Reposted by maya kosoffmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Remember when I said NYC Mayor is one of the most powerful executive offices in the country? Honestly a lot of it is this kind of stuff. In many jurisdictions "I'm gonna hire 1000 people for a couple days for $30/hr" would require months hearings and council votes to actually do. 171368233
Reposted by maya kosoffJoe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 23/10/2025New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST 553113673286
Reposted by maya kosoffZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him. 757232275116
Reposted by maya kosoffPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025to the dark money operatives paying lib influencers: stop paying $8k a month to influencers whose fans are all true blue liberals. pay me $20k a month to plead with my audience of intransigent leftists. 361884106
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 12/08/2025rip the hive :( i dont understand anything in this totally incoherent memo! i’m very sad about what is happening to my former employer! variety.com/2025/digital...variety.comVanity Fair Will Boost Focus on Core Areas Like Hollywood While Cutting Back Some Coverage, Says New Editorial DirectorVanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said. 180
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 06/08/2025canadian rockies are unreal. the water looks fake but it actually is that blue!!! also i need more context about the inevitable incident that led to the “no bear spray on the chairlift” sign 0221
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2025attended a nostalgic bloc party concert on a tennis court on an unseasonably but not uncomfortably cool sunny evening….this really is going to be the best summer of our lives……. 0170
Reposted by maya kosoffRyan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Just marveling at a media CEO getting rid of reporters and then on the same day saying that the company is growing and hiring folk as if nothing happened 923620
Reposted by maya kosoffparis martineau @paris.nyc · 11/04/2025after ~5 years at The Information, i've been laid off, alongside 2/3rds of our features team. i am devastated. if you're looking for an experienced investigative reporter with a knack for producing high impact features about tech and business, please reach out: parismartineau@gmail.com DMs open 47485115
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 12/02/2025he recently has taken to spending like 18 hours a day on the couch pillow that weirdly matches his fur 2595
Reposted by maya kosoffMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 12/02/2025i cannot stress enough that at the very least everyone in leadership needs to go. all of them. probably most electeds over 70 too. primary them all. while we're at it can we just drop the entirety of the ny dem party on a deserted island 823154493
Reposted by maya kosoffData Yojimbo @chaspe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Excel cultists will tell you this is impossible 091
Reposted by maya kosoffJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 09/02/2025The idea that there should be a public debate about the appropriate medical care for a minuscule population of children remains one of the most absurd lies that these liberal transphobes, NYT edit board included, tell themselves. No there shouldn’t! It’s not an appropriate matter for public debate! 493282829
Reposted by maya kosoffNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 05/02/2025If he doesn’t already know “the business of investing,” that means his sole qualification for the job is that he murdered a homeless man and got away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/n... 1625749
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 09/02/2025perhaps controversial but i would not describe myself as much of a “pancake person.” however the chez ma tante pancakes are thin and basically fried in clarified butter so it’s a different thing 2590
Reposted by maya kosoffMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 20/01/2025I’m not sure who is the bigger loser here: Trump admin for going to Bari Weiss’ substack with an “exclusive” or Bari Weiss running this thing we all knew was coming as an exclusive 1021430
Reposted by maya kosoffStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 20/01/2025DOCTOR: Hi everyone! Welcome back to group therapy for average post/election Bluesky repliers. What I’d like you all to do is imagine a post— PATIENT 1: I’m mad at it DOCTOR: Okay, okay, good honesty, but I was gonna say to imagine a post with a joke in it PATIENT 2: I’m REALLY mad at it 536151
Reposted by maya kosoffStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 20/01/2025DEM SENATOR: Well there’s always next time 😃 a hearty “good game” to my colleagues across the aisle as they shepherd our great nation in the spirit of collaboration and teamwork! 🦅🫡 REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Does anyone know when it’s technically legal for me to kill this [SLUR NO ONE HAS SAID SINCE 1889] 2160651503
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025upstairs neighbor appears to have been watching fire walk with me while we’ve been finishing twin peaks: the return. i hope they come to our building’s tenant organizing meeting next weekend so we can discuss 1260
