, one of many concerned Americans doing a 24 hour uninterrupted read of the Epstein Files.
I’m at 3:10. Tune in all day and all night.
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"Last year, more sections of the country’s rivers were reconnected thanks to dam removals than at any other time in history, according to @americanrivers.bsky.social. In 2025, more than 100 dams were dismantled in 30 states, reconnecting around 4,900 miles of waterways"
This makes me so happy!
This makes me so happy!
America the Undammed
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"Last year, more sections of the country’s rivers were reconnected thanks to dam removals than at any other time in history, according to @americanrivers.bsky.social. In 2025, more than 100 dams were dismantled in 30 states, reconnecting around 4,900 miles of waterways"
This makes me so happy!
This makes me so happy!
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Democracy Under ‘Green’ Extraction: Comparative Lessons From Indonesia
Date: May 12, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: Hybrid / New York, NY
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Date: May 12, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: Hybrid / New York, NY
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May 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Democracy Under ‘Green’ Extraction: Comparative Lessons From Indonesia
Date: May 12, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: Hybrid / New York, NY
buff.ly/umIJhcS
Date: May 12, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: Hybrid / New York, NY
buff.ly/umIJhcS
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I am looking for a PhD student to support my ERC Consolidator project INEQCHANGE: Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe. ⏰ deadline: 31 May
PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London, listed...
www.findaphd.com
May 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I am looking for a PhD student to support my ERC Consolidator project INEQCHANGE: Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe. ⏰ deadline: 31 May
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Boycott Citizens Bank (we did -- closed our accounts!) until it stops financing privately run ICE concentration camps.
"Clergy with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Monday withdrew $1 million from an account with Citizens Bank as it urged the institution to cut ties with two companies that finance and operate immigrant detention centers..."
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
Faith coalition protests Citizens Bank’s work with detention centers operators
Dozens of clergy and faith activists rallied in front of a Back Bay Citizens branch to announce a $1 million withdrawal, saying it’s prepared to take out $13 million more.
www.wgbh.org
May 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Boycott Citizens Bank (we did -- closed our accounts!) until it stops financing privately run ICE concentration camps.
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Can confirm, and can also confirm that it’s often ignored.
This is one of the most important issues with the global food system, yet it is often ignored.
Put simply, we don't actually grow much *food* in our farms around the world. Instead, we grow grossly inefficient animal feed and biofuels.
drawdown.org/news/only-ha...
Put simply, we don't actually grow much *food* in our farms around the world. Instead, we grow grossly inefficient animal feed and biofuels.
drawdown.org/news/only-ha...
Only half of calories produced on croplands are available for human consumption, study finds
Study: 1/2 of the calories produced on croplands are unavailable for human consumption
drawdown.org
March 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Can confirm, and can also confirm that it’s often ignored.
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NHeLP is seeking a full-time Health Care Project Coordinator for a three-year (36 months) term. This is a project-based position. The Project Coordinator will work primarily with the CASA team. . nationalhealthlawprogram.applytojob.com/apply/H0OwKm...
Health Care Project Coordinator - National Health Law Program - Career Page
Apply to Health Care Project Coordinator at National Health Law Program in Remote.
nationalhealthlawprogram.applytojob.com
March 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
NHeLP is seeking a full-time Health Care Project Coordinator for a three-year (36 months) term. This is a project-based position. The Project Coordinator will work primarily with the CASA team. . nationalhealthlawprogram.applytojob.com/apply/H0OwKm...
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This is interesting - a new local news publication for DC?
I am leaving the Washington Post to join a new journalistic venture backed by Politico founder Robert Allbritton that will be both the hometown publication the D.C. region sorely needs and a scrappy and fearless national news organization. I hope you'll join us.
March 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
This is interesting - a new local news publication for DC?
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We’ve given the TrumpActionTracker a comprehensive design refresh!
I was fortunate to receive a donation a couple of months ago that allowed me to get in some professional design expertise, courtsey of @clearleft.com who were brilliant!
check it out!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
I was fortunate to receive a donation a couple of months ago that allowed me to get in some professional design expertise, courtsey of @clearleft.com who were brilliant!
check it out!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
March 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
We’ve given the TrumpActionTracker a comprehensive design refresh!
