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fullslack.bsky.social
lmao this whole sensationalist NYT article makes Zohran seem like an instant power hungry dictator. who’s the source on Zohran “discouraging” Chi from running? the source on him “disinviting” him from the after party? bro trust me! do ppl not assume NYT is trying to sow unnecessary division here?
The New Work Times Mamdani Fills 2 Top Posts A Winning Cam Against Mamdani's Wishes, Gen Z Councilman Plans to Challenge Jeffries Chi Ossé, a New York City councilman, has told allies he is preparing to challenge Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the House. Mr. Ossé, 27, hopes to follow Mr. Mamdani's unlikely path, combining a vibrant social media presence, an insurgent campaign and on-the-ground support from left-leaning groups to lift him to victory. But he may not have the mayor-elect's support. Mr. Ossé has spoken to various Democrats about his intentions, and is expected to announce his bid against Mr. Jeffries in the next few weeks, according to two people who have spoken to him in recent days. When asked about his plans, Mr. Ossé did not confirm or deny them. He said in a statement that he had been "hearing a lot of concern about Democratic Party leadership. It's a big part of why I worked so hard to get Zohran elected and defeat the establishment's champion, Andrew Cuomo." "Right now, I'm focused on serving my constituents and guaranteeing the success of Zohran's agenda at City Hall," he added. Mr. Mamdani has privately tried to discourage his ideological ally from running. The mayor-elect and his team fear that another high-profile challenge from the left might compromise his own bid to push the Democratic establishment to support his affordability agenda. Mr. Mamdani also may want to avoid the optics of having Mr. Ossé challenge the House Democratic leader, who endorsed Mr. Mamdani in October after months of negotiation. The disagreement caused Mr. Ossé to be disinvited from Mr. Mamdani's election night watch party, according to two people familiar with the matter, even though he has been a frequent presence at Mr. Mamdani's campaign events. Instead, Mr. Ossé said he spent the night "with my constituents at D.S.A. events celebrating Zohran's incredible win." Any challenger ideologically aligned with Mr. Mamdani may hope that the mayor-elect, now a national figure who can raise large sums of cash for allies, would support their campaigns. But Mr. Mamdani and his aides have stressed that he would not simply follow the endorsements of the local D.S.A. chapter, and would look to back candidates who can help him deliver on his agenda. It appears that Mr. Ossé may not meet Mr. Mamdani's requirement. Mr. Ossé, who was first elected at the age of 23 to the City. Council in 2021, did not unconditionally support Mr. Mamdani for mayor until late May. He initially donated to the mayoral campaign of Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and to State Senator Zellnor Myrie; he could not donate to Mr. Mamdani because his campaign had already maxed out on contributions. He later told supporters to rank Mr. Mamdani No. 1 on their primary ballots, one of the earliest councilmembers to do so. He has gained prominence for his accessible distillations of progressive policies on TikTok and Instagram. Last year, he introduced legislation, which passed and took effect in June, that forces many landlords to cover broker fees, instead of renters. Like Mr. Mamdani, Mr. Ossé will seek support from the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, an influential organizing engine that has helped local progressives like Mr. Mamdani win recent elections. But unlike Mr. Mamdani, whose membership in the group dates back to 2017, Mr. Ossé's roots are not as deep. He said last month that he had recently joined the group, but as recently as 2023, he was telling followers that he is "not a D.S.A. member nor was I endorsed by D.S.A." If the chapter signals that it may not endorse him, it could affect his plans to run, two people who have spoken to him about the race said. Mr. Ossé is expected to appear later this month before the D.S.A's electoral working group, which handles congressional endorsements.
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
sciencehistory.org
In the latest Distillations Magazine story, find out how a shady car battery additive called AD‑X2 sparked a showdown between the U.S. political and scientific establishments.
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Politically Charged
How a shady car battery additive called AD-X2 sparked a showdown between the U.S. country’s political and scientific establishments.
www.sciencehistory.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
amaliasl.bsky.social
Great write-up of the emotional context surrounding written documents that we usually encounter flattened out in folders in the research room.

Beautiful art that draws the gaze to the act of the creation of letters as a distillations of emotions.
artinsociety.bsky.social Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 1d
JUST PUBLISHED! In our latest article we examine the 17th century craze for writing and reading letters, and how this became a major feature in Dutch art, featuring in masterful paintings by artists such as Gabriel Metsu and Jan Vermeer www.artinsociety.com/gabriel-mets...
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
arres.bsky.social
ɪ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴜɴ-ʟɪᴛ ᴀʟᴄʜᴇᴍʏ ʟᴀʙ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪɴᴇɢᴀʀ ᴀs ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴅɪsᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
nirgalm25.bsky.social
I didn't say that it was. My point is that the description of PR in the poll, as well as "person with the most votes wins" are both short distillations of their respective voting systems, but don't include anything that people would find objectionable about them.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
brucenextlevel.bsky.social
Amongst many lovely comments at Cardinal
Wiseman School today, a particular standout was the headteacher saying that the ‘learning and how it happens’ section of Power Up Your Questioning is one of the best distillations of key messages he’s come across.

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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
philbybear.bsky.social
All of this, 1000%.