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 19/01/2025anticipatory snow day project: red wine braised short ribs; sautéed swiss chard, mushrooms and pearl onions; mashed potatoes; horseradish cream and au jus 5750
Reposted by maya kosoffryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19/01/2025“My best guess is that a billionaire, having climbed to incredible heights, realizes that he’s still an ordinary human being who puts his pants on one leg at a time, and asks, “Is this all there is?” So he starts demanding things money can’t buy, like universal admiration.”open.substack.comThe Pathetic Billionaires’ ClubHow fuck-you money can become fuck-me money 1338459
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 19/01/2025made a big life change (started parting my hair in the middle) 1290
Reposted by maya kosoffDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Employee engagement apps, once a booming enterprise trend, now reflect a shift toward dismissive attitudes, with leaders responding to queries with “because I said so.” Social, political, and economic life in the U.S. is increasingly shaped by a backlash from the powerful against recent progress.forbes.comJPMorgan Disables Internal Comments After Employee Backlash Over RTO PolicyThe policy change, which will impact approximately 300,000 JPMorgan employees, highlights the ongoing tension between corporate leadership and worker preferences in the post-pandemic era. 1325853
Reposted by maya kosoffPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025i love the story about Elon lying about being good at a video game because it’s not the worst thing he’s done by a mile but it is maybe the most fundamentally pathetic 143101521571
Reposted by maya kosoffBryce Maschino @bmaschino.bsky.social · 16/01/2025"'There’s not a lot of compassion,' Neal said of the speculators. 'It feels like a version of looting.'" 088
Reposted by maya kosoffCasey Berkovitz @caseyberk.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Can’t get enough of these congestion pricing anecdotes via @dodai.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/01/11/nyregion/new-york-congestion-pricing-reaction.html 161010286
Reposted by maya kosoffJess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 12/01/2025Oh my GODinquirer.comSixers to remain in South Philly, abandoning plans to build a Center City arena, officials say“I’m so livid right now I don’t even know what to do,” said Jimmy Harrity, an at-large member of City Council who supported the team’s move to East Market Street. 5244
Reposted by maya kosoffmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 10/01/2025theory: tech guys, no matter how rich and successful they become, never stop wishing they could have been a cool jock in high school 1778077
Reposted by maya kosoffkate conger @kateconger.com · 10/01/2025Scoops w/ @mikeisaac.bsky.social and @sheeraf.bsky.social: -Zuck overhauled Meta’s hate speech policy in Nov after convos with Andreessen about progressives policing speech -Kaplan led the policy rewrite, championing the removal of language protecting trans people www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...nytimes.comInside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump EraAfter visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are jus... 541333486
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 09/01/2025first time in miami, really enjoyed the architecture in south beach on my walk today 0390
Reposted by maya kosoffMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 08/01/2025"It’s unfortunate that we are right now striding into a period in which the people most opposed to the humane collective path are going to run the government" - @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/howthing...open.substack.comLifeboat CapitalismSome burn, some drown, and some make money either way. 17919
maya kosoff @mayakosoff.bsky.social · 07/01/2025made @chaspe.bsky.social a chicken pot pie bc he mentioned offhandedly weeks ago that he wanted one. didn’t really use one recipe but a mix of a few, then topped it with shingled puff pastry bc that seemed fun to me 6623
Reposted by maya kosoffOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025again going to my bench of favorite complaints: it is weird how openly predatory US culture is and it would be good to have a government that feels some semblance of responsibility for people's wellbeing 643899934
Reposted by maya kosoffMatt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 02/01/2025My 2025 political project is to bring back the conservative campaign for tort reform, except as ultra-mega-anti-SLAPP laws that tax rich people one billion dollars every time they threaten a lawsuit, and the proceeds go to a journalist defense fund. 956083
Reposted by maya kosoffSteve BOOSwood @papafazuul.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Wait, I’m sorry…if the truck blows up, it locks you in? 1159160343103
Reposted by maya kosoffThe PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 31/12/20242014: our moderation team is working tirelessly to rid our platform of bots and disinformation 2024: we made some bots that spread disinformation and they’re going to start appearing in your feed. this is our business model now 76216