I was fortunate to receive a donation a couple of months ago that allowed me to get in some professional design expertise, courtsey of @clearleft.com who were brilliant!
check it out!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
I was fortunate to receive a donation a couple of months ago that allowed me to get in some professional design expertise, courtsey of @clearleft.com who were brilliant!
check it out!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
@amtrak.com so why not have some basic customer service and inform us what the status is of empire 243 which will clearly be boarding and leaving late. So tiresome to not be treated with a basic level of respect
March 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
@amtrak.com so why not have some basic customer service and inform us what the status is of empire 243 which will clearly be boarding and leaving late. So tiresome to not be treated with a basic level of respect
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Rhode Island and RI-adjacent friends! want to do an objectively great, feel-good public service? sign up to judge National History Day at the Rhode Island level at CCRI on Sat. Apr. 25th starting around 9am. hope to see you there ri.nhd.org/App?f=d74d80...
Rhode Island History Day
zFairs Contest Management System
ri.nhd.org
March 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Rhode Island and RI-adjacent friends! want to do an objectively great, feel-good public service? sign up to judge National History Day at the Rhode Island level at CCRI on Sat. Apr. 25th starting around 9am. hope to see you there ri.nhd.org/App?f=d74d80...
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“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Cut ICE’s budget to restore federal health care funding” is an extremely popular message www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Ten years ago, some people dismissed libraries as "yesterday's" institutions.
They are *the* institutions of the moment. And tomorrow.
Deb Fallows has ongoing chronicle of them, at Our Towns site. www.ourtownsfoundation.org New dispatch coming soon.
They are *the* institutions of the moment. And tomorrow.
Deb Fallows has ongoing chronicle of them, at Our Towns site. www.ourtownsfoundation.org New dispatch coming soon.
Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Ten years ago, some people dismissed libraries as "yesterday's" institutions.
They are *the* institutions of the moment. And tomorrow.
Deb Fallows has ongoing chronicle of them, at Our Towns site. www.ourtownsfoundation.org New dispatch coming soon.
They are *the* institutions of the moment. And tomorrow.
Deb Fallows has ongoing chronicle of them, at Our Towns site. www.ourtownsfoundation.org New dispatch coming soon.
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It has now been one year since President Trump shut down all U.S. foreign aid and began wrecking the global AIDS response. I have spent that year collecting testimonies from the communities most affected by these cuts: www.forsaken.life
FORSAKEN
Forsaken is a living archive of interviews with the witnesses to the Trump administration’s ongoing disruption of the global AIDS response.
www.forsaken.life
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
It has now been one year since President Trump shut down all U.S. foreign aid and began wrecking the global AIDS response. I have spent that year collecting testimonies from the communities most affected by these cuts: www.forsaken.life
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Juma began rationing his HIV drugs after being warned that all services had collapsed following Trump's order to halt all foreign aid. The virus rebounded and he is now in danger of developing drug resistance: forsaken.life/orals/juma-b...
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Juma began rationing his HIV drugs after being warned that all services had collapsed following Trump's order to halt all foreign aid. The virus rebounded and he is now in danger of developing drug resistance: forsaken.life/orals/juma-b...
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Lydia stopped taking her medicine and died after the Trump administration ended a program providing her with support: www.devex.com/news/followi...
January 24, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Lydia stopped taking her medicine and died after the Trump administration ended a program providing her with support: www.devex.com/news/followi...
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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This is so damning - ICE tried to prevent local police from gathering evidence at a murder scene. ICE executed an unarmed civilian being beaten on the ground, in broad daylight, at point blank range, on camera, and is already trying to prevent an investigation of their murder.
BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This is so damning - ICE tried to prevent local police from gathering evidence at a murder scene. ICE executed an unarmed civilian being beaten on the ground, in broad daylight, at point blank range, on camera, and is already trying to prevent an investigation of their murder.
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I've updated the Third-Country Removal Tracker with the two likely ones to Equatorial Guinea. I'll have another update tomorrow morning.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/tracking-all...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/tracking-all...
Tracking All of Trump’s Third-Country Removals (That We Know Of)
Bookmark this post, it will be updated.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
January 24, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I've updated the Third-Country Removal Tracker with the two likely ones to Equatorial Guinea. I'll have another update tomorrow morning.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/tracking-all...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/tracking-all...