Brendan Davey
@brendandavey.bsky.social
Recovering Alcohipster | CUNY-CCNY employee | @psc-cuny.org delegate | History (MA) | Militant Cyclist
Public History Blog: https://halfbakedhistory.substack.com/
Public History Blog: https://halfbakedhistory.substack.com/
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you know that part in new vegas where you can get ceasar’s legion to retreat to the east and beat the game with a 100 speech check
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you know that part in new vegas where you can get ceasar’s legion to retreat to the east and beat the game with a 100 speech check
Hakeem Jeffries is so incompetent that he actually helped tee up a way to make the president look like a likeable, sane person while he almost singlehandedly destroys the entire fucking country every day.
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is so incompetent that he actually helped tee up a way to make the president look like a likeable, sane person while he almost singlehandedly destroys the entire fucking country every day.
Basically, an FBI agent went “undercover” by reaching out to an extremely transparent group of regular people and saying “hey I’d like to observe asylum hearings too.” Then they got added to the public/unvetted chat where people discuss doing a totally
legal thing… observing court hearings.
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legal thing… observing court hearings.
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A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Basically, an FBI agent went “undercover” by reaching out to an extremely transparent group of regular people and saying “hey I’d like to observe asylum hearings too.” Then they got added to the public/unvetted chat where people discuss doing a totally
legal thing… observing court hearings.
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legal thing… observing court hearings.
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We’re so back.
Patriots might actually win the division, huh
that was… not on my bingo card for this year
that was… not on my bingo card for this year
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We’re so back.
What ICE did to this family is abhorrent.
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What ICE did to this family is abhorrent.
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
Also, given that the mayor plans to keep the current police commissioner once he is sworn in, she should probably instruct NYPD to stop being so friendly with ICE every time they're seen together.
They tried aiding them in Bensonhurst last night too...
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Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
hyperallergic.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
Why the fuck does he still get to teach there?!!!
And his “statement of regret” was anything but. He just regrets he got caught… again.
And his “statement of regret” was anything but. He just regrets he got caught… again.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why the fuck does he still get to teach there?!!!
And his “statement of regret” was anything but. He just regrets he got caught… again.
And his “statement of regret” was anything but. He just regrets he got caught… again.
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
*Find the difference:
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
*Find the difference:
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
ICE NYPD
“They’re the same picture.”
@bradlander.bsky.social walks the walk... again.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@bradlander.bsky.social walks the walk... again.
“I am deeply ashamed…”
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“I am deeply ashamed…”
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
Um, no you fucking aren’t.
And they didn’t even take away his job! He just gets to “gracefully step back.”
Meanwhile 4 CUNY professors at Brooklyn College weren’t reinstated and we still don’t have a reason.
Academia is run like a goddamn joke.
Chi Osse, Eon Tyrell Huntley, AND we get to keep Jabari Brisport?! The future next year with the people who could be representing Bed-Stuy at the state and national level, and Brooklyn for that matter, is bright. ☀️
@chiosse.bsky.social
@eonforassembly.bsky.social
@jabaribrisport.bsky.social
@chiosse.bsky.social
@eonforassembly.bsky.social
@jabaribrisport.bsky.social
lock the fuck in we're doing this
NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Chi Osse, Eon Tyrell Huntley, AND we get to keep Jabari Brisport?! The future next year with the people who could be representing Bed-Stuy at the state and national level, and Brooklyn for that matter, is bright. ☀️
@chiosse.bsky.social
@eonforassembly.bsky.social
@jabaribrisport.bsky.social
@chiosse.bsky.social
@eonforassembly.bsky.social
@jabaribrisport.bsky.social
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
This reminds me of how at the height of COVID it was revealed how much airlines had relied on “people will need to fly business class and pay exorbitant last minute prices to make in-person meetings forever and nothing will ever change that” as the majority of their revenue.
A perfect example of capitalist incentives leading to worse outcomes is checked baggage on planes.
To squeeze more money out of passengers, airlines now charge exorbitant fees for checked bags – so everyone brings carry-on rollers instead, so there’s never enough room in the overhead bins.
To squeeze more money out of passengers, airlines now charge exorbitant fees for checked bags – so everyone brings carry-on rollers instead, so there’s never enough room in the overhead bins.
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This reminds me of how at the height of COVID it was revealed how much airlines had relied on “people will need to fly business class and pay exorbitant last minute prices to make in-person meetings forever and nothing will ever change that” as the majority of their revenue.
I genuinely believe that you must sign a form saying “I refuse to acknowledge anything that has ever been proven by history before” in order to be hired as a staff writer for the Atlantic.
Fascism thrives when people don’t fight back, Tom, you old, privileged out of touch POS.
Fascism thrives when people don’t fight back, Tom, you old, privileged out of touch POS.
1. If America were fascist right now, I would not be posting here. Neither would you.
Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2
Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I genuinely believe that you must sign a form saying “I refuse to acknowledge anything that has ever been proven by history before” in order to be hired as a staff writer for the Atlantic.
Fascism thrives when people don’t fight back, Tom, you old, privileged out of touch POS.
Fascism thrives when people don’t fight back, Tom, you old, privileged out of touch POS.
The documentation of what is going on, right in front of us, is vital to rebuilding when this nightmare is finally over.
