Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” - Dolly Parton. Clearly Dolly was very brave. May she rest in power. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“We only get one life, we might as well live it in community with joy, even if or maybe especially if that community, for a little while, is the entire world.” Read the World⚽️Cup & the summer of our contentment ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/danielle...open.substack.comThe Summer of Our ContentmentHow the World Cup broke the doom loop and reminded us what connects us. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“Protecting the right to vote cannot be a priority only when democracy feels threatened. It must be our enduring commitment.” open.substack.com/pub/danielle...open.substack.comThe Bully King and the Ballot BoxWe will withstand this attack on our democracy. Together, we must build what comes next. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Cabo🇨🇻Verde still wins even though they didn’t win tonight. What a match💙🦈⚽️ 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Every word of this⏬️⚽️ apple.news/A1gIb0t0TQFW...apple.newsCommentary: Thank you, World Cup, for providing the connection and inspiration Americans so desperately need — Los Angeles TimesMy family did not plan to make the World Cup the centerpiece of our summer, but once it began, we couldn't stop watching. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The World Cup is the joy, camaraderie, and humanity I definitely knew I needed in my life. But this shootout between Germany🇩🇪and Paraguay🇵🇾is the drama I had no clue I needed in my life⚽️ 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The Knicks are the 2026 NBA champions. That’s it. That’s my poem. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 09/06/202653 years ago. Last century. Totally different time. Same awful trump. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...gothamist.comThe Knicks last won an NBA championship in 1973. Here’s what NYC looked like 53 years ago.Cheap rent, cheap subways, the birth of hip-hop and the opening of the World Trade Center. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026First the Chanel's Métiers d'art show in a NYC subway station now this beautiful, fun ad campaign that is of NYC. Love. pausemag.co.uk/2026/05/chan...pausemag.co.ukChanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 Campaign Takes Us to New YorkVisit the post for more. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Interesting stats that reflect what I hear and feel anecdotally even in the northeast. apple.news/AiEFyuW18SIq...apple.newsA great exurban surge is reshaping America — AxiosThe demographic landscape of the U.S. is undergoing a dramatic outward shift as growth shifts from cities to exurban communities, according to new U.S. Census estimates. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This is thoughtful and ultimately optimistic story about art and democracy, immigrants who understand the United States better than some who were born here, and the idea that the US is still young in our history. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgRussians who fled after Ukraine invasion stage fresh take on classic play in U.S.Two Russians who left their country after the invasion of Ukraine and are now rebuilding their lives and careers in the U.S. Senior Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports on a recent production in N... 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Oh no! The first basketball team I ever rooted for (when Dr. J played) is now playing the basketball team from where I now live (and the only NY team I root for) in the playoffs. I’m having and existential crisis😘🏀 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Fewer voices means weaker representation, weaker democracy, weaker communities, and a weaker economy. Read my post about SCOTUS weakening the Voting Rights Act from earlier this week: substack.com/@daniellebre... 001 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026If you’re running for office at any level and want my vote, start talking about action you will take to protect and expand voting rights, voting access…our democracy! I care about many other policies but none of those happen if the votes of our neighbors are blocked and our democracy dies. 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Excellent museums and shows to be seen⤵️ news.artnet.com/art-world/ny...news.artnet.com14 Must-See Museum Shows in New York This Spring | Artnet NewsFrom Carol Bove at the Guggenheim to "Greater New York" at MoMA PS1, we've rounded up the must-see shows of the season in New York City. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Sexual harassment is about power and control. Eric Swalwell abused power. This disqualifies him from a position of power. Whispers, rumors, delayed allegations that are ignored, dismissed, or refuted as lies or conspiracy is how abuse of power succeeds. Don’t be complicit. 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 29/03/2026My entire feed that’s usually nastiness and nonsense is now filled with pics of communities coming together to participate in No Kings — people engaging in civic life and standing up to a wannabe king, literally what our country was founded on. Almost like that’s the point🤔 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026A lot of conversation about this right now, but it didn’t start with the latest war — it just intensified the fear that tech, and through it all of us, could be targets anytime, by anyone. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 08/03/2026… and the work of standing up for all of our rights and what is right. The women whose names we don’t know, the women who are not famous, the women we never thank, but who play an integral role in our collective progress. Thank🙏🏻you. 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 08/03/2026On International Women’s Day, let’s acknowledge, uplift, thank the women who defy sexism and misogyny by showing up and doing the work. The work of community, civic life, getting out the vote, caring for their families, neighbors, strangers … 100 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 07/03/2026“You set rules and then you break them of course” The rules about women and age should always be broken. news.artnet.com/art-world/ca...news.artnet.comThe Whitney Biennial's Hottest New Artist Is Also Its Oldest | Artnet NewsThe Whitney Biennial's breakout star, 92-year-old Carmen De Monteflores, is showing alongside her daughter, Andrea Fraser. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Jesse Jackson was the first person I ever voted for—in the 1988 Pennsylvania presidential primary days after I turned 18. I voted for him because of the hope, inclusion & possibility core to his message & campaign. May Jesse Jackson rest in power & may hope, inclusion & possibility guide us on. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Happy Presidents’ Day! Love🫶this⬇️from #NBAAllStar2026 yesterday🏀 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026“More and more I come to loathe any dominion of one over another; any leadership, any imposition of the will.” — Virginia Woolf 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Nonsense outrage over Bad Bunny performing the Super Bowl halftime show and U.S. Olympic athletes exercising their constitutional right to free speech underscores maga’s total and willful misunderstanding of our Constitution, culture, and commerce. Bad-faith outrage from bad-faith patriots. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 06/02/2026A wonderful museum where I live. Definitely worth checking out in its 40th year! ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...ny1.comThe New York of NoguchiThe exhibition is at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Two great films about The Washington Post and the role of journalism are 2017’s “The Post” and, of course, “All the President’s Men” but if you want to see a terrifying (and exceptionally well made) film about media, see “Network” Made in 1976 and fiction, this film lays out how we got here. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE must leave Minneapolis and every one of our communities now. ICE must be abolished. The president and all “the president’s men” must be impeached, prosecuted, and imprisoned for their abuse of power. 4* 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This administration and its violent enforcers acted and reacted with calculated cruelty and lethal force. Their actions are not just wrong, they are abhorrent, unconstitutional, and an absolute disgrace. 3/ 100 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Yesterday, tens of thousands of people exercised this right to shut down Minneapolis, and religious leaders engaged in civil disobedience with moral courage and dignity. These Americans are not the enemy, they are patriots standing up for our rights and for what is right. 2/ 120 2
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Trump and ICE are not targeting the “enemy within” — they are the enemy within. For weeks Minnesotans have exercised their constitutional right to peacefully protest. 1/ 110 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 20/01/2026One bleak year on from the presidential inauguration, I still feel sadness, anger, fear…and a glimmer of elusive hope. The inauguration of the first woman Governor of Virginia Abigail Spanberger on Saturday and of new New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill today helps with the hope. 000 0
Reposted by Danielle BreckerThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 17/01/2026The Department of Homeland Security appears to be moving ahead with a new immigrant detention facility to hold as many as 1,500 detainees in Chester, New York — just over an hour from New York City.buff.lyICE Opening Huge Lockup 50 Miles North of New York CityThe coming “processing facility” is already triggering protests upstate. 24335 43
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Win or lose, there should be no debate about Venus Williams getting any wildcard. Exciting, watchable tennis every time she plays. Her love for tennis is clear and meaningful. And that she’s closer to me in age than any other player is both inspiring and affirming. 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Greenland should not become part of the U.S. but looking at the protest pictures, I would really like to visit Greenland and Copenhagen. In general, I’d like to think about countries as places I want to travel to and not as places my country wants to take over. 000 0
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Smart⏬️bill that should be enacted in New York State and someday the full country. Four years on and I still find it shocking that it happened and future generations should learn + understand what really happened and not maga revisionist history. qns.com/2026/01/liu-...qns.comLiu calls on state Legislature to pass bill mandating public schools teach ‘true history’ of US Capitol attack – QNSState Sen. John Liu has called on the state legislature to pass legislation requiring schools to teach the "true history" of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. 110 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Perhaps my resolution for 2026 is to visit these five sculpture parks ⏬️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/t...nytimes.comThe New Wave of Sculpture Parks Redefining How Art Is Seen 050 5
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Video didn’t kill the radio star. The first video I remember watching on MTV⏬️media.tenor.coma group of people are dancing in a dark room with the words " we are young " written on the bottomALT: a group of people are dancing in a dark room with the words " we are young " written on the bottom 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Matthieu Blazy’s first Métiers d’Art show, staged in an abandoned NYC subway station was thrilling in a way Chanel, fashion, our city hasn’t dared to be in years. Chic, smart, unapologetic, defiantly optimistic + aspirational — needed inspiration right now! www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...wallpaper.comMatthieu Blazy takes to the New York subway for his sophomore Chanel showThe show, which channelled the distinct energy of the American city, was held at the disused Bowery subway station 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 29/11/2025I remember reading, rereading, then reading out loud “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”. Witty, clever, lyrical, rhythmic, of “Hamlet” but totally original to Hamlet. A testament to Shakespeare, yes — and the brilliance of Tom Stoppard. RIP. 010 1
Reposted by Danielle BreckerAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American. 777309578582 31K
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Got home this evening and “The Birds” was on TCM. Made 60+ years ago, meanings open to interpretation, unclear ending, but still excellent filmaking, terrifying, compelling, and relevant, maybe more so, today.media.tenor.coma group of people running in front of a building with birds flying in the backgroundALT: a group of people running in front of a building with birds flying in the background 010 1
Reposted by Danielle BreckerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/11/2025I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff: 9554422652 5.4K
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025I hope some of the MANY candidates running in primaries have policy platforms to help small / local businesses and combat trump’s economic policies. Communities are not economically sound or livable without small business. 2/* 020 2
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025At the community board city services committee meeting last night we heard many restaurant owners say business is tough. I ask one when this started, he said “nine-ten months ago” — hmmm what happened then? 1/ 110 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 09/11/2025This was before the federal food stamp act of 1964. My point is this: my Mom’s family depended on the kindness of a ghostly stranger because there was no safety net. Today, we have one — and it’s our president’s job to protect it not use it for political leverage. 3/* 010 1
Danielle Brecker @daniellebrecker.bsky.social · 09/11/2025When her mom (my grandmother) opened the door there was nobody there but bags of groceries to make Thanksgiving dinner. They heard no car and saw no footprints in the snow — but someone, somehow, made sure they would not go hungry. 2/ 110 1