Elana Levin

Elana Levin

@levin.bsky.social

(They) Digital & narrative trainings. Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️‍🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. #CountryRockSunday https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/

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From the outside, a lot of DSA internal politics these days looks like a clash between people who are becoming increasingly successful at democratic politics and people who want to act like authoritarians despite having no actual authority

Peter Sterne@petersterne.com

The other resolution (which passed 15-12) calls on Raman to meet with DSA-LA leaders by Nov. 30. If she doesn't affirm her support for BDS and sign on to DSA's campaign to stop Israeli weapons transfers at LAX by Jan. 1, the NPC could vote to expel her. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

who should be the mayor of LA is not an academic question. it is a real one that will determine the lives of people who will live under the power of that mayor. There are Angelenos who's lives will be literally thrown in a garbage can and burned if karen bass wins.

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who should be the mayor of LA is not an academic question. it is a real one that will determine the lives of people who will live under the power of that mayor. There are Angelenos who's lives will be literally thrown in a garbage can and burned if karen bass wins.

i cannot believe i've been driven to post about internal DSA politics (do i hate myself?) but lives are on the line. LA cannot afford another term of karen bass with her cops gleefully throwing away homeless people's dentures & cops beating grandmas. Mayors have POWER over domestic policy.

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Hey @dsa.la do your city a favor and tell the NPC to fuck off

Peter Sterne@petersterne.com

NEW: DSA's National Political Committee passed two resolutions today aimed at Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, beginning processes that could result in DSA-LA being forced to rescind its endorsement of her this weekend and/or Raman herself being expelled from DSA by January.

i really hope a lot of people are reading Shaun on this right now. He knows of what he speaks.

Shaun Richman@shaunrichman.org

Also, if I can't tell the difference between caucuses because you all publish vague platitudes, then you're not caucuses -- you're cliques. And don't get me started on the nonsense of letting people hide behind twitter handles and last-name initials.

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Replying to @shaunrichman.org

People who can't do proper persuasion resort to appeals to authority. And, as far as I can tell, few of the NPC members are people of any substance or accomplishment other than showing up to meetings and aggressively pursuing by-laws maneuvers.

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As somebody who was both a National Committee member of a "major" socialist organization (when things were smaller), and an historian of the left, the LA chapter really has no moral choice here but to refuse. Call the question. Let the paper tiger revoke your charter for a few months.

Peter Sterne@petersterne.com

One resolution (which passed 14-13) calls on Raman to meet with DSA-LA leaders on Oct. 31 to explain her position on BDS. If she does not satisfactorily affirm her support for BDS, the NPC will vote on Nov. 1 to force DSA-LA to withdraw its endorsement of her. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Replying to @taliajane.bsky.social

Meanwhile, my chapter got the city council to first put a 1-year moratorium on new data centers and more recently, agree to set up restrictive zoning requirements. We're also organizing against Flock cameras, running a city council candidate & various local assistance programs. LA's ... different.

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Mädchen in Uniform (1931) "...Goebbels tried to eviscerate all copies of the film, in equal parts a landmark of queer cinema, a groundbreaking lesbian love story, and a cogent antifascist statement. Made by women who intimately understood and delighted in women..." www.tumblr.com/ladythatsmys...

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another one of singal's projects sees its fucking fruition

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq.@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social

Okay gang, let’s do this. It’s time for bluesky to put on the best talent show this town has ever seen and save the non-firebombed covid-conscious lesbian bar.

Jesus. That’s like doing a cancer study and not tracking of people’s tumors go away. It’s not even worth doing a study if you don’t track the main problem. Jesus fucking Christ

Jon Douglas@atranscendedman.bsky.social

Researchers reviewed 105 Long COVID and ME/CFS clinical trials and found major gaps in how treatment success is measured. Only 18% of Long COVID trials assessed post-exertional malaise (PEM). Many relied on fatigue scores that miss disability & crashes. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

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i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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« Celebrate the moment As it turns into one more Another chance at victory Another chance to score » - Rush, « One Little Victory » (And I’m glad that your little buddy lost)

Thierry@tcote.bsky.social

I still can’t believe that Geddy Lee broke a lifelong streak of not making explicit political endorsements for *this* guy.

People trust info from people they know more than strangers or ads. Sometimes it doesn’t feel that way— we’ve all had frustrating conversations— usually with family. But neighborliness carries a lot. You wanna drop off cookies in the process? Offer to drive to the polls?

