Maya Gittelman

parent to other family: oh look more gr*ffindors :)
might as well be walking around with a c**mo shirt 🤮

i need to go inside lol

upper east side parents of small children dressed as H*rry P*tter characters this year is such a dogwhistle and i hate that.

god I fucking love Sinners. movie of all time.

a bluesky post from the New York Times that reads: "In Opinion Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”" And a link to the Op-Ed piece which I will not be posting here because it's an absurd thing to write in a newspaper!

every time i think i can't hate the nyt more than i already do, they're like "don't worry, Preeti, we want you to hate us even more. hate us harder." like what in the 12-year-old-shitbag-i-went-to-school-with-who-wouldn't-say-my-name-right is this

Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.

its a soap opera and it’s a lot of fun! also i’m a nyer and it’s fun to, like, succession-style watch the rich people drama that shaped this city lol. every time Ms Astor shows up i go “from the Place??”
many good actors/hot people, i get a lot of brain cleansing joy from it

@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics.

GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp

LIKE?!!

got to record something incredibly cool today!! can’t wait to share ❤️

Reposting this video from the summer because every now & then it's important to remind yourself what is at stake. Have a great weekend!

Jorge Bautista, a clergyman with the United Church of Christ, reacts after he was hit in the face by a pepper round from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent as protesters blocked the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda, where they are sent to as a staging area for a planned immigration crackdown, in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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Where are the red-blooded American patriots who‘d die for these spacious skies and amber waves of grain? How does poisoning the land contribute to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, even for wealthy white conservatives?

What’s the Trump Administration’s End Game for the National Parks? We saw it in Yosemite. But you have to look beyond the bathrooms.

“‘Over the next three years or so, unless Congress steps in, the Park Service will be pretty seriously damaged, you might almost say dismantled,’ says former NPS director Jonathan Jarvis, who served as the agency’s head from 2009 to 2017…

and the gays don’t even die!!

clown in a cornfield was gayer and more fun than I expected!!

In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools.

AI is another version of colonial extraction.

No Kings - Next Steps! - gregpak.net The No Kings march in Manhattan on Saturday was mind-blowing. After spending time with the glorious Indivisible Brooklyn and New York Working Families Party crews, I climbed up on a … Continue reading...

Wrote about next steps for practical action after No Kings - with an NYC emphasis. Check it out and get looped in! gregpak.net/2025/10/20/n...

‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present

Palestine is actually one of humanity’s oldest toponyms, and records of a people named after it are as old as literacy itself.
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Latine Reads for Espooky Season It's officially the best time of the year: espooky season!

In which Book Riot appreciates my online shenanigans❤️

Thank you so very much @bookriot.bsky.social !!

“She has a great online presence where she shares tips and insights on horror, publishing, craft, and infectious Boricua pride.”

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

one of the most well-done hours of television. reached through time and squeezed my heart in my chest.

also imo renders useless any award show that doesn’t recognize iwtv as the prestige intimate masterpiece it is, which i say as a big fan of both the pitt & severance.

bestie’s comin over to watch iwtv but we’re up to I Could Not Prevent It which I not only have to rewatch but must watch them watch for the first time

real NYers know it‘s f*** Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo: Choose me over Mamdani because I have experience!

The experience:

Cuomo’s controversial CUNY record resurfaces as affordability concerns dominate mayor’s race Advocates, union leaders and lawmakers have criticized his previous push to cut state aid.

CUNY is the nation’s largest urban public university system and an engine of social mobility for the city's working class.

But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.

Banned Books Week may be over but the fight for the freedom to read and the first amendment continues. I talked with author/artist Mike Curato (FLAMER) about his experiences as an often-banned creator in Massachusetts and beyond. #massfreedomtoread @massaabb.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social

meanwhile Chappell Roan and Renee Rapp are out lesbians (imo w music/performance talent either comparable or better to T) and you can just…listen to their lesbian songs about lesbianing! no lying to yourself even at all!!

I DID!!!! 😭❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Thank you!!! 🥹❤️❤️

😭😭❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU SHFHDJFH