Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
@gabriellehecht.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Anti-disciplinary
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Pinned
Headshot: “character head” of a screaming man, sculpture by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt h/t @mlobelart.bsky.social
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
Any artist willing to accept a commission for something along these lines? Not kidding
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Any artist willing to accept a commission for something along these lines? Not kidding
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
there's nothing I could say about this that wouldn't put me in prison so here's a picture of Maitlis with friend of the world's most notorious paedophile Peter Mandelson
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
there's nothing I could say about this that wouldn't put me in prison so here's a picture of Maitlis with friend of the world's most notorious paedophile Peter Mandelson
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
whoopee, a whole other wave of fake followers blocked.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
whoopee, a whole other wave of fake followers blocked.
Headshot: “character head” of a screaming man, sculpture by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt h/t @mlobelart.bsky.social
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Headshot: “character head” of a screaming man, sculpture by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt h/t @mlobelart.bsky.social
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
☎️ Call Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats and tell them #DoNotCave
Schumer's office: (202) 224-6542
📞 US Capital (202) 224-3121
‼️Red alert
Schumer and these Democratic Senators are voting on bill that does NOT extend #ACA #Obamacare subsidies.
Schumer's office: (202) 224-6542
📞 US Capital (202) 224-3121
‼️Red alert
Schumer and these Democratic Senators are voting on bill that does NOT extend #ACA #Obamacare subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
☎️ Call Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats and tell them #DoNotCave
Schumer's office: (202) 224-6542
📞 US Capital (202) 224-3121
‼️Red alert
Schumer and these Democratic Senators are voting on bill that does NOT extend #ACA #Obamacare subsidies.
Schumer's office: (202) 224-6542
📞 US Capital (202) 224-3121
‼️Red alert
Schumer and these Democratic Senators are voting on bill that does NOT extend #ACA #Obamacare subsidies.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
On Watson: "His gut, he felt, was a stronger guide to truth than empirical research or logic"
Donald: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Donald: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
On Watson: "His gut, he felt, was a stronger guide to truth than empirical research or logic"
Donald: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Donald: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The Trump of science
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Trump of science
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
The Economist, where “America” means white rural conservatives, or first generation conservative suburban immigrants, but never the residents of the largest cities in the country (which add up to a crazy percentage of the population).
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Economist, where “America” means white rural conservatives, or first generation conservative suburban immigrants, but never the residents of the largest cities in the country (which add up to a crazy percentage of the population).
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
Exactly like guns
Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Exactly like guns
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Historian here. Nothing bad has ever happened when armed people with military training can't get fed and/or paid.
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Historian here. Nothing bad has ever happened when armed people with military training can't get fed and/or paid.
I’m with these ladies. I’m utterly uninterested in using it for things like “organize my notes.” Huh? Organizing my own notes is part of my thinking process. I can’t imagine outsourcing that. I can’t wrap my head around why anyone would even want to.
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m with these ladies. I’m utterly uninterested in using it for things like “organize my notes.” Huh? Organizing my own notes is part of my thinking process. I can’t imagine outsourcing that. I can’t wrap my head around why anyone would even want to.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
An idea: what if Members of Congress who are being paid taxpayer dollars *not to show up to work* were to give their pay -- or a chunk of it -- to food banks to help feed people being denied federal benefits during their shutdown? Could be a nice non-partisan way for Members to come together.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
An idea: what if Members of Congress who are being paid taxpayer dollars *not to show up to work* were to give their pay -- or a chunk of it -- to food banks to help feed people being denied federal benefits during their shutdown? Could be a nice non-partisan way for Members to come together.
why on earth should he avoid antagonizing skeptics? No matter his successes, they will racistly vilify him. Bringing a baddie into the operation would just offer opportunity for sabotage.
WSJ still doesn’t understand what happened. Or pretends it doesn’t.
WSJ still doesn’t understand what happened. Or pretends it doesn’t.
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
why on earth should he avoid antagonizing skeptics? No matter his successes, they will racistly vilify him. Bringing a baddie into the operation would just offer opportunity for sabotage.
WSJ still doesn’t understand what happened. Or pretends it doesn’t.
WSJ still doesn’t understand what happened. Or pretends it doesn’t.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Not interested in arguing about the toxicology of caffeine so here are the ChatGPT numbers:
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals
An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the A.I. giant. This latest revelation comes as the company races to strength...
abc7news.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Not interested in arguing about the toxicology of caffeine so here are the ChatGPT numbers:
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil