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Sammy Feldblum
@SFeldblum
Water geographer in training at UCLA, working on my drip. I used to be a journalist.
Los Angeles
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    May 12, 2025
    New article in Geoforum: building from a historical case study of the place of water law in the colonization of New Mexico, I show how recent social movements based around acequia irrigation have refashioned the law to reassert communal control:
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Dec 12, 2022
    While we've agreed to mediation with the school, UC grad workers' strike continues. We're entering week 5, with winter break beginning and grades being withheld. We'll almost certainly still be striking to start next quarter. A thread of writing I've found helpful for context:
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Aug 13, 2024
    For @GuardianUS , I profiled podcaster and man of the world @DanielDenvir. His podcast @thedigradio pulls together a vast and sparkling galaxy of left thought, always with an eye toward organizing
    His socialist podcast became a surprise hit. Now he’s an uncommitted Democratic delegate
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    May 17, 2022
    Replying to @AlldrittOwen
    Love that. Also dug this, just below:
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    May 19, 2024
    Replying to @andybliu and @jaycaspiankang
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Nov 13, 2021
    Twitter *is* real life
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Dec 10, 2020
    Replying to @christapeterso and @RadishHarmers
    Incidentally a strong candidate this year
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Apr 24, 2023
    Replying to @alex_shephard
    Say what you will about Adorno's Aesthetic Theory: at least it's an ethos
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Dec 12, 2023
    I keep thinking about the piece of Shaul Magid's recent @thedigradio interview where he suggests that the greatest threat to early Zionism was the American Jewish diaspora, proof of concept that in fact Jews could live safely without any need of a Zionist project
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    Melissa Weiss
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    Dec 12, 2023
    “Were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world that is safe,” Biden says at the White House Hanukkah party as he reaffirms support for Israel against its war against Hamas.
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Nov 29, 2021
    Replying to @OlufemiOTaiwo
    Especially concerning when you consider that Wu-Tang is *for* the children
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Nov 29, 2022
    Replying to @TrevorGriffey
    The reluctance to show solidarity is galling from ostensibly left tenured faculty. Nobody is as protected as they are
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Dec 12, 2022
    Replying to @SFeldblum
    An extremely well-timed research report finding that, adjusting for cost of living, UC grad pay is among the lowest in the nation among peer institutions. One of the main reasons is California's housing costs: osf.io/preprints/soca…
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Dec 12, 2022
    Replying to @SFeldblum
    Rent prices have influenced the demands and politics of our strike. Addressing rent burden is a priority that has flowed from UCSC outward across the system. A look at that process, and how workers are challenging the UC in its role as landlord: newrepublic.com/article/169363…
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    Sammy Feldblum
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    Oct 13, 2022
    .@UAWUCLA out in force today to talk striking. Turn up.