Z.V. Anjali
@zvanjali.bsky.social
Author of sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery stories, including "Surya Gets a Lawyer" (https://www.frivolouscomma.com/fiction/surya-gets-a-lawyer/).
Blogging at A Collection of Pamphlets (https://zvanjali.home.blog/)
Blogging at A Collection of Pamphlets (https://zvanjali.home.blog/)
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A reminder that Republican bans have not reduced the abortion rate. All they've done is kill and harm women.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A reminder that Republican bans have not reduced the abortion rate. All they've done is kill and harm women.
She is also, importantly, a cop-chomper.
She bit a cop while protesting a men’s shelter in her district. A bad cause, & we should build extra shelters in her district, but also maybe she can find a constructive outlet for her chomping energy.
She bit a cop while protesting a men’s shelter in her district. A bad cause, & we should build extra shelters in her district, but also maybe she can find a constructive outlet for her chomping energy.
NEW: City Councilmember Susan Zhuang is a conservative Democrat. She's also an immigrant rights advocate.
New York Focus talked to her about ICE, Trump, Mamdani, and why immigrants are often left out of politics.
nysfocus.com/2025/11/19/s...
New York Focus talked to her about ICE, Trump, Mamdani, and why immigrants are often left out of politics.
nysfocus.com/2025/11/19/s...
Crossing Coalitions on the New York City Council
The conservative Democrat is sounding more like progressive colleagues as she tries to protect immigrant constituents from the Trump administration.
nysfocus.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
She is also, importantly, a cop-chomper.
She bit a cop while protesting a men’s shelter in her district. A bad cause, & we should build extra shelters in her district, but also maybe she can find a constructive outlet for her chomping energy.
She bit a cop while protesting a men’s shelter in her district. A bad cause, & we should build extra shelters in her district, but also maybe she can find a constructive outlet for her chomping energy.
We have to have Zohran’s back to prevent this ICE-loving oligarch from sabotaging him & fucking over our city.
(I get why Zohran felt he had to extend this offer, but she is a snake in the grass & will shiv him at first opportunity).
(I get why Zohran felt he had to extend this offer, but she is a snake in the grass & will shiv him at first opportunity).
NEW: Jessica Tisch has accepted Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's offer to stay on as NYPD commissioner under his administration.
In an email to cops, Tisch wrote she will remain "a fierce advocate for you and for this department. You know how I operate: I don't mince words."
In an email to cops, Tisch wrote she will remain "a fierce advocate for you and for this department. You know how I operate: I don't mince words."
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We have to have Zohran’s back to prevent this ICE-loving oligarch from sabotaging him & fucking over our city.
(I get why Zohran felt he had to extend this offer, but she is a snake in the grass & will shiv him at first opportunity).
(I get why Zohran felt he had to extend this offer, but she is a snake in the grass & will shiv him at first opportunity).
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Bike lanes bring order from chaos. (3rd Ave just got green paint)
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bike lanes bring order from chaos. (3rd Ave just got green paint)
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Literally half the days in next month in NYC are gridlock alert days. We will do nothing to deter traffic though, because Gov. Hochul decided it was more important to pander to suburban Car Karens when implementing congestion pricing.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Literally half the days in next month in NYC are gridlock alert days. We will do nothing to deter traffic though, because Gov. Hochul decided it was more important to pander to suburban Car Karens when implementing congestion pricing.
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NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
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I want to live in a world where removing the damage done by urban highways doesn't sound impossible or crazy
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I want to live in a world where removing the damage done by urban highways doesn't sound impossible or crazy
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"Pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory. Women's subservience is what they believe in: they'll just tell you. Children's obedience is what they believe in: they'll just tell you. Fathers' right to rule their families is what they believe in: they'll just tell you"
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory. Women's subservience is what they believe in: they'll just tell you. Children's obedience is what they believe in: they'll just tell you. Fathers' right to rule their families is what they believe in: they'll just tell you"
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Look it's weird to say "the city is liberation. Bigness is liberation. Bureaucracy is liberation." But it so often is. The village is inherently tyrannical. Sherly Jackson knew this.
If you all want an actual Most Woke Opinion, it’s that romanticizing backwater patriarchs who only have themselves to blame for their ills is a betrayal of every battered housewife, lynched minority, and queer kid cowering in the closet.
*freespeechguy.jpg*
I think methheads are unlikely to be forces of profound social-spiritual revelation because they fried their brains on meth.
I think methheads are unlikely to be forces of profound social-spiritual revelation because they fried their brains on meth.
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Look it's weird to say "the city is liberation. Bigness is liberation. Bureaucracy is liberation." But it so often is. The village is inherently tyrannical. Sherly Jackson knew this.
This great article cites the AMA that Mamdani did with r/MicromobilityNYC, which I think is the best source of info on Mamdani’s streets agenda:
www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This great article cites the AMA that Mamdani did with r/MicromobilityNYC, which I think is the best source of info on Mamdani’s streets agenda:
www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
NYC progressives who want to bring the NYPD to heel, it is our mission to constantly talk about Tisch like the corrupt little oligarchic princess and ICE collaborator that she is.
When talking to non-lefties, emphasize her corruption, which this article discusses.
When talking to non-lefties, emphasize her corruption, which this article discusses.
If you're interested in the debate about whether Zohran Mamdani should keep Jessica Tisch as police commissioner — and in the future of policing in New York City — this @attackerman.bsky.social piece is very much worth a read.
www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
Mamdani's NYC Can't Afford NYPD Commissioner Tisch
With ICE on its way, how can we expect an ICE collaborator to protect New Yorkers? Here's a compromise: make Tisch sanitation commissioner again
www.forever-wars.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
NYC progressives who want to bring the NYPD to heel, it is our mission to constantly talk about Tisch like the corrupt little oligarchic princess and ICE collaborator that she is.
When talking to non-lefties, emphasize her corruption, which this article discusses.
When talking to non-lefties, emphasize her corruption, which this article discusses.
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“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
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If you're interested in the debate about whether Zohran Mamdani should keep Jessica Tisch as police commissioner — and in the future of policing in New York City — this @attackerman.bsky.social piece is very much worth a read.
www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
Mamdani's NYC Can't Afford NYPD Commissioner Tisch
With ICE on its way, how can we expect an ICE collaborator to protect New Yorkers? Here's a compromise: make Tisch sanitation commissioner again
www.forever-wars.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you're interested in the debate about whether Zohran Mamdani should keep Jessica Tisch as police commissioner — and in the future of policing in New York City — this @attackerman.bsky.social piece is very much worth a read.
www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
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You'll soon be able to ride 100+ blocks on 3rd Ave without hitting a single red, which is good because the current condition blows:
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You'll soon be able to ride 100+ blocks on 3rd Ave without hitting a single red, which is good because the current condition blows:
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cultural revolution NOW
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
cultural revolution NOW
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In the early days of Zohran's campaign he advised us to put together a plan for what advocates wanted. This is what I ended up showing him:
neighborhoods.carrd.co
neighborhoods.carrd.co
City Of Neighborhoods Plan
It's time to return the streets of NYC to residents, prioritizing urban appropriate transportation methods.
neighborhoods.carrd.co
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In the early days of Zohran's campaign he advised us to put together a plan for what advocates wanted. This is what I ended up showing him:
neighborhoods.carrd.co
neighborhoods.carrd.co
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honestly not a bad idea
New York and LA should offer an equivalent to Israeli birthright trips to every theatre kid in the lower 48
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
honestly not a bad idea
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Something I’ve really changed my mind about is that it’s really healthy for vices to have some friction around them. I don’t think it’s great to straight up criminalize things but it should be a bit annoying. You should have to go somewhere to gamble at least
i think online gambling is a cancer that is spreading throughout our society, it was a horrible mistake to de-regulate it, and we desperately need to crack down on it again
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Something I’ve really changed my mind about is that it’s really healthy for vices to have some friction around them. I don’t think it’s great to straight up criminalize things but it should be a bit annoying. You should have to go somewhere to gamble at least
I want this episode.
people bitch about woke media but if TOS was on today they would go to a thinly-veiled MAGA planet where the locals worshipped guns and then kirk would hit the orange dictator with a two-fisted karate chop before giving a lecture about how science is real and violence is bad
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I want this episode.
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"Council Member Mercedes Narcisse (D-Canarsie), for instance, pushed a bill to permit the city [to] issue just one ticket per hour to drivers who park or drive in the bus lane."
What's next? One speeding or red-light ticket per hour? It boggles the mind.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/c...
What's next? One speeding or red-light ticket per hour? It boggles the mind.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/c...
Council Members Put Everything But Riders First at 'Bus Oversight' Hearing - Streetsblog New York City
The Council spent its last bus oversight hearing of its term asking the MTA and city to pull back on bus lane enforcement.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Council Member Mercedes Narcisse (D-Canarsie), for instance, pushed a bill to permit the city [to] issue just one ticket per hour to drivers who park or drive in the bus lane."
What's next? One speeding or red-light ticket per hour? It boggles the mind.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/c...
What's next? One speeding or red-light ticket per hour? It boggles the mind.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/c...
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Endorse.
I'm an Open Borders true believer. I think we should replace the entire DHS with a New American Welcoming Department that hands out Social Security numbers and green cards to new arrivals right at points of entry and helps them find places to live and work.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Endorse.
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This case was the test of whether a past Brooklyn DA would pursue child sexual abuse in Orthodox Jewish communities. Years later, a new DA is advocating for a reduced sentence. Story from @reuvenblau.bsky.social.
Brooklyn DA Backs Reduced Sentence for Notorious Child Molester
The office of Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez argues the original 103-year sentence for Nechemya Weberman was excessive. His victim objects.
www.thecity.nyc
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This case was the test of whether a past Brooklyn DA would pursue child sexual abuse in Orthodox Jewish communities. Years later, a new DA is advocating for a reduced sentence. Story from @reuvenblau.bsky.social.
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I'm in Park Slope too and every day I see a car run a red light almost every block.
Good on @timdonnelly.com & @nygroove.nyc for covering this and the way it's framed. If we can't expect the bare minimum of our fellow citizens, what can we. What does it say these drivers have no respect for others.
Good on @timdonnelly.com & @nygroove.nyc for covering this and the way it's framed. If we can't expect the bare minimum of our fellow citizens, what can we. What does it say these drivers have no respect for others.
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
Society broke down and all, but you really still need to stop at red lights
I can't believe we need to explain this one, but it seems that we really do
nygroove.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm in Park Slope too and every day I see a car run a red light almost every block.
Good on @timdonnelly.com & @nygroove.nyc for covering this and the way it's framed. If we can't expect the bare minimum of our fellow citizens, what can we. What does it say these drivers have no respect for others.
Good on @timdonnelly.com & @nygroove.nyc for covering this and the way it's framed. If we can't expect the bare minimum of our fellow citizens, what can we. What does it say these drivers have no respect for others.