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A tremendously good quote from @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social. I'll add that when someone becomes part of a movement COMMUNITY, it becomes so much easier to be BRAVE. If you have actual friends and comrades, you have the social support to ACT instead of COWER.

Elana Levin@levin.bsky.social

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having the voice actor for daffy duck & bugs bunny on your picket line must have felt like having nuclear capabilities. peace to a legend.

meganimation🍊✨@meganimation.bsky.social

during the 2023 WGA strike. a real one.

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At this point, if a leftwing third party has any money being spent on its behalf, assume it's coming from a righting billionaire- and probably from Musk.

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

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“We don’t want dictatorship. We don’t want hatred. We don’t want guns. We want a country of love,” Lula said on the eve of the election.

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Perry Bacon@perrybaconjr.bsky.social

"In order to change someone’s mind, you have to change their life. You have to change their network of friends and connections. You need to change the experiences they’ve had in the world," says @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social.

Don't give up! There are RX meds that help a lot of people manage symptoms and you deserve to try them to see if they help you. If your doctor only gaslights it may be worth trying🧵

Solve M.E.@solveme.bsky.social

Myth #6: Doctors cannot help people with ME/CFS. ❌ There are no FDA-approved treatments yet, but doctors can help manage symptoms like poor sleep, pain, and heart issues. Swipe to see what the science shows. ➡️ Part 6 of our six-part Myth vs. Fact series. #MECFS

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the fact that there is no cure doesnt mean there's nothing to be done. And the thing is with an energy limiting illness it is so much harder to find specilty help because you feel like shit. Friends: step the fuck up. Help people. Make someone dinner so they search for a specialist online.

Oh, and I forgot to mention the absolutely vital patient communities online for LC. These are private. If this is something that you need, let me know in a DM and I can share information with you

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@zacharyhendrickson.bsky.social has one of the sharpest political minds I've encountered in years. More importantly, he's an excellent listener who consistently cultivates trustful relationships that build power in the long term. In Zach @nycprogressives.bsky.social has made a superb choice for ED.

NYC Progressives@nycprogressives.bsky.social

We’re excited to introduce our new Executive Director, Zachary Hendrickson! 💫 Zach comes from City Parks Foundation where he put millions of dollars into the hands of grassroots orgs through the NYC Green Fund. Together we’re going to deliver a safer, more affordable city for everyone.

Don't give up! There are RX meds that help a lot of people manage symptoms and you deserve to try them to see if they help you. If your doctor only gaslights it may be worth trying🧵

Solve M.E.@solveme.bsky.social

Myth #6: Doctors cannot help people with ME/CFS. ❌ There are no FDA-approved treatments yet, but doctors can help manage symptoms like poor sleep, pain, and heart issues. Swipe to see what the science shows. ➡️ Part 6 of our six-part Myth vs. Fact series. #MECFS

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a friend w LC had scary bad chest pain. a standard pericarditus med stoped her pain (and may have saved her heart). IDK if her test results showed she had the issue but the treatment worked regardless. Don't let them dismiss you out of hand. (or at least try to get treatment).

Don't give up! There are RX meds that help a lot of people manage symptoms and you deserve to try them to see if they help you. If your doctor only gaslights it may be worth trying🧵

Solve M.E.@solveme.bsky.social

Myth #6: Doctors cannot help people with ME/CFS. ❌ There are no FDA-approved treatments yet, but doctors can help manage symptoms like poor sleep, pain, and heart issues. Swipe to see what the science shows. ➡️ Part 6 of our six-part Myth vs. Fact series. #MECFS

a local long covid clinic (some of those are bad too and some of them have wait lists for years but get on the list and see). An integrating care, post viral illness specialist, chronic pain doc or rhematologist might be willing to try prescribing you one of the common LC meds for symptoms.

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ICYMI: Watch the replay of our Community Address! Learn more about Solve M.E.'s 2026 priorities for advancing research, accelerating treatments, and strengthening community advocacy. https://ow.ly/xilb50ZZVV9 #MECFS #LongCovid #Research #Advocacy

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Either way building a supportive community of activists you can direct online is a vital strategy for campaigns of all kinds.

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Great tactics to consider! What’sApp has higher adoption rate than Signal but it’s less secure. Figure out which is your priority.

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.