Joel Steven Kuszai
@anonstuniva.bsky.social
Baseball optimist #LGM
Blog: Beyond the Valley of Ashes - https://anonstuniva.substack.com
More about me: https://cuny.is/kuszai
Blog: Beyond the Valley of Ashes - https://anonstuniva.substack.com
More about me: https://cuny.is/kuszai
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Southeast Queens is too often neglected by the Left, but change is coming here too—through Oster Bryan.
I've known Oster since 2017. For decades, he's been rooted in principled Leftist + Black liberationist struggle.
Friends, please join me in becoming a Day-1 supporter of @osterforus.bsky.social.
I've known Oster since 2017. For decades, he's been rooted in principled Leftist + Black liberationist struggle.
Friends, please join me in becoming a Day-1 supporter of @osterforus.bsky.social.
I'm Oster Bryan and I’m asking for your permission- not just your vote- to be your next Assemblymember for Assembly District 33. Against Gentrification & Special Interests, for Term Limits, Immigrant Justice, and an Open and Accessible Assembly Office for all.
Hope you'll join us!
Hope you'll join us!
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Southeast Queens is too often neglected by the Left, but change is coming here too—through Oster Bryan.
I've known Oster since 2017. For decades, he's been rooted in principled Leftist + Black liberationist struggle.
Friends, please join me in becoming a Day-1 supporter of @osterforus.bsky.social.
I've known Oster since 2017. For decades, he's been rooted in principled Leftist + Black liberationist struggle.
Friends, please join me in becoming a Day-1 supporter of @osterforus.bsky.social.
I saw that @socialists.nyc is considering endorsing David Orkin, formerly of CUNY Clear and a lawyer at Make the Road, for District 38 NYS Assembly. I live in this district and a challenger is sorely needed to un-elect one of the most useless elected officials in American history
Over the weekend, HfHR Action volunteers in New York met with David Orkin at a meet and greet organized by DRUM Beats NYC. Our members asked about how Orkin, who is running for #NewYorkAssembly District 38, will work with progressive Hindus to fight Hindu nationalism and all forms of bigotry.
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I saw that @socialists.nyc is considering endorsing David Orkin, formerly of CUNY Clear and a lawyer at Make the Road, for District 38 NYS Assembly. I live in this district and a challenger is sorely needed to un-elect one of the most useless elected officials in American history
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@votejgr.bsky.social is WFP's first state senate primary endorsement for 2026.
SD-13 is a battleground between the Left and the neoliberal establishment. JGR is committed to co-governing with the organized Left.
Donate link: secure.actblue.com/donate/jgr2026
SD-13 is a battleground between the Left and the neoliberal establishment. JGR is committed to co-governing with the organized Left.
Donate link: secure.actblue.com/donate/jgr2026
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@votejgr.bsky.social is WFP's first state senate primary endorsement for 2026.
SD-13 is a battleground between the Left and the neoliberal establishment. JGR is committed to co-governing with the organized Left.
Donate link: secure.actblue.com/donate/jgr2026
SD-13 is a battleground between the Left and the neoliberal establishment. JGR is committed to co-governing with the organized Left.
Donate link: secure.actblue.com/donate/jgr2026
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
When is that casino coming? Only 3 years until the Juan Soto opt-out drama begins #SotoOptOut #CasinoSteve
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
When is that casino coming? Only 3 years until the Juan Soto opt-out drama begins #SotoOptOut #CasinoSteve
Mets fans should listen to Joe Benigno, what he has to say about the sketchy owner of the #Mets. Everyone else already knows all this..starts at hour 2, so 4pm. www.audacy.com/stations/wfa...
www.audacy.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Mets fans should listen to Joe Benigno, what he has to say about the sketchy owner of the #Mets. Everyone else already knows all this..starts at hour 2, so 4pm. www.audacy.com/stations/wfa...
It’s public employee compliance training season but this year the scene and the script are different
#CADHE Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression
#CUNY #MADC @aaup.org @standhighered.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social @sunyufspresident.bsky.social
#CUNY #MADC @aaup.org @standhighered.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social @sunyufspresident.bsky.social
Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression – The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s public employee compliance training season but this year the scene and the script are different
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So true. I'd just add: the ascent in influence—from the lowest rung on the proverbial ladder of engagement to the many of the most powerful organizational roles in the city—is much flatter than many tend to assume. But the catch, and the key, is to engage consistently and as part of an organization.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
So true. I'd just add: the ascent in influence—from the lowest rung on the proverbial ladder of engagement to the many of the most powerful organizational roles in the city—is much flatter than many tend to assume. But the catch, and the key, is to engage consistently and as part of an organization.
I don't know retiring CUNY Vice Chancellor Jeff Rodus, but I much appreciate what he says to NYC Council Higher Ed Committee Chair Eric Dinowitz about paid internships and faculty sovereignty over curriculum. Happy Thanksgiving to VC Rodus and happy retirement, too! youtu.be/phPRRv8B9y4
CUNY Vice Chancellor Jeff Rodus goes out with a bang
YouTube video by J Kuszai
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don't know retiring CUNY Vice Chancellor Jeff Rodus, but I much appreciate what he says to NYC Council Higher Ed Committee Chair Eric Dinowitz about paid internships and faculty sovereignty over curriculum. Happy Thanksgiving to VC Rodus and happy retirement, too! youtu.be/phPRRv8B9y4
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
I don't know but where I come from, if you act alone you are not a leftist, regardless of what you believe.