Just because the dust settles on the raid that night does not mean these people’s story is over. It will be hard, but we must account for all our fellow humans affected by this.
Just because the dust settles on the raid that night does not mean these people’s story is over. It will be hard, but we must account for all our fellow humans affected by this.
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The documentation of what is going on, right in front of us, is vital to rebuilding when this nightmare is finally over.
Just because the dust settles on the raid that night does not mean these people’s story is over. It will be hard, but we must account for all our fellow humans affected by this.
Just because the dust settles on the raid that night does not mean these people’s story is over. It will be hard, but we must account for all our fellow humans affected by this.
First thought was “who the fuck would weigh in on this?!” Then I saw my long time ago, “socialite” PR boss R. Couri Hay was the main citation…
Anyone curious why the UES was so pissed about Zohran, it’s because they LOVED this world and can’t imagine life outside it /
Anyone curious why the UES was so pissed about Zohran, it’s because they LOVED this world and can’t imagine life outside it /
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
First thought was “who the fuck would weigh in on this?!” Then I saw my long time ago, “socialite” PR boss R. Couri Hay was the main citation…
Anyone curious why the UES was so pissed about Zohran, it’s because they LOVED this world and can’t imagine life outside it /
Anyone curious why the UES was so pissed about Zohran, it’s because they LOVED this world and can’t imagine life outside it /
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lol absolutely delightful
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
lol absolutely delightful
Himmler tried to screw Hitler over when the “walls were closing in.” So you by no means “have to hand it to her.”
I do hope they both strangle each other though and take down their entire miserable party with them while they do it.
I do hope they both strangle each other though and take down their entire miserable party with them while they do it.
Marge Greene comes back at Trump throwing haymakers. 🍿
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Himmler tried to screw Hitler over when the “walls were closing in.” So you by no means “have to hand it to her.”
I do hope they both strangle each other though and take down their entire miserable party with them while they do it.
I do hope they both strangle each other though and take down their entire miserable party with them while they do it.
The NYTimes hits another home run with the "Zohran & Brad are Falling Out!" article that sources nothing to back it up, AND ends up practically being a Dan Goldman endorsement congratulating him for "leading the opposition to ICE" when like... lol yeah fucking right Brad's done way more on that.
The Strategic Uncoupling of Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The NYTimes hits another home run with the "Zohran & Brad are Falling Out!" article that sources nothing to back it up, AND ends up practically being a Dan Goldman endorsement congratulating him for "leading the opposition to ICE" when like... lol yeah fucking right Brad's done way more on that.
This is exactly it. Zohran will need to play nice with Kathy Hochul. If this pisses you off, good. Then help us primary her out of office in June.
Until then, don't harp on Mamdani for trying to push her gently to fulfill his platform. If we do our job, he's not going to try and save her...
Until then, don't harp on Mamdani for trying to push her gently to fulfill his platform. If we do our job, he's not going to try and save her...
I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
“'She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,' Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D), who is primarying Hochul, said on Monday. 'New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.'”
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is exactly it. Zohran will need to play nice with Kathy Hochul. If this pisses you off, good. Then help us primary her out of office in June.
Until then, don't harp on Mamdani for trying to push her gently to fulfill his platform. If we do our job, he's not going to try and save her...
Until then, don't harp on Mamdani for trying to push her gently to fulfill his platform. If we do our job, he's not going to try and save her...
Kathy Hochul: “We cannot afford to tax the rich.”
Also Kathy Hochul: “We can tax you to build a stadium my husband is invested in, and pollute Native American land for useless cryptocurrency mining that my husband is also invested in.”
Primary. Your. Shitty. Dems.
#Hochulmustgo2026
Also Kathy Hochul: “We can tax you to build a stadium my husband is invested in, and pollute Native American land for useless cryptocurrency mining that my husband is also invested in.”
Primary. Your. Shitty. Dems.
#Hochulmustgo2026
Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kathy Hochul: “We cannot afford to tax the rich.”
Also Kathy Hochul: “We can tax you to build a stadium my husband is invested in, and pollute Native American land for useless cryptocurrency mining that my husband is also invested in.”
Primary. Your. Shitty. Dems.
#Hochulmustgo2026
Also Kathy Hochul: “We can tax you to build a stadium my husband is invested in, and pollute Native American land for useless cryptocurrency mining that my husband is also invested in.”
Primary. Your. Shitty. Dems.
#Hochulmustgo2026
Well put, and depressingly relevant. I find it tedious to keep using examples from Nazi Germany to put this all into perspective too, but the Night of the Long Knives fork in the road, and how our present moment mirrors it, should be more widely known.
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about exactly this kind of behavior by Himmler in Nazi Germany. "But Himmler ignored and worked against those who opposed the camps. He rearrested a thousand of the prisoners who’d just been freed. He ordered the arrests of thousands more of those he deemed suspect."
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Well put, and depressingly relevant. I find it tedious to keep using examples from Nazi Germany to put this all into perspective too, but the Night of the Long Knives fork in the road, and how our present moment mirrors it, should be more widely known.
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What I think of every time I see someone post the most idiotic "as a cyclist I think bike lanes are bad" takes on social media:
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What I think of every time I see someone post the most idiotic "as a cyclist I think bike lanes are bad" takes on social media:
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism
The Court Street bike lane is great. #urbanism