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Bill O’Lading

@billolading.bsky.social

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Ahoy! 21st Century Candide, weighing anchor amidst the trade wars. #Trade/#Customs/#Politics/#LGBT/#Oddities. 🛃✈️🚢🚛📦💸🗝

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Bill O’Lading @billolading.bsky.social · Nov 14

Are there snacks? I was told there would be snacks.

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 1d

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

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Mike DeCillis @mikedecillis.bsky.social · 1d

"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Live at the Garden with @thekidmero.bsky.social

#NewYorkForever

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3d

In light of Trump's Gatsby Party last night, I thought you might like this one...

jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-great-...

The Great Gatsby and the GOP

Careless people...

jesspiper.substack.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

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Privileged Lib & Total Lowlife @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

I like Mamdani and Spanberger

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Sen. Slotkin: “I believe that Trump is ready to bring the full weight of the federal government against Americans he perceives as enemies. Why? Because he has one goal, making sure that he and his ilk never have to give up power.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump is the kind of dull, lazy, and uninventive clod who doesn’t even change his tie to attend his own 1920s costume party.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2d

Feels unfair I have to vote for mayor tomorrow and Zohran isn’t an option. Can he just be mayor everywhere

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 2d

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

We’re getting there: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Fossil Daddy @fossildaddy.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sad I was unable to be in costume at work, but any kiddo who visited my office this Hallowed eve got a fossil!

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Bill O’Lading @billolading.bsky.social · 3d

a woman in a sweater is talking on a cell phone .

ALT: a woman in a sweater is talking on a cell phone .

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It's scary how cute Park Slope was tonight.

Happy Halloween, NYC.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.

So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.

Zohran with his hand on his chest leaning into the passenger side window of a taxi, talking with the driver.

Zohran extending his hand to shake hands with a taxi driver through the window.

An airport worker showing Zohran something on his phone, both are smiling.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4d

I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

In so many ways, the vibrancy of our city can be judged by the health of our bodegas.

That’s why I’m so proud to be in the Bronx this morning to accept the endorsement of the United Bodegas of America.

A group of elected officials and journalists gathered outside a bodega for a press conference. Zohran is at the podium.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 7d

Praying for Jamaica. Latest reports and forecasts suggest this hurricane is going to be devastating.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Lofgren: Now, instead of the president weighing in, we’ve got him doing weird little dances as he lands in Asia, and he’s missing in action. The Senate is refusing to negotiate across party lines, and the House of Representatives isn’t even meeting. I mean, I’ve never seen anything like this.

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♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ @pamrichmond1.bsky.social · 8d

I know the “No Kings” protest is over but here’s a video that was recently posted.

This is the first time I seen this video with NYC police walking side by side with protesters. This really is profound and sends a strong message to trump…We are ALL united against him.

NYC COPS WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH PROTESTORS - NO KINGS

YouTube video by Tony Dortie

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️

Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.

Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 7d

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8d

I take no pleasure to report that the reciprocal tariffs costume is sold out

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9d

While pretending to deplore it, this administration has been basically doing everything possible to calculatedly provoke violence against ICE agents as a pretext for ratcheting up brutality.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal

Cmdr. Overbite @cmdroverbite.bsky.social · 9d

Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9d

Everyone’s talking about Steve Bannon saying Trump will be president in 2028. But here’s the point most are missing: He’s openly floating treason and civil war.

“Seizing institutions and purging them.” Isn’t rhetoric, it’s a test to see how far Trump’s followers will go.

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