September 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I don't know but where I come from, if you act alone you are not a leftist, regardless of what you believe.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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"We're building this plane as we fly it" - @sarahchinn.bsky.social
Join us and have a real say in developing strategy and actions. @cadhe.bsky.social
Tell your #CUNY and #SUNY affiliated friends. Parents, alumni, teachers, NY State faculty.... #CADHE #CUNY #SUNY #MADC
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Join us and have a real say in developing strategy and actions. @cadhe.bsky.social
Tell your #CUNY and #SUNY affiliated friends. Parents, alumni, teachers, NY State faculty.... #CADHE #CUNY #SUNY #MADC
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
September 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"We're building this plane as we fly it" - @sarahchinn.bsky.social
Join us and have a real say in developing strategy and actions. @cadhe.bsky.social
Tell your #CUNY and #SUNY affiliated friends. Parents, alumni, teachers, NY State faculty.... #CADHE #CUNY #SUNY #MADC
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Join us and have a real say in developing strategy and actions. @cadhe.bsky.social
Tell your #CUNY and #SUNY affiliated friends. Parents, alumni, teachers, NY State faculty.... #CADHE #CUNY #SUNY #MADC
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
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September 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
August 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
So you’re telling me it’s common in Chinese culture to gift cash to reporters but no one knew about this until @katiehonan.bsky.social got one? 😂
August 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So you’re telling me it’s common in Chinese culture to gift cash to reporters but no one knew about this until @katiehonan.bsky.social got one? 😂
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“You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.” Abbie Hoffman
Fuck you, Miller. Us old white hippies are out here rocking & rolling with nothing left to lose. Discount our institutional knowledge at your own peril.
Fuck you, Miller. Us old white hippies are out here rocking & rolling with nothing left to lose. Discount our institutional knowledge at your own peril.
Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.” Abbie Hoffman
Fuck you, Miller. Us old white hippies are out here rocking & rolling with nothing left to lose. Discount our institutional knowledge at your own peril.
Fuck you, Miller. Us old white hippies are out here rocking & rolling with nothing left to lose. Discount our institutional knowledge at your own peril.
People lol @ tabloids &fer good reason incl the New York Evening Graphic, published by Bernarr McFadden "Physical Culture" founder. I saw the Graphic, which launched Walter Winchell and Ed Sullivan, described as the "pornoGraphic" but know also that FH LaGuardia ghost wrote for it while in congress
August 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
People lol @ tabloids &fer good reason incl the New York Evening Graphic, published by Bernarr McFadden "Physical Culture" founder. I saw the Graphic, which launched Walter Winchell and Ed Sullivan, described as the "pornoGraphic" but know also that FH LaGuardia ghost wrote for it while in congress
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100 years ago a violent and racist fraternity could give a flag to a school and everyone would have to drop everything to acknowledge it in a ceremony.
July 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
100 years ago a violent and racist fraternity could give a flag to a school and everyone would have to drop everything to acknowledge it in a ceremony.
I love that Queensborough Community College (where I teach) is a sponsor of the #Mets broadcasts on @snytv.bsky.social
. These broadcasts are picked up internationally through the
@mlb.com app. They aren't running ads: the college is mentioned by Gary, Keith & Ron during broadcasts. 🔥🔥🔥
. These broadcasts are picked up internationally through the
@mlb.com app. They aren't running ads: the college is mentioned by Gary, Keith & Ron during broadcasts. 🔥🔥🔥
July 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Queensborough Community College (where I teach) is a sponsor of the #Mets broadcasts on @snytv.bsky.social
. These broadcasts are picked up internationally through the
@mlb.com app. They aren't running ads: the college is mentioned by Gary, Keith & Ron during broadcasts. 🔥🔥🔥
. These broadcasts are picked up internationally through the
@mlb.com app. They aren't running ads: the college is mentioned by Gary, Keith & Ron during broadcasts. 🔥🔥🔥
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A right-wing lunatic from the Five Towns placed IEDs in Manhattan and on a subway line after tagging the president in a tweet about bombing New York City.
The Post (predictably) and Times do not feel that these are details that their readers should know. Weird!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...
The Post (predictably) and Times do not feel that these are details that their readers should know. Weird!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...
July 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A right-wing lunatic from the Five Towns placed IEDs in Manhattan and on a subway line after tagging the president in a tweet about bombing New York City.
The Post (predictably) and Times do not feel that these are details that their readers should know. Weird!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...
The Post (predictably) and Times do not feel that these are details that their readers should know. Weird!
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...
Lately I've been enjoying my free WSJ subscription and look forward to more content from them.
July 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lately I've been enjoying my free WSJ subscription and look forward to more content from them.
This is from 1961 and while you'll see these tri-K puns all the time even now, and sometimes you have to wonder what is intended. In this case NYC ex-pats 30 years later still living the dream of white supremacy even through casual jokers. Like all of my stuff, I have receipts
July 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is from 1961 and while you'll see these tri-K puns all the time even now, and sometimes you have to wonder what is intended. In this case NYC ex-pats 30 years later still living the dream of white supremacy even through casual jokers. Like all of my stuff, I have receipts
I'm a big Find a Grave guy and would like to nominate this for an as-yet-to-be-determined award for "Best 1920s-era Klansman's grave". In this case, the remains of cremation were never claimed.
July 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm a big Find a Grave guy and would like to nominate this for an as-yet-to-be-determined award for "Best 1920s-era Klansman's grave". In this case, the remains of cremation were never claimed.