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In an admirable attempt to level the playing field among gamers, China limits video game use for youths under the age of 18. The Instagram user who sold fake vaccination credentials has been arrested. Florida man has been charged with extorting another Florida man and his Florida son. Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc in the north and south and in between, and slum lords are of course making the problem worse. And finally, elephants are terrified of bees, and that’s a good thing. Listen to our full episode on abortion past and present: https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds Chinese government bans weekday gaming: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-sets-new-rules-for-youth-no-more-videogames-during-the-school-week-11630325781 AntiVaxMomma arrested for selling fake vaccine cards: https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-c14ce28edda2593b0b3819acec97089e Matt Gaetz extortion case: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/man-charged-extortion-gaetz-508122 13 killed in NYC flooding: https://abc7ny.com/nyc-flooding-deadly-8-killed-basement-apartments-flood/10993722/ Elephants and bees: https://elephantsandbees.com

It’s yet another brutal week of Covid news. Two more anti-vax radio hosts have died, and the gang wonders if there’s a media market gap there that we could fill. Governor Hochum announces that an additional 12,000 New Yorkers will be added to the list of those who died under Andy Cuomo. Fake vaccine cards are apparently way easier and cheaper to get than you might imagine. Meanwhile, Israel is provoking Palestinian Arabs by increasing the number of Jewish Israelis allowed to pray atop the Temple Mount, and in bad news for seals but good news for the environment, Canada is about to gain one new wetland. Get Brit a living-ish wage: https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds Another one bites the dust https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1431740837021552645?s=21 Eviction moratorium: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/08/supreme-court-eviction-moratorium-cdc-biden.html Uh oh Cuomo killed more old folks: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-NY-governor-adds-12-000-deaths-to-publicized-16410827.php Fake vax cards: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/feds-warn-alarming-rise-reports-fake-vaccine-cards/story?id=79666216 Prayer at the Temple Mount: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/world/middleeast/israel-temple-mount-prayer.html Project Watersheds: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-project-watersheds-dream-of-turning-an-abandoned-sawmill-into-a/ Zombie Giuliani: https://zombiegiuliani.bandcamp.com https://twitter.com/zombiegiuliani https://www.instagram.com/zombiegiuliani

So much has happened in our absence! The end of US operations in Afghanistan shows just how little we’ve accomplished in 20 years. Well, something was accomplished at least: a massive transfer of wealth. As Covid continues to worsen, people are losing their minds in some very disturbing ways, and even Trump isn’t immune. For our wildflower, a cannabis factory is coming to the Cap District! Mask debaters: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mask-debate-turns-ugly-at-Shenendehowa-board-16390215.php & https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/12/us/tennessee-covid-mask-mandate-school-board-protest/index.html Pot plant: https://poststar.com/news/local/moreau-planning-board-raises-concerns-about-marijuana-growing-facility/article_2efd476a-6f42-50e9-b3c4-838e7f7b3964.html Sean Hannity being so normal: https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-plugs-my-pillow-americans-family-stuck-kabul Trump got it, it’s good! https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-booed-alabama-rally-after-encouraging-crowd-get-covid-19-vaccine-1621811 Support the show! patreon.com/ironweeds

We're off this week, but please enjoy this released Patreon episode! Get more bonus content at patreon.com/ironweeds What if you could have everything exactly as it is, with no disruption to your daily life, and end fossil fuel pollution? Well you can’t. But some guy thinks you can! We’re talking about electrifying America, the pros, the cons, the infeasibility… all of it! And we also get into the current housing market, in which corporations and financiers are buying up housing and pricing working people out of the market… forever, basically. And finally, a battery made out of diamonds and radiation that will last long after we’ve destroyed our ecosystem. Either way, you’ll never have to charge your phone again! https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/21349200/climate-change-fossil-fuels-rewiring-america-electrify https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a35970222/radioactive-diamond-battery-will-run-for-28000-years/

This week we’re talking Covid, Critical Race Theory, and Cuomo. The Covid numbers are going in the absolute wrong direction and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Meanwhile people dying in hospital beds are doubling down on their right to die and kill others. Reactionaries are freaking out about CRT because they think their children will be discriminated against. And Cuomo… well, you know the story by now. We make some very incorrect predictions. But it doesnt really matter because this is a podcast and you can’t hold us accountable. Finally, Maine bans forever chemicals! 11 women, 7 years of sexual harassment: explore the timeline of Cuomo's alleged misconduct https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/cuomo-sexual-harassment-report-timeline-16367561.php Nine (other) scandals of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ten-scandals-of-Gov-Andrew-Cuomo-16369547.php Masks required in Albany County buildings, McCoy says https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Employees-visitors-must-wear-masks-in-Albany-16369764.php Maine bans forever chemicals https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/15/maine-law-pfas-forever-chemicals-ban?emci=9407fc28-55ea-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=6ca4d35b-e4ea-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=1823627 State won't provide health guidance to K-12 schools this fall https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/State-won-t-provide-health-guidance-to-schools-16367474.php

This week the fellas are joined by Jess Bennett, a founding member of the activist group Friends of the Mahicantuck, an organization dedicated to saving an 11 acre parcel of land from a real estate developer. The land has been used by indigenous people for thousands of years and is a unique archaeological site as well as the last patch of undeveloped riverfront land in Troy. Despite a huge outcry from the community, the city council keeps trying to move ahead with the project. On the good news front, Troy, Albany, and Schenectady are suing mortgage firms over zombie properties. Support Friends of the Mahicantuck: http://www.friendsofthemahicantuck.org/ Troy, Albany, Schenectady suing firms over blighted buildings: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-Albany-Schenectady-suing-mortgage-firms-16345399.php

