Reposted by Brooke PierceParkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 5hJust a regular reminder that 51% of accounts online are bots. And a portion of the remainder are troll farms running sock puppet accounts. Save your energy and don’t argue with these people because they are not people. They are there to propagandize you or to grift. Or both. 6549
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Running of the buffalo in Brooklyn today (such a cool event, produced by a few different theater companies in partnership with Native American artists and leaders). 032
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Heads up, transit nerds. I have to recommend this Metroboard from the Design Rules Company. They have them for multiple cities. I'm obsessed with my NYC one. It shows real time subway train activity. It's a little pricey and you may have to wait awhile for delivery, but it's worth it. 020
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Saw Coyote vs ACME yesterday and absolutely loved it. If you are a Looney Tunes fan, you're going to be delighted. It's a bit like Roger Rabbit, where the toons exist in the human world. I can't believe Warner Bros. tried to nix this film. 141
Reposted by Brooke PierceChris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 28/08/2026"Milo got arrested!" "That's good!" "By an unaccountable secret police force" "That's bad" "He supported them, though, so there's delicious irony at play." "That's good!" "But they came for him because fascist power has reached a point where petty infighting can lead to arrests" "That's bad" 966831389
Reposted by Brooke PierceOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026if you tell me "A is a bully on social media(/in print, in whatever specific scenario) but very pleasant elsewhere" you are roughly 50x likelier to convince me that they have the additional vice of cowardice than you are to convince me that they have a hidden virtue of kindness 704052810
Reposted by Brooke PierceNick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Israeli settlers are raging out of control on the West Bank, and Gaza is an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Could the Israeli election in October change this? My take: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Israeli Settlers Are Out of Control (Gift Article)If Netanyahu is ousted in October’s balloting, don’t expect peace to break out, but the worst violence might be reined in. 35018
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Spotted this sign during a trip to Providence this week 0124
Reposted by Brooke PierceWomen’s March @womensmarch.com · 05/08/2026🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw 94496944859
Reposted by Brooke Piercegeryon 🪡🧵 @sylphlands.bsky.social · 04/08/2026mamdani's social media: NYC, today is a monumental day. I've slain Gorlax the Spurious, the beast who lived in the sewers and ate children and small dogs. every conservative thinkpiece article: Slaying Gorlax the Spurious might *sound* appealing, but what if you don't have children or small dogs? 4396101
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 02/08/2026ICE increased its presence in Inwood this week and even attacked a bystander with pepper spray. The uptown NYC community turned out for a rally this morning to share resources and emphasize that we won't tolerate ICE thugs. 1196
Reposted by Brooke PierceMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Concerns over fake phenomena cannot be held in good faith. There's no such thing as "good faith" concern over razorblades in Halloween apples or vaccines causing autism. If you still have 'concerns' about these issues you are uninformed, a bigot or being manipulated. No other option. 132043483
Reposted by Brooke PierceMike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/07/2026Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here? He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets. And they all shake hands? 834400986
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Oh boy, the Gilded Age really is back, I just saw a Newsie selling papes down on the Lower East Side. 141
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Booing for Trump at the World Cup watch party in Central Park 033
Reposted by Brooke PierceMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way. 352258862972
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 19/07/2026World Cup final watch party for Spain v. Argentina in Central Park 000
Reposted by Brooke PierceTroy Indivisible @troyindivisible.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Good Trouble today in Albany, NY as we take part in the DeICE Citizens Bank National Day of action. And yes we have secured a victory. Citizens has said they will no longer finance Core Civics and the CEO’s group detention centers. And yes we will keep after them to divest entirely. 0104
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I guess it helps that this speech is insanely boring. Even MAGA doesn't want to listen to Sleepy Donald Trump. 040
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Attention Dem senators: Be like Jon, call the "committed lifelong racists" what they are. 030
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Awesome people, turning up so quickly to speak out against yet another murder by ICE. 030
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Daytripped to Fire Island for the first time and visited the beautiful Sunken Forest. The Fire Island Seashore is a national parks site, so that's another stamp in the ol' parks passport. 020
Reposted by Brooke PierceMicah @rincewind.run · 07/07/2026time to root for the USMNT in a completely normal and not at all controversial game which everyone agrees shows international soccer at its best 34115871
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026People are right to be mad about the predictable Platner fiasco, but it's worth remembering that last year a ton of establishment Democrats supported disgraced sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo against clean-as-a-whistle Zohran. Tolerating problem men is an issue across the ideological spectrum. 6351881026
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is amazing. May need to find a similar way to customize mine. 010
Reposted by Brooke PierceCongresswoman Betty McCollum @mccollum.house.gov · 06/07/2026Ten years ago today, Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. A decade later, we remember Philando not just for how he died, but for how he lived and the countless students he served every day.mprnews.org‘Nobody was supposed to know what his name was’: Philando Castile’s legacy grows a decade after his deathA decade after he was killed by a St. Anthony police officer, the legacy of Philando Castile looms large in how people view policing in the Twin Cities. 0148
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026In the recent NY-13 race, Kalshi had the incumbent Espaillat up considerably right before polls closed, and that changed quickly once the returns actually started coming in. Within about 45 minutes, they had the challenger like 98% favored to win. 110
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026So what are we looking at, like 36 minutes of stoppage time? 000
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 02/07/2026USA v Bosnia and Herzegovina World Cup watch party at Hudson Yards 000
Reposted by Brooke PierceToula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“The killer’s so-called critical analysis of systems or perceived power structures is solely with one purpose in mind: to “explain” how these power structures prevent men like him from gaining access to women.” montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...montrealgazette.comDrimonis: Call it what it is — misogynistic terrorismWhile debate rages about the C.D.N. shooter's motivation, the obvious stares us in the face: The central thread of his manifesto is misogyny. 614271
Reposted by Brooke PierceAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026AOC: These are two young, talented, intelligent women who got elected against all odds, against millions of dollars. Perhaps there is something we can learn from them. 207107152505
Reposted by Brooke PierceDarializa for Congress @darializaforny.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The Senate must act now to pass the bill protecting Haitian TPS that’s already passed in the House, and Congress must create a residency pathway for TPS holders. 35815
Reposted by Brooke PierceThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 25/06/2026It’s rare for a judge to acknowledge that they are handing down a prison sentence for political reasons. But that is precisely what has happened. The government is “trying to set the stage to criminalize every person who doesn’t agree to their atrocities.” trib.al/ZuiX0vT 16338
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Me with Mayor Zohran and the woman we both hope you'll vote for tomorrow if you're in NY's 13th congressional district, Darializa Avila Chevalier. Uptown and the West Bronx, get to the polls between 6am and 9pm on Tuesday, June 23. Let's get a progressive representative to fight for us! Vote.nyc 041
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The amount of racism coming from Espaillat supporters in the NY-13 race has been wild. It's mostly around a rumor campaign where they claim Darializa isn't Dominican, then insist she's Haitian, which they use like a slur. They're doing it directly at polling sites when talking to voters. 142
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 21/06/2026More Democrats need to be turning out for the NYC primary right now. People came out in droves for Zohran last year, but he needs SUPPORT from other progressive electeds. We have a ton of great progressives running right now. Get out and vote! Vote.nyc 030
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Watching US World Cup game at Philly Fan Fest, and there was full throated booing when they showed RFK Jr in the stands. 080
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Zohran and Bernie Sanders headlined a big GOTV rally tonight in Brooklyn, with the mayor championing his endorsed primary candidates and urging progressives to get out and support them. If you want better Dems in Congress, please do a canvass or phonebank by June 23! 052
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Vote today and do it quickly if you want one of these Knicks stickers! They have a limited supply. Vote.nyc to find your early voting site. 043
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Excellent. Once again my plan to vote early, but not too early, pays off! 010
Reposted by Brooke PierceVictor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This piece by @karlbode.com is not only a brilliant and entertaining takedown of Musk, it’s also a damning indictment of a US press system that normalizes such obscene corruption and abuse of power. karlbode.com/the-spacex-i...karlbode.comThe SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist HucksterOnce again a broken U.S. press couldn't bother to convey the truth to the public when it comes to America's shittiest rich person. 112162
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 15/06/2026In NY-13 (uptown Manhattan, West Bronx), we have a great progressive choice for Congress: Darializa Avila Chevalier. She's focused on affordable housing, redirecting money from bombs abroad to social programs at home, abolishing ICE, and she doesn't take AIPAC money (unlike the incumbent, Espaillat) 1147
Reposted by Brooke PierceAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Julia Roberts: Renee Nicole Goode is not a symbol. She is an American woman, a queer woman who was doing the very best she could do to be good in an unjust world. And I am honored to celebrate her life and her legacy tonight, because the life she gave is our responsibility to carry. 5369421711
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Best Mayor Ever Zohran Mamdani agrees: Vote Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress! Early voting is now through June 21. Last day to vote is June 23! Go to vote.nyc to find your polling site. 18016
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I keep wondering what it will take for the world to stop propping up this monster. Elon Musk is an open white supremacist who spurred on anti-immigrant riots in the UK, his platform X supports AI child porn, and he's responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands for closing USAID. 022
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Elon Musk, whose unconstitutional shuttering of USAID led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, is the focus of an installation in Times Square that highlights how Musk's Grok AI makes pornographic images of people without their permission. 0115
Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Giant Elon Musk installation in Times Square on the eve of the SpaceX IPO. Kudos to these folks drawing attention to how Elon allows X to use Grok to make pornographic images of people. 092