Recovering Alcohipster | CUNY-CCNY employee | @psc-cuny.org delegate | History (MA) | Militant Cyclist Public history blog: https://www.patreon.com/cw/HalfBakedHistoryhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjzw3q4q5k26If your union or organization you’re in hasn’t signed on to support this yet, make them. It’s looooong past the time that the corporations who benefit from being in the greatest city in the world pay their fair share. And trust me, they’re not going anywhere if we make them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzw3q4q5k26https://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjzuyngbo226It might not be as bad as Aspic, but Connecticut is guilty of inspiring the single worst fast food franchise to ever grace the planet: [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzuyngbo226https://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjz6cs2sac2f🗃️ Funny how it's ALWAYS an older, white, male professor, who stems an op-ed that "actually everyone that came into this discipline after me is doing it wrong and they are the problem. Not me!" There are so many leaps in this piece that it's hard to wrap my head around, but I'll try a few: 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6cs2sac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjz2hgol3s2eWell written piece by @joelhs.bsky.social, who knows the ins and outs of this issue more than almost anyone. It is chilling how much we are falling into the trap of limiting free speech and expression, especially towards issues where the need to have a real conversation is desperately needed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz2hgol3s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjxhxmo25s2eEspaillat fought for years, even getting back up again after losing to fight the “Rangel machine” that had stagnated politics in this district so much. Only to quickly become the very thing he fought so hard to replace. I believe he’s had his chance, and that Darializa would do so much better! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxhxmo25s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjwstdmbq22fA lot of responses to this saying "well not all unions!" and I'm guessing they mean one's like @teamsters.bsky.social and their irresponsible President, Sean O'Brien. And while it's true, that union leadership can sometimes suck, it's not true that unions do. 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwstdmbq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjwrcoyebs2fThe Nine Inch Nails/Boys Noize remix album is awesome. We're all lucky that @treznor.bsky.social is still cool and doing cool shit. I would be remiss though if I didn't mention that the "Purest Feeling" demo (from before even PHM came out) is still a huge guilty pleasure of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo6o3KXuoao20 Apr 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwrcoyebs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjwk4nighc2yLeast obnoxious fundraising email I’ve ever received from a candidate who represents me. Good one @jabaribrisport.bsky.social!20 Apr 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwk4nighc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjwjkmgq4c2yAyyyy @cuny.edu represent! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwjkmgq4c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mju2fdywl227Wealthy white people involved with the philanthropy circuits I used to work in were the only people I've ever met who used words like "unhoused" and "dialoguing" all the time. Without a doubt, those are probably the people surrounding Beshear and his uninspiring "common sense" campaign / [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju2fdywl227https://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjskqi7lx22cWhen I asked Carl Wilson if he would support the heinous “security perimeter” bill, his answer was “I am proud to be endorsed by Speaker Menin, and I trust her judgement so I plan to support the bill if elected.” If identity politics is the only yardstick, that’s your candidate in this race… [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjskqi7lx22chttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjpysdxvuc2vThis is the best summary I've seen so far about how we actually need to address a very real and very serious problem "The intellectual honesty that this moment desperately requires" as @joelhs.bsky.social puts it isn't that hard to grasp, but it requires genuine reflection, not just taking a side. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpysdxvuc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjpw4f37vc2v"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments..." [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpw4f37vc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjpc6tr3nk2qFirst things first, @mayor.nyc.gov & @lindseyboylan.bsky.social continuing to work together? I couldn't be happier! It's been pretty surreal to watch all of the progressive politicians I like keep building a coalition across different offices immediately after the biggest victory in my lifetime 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/nyregion/lindsay-boylan-mamdani-endorsement-city-council.html17 Apr 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpc6tr3nk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjp6ikup222qI'm grateful to have been there alongside all the people fighting to stop the implementation of this bill, that will only limit our ability to protest, and even speak at colleges, and schools across the city. Especially grateful for the speakers, like @chenjerai.bsky.social who KILLED IT yesterday. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp6ikup222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjnyvrdxkk23To be fair, the worst dipshits to ever grace the moniker “native New Yorker” are from the hideously over the top Suburbia known as Jamaica Estates, where there are no bodegas. His brain might also be mush. But damn, if we could stop electing narcissistic nepo-babies that would be greeeeeeat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnyvrdxkk23https://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mji7czx2wc2pBumping this again, because it is extremely important. Giving the powers that be even more opportunities to limit free speech, especially at schools, is outrageous, and this bill should not be signed by @mayor.nyc.gov or passed again by the City Council. 🧵 with details below. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji7czx2wc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjmh5srjcs25Cycling opens up the world around you in a way that nothing else can. I was lucky to be able to note that in a @nyc.streetsblog.org piece I wrote last year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmh5srjcs25https://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjllfc73ck2gReckless? Hell nah. This bill sounds amazing. “Community input” on things as trivial as bike lanes have been my lifelong arch-nemesis. The thing people always say they want is nothing to change. But changes to save lives don’t need “input.” They should just happen. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjllfc73ck2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjjsrh2fsc27The Director of Jewish Studies at the college I work at explained to me that after years and years of advocating for it, they got a couple of Jewish Studies classes to qualify for basic gen-ed requirements that they should have been eligible for anyways. Enrollment in those classes should skyrocket [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjsrh2fsc27https://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mji7czx2wc2pBumping this again, because it is extremely important. Giving the powers that be even more opportunities to limit free speech, especially at schools, is outrageous, and this bill should not be signed by @mayor.nyc.gov or passed again by the City Council. 🧵 with details below. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji7czx2wc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/brendandavey.bsky.social/post/3mjfqh6cl5k2pOnce again, this is all why even though it is my literal job to raise $$ for a public university, I fiercely believe in ending the need for private funding. Board members who think about these things for ~2-3 hours a month, tops, like patterns, and they will never invest in those who really need it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:dmoess6jgti7b3khcl4dafsz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfqh6cl5k2p