New evidence suggests that the Pfizer vaccine is good at keeping you out of the hospital but less impressive when it comes to infection. Meanwhile, one random dude is apparently a major hub of covid misinformation (and a New York Times bestselling author!) The people of Hoosick Falls have received a $65 million settlement after their water was contaminated with carcinogenic PFOAs. And for our wildflower, New York City sent mental health professionals in place of cops for a month and guess what? It worked. Pfizer vaccine: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/564675-israel-pfizer-vaccine-allows-infection-but-preventing-severe-illness Joseph Mercola, tanning bed king: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/technology/joseph-mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html?referringSource=articleShare $65 million settlement filed in Hoosick Falls PFOA water contamination https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/hoosick-falls-pfoa-settlement-16326755.php Hoosick Falls PFOA timeline: https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2021/hoosick-falls-pfoa-timeline/ Mental Health Emergency Response: https://www.insider.com/nyc-mental-health-emergency-response-pilot-data-shows-positive-impact-2021-7

In this very special Srsly Weeds crossover episode, the Ironweeds gang talks with the Srsly Wrong boys about library socialism, violence, and the (utopian) future of labor. Check out Srsly Wrong Library socialism episodes are 189 (Library Socialism & Usufruct), 196 (Library Socialism & The Irreducible Minimum), and 200 (Library Socialism & Complementarity). Theme song by Spam Risk

Ever heard of scromiting? Us neither. Troy is about to lose grant money to develop prime downtown property, but it's not gonna be that easy. Are the Cuban protests authentic? Let's follow the money! And finally, the state of Maine is going some pretty neat stuff lately. Scromiting: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/high-potency-weed-linked-psychotic-episodes-mysterious-vomiting-illness-young-n1273463 Troy to hire firm for Monument Square project to avoid losing state grant https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-hires-for-Monument-Square-project-to-avoid-16320617.php U.S. Hits Highest Number of Daily New Coronavirus Cases in the World Again: Nearly 80,000 https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-hits-highest-number-of-daily-new-coronavirus-cases-in-the-world-again-at-nearly-80000 The Bay of Tweets: https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/ The Cuba Money Project: http://cubamoneyproject.com/2020/01/24/ned-2/ Meth-addled Trout: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/europe/trout-drug-addiction-scli-intl-scn/index.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2021/07/14/maine-abolishes-civil-forfeiture-now-requires-a-criminal-conviction-to-take-property/?sh=3a30d26d5cf9 Maine Appreciation https://www.pressherald.com/2021/07/11/maine-among-first-states-to-make-school-meals-free-for-all-students/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2021/07/14/maine-abolishes-civil-forfeiture-now-requires-a-criminal-conviction-to-take-property/ https://www.wastedive.com/news/extended-producer-responsibility-packaging-maine-oregon/602479/

Just another week of upbeat content from your buddies at Ironweeds! Is the planet dying, or just trying to buck us like an angry bronco? Did climate change cause the South Florida condo collapse, or was it actually democracy? We talk about how these crises will keep speeding up, and our responses to them are outdated and counter-productive. Also, we must once again distance ourselves from President Biden after he has reauthorized a law that will lead to more jail time for non-violent drug offenders (where’s our promises kept??). The Boy Scouts of America have been accused of sexually abusing more than 80,000 boys, and despite what they knew, they did little to prevent it. On a happy note, the Brooklyn Museum has repatriated 1,305 artifacts to Costa Rica. This isn’t a heatwave: https://eand.co/this-isnt-a-heatwave-it-s-a-dying-planet-ac1c9eb529d1 Biden fails to deliver on promises about drug war and incarceration: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/16/biden-could-have-taken-the-war-on-drugs-down-a-notch-he-didn-t Miami condo collapse: https://slate.com/business/2021/06/miami-condo-collapse-florida-building-industry-crisis.html Nearly 100 say they were abused in Capital Region Boy Scouts over decades: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/abuse-in-the-boy-scouts-capital-region-16282312.php Costa Rica gets artifacts back: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-rica-archaeologists-awe-brooklyn-museum-returns-1305-artifacts-2021-07-03/ Boy Scouts rescue drowning woman: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/03/us/missouri-boy-scouts-rescue-drowning-woman-flood-trnd/index.html Volunteer for and donate to Marketa Edwards:https://marketafortroy.com Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

This week there’s a lot to celebrate after a series of DSA electoral wins across the state, including Kiani Conley-Wilson, and cautious optimism for Marketa Edwards’ campaign as well. And AG Letitia James settles a lawsuit with Johnson and Johnson for $230 million to ease the opium epidemic. Election results: https://www.troyrecord.com/news/rensselaer-county-2021-primary-election-results/article_6b09e04e-d3cd-11eb-8c8d-b72a4b1298ca.html https://www.rensco.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P21.html Take that J&J: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-reaches-230-million-settlement-treatment-and-prevention Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

101 - New Normal, New Weird Tired of making money the hard way, Britney, David, and Chris brainstorm what words and phrases we could trademark to make them Disney bucks. Albany Med hospital has violated human trafficking laws by turning Filipine nurses into indentured servants to avoid bargaining with the nurses’ union. Our climate is still a slow-motion trainwreck. The FBI is still using honeypot apps. But in Rochester, a restaurant has unionized, which is pretty tight. Disney trademarking normal stuff that doesn’t belong to them: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/08/disney-trademark-day-dead-festival-pixar https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/12/14/676703629/swahili-speakers-horrified-by-disneys-trademark-of-hakuna-matata https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/disney-allegedly-files-copyright-claims-over-loki-fan-art/ Automatic for the Bosses by David Banks: https://reallifemag.com/automatic-for-the-bosses/ AG: Albany Med violated human trafficking law, must repay Filipino nurses https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/AG-Albany-Med-violated-human-trafficking-law-16254812.php The West is drying out. Things will get ugly: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/19/politics/what-matters-climate-change-western-drought/index.html Smile for the camera! https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/17/22538160/ai-camera-smile-recognition-office-workers-china-canon Tierra Whack: Whack World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTebhPy04g&ab_channel=TierraWhackVEVO CBS News: FBI uses ANOM messaging app to trick criminals, dealing "heavy blow against organized crime”: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anom-app-messaging-fbi-trojan-shield/ Nani’s Kitchen workers unionize: https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/nanis-kitchen-workers-unionized-and-think-more-restaurants-should/Content?oid=13239626 Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

