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toleranceleft.bsky.social
Eric
@toleranceleft.bsky.social
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🌹🗽 Socialist organizer in Astoria, Queens, NYC. Mostly focused on single-payer healthcare / Medicare for All, but also labor, electoral, etc. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
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juliadoubleday.bsky.social
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
A bunch of us field leads were coming from our final shifts and waiting to get in and I was like “No spoilers, please!” I didn’t want to hear it from some random person outside among a few, I wanted to hear it inside the victory party with everybody! Grateful I got to experience that.
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
8 hrs of sleep for everybody in the zohran for nyc font
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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theonion.com
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
Claim: Mamdani adheres to an extremist interpretation of Sharia law. False: Mamdani remains honor-bound to the ancient samurai code of Bushidō.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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atrubek.bsky.social
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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 5:37 PM
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escargotpro.bsky.social
Reposting insta caption cause its the only way I can beat the character limit
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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labuzamovies.com
Here’s a good recap of exactly what happened www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Update: Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
www.lawdork.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani has achieved what most democratic socialists can only dream of:

Guaranteed continuous employment for 4 years.
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
This news comes as Cori Bush challenges AIPAC-backed Wesley Bell in the 1st congressional district of Missouri, which includes St. Louis
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: St. Louis, MO has just passed a resolution to divest from corporations complicit in human rights abuses (including occupation, apartheid, genocide, or racism) within the city and abroad.

Becomes the biggest city in the US to pass such a resolution, according to organizers.
BREAKING: St. Louis City Passes Resolution to Divest from Corporations Complicit in Human Rights Violations In a 10-1-3 vote, St. Louis becomes the largest city in the U.S. to pass ethical investment resolution ST. LOUIS, MO — This morning, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed a groundbreaking resolution, “Ensuring Ethical Investment of City Retirement Funds,” ensuring that city retirement investments align with St. Louis’s commitment to human rights, racial justice, and peace. Backed by the grassroots coalition Not Another Nickel, the resolution was sponsored by Alderman Rasheen Aldridge and co-sponsored by President Megan Green, Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier, and Alderman Shane Cohn. The measure calls on the Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of the City of St. Louis to divest from any companies that profit from—or are complicit in—human rights abuses, including war, occupation, apartheid, or systemic racism. It also directs the city to ensure all investments meet the ethical guidelines established by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). With this vote, St. Louis becomes the largest city in the United States to adopt a divestment resolution of this kind. The decision comes amid a national wave for justice and ethical governance during this election week. Over 50 people showed up to give public testimony Wednesday in support of the resolution when it was in committee. “This is a historic moment for St. Louis,” said Ray Brown, spokesperson for the Not Another Nickel Campaign and member of Jewish Voice for Peace St. Louis. “We’ve seen our city take a bold stand for justice in calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza. Now, the city has taken the next step—ensuring our resources are not being used to fund human rights violations anywhere.” This resolution builds on St. Louis’s ongoing commitments to human rights, including the January 2024 Board of Aldermen resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and recent budget vict…
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
Only the French could be so arrogant
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
I am once again saying we should plan for this
toleranceleft.bsky.social Eric @toleranceleft.bsky.social · Jun 5
So when Astoria’s own @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social goes to work next year on the first day of his new job we’re gonna have a ferry send-off / welcoming party right?
@socialists.nyc @nywfp.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sengonzalezny.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social
An Apple Maps route from Astoria to Gracie Mansion — the quickest and most cinematic direction is the ferry from Astoria to East 90th St, which is immediately north of the mayor’s house
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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toleranceleft.bsky.social
At the end they’re chanting DSA — political home to Zohran, AOC, & several other electeds in NY… so many there’s an acronym, SIOs, “Socialists in Office”

If you’re in NYC socialists.nyc @socialists.nyc

Elsewhere (all 50 states) www.dsausa.org @demsocialists.bsky.social

A better world is possible!
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
For me anyway, moving here in September 2022 (lifelong dream) & choosing Astoria, my metric for

“You’re a real New Yorker when…”

… is: you give 100+ hours of your free time to ELECT THE NEXT MAYOR, who is going to materially improve the lives of the multiracial, multigenerational working class!
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
At the end they’re chanting DSA — political home to Zohran, AOC, & several other electeds in NY… so many there’s an acronym, SIOs, “Socialists in Office”

