Brad Alter
@bradalter.bsky.social
Working together works
Education, Labor, #LGM, Orophile
Education, Labor, #LGM, Orophile
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Couldn’t agree more! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Thank you for continuing to support what our teachers need – there will be more progress ahead once you’re in Gracie Mansion!
#UFTVotes
Thank you for continuing to support what our teachers need – there will be more progress ahead once you’re in Gracie Mansion!
#UFTVotes
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Couldn’t agree more! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Thank you for continuing to support what our teachers need – there will be more progress ahead once you’re in Gracie Mansion!
#UFTVotes
Thank you for continuing to support what our teachers need – there will be more progress ahead once you’re in Gracie Mansion!
#UFTVotes
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Today, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, met with labor allies for a “reverse town hall” – hearing from union NYers about affordability.
Of course, @uftnyc.bsky.social made sure to make our priorities known, including getting our Paras the support they need!
#ParaRESPECT
Of course, @uftnyc.bsky.social made sure to make our priorities known, including getting our Paras the support they need!
#ParaRESPECT
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Today, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, met with labor allies for a “reverse town hall” – hearing from union NYers about affordability.
Of course, @uftnyc.bsky.social made sure to make our priorities known, including getting our Paras the support they need!
#ParaRESPECT
Of course, @uftnyc.bsky.social made sure to make our priorities known, including getting our Paras the support they need!
#ParaRESPECT
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Democracy, as we have learned the hard way, is much more fragile than any of us could have imagined. Chaos, cruelty & corruption have replaced decency & dignity, and in the process allowed fascism to firmly take root. As a union of educators, our members are not only seeing it play out...
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Democracy, as we have learned the hard way, is much more fragile than any of us could have imagined. Chaos, cruelty & corruption have replaced decency & dignity, and in the process allowed fascism to firmly take root. As a union of educators, our members are not only seeing it play out...
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Do you know about how Norway's teachers stood up to Nazis? I talk about it in my new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers. You can preorder here: www.WhyFascistsFearTeachers.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Do you know about how Norway's teachers stood up to Nazis? I talk about it in my new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers. You can preorder here: www.WhyFascistsFearTeachers.com
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From day one, the Trump administration has attacked public education. Now it’s unlawfully blocking $5B in funding already approved by Congress. I’m proud our AFT affiliates are fighting back to protect students and schools. www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org
July 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
From day one, the Trump administration has attacked public education. Now it’s unlawfully blocking $5B in funding already approved by Congress. I’m proud our AFT affiliates are fighting back to protect students and schools. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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As a candidate Eric Adams promised to dedicate 1% of the city budget to NYC parks.
As mayor he screwed over the parks department and the workers that run it for 3 years straight.
Adam Ganser from @ny4p.bsky.social on how we can win back the green spaces NYers deserve.
#EricAdams #CareNotCuts
As mayor he screwed over the parks department and the workers that run it for 3 years straight.
Adam Ganser from @ny4p.bsky.social on how we can win back the green spaces NYers deserve.
#EricAdams #CareNotCuts
July 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As a candidate Eric Adams promised to dedicate 1% of the city budget to NYC parks.
As mayor he screwed over the parks department and the workers that run it for 3 years straight.
Adam Ganser from @ny4p.bsky.social on how we can win back the green spaces NYers deserve.
#EricAdams #CareNotCuts
As mayor he screwed over the parks department and the workers that run it for 3 years straight.
Adam Ganser from @ny4p.bsky.social on how we can win back the green spaces NYers deserve.
#EricAdams #CareNotCuts
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As a teacher, I’m heartbroken and furious about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mahmoud v. McKnight, which gives parents the right to opt their kids out of any lesson or story that mentions LGBTQ people. 1/
June 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As a teacher, I’m heartbroken and furious about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mahmoud v. McKnight, which gives parents the right to opt their kids out of any lesson or story that mentions LGBTQ people. 1/
Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders
Too many Democratic party leaders would rather be the captains on a sinking Titanic than change course
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whelp looks like I’m eating crow for dinner tonight. This Fox coverage is making me miss Apple. Serves me right for posting snarky dig in the first place. 🤷
Oh I’ve missed hating on Apple+ MLB coverage
March 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Whelp looks like I’m eating crow for dinner tonight. This Fox coverage is making me miss Apple. Serves me right for posting snarky dig in the first place. 🤷
Oh I’ve missed hating on Apple+ MLB coverage
March 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oh I’ve missed hating on Apple+ MLB coverage
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This is depravity
Dozens of settlers attacked Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land," wounding him and others, activists at the scene and Israeli co-director Yuval Abraham said. Witnesses also said Israeli soldiers took him from an ambulance
Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' attacked by settler mob, arrested by soldiers
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www.haaretz.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is depravity
If you have a few hours of excel in your future I highly recommend listening to some City Pop.
