Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Incredibly funny that wannabe autocratic Brooklyn Dem leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn identifies as the heir to Dessalines, who famously appointed himself emperor of Haiti, massacred all the French on the island, and was ultimately murdered by former supporters and torn to pieces by an angry mob. 030
Reposted by Big WorkerHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 14/09/2026Brooklyn Dems Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's last-minute gambit to overcome the results of the June election and retain power over the county machine has failed, for now. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-dem... 412618
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The old Sinclair Lewis quote that fascism would come to America "wrapped in a Hugo Boss uniform and carrying a swastika" was so prescient 0100
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Early and in person is the gold standard, election day is next best, mail in ballot only if you really have to. I wish we didn't have to make that calculation but they are really going to try to disrupt mail in ballots, and possibly in person voting 033
Reposted by Big WorkerPolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Current Polling USA Senate Model: Democrats are at 53 seats (+1) Republicans are at 47 seats (-1) (% Change With Previous Week's Model) 1413212
Reposted by Big WorkerCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hell Gate reporter Katie Way is not exaggerating when she says that "this video has the potential to become a certified NYC politics cult classic along the lines of the Eric Adams teenage room search PSA." It's cuckoo bananas from start to finish: 1061276262
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Is this legit? I have been dreaming about this technology for many yearsnewatlas.comLaser-beam mosquito shooter is now available for preorderThis personal air defense system that tracks and shoots mosquitoes with a blue laser is officially available now. The runaway crowdfunding hit has been scaled up by its makers and is available for pre... 010
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So anyway here's Jolene as horror storyuncannymagazine.comWhen He Calls Your Name - Uncanny MagazineThere’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m. came to ring my be... 021
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026How I feel not watching almost any short form video must be how it felt to be one of those "I don't own a tv" people in the pre-internet age 010
Reposted by Big WorkerCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Huge story breaking right now in NYC: BK Dems party boss Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn announced that she's subverting the will of Brooklyn's voters (a majority of whom recently voted to change party leadership) by dramatically changing the rules in order to hang onto her position as party boss. 16525180
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Republicans passed a tax on college endowments but McConnell added a loophole for a specific Kentucky schoo saying it doesn't apply to schools with below a certain number of tuition paying students. Now tons of schools are piling through that loophole by giving free tuition to a lot more students 120
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My three year old was pretending to be a veterinarian ("animal doctor") and when I asked her if she specialized in some type of animals she said "toy animals" - can't argue with that 040
Reposted by Big WorkerHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The left needs a candidate it can unite around in the 2028 primaries and AOC is the only real choice. Nobody else checks all of the boxes. Every other option is worse. If she doesn't run, it's a missed opportunity of historic proportions. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-r...hamiltonnolan.comAOC Must Run For PresidentHistory is calling. Sorry! 931411249
Reposted by Big WorkerBig Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The A/B testing of running Jabari as a Green and losing and then as a Democrat and winning was a great moment in pragmatic socialist electoral strategy 1181
Reposted by Big WorkerKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/07/2026I am absolutely begging Democratic politicians to make media reform a centerpiece of their policy platformskarlbode.comLocal U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing PropagandaThanks to the destruction of media consolidation limits, Republicans will soon enjoy propaganda and market domination over what's left of local U.S. news. 12946931404
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 24/06/2026So the message I'm getting here is that DSA / @chiosse.bsky.social should have primaried Hakeem Jeffries 130
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Victim blame women who are raped hard enough and they'll be too ashamed to report their rapists - right wingers have really found a system that works (for rapists) 050
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Man we lost the generation that beat fascism and instantly fascism came back huh? 060
Reposted by Big WorkerPaul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I've worked in Democratic digital comms for a long time and pay attention to campaign metrics across platforms. Increasingly I'm seeing Dems who crosspost on X, Bluesky, and Threads get better engagement on Bluesky even with far fewer followers. Here's @jamestalarico.bsky.social's clip last night: 1113348726
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026When bluesky doesn't like my postsstatic.klipy.comPablo Narcos: Alone and ReflectiveALT: Pablo Narcos: Alone and Reflective 030
Reposted by Big WorkerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Above all, Dems/libs should deal with Trump, the media, SCOTUS, Trump-friendly oligarchs, knee-bending institutions and more with this principle in mind: "We will not submit to being governed by unprincipled actors. We are taking notes, and you will pay a price." www.offmessage.net/p/dnc-sue-cb...offmessage.netTime For The DNC To Sue CBS News For $20 BillionA free idea for Ken Martin. 24769239
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Monthly dues payments to DSA (and therefore the number of dues paying members?) have doubled since the 2024 election. Time to do your part:act.dsausa.orgJoin DSA. Become a member today.Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ... 061
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Ever since I met the senior partner at my new law firm and discovered he looks exactly like Nathan Fielder I've been a little suspicious that all of my new co-workers are actors doing a Rehearsal on me 030
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Okay fine I'll admit it - I DO know who Hasan Piker is 030
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We should stop referring to the potential solutions in Israel-Palestine as "one state" or "two state" and instead say "democratization" or "partition" 172
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 18/04/2026media.tenor.coma man talking to a woman with the words " i haven 't even begun to peak " below himALT: a man talking to a woman with the words " i haven 't even begun to peak " below him 060
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I just asked my three year old what her favorite dinosaur was, expecting that she would indeed say triceratops (or "topatops" as she calls them) but instead she told me her favorite kind is "rosa" aka pink. Fair enough 010
Reposted by Big WorkerPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/04/2026NEW — Iran had already presented a 10-point plan. Then Trump wakes up today and threatens to blow up Iran's "whole civilization" if they don't bend. And then, just an hour before his deadline, he announces a ceasefire, citing Iran's "workable" 10-point plan.zeteo.comTrump Begs Off Pledge to Genocide 90 MillionTrump says that Iran has presented a 'workable' deal, calling it a 'double sided ceasefire' for two weeks. 632164575
Reposted by Big WorkerAdam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The first national poll putting @greenparty.org.uk in first place (just) is an utterly extraordinary moment in British politics. 33913253
Reposted by Big WorkerNafnlaus 🇮🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nafnlaus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Try extending that graph to the left. There's a reason it was truncated there. This is a perfectly normal usage profile. Whenever a user joins a given site, there's a standard falloff curve where a fraction leaves. Since Bluesky's users have mainly come in spikes, that's just the normal curve. 8875115
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 04/04/2026When will the conspiracy theories about Platner being an antisemite or secret Nazi die down? 1070
Reposted by Big WorkerChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭 3732551083
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I hate when politicians politicize science by making scientifically informed policy 020
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 18/03/2026As Socrates once said, accepting that apparently you are an idiot is the beginning of wisdom 050
Reposted by Big WorkerKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/03/2026They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me. 329203433674
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Real microcosm of the counterproductive "warrior mentality" to decommission these badly needed but not directly violent mine sweepers in favor of more redundant firepower 0375
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 02/03/2026This is literally the Dr. Strangelove situation with Israel in the role of General Ripper going rogue with an attack and demanding that the US follow through or be hit by the retaliation anyway without the advantage of striking first 040
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 20/02/2026My neighbor told me that he keeps losing his girlfriends on this mountain so I asked how many girlfriends he has and he said he just goes on the apps and gets a new one afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding girlfriends to the mountain and then his new girlfriend started crying 040
Reposted by Big WorkerSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair. An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity. Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so. Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common? Student: We are both thick Me: Ah yes of course 16739117
Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Best time to join DSA was as one of the first 100,000 members, second best time is right now 0125