Kyle Gilman
@kylegilman.net
Film/TV editor The Four Seasons, The Fall & Rise of Reggie Dinkins (coming to NBC this Winter) Girls5eva, The Best Man, Dickinson, Mr. Mayor, Kimmy Schmidt, Difficult People, Maron, Hal Hartley movies.
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Kyle Gilman
@kylegilman.net
· Nov 17
My profile photo is an image from the in-memoriam montage in the Girls5eva finale, that ironically was cut for time.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
I just joined the Working Families Party as a dues paying member. I'm sick of bad NY Democrats like Schumer and Gillibrand and Cuomo and Goldman. We need real change.
If you’re in NY, you absolutely should follow and join the efforts of the @nywfp.bsky.social. They are ACTIVE and ON THE BALL and a big part (along with many other parts) of how Mamdani won.
This is a good time to join the WFP @workingfamilies.org I'm a broken record and if they ain't going to learn they need to learn by us not cooperating with their party anymore and building a political force that is so big that can hold different tenants but still have values.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I just joined the Working Families Party as a dues paying member. I'm sick of bad NY Democrats like Schumer and Gillibrand and Cuomo and Goldman. We need real change.
I'm sure this doctor/senator is trying to convince us we'll be better off with HSAs or some nonsense, but Republicans lately are making a better case for single-payer healthcare than I've ever seen before.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm sure this doctor/senator is trying to convince us we'll be better off with HSAs or some nonsense, but Republicans lately are making a better case for single-payer healthcare than I've ever seen before.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Watched the new Frankenstein and couldn't help thinking of this classic
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Watched the new Frankenstein and couldn't help thinking of this classic
Reading this I was reminded of the time in 2003 when I was walking down the street in Atlanta (with a beard and a large backpack) and a guy yelled at me "Hey, are you Eric Rudolph?" I told him I was not. He said "Good, because I was gonna tackle you" www.newyorker.com/news/essay/d...
Defeating the Far-Right “Blob Man”
The story of Eric Rudolph, the Atlanta Olympics bomber, offers lessons about the persistence of violent extremism, and how to combat it.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Reading this I was reminded of the time in 2003 when I was walking down the street in Atlanta (with a beard and a large backpack) and a guy yelled at me "Hey, are you Eric Rudolph?" I told him I was not. He said "Good, because I was gonna tackle you" www.newyorker.com/news/essay/d...
In the past month, Pluribus and Slow Horses both used the plot device "let's implement this code we got from a dodgy source and see what happens!" and it does not go well. I sense the outlines of a trend. Maybe a warning about AI coding?
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In the past month, Pluribus and Slow Horses both used the plot device "let's implement this code we got from a dodgy source and see what happens!" and it does not go well. I sense the outlines of a trend. Maybe a warning about AI coding?
I vote constantly, and pay attention to politics, and I cannot imagine a situation in which I would:
a) answer my phone
b) respond to a political poll
Similarly, I will never answer my door to talk to canvassers.
a) answer my phone
b) respond to a political poll
Similarly, I will never answer my door to talk to canvassers.
I have a Grand Unified Theory of Recent Polling Errors
-there is a crucial population of people who occasionally vote, usually only in presidential elections, but don't pay attention to politics and never answer their phones
-they are the dark matter of polling, visible only by their absence
-there is a crucial population of people who occasionally vote, usually only in presidential elections, but don't pay attention to politics and never answer their phones
-they are the dark matter of polling, visible only by their absence
Good summary of why pollsters whiffed in VA and NJ. TLDR: electorate looked like 2017 when pollsters assumed it would look like 2024, plus Latino turnout exploded.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I vote constantly, and pay attention to politics, and I cannot imagine a situation in which I would:
a) answer my phone
b) respond to a political poll
Similarly, I will never answer my door to talk to canvassers.
a) answer my phone
b) respond to a political poll
Similarly, I will never answer my door to talk to canvassers.
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Wow it defaults to hiding quite a few things. Many probably for the best, but for now I'm switching most to warn (and I remain willing to see rude posts - I follow @dimsie.bsky.social after all)
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Wow it defaults to hiding quite a few things. Many probably for the best, but for now I'm switching most to warn (and I remain willing to see rude posts - I follow @dimsie.bsky.social after all)
Turns out AI companies are going to provide a sort of UBI to authors for the next couple years.
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Turns out AI companies are going to provide a sort of UBI to authors for the next couple years.
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
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Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
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As the cold reality of Cuomo’s defeat sets in, this is a moment for centrists to ask themselves: Have we lost touch with the common voter? Get out and spend time in the tattoo parlors and dispensaries. The drag shows, community gardens and outsider art galleries where Real New Yorkers congregate
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
As the cold reality of Cuomo’s defeat sets in, this is a moment for centrists to ask themselves: Have we lost touch with the common voter? Get out and spend time in the tattoo parlors and dispensaries. The drag shows, community gardens and outsider art galleries where Real New Yorkers congregate
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CITY TO TRUMP: DROP DEAD
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
CITY TO TRUMP: DROP DEAD
These guys are not good at television, but they're so much more fun to watch than the professionals.
The stream has begun. Join us: www.youtube.com/live/fKA4Vpk...
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
These guys are not good at television, but they're so much more fun to watch than the professionals.
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As a pedestrian there's nothing I love more than giving a hard stare to drivers who forget their manners and roll up too fast to a stop sign. Sometimes I add in a slow head shake.
a teddy bear wearing a red hat and a blue coat
Alt: Paddington gives a hard stare
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As a pedestrian there's nothing I love more than giving a hard stare to drivers who forget their manners and roll up too fast to a stop sign. Sometimes I add in a slow head shake.
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a friend of mine who came from old san francisco money had a silver hand mirror that had belonged to her great-grandmother with "turn over to see who's paying for the new deal" inscribed on the back
Which was a substantial part of the unhinged hatred of FDR.
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
a friend of mine who came from old san francisco money had a silver hand mirror that had belonged to her great-grandmother with "turn over to see who's paying for the new deal" inscribed on the back
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This would be GREAT for housing affordability. Zohran keeping his promises.
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.
nypost.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This would be GREAT for housing affordability. Zohran keeping his promises.
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.