It's episode 100! Engineered for Dystopia by David A. Banks: https://thebaffler.com/latest/engineered-for-dystopia-banks Conquest of Bread read by Britney Gil: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ngehu1tpjxcc4zx/AAB9ZAvgu3AoC8Wh3yuxGw5ka?dl=0 Support us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/ironweeds

The Troy PD, intent on strangling even the last bit of transparency they have, is encrypting their radio transmissions. Albany County Sheriff promises to go hard on broken windows policing. The nation’s first line of defense against the bad guys has leaked critical information about our nuclear weapons arsenal in the dumbest way possible. Police using encrypted radios to hide behavior from public: https://builtin.com/cybersecurity/police-radio-encryption-broadcastify https://journaltimes.com/news/local/police-scanners-go-silent-with-encryption/article_0f682b65-a2ef-54f0-a141-9491bfc80cf6.html Albany Sheriff and broken windows: https://twitter.com/rachelsilby/status/1398290600328417286?s=21 Nuclear Secrets Exposed: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/28/us-soldiers-expose-nuclear-weapons-secrets-via-flashcard-apps/ Jew who stole Palestinian house has pretty much what you’d expect on his Facebook https://twitter.com/tedbey/status/1396909119643082753?s=21 Official whistleblower status for Rebekah Jones: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/05/28/former-health-department-employee-rebekah-jones-granted-official-whistleblower-status/ Florida Covid death estimates: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/428196-50000-floridians-have-died-from-covid-19-health-institute-estimates/ Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

NY nurses speak out against Cuomo’s lifting of the mask mandate, and two NY men have a very different take on acceptable mask wearing behavior. HBO is using unfair labor practices while filming in Troy, and looking only for NON UNION extras. The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Troy for our police department’s failure/refusal to release disciplinary records. And RIck Santorum’s racism has finally resulted in him being given the boot by CNN. Troy given a 19th century NYC look for filming 'The Gilded Age' https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-given-a-19th-century-NYC-look-for-filming-16186907.php Musicians accuse HBO of unfair labor practices on 'The Gilded Age' https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Musicians-accuse-HBO-of-unfair-labor-practices-on-16196652.php New York's largest nurses union condemns state's new mask policy https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-s-largest-nurses-union-condemns-state-s-16194008.php Santorum is OUT: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rick-santorum-cnn-native-americans_n_60a92fa6e4b0313547978140 NYCLU sues Troy: https://www.nyclu.org/en/cases/nyclu-v-troy-police-department Gallant: https://wnyt.com/albany-new-york-news/an-albany-man-who-is-fully-vaccinated-is-going-to-continue-to-wear-a-mask-/6112658/ Goofus: https://wnyt.com/saratoga-county-ny-news/mechanicville-man-arrested-after-being-removed-from-jetblue-flight/6113342/ People’s reporting project: https://defundtroypd.org/report/ Help out http://marketafortroy.com/ and http://kiani4troy.com/ ! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

We must sadly rescind our endorsement of President Biden after he doubles down on US unilateral support for Israel. The IDF continues its reign of terror, now including journalists as targets. In Saratoga, a very brave anonymous Facebook group is attacking a school teacher for bringing BLM activists to a classroom to speak on (gasp!) civil disobedience. Also hailing from our region, Elise Stefanik got a promotion as the party continues to prove that clinging to daddy Trump is the only way forward. Texas wants to tax your Tesla, a UAP that would turn you into a slurry is probably not Russian, and mRNA vaccine technology holds promise for other applications. AP denies IDF claim that Hamas was in building https://twitter.com/eylonalevy/status/1393666610834067456?s=21 UFO disclosure: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-14/ Secret Saratoga group berates school for allowing BLM leaders to speak: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-group-berates-school-for-allowing-BLM-16169664.php Profile on Elise Stefanik: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/politics/stefanik-trump.html Texas lawmakers want to tax EVs https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/energy/553661-texas-lawmakers-move-to-raise-penalties-on-owners-of mRNA vaccine may be used against other viruses, cancer https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-covid-19-vaccine-may-hold-the-key-to-vaccines-for-hiv-ebola-even-cancer/ar-BB1gFTqv

We’re back baby! After six long months of remote podding we’re together again to discuss some awful stuff. The government is destroying private industry by giving people enough money to survive. Palestinians in East Jerusalem are being evicted and brutalized by the IDF and settlers. We all do a self crit on our former hatred of Elon Musk. And in Belgium, an adorable border dispute has caused a bit of a stir. Support Kiani and Marketa for Troy City Council! https://kiani4troy.com https://marketafortroy.com Palestinians in Jerusalem under fire: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/7/al-aqsa-worshippers-protest-palestinian-evictions-in-jerusalem https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/29/eviction-of-palestinians-in-sheikh-jarrah-part-of-israeli-policy https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/7/european-powers-tell-israel-to-stop-settlement-expansion Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344.amp Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

This week we celebrate law and loyalty day and share some of the laws that we love following most. A massive “fatberg” is taking over Birmingham sewers, and Joel Greenberg begs Roger Stone to protect him from the consequences of engaging in activities with an “individual who was not yet 18.” Finally, while you do not in fact have to hand it to him, Biden may be getting us some new trains. Happy Loyalty Day! https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/ Joel Greenberg’s letter to Roger Stone: https://www.thedailybeast.com/joel-greenberg-letter-written-for-roger-stone-says-matt-gaetz-paid-for-sex-with-minor Fatberg, right ahead! https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/01/uk/birmingham-fatberg-scli-gbr-intl/index.html ODB shout out: https://youtu.be/Ax-sNxERCjQ 2:54-3:28 Trains! https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/50-years-later-Amtrak-s-future-is-suddenly-bright-16139366.php

The closing of Zotto’s Notty Pine leads us down a strange rabbit hole that ends in nonsense billboards around the capital district. Albany Police violently disperse an encampment that was a response to gross brutality on the part of Devin Anderson, who has a disturbing record of brutality. Florida says it’s A-OK to run over protesters and we discuss the future of protest and novel approaches to reigning in cops. Finally, this tomato is better than all other tomatoes in every way, and worker centers are how the powerless win power. Notty pine closing, unhinged responses: https://twitter.com/timesunion/status/1386127715972132866?s=21 Legalizing vehicular homicide against protesters: https://newrepublic.com/article/162163/republicans-anti-riot-laws-cars Mayor shaheen on Albany pd behavior: https://twitter.com/davidhowardking/status/1385996380112568332?s=21 Police clear Albany encampment: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-police-forcibly-take-back-South-Station-16121010.php Court Records of Anderson assault in 2017: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd-1_17-cv-00716/pdf/USCOURTS-nynd-1_17-cv-00716-0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2UH1VQphrsSJgYZH3UYpQo0To5BKcyDXdLc0jGe2A_VGJS7jB7MV6SCLI Now THATS a tomato! https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/makers/article/meet-hudson-valleys-most-coveted-tomato-16120889.php Worker centers: https://prospect.org/api/content/a0718ee8-9efe-11eb-a86f-1244d5f7c7c6/

This week we’re talking about the recent police shootings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, and the cops who donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Farmers in New York and across the country missed out on USDA assistance during the pandemic because the system is designed for corporate monoculture farming. Plastics are in our air and Japan wants to dump radioactive water into the sea. And because we love you so much, two wildflowers this week: Vertical farming in Compton and space Dorito that the Navy says is definitely a UFO. Overview of recent police shootings: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/police-shootings-killings.html Cops donate to Rittenhouse: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/16/us-police-officers-public-officials-crowdfunding-website-data-breach?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1618554209 $24 billion USDA pandemic relief program failed to help most farmers: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-USDA-farm-assistance-pandemic-16095475.ph Microplastics in the air: Microplastics in our air 'spiral the globe' in a cycle of pollution, study finds - CNN Fukushima water bound for the ocean: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skoreas-moon-seeks-international-litigation-over-japans-fukushima-water-decision-2021-04-14/ US and China agree to maybe not pollute quite so much: https://www.axios.com/us-china-agree-joint-climate-action-838a35b5-92a8-47c6-901f-1a7e9926f5bc.html Space Dorito: https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-confirms-ufo-video-real-taken-by-us-navy-cnn-2021-4?r=US&IR=T&utm_source=reddit.com Vertical Farm in Compton: https://abc7.com/vertical-farming-companies-stocks-compton-plenty/10433158/ Check out “Unwanted Corkpull” by Kelly Pendergrast! https://reallifemag.com/unwanted-corkpull/

While you may be sad over the news that the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon union failed, you probably haven’t thought about the true beneficiaries of union busting: women! That’s right, unions oppress women. In darker news, a former Boston police union president has been charged with over 30 counts of child molestation. He was first accused in 1995, and now 25 years later he’s finally been arrested after several other accusations have been made. On the brighter side, we’re growing meat in a lab and it’s very cool and a little gross. Mostly cool. “NY TOUCH”: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NY-TOUCH-light-display-seemingly-hints-at-16091248.php Washington Park pursues HOA statusL https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-s-Washington-Park-leadership-changes-after-16080320.php Unions are sexist: https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/547426-big-labor-efforts-threaten-choices-and-freedoms-for-working-women Boston Cop is a child molester: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/10/metro/years-boston-police-kept-secret-union-president-was-an-alleged-child-molester/?outputType=amp Amazon defeats Alabama union: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/10/amazon-union-tech-workers-uber-gig/ Lab-grown chicken: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/eat-just-good-meat-sells-lab-grown-cultured-chicken-in-world-first.html

Our old friend the Cohoes Norlite Incineration Plant that has been belching out carcinogens for years is finally facing some heat from the NYS Attorney General! Turns out the ziti keeps on coming, as leaked emails reveal Cuomo may have used state resources to write his memoir about how incredible he is. The flow of military equipment to police has gone way up under Biden, and Trump’s reelection campaign duped supporters into donating way more than they meant to. Is it funny? Should we feel bad for them? We discuss! And for your wildflower, the Auckland Zoo has successfully bred four happy and healthy teeny tiny baby Galapagos tortoises. So cute. Norlite plant: https://wnyt.com/albany-new-york-news/cohoes-norlite-plant-legal-action-new-york-state-attorney-general/6059401/ Ziti galore: https://cbs6albany.com/news/coronavirus/new-york-times-reports-gov-cuomo-may-have-used-public-resources-to-write-his-book A magazine in every flak jacket: https://stephensemler.substack.com /p/the-flow-of-military-equipment-to The The big wet conman strikes again! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html They’re wearing little turtlenecks! https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/news/good-things-take-time-like-breeding-galapagos-tortoises

This week we’re talking about the boat that we cannot believe is still stuck in the Suez Canal, and lots of NY happenings. Cuomo has announced a Covid passport system that is a terrible idea for lots of reasons. A judge in Troy has ruled in favor of a predatory landlord who bullied a tenant out of her home in the middle of a pandemic. The Troy Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative has released its final report, which says that they have too much stuff to do and would like a basketball court. And finally, NYS is on the verge of finally passing cannabis legalization… with a catch. Biggest dick pic in history (probably): https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdjzb/cargo-ship-suez-canal-dick-pic-ever-given Cuomo’s Covid passport: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-pilot-program-testing-excelsior-pass-madison-square-garden-and Why it’s bad: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01451-0 Judge rules against woman who was evicted: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-rules-in-favor-of-Troy-landlord-16040975.php PRRC final report: https://www.troyny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FINAL-REPORT_Troy-Police-Reform-and-Reinvention-Collaborative_2021.pdf Legalize it!! https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Final-deal-struck-to-legalize-marijuana-16058882.php https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S854 Support our Troy candidates for City Council!! www.kiani4troy.com https://marketafortroy.com And support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ironweeds

This week we are saddened with the absence of Britney, but we are delighted to be joined by Indi Samarajiva of https://indi.ca/ and @indica on Twitter. We talk about his accurate scatalogical metaphor of America being politically constipated, whether or not we can save this stupid planet, flat earthers around the globe, mRNA vaccine technology justice, international solidarity, causes for hope, and even exchange some reading recommendations. Indi’s writing: https://indi.ca/ Indi’s book recommendation: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/zhuangzi-the-essential-writings Check us out on patreon! https://patreon.com/ironweeds

This week we're doing a crossover with the lovely folks over at Well There's Your Problem! If you'd like, you can follow along with the slides on their YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_XFArcUtrA

This week we’re having a free-wheeling chat about everything from girl boss Kyrsten Sinema to a potential grid down situation to bitcoin (what even is it?). We also catch up with MAGA revolutionary Richard Barnett, who is not having very much fun in jail. And finally, New Zealand is set to outlaw conversion therapy! Barnett has courtroom tantrum: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/04/capitol-riot-richard-barnett-pelosi/ Banning conversion therapy: https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/02/new-zealand-to-outlaw-conversion-therapy-practices/ Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

It’s the holiday season in 2021 and Andy Cuomo has some gifts to share with his staff. Truly, the Cuomo government has been a trash fire of corruption, incompetence, and abuse. Meanwhile, the moratorium on evictions is ending, with no relief in sight, and millions of New Yorkers face losing their homes. And one landlord just couldn’t keep patient--he had to kidnap his tenets out of their beds and leave them for dead in a cemetery. Luckily they survived! And lastly, Illinois has become the first state to fully eliminate the cash bail system! Albany landlord kidnapped tenets: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-landlord-tied-up-evicted-sleeping-15972981.php Cumo’s history of abusing staff: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/For-Cuomo-a-legacy-of-intimidation-hardball-15972208.php Courts responding to evictions: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Court-admin-investigate-reports-of-eviction-15882290.php#photo-20199538 https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/On-first-day-of-lifted-eviction-stay-Albany-15982793.php Illinois eliminates cash bail: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/illinois-eliminates-cash-bail/

This week we’re playing catch up on some happenings in the news--the freezing conditions in Texas that have led to horrendous prison conditions and skyrocketing energy costs, as well as the abysmal mismanagement of the Biden stimulus package and general incompetence of the democrats. But hey, at least Rush Limbaugh is dead. Texas electric bills: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/texas-storm-electric-bills.html Reality Winner’s prison conditions: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/20/reality-winner-prison-cold-texas-freezing/ “Limbaugh loosed a dark and ichorous ooze of anger and resentment into our political groundwater, one that has polluted American politics and culture. His legacy is a civic Superfund site, an untreated hog lagoon that continues to spill its poison into the cracks in our democratic foundation.” https://newrepublic.com/article/161405/rush-limbaugh-racist-sexist-conservative-media-worse?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=EB_TNR&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1613762607 Read David’s article on “authentic cities”: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09654313.2021.1882947 Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ironweeds

This week we’re joined by Amanda Yee to talk about anti-Chinese propaganda in American media, and the murky funding flows between government and private intelligence services, thank tanks, publications, and self-styled activist movements. Covid 19 has only ramped up anti-Chinese sentiment, and powerful players work behind the scenes to ensure that American media consumers get a very one-sided narrative of what is happening in China. In a bit of good news, some new embryos just dropped--the extinct white rhino may just have a shot at a comeback. Follow Amanda on Twitter! https://twitter.com/catcontentonly New York Times on WHO scientists’ experience in China: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/world/asia/china-world-health-organization-coronavirus.html Scientists fire back: https://twitter.com/theakfischer/status/1360590441817772034?s=21 Inside Falun Gong: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/inside-falun-gong-master-li-hongzhi-the-mountain-dragon-springs/12442518 Baby baby white rhinos: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-conservation-germany-white-rhin-idUSKBN29V1OQ Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/ironweeds

Once again, we are blessed with a guest: activist, organizer, and candidate for Troy City Council Kiani Conley-Wilson! We talk about Kiani’s platform and her vision for the city, from policing to sustainability to building stronger relationships between the city and people caring for vacant properties. We also talk about how our old friend Norlite Plant is wafting tiny knives into our lungs, how ICE is threatening to kill people with Coronavirus, and how some Aussies are saving depraved platypuses by letting wetlands be wet. Norlite silica: https://www.wamc.org/post/environmental-activists-warn-new-threat-cohoes-norlite-plant ICE threatens asylum seekers with COVID: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/06/ice-covid-threat-asylum-deportation/ Nature is returning: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-07/walker-swamp-blue-gum-plantation-transformed-back-to-wetlands/13110128 Go to Kiani’s website! Follow them on social media! Volunteer for the campaign! Donate (if you’re in Troy!): https://kiani4troy.com

