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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2h

Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3h

Finally - no to #tangerineklansman, no to gulags, no to ethnic cleansing, no to authoritarianism. Hoping for good news in NYC, NJ, VA, PA, and CA. LFG. 3

Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3h

Here in #bospoli, we can’t afford to lose a single square inch of our better and safer walking, biking, and transit infrastructure. We actually need to install much, much more of it as rapidly as we can. 2

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3h

Municipal Election Day thread. My #bospoli ballot over in 20/4 went Wu, Pepen, Santana, Mathelier, Valdez, and Louijeune. In case anyone was wondering. 1

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6h

Extraordinary how many establishment Democrats really wish they didn't have a talented rising new star who connects to people by talking to them and understanding what their interests are, then speaking to those interests. Like a job where the new guy makes everyone look bad simply by doing the job.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 15h

It’s actually phenomenally good right now. #trainmaneng has turned the subway system into a thing of high service level beauty. Anybody in the subway service area thinking “I have to drive everywhere” is hopeless at this point.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 15h

Yep.

Dextrosity @dextrosity.bsky.social · 22h

Principal Skinner meme. In the top panel he’s pondering while asking “Are cars the problem?” On the bottom, he looks up confidently as he answers “No; immigrants and bike lanes are causing bad traffic!”

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 20h

ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM

*That’s* the headline.

(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22h

Two things can be true at the same time, Canada.

1. Yes, I’m disappointed with some of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approaches so far, particularly around climate action, and his definations of “nation-building.” We should expect better.

2. Carney is still light-years better than Pierre Poilievre.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18h

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 15h

Pathetic. It’s the only word that fits. Just pathetic.

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 16h

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 21h

Poor Sean-o. Had to defend actual facts for once….

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Grace 🏳️‍⚧️ @gemofamara.com · 23h

feel a kind of sadness every time i see a street called "station road" that's right next to a train line but doesn't have a train station anymore. this is what they took from us.

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

Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.

As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.

Tomorrow, we win it together.

Zohran, Tish James and Brad Lander lead a procession of hundreds walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn.

Tish James, Brad Lander, Tony Simone and Rita Joseph wait for the march on the bridge.

Zohran at a packed press conference outside city hall, Tish James and others raising their hands in the air.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

So CBS settled Trump’s lawsuit where he frivolously sued because they edited Kamala Harris’s interview so it would fit into their air time.

Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast.

They aired 28 of 73 minutes.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

3 November 1919 | An Italian Jewish woman, Frida Misul, was born in Livorno. A Singer.

In #Auschwitz from 16 May 1944.
No. A-5483
She was liberated in #Theresienstadt.
She passed away in 1992.
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Women at Auschwitz. Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

Vintage portrait of a woman with curly hair, looking slightly to the side.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 1d

The dystopia just doesn’t quit.

Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

Love these pix. I used to keep a blog about just this kind of restoration of the urban fabric in and Boston. restoringtheurbanfabric.blogspot.com/2014/06/one-...

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

A human Reichstag fire. Bizarre but apt.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

Literally the second fugitive slave act all over again. These people have never had an original thought ever.

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

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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aproff @aproff.bsky.social · 3d

We could have had this family man, but we got this creepy guy.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

This is an unprecedented historical moment that demands an unprecedented public response.

I’m incredibly thankful for the solidarity shown by elected officials, public figures, constituents, and others over the past few days.

Collection of headlines after the Federal Indictment

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