Brendan Davey
@brendandavey.bsky.social
Recovering Alcohipster | CUNY-CCNY employee | @psc-cuny.org delegate | History (MA) | Militant Cyclist
Public History Blog: https://halfbakedhistory.substack.com/
Public History Blog: https://halfbakedhistory.substack.com/
Anders Breivik complaining about his PlayStation is probably first. But it’s close and that says a lot about how much of a piece of shit Mike Johnson is.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Anders Breivik complaining about his PlayStation is probably first. But it’s close and that says a lot about how much of a piece of shit Mike Johnson is.
Personally, I would prefer not to kneecap the new mayoral administration before it has even begun by choosing the council member representing parts of the UES that so strongly opposed Mamdani and who has already come out against key parts of his agenda.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Personally, I would prefer not to kneecap the new mayoral administration before it has even begun by choosing the council member representing parts of the UES that so strongly opposed Mamdani and who has already come out against key parts of his agenda.
Truly, we live in a worse world because people who just naturally aren't funny, are trying so damn hard.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Truly, we live in a worse world because people who just naturally aren't funny, are trying so damn hard.
So basically, society is doomed because insanely wealthy, antisocial idiots can't think of how to not be represented by this image without asking a computer.
Figures.
Figures.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So basically, society is doomed because insanely wealthy, antisocial idiots can't think of how to not be represented by this image without asking a computer.
Figures.
Figures.
Careful. He’s very fond of quote tweeting anyone who disagrees with him and unleashing his sycophantic followers on them. Although it’s telling he hasn’t had anything to say about this awful take.
Actually, yeah, what’s up with that @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
Actually, yeah, what’s up with that @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Careful. He’s very fond of quote tweeting anyone who disagrees with him and unleashing his sycophantic followers on them. Although it’s telling he hasn’t had anything to say about this awful take.
Actually, yeah, what’s up with that @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
Actually, yeah, what’s up with that @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
As expected, r/conservative is hard at work constructing a new reality in real time.
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
As expected, r/conservative is hard at work constructing a new reality in real time.
Hakeem Jeffries is so incompetent that he actually helped tee up a way to make the president look like a likeable, sane person while he almost singlehandedly destroys the entire fucking country every day.
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is so incompetent that he actually helped tee up a way to make the president look like a likeable, sane person while he almost singlehandedly destroys the entire fucking country every day.
Lol screw that guy. He didn’t even deserve this send off 👇
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Lol screw that guy. He didn’t even deserve this send off 👇
I think I just lost IQ points from reading the description of this book...
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think I just lost IQ points from reading the description of this book...
What ICE did to this family is abhorrent.
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What ICE did to this family is abhorrent.
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
There are going to be a lot of “police are quitting and not applying because they don’t want to work under a Mamdani administration!” articles.
Which will completely ignore the not insignificant amount of NYPD officers and candidates who just went to join the Secret Police instead.
Which will completely ignore the not insignificant amount of NYPD officers and candidates who just went to join the Secret Police instead.
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
There are going to be a lot of “police are quitting and not applying because they don’t want to work under a Mamdani administration!” articles.
Which will completely ignore the not insignificant amount of NYPD officers and candidates who just went to join the Secret Police instead.
Which will completely ignore the not insignificant amount of NYPD officers and candidates who just went to join the Secret Police instead.
*Find the difference:
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
*Find the difference:
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
I mean... it's so easy to get a response out of him that it's almost funny.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I mean... it's so easy to get a response out of him that it's almost funny.
Pictured: Too many people sleep on New England's affinity for the densest, sloppiest, blue-collar "Italian" food one could possibly imagine.
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pictured: Too many people sleep on New England's affinity for the densest, sloppiest, blue-collar "Italian" food one could possibly imagine.
“I am deeply ashamed…”
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“I am deeply ashamed…”
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
Raskin trying to steer this into something positive is fine, I guess. Although I really wish they wouldn't give her props, they can certainly highlight this outrageous falling-out without giving her any legitimacy in return.
This one makes me irrationally angry though:
This one makes me irrationally angry though:
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Raskin trying to steer this into something positive is fine, I guess. Although I really wish they wouldn't give her props, they can certainly highlight this outrageous falling-out without giving her any legitimacy in return.
This one makes me irrationally angry though:
This one makes me irrationally angry though:
I feel blessed by this very specific question.
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I feel blessed by this very specific question.
Also this recurring idea that "Mamdani didn't support Chi Osse's bid before the election." The link is to an article from the Times a week ago that says the same thing but doesn't source it.
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Also this recurring idea that "Mamdani didn't support Chi Osse's bid before the election." The link is to an article from the Times a week ago that says the same thing but doesn't source it.
What I think of every time I see someone post the most idiotic "as a cyclist I think bike lanes are bad" takes on social media:
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What I think of every time I see someone post the most idiotic "as a cyclist I think bike lanes are bad" takes on social media:
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
Apparently, Elon Musk was also on 4chan all the way back in 2007.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Apparently, Elon Musk was also on 4chan all the way back in 2007.
A lot of North American cities would improve if they acted like Montreal did when Dollard-des-Ormeaux voted to leave 2004 and Montreal just said "cool bye."
I mean, I can think of at least ONE other example of where that would have satisfied everyone involved!
I mean, I can think of at least ONE other example of where that would have satisfied everyone involved!
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A lot of North American cities would improve if they acted like Montreal did when Dollard-des-Ormeaux voted to leave 2004 and Montreal just said "cool bye."
I mean, I can think of at least ONE other example of where that would have satisfied everyone involved!
I mean, I can think of at least ONE other example of where that would have satisfied everyone involved!