They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · yesterday

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

I know this isn't news to anyone who has worked in or around universities, but the amount of mission-critical work that depends on volunteer labor is WILD. Like, when you think about the "job to be done" for universities and then look at what's on vs off contract...?

Children should always be welcome in public libraries and hating on children in public is deeply antisocial. And also, many people who seek recreational child-free spaces are mothers who otherwise have a hard time getting a break from children.

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · 2w ago

"This might be unpopular but I'd like to discriminate against an entire class of people" If this is you, I hope the next 500 books you try to read are a disappointment.

But talking about the left as an alien, infiltrating force, or claiming it's an equivalent danger to fascism, or insisting that you beat fascism by destroying the left rather than allying with it—that's all really dangerous shit right now.

I’m glad that the walls seem to be closing in on Andrew Tate, but it took criminal investigations across three countries, dozens of outspoken victims, and a hit TV show implying he drives boys to murder girls for this to happen—and he still hasn’t been convicted yet. This is why 98% get away with it

They really are trying to kill a lot of us, by disrupting public health & denying necessary medical care, by state & military violence, by impoverishment & malnutrition, by working folks to death, permitting contamination of food, & air, by hoarding and wasting water, & escalating climate breakdown

People continue to cling on to something that is already gone instead of facing the reality that their government, all three branches and both parties, are compromised and corrupt. It is delaying the hard work of organising and action required to fix things.

Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · last yr.

What I don't understand is how, after falling for Mueller, people then fell for Vance, Garland, etc. And how they listen to the people who lied to them about Mueller and Garland -- people who are working for Trump's cohort -- about other things. They're leading you to doom, folks! Masks off.

I am currently receiving a *ton* of unsolicited positive feedback about the fact that an org I lead never endorsed Graham Platner, and I needed to come tell bluesky because many of you also knew what was up with that guy, and maybe no one is praising you for it. WE WERE SO RIGHT, Y'ALL!

a decade ago there was an entire movement dedicated to confronting the militarization of state power against its citizens Not only did you not listen... our political actors increased police budgets across the entire country Now military forces are killing White moms and nurses

I will never praise Kathy Hochul but today I am full of praise and gratitude to those who bullied her into this. Great work, friends! Also, here's what we know about "winning" with Hochul--she will walk this back as soon as you take the pressure off. Don't do it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters

Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order enacting a moratorium on the large, resource-intensive AI facilities

theguardian.com

I don't think you necessarily need violence to topple an authoritarian regime especially one that is not fully established what you need is a populace that is continuously engaged in acts of civil disobedience that makes it impossible for them to function

The apologists and normalizers and equivocators and gladhanders proven themselves incapable of moral leadership. And strident moral leadership, leadership that demands decency *and* accountability, is the only path to any kind of just future.

"socialism but with patriarchy" is wrong because it is an abandonment of values but it's also just materially wrong in the sense that it can't work, that is how your ship sinks, it's very straightforward

For a long time, the New York Democratic machine was corrupt, sclerotic, hostile to progress, and completely implacable. That started to change when 13 women came forward, at great personal cost, about the sexual harassment they experienced from Andrew Cuomo.

Just here to give a hearty thanks and congrats to everyone who worked on the Rivera and Bojak campaigns. You made Jeremy Zellner cry, and you are my heroes today! buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Rivera gains stunning victory over Democratic party leader Zellner for State Senate seat

Assembly Member Jonathan Rivera defeated Sen. Jeremy Zellner in a Democratic primary Tuesday, ousting the leader of the Erie County Democratic Party from a seat Zellner won less than five months ago.

buffalonews.com

Okay I'm here today just to recommend a novel: Make Me Better by @sarahgailey.bsky.social. Deep exploration of cults and community, grief and love, kinship and manipulation, capitalism and communalism, all in a stunningly well-executed puzzle box format. Best book I've read in a minute.

📢 An announcement for local folks: SURJ Buffalo is now AARC Buffalo: Abolitionist and Anti-Racist Collective. We are in the process of disaffiliating from SURJ National. This will empower us to deepen our local relationships and grassroots engagement. We're excited! 1/2

Also, hi 👋🏻 I really just stopped in here for a quick proof-of-life post. All things considered, my life is going really well and I hope the same is true for y'all also. I miss my internet friends! But I am continuing to stay away from social media spaces.

I stepped off the library dean path when it became clear that this would be the job--managing the end of academic libraries as we know them. Please know that these changes are just a result of defunding. They do not herald some bright digital future. There will just be less access to knowledge.

I hope you will read this statement from Dolores Bustamante, a farmworker, grandmother, and community organizer who was detained at her ICE check-in in Buffalo today. ericalikesalligators.substack.com/p/dolores-bu...

Dolores Bustamante: I will face ICE

A 54-year old mother, grandmother, dedicated farmworker and community leader, is facing deportation. Though she fears the worst at her upcoming ICE checkin, she refuses to hide.

ericalikesalligators.substack.com

I planted sunflowers with friends and met a newborn today, and now I'm watching Star Trek Insurrection. I hope y'all are having a great weekend too 🖖🏻

While I'm here I want to thank everyone uplifting the name of our Buffalo neighbor Mr. Nurul Amin Shah Alam, who was murdered by Border Patrol agents. You can read more about his life here. In this thread I will suggest actions you can take in his memory. 1/ investigativepost.org/2026/02/28/s...

Family of Nurul Shah Alam speaks publicly for first time since death

Fatimah Abdul Roshid and her son Faisel spoke to reporters for the first time on Saturday after the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam.

investigativepost.org

I just popped in to wave 👋🏻 and say I'm as well as can be and I hope everyone else here is too. I'm going to continue being off social media for a while, but I always love hearing from my online buddies via other channels. Have a great weekend, y'all.

Folks who are struggling with the news about Cesar Chavez, be gentle with yourselves. You are not obligated to consume all of the awful details. You can simply offer your belief and support to those who were harmed.

it's just so devastating that women choose to stay silent in order to make movement gains. may our movements be better to women and girls and may our leaders not be patriarchal monsters hiding beneath the cloak of progress

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Civil Rights icon, @doloreshuerta, made a brave move today, revealing a secret she had been holding for 60 years for the sake of the Farm Workers movement. You can read her letter here: medium.com/@dolores_hue...

Huerta is 95 years old, by the way, and has lived with what happened to her for sixty years. Incredible bravery and fortitude for her to come forward now, and I can't imagine the pain she must be in, learning what he did to those girls.

I am so damn tired of men

Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

nytimes.com

Attorney for the plaintiff cops: You are making outrageous lies about the police Afroman: They stole my mother's lemon pound cake Cop: *flees courtroom in tears*

Afroman clashes with cops in court — as one officer left in tears over music video about failed 2022 police raid

“If they hadn’t wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names, they wouldn’t be on my home surveillance system, and there would be no songs &#82…

nypost.com

Academia has always been patriarchal. Now that two generations of women have made some progress in changing that, the guys doubled down, enabled a rich rapist.

Katherine Stewart@katherinestewart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you haven't read this yet, you should “'Epstein gravitated toward fields and figures that rank humans, explain away cruelty, or biologize inequality...He identified and aligned himself with the intellectual machinery now justifying our current dystopia.'" newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

All of the men, in particular, have lost their ever loving minds.