Today started with a war criminal’s death and ended with a socialist getting elected mayor of NY. What a good day.

He’s giving his victory speech now namechecking Eugene Debs

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

Happy Andrew Cuomo retirement day, for all who celebrate.

Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division. That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today. Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote

THe working definition of arglebargle. Useless.

Maybe there’s some 4D chess to starving 40 million Americans, doubling healthcare costs on another 20 million, and sending masked goons out on the streets to snatch and disappear an untold number more, but honestly I’m not seeing it.

@dieworkwear.bsky.social with a majestic post on why unions matter and how they win, Vance’s marriage, common community, coal miners and textile workers, and red bandanas. This is cultural history at its best.

Reading this excellent essay from @alybatt.bsky.social, and deeply missing Jane McAlevey right now. “'...every good organizing conversation makes everyone at least a little uncomfortable...the long uncomfortable silence'” when you make an ask and let someone think about their answer.

Now that this out, both the Board of Regents and Newsom have a decision to make - not just about particular elements of this draft proposal, but whether they will even consider such a federal seizure of state authority. Unfortunately, not much confidence that they will stand up to this.

Wanna fight for media? Public radio is the place to do it, looks like. THis map shows just how thorough public radio coverage of the US has become (pre-cuts): www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Counting down to Hegseth invoking the Monroe Doctrine in 3, 2, 1. Also this comes to mind: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...

I guess Doug Ford thought, huh Province over Party or something. Went all Reagan on Trump. Unhappy orange guy now. youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM

Still #FairfaxCA

Earlier today, Mother Jones talked to Bay Area faith leaders about what brought them out to protest ICE. Here's what they had to say.

Separated at birth? Sean Penn, One Battle After Another Greg Bovino, same.

We need your help finding the next leader for @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social 📢 I'm moving to a part-time Senior Advisor role in early 2026, so we're hiring our new Assistant Dean for Advancement(Head of Fundraising) at UC Berkeley Journalism. Is this you, or someone brilliant you know? 👇

It puts a human face on the disaster that hit Kwigillingok and other Bering seacoast villages last weekend. But it needed context! This destruction of a way of life was a function of climate change and the massive increase in North Pacific water temperatures. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

(editor: it’s not about age).

Beautiful story. Beautiful illustrations. Take a break and read it and come into a watershed’s 10,000 year story

hoping we can retire “normie” from the lexicon, ok thanks.

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

#NoKings #MarinCounty

#StillComing. #NoKings #MarinCounty

#NoKings #MarinCounty

#mutualaid. Great idea.

I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.

Is this @oregonian subskeeting Mike JOhnson? 🤫

Why all these crazy intense and supposedly out of season rains? Everywhere across the country? Here’s why: hillheat.news/p/the-carbon...

@peterhartlaub.bsky.social tells Mark Benioff to folow in his grandfather’s footsteps: Marvin Lewis: hit the streets. Walk and learn. Get out of your private jet cocoon and stop talking nonsense about why the city needs a military occupation.www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Do you have access to a 3d printer? You can make whistles to help protect your neighbors pretty easily; this model on makerworld is public domain & 120db+ makerworld.com/en/models/41... for folks with Bambu printers Here's another on printables www.printables.com/model/65-whi...

One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs. 1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi... 2. bsky.app/profile/roya... 3. bsky.app/profile/juri...

I find this encouraging, from @indivisible.org:

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

When the cars are characters in the film, too. Especially that purple Nissan B13 Sentra SE-R with the tacked on spoiler. Brilliant.

Good advice fr @pressforward.social. to local newsrooms on words + phrases to tell their story And an indicator of just how effective decades of rightwing attacks on “journalism” and “democracy” have been that these are keywords to be avoided at all costs. www.pressforward.news/wp-content/u...

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

ANd the instructor leading the way - courage!

“If any California university signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding — including Cal Grants — instantly,” Newsom said. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Please tell me this is true.

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford. Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

Autumn

Remembering the year my friend ordered cakes for the break fast and they asked her if she wanted to write anything on them 🥲

Chickens coming home to roost all the time

Like Scandinavian...but brown.

EPIC thread on ag, dictatorship, soybeans, and sandy soil. A master class on how soybeans explain the world. Thank you @sarahtaber.bsky.social

We had a couple of visitors today. #birds #Fairfax