Eric

@toleranceleft

🌹🗽 Socialist organizer in Astoria, Queens, NYC. Mostly focused on single-payer healthcare / Medicare for All, but also labor, electoral, etc. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.

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Eric@toleranceleft· Jul 3

My Letterboxd Top Four, the first two (The Tree of Life, Magnolia), matching Chad’s last two watched. (My other two are 2001 and The Best Years of Our Lives.)

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 29

My comrade is going to Congress and will fight for Unions for All. I hope you feel better soon!

me and presumed Congresswoman-Elect Claire Valdez after the NYC-DSA slate victory party last Tuesday

a map of NYC with overlays of where our 21 Socialists in Office have their districts

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 26

The crowd at El Museo del Barrio for the final hearing of the Rent Guidelines Board, going bananas after their decision to freeze the rent

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 26

It was not for naught, comrade

Then mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, in a suit, after doing the January 1, 2025 Polar Bear Plunge at Coney Island beach — the caption is just [screams] — as part of his video explaining one of his main platform proposals, to Freeze the Rent….

which the independent Rent Guidelines Board just did tonight, June 25, 2026, less than 6 months into his first term as Mayor of New York City.

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 24

Dang I wish I could tell my mom about all I’ve helped towards after moving here and joining NYC-DSA. I’ll have to just keep living a life I’m proud of and that would make her proud.

me about 4 or 5 years old (? I have no idea) when I had a ton of red hair, being hugged by my mom, who also had red hair, she would have been 28 or 29 years old then in this picture

My mom’s handwritten inscription in my baby book, from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran:

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you can not visit,
not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backwards nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hands be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

A blue and white Bernie 2020 campaign sign and a red and white “Heal the Sick / Tax the Rich” sign from Democratic Socialists for Medicare for All, on the wall above my mom’s bed in the nursing home where she spent the last 3 years of her life. She requested both of these to put up, because she believed in Bernie and M4A, and was proud of my organizing for them. I took this picture on the day that she passed, December 23, 2019, as a reminder to me that she advocated as she could even when she lost most mobility and as her health declined further.

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 24

^ at the party Love you @claireforny.bsky.social Love you @socialists.nyc

me taking a silly selfie amid the crowd as Claire gives her victory speech

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 23

🤞 I believe we can influence our fate… … and, today, that means voting for the @socialists.nyc slate — go to dsa.nyc/vote to find your candidate(s) and poll site

Chinese cookie fortune: “Your Wednesday will be filled with love, happiness, and harmony.” [my actual fortune just now!]

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 22

Some fave pics of organizing camaraderie that I’m in w/ @claireforny.bsky.social — beyond her founding @socialists.nyc Membership Committee, & her electoral prowess before running for Assembly, she’s been a SUPERB comrade who does the right thing. Excited for her & us! clairevaldezforcongress.com

July 2023. Nearly 30 organizers, nearly all of whom I recognize from NYC-DSA, at a UPS Teamsters “practice picket” for a just contract, outside a delivery hub in Queens. We’re holding our fists up ✊ and/or signs. Claire Valdez was there, holding a “Solidarity Delivers the Goods” sign.

August 2023. At the NYC-DSA office (you can tell because of the awesome mural by Molly Crabapple), after a Membership Committee meeting, with 21 members including some absolute OG organizers (some of whom have become my friends), a couple of whom were in the UPS picture. Claire was there because she founded the dang committee and was its Coordinator! She would be the first to give snaps to my usual spiel that our fundamental duty as organizers is to develop new organizers, which is what the committee is about.

It might have been before this particular meeting, or the one prior, but Claire told me personally on our way back to the office, after she and I bought some supplies at a local store, that she was going to run for Assembly. In the moment before I may not have considered her as someone professionally wanting to go into politics, but in the moment since it made crystal clear sense, because it was the right thing to challenge the incumbent, and she was the person to bring her organizing know-how to the race and to Albany.

October 1, 2023. 18 folks outside Diamond Dogs bar in Astoria, a perennial launch and debrief site for many canvasses. This was the official launch of Councilmember Tiffany Cabán’s re-election campaign, for which I was hired a couple days before as the Field Director.

State Senators Kristen Gonzalez and Mike Gianaris were there, State Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez Rojas, and Claire was there too, in her capacity as an Assembly candidate, in addition to having been a comrade of and organizer for the Councilmember.

October 2024. Me and some of Team Claire with volunteer organizers at a park in Maspeth. This time I’m doing the group selfie thing, with my yellow Claire Valdez for Queens beanie, my red Queens is the Future NYC-DSA shirt, and my red Labor Notes Troublemakers zip hoodie. Claire’s amazing then-campaign manager, future chief of staff, and now political director for her Congressional race Stef is next to me, also with the same beanie but sunglasses. Claire herself is wearing a multi-issue NYC-DAA sweatshirt about Taxing the Rich, Green New Deal, etc.

Claire was there because we were about to canvass for her but more so New York [ballot] Proposal 1 — “Equal Protection of Law Amendment” — as she was running uncontested in the general election. I remember being late because I was coming from teaching self-defense at the LowMan office and they absolutely didn’t need to wait for me but they did and were very kind. It was so nice to get the word out about Claire and a progressive ballot measure, and I was excited that she was going to officially become Assemblymember-Elect pretty soon. Now she’s poised to be Congresswoman-Elect with your help because you read this whole thing https://clairevaldezforcongress.com

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 16

Did a shift this morning for my comrades @kristengonzalez.bsky.social @dianaforqueens.com and @claireforny.bsky.social! 📍 Poll locator dsa.nyc/vote 🚪 GOTV signup dsa.nyc/doors 📞 Phonebanking dsa.nyc/phones

Two “on-site” group pictures from this morning’s GOTV visibility canvasses at subway stops in Astoria: at the Broadway (top) and 36th St. (bottom) stations, with smiling canvassers holding literature to re-elect Sen. Kristen Gonzalez and Assmb. Diana Moreno, and to elect Claire Valdez to Congress. I’m in the bottom picture in a red Zohran for NYC shirt from DSA, and a Workers Deserve it All 🧢 cap from Claire’s campaign.

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 15

This by @socialists.nyc is cool as hell — enter your NYC address at ballot.socialists.nyc and it will tell you what DSA candidates are on your ballot and where you can vote for them either Early (through Sunday 21st) or on Election Day (23rd). I’m voting tomorrow morning!

“I’m Voting DSA” graphic with my particular candidates in Astoria, Rep. AOC and Aber Kawas for State Senate

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 6

At this Bright Eyes show at Forest Hills, someone proposed during “First Day of My Life” — they said yes. I don’t believe in crowd proposals but I think that’s a sweet exception.

Poster for the tour, 21st anniversary of I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, with a blue birthday cake having been cut into and binary code spilling out of it, against a curtained Brooklyn backdrop

Eric@toleranceleft· Jun 3

Ed from Northern Exposure!

Eric@toleranceleft· Apr 22

Seen on my way to a Claire canvass… had to shoot around a column and combine the pictures

Graffiti on a long stretch of wall at Greenpoint Station:

TAXING THE RICH IS TEMPORARY
EATING THEM IS FOREVER!
CLASS WAR!

Eric@toleranceleft· Apr 18

In the lovely Fort Greene today! Joint canvass for @phara4assembly.bsky.social + @jabaribrisport.bsky.social One more for the Claire-branded toaster… 🤞

My Canvass for Claire card, with four out of five shifts completed. Completing it secures one an invitation to an event with Claire + Mayor Mamdani (not a toaster)

A whole bunch of people ready to go canvass for Claire Valdez for Congress, and to re-elect State Senator Jabari Brisport + State Aseemblymember Phara Souffrant-Forest

Eric@toleranceleft· Apr 17

not sports ha ha (posts picture with sports jersey in it)

Eric@toleranceleft· Apr 11

Did my first persuasion shift for today’s launch and “punched” the digital card for the first time!

The digital card, blue with orange and white lettering: “Complete 5 Canvass Shifts by April 23rd,” with one checked off and a personalized message below it about getting invited to an exclusive event with Mayor Mamdani and celebs once the card is completed

Eric@toleranceleft· Mar 15

I got 38 signatures in this shift! How many can you get at one of the next events? clairevaldezforcongress.com/events

Assemblymembers Emily Gallagher and Claire Valdez and 9 volunteers holding clipboards and literature, in McGorlick Park in Greenpoint

I already had 8 signatures by the time this picture was taken 💅

Eric@toleranceleft· Mar 11

This was interesting! Looking for the demarcation between 2 hues and it mostly gets increasingly less perceptible. I don’t know if certain colors were harder for me or if it wasn’t uniform in difficulty. What's My JND? 0.0025 Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

[my] test result from I don’t even know how to retype this — Delta Epsilon OK JND [Just Noticeable Difference] (?!)

0.0025

“You’re seeing differences that most colour scientists would call noise. If you’re not already calibrating displays for a living, you’re leaving money on the table.”

A screencap from Round 1 of the test, with a large block of bright pink taking up most of the screen and then a block of like a muted purple taking up the rest. The caption is “This one’s a gift. Don’t get used to it.”

Eric@toleranceleft· Mar 11

Took a bunch of pics & video of @claireforny.bsky.social at tonight’s @nylcv.bsky.social Environmental Candidate Forum but you can officially watch it here www.youtube.com/live/lc8UAYW... so I’ll just share this cool one from when some of us walked to the G after

NY State Assemblymember Claire Valdez, candidate for NY-7 Congressional race, smiling at a forum tonight, seated behind a table with a green tablecloth. She is wearing a blazer with a NY League of Conservation Voters button, and has her water bottle with her (which came up as a question about conservation).

The Assemblymember, on her phone, across the platform at the Clinton - Washington Ave subway station… a group of us walked there together after the forum. She looks cool as heck, and Congressional in my opinion.

The promo graphic for the “Environmental Candidate Forum” for the Congressional District 7 race. In order from top to bottom as they appear on the graphic: Assemblymember Claire Valdez, Councilmember Julie Won, Borough President Antonio Reynoso. This was hosted tonight (March 10th) at the Pratt Institute by NY League of Conservation Voters, moderated by Jeff Coltin of City & State NY. It was co-sponsored by several other local / aligned organizations with their logos present: Common Cause New York, Transportation Alternatives, Rebuild By Design, Waterfront Alliance, Trust for Public Land, and Riders Alliance.

Eric@toleranceleft· Mar 8

For one of multiple petitioning canvasses going on today we ended up having a Dudes Rock shift in Astoria for @dianaforqueens.com @claireforny.bsky.social & @kristengonzalez.bsky.social on International Working Women’s Day!

Myself and 4 other men holding up (blank) petitions and literature at the start of our shift before heading out to talk with our community

Eric@toleranceleft· Feb 25

I can only ever be up before 5am for one reason: to Tax the Rich

Graphic for today’s Albany Takeover — to “Tax the Rich for a New York We Can Afford” with the phalanx of organization logos at the bottom

Eric@toleranceleft· Feb 4

One of my favorite dumb dad joke things to do is make silly acronyms for what @socialists.nyc stands for and this was tonight’s effort after canvassing for 11 hours in the freezing cold. CONGRATULATIONS to my comrade and now Assemblymember, @dianaforqueens.com!!

my text in the Diana for Queens general canvassing group chat at 8:04pm:

DIANA
SIXTY MINUTES TILL ELECTED
ASSEMBLYMEMBER

it got 12 hearts

Eric@toleranceleft· Feb 1

This is who runs this account

me as a curly-haired toddler in overalls and a yellow t-shirt, looking at the camera, my head resting on my hand, a lil’ exasperated

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 30

I know the NYT usually has some cross words for us and tries to keep us down but this is ridiculous 3:40am post

The completed New York Times mini crossword from Friday, January 30, 2026. “DSA” is the answer for 4-down, “Left-leaning political org.”

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 16

Heard this guy was a holdout for a while but came around (Seriously though this is awesome, huge congratulations to them!)

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 11

Folks, TODAY is a filing deadline for NY State Legislators: Brooklyn’s Senator @jabaribrisport.bsky.social & Assemblymember @phara4assembly.bsky.social — both @socialists.nyc endorsed “Socialists in Office”! Be sure to donate to their campaigns especially if you are in their districts!

State Senator Jabari Brisport in a suit, me in jeans, a red NYC-DSA sweatshirt, and a blue Zohran for NYC beanie (campaign’s first merch), Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a suit, and State Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest in a suit, at a fundraiser event last night in a Brooklyn restaurant.

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 8

Also, hell, I never even shared this full photo with the campaign — I cropped myself out — but hey, here I am supporting too. ANYWAYS LET’S GO clairevaldezforcongress.com MediClaire For All™️

Me (in Labor Notes hoodie, Queens is the Future DSA shirt, and Claire Valdez for Queens beanie) taking a selfie with then-Assembly candidate Claire Valdez, Campaign Manager Stef M., and some other volunteers — holding up literature — before knocking doors

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 8

. @claireforqueens.bsky.social has been on the front lines — she was shouting at Tom Homan in Albany too! — and there are a lot of great photos of her, but these are my two favorites. (I took the one at the Labor Day Parade staging area where it looks like she and Zohran are gonna go kick ass.)

NYC-DSA Socialists in Office — City Councilmember Alexa Aviles, State Senator Jabari Brisport, State Assemblymember Claire Valdez, and then-State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani — in “Stop Arming Israel” shirts among a a crowd of other protestors at a demonstration

Claire and Zohran at the 2024 NYC Labor Day Parade, in the UAW contingent waiting for the “step off,” they are both holding UAW Permanent Ceasefire signs

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 3

Is this a crossover episode?! @letterboxd.social @socialists.nyc

From my 2025 personal stats on Letterboxd: Most Watched Theme is “Humanity and the world around us,” while Most Watched Nanogenre is “Tear-Jerker, Beauty, Happiness”

Eric@toleranceleft· Jan 2

I would be texting my mom so much from today if she was still alive, including what I didn’t even see during the Inauguration: that I’m canonically a New Yorker now, from the intro clip of the ceremony now posted from the Mayor’s Office account www.youtube.com/live/iazY_UD...