And this is what they call “the ole Chappaquiddick Farewell” in the Kennedy family, dude couldn’t help it, it’s in his blood.

When searching for a DAM is was shocking hard to find a platform that kept our data private to just our org. LOVE this idea. theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/mamdani-wi...

Huge thanks to @mattseybold.bsky.social for writing this great post, which highlights CUNY's transformative potential to build open educational infrastructure theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/mamdani-wi...

Also: why is a newly elected public official, who won over half the votes in a three-way race, saying he has a "mandate to deliver" framed as "sheds conciliatory tone"?

*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions

Just because we beat them doesn’t mean we should continue to let billionaires spend whatever they want on elections.

yeah, “we can’t publicly praise someone who wouldn’t be in the party” is a silly thing to say when you’ve kissed trump’s arse in public

You were such an integral part of making this happen. I hope we see you in the senate one day soon.

trans people: "hey when you stand with us you seem to win elections and get the votes of both us and our loved ones" democratic party: "hmmm but what if we could maybe convince 1 singular republican instead by ostracizing every single member of your voting bloc"

New Yorkers know this, of course, but for the rest of the nation watching, it's important to remind everyone that before Donald Trump was anything else, he was a horrible landlord Mamdani's campaign against housing exploitation is how we prevent future Trumps before they get off the ground

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

as i've been saying for weeks, he has broken 50% and this is going to be important his ability to control the narrative after tonight

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

It wasn't easy at all, Bill, but we did it. theonion.com/de-blasio-we...

It's funny that the type of candidate centrists say they want - the non-ideological, competent, get-shit-done type - actually exists and would be running for reelection as NYC Mayor right now if most of the centrists hadn't backed insane corruption lord Eric Adams instead of her in 2021

this is objectively hilarious

Please GTFO, we can’t wait

how can you say that? surely the GOP is going to learn their lesson from this experience and become moderate and prudent leaders and

To be crystal clear: if the Dems racking up wins today had taken the breathless advice of opinion columnists and thrown immigrants and trans people to the wolves, they would have lost today. They won because they didn’t.

Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules

here is a mockup

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Democrats really need to stop praising Dick Cheney. This helps you with literally nobody and actively turns more people against you. Guy was a fucking monster.

If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.

Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc. Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.

$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this

It was a blast going through this process with my friend and colleague @charleshaine.com. Thinking about sending your script through? AMA.

For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city. So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.

The AI companies should try using AI to figure out how AI is going to make any money

POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet

My dad sent me this

I respect the hell out of Errol. I'm sympathetic to his argument that municipal issues might be lost in presidential years. But ultimately, we need more participation in our local democracy, not less. So I'm voting for this.

Yes. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

1. there is a "VOTE" sticker in every column *except* the one Cuomo is in 2. there are five completely different styles of arrow pointing at that column, each one less precise than the last 3. there's a giant red smudge on the Republican column 4. the font is like "MS Divorce Papers"

Sure sign I spend too much time on BlueSky: Was in a friendly conversation about AI at work and someone said "you are being a luddite about AI" and I responded "but the luddites were right!"

Watching billionaires realize that no amount of money can buy the thing they want (Sliwa to drop out) is an enjoyable thing right now.

It's so beautiful

The press treated Biden pardoning his son to shield him from the obviously malicious and lawless incoming Trump administration as a bigger scandal than anything Trump has done with DOJ since. (Guess why this is the case)

Curtis Silwa was asked if he felt okay with losing and contributing to Zohran Mamdani’s victory and he responded by laying into Bill Ackman and Andrew Cuomo.

I have yeeted the LMS my uni has paid for and which you were probably thinking helps you teach Forgive me it was surveillant so mid and so broke

I'll tell you what educational services aren't interrupted. The educational services of textbooks and printed paper.

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."

Andrew Cuomo has the greatest mind in contemporary politics