March 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you have a few hours of excel in your future I highly recommend listening to some City Pop.
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MARCH AGAINST CUTS! The Trump administration, together with Republicans in Congress, is working to make deep cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and other safety-net programs in order to finance $4.1 trillion in tax cuts for the rich. But not on our watch! #StoptheCuts
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
MARCH AGAINST CUTS! The Trump administration, together with Republicans in Congress, is working to make deep cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and other safety-net programs in order to finance $4.1 trillion in tax cuts for the rich. But not on our watch! #StoptheCuts
Want to fix the teacher shortage? How about New York fixes Tier 5 and 6.
Join me in the fight for pension equity: FixTier6.org
Join me in the fight for pension equity: FixTier6.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Want to fix the teacher shortage? How about New York fixes Tier 5 and 6.
Join me in the fight for pension equity: FixTier6.org
Join me in the fight for pension equity: FixTier6.org
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Teachers work hard every single day to make classrooms safe and welcoming to every student. Trump's lies about schools and LGBTQ students hurt everyone. Shame on him.
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Teachers work hard every single day to make classrooms safe and welcoming to every student. Trump's lies about schools and LGBTQ students hurt everyone. Shame on him.
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NYC knows that we do not need another harassing egomaniac bully in office.
We know he stands up only for himself and not us, not women and not the elders who he left to die while grandstanding.
#hellNoCuomo
We know he stands up only for himself and not us, not women and not the elders who he left to die while grandstanding.
#hellNoCuomo
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NYC knows that we do not need another harassing egomaniac bully in office.
We know he stands up only for himself and not us, not women and not the elders who he left to die while grandstanding.
#hellNoCuomo
We know he stands up only for himself and not us, not women and not the elders who he left to die while grandstanding.
#hellNoCuomo
Third one of these I’ve received this school year…
February 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Third one of these I’ve received this school year…
Hockey Wins Tonight!!!!
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hockey Wins Tonight!!!!
My council member @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social got 💯!
The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You can look up their scores here. citylimits.org/2025/01/29/i...
The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You can look up their scores here. citylimits.org/2025/01/29/i...
Is Your City Councilmember Passing Green Legislation? Look Them Up Here
The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You can look up their ...
citylimits.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My council member @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social got 💯!
The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You can look up their scores here. citylimits.org/2025/01/29/i...
The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You can look up their scores here. citylimits.org/2025/01/29/i...
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Billionaires got their money from the federal government that issued dollars into the economy. And the billionaires figured out how to hoard it for themselves and then cry scarcity so they can cut programs for us - leaving working people desperate and begging for work. #OurMoney
Right now, in America, 22 million workers make less than $15/hr. 40 million make less than $17/hr.
Shamefully, the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009 and remains at $7.25/hr.
I asked Trump's nominee for Treasury if we should raise it.
His response?
"No sir."
Shamefully, the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009 and remains at $7.25/hr.
I asked Trump's nominee for Treasury if we should raise it.
His response?
"No sir."
January 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Billionaires got their money from the federal government that issued dollars into the economy. And the billionaires figured out how to hoard it for themselves and then cry scarcity so they can cut programs for us - leaving working people desperate and begging for work. #OurMoney
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The Caps protested a Corey Perry goal due to nachos on the ice. It counted. (h/t @wyshynski.bsky.social)
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The Caps protested a Corey Perry goal due to nachos on the ice. It counted. (h/t @wyshynski.bsky.social)
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"... whoever saves one life, it is as if they had saved the whole of mankind"- Quran 5:32
"if one destroys a single life, it’s as if they destroyed an entire world, while if one saves a single life, it’s as if they saved an entire world..." Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5
"if one destroys a single life, it’s as if they destroyed an entire world, while if one saves a single life, it’s as if they saved an entire world..." Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5
Both the Mishna—the foundation-text of Rabbinic Judaism—and the Quran teach that if you save one life, you save a whole world.
January 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"... whoever saves one life, it is as if they had saved the whole of mankind"- Quran 5:32
"if one destroys a single life, it’s as if they destroyed an entire world, while if one saves a single life, it’s as if they saved an entire world..." Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5
"if one destroys a single life, it’s as if they destroyed an entire world, while if one saves a single life, it’s as if they saved an entire world..." Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5
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Sports so often are a mirror of where this country goes and I think the first real warning sign we had looming about this was when the NHL abolished all warm-up practice jerseys including the Pride ones because a few dipshits got uncomfortable and Gary Bettman and co. caved immediately
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
www.404media.co
January 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Sports so often are a mirror of where this country goes and I think the first real warning sign we had looming about this was when the NHL abolished all warm-up practice jerseys including the Pride ones because a few dipshits got uncomfortable and Gary Bettman and co. caved immediately