Niki Dykstra

I sent my teenager into Market 32 last fall to get four books of stamps for holiday cards. They made him go back to the car and get me, because they thought it was "too weird" that he'd want all those stamps.

This is really great, thank you for putting it together!

Increasingly, I feel as if these self-proclaimed coalition builders talking about "winning the middle" aren't talking about the people they hope to win over. Rather, they're talking about themselves, and defining what it will take to keep them in the tent. Not opposed to purity tests; issuing them.

I’m still processing what happened this morning.

Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?

We need a bigger tent, that’s why we must betray and expel the following types of people:

One of the big asymmetries in US politics is how Republicans getting more votes from men is a major crisis for the Democratic party that must be addressed, perhaps by abandoning some values, while Democrats getting more votes from women is a nonissue for the Republican Party, not worth discussing.

Has anyone made progress on a decent TikTok alternative?

No one could make these things up. I once had to sweep the pavement outside of a loading dock because it was “too sandy” (there was a regular amount of sand on the ground)

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

The other 10% will probably be a new task force to study the housing crisis and make recommendations in 2030

Connecticut, please listen to me: we need something new. We desperately, desperately need more housing, and Lamont will continue to stand in the way. Do you know how your town committees select delegates for the state convention where the gubernatorial candidates are selected? Start figuring it out.

Reminder that this group and their complete incoherence were what swayed Lamont to veto housing reform. Great people to take political advice from

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Great to see comrade Scabby in attendance

Rep. Himes (CT-04), ever the defender of decorum above all else, unsurprisingly voted in favor. I’m so fucking tired

#nutmegsky

This is an incredible thread of media orgs you should check out, and support

This is out-Sovieting the Soviet Union. "You are free to express any opinion at all as long as it's the right one, and the consequences for all the others will be severe, and ratting out is an important part of our free society."

Winning a Grammy, Webby, Oscar, and Tony award is called a GWOT and no one has ever won the GWOT

ggplot2 4.0.0 A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

There but for the grace of God go I.

We desperately need more housing.

#nutmegsky

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

Evergreen.

The time is now. Right now. Time for literally all of us to push back against fascism.

You don't have to and literally can't do EVERYTHING. Don't worry about that!

Just pick the one or two issues/things you know and care about and join the people who are doing practical things to help.

I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.

But we do need your time. ⏰

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Looking Left, Elliott Pokes At Guv's Popularity Insurgent candidate Joshua Elliott isn't convinced the governor he's taking on is so popular. …

“We’ve lost our way. We’re fearful about championing the issues and the causes that really matter, the day-to-day expenses of living in [Connecticut].” - State Rep. Josh Elliott, who is challenging Gov. Lamont from the left.

#nutmegsky

No one talks about this consequence of returning to the office 📈

Trump's use of red state National Guards in DC is really about viciously turning Americans against each other, about stoking hate and violence *among Americans.* JB Pritzker's response is so good because it lays *this* bare.

Me and @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this:

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My brothers and sisters in Christ rather than jump into my mentions to tell me focusing on gender and sexuality and identity are a distraction, tie a concrete block to your legs and take a long walk off a short pier instead. Trans rights are human rights. Fuck off.

Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.

A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.