This is a really weird framing! The Yamim Noraim are not "a test" for Mamdani. They're just a yearly time of celebration and reflection for the many Jews in New York. Mamdani released a genuinely good video acknowledging them, but I don't see why they're more a "test" for him than any other non-Jew.

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.

“The time has come. True to the historic commitment of my country to the Middle East, to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, I declare that today France recognizes the State of Palestine.” - President Macron at the French-Saudi convened UN Conference on Middle East Peace

The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s. Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!

Childcare is one of the most urgent cost-of-living crises families face. New Mexico is stepping up—guaranteeing no-cost universal childcare for every resident. Federal lawmakers should take note. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/new-mex...

The Spanish PM said this at Columbia University yesterday: “Defending your country is one thing. But killing 60,000 civilians, bombing hospitals, and starving children to death is something else entirely.” “We are witnessing one of the darkest tragedies of the 21st century unfold before our eyes.”

This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.

I'm glad Kimmel is coming back. However, "free speech" where you can reverse government-coerced corporate censorship but only if your supporters make stock price influencing noise would be like a healthcare system in which you need a GoFundMe to go viral to afford treatment. ... wait.

If Jimmy Kimmel is a real one, he’ll call for solidarity with all of the academics and students under fire for their speech about Palestine and Kirk

Italy: General strike blocks ports, schools and transport for Palestine freedomnews.org.uk/2025/09/22/i...

"when it comes to income, Black two-parent families had about 60 percent of the income of white two-parent families and only 25 percent of the wealth" www.vox.com/policy/46177...

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

Disney is still on the BDS list. Unless you think one Jimmy Kimmel is worth more than millions of Palestinians

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

in point of fact, FDR’s open line of communication with black leaders like A. Philip Randolph absolutely strained his relationships with southern lawmakers and he did it anyway under the view that he was president for the whole country

"There are too many people that have said that the way we win is we throw immigrants under the bus or throw trans folks under the bus or adjust our position somewhat to the right on those issues and hope people believe us. That's not right and it won't work," says @gregcasar.bsky.social.

Despite the high demand for after-school programs, decades of underfunding have left families stranded and programs in short supply. @kedseconomist.com's research shows how we can rebuild care as infrastructure to help solve this problem. time.com/7318911/afte...

And we'd all breathe easier too. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Once you start noticing it really is ridiculous how much public space we give up for free to car owners just in street parking.

I remember saying this when local councillors were trying to prevent a bus shelter at our bus stop because it was on a lovely green space with houses all around. I pointed out there were large dirty cars parked on the road outside every one of those houses. They’d just stopped noticing them.

I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.

Shana Tovah to all my Jewish community members!

More union-busting at wine-bistro chain Cooper's Hawk, this time an "ongoing" basis from 9/4 targeting "All employees at the Brookfield Wisconsin location excluding general manager and all Assistant managers, office/clerical, guards and supervisors": olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgRep...

More union-busting at can/carton/etc. manufacturer Canpack last month: olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgRep...

“We need to make the party acceptable to people who may not share 100% of our views on a given issue” “Oh, so you’re gonna support Zohran?” “No not like that”

Note: the vast majority of parents vaccinate; but we need really high rates for herd immunity, so 75% is not enough to protect the community. Childhood vaccine rates are backsliding — and exemptions are getting easier www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social et al.

A bit of James Baldwin today: "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"

I re-read Letter from a Birmingham Jail the other day and I was struck by just how stunningly brilliant it was not just in writing but strategic thinking. Like, not news, it's a modern classic for a reason. It's just a remarkably clear vision of a strategy to achieve change.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

The UK recognizes a Palestinian state while it keeps arming Israel, trading with Israel, and turning a blind eye to new illegal settlements that make a Palestinian state impossible. Recognition without accountability is hypocrisy.

“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”

Australian doctor in Gaza introduces Kenan who lives in the hospital because he has no family left after Israel killed them 💔

Was reminded of how back in 2016 a not insignificant amount of op eds were written about how Bernie Sanders must be an antisemite or a fellow traveler of antisemitism because he's against Israel's illegal settlement enterprise. Even Deborah Lipstadt, Biden admin's antisemitism envoy, was in on it.

I am so tired of "dems should abandon minorities/queer people" been repeated every time

Democrats ultimately decided to side with the Republicans to pass the resolution, with 95 Democrats in support. Fifty-eight Democrats opposed it, 38 voted present and 22 did not vote.

The reason I continue to point out how evil Democrats/liberals are is because they occupy the entire space for opposition...which is why there is no opposition to fascism right now. If we don't dismantle that cult there will be no change, it will only get worse.

I guess I don’t understand the whole “If we abandon our values we’ll win elections” thing. Kind of seems like it misses the point but I’m just an actor.

Also, Democrats have run many pro-life candidates in the South over the last 20 years. They almost always lose. This is not some novel idea! The fact that leading figures in the party are suggesting this is an original thought further illustrates the problem. abcnews.go.com/Politics/mis...

Worth noting that Khalil (and others) who have everything to lose, have shown more bravery and commitment to free speech than elites across academia, corporate America, culture and politics bsky.app/profile/josh...

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women. The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

"It's always been the case that the Democratic Party is just shy of actively hostile to the movements to its left and has also refused to cede power. But the truth is that Third Way formulation has not been a winning strategy since Clinton. That's the fact," says @devawo.bsky.social.

Yes, from memory, the Gretzinger team found modern German DNA had more in common with the Iron Age French DNA than the German equivalent. People move. So any claim to land rights that necessarily ignores 2000 years of social change is invalid.

It is so damn obvious the trans sports issue is a drummed up nonsense moral panic masquerading as “common sense” - but if you look deeper for two seconds you see how the whole point of sex segregated sports is to defund women athletics & to build and propagandize the western idea of women as weak.

"Starbucks executives told us privately they needed to focus on their June manager’s conference, after which we would return to discussing the union contract. We obliged as they spent a week at a glitzy Las Vegas junket, but [...] they failed to return to productive discussion."