Mayor Mamdani prays alongside people in custody and staff at Rikers Island.

People in custody pray together.

Rikers Island staff prepare a dining table for iftar.

Mayor Mamdani shakes hands with a person in custody across a dining table where other people in custody eat together.

Earlier this week, I had the honor of breaking fast at Rikers Island with New Yorkers in custody. It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time.
 
In a system too often defined by what it takes, I was reminded of what it means to give—mercy, dignity, and humanity.

Eid Mubarak, New York.

Yesterday morning I stepped outside on my balcony for coffee with my wife and our neighbor. The drone was as low as it has ever been. We saw it over our heads. Below, our alleyway had turned into a parking lot for displaced people’s cars. A school next door is hosting around 1500 people.

Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.

Read this thread. I don't know what to say, other than we can't live like this anymore.

oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh

Hail the God Emperor of Armenia

You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.

She Survived 141 Days in ICE Custody Thanks to a ‘Beautiful Sisterhood.’ Now She’s Fighting for Those Still Inside. 22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, talks about her experience in federal detainment.

22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, says her experience in federal detainment could only be identified as “human trafficking.” And she’s not staying quiet about the women she was forced to leave behind.

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Nic Cage and Pedro Pascal in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) meme. Nics panel says "The System Is Broken And It Must Be Fixed" Pedro's panel says "The System Is Working Exactly As Intended And Must Be Destroyed"

Welcome to Bluesky.

ICE shouldn’t exist