If you’re in NYC socialists.nyc @socialists.nyc

Elsewhere (all 50 states) www.dsausa.org @demsocialists.bsky.social

A better world is possible!
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew
"There’s no question in my mind that I’m Indian. And there’s no question in my mind that I’m a New Yorker. And I’m all of these things, yet in each of these places I’ve been made to feel that it’s not actually my home to call– in Uganda, I’m told this guy is actually Indian, in India, I’m told this guy is actually Muslim, and in New York I’m everything but a New Yorker. But I’m realizing that it’s not a determination I should be outsourcing to others. It’s something that if I know and feel, then I need to become comfortable in asserting. Others will take time in catching up to that. It also helps to understand that if you’re part of any diaspora you have to live in multiple worlds at once, and have multiple sets of cultural references and histories–so that if you were to describe yourself in one singular term, it doesn’t really capture the different ways in which you think about the world."
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
The early line was so long at the main Astoria election results watch / victory party, around the corner, that there was concern of it becoming electioneering at the poll site on the adjoining street, so us canvassers had to be welcoming to celebrants but also strict about still needing to canvass
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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jphillll.bsky.social
One immensely satisfying thing about today is that Elon Musk can crash out, Donald Trump can be pissed off, Michael Bloomberg can burn another $5 million dollars, and none of that will stop Zohran from becoming the next mayor of New York City.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
The Zohran Field Leads community on WhatsApp has a chat for Volunteer Event Photos. Seeing hundreds of folks for each shift during Early Voting & today’s 6am crew 🫡, all smiling faces & bright colors, well, as @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social says, “I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win”!
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
I know, “I ain’t reading all that…” but this is me reflecting on the eve of an historic election, which is also 3 years *to the day* that I met @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, about 6 weeks after I realized my lifelong dream of living in NYC. In short, I want my @socialists.nyc comrade to be our mayor!
Tomorrow night at this time, I should know if one of the first people I met in NYC after moving here 3 years ago, who: * greeted me as a new neighbor & comrade & wanted to take a picture with me, then gave me a shout-out in his speech that night * has offered me tea & food at events * de-escalated, as if a fellow marshal, a disturbed disruptor at a Tax the Rich rally he spoke at * sat by my side in 2023 in a policy discussion with the NYC-DSA Healthcare Working Group as a co-sponsor of the New York Health Act, then during lunch outside called me over to chat * dutifully represents me & thousands of my new community in the World’s Borough * welcomed & formally recognized the group of organizers I was part of into the legislative chamber in Albany during a #FixTheMTA lobby day * has taken risks with & gone on hunger strikes for bold legislation seeking to better the lives of the underserved & repressed * has served as an example of determination & compassion in organizing, from his role as an elected to putting his body on the line & facing arrest in supporting other movements * has stood up to fascist officials * has faced vile death threats & discrimination, ever-increasing & desperate attacks on his character * even with all that, will still greet me with a smile as a friend, fellow organizer, & neighbor in the People’s Republic of Astoria … will be elected as the (democratic socialist) mayor of the greatest city in the world. He will have achieved this because there are hundreds more like me who have been honored to even somewhat know him, a 100,000 more who have been inspired to volunteer, & millions more who believe he can deliver on his promises to provide the working class — in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest country in modern history — a life with greater security and dignity. I reflect on this not because I’m special but because I have had the opportunity through joining DSA. A better world truly is possible, and we can win it through organizing. A cropped picture of me (which is my Bluesky icon) from an NYC-DSA post, of me, State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, and now-fellow State Assemblymember Claire Valdez, after a CFU-UAW rally at NYU. We’re all holding UAW signs and smiling.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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alexnpress.bsky.social
I joined @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as he took his campaign to the people who keep New York running while the rest of us sleep, and considered what his mayoralty would (will??) actually look like.
Out After Dark With Late-Night Workers and Zohran Mamdani
New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani recently spent the night reaching out to workers in Queens who keep the city moving after most New Yorkers are asleep. We tagged along.
jacobin.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
C A N V A S S I N G
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.

It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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bootsriley.bsky.social
my new movie
I Love Boosters

starring
Keke Palmer, Demi Moore, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Lakeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Eiza Gonzalez, and Poppy Liu

will be in theaters May 22nd (Memorial Day Weekend)

Distributed in the US by Neon
Distributed internationally by Focus/Universal.
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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pilotv.bsky.social
my birthday is later this week and honestly i am having such a Bad Time that i am just gonna ignore it this year but a nice gift would be to donate to the astoria food pantry: givebutter.com/AFP2025
Astoria Food Pantry End of Year Fundraiser
Help us keep grocery bags full in 2025
givebutter.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
toleranceleft.bsky.social
Canvassers and field leads for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social when we knock on the doors tomorrow for our long-time “Undecideds” or the people who never answered

Polls are open 6am - 9pm

zohranfornyc.com/vote
Four images from the last moments of the film Good Will Hunting, where the titular Will’s best friend Chuckie (Ben Affleck) peeks into his window because he’s not coming outside for their usual hang out, and Chuckie realizes Will’s left, and then a note from Will held by Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), but instead of it actually reading “Sorry, I had to go see about a girl,” it says in a completely slapdash meme way “Sorry, I had to go vote for Zohran Mamdani” The final panel is Sean’s reaction with the adjusted / faked caption “They stole my line”
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM