Mark Gilman
@markgilman.bsky.social
Multi-Faith Jew. Spiritual Organizer. Sci-fi nerd. Urban planning aficionado. Unapologetic believer in hope & optimism.
My theology: You are what you worship.
https://linktr.ee/markgilman
My theology: You are what you worship.
https://linktr.ee/markgilman
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I was asked about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. I said I'd endorse him if I lived in NY,
that “He’s become symbolic of all of these fears that people have about so many other things that are not his to hold,”
and a bunch of other stuff:
forward.com/news/779548/...
that “He’s become symbolic of all of these fears that people have about so many other things that are not his to hold,”
and a bunch of other stuff:
forward.com/news/779548/...
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I was asked about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. I said I'd endorse him if I lived in NY,
that “He’s become symbolic of all of these fears that people have about so many other things that are not his to hold,”
and a bunch of other stuff:
forward.com/news/779548/...
that “He’s become symbolic of all of these fears that people have about so many other things that are not his to hold,”
and a bunch of other stuff:
forward.com/news/779548/...
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I’m not blaming the Squad for anything that’s happening in Gaza, no. I’m blaming the Squad for clearly getting caught up in a foreign intelligence operation and using their massive platforms to further divide the Democratic Party before the most important election of our lives.
August 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I’m not blaming the Squad for anything that’s happening in Gaza, no. I’m blaming the Squad for clearly getting caught up in a foreign intelligence operation and using their massive platforms to further divide the Democratic Party before the most important election of our lives.
Dems are learning the wrong lesson from losing their dominance in the culture war, only pivoting to economic issues. Dems need to connect to *the voters they're losing* on vibes and identity while delivering impactful results.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
Opinion | Democrats Delivered Millions to Texarkana. It Didn’t Matter One Bit.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Dems are learning the wrong lesson from losing their dominance in the culture war, only pivoting to economic issues. Dems need to connect to *the voters they're losing* on vibes and identity while delivering impactful results.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
For those of you who missed Church this week:
Lawyer: Jesus, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus: Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.
Lawyer: So who is my neighbor?
Jesus:
Lawyer: Jesus, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus: Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.
Lawyer: So who is my neighbor?
Jesus:
a close up of a man 's face with a beard looking at the camera .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a beard looking at the camera .
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July 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For those of you who missed Church this week:
Lawyer: Jesus, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus: Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.
Lawyer: So who is my neighbor?
Jesus:
Lawyer: Jesus, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus: Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.
Lawyer: So who is my neighbor?
Jesus:
I did not have an epic bro-metal cover of a 112 year old bluegrass song that was really popular in college on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are:
open.spotify.com/track/3uiSM3...
open.spotify.com/track/3uiSM3...
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Jonathan Young · Man Of Constant Sorrow · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I did not have an epic bro-metal cover of a 112 year old bluegrass song that was really popular in college on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are:
open.spotify.com/track/3uiSM3...
open.spotify.com/track/3uiSM3...
"Some tables will always be full and you'll just have to build your own."
My girlfriend knows how to say the truest things I don't want to hear.
My girlfriend knows how to say the truest things I don't want to hear.
April 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Some tables will always be full and you'll just have to build your own."
My girlfriend knows how to say the truest things I don't want to hear.
My girlfriend knows how to say the truest things I don't want to hear.
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@mta.info decided to unveil a new subway map on World Autism Day and I have never felt more seen.
A new subway diagram has arrived! MTA leadership (including MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara) unveiled a reimagined subway map, its first new design in half a century.
Check out the new map on digital screens in stations, and as it rolls out on train cars 🚇
Check out the new map on digital screens in stations, and as it rolls out on train cars 🚇
April 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@mta.info decided to unveil a new subway map on World Autism Day and I have never felt more seen.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of more moderate democrats being aggressive opponents of the white house and holding public events highlighting their opposition
@aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov's rallies have been so successful that it's "worrying some moderate Democrats who fear Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez could tug the party to the left."
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about
The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era.
www.politico.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of more moderate democrats being aggressive opponents of the white house and holding public events highlighting their opposition
No human system is human-proof. It's scary that there is no perfect organization of society that keeps everyone in line. The solution is actually democratic, asking how are our systems meeting the needs of the people, and doing something when they don't.
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No human system is human-proof. It's scary that there is no perfect organization of society that keeps everyone in line. The solution is actually democratic, asking how are our systems meeting the needs of the people, and doing something when they don't.
This is we need more TV and Film about religious communities, faith, and scripture.
I really appreciated the Rugrats Passover episode - it was my first introduction to a Jewish way of life outside of school. I’d not met any Jewish families or children as there are fewer here. It showed Judaism in the context of an ordinary family who looked like anyone else’s.
March 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is we need more TV and Film about religious communities, faith, and scripture.
Great idea but I think this will be as likely as Disney releasing the Original Theatrical cut of Star Wars. 💔
had a thought that if apple were to release a traditional ipod it would sell like hotcakes
February 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great idea but I think this will be as likely as Disney releasing the Original Theatrical cut of Star Wars. 💔
TIL That we're not living in 1984 and we're not living in Brave New World either, we're living in Fight Club.
I know the material reasons for the rise of fascism. I also think another reason - which doesn’t get talked about as much because it’s embarrassing that humans can be that naive - is that when you are financially comfortable but bored, abstract cruelty can give you a sense of purpose.
February 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
TIL That we're not living in 1984 and we're not living in Brave New World either, we're living in Fight Club.