Astro City is one of the greatest distillations of the genre.
gdmilkman.bsky.social GDmilkman @gdmilkman.bsky.social · 8d
I have just begun a new comic journey and I wish to opine about it, but what is social media if not to pop off with half formed opinions and random utterances of the day??

That is to simply say this.

Astro City is good, great even.

It also represents what I'd argue is something lost in comics.
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
aes-like-ice.bsky.social
anyway i am sorry to inflict one of the purest distillations of canadianness, that is the standing outside the door looking in, on this selection of men who are canadian neither by choice nor by affliction. why was springer tearfully singing the anthem by the way does he always do that
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
evanbernick.bsky.social
That Andrews piece is one of the purest distillations of internalized misogyny I‘ve ever come across. what a wretched way to view the world.
The problem is not that women are less talented than men or even that female modes of interaction are inferior in any objective sense. The problem is that female modes of interaction are not well suited to accomplishing the goals of many major institutions. You can have an academia that is majority female, but it will be (as majority-female departments in today's universities already are) oriented toward other goals than open debate and the unfettered pursuit of truth. And if your academia doesn't pursue truth, what good is it? If your journalists aren't prickly individualists who don't mind alienating people, what good are they? If a business loses its swashbuckling spirit and becomes a feminized, inward-focused bureaucracy, will it not stagnate?
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
funwithnix.bsky.social
Play the game it's one of my favorite distillations of everything I think video games can be as artistic expression
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
arres.bsky.social
ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴄɪᴘʟɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴏʟɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄs . ɪ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴜɴ-ʟɪᴛ ᴀʟᴄʜᴇᴍʏ ʟᴀʙ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪɴᴇɢᴀʀ ᴀs ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴅɪsᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
haydonmp.bsky.social
It’s really one of the purer distillations of “12 year old boy impulse” so far.
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
thedrewstarr.bsky.social
Custom distillations!
Doemens students brew far too much beer for them to consume, so they use some of the leftovers to teach a crash course on their tiny little column still.
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
confessorprofessor.bsky.social
What's it like inside your head?
(Read alt text.)
The Duke Humfrey's Library, Oxford. Only pencils are allowed, for pens might damage the delicate manuscripts. Soft-soled librarians bring the exact books you require, silently, swiftly slipping away on noiseless toe. Through the vast, lead-lined windows floods the heavenly sunlight of early summer, and a blackbird sings in the full bursting bloom of a creamy magnolia. The only noises within the room are the occasional gentle cough, the creak of old pages being turned by old scholars. The smells are of old leather, and wood warmed by centuries of loving use. No-one will ever interrupt you here. This is the inner sanctum, the Holy of Holies, the embodiment of thought, Word Made Flesh, En Sof. Here the universe bends to human will, tamed and framed by ten thousand soul-rich volumes, distillations, as Milton said, of master spirits. In this place, eternity is being built every day, each stroke of every annotation laying another stone in seamless harmony with the glowing edifice of thought. Here is rich, endless, enfolding peace.
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
aidensartt.bsky.social
More distillations.
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
brandonseifert.info
...Evidently I need to re-read that series.

This isn't the only time you've done a "one panel distillations of a Marvel character," yeah? Or it my memory failing me completely?
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
jasooooon.bsky.social
"Ad hoc, low-budget, and brief as they are, Amerasu’s videos also stand out as unusually stimulating distillations of the impress of tech on contemporary life, which seem rare in popular media these days." www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
The High Femme Dystopia of Star Amerasu
In a series of comic videos set in 2099, the multitalented artist imagines our petty future.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
arres.bsky.social
ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟɪᴇɴ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ? ɪ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴜɴ-ʟɪᴛ ᴀʟᴄʜᴇᴍʏ ʟᴀʙ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪɴᴇɢᴀʀ ᴀs ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴅɪsᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
arres.bsky.social
ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀɴᴛᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ 🔥 . ɪ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴜɴ-ʟɪᴛ ᴀʟᴄʜᴇᴍʏ ʟᴀʙ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪɴᴇɢᴀʀ ᴀs ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴅɪsᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
arres.bsky.social
ɪ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴜɴ-ʟɪᴛ ᴀʟᴄʜᴇᴍʏ ʟᴀʙ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪɴᴇɢᴀʀ ᴀs ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴅɪsᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
4legsgooder.bsky.social
One of the wisest distillations of the moral mandate for ecological conservation that I've ever read.
kalmantibs.bsky.social Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · Oct 10
"Seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space."

— Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.

🙏🏼🌍🕊️
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
meo.bsky.social
if i am known for anything it is surely my many extracts and distillations
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
christopherallbritton.com
Thanks @thebulwark.com for one of the clearest distillations I’ve ever read of how we got to the this crisis in journalism. The moment you mention Craigslist and how it decimated classifieds I knew it was going to be good.
The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.
We drink their milkshake.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
ausman.bsky.social
They are some of the most distillations of Marxists and leftist thought. I have read them and been inspired, even though I am an anarchist. Gramsci is a personal hero of mine. You can decide to think and write and do what you can or you can wither and die.

That is your choice.
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM