Not to detract from the seriousness of this moment at all, but I am obsessed with Mamdani’s ring game

Someone interview the person who wrote this speech STAT

God this speech—really making me feel like things are possible

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

Cuomo invoking “law and order” in his concession speech—real classy

why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections? in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

There are still a lot of hard times ahead, but remember this moment and what it means: We can win.

“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN

Crying

Did we win yet?

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Folks, Israel is not letting aid in which means Palestinians continue to have to buy food on the black market from Israel sponsored gangs. If you can donate a little money to the fundraisers we're posting, you can keep someone alive. Palestinians wouldn't beg if they didn't have to.

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

Voted on Halloween for my mayor Zohran Mamdani, but it’s Election Day, baby—let’s do this NYC!!

being a freelance journalist in 2025 is watching evil rich people kill off yet another beloved publication and realizing you should probably pitch an essay about said death of said publication because rent is still due

They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer. It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.

Re: Teen Vogue, WaPo—Uniformity of message, dumping cumulative decades of diverse thought and experience in favor of the same grey, fashy extremism—it’s all about money. They couldn’t care less who you are and what you bring to the table, it’s about big mergers &infinitely deep, velvet-lined pockets

Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.

why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop

the decimation of thoughtful political coverage in general amid the rise of American fascism is bad enough but I am especially mf'ing enraged to see it happening to feminist-minded publications and journalists

This is unconscionable bsky.app/profile/lexi...

It's so fucking bleak bsky.app/profile/nico...

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Cats EXTEMELY UNHAPPY about daylight saving time

At this point it's hard to tell if I want Mamdani to win more because I genuinely like him and his politics or as a fuck you to the racists

Happy Tim Curry day to all who celebrate www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZY...

I've got New York Times gallery picks AND a New Yorker winter art preview up today!

wow the times published a mostly-positive review of my show with @tega.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/a...

It is hard to write good discussion questions

HURRICANE MELISSA SUPPORT FOR JAMAICA 🇯🇲 Here are a few Jamaican orgs that are doing relief work - please donate and/or share! Food for the Poor Jamaica: www.foodforthepoorja.org Helping Hands Jamaica: helpinghandsjamaica.com/donate Dar Al Islam Jamaica: donorbox.org/dar-al-islam...

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes a day in an american life

Muslim British Journalist Sami Hamdi has been abducted by ICE. He was already in the U.S. legally on a visa, but was abducted while attempting to fly from San Francisco to Florida on a domestic flight. Laura Loomer is taking credit for getting him abducted due to his criticism of Israel and the US.

important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

Incidentally to that last RT, here is a link to help fund the free fridge in my neighborhood www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

I truly believe the best thing you can do right now to support opposition is to give money to a food bank or mutual aid

It is quite *a time* to be a progressive Jew. bsky.app/profile/self...

Hey New Yorkers! You can STILL REGISTER TO VOTE!!! (The deadline is tomorrow.) Also, vote Mamdani!

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes. Please Use it and SHARE! ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Just so much casual racism onstage

If Cuomo wins, I might actually have to move

“The issue is that we’ve all experienced your experience” Mamdani bringing fire!!

The cases were “resolved” by Cuomo hounding Bennet for years, at taxpayer’s expense, including with a retaliatory defamation lawsuit that he filed *after* the attorney general found that he had sexually harassed her.

Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?

I feel like Cuomo calling Mamdani by his first name is an effort to belittle him?

This week in my Feminism & Journalism class, my students read an Ellen Willis piece referencing Mario Cuomo, and they did NOT know about him