If you can't connect to the internet, you're cut off from government services, job opportunities, and even your community. That's why the internet should be a utility, like water. Read our plan to help make internet access a right for all New Yorkers: advocate.nyc.gov/Connected

While Mamdani's executive budget reversed cuts to NYC public libraries, it doesn't make good on his pledge to allocate 0.5% of city spending for library spending. He tells @katiehonan.bsky.social that he will make good on that promise at some point in his first mayoral term, though.

Proud to stand with so many New Yorkers @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and Tom Morello to speak out against the abuses targeting immigrant New Yorkers. Abolish ICE!

Thanks for tagging me folks. Just to let everyone know that this isn't an *increase* in the library project. This just brings the proposed budget back to FY26's level. It reverses the Mayor's preliminary budget cuts. HOWEVER, it does not meet the 0.5% benchmark AND it does not keep up with inflation

“What are the tangible asks we have of our elected officials and are we creating pathways for them to succeed?” Naureen Akhter writes thoughtfully about coalition-building, Muslim political power, and the tension between pragmatism & purity in progressive politics. Worth reading.

Unironically this was perfect comms strategy.

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1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

sorry maybe this is an unnecessary level of stating the obvious, but sometimes when someone says they don’t think puerto ricans are “american,” it isn’t an opportunity to do a little civics gotcha & tell them about the insular cases. they just mean they think real americans are white.

Love this for us.

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes. What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one

She wanted to run for governor and when Trump said no, she went Scorched Earth.

Marc Anthony is so dramatic (in his music). I love it.

The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza. The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.

Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.

Periodic reminder that direct action is a fundamental form of protest. It is the original form of protest. To refuse to accept the status quo, to intervene in an effort to shift power from the oppressor to the oppressed is protest.

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s pretty emblematic of the way things are going: An institution lies in shambles while a bunch of people ask if he can do that

Say it!

We need to revisit the debate format. I didn’t learn anything new about any candidate, nor did my opinion shift. Same talking points, same rehearsed one-liners. We need real people asking real questions. #nyc #mayoraldebate

Zohran Mamdani is running to make NYC a place we can all afford with some big ideas. I want a Mayor who is fighting for child care, for better buses and who isn’t afraid to think big and bold and not small and old!

A chickpea is neither a chick nor a pea. DISCUSS!

I want in.

Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member and democratic socialist, came in first in Tuesday's ranked-choice primary. Here's what to know about his policies, personal life and past.

New York Is Not a Democracy. Democracy Is Not a Salad. A Salad Is Not a Chevrolet. A Chevrolet Is Not 36 Rats in a Trenchcoat. New York is 36 Rats in a Trenchcoat. Could ranked/ choice voting help Zohran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo?

Mamdani is now ahead of Cuomo with just two weeks until the Democratic NYC mayoral primary, a new poll found.

Governor Cuomo made New York less affordable and electing Mayor Cuomo will intensify this by a wide margin. This is 🏆

What everyday object is secretly a masterpiece of design? The humble aluminum beverage can. Such a fun, thoughtful breakdown of good industrial design hiding in plain sight.

I discovered a site this morning that simulates how people with different disabilities experience the web. I tried the ADHD simulator and it was *stressful*. Eye-opening and deeply important work.

It's peak season for these strawberries in the Moss Landing area of CA. Five crews are working this strawberry field. They're rushing to get it harvested as soon as possible before the berries to get over ripe. #WeFeedYou

FIRST mayoral debate Wednesday night at 7 p.m. hosted by Politico, WNBC and Telemundo. Imma need everyone to lock in.

Perhaps when we worry about Big Tech, we should spend less time focused on social media and more time focused on the companies actively helping to expand the surveillance state reason.com/2025/06/02/p...

Diaspora Co. founder Sana Javeri Kadri shares how she meets some of the world’s hardest problems with the thing that gives her the most joy, and encourages others, especially fellow brown women, to do the same. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Quick reminder: There are other elections happening besides mayor.

Andrew Cuomo said Christopher Columbus statues were targeted because he’s Italian — and said that NYC will celebrate Columbus Day on his watch, and find *another* day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. From Playbook PM: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Hard launch

This is crazy.

Barcode beeps. Hospital alarms. Crackling intercoms. The modern soundscape is hurting us more than we realize. Sound designer Eddie Gandelman is reimagining the noise, and crafting a quieter, kinder future. Full interview on Design Observer: 🔗 designobserver.com/a-quieter-pl...

My latest for @designobserver.com Can a Hollywood blockbuster teach us tactics for resistance? designobserver.com/its-not-easy...

Wow. Good job #Canada

As someone *deeply* allergic to cats, this would be devastating for my ability to even enter a bodega.

i think once you understand the scale of the AI project, you understand why some involved think they are creating god. because what other goal would justify such effort? it's like the pyramids of ancient egypt. they were built not just by levers and pulleys, but by a belief in something even bigger

Does anybody have recommendations for a great ASL class? Can be in person (NYC) or zoom! But I wanna practice!

This piece really moved me. Simi’s work reminds me that dignity, growth, and transformation are possible when we invest in people who have been systemically cast aside. Simi shows us what it looks like to build bridges where others see walls. ❤️

New York in this kind of weather has a way of holding you when you need it. Go outside. Let the city flirt with you a bit 🌸

Tool libraries offer community members access to “power washers, hammers, drills, cameras, lawn mowers, pet carriers, grills” and such to help with project. “There are no tariffs on sharing. The more we share, the more we have.” (via @prisonculture.bsky.social) [truthout.org]

I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird