Hot off the LinkedIn presses: an IGND update that doesn’t fit in 280 characters. Thanks to @RGC_NYS for your support and leadership during this important transition!

Catch me on bluesky (bexabailey)

City budget passes, but senior staff send message to council: Get your act together

Well this is bad

Where’s @meganzerez with the IV headline?

ATTENTION ITHACA THERE IS A POSSUM IN THE RACK OF FANCY FRENCH WINES AT WEST END LIQUORS

Final budget hearing on Wednesday, November 13 at 6. Be there at 530 to sign up for public comment.

As a Councilmember, I fought for better union contracts for our workers. We must rebuild our workforce and prioritize the people who serve our city. As your Mayor, I promised to categorically oppose any efforts to cut staff positions in this budget. Let us lead with our values.

Hope is a sewer rat

Today I’m devastated. For queer and trans friends & comm’ty, for the working class, for immigrants, for climate, for ppl with uteruses, for.. Working in a field so heavily relies on federal $ and support is weird rn. This moment feels HEAVY even in my tiny corner of the world🧵

City Hall about to level up again

Maybe yours is a devastating tummy tsunami, roiling beneath the surface for moments like this. Maybe it’s something else that resonates with you. Lean into it. Let it radicalize you. Turn your fear into fuel. Tomorrow is another day.

It’s what I call a deep-seated uterine rage. A profoundly feminine, radically aggressive inferno that turns my fear about the future into fuel for action. Today that fire is quieter than usual, but the pilot light still burns, waiting to be reignited tomorrow. Rest is good. 🧵

With 5 years left to change EVERYTHING to meet what climate change demands, this election has not left me with much hope today. But there is one thing I can always rely on in moments like this - and you can too 🧵

Today I’m devastated. For queer and trans friends & comm’ty, for the working class, for immigrants, for climate, for ppl with uteruses, for.. Working in a field so heavily relies on federal $ and support is weird rn. This moment feels HEAVY even in my tiny corner of the world🧵

I don’t need endless scenarios. I need someone to tell me if I should start panicking.

Election watchers and party-goers: tip your delivery drivers, bartenders, servers, and drivers ESPECIALLY well tn!

@AMKelles please advise

If only we could harness the energy from the collective anxiety of NYers we could probably shut down a peaker plant rn.

Late stage capitalism analogous to a zombie apocalypse is the real spook this Halloween season

Fireworks on South Hill tn. Drug those dogs! 🐕