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Lisa

@queerkitty.bsky.social

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They/She. Queer. Disabled. Enjoys books and cats. Would like to pet your dog.🦇 🇵🇪🇨🇱

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · Jul 3

Since NY is going into a mayoral election and Andrew Cuomo & his friends are still hanging around, I’m pinning this explainer of how Cuomo fucked the House for 2025

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · Jul 3

A big reason Dems don't control the House right now—and this murderous spending bill is possible—is Andrew Cuomo, who fucked New York's congressional redistricting as governor and helped lose us seats in Congress.

www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06...

It all goes back to some tangled ancient history: When Cuomo was running for governor in 2010, he pledged to end “hyper-partisan” redistricting. Two years later he used the census-mandated redrawing of district lines as a chit in state budget negotiations. Cuomo got a new pension tier that lowered payments for some unionized state employees; in exchange, incumbent state legislators got the ability to create districts that would favor their reelection. The drawing of new congressional districts was punted 10 years down the road and placed in the hands of an unwieldy, supposedly “independent” commission. This year, when New York Republicans stalled the commission’s work, they essentially pushed redistricting into the state’s courts.

Cuomo made strenuous efforts to steer the state down the ideological middle, which he claimed was a necessity early on—when Republicans controlled a majority of the state senate—but which also enhanced his own power. One byproduct was Cuomo’s nominating of the four relatively conservative judges, including one Republican, who in April voted to tear up the proposed congressional redistricting maps. “What Democrats did to our majority on the highest court would never happen in a Republican-controlled state,” Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney says, which is as close as he will get to blaming Cuomo. “That court made a mess of this, and it put the project in the hands of a Republican in Steuben County. And we got a crappy result.”

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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 2h

New York AG Tish James has urged members of the public who have witnessed and documented ICE activity to share their videos and photos with her office through an online portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Federal Action Reporting Form

Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

ag.ny.gov

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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 2h

In 2018, her office was given power to probe all police deaths in New York State. Zero convictions.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/n...

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 2h

There’s a ton of progressive/leftist veterans against wars who would be great to have in Congress. There’s also a huge problem w/white supremacism spreading among veterans and active military. It’s a huge issue.

Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 2h

The point is he’s known for years what it was, and the other sources who said he’s referred to it as “my Totenkopf” yet the article you posted (which is the skeet I meant to reply to) he claims he didn’t know “it resembled a Nazi symbol” until DC insiders started talking. That’s a lie.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 3h

In a time when the daft notion of Republicans running plants in Democratic primaries actually seems credible — see, e.g., how the example I led with above is, like the below, _also_ from North Carolina — vetting done _for_ Dems _before_ voting begins needs to happen early, and must be thorough.

Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 13d

Wow. This is a big deal in North Carolina’s legislature. Cecil Brockman holds a safe seat but is often absent or votes with Republicans, helping them override Gov. Stein’s vetoes (they need 1 Dem vote or 2 Dem absences).

If he resigns or gets removed, Dems could replace him with a more reliable Dem

Rep. Cecil Brockman charged with indecent liberties with a child, statutory rape

Brockman, a Democrat, represents a Guilford County district that includes High Point.

www.wunc.org

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 4h

"I went ballistic," said one longtime tenant of a Crown Heights building where power was cut, owing to to Pinnacle's $10,350 in unpaid bills. "We have tenants here that are very sick, in their 80s and 90s, that need the ambulance to come and take them up and down the steps."

Bankrupt Pinnacle Group Is Leaving Its Tenants in the Dark—Literally

The real estate behemoth apparently isn't paying the power bills for at least 11 of its properties, and Con Ed cut power to some of them.

hellgatenyc.com

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra @thepinkhydra.com · 5h

Hello #AceWeek!

I'm Emmy, a writer from 🇿🇦 I'm demisexual & biromantic, and currently finishing the final volume of my epic fantasy trilogy Forest of the Morning.

To celebrate, Vol. 1 is on sale for $1 until 31 Oct:

books2read.com/forestofthemorning

Discussion of the characters & queer/ace rep 👇

The cover of Forest of the Morning by Emmylou Kotzé and some tropes/points of interest featured in the book. The cover is art of green leaves with purple flowers and the faces of a man & a woman in white amid the greenery.

