we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

I feel this in my soul. There's so much to say about climate change, climate action, misinformation, links to our other crises... ... But it's hard avoiding burnout when the world is burning.

Did I have Ms. Rachel taking on Obama on my bingo card in 2026? No, I did not.

Mamdani is the best politician of our generation, and such a beacon of hope

Sounds to me like some good old fashioned union busting in the wake of a member-led and union-encouraged upheaval of the board earlier this year

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized. We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon. She issued that order

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

Wrote an essay this weekend from Chicago with Black Hawk helicopters flying overhead night and day and where my friends, patients, elected representatives, and neighbors are being assaulted in their homes, in hospitals, and on the streets by federal agents acting with total disregard for law.

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

RIP Jane 😞

TRUMP TO CITY: DROP DEAD www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...

In the debates when they asked NYC Mayoral candidates what living Democrat they admired IIRC Mamdani was the only candidate to pick another mayor and he picked Wu.

Good news! There is at least one driver in Montgomery County MD who will stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk - if the pedestrian is Ludwig van Beethoven.

government's shut down quick, build renewables

Shoutout to the cellist who dusted me on the bike path today #slowviolist #nyctransit

Low key I don’t think the U.S. military can take the Pacific Northwest

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Drivers kill 8100 people a year. No amount of hi viz fixes that 🙄😡

NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

Wow — Italy and Spain have now both officially announced they're sending military ships to support the Gaza aid flotilla

If you want the Forest Service to be anything other than just a logging company get in those public comments, people

Steps to becoming President, according to my 8 year old: Be the best kid in school Study Political Science in college (or whatever) Be the best student in college Become a political science teacher Be the best teacher Become a judge Become president

Us: The perfect encapsulation of combatting climate change doesn't exis --- NYtimes: Today's David Wallace-Wells articles are brought to you by... Chevron! #climateweeknyc @dwallacewells.bsky.social

More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff... Do you support or oppose "defund the police"? Support - 21% Oppose - 74% Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services? Support - 54% Oppose - 41%

Just so we are clear. There is nothing wrong with being trans or autistic. Don't give an inch on that

Watch this. I strive to be this clear and effective. Best line — “A temper tantrum disguised as an ideology.”

This is the easiest-to-understand explanation I've seen for how the pressure was applied to take Kimmel off the air.

it’s simply too on the nose

AFM!! 💪🏼💪🏼🎻

www.theguardian.com/world/2003/j... One of Putin’s first acts after he solidified power was to silence all media outlets that criticized him.

"They're politicians, what are they supposed to do? Literally fight in the streets?" Unashamed to say this made me cry.

lol remember in his first term being like "whoa that intern in a photo is doing the white power sign" and now every day is like "the attorney general is prosecuting a first grade teacher for not assigning 'mein kampf'"

ahahahah

not just climate, either they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal

Wonder what you can do right now? Stop contributing to the financial success of those who are actively weakening civil rights and democracy by sharing their content, clicking their links, and reposting their comments. Our society is attention-based. Stop giving them attention.

Brad Lander at @jfrejnyc.bsky.social awards event: “I have not done enough to speak out against the ethnic cleansing and war crimes in Gaza.” He is here being honored along with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

This is like the third Zohran in a row that I've seen and thought "this is the best political ad I've ever seen." But this... @zohrankmamdani.bsky.socialy your team is 🔥🔥🔥 This surely cannot be topped?

USTA to Broadcasters: DO NOT show Trump getting booed. Streisand effect:

It seems that Sinner has decided to boycott the match in solidarity

Trump walked out, as did most of his crew, only about 90 minutes into this match. Not sure if he’ll come back or not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #USOpen

Feeling this: “I don’t know if I’ve ever felt so ambivalent about watching a sporting event before, writes Jonathan Gresty. “Here we have two young wizards performing near miracles of dexterity and acrobatics and in their presence is pretty much the biggest lump of odiousness in the free world..."

Ooh, #USOpen just showed Trump on screen again during this set break and there was loud, clear booing this time.

🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA: Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today. I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.

The #USOpen has moved the trophy to inside the Rolex suite, which is where Trump is, but surely not where the trophy has ever belonged before during a final.

USTA's memo includes "We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity" Complicit and shameful. I don't expect much from folks paying $1-10k/ticket but I hope they give him hell throughout the match.

Word to Chicago protesters: going “floppy” is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.

the NRA understands here what Democrats (intentionally) don't: as soon as you create exceptions to people having rights, everyone has the potential to lose those rights, and so you fight every step of the way