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The intensity of the fascist takeover is going to take a toll. Remember to:
1. Rest
2. Take breaks from social media and reading the news
3. Invest time in community
4. Go outside
5. Drink water, eat healthy, sleep as well as you can
6. Ask for help and support when you need it
1. Rest
2. Take breaks from social media and reading the news
3. Invest time in community
4. Go outside
5. Drink water, eat healthy, sleep as well as you can
6. Ask for help and support when you need it
February 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The intensity of the fascist takeover is going to take a toll. Remember to:
1. Rest
2. Take breaks from social media and reading the news
3. Invest time in community
4. Go outside
5. Drink water, eat healthy, sleep as well as you can
6. Ask for help and support when you need it
1. Rest
2. Take breaks from social media and reading the news
3. Invest time in community
4. Go outside
5. Drink water, eat healthy, sleep as well as you can
6. Ask for help and support when you need it
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
Take a breath and remember:
The world is beautiful.
The world is full of love.
You are precious.
You are a blessing.
Shabbat Shalom
The world is beautiful.
The world is full of love.
You are precious.
You are a blessing.
Shabbat Shalom
February 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Take a breath and remember:
The world is beautiful.
The world is full of love.
You are precious.
You are a blessing.
Shabbat Shalom
The world is beautiful.
The world is full of love.
You are precious.
You are a blessing.
Shabbat Shalom
Wanna get radicalized? Ask AI web search policy questions.
According to Perplexity, about a 1% increase in *effective* federal tax rate on the top .5% could pay for a 10% salary increase for every public school teacher in the US. Feel free to check the convo.
www.perplexity.ai/search/how-m...
According to Perplexity, about a 1% increase in *effective* federal tax rate on the top .5% could pay for a 10% salary increase for every public school teacher in the US. Feel free to check the convo.
www.perplexity.ai/search/how-m...
how many public schools teachers are there in the USA
As of 2025, there are approximately 3.8 million public school teachers in the United States, with 3.2 million in full-time positions.
www.perplexity.ai
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wanna get radicalized? Ask AI web search policy questions.
According to Perplexity, about a 1% increase in *effective* federal tax rate on the top .5% could pay for a 10% salary increase for every public school teacher in the US. Feel free to check the convo.
www.perplexity.ai/search/how-m...
According to Perplexity, about a 1% increase in *effective* federal tax rate on the top .5% could pay for a 10% salary increase for every public school teacher in the US. Feel free to check the convo.
www.perplexity.ai/search/how-m...
I just heard: "human language is the primary means by which human beings resist the world as it is given".
Now I need to be quiet for a while.
Now I need to be quiet for a while.
January 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I just heard: "human language is the primary means by which human beings resist the world as it is given".
Now I need to be quiet for a while.
Now I need to be quiet for a while.
That feeling when your well thought out response in the comments gets its first like but it's a 🌶️-bot account.
a man wearing a shirt that says big kahuva on it
ALT: a man wearing a shirt that says big kahuva on it
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January 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
That feeling when your well thought out response in the comments gets its first like but it's a 🌶️-bot account.
I think the big political lesson from the Trump Era really is.
Everyone's choices matters.
You have more power than you think.
Progressivism isn't dead, it's gonna change.
You can help make a stronger more loving world.
Don't ever wait for permission to do something.
Go do your thing.
Everyone's choices matters.
You have more power than you think.
Progressivism isn't dead, it's gonna change.
You can help make a stronger more loving world.
Don't ever wait for permission to do something.
Go do your thing.
January 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I think the big political lesson from the Trump Era really is.
Everyone's choices matters.
You have more power than you think.
Progressivism isn't dead, it's gonna change.
You can help make a stronger more loving world.
Don't ever wait for permission to do something.
Go do your thing.
Everyone's choices matters.
You have more power than you think.
Progressivism isn't dead, it's gonna change.
You can help make a stronger more loving world.
Don't ever wait for permission to do something.
Go do your thing.
Dear Rabbis and Jewish
Organizers, your innovative,
communal Jewish program is
for the 20's and
30's crowd and us 40+ Jews
are desperate for the same
and can't partake.
Please start doing like
hip innovative communal
programming that includes
Elder Millennials and Young
Gen-Xers.
Organizers, your innovative,
communal Jewish program is
for the 20's and
30's crowd and us 40+ Jews
are desperate for the same
and can't partake.
Please start doing like
hip innovative communal
programming that includes
Elder Millennials and Young
Gen-Xers.
January 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Dear Rabbis and Jewish
Organizers, your innovative,
communal Jewish program is
for the 20's and
30's crowd and us 40+ Jews
are desperate for the same
and can't partake.
Please start doing like
hip innovative communal
programming that includes
Elder Millennials and Young
Gen-Xers.
Organizers, your innovative,
communal Jewish program is
for the 20's and
30's crowd and us 40+ Jews
are desperate for the same
and can't partake.
Please start doing like
hip innovative communal
programming that includes
Elder Millennials and Young
Gen-Xers.
I miss that era when people loved writing epic yelp reviews.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I miss that era when people loved writing epic yelp reviews.
Your not going to convince me that our phones arent listening to us when my gf's phone gets served an insta post about places to eat chocolate cakes when we're at a cafe eating a chocolate cake.
Oh and the listicle lists the place we're eating at.
👀👀👍
Oh and the listicle lists the place we're eating at.
👀👀👍
January 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Your not going to convince me that our phones arent listening to us when my gf's phone gets served an insta post about places to eat chocolate cakes when we're at a cafe eating a chocolate cake.
Oh and the listicle lists the place we're eating at.
👀👀👍
Oh and the listicle lists the place we're eating at.
👀👀👍
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Pretending to ratify the ERA on the last day of the job but not allowing enough time to get it signed, sealed and delivered really takes the definition of virtue signaling to a whole 'nother level.
The performative ally-est president
The performative ally-est president
January 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Pretending to ratify the ERA on the last day of the job but not allowing enough time to get it signed, sealed and delivered really takes the definition of virtue signaling to a whole 'nother level.
The performative ally-est president
The performative ally-est president