Greg Pak
@gregpak.net
Rhymes with "rock." Call your reps (reps.fyi), help your neighbor. #DidThisToday Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SILVER SURFER, SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK. He/him. gregpak.fyi
(this account is me in sweatpants. @gregpak.com is me in chinos lol)
(this account is me in sweatpants. @gregpak.com is me in chinos lol)
i will survive. just whining in public like a little behbeh.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
i will survive. just whining in public like a little behbeh.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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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:...
To be clear, I absolutely agree with @brendelbored.bsky.social's point here, which is that this should encourage THOUSANDS more great folks to step up and run for office. Even if Mamdani's exactly one in 500,000, that means there are 684 folks like him out there in the US ready to pop. Could be you!
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
To be clear, I absolutely agree with @brendelbored.bsky.social's point here, which is that this should encourage THOUSANDS more great folks to step up and run for office. Even if Mamdani's exactly one in 500,000, that means there are 684 folks like him out there in the US ready to pop. Could be you!
I've seen a LOT of politicians speak in person in NYC and elsewhere over the last year. And there are a lot of incredible leaders out there who deserve all our support and who are fighting like hell for all of us.
But as a candidate with that special something, Mamdani really does stand out.
But as a candidate with that special something, Mamdani really does stand out.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I've seen a LOT of politicians speak in person in NYC and elsewhere over the last year. And there are a lot of incredible leaders out there who deserve all our support and who are fighting like hell for all of us.
But as a candidate with that special something, Mamdani really does stand out.
But as a candidate with that special something, Mamdani really does stand out.
As I said, reasonable people can disagree! But I also think that any D senator who is not actively working towards consequences for those D senators who publicly screwed us deserves some special attention of their own.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
As I said, reasonable people can disagree! But I also think that any D senator who is not actively working towards consequences for those D senators who publicly screwed us deserves some special attention of their own.
Oh I don't think EVERYONE'S complicit. But I think it's reasonable to assume many more than those eight are in on it. I might be wrong! But this thing clearly seemed organized so that only senators who are retiring or who don't have primaries in 2026 took the yes votes.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Oh I don't think EVERYONE'S complicit. But I think it's reasonable to assume many more than those eight are in on it. I might be wrong! But this thing clearly seemed organized so that only senators who are retiring or who don't have primaries in 2026 took the yes votes.