Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler.bsky.social
Progressive politics, livable cities, democracy, Manhattan(s) • he/him 🏳️🌈
I genuinely don't know Hoffman's motivations, but what I can find suggests he's more motivated by a *rebuild the Democratic party from the ground up to take on fascism* sensibility—something closer to David Hogg—than a *take on the left* motivation. 2/3
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I genuinely don't know Hoffman's motivations, but what I can find suggests he's more motivated by a *rebuild the Democratic party from the ground up to take on fascism* sensibility—something closer to David Hogg—than a *take on the left* motivation. 2/3
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...
This from @brianbeutler.bsky.social is the perennial Dem problem: our leaders disbelieve that THEY CAN INFLUENCE what voters care about. Instead, they act like the a priori polling about any issue (eg who would be blamed for a shutdown) indicates positions that are deeply held and immutable
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This from @brianbeutler.bsky.social is the perennial Dem problem: our leaders disbelieve that THEY CAN INFLUENCE what voters care about. Instead, they act like the a priori polling about any issue (eg who would be blamed for a shutdown) indicates positions that are deeply held and immutable
Relieved to see them get it right in the next announcement 😂
(And, yes, I read the wedding announcements every week)
(And, yes, I read the wedding announcements every week)
December 1, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Relieved to see them get it right in the next announcement 😂
(And, yes, I read the wedding announcements every week)
(And, yes, I read the wedding announcements every week)
How did this make it past the @nytimes.com copy editors?
If the paper of record doesn't hold the line on the TikTok-influencer-led degradation of proper neighborhood articles and prepositions, who will??
If the paper of record doesn't hold the line on the TikTok-influencer-led degradation of proper neighborhood articles and prepositions, who will??
December 1, 2024 at 6:47 PM
How did this make it past the @nytimes.com copy editors?
If the paper of record doesn't hold the line on the TikTok-influencer-led degradation of proper neighborhood articles and prepositions, who will??
If the paper of record doesn't hold the line on the TikTok-influencer-led degradation of proper neighborhood articles and prepositions, who will??
After Trump's first win, I jumped into the resistance—protecting democracy by helping Democrats beat Republicans.
This time, pushing back against MAGA isn’t a purple-state project: it’s work that must start in New York.
Thanks to @nydailynews.com for letting me explain why 👇
This time, pushing back against MAGA isn’t a purple-state project: it’s work that must start in New York.
Thanks to @nydailynews.com for letting me explain why 👇
November 25, 2024 at 3:35 PM
After Trump's first win, I jumped into the resistance—protecting democracy by helping Democrats beat Republicans.
This time, pushing back against MAGA isn’t a purple-state project: it’s work that must start in New York.
Thanks to @nydailynews.com for letting me explain why 👇
This time, pushing back against MAGA isn’t a purple-state project: it’s work that must start in New York.
Thanks to @nydailynews.com for letting me explain why 👇
New York is letting children die.
The Mayor, the Council, the Legislature—everyone is complicit.
Daylight intersections. Expand sidewalks. Close more streets to cars. Get dangerous drivers off the streets.
Enough is enough.
The Mayor, the Council, the Legislature—everyone is complicit.
Daylight intersections. Expand sidewalks. Close more streets to cars. Get dangerous drivers off the streets.
Enough is enough.
October 26, 2023 at 3:20 PM
New York is letting children die.
The Mayor, the Council, the Legislature—everyone is complicit.
Daylight intersections. Expand sidewalks. Close more streets to cars. Get dangerous drivers off the streets.
Enough is enough.
The Mayor, the Council, the Legislature—everyone is complicit.
Daylight intersections. Expand sidewalks. Close more streets to cars. Get dangerous drivers off the streets.
Enough is enough.
I hope the council brings the same energy to cracking down on SUVs maiming and killing people on our streets that they seem to be bringing to e-bikes—which, unlike cars, don't have a citywide set of dedicated lanes they should be staying safely inside.
October 9, 2023 at 3:55 PM
I hope the council brings the same energy to cracking down on SUVs maiming and killing people on our streets that they seem to be bringing to e-bikes—which, unlike cars, don't have a citywide set of dedicated lanes they should be staying safely inside.
Utterly unsurprising—but still profoundly shocking—that New York's Finest will respond to complaints about their brazen behavior by harassing the folks simply asking them to follow and enforce, rather than repeatedly break, the law.
Full story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/28/c...
Full story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/28/c...
September 29, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Utterly unsurprising—but still profoundly shocking—that New York's Finest will respond to complaints about their brazen behavior by harassing the folks simply asking them to follow and enforce, rather than repeatedly break, the law.
Full story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/28/c...
Full story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/28/c...
September 21, 2023 at 12:22 AM
A familiar NYC housing story.
Fighting segregation gets sacrificed in order to win local electeds' approval.
Without hyper-local back-scratching, no new housing gets built.
Community preference must go.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/8/21/23837720/noel-segregation-lawsuit-affordable-adams-gurian
Fighting segregation gets sacrificed in order to win local electeds' approval.
Without hyper-local back-scratching, no new housing gets built.
Community preference must go.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/8/21/23837720/noel-segregation-lawsuit-affordable-adams-gurian
August 21, 2023 at 3:27 PM
A familiar NYC housing story.
Fighting segregation gets sacrificed in order to win local electeds' approval.
Without hyper-local back-scratching, no new housing gets built.
Community preference must go.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/8/21/23837720/noel-segregation-lawsuit-affordable-adams-gurian
Fighting segregation gets sacrificed in order to win local electeds' approval.
Without hyper-local back-scratching, no new housing gets built.
Community preference must go.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/8/21/23837720/noel-segregation-lawsuit-affordable-adams-gurian
This might be niche (((globalist))) observation, but reading the counts of Trump's Fulton County indictment is like an Al Cheyt for would-be authoritarians
August 15, 2023 at 3:27 AM
This might be niche (((globalist))) observation, but reading the counts of Trump's Fulton County indictment is like an Al Cheyt for would-be authoritarians
I think that was it!
July 17, 2023 at 3:21 PM
I think that was it!
Is there a way on this platform to just see original posts from people I follow, and not also their replies to accounts I don't follow...?
Right now it feels like 90% of my feed is people arguing with randos in their own replies.
Right now it feels like 90% of my feed is people arguing with randos in their own replies.
July 17, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Is there a way on this platform to just see original posts from people I follow, and not also their replies to accounts I don't follow...?
Right now it feels like 90% of my feed is people arguing with randos in their own replies.
Right now it feels like 90% of my feed is people arguing with randos in their own replies.
THIS IS BIG.
New York is one step closer to getting another crack at drawing Congressional maps—potentially undoing the damage of last year's debacle.
Better maps could significantly improve Dems' chances of winning the five seats that stand between us and a House majority.
Let's go!
New York is one step closer to getting another crack at drawing Congressional maps—potentially undoing the damage of last year's debacle.
Better maps could significantly improve Dems' chances of winning the five seats that stand between us and a House majority.
Let's go!
July 13, 2023 at 2:38 PM
THIS IS BIG.
New York is one step closer to getting another crack at drawing Congressional maps—potentially undoing the damage of last year's debacle.
Better maps could significantly improve Dems' chances of winning the five seats that stand between us and a House majority.
Let's go!
New York is one step closer to getting another crack at drawing Congressional maps—potentially undoing the damage of last year's debacle.
Better maps could significantly improve Dems' chances of winning the five seats that stand between us and a House majority.
Let's go!
Just Google image searched Padam Padam for a song-related skeet (we're still saying skeet right?) but instead my skeet is gonna be about how this is a perfect Google image search result for Padam Padam
July 7, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Just Google image searched Padam Padam for a song-related skeet (we're still saying skeet right?) but instead my skeet is gonna be about how this is a perfect Google image search result for Padam Padam
When people ask me to describe my management style
July 5, 2023 at 3:37 AM
When people ask me to describe my management style
Thanks to rate limiting, the toxic tweet smog has dissipated and it's once again safe to be online
July 3, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Thanks to rate limiting, the toxic tweet smog has dissipated and it's once again safe to be online
Wait has El*n also taken over the LinkedIn algorithm??
July 1, 2023 at 10:47 PM
Wait has El*n also taken over the LinkedIn algorithm??
