Reposted by EricHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 04/10/2026Incoming Congress members Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier joined the Hell Gate Podcast to chat about, among other things, how they plan on building and using power when they get into Washington. Watch the whole interview here: youtu.be/xHUt6GxVxxY?... 1347
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Great soundtrack… that Matthew Sweet song is one of his best 010
Reposted by EricHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 02/10/2026NEW EPISODE OF THE HELL GATE PODCAST FEAT. CLAIRE VALDEZ AND DARIALIZA AVILA CHEVALIER Talking about being a transplant, Latinidad, how the left can build power, what they said to Hakeem Jeffries, and... are aliens out there??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHUt...youtube.comClaire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier on Building Power, AOC, and 'Squad 2.0'This fall, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier will (almost certainly) be new members of Congress from New York City. We got them in the studio to ta... 1154
Reposted by EricPublic Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Corporate utilities are making a killing. Working people are done paying for it. Join @chiosse.bsky.social, @jabaribrisport.bsky.social, @sarahana.bsky.social & neighbors across the city on Tuesday for the Utility Ripoff Hearing! Share your story & join the fight to take back our power system. 022
Reposted by EricPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026gothamist.com/news/us-judg...gothamist.comUS judge in NY indefinitely blocks ICE from making arrests at immigration courthousesThe judge said a Trump rule change lifting restrictions on such arrests violated administrative procedure law. 115934
Reposted by EricDiana Moreno @dianaforqueens.com · 01/10/2026Happy Rent Freeze Day! 🏠❄️ This month, we canvassed rent-stabilized buildings in Astoria to let our neighbors know that rents are frozen on leases starting Oct. 1 (TODAY!), their rights as tenants, and how to report violations. Organized tenants mobilized to win this. It’s up to us to defend it. 053
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ladder of engagement / membership development of political organizers, using a “curriculum” + cohort structure inspired by holistic, systematic martial arts instruction (I have this at the ready) 010
Reposted by EricPublic Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New Yorkers are proving we can put working people over shareholders. And we’re just getting started. Join us next Tuesday for New York’s first Utility Ripoff Hearing to learn how public renewables can help us take our power system back. bit.ly/utilityripoffhearingbit.lyUtility Ripoff HearingOur energy system is crushing New Yorkers. Our bills keep getting higher and higher every year – but when heatwaves and storms come and we need power most, our neighbors keep getting left in the dark ... 022
Reposted by EricJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you've never seen Margaret Tait's film-poem based on a piece by Gerard Manley Hopkins, I suggest you take six minutes to treat yourself today. I wrote about why I think it works so well here.someflowerssoon.substack.comLatch or Catch or KeyOn a beautiful film of a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem 48320
Reposted by EricJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026- À la carte living conditions where everything is hyper personalized and you get what YOU want delivered to YOU when YOU want it. And therefore, you don't have to think beyond yourself, so you assume everything is either for you *specifically* or it's wrong. 92242173
Reposted by EricJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad. 8146951174
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Multiple NYC Climate Week events have been rescheduled or moved indoors due to weather. Folks,,, 000
Reposted by EricMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026"Writing can be small and wrapped, layered and touching, tight and nearly eternal in depth. Hold it between two fingers, hide it within a cove of denim beside your house key." buff.ly/UgZwq9Dbuff.lyFirst, Add No Shame“I remembered today that I don’t have to know everything to tell you one thing. You know how doctors learn ‘First, do no harm’? When it comes to suicide and ... 1145
Reposted by EricJewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: Over 400 New Yorkers are risking arrest in a mass anti-war sit-in outside the United Nations during Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to say: Stop the genocide and stop arming Israel. 2364140
Reposted by EricMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249165520
Reposted by Ericaaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 22/09/2026May 2025: DoorDash spends $1 million to stop a democratic socialist from winning the mayoralty September 2026: DoorDash reaches a $131.5 million settlement with NYC's democratic socialist administration and admits to massive wage theft This is what's possible when you vote DSA 14216
Reposted by EricOffice of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026New Yorkers, we have the power to save lives. Join our team and public health partners for an impactful training by the NYC Health Department on overdose prevention. This training will teach how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose using naloxone. RSVP: PreventingOverdose.eventbrite.com 022
Reposted by EricCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026there are good and complicated reasons "quality of life" issues became the domain of the right, but the left's great failure since the '70s has been operating under the assumption that results matter less than righteous intent, despite arguing for a material politics 11116997
Reposted by EricCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951601224
Reposted by EricMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026PMC COVlD Update, Sep 21, 2026 (US) 🔥13th COVlD wave 🔥40 states/territories with outbreaks (see Alt text) 🔥3.8 million estimated weekly infections 🔥Outbreaks in NYC 🔥Extremely high levels on the Big Island of HI Mask up and get boosted. 🧵THREAD (1/4) 9388279
Reposted by Ericlfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Three years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. How are the prospects of this coordinated action looking now? jacobin.com/2026/09/fain...jacobin.comThe Prospects for a 2028 May Day Mass StrikeThree years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. How are the prospect... 02913
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 20/09/2026DTF St. Louis, episode 3, the “hostile architecture” sequence? Absolute cinema. 010
Reposted by EricLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Nothing was beautiful and everything hurt 017728
Reposted by EricDavid Orkin @david4queens.com · 18/09/2026I am humbled by the Mayor’s support of my campaign, and by the honor of serving you in Albany. Let’s keep the momentum over the next 46 days, win this race, and start this important work together. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...secure.actblue.comDonate to David OrkinShow your support with a contribution. 012
Reposted by EricDavid Orkin @david4queens.com · 18/09/2026It's official — Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is endorsing my campaign for NY State Assembly District 38! Together we'll work to fulfill the Mayor's promise that “there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” 162
Reposted by EricPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026On October 23, Creative Time and the Brooklyn Museum will co-host an all-day gathering between artists, activists, and scholars as we reckon with the most urgent issues shaping contemporary political life, from migration and reproductive justice to mass criminalization and climate change. 15316
Reposted by EricDiana Moreno @dianaforqueens.com · 15/09/2026Join us at our Astoria office on Tuesday, Sep. 22 for mobile office hours with @aoc.bsky.social's staff! They can provide support with any issues involving federal agencies, including: ✔️ Immigration ✔️ Social Security ✔️ Veterans' benefits ✔️ And more! 074
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026He’s done some beautiful and I’d even say important work on Shrinking 161
Reposted by EricMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/09/2026"As time goes on, this will all pass away into memory, into a story with a beginning and a middle and finally an end... Now, though, we may gather and distract one another, take comfort in our proximity, and know that we are, at this moment, safe." -- John Hodgman 9/25/01 buff.ly/DmdDLEimcsweeneys.netWelcoming Remarks Made at a Literary Reading, 9/25/01For 24 years now, we’ve wondered what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which John Hodgm... 0519
Reposted by EricPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Something has really bothered me about the Gloria Steinem discourse—something that's not really about Gloria Steinem. So, I wrote about it.organizingmythoughts.orgGrief Is Not a Verdict: This Is Not Really an Essay About Gloria SteinemWe grieve the worlds we’ve known and what it felt like to live in them. 28507152
Reposted by EricThe Onion @theonion.com · 07/09/2026Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work theonion.com/americans-take-day-off… 243008526
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I purposefully didn’t vote for you, ha ha, except in my heart 110
Reposted by EricAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Really pleased to report that our first event for the new book is a collaboration with @demsocialists.bsky.social Online, free to attend, and you don't have to be a member (though you should join!) Sept 10th 8PM ET. RSVP below. actionnetwork.org/events/end-t... 23815
Reposted by EricKill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 04/09/2026There appears to have been some sort of industrial accident at the subtext factory 181433279
Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Maybe the People’s Forum? peoplesforum.orgpeoplesforum.orgThe People's ForumWe are a movement incubator for working class and marginalized communities to build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad. 030
Reposted by EricKill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 03/09/2026I've seen some posts; some in good faith, others not, mostly on Twitter; about whether 'universal healthcare' can exist without single-payer. Here's a very long thread about it: 312439
Reposted by EricJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 01/09/2026After their largest and longest strike yet last November, unionized Starbucks workers say the company seemed ready to bargain for a moment, but then went back to stonewalling. The union is now calling for a nationwide boycott to turn up the heat.jacobin.comStarbucks Workers Are Calling for a Nationwide BoycottHoping to pressure Starbucks to finally sign a contract with its 12,000 unionized baristas, Starbucks Workers United has called for a boycott of the company. It is asking individuals as well as organizations and unions to stop patronizing the coffee giant. 03110