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All for Gardening @allforgardening.bsky.social · 9h

Hundreds of off-limits, hidden NYC sites to open for public tours this weekend — including secret gardens, abandoned post office

https://www.allforgardening.com/1478205/hundreds-of-off-limits-hidden-nyc-sites-to-open-for-public-tours-this-weekend-including-secret-gardens-abandoned-post-office/

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Hundreds of off-limits, hidden NYC sites to open for public tours this weekend — including secret gardens, abandoned post office - All For Gardening

It’s time to take a peek into the core of the Big Apple.

www.allforgardening.com

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 9h

"Starting the environmental review marks the second major milestone reached for the IBX. It follows the MTA’s August announcement that the project had entered the preliminary engineering and design phase. "

www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...

MTA’s IBX train project enters the next phase of work; public meetings scheduled

The MTA announced that it is beginning the environmental review process for the IBX under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act.

www.amny.com

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John Walters @thevpo.bsky.social · 10h

Kind of embarrassing, isn't it, when Vermont media gets scooped on in-state stories by faraway national outlets? Well, it just happened again. That's twice in as many days.

thevpo.org/2025/10/15/f...

For the Second Time in Two Days, Our In-State Media Have Been Scooped on a Vermont Story by a National Media Outlet

Yesterday, it was Politico stirring up a hornets’ nest in Vermont with its story about a trove of Young Republican Telegram messages that amounted to a dick-swinging contest over who could be…

thevpo.org

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 8h

He's been open about this for years if anyone did the digging. Scott endorsed him. If Scott was unaware, that is negligence before endorsement...unless he felt he needed the Nazi vote.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 11h

He did endorse him, yeah. thevpo.org/2025/10/14/i...

I Tried to Tell You About Sam Douglass (and There’s a Lot More Like Him)

Gov. Phil Scott couldn’t act fast enough to distance himself from newly-disgraced state Sen. Samuel Douglass. Within hours of a Politico report that identified Douglass as an active participa…

thevpo.org

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Vermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 1d

On Tuesday evening, Gov. Phil Scott called on Sen. Samuel Douglass to resign after a leaked group chat showed Douglass and his wife using racist and antisemitic language with fellow young Republicans from across the country.

Republican state senator faces calls to resign after posting racist messages in group chat

A first-term Republican state senator from Orleans County is facing pressure from members of his own party to resign after a story published by Politico Tuesday detailed his involvement in a racist te...

www.vermontpublic.org

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 10h

Yup. And then China decided to buy ALL their soya beans from Argentina instead of us.

AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 10h

WTF

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 11h

In laymen’s terms:

The white folks in Louisiana sued saying b/c most Black & Latino people vote Democrat here, redrawing districts to represent us discriminates against them b/c they vote GOP

When they rule, EVERY SOUTHERN STATE can redraw ANY majority minority district to favor Republicans/whites

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

The Supreme Court's conservative justices appeared likely to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would have massive consequences for the future of Black political representation in the South

The Supreme Court Seems Ready To Hand Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule

The conservative justices appear ready to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The only question is how.

www.huffpost.com

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 10h

That looks delicious

AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 10h

It's presented as a revelation because the damn reporters were too lazy to do a modicum of digging at the time when it might have saved things. Now, they need something to maintain their relevance.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 10h

I’m getting fed up with how many times we are seeing things we all bloody KNEW were going on, being presented as new revelations… The Entire Brexit campaign was clearly a moonshot for Putin, but the opportunity to break off a key part of the EU was irresistible.
Of COURSE he was involved.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10h

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

www.theguardian.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

Well, we're already filled up on players. But you can still come watch and hang!

First 1,000 people to arrive will get free exclusive merch 👀

Tickets here: luma.com/Z4NYC-COLC25

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 11h

Fox is played in lots of public spaces. Lots of people watch it. It is a platform. Mamdani like to reach out to as broad a swath of people as possible.

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 11h

This is NOo Yawk. We talk like that

AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 14h

Ssssssss

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 1d

There was only one on that article

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Callum Potter @callump.bsky.social · 1d

Comet c/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was visible from #Rousay #Orkney this evening. A brief gap in the cloud - but the comet was easily visible in binoculars. And here is a 4 min exposure using a Seestar S50. @theorkneynews.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

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Carter Moon @cartermoon.bsky.social · 1d

Bush administration is the foundation of my understanding that some evil mother fuckers need to face international trials for war crimes, if you think they had redeeming qualities we’re not friends

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AppliedNewtonianOnEarth @refunfunyadora.bsky.social · 1d

This whole thread

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 1d

As a reminder: these kinds of levels and exams are completely made up and typically children who go through traumatic events (earthquake, hurricanes, war) are considered to have experienced a disrupted education. We've given our children no such grace.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic. n.pr/473xAwC

In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.

n.pr

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Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 1d

48 years ago today -
this changed my world -
then I went back and heard Low
this particular LP used
Bowie, Eno, Fripp and Visconti skills perfectly
later I heard La Düsseldorf, Neu, Cluster
and realized where David picked up a few tricks - nevertheless, this is its own genius

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 1d

Humans of New York has taken over all of Grand Central Terminal for a huge art installation called Dear New York. “For the first time possibly ever, there is not a single ad to be seen in Grand Central Terminal.” [news.artnet.com]

‘Humans of New York’ Transforms Grand Central Into a Monumental Photo Show

Brandon Stanton, creator of “Humans of New York,” has launched New York’s largest public art installation since “The Gates” at Grand Central.

news.artnet.com

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