This week we are blessed with a guest: Gizmodo staff writer Shoshana Wodinsky! We talk about all kinds of fun stuff like how tech behemoths follow you around everywhere you go and look at your stuff and read your secret Star Trek group chats all so they can sell you butt flap pajamas. Chairman Sanders raises a ton of money for Vermont charities (who says posting isn’t praxis?) and the jewel of Troy, activist and organizer Kiani Conley-Wilson is running for City Council! If you’re local to Troy, please lend the campaign any help you can. Follow Shoshana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swodinsky Articles we discussed on the episode: https://gizmodo.com/this-was-whatsapps-plan-all-along-1846060382 https://gizmodo.com/google-continues-to-promise-its-bid-to-end-cookies-isnt-1846124668 https://gizmodo.com/googles-finally-giving-the-little-guys-a-cut-1846099900 Using memes to feed the people: https://cbs6albany.com/news/offbeat/bernie-sanders-mittens-memes-and-merchandise-help-raise-18m-for-charity Kiani 4 Troy! https://kiani4troy.com https://twitter.com/kiani4troy https://www.instagram.com/kiani4troy/ https://www.facebook.com/kiani4troy

It’s all labor and the environment this week folks. While produce market workers in the Bronx won a 70 cent pay raise, Lyft drivers are stuck with the new “priority mode,” which they’re calling poverty mode. Take the best parts of the exploitative gig economy and mix em up with race to the bottom and you’ve got a whole new recipe for modern day feudalism. Biden has snatched the permits on the Keystone pipeline, and both Canada and Louisiana are having a sad time about it. Incarcerated people in New York State are seeing massive spikes in Covid cases and deaths. For a bit of good news, Biden has reversed one of Trump’s worst Covid-related policies by redefining what “suitable” work conditions are. We’ll take what we can get over here at Ironweeds. Produce Market Strike ends: https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/22/22245520/hunts-point-produce-market-strike-tentative-settlement-bronx Cop runs into protesters in Tacoma, Washington: https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/24/tacoma-police-washington-run-over-crowd-pedestrian/ Giving Lyft drivers a “raise” by… paying them less: https://www.cnet.com/news/lyft-test-program-offers-drivers-more-rides-in-exchange-for-10-percent-pay-cut/ Louisiana sad about pipeline decision: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_24de81b0-5bff-11eb-a1b5-f3581880512d.html Justin also sad: https://news.yahoo.com/trudeau-stresses-disappointment-keystone-xl-030726282.html Covid cases grow in New York State prisons: https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/18/22237488/new-york-prison-covid-cases-grow-inmates-vaccines-cuomo Biden reverses Trump decision to kick workers off unemployment: https://www.dailyposter.com/p/biden-moves-to-reverse-one-of-trumps -Compelled to choose between economic survival and risking infection, workers headed back into unsafe workplaces, and federal data tracked how workers’ requests for safety inspectors’ help consistently preceded a spike in COVID-related deaths.

This episode we’re reviewing some of what we’ve learned about the January 6th Capitol Building debacle in the last week. Some are surprising, like how well organized their funding was, and some are less surprising, like how many cops were present and how stupid they were for livestreaming their failed coup. We also discuss the violence that broke out in Albany on the 6th. And of course, we ask ourselves the most important of questions: If you died today and you went to heaven, can you look George Washington in the face and say that you’ve fought for this country? The building’s yours: https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/the-buildings-yours-search-for-clues-in-capitol-riot-reveals-a-stand-down-moment/ More cops ceding ground at the capitol: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-arrest-officer-handshake/2021/01/15/0c3dd658-5748-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/01/15/capitol-riot-investigation-focuses-police-first-responders/4165762001/ How the Capitol riot was funded: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html Why you don’t take treason selfies: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/selfies-social-media-posts-making-it-easier-fbi-track-down-n1254522 Snitches on Bumble (critical support): https://www.businessinsider.com/bumble-removes-political-filter-encouraged-find-capitol-rioters-evidence-2021-1 Albany Proper Coverage of Capitol Fight in Albany https://www.albanyproper.com/proud-boys-start-fight-that-leads-to-stabbings-arrests-in-albany/ 518 Independent coverage: https://518independent.com/articles/arrested-during-counterprotest-activist-warns-of-white-supremacist-violence-and-police-bias/ Legal fund for Alex Stokes: cashapp: $SamsonContompasis paypal: [email protected] venmo: samson-Contompasis Legal fund for Alexis Figuero Cashapp: $UntitledAndFree Free Joe the Pigeon: https://apnews.com/article/australia-joe-the-pigeon-faae5a66c336c8b2dc902b1ed4270345 Calling all anarchist creators! Apply for IAS grants: https://anarchiststudies.org Support the show: www.patreon.com/ironweeds

We talk about the chud assault on the Capitol Building. That's it. That's the episode.

We’d sure like to undo a lot of stuff. Like all of 2020. We discuss the Nashville Christmas bombing and conspiracy theories, the case of a Troy woman who has been kicked out of her home by a Dickensian villain, and how the NY State Legislature has come to renters’ rescue by creating a form to fill out. Then, it’s all Covid all the time, bby. And what a mess it’s been. Between vaccine rollout nightmares and Congress members enriching themselves on the backs of dying Americans, 2021 is shaping up to be more of the same. Except in Illinois, where 500k cannabis arrest records have been expunged. Nashville bombing: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/29/nashville-explosion-woman-warned-mnpd-warner-building-bomb-2019/4082253001/ Chasity’s story: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Capitol-Insider-15829646.php NY Senate passes Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act: https://www.nycourts.gov/covid-eefpa.shtml Cuomo imposing penalties for vaccine line skipping, fraud: https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/coronavirus/2020/12/28/cuomo-to-order--1m-for-vaccine-fraud--covid-19-infection-rate-jumps Members of congress get PPP loans: https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/08/14m-in-relief-funds-find-members-and-family/ Covid-19 Vaccine’s Slow Rollout Could Portend More Problems: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccines-slow-rollout-could-portend-more-problems-11609525711 Illinois expunges cannabis arrest records https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/illinois-cannabis-arrest-records-180804158.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=tw

This week we devote the entire episode to the most troubling and destabilizing conflict in the Western World: The War on Christmas. Links from our war correspondents: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/12/christmas-and-the-left/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/04/tucker-carlson-brings-back-war-christmas-maybe-thats-good-thing/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/us/war-on-christmas-controversy.html https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/04/newt-gingrich-bitten-by-a-penguin-120698 Support the show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/ironweeds

This week we face the disturbing news that the Tri-City Valley Cats may end up being stray cats if another league doesn’t step up to the plate. Cheap plastic trinkets, even the very cute ones, may help to temporarily ease the aches and pains of capitalist alienation, but it’s ultimately unsustainable. David, our official Parler correspondent, fills us in on what Bill Mitchell and his ilk are up to in the right wing leper colony. We tease our NXIVM episode on Patreon with a discussion of the cult’s political connections here in Rensselaer County. And finally, a very adorable old British man gets one of the first vaccines in the world. Vamos Gatos!: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Churchill-Vamos-gatos-Chuck-Vamos-gatos-15793278.php Funko Pops: I just think theyre neat!: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55269779 Martin Kenyon wants to see his grandchildren: https://mashable.com/article/martin-kenyon-uk-coronavirus-vaccine-interview/ FBI told Sarah Edmonson the brandings “seemed consensual” : https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Former-slave-Sarah-Edmondson-told-Albany-FBI-15665977.php Support the show on Patreon! patreon.com/ironweeds

Hope you can pay your rent with Joe Biden’s understanding, because that’s what you’re gonna get! And Pelosi didn’t make a mistake by passing a “stimulus” package with no checks, that was a decision. And how dare you ask! Meanwhile, India is seeing the biggest mass strike in history and Albany nurses had a one day strike for better PPE and wages. And finally, the only good politician, the Mayor of Flavortown, is redistributing funds from the rich to the poor better than our government. Nurses strike and targeted harassment: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-Med-s-McKenna-says-nurses-union-billboard-15778566.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-CP-Spotlight Take us to Flavortown baby! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/guy-fieri-flavortown-mayor-raises-21-5-million-for-workers-bloomberg-50-2020 250 Million strike in India: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/12/general-strike-india-modi-bjp-cpm-bihar

This week we dig into the late Mark Fisher’s “Exiting the Vampire Castle” and the ways online attacks and witch hunts have grown since his writing seven years ago. Meanwhile, Troy DSA makes demands for changes to policing, and a massive coral reef spire is discovered off the coast of Australia. The Vampire Castle: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/ Sign the petition! https://defundtroypd.org/ That’s a big reef ya got there: https://www.worldatlarge.news/coffee-break-reads/500-meter-high-reef-discovered-next-to-great-barrier-reef

Though we are apart, the gang soldiers on with remote podding as covid cases rise. This week we discuss the Biden cabinet and the myth that liberals ever had any interest in working with progressives, or that the Biden administration could be pushed left. Why should we cancel student debt? So many reasons! Just do it! How can we re-imagine the future of work and the balance of practicality and joyfulness? Child labor: good or bad? Our answer might surprise you! And we find a bit of good news from a foreign shore--Guatemala, where the fires are hot and the guillotines are shiny! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ironweeds Parler users urged to protest the Georgia Runoff: https://www.newsweek.com/parler-pro-trump-call-georgia-runoff-boycott-threatens-mitch-mcconnells-plan-restrain-biden-1549282 Rahm Emanuel possible cabinet pick: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/politics/rahm-emanuel-transportation-secretary/index.html Other possible Biden cabinet members: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/joe-biden-cabinet-picks-possible-choices-433431 Guatemala protesters make their voices heard: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/guatemala-protesters-set-congress-on-fire-during-budget-protests

You are the news now. Nothing can stop what's coming. This is the Calm before the Storm. You have more than you know. Future proves past. Where we go one, we go all. Travis View on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-cult-of-qanon-zvxtct/ Very long Imgur post from a believer, "The Coming Storm": https://imgur.com/a/DTeK7 Adrienne LaFrance’s Atlantic piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/ How to help loved ones trapped in Qanon conspiracy with Steve Hassan: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08/26/how-to-talk-with-and-maybe-help-someone-who-believes-in-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories/#7c4352c6412d Credit for spooky, mysterious music to Maurice "YoungBlaze" Clopton: https://freesound.org/people/mrrap4food/sounds/501111/

We hope you’ll indulge our election post mortem and the stunning discourse around who actually won this absolute squeaker for Biden. We also discuss Israel’s demolition of a Palestinian hamlet in the West Bank on election day. A huge congrats to Cori Bush on her win in Missouri. And please enjoy, after a much-too-long break, the conclusion to Chapter 4 of Lenin’s State and Revolution. Atmospheric Disturbances: https://reallifemag.com/atmospheric-disturbances/ Israel buldozes palestinian hamlet: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/04/931379662/israel-uses-cover-of-us-election-to-destroy-palestinian-homes-critics-say Support Ironweeds on Patreon! patreon.com/ironweeds

This week we are blessed with two, count ‘em, TWO guests, Brett and Rob from the Dumb & Awful podcast! We discuss the uprisings in Poland in response to new abortion restrictions, a fabulous new sector of gig work in which you can help evict your fellow working-class citizens, and the strategic ways reactionaries frame democrats as left-wing radicals. Of course, you know we gotta throw a little election garbage in there, but hey, it’s almost over and then everything will go back to normal! Right? Right?? For our wildflower segment, we celebrate Chile’s overwhelming vote to create a new, less crappy constitution. Check out Dumb & Awful! https://twitter.com/dumbawfulshow Subscribe to their Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/DumbandAwful Patreon? Hey, we have one of those too: https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds

Happy episode 69! A hearty congratulations to the people of Bolivia and the success of MAS! Mitch McConnel is rotting before our eyes and Zombie Giuliani is increasingly relevant. The NYPD is, as always, showing their asses, stealing PPE and shouting Trump 2020 at passers by. Kanye goes on Joe Rogan with a spectacular swing and miss. Never cross a union man, or you’ll end up haunted by a vengeful communist ghost. And for a spot of good news, the British government is repatriating thousands of ancient artifacts to the people of Iraq. Zombie Giuliani on Bandcamp: https://zombiegiuliani.bandcamp.com The ghosts of the Molly Maguires: https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/molly-maguires-haunted-jail-for-sale-pennsylvania-irish-miners-pinkertons-jim-thorpe-20180816.html Artifacts returned to Iraq: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/10/iraq-artifacts-kadhimi-british-government-return-looted.html

This week we go local with a black Troy PD officer alleging systemic racism in the department, and city council president Carmella Mantello standing up for the rights of persecuted Italians everywhere. Trump seems to grow more fascist everyday, and militias are out here trying to overthrow state governments. Six badass Brooklynites trash a housing court, and we see that Great Stuff gets the goods. Black Troy police officer alleges systemic racism on force: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Black-Troy-police-officer-alleges-systemic-racism-15653731.php The Federal Killing of a Protester Should Alarm Us All: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/10/the-federal-killing-of-a-protester-should-alarm-us-all Pinkerton Gig Worker Kills MAGA Dude: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/us/denver-colorado-protests.html Carmella Makes a stand against hate crimes: https://twitter.com/CMantello/status/1315680409359966208 Plot to kidnap the governor: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/feds-thwart-militia-plot-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5922301002/ Praxis at a Brooklyn housing court: https://nypost.com/2020/10/16/vandals-scrawl-graffiti-on-brooklyn-housing-court-building/

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President Donald J. Trump has contracted the novel Coronavirus. Fusion energy by next decade: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/climate/nuclear-fusion-reactor.html?referringSource=articleShare Grapes go brrrr: https://youtu.be/vGhJy3E9hfg

This week we discuss the acquittal of former DA Joel Abelove for the cover up of the murder of Edson Thevenin, as well as the acquittal of the cops who killed Breonna Taylor last march. We have a little rehash of tendencies talk in which Britney continues to advocate for the iron fist of the vanguard, Chris puts his faith in the power of the people, and David tries to talk sense into them both. In Philly, activists have reached a tentative agreement with the city to acquire 50 homes for a community land trust for unhoused people. And Lenin tells the anarchists what time it is. Abelove the rapscallion: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/opinion/abelove-district-attorney.html Gentrification and the killing of Breonna Taylor: https://theappeal.org/the-role-of-police-igentrification-breonna-taylor/ Race dot map: https://demographics.virginia.edu/DotMap/ Stop and Frisk Map: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/19/nyregion/stop-and-frisk-map.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=679D448EA47D2BB2D22358BDBB875821&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL Check out our Teespring shop! Wow! https://teespring.com/stores/ironweeds Tune in for our coverage of the Trump/Biden debate Tuesday at 9!: https://twitch.tv/ironweeds

The gang plays some recent news catch-up and attempts to thread the needle between accurately assessing the moment we find ourselves in and having some fun and frivolity. We discuss the immensely tragic passing of Ayshawn Davis, an 11 year old Trojan who was killed in a recent drive-by shooting. We also talk about the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and its implications for our future. We discuss why Chuck Schumer may need to get primaried to avoid a 6-3 conservative-liberal Supreme Court, the forced sterilization happening in our immigrant concentration camps, Trumps’ patriotic education plan to teach the miracle of American History, the expropriation of the data harvesting from Tik Tok, and the possibility of Venutian life. And because we love you, Britney reads more of Lenin’s State and Revolution! Record Act Blue donations in the wake of RBG’s death: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/elections/democrats-shatter-actblues-donation-records-after-ginsburgs-death.html?referringSource=articleShare Primary Schumer To Guarantee Opposition To Trump's SCOTUS Pick: https://sirota.substack.com/p/primary-schumer-to-guarantee-opposition ICE Hysterectomy Doctor Wasn't Even a Board-Certified OB-GYN: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-hysterectomy-doctor-wasnt-even-a-board-certified-ob-gyn Trump Wants $5 Billion From TikTok Deal for New History Project: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-20/trump-wants-5-billion-from-tiktok-deal-for-new-history-project On Venus, Cloudy With a Chance of Microbial Life: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/science/venus-planets-microbes-life.html

This week we are #blessed to be joined by Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell! We talk about how changes in industry, urbanism, and class have influenced home architecture in the United States. And we show critical support for a satanist libertarian anarchist winning the GOP nomination for sheriff in New Hampshire. Please check out our premium episode on QAnon at https://www.patreon.com/ironweeds !! Kate on minimalism, loft living, and farmhouse chic: https://hyperallergic.com/566183/how-normie-minimalism-and-farmhouse-chic-took-over-contemporary-design/ Troy City Council screws the pooch on Hudson River development: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/podcasts/opponents-of-1011-2nd-ave-project-urge-troy-city-council-to-align-meeting-rules-with-state-law/ Aria DiMezzo for sheriff: https://nypost.com/2020/09/13/trans-satanist-anarchist-wins-gop-nomination-for-sherrif/ Follow Kate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcmansionhell