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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 1m

Those nonprofits are going to get overwhelmed but you don't solve the problem by trying to create new infrastructure out of nothing

Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 1m

Members of Congress also don't clearly have a comparative advantage at this, they interface with the government, they don't coordinate voluntary activity. There are existing nonprofits that do food support work and have the infrastructure for that

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 29m

A congressional district office usually has about the same infrastructure and space as, you know, a storefront H&R Block. I do not think those would be easy to convert to viable food pantries at the scale needed, especially since they would still need that office space.

this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 1h

No one in the United States should go hungry. I don't care if they are working or not. If a person is hungry, you give them food, full stop

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2h

Kathy Hochul was elected lieutenant governor with Andrew Cuomo in 2018 and here she is campaigning with his opponent in 2025, you love to see it

daniel s. @self.agency · 2h

Damn, he's got Kathy Hochul on stage for him. This is really happening!

Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2h

In the minds of the Trump Administration, ensuring poor people have food is like protecting transit access to New York City: it's a goodie for Democrats to be denied at will in service of extortion

Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump Administration doesn't have to cut off SNAP. There's contingency funding that they are making a choice not to use. They are doing it as a pressure tactic: they assume, likely correctly, that Democrats care about people going hungry while lots of Republican elites think like Mike Davis

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3h

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 5h

I know the political profile of regular voters has changed over the past decade or so but I don't think low turnout elections are generally good for the left, particularly in cities where renters and young people are less likely to show up

Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 5h

I don't think this is remotely true, there have been lots of major progressive primary successes in even numbered years. 2018 was especially notable (AOC plus IDC primary losses).

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

It's very hard to imagine we'd be where we are right now with Zohran usurping the Democratic establishment if this election were happening in 2024, all under the shadow of Kamala/Biden vs. Trump.

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 6h

This is a useless message that is not literally false but is incredibly misleading and the resources out to combatting "stigma" would be better put into encouraging gay and bisexual men to get vaxxed

Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 6h

Addressing mpox requires centering science, not stigma.

Every person, no matter your sexuality or gender identity, should take proper precautions and listen to guidance from health experts in order to make informed choices about ones health.

Stay up to date on the latest info: hrc.im/mpox

Mpox in 2025: What You Need to Know

Our mpox resource page provides essential details about transmission, symptoms, testing, and vaccines.

hrc.im

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com · 1d

I doubt I’m alone in one of my first responses to this being a visceral, overwhelming feeling that it’s politically unwise — a gut reaction honed over decades that it took a minute to overcome. No better evidence of how rare, necessary and overdue language like this is in American public life.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 9h

It's not like NIMBY! Trump does not own the White House! He is not a private landowner!

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 9h

People are not angry because they have a disagreement about land use rules or because they have strong prior opinions about what the White House complex should look like. People are angry because Trump is behaving like the owner of the White House instead of its steward.

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 14h

People are being critical of Whitmer here but I think her full statement is pretty clearly drawing a contrast with *Trump* worrying about getting the ballroom done, not the critics complaining about him doing it

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

GOV. WHITMER: “.. no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C. What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week.” Most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 15h

I would vote for any of the neighborhood rats over vile racist thuggish sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo but it's more housing that makes me cast my vote with a smile

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 15h

I want to be clear: I am voting for Mamdani happily (instead of reluctantly as a never-Cuomo voter) specifically because he is the YIMBY candidate. His most important job is to deliver more housing. Eric Adams hasn't actually been terrible on this. Mamdani's task is to do even better

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 15h

Cf. Taanit 20b

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 15h

Soooooo excited to vote for Mamdani and YES on ballot measures 2, 3, and 4 today (I'm voting yes on 1, 5, and 6 too)

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abundanceny.bsky.social @abundanceny.bsky.social · 1d

Flipping your ballot and voting YES on the NYC charter amendments will help enable NYC to build more housing, modernize, and bring more voices to the table in future elections.

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah it would be a nonstory if he was like "yeah I got it by mistake and covered it up a decade ago"

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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 2d

Laughing along as a Muslim candidate is smeared as a potential terrorist sympathizer fuels fear, division and Islamophobia.

Jewish leaders and public figures should be condemning such bigotry, not amplifying it.

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2d

There's eight months left of this primary, if Mills isn't great (she doesn't seem to be) there's time to find another horse in this race

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2d

I am fairly soft on this compared to many people here, I think the chance he is or ever was a Nazi sympathizer is pretty slim, he was a young male adult who liked to be edgy and didn't think the tattoo he stupidly got while drunk in the Marines was a big deal. But it's not great!

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2d

Do you believe Platner when he says he didn't know what it was until very recently, notwithstanding the facial implausibility and contrary evidence? And if you don't believe him, are you ok with him lying about it and only covering it up when it became a national story? There's no good defense

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2d

Problem is they can't and that's a killer

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 2d

One of the things that is always telling is when a criticism of an argument can't honestly state what the argument is or buries critical pieces and that's what's happening here and with 95% if the pro Platner discourse, you have to meaningfully address the tattoo

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 2d

Establishment Democrats spent a full year complaining the Left forced them to be “woke.”

But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.

Democrats Cynically Wield “Wokeness” Against Graham Platner

Establishment Democrats spent a full year complaining the Left forced them to be “woke.” But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.

jacobin.com

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