bpgel
@bpgel.bsky.social
Brooklyn 🏳️🌈 Coffee, wine, etc. He/him
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Here's a list of businesses supporting the Court Street Merchants Association lawsuit to remove the Court Street bike lane www.google.com/maps/d/u/6/e...
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here's a list of businesses supporting the Court Street Merchants Association lawsuit to remove the Court Street bike lane www.google.com/maps/d/u/6/e...
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Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Fire The Consultants
The Democratic party must move on from the same old stale, carefully poll-tested politics and get back to solving voters' problems.
There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Democra...
www.burnsnotice.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
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Is there anyone more pro-cop in Congress than Swalwell? I don't think so and he's running around saying vote for us and we'll unmask ICE. And this doesn't strike others as proof that this reformist reform is useless????
October 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Is there anyone more pro-cop in Congress than Swalwell? I don't think so and he's running around saying vote for us and we'll unmask ICE. And this doesn't strike others as proof that this reformist reform is useless????
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I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
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i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in
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"We have to cancel kristallnacht 2.0 because the guy was one of the people we were grooming to take part in it" is a heck of a twist to be sure
September 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"We have to cancel kristallnacht 2.0 because the guy was one of the people we were grooming to take part in it" is a heck of a twist to be sure
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Special thanks to all the worms in politics and media who tried to sell us “universally beloved saint Charlie Kirk” over the last few days. Sorry you failed but 1) not nearly as many people know him as you thought / hoped 2) he was deeply racist, like on a KKK level, and that’s kinda off-putting
September 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Special thanks to all the worms in politics and media who tried to sell us “universally beloved saint Charlie Kirk” over the last few days. Sorry you failed but 1) not nearly as many people know him as you thought / hoped 2) he was deeply racist, like on a KKK level, and that’s kinda off-putting
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i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
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I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
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I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
August 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
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the problem with letting democrats backslide their support of trans rights whether it be trans in sports or using bathrooms is we’ve seen “compromise” in the UK labor party. they gave into “reasonable” TERF demands and it destroyed the labor party and all rights for trans people
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the problem with letting democrats backslide their support of trans rights whether it be trans in sports or using bathrooms is we’ve seen “compromise” in the UK labor party. they gave into “reasonable” TERF demands and it destroyed the labor party and all rights for trans people
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here's the scene for anyone who hasn't seen the film or just doesn't remember it
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
here's the scene for anyone who hasn't seen the film or just doesn't remember it
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it's like. so basic and i don't get why they don't see how ridiculous the idea of "guy who's always voted R will vote D if the candidate is R enough" is. why would he do that. he'd rather just vote R
the tldr is that the anti-trans voters who care enough about the issue to change votes will only change votes if Dems promise to eliminate trans people from society. But showing weakness on protecting trans rights could potentially lose millions of Dem base votes.
July 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
it's like. so basic and i don't get why they don't see how ridiculous the idea of "guy who's always voted R will vote D if the candidate is R enough" is. why would he do that. he'd rather just vote R
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Centrist/Moderate is great branding because it implies reasonableness but there's nothing reasonable about stubbornly clinging to pro-business and pro-upper class politics when the country is falling apart. This is an ideology like any other, and it's a bad one
While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Centrist/Moderate is great branding because it implies reasonableness but there's nothing reasonable about stubbornly clinging to pro-business and pro-upper class politics when the country is falling apart. This is an ideology like any other, and it's a bad one
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So... I got laid off this week.
If anyone knows of any job openings in general realm of marketing / commutations / administrative stuff in Philly or Toronto... Let me know?
If anyone knows of any job openings in general realm of marketing / commutations / administrative stuff in Philly or Toronto... Let me know?
July 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So... I got laid off this week.
If anyone knows of any job openings in general realm of marketing / commutations / administrative stuff in Philly or Toronto... Let me know?
If anyone knows of any job openings in general realm of marketing / commutations / administrative stuff in Philly or Toronto... Let me know?
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Quite simply I want to vote for someone who gets spiritual nourishment from being hated by billionaire sociopaths instead of yearning for their approval
i don't understand that any democrat is currently talking beyond "elect democrats next time!" and honestly i think this is going to take a total constitutional overhaul. executive power, the supreme court, the electoral college, hell even the senate. this all has to be locked down to stop this
July 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Quite simply I want to vote for someone who gets spiritual nourishment from being hated by billionaire sociopaths instead of yearning for their approval
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After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.
July 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.
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The replies to this are filled by people who say they *almost* got hit by a scooter. So like, I’ve *almost* been hit by a car a gajillion times more than a scooter. Right on red, rolling stop signs, blowing reds, generally not looking for pedestrians AT ALL. And like, f=ma. M and A way bigger w cars
E-scooters are remarkably safe: Seattle had fewer than 300 injuries in more than 4 million rides.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
July 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The replies to this are filled by people who say they *almost* got hit by a scooter. So like, I’ve *almost* been hit by a car a gajillion times more than a scooter. Right on red, rolling stop signs, blowing reds, generally not looking for pedestrians AT ALL. And like, f=ma. M and A way bigger w cars
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the new york times got rid of its public editor some time ago, so I took the position out for a spin www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right
And blowing its credibility in the process.
www.theverge.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the new york times got rid of its public editor some time ago, so I took the position out for a spin www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
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Alt text tips from a fellow deafblind user of Bluesky! I’ll add my own two cents: I vastly prefer alt text that’s truly descriptive. The more information you give, the more useful the alt text is.
Tips for alt text : Please use alt text not as a label but describe- What do you find striking about the image?
Why did you add the image?
What is the context?
Is it the style? Is it the text contained within it? The colours?
Whatever you wanted the image to convey, convey it in the alt text
Why did you add the image?
What is the context?
Is it the style? Is it the text contained within it? The colours?
Whatever you wanted the image to convey, convey it in the alt text
July 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Alt text tips from a fellow deafblind user of Bluesky! I’ll add my own two cents: I vastly prefer alt text that’s truly descriptive. The more information you give, the more useful the alt text is.