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Christine Bateup

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One-time constitutional theorist and commercial litigator, now in the font industry at Frere-Jones Type. Advocate for cooperatives, creatives' rights and the rule of law, mum (1 x human, 1 x dog).

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Brooklyn Tech Students Walk Out of School to 'Melt ICE' "We were like, we have such a big school, we have so many resources here, we should do something about it."

Proud of our kids in Brooklyn hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-tec...

31.01.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brooklyn Tech Students Walk Out of School to 'Melt ICE' "We were like, we have such a big school, we have so many resources here, we should do something about it."

Proud to have one of these teenagers in the family hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-tec...

30.01.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans somehow managed to sprint from β€œwe’re trying to protect women in sports” straight to defending a woman being shot in the head three times at point blank range for trying to drive away from a masked thug.

10.01.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 5462 πŸ” 1278 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 41

Can’t wait to vote for you!

10.12.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is β€” and always will be β€” a city for all immigrants.

07.12.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 29751 πŸ” 7286 πŸ’¬ 318 πŸ“Œ 368

Would love to buy locally and drop something off. Do you only need the specific items on the wishlists or are other (similar) gifts welcome?

02.12.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.

Love this story! Teenagers get such a bad rap but as the mum of a teen boy, I know so many great teens who care deeply about the world and are working hard to make a difference. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...

15.11.2025 20:21 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

10.11.2025 00:40 πŸ‘ 9938 πŸ” 1900 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 147
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Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock When the president puts his political enemies on trial on pretextual grounds, jurors have the option of refusing to convict.

A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

06.11.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 821 πŸ” 277 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9

Just renewed, hope you meet your goal!

03.11.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As the parent of a teen, this story breaks my heart. SIJS is a form of humanitarian protection for children, which just magnifies the cruelty. Please consider supporting The Door which is an incredible youth organization (I did pro bono SIJS work for them some years back, they're the real deal).

24.10.2025 20:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Completely agree! I think a lot of the local complaints simply stem from the fact that the work hasn’t been completed yet (such as the crosswalks where cars are parking illegally and making crossing difficult, as the pedestrian islands haven’t yet been installed).

07.10.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s give these motherfuckers bribing and kidnapping children as much attention as possible

03.10.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 984 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

26.09.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 16482 πŸ” 4222 πŸ’¬ 349 πŸ“Œ 186

This is an infuriating and shameful scandal. The Roberts Court is condoning Trump’s law breaking, again, pure and simple. There is no serious path forward for democratic government without Supreme Court reform.

26.09.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 1769 πŸ” 631 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 30
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Falling Far and Fast

This piece by Robert Post is excellent. I especially like that he traces the Trump Administration's authoritarian trampling on the First Amendment to, in part, the Roberts Court's extreme unitary executive theory. verfassungsblog.de/turn-against...

21.09.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

β€’Β 404 Media
β€’ Defector
β€’Β The Flytrap
β€’Β Flaming Hydra
β€’Β The Appeal
β€’Β Aftermath
β€’ Racket
β€’Β Hell Gate
β€’Β The 51st
β€’ The Colorado Sun
β€’ Range Media
β€’ Discourse Blog
β€’ Pop Heist

19.09.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2594 πŸ” 1018 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 93

Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.

18.09.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 1712 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 13
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This is the final week of collecting responses regarding font users’ opinions on the current state of font licensing. The survey will close on Sunday 6 July at midnight CEST. Once the data has been analysed, we will share the findings publicly. Complete the survey today: fontstand.com/survey

30.06.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

As your constituent, I’m incredibly disappointed by your failure to endorse Mamdani as your party’s nominee. And your failure to address, let alone condemn, the Islamophobic attacks on Mamdani from the GOP and the right. You’re failing to meet the moment, we need much better leadership than this.

28.06.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era Capital and nativism will fight even harder against Zohran Mamdani now. But in capital's seat of power, socialism defeated barbarism. I fucking love New York

Socialism, tonight, defeated barbarism. After the two-decade midnight of 9/11, dawn is breaking.

25.06.2025 04:55 πŸ‘ 4871 πŸ” 752 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 90
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Creating the Fontstand Cooperative

πŸ”₯ Fontstand is working on becoming a cooperativeβ€”co-owned and governed by the independent type foundries. No VCs. No middlemen. It’s a radical rethinking of how platforms should workβ€”built on trust, equity, transparency, and shared success at its core.
πŸ”— fontstand.com/news/design-...

16.06.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fontstand font user survey.

Fontstand font user survey.

We’re are launching an independent industry-wide survey for font users. We want to hear about your experiences: What works? What’s confusing or frustrating? What would you change? Your answers will help us decide how licensing works within the Fontstand Cooperative.

fontstand.com/survey

11.06.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 9

I’ve had a free subscription for some time and just upgraded. Really appreciate Chris’ deep yet clearly explained analyses. With so much going on, it’s more important than ever to have reliable and authoritative voices such as his providing timely updates about legal developments that impact us all!

20.06.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

17.06.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 11361 πŸ” 3850 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 142

I love all the handwringing about Zohran’s lack of experience when a 19 year-old called Big Balls has recently been made a permanent federal employee with the title Senior Advisor at the GS-15 pay grade in the General Services Administration.

16.06.2025 11:46 πŸ‘ 10627 πŸ” 2519 πŸ’¬ 178 πŸ“Œ 71

just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful

06.05.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 14802 πŸ” 3864 πŸ’¬ 649 πŸ“Œ 237