Patrick Hart
@patrickhart.bsky.social
Queer local policy geek in Brooklyn. Gets unreasonably excited about things like nonprofit procurement reform and loves community-building at all levels. Negative 2 dexterity modifier. Works at CUNY ISLG (but all opinions here are my own!).
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Lots of smart stuff here =>
US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Lots of smart stuff here =>
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"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
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Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Today, our brave neighbors refused to let go of anyone’s hand. They put their bodies on the line to stop ICE kidnappings. I’m proud that my bill to clarify & strengthen our sanctuary laws & stop ICE from setting up in any of our jails is being heard on 12/8. We must fight to protect our neighbors.
Breaking News: Protesters blocked federal agents gathering in Lower Manhattan, leading to scuffles with the police and several arrests.
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
The confrontation appeared to foil a possible ICE raid nearby, underscoring the numerous challenges the federal government faces in trying to stage raids in a dense city like New York.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Today, our brave neighbors refused to let go of anyone’s hand. They put their bodies on the line to stop ICE kidnappings. I’m proud that my bill to clarify & strengthen our sanctuary laws & stop ICE from setting up in any of our jails is being heard on 12/8. We must fight to protect our neighbors.
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💯 Fomenting fake wars, tanking the economy, promoting white nationalism, invading American cities, tearing down part of the White House, innumerable acts of corruption, destroying federal agencies, etc.
Where is the line, Congress?
What more does he have to do to damage our country?
Where is the line, Congress?
What more does he have to do to damage our country?
not removing Trump is a dereliction of duty and it needs to be treated as such
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
💯 Fomenting fake wars, tanking the economy, promoting white nationalism, invading American cities, tearing down part of the White House, innumerable acts of corruption, destroying federal agencies, etc.
Where is the line, Congress?
What more does he have to do to damage our country?
Where is the line, Congress?
What more does he have to do to damage our country?
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NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
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Restorative justice isn’t just for repairing harm—it also teaches us to listen, learn, and hold ourselves and others accountable.
For #RestorativeJusticeMonth, read how Community-Based Restorative Justice Initiative orgs are supporting youth from elementary school to college prep.
For #RestorativeJusticeMonth, read how Community-Based Restorative Justice Initiative orgs are supporting youth from elementary school to college prep.
Listening, Learning, and Accountability: How NYC Schools and Youth Centers are Using Restorative Justice to Help the Next Generation Succeed — CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance (ISLG)
CUNY ISLG provides tailored technical assistance to the grantees, from guidance on mitigating risk to collecting and analyzing data that measures their impact. And while many may associate…
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November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Restorative justice isn’t just for repairing harm—it also teaches us to listen, learn, and hold ourselves and others accountable.
For #RestorativeJusticeMonth, read how Community-Based Restorative Justice Initiative orgs are supporting youth from elementary school to college prep.
For #RestorativeJusticeMonth, read how Community-Based Restorative Justice Initiative orgs are supporting youth from elementary school to college prep.
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This is essentially Vinay Prasad, who has an MD, declaring his intent to use the government to torture children to dead via preventable disease by knowingly withholding the cure.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is essentially Vinay Prasad, who has an MD, declaring his intent to use the government to torture children to dead via preventable disease by knowingly withholding the cure.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild.
-Black Bear
-Great Horned Owl
-Alligator
-Gray Fox
-Skunk
-Black Bear
-Great Horned Owl
-Alligator
-Gray Fox
-Skunk
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild.
-Black Bear
-Great Horned Owl
-Alligator
-Gray Fox
-Skunk
-Black Bear
-Great Horned Owl
-Alligator
-Gray Fox
-Skunk
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Who’s gonna tell ‘em
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Who’s gonna tell ‘em
Thrilled to see this arrive in my mailbox today! Bittersweet Lane is the brand-new book by the amazing @jmaddenmass.bsky.social -- must-read for anyone who cares about housing affordability and justice! Jamie will be in NYC on Monday to do a reading in Brooklyn -- link in the next post!
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thrilled to see this arrive in my mailbox today! Bittersweet Lane is the brand-new book by the amazing @jmaddenmass.bsky.social -- must-read for anyone who cares about housing affordability and justice! Jamie will be in NYC on Monday to do a reading in Brooklyn -- link in the next post!
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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ICYMI: In the Queens Daily Eagle, Civic Engagement Fellow Stephanie Frias speaks from personal and professional experience on the financial, emotional, and legal challenges people (and their family) face when they're held on Rikers.
Opinion: Why New York needs to close Rikers once and for all — Queens Daily Eagle
“With the mayoral elections coming up, it's important that we seek out representatives who will do right by their constituents and abolish Rikers once and for all. “
queenseagle.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
ICYMI: In the Queens Daily Eagle, Civic Engagement Fellow Stephanie Frias speaks from personal and professional experience on the financial, emotional, and legal challenges people (and their family) face when they're held on Rikers.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
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This week, we marked Transgender Day of Remembrance at City Hall. Trans Day of Remembrance is a day of loving memory and a celebration of resilience. We grieve for the trans folks lost to anti-trans violence. The trans youth who never got the chance to become trans elders.
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This week, we marked Transgender Day of Remembrance at City Hall. Trans Day of Remembrance is a day of loving memory and a celebration of resilience. We grieve for the trans folks lost to anti-trans violence. The trans youth who never got the chance to become trans elders.
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Loving that the big monitors on the sides of the stage at Remove the Regime say, "Congress, this is on you."
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Loving that the big monitors on the sides of the stage at Remove the Regime say, "Congress, this is on you."
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
Raise the Age has helped young people avoid incarceration across New York State -- we should not water it down! Rather, we need the state to actually invest in positive community-building programs for youth. nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
N.Y. lawmakers discussing calls to change Raise the Age law
Many Dems are against tweaking the policy.
nystateofpolitics.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Raise the Age has helped young people avoid incarceration across New York State -- we should not water it down! Rather, we need the state to actually invest in positive community-building programs for youth. nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
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oh my god he was rooting for Cersei?!
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
oh my god he was rooting for Cersei?!
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Abolish ICE. Deny all those who worked for them any honors or employment in government ever again.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Abolish ICE. Deny all those who worked for them any honors or employment in government ever again.
Moving Transgender Day of Remembrance tonight in NYC -- it was great to see so many amazing leaders making a difference on the ground for the trans community in NYC being uplifted and celebrated.
Powerful night uplifting trans leaders and remembering those we have lost at the Transgender Day of Remembrance event led by the City Council and Public Advocate. Proud to celebrate these amazing community leaders, and resolved to keep working for a world without transphobia and violence.
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Moving Transgender Day of Remembrance tonight in NYC -- it was great to see so many amazing leaders making a difference on the ground for the trans community in NYC being uplifted and celebrated.