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Robin Broshi

@eastsidegadfly.bsky.social

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If you can afford it, carry around extra bills to help people in need in your community. Immigrants are neighbors we haven’t met yet Gen X w/ Millennial undertones I ❤️ NY Proud Jewish Mama https://imdb.com/name/nm11733035/

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · Oct 16

If anyone ever wants to do a long form essay about the link between parents who support academic tracking and deplorable racism and transphobia - have I got a story for you…

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Oct 16

Back on Twitter there was a guy, probably one of the various YIMBY Jo(h)ns who I got into it with because I went on a tear about how tracking (splitting K-12 student populations into remedial, normal, and advanced classes) is Bad, Actually and he was very concerned about his children being Held Back

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 10h

You sound like Tipper Gore

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 10h

Lol my Seders aren’t responsible for anything poisonous but excessive consumption of bad wine

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 10h

My identity isn’t bullshit and I’m very sorry if you feel that way about yours

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 11h

Antireligion atheists are very common and aggressive and ignorant

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 11h

All religion is not evil bullshit. Take your issues with Christianity and don’t conflate them with my family’s stories, history, traditions and rituals.

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 11h

Alvin Bragg’s Republican opponent is a hateful racist transphobe who keeps losing elections. It will be delightful to watch her fail again.

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 11h

Dem party leaders are the circular firing squad purists, only instead of loyalty to principles they require loyalty to the Baileys.

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 11h

Booing is such a strong statement - wouldn’t want to misuse it over a genocide

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 11h

My mom died 3 years ago at 79. It’s a good life but it still feels like not enough time.

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 14h

Assuming you are a white Christian, you may just have to accept that you won’t understand bc you literally cannot know how it feels to not be a white Christian in America

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 14h

Because white Christians can be delightful people who will convince you that as long as you behave like a white Christian they will deem you one of the “good ones” and you can share their goodies. And they have lots of goodies!

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe they think they’ll be treated like the politicians responsible for January 6

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 15h

Like anyone with a platform who defends people enduring a genocide seems like the best kind of virtue signaling

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 15h

Ok but why is that guy the arbiter of who is being sincere? And why is standing up for Palestinian children an example of dangerously insincere virtue signaling?

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

Too many voters over 45/50 think Clintonian triangulation is a virtue - or at least a positive political strategy

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

Someone I know irl said they wish Mamdani had been more vague about elementary school gifted programs and I had to explain that a key to his popularity is that he’s takes a position rather than be deliberately opaque in service of an imaginary broad appeal.

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

The problem with so many liberals: I believe good things so it doesn’t matter that I spend all my energy fighting people who believe the same things but also want to do something about it on top of voting for whoever has a D next to their name

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

Why not in Scarsdale? Great Neck? Those town don’t have gifted kids?

Gothamist @gothamist.com · 1d

Lawmakers push for gifted programs to be more widespread in NYC schools https://gothamist.com/news/lawmakers-push-for-gifted-programs-to-be-more-widespread-in-nyc-schools

Lawmakers push for gifted programs to be more widespread in NYC schools

Students in science class at Jonas Bronck Academy in the Bronx. The move to expand the program comes as mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani calls to eliminate the offering for kindergartners. [ more › ]

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

Israel existing as a democracy does sound like a joke, but actually its failure to do so is tragic for Palestinians and Israelis and Jews everywhere

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

What’s funny is if I look at my yearbook from 9th grade, the seniors still look older to me. But generally speaking, particularly as the 49yo parent of a 20 yo, yes anyone under 30 is a baby face.

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 17h

Like who won the Civil War if there’s confederate flags flying in upstate NY and Wisconsin?

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 1d

Even a charitable take on AI wouldn’t make it much different than automobiles: a useful technology that needs to be wielded very carefully and very well regulated to minimize physical danger and environmental damage

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 1d

If you really want to know you should be able to figure it out on your own

Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 1d

With ears?!

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Robin Broshi @eastsidegadfly.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple identities and communities is the human experience. I’m a woman. I’m a mom. I’m American. I’m a New Yorker. I’m an English speaker. I’m Jewish. I’m white. I’m a Mets fan. I’m a public school parent. I consider other people who share these identities as members of my communities.

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