Text reads:

Epic fantasy with (anatomically accurate heart emoji)

Multiple POVs

Assassins, mercenaries & other ne'er-do-wells

Clash of cultures

Boys being boys
(in the matriarchy)

Family of bloodmages

Spring/summer
(in the southern hemisphere)

Friends-to-lovers m/m romance
PLUS
bittersweet, sensual m/f romance

Demi + bisexual MCs (demi pride flag, bi pride flag)

books2read.com/forestofthemorning

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Amal From Gaza @82nsjssu.bsky.social · 4h

Please don’t scroll past this. My 5-year-old son Mohammad was injured by shrapnel in Gaza. He needs urgent medical care outside Gaza to survive.
I humbly ask for your kindness — a donation or repost can bring him hope 💔🙏

Amal From Gaza @82nsjssu.bsky.social · 8h

Please Help Me – My Son May Die at Any Moment.
I'm Amal, a mother of three children, living under the weight of the genocide taking place in Gaza.
My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones.
Please Donate now:👇
chuffed.org/project/1399...

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Lisa @queerkitty.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah I wondered if it was a nepotism thing and found out the architect had 11 grandkids, plus Platner’s parents are loyal Dems according to a right wing blog (so he has no defenses for still having a Nazi tattoo, why wouldn’t you get that removed before running for office, what a fucking loser)

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. they are just grabbing people, putting them in cuffs,” said Kaden Cummings, 23, who witnessed the arrests. “Nobody’s identifying themselves .. There’s no due process .. It’s just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...

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Pizza Crickets @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 5h

Finally a day worth celebrating

Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 5h

Planned Parenthood presents National Premarital Sex Day brought to you by Ben & Jerry's® ice cream

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 6h

This to Gavin Newsom is carrying on the work this to Ezra Klein is doing politics the right way

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6h

I don't know what will happen in this election--I take nothing for granted. But I do know that there are many Jewish voters in NYC who will, in 2026, remember exactly which politicians told them that only certain Jewish voters matter.

Voting starts Saturday, BTW.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6h

There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.

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AlexHaha @devilsadvocatec.bsky.social · 5h

If you missed it and want to hear the amazing @lindseyboylan.bsky.social speak on why she supports Zohran Mamdani, how evil Cuomo is, or what she thinks about Cardi B & Andor, check out my interview with her! It’s a great pregame for the final debate tonight!

AlexHaha @devilsadvocatec.bsky.social · 21d

If you missed my interview with THE LEGEND @lindseyboylan.bsky.social yesterday on @thisspacetv.bsky.social you can watch it right here on my channel! We covered Eric Adams dropping out, Trump/Cuomo being awful, Zohran being great, Cardi B's new album, Star Wars Andor & more! youtu.be/RnI7gKJhgzM

From Cardi B to Star Wars Andor: How We Can All Fight Back | A Conversation with Lindsey Boylan

YouTube video by Devil's Advocate Productions

youtu.be

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16h

I knew lawns were bad but I did not know they were *this* bad

America's Dumbest Crop

YouTube video by Climate Town

youtu.be

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 6h

Felt the need this morning to rewatch Johnathan Sibley, one of the owners of The Blade Bar and Djinn Designs, refusing to renazify shit.

TW @twesq.bsky.social · Jan 30

This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 9h

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 5h

EXACTLY.

I would explain how my former city council rep did policy that always actively screwed her constituents and people would ask "wait how does she get reelected?"

And the answer was, goodies.

Constituent services, free Thanksgiving turkeys, cushy bribe "jobs" that did not require much work.

privateideation.bsky.social @privateideation.bsky.social · 5h

I grew up in Daley's Chicago (technically I saw Byrne and Washington but I was barely in school when Washington passed) and the thing thats struck me is how bad these guys are at public corruption. You've gotta keep things running smooth and everyone paid if you want to skim.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

Last week, we co-hosted debate night bingo with Seniors for Zohran, some of our most enthusiastic and active canvassers, at a community center in Chelsea. They were joined there by a…familiar face.

Tune into the final debate tonight at 7pm on NY1, WNYC or YouTube!

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 5h

New story day!

"Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.

Phantom View - Reactor

A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father try to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.

reactormag.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d

Pro-gang administration, whether illegal gangs or legal ones (ICE)

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

“In promising to terminate the informant arrangements, Justice Dept. officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work by US law enforcement to apprehend and secure the cooperation of high-ranking members of MS-13, one of the world’s most deadly gangs.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 3d

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 8d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 3d

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

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