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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 21h

long island duck, long island, new york, [between 1972 and 2008]

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

The good news for farmers is that there are robust foreign markets for our soybeans. 🙄

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

Until he ran for mayor this year, Andrew Cuomo hadn’t lived in NYC since (I think) he sold that Douglaston house in 1993. Needing to establish residency to run for mayor, Cuomo moved into his daughter’s $8,000-a-month Upper East Side apartment earlier this year.

A view of midtown Manhattan from the amenity roof deck at Andrew Cuomo’s upper east apartment (actually his daughter’s apartment).

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly, handsy Andy had to leave Albany a few years ago. With no home to call his own, lucky boy landed temporary digs in his friend’s Southampton beach house.

The Southampton house Andrew Cuomo called home after resigning in disgrace.

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

Of course when he was governor he split his time between Westchester and an actual mansion in Albany, paid for by you and me. (This was the second time nepo Andy got to live in the governor’s mansion!!)

The NY State governor’s mansion in Albany, also home to Andrew Cuomo (twice!).

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

Next is Andrew Cuomo’s Chappaqua (Westchester County) house that he and girlfriend Sandra Lee shared. It sold for almost $2 million in 2020.

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

In light of his infantile “mansion boy” dig, a 🧵 on Andrew Cuomo’s humble abodes.

First up, the Douglaston, Queens he sold in 1993. This 6-bedroom house sold for $2.4 million in 2016. Would probably go for at least twice that today.

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 6d

The first Yankees game I saw was at Shea Stadium - while they were redoing Yankee Stadium.

Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 6d

We’re running out of names, aren’t we?

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Sep 8

IT'S ADORABLE!
New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 8d

Slow down… which one of my five senses should I use?

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 8d

Have you ever smelt a supermoon?

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 8d

i believe there are about a hundred and fifty million people like me who would pay $17 to watch benicio del toro as sergio st. carlos plan and execute a tight sunday costco run before he has to man the barbecue after his niece's afternoon soccer game (run time: 2 hours 20 minutes)

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 8d

tl;dr - go outside. At night (they kind of leave the night part out of the article!).

NY Post skeet titled “first super moon of the year to appear on Monday - here’s how to see it”

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 10d

LinkedIn anything is basically the best idea for the worst idea anything.

Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 10d

Misread that as LinkedIn Park and I have the best idea for the worst idea for a band.

andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 10d

A LinkedIn theme park with nonstop networking and onsite hotel The Linked Inn

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 12d

Greenpoint’s McCarren Pool was closed for almost 30 years.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12d

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 12d

My rabbit holes have rabbit holes.

Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 12d

My rabbit holes have rabbit holes.

Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 12d

Why I can't get any writing done, exhibit 10,000:

Chasing down a tangential spicy anecdote about an obscure Edwardian-era publisher led me to determine his wikipedia page is wrong. The cited source, a biography of a writer, is incorrect. The biographer was sloppy. I found primary documentation.

Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 14d

He courageously and authentically took every bribe.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14d

He…served courageously and authentically as mayor?? Are you fucking kidding me lol

Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement, saying he has "served courageously and authentically for decades" and that "meaningful progress has been made" during his mayoralty.

Says he will "publicly weigh in" on the mayoral race "well before the start of early voting.”

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks. Our expectations are never too high, so we do have that going for us!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14d

Hakeem Jeffries twisting a huge dial labeled “appeasement” back and forth as he anxiously looks out at a crowd of consultants, waiting for them to boo or clap

Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement, saying he has "served courageously and authentically for decades" and that "meaningful progress has been made" during his mayoralty.

Says he will "publicly weigh in" on the mayoral race "well before the start of early voting.”

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 14d

It does.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 17d

Mexican naval ship that fatally smashed into Brooklyn Bridge leaves for ‘sea trial’ to test repairs

⚓️ On behalf of Brooklyn,
let me wish fair winds and following seas 🌊 to the Cuauhtémoc 🇲🇽

nypost.com/2025/09/18/u...

Mexican naval ship that fatally smashed into Brooklyn Bridge leaves for ‘sea trial’ to test repairs

If all goes well, the Cuauhtémoc would be cleared to finally leave the Big Apple — a six-month visit that was intended to last just five days.

nypost.com

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 17d

We have always been at war with Ikea.

DJT Truth post “
We will be imposing a 50% Tariff on all Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom Vanities, and associated products, starting October 1st, 2025.
Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture. The reason for this is the large scale "FLOODING" of these products into the United States by other outside Countries. It is a very unfair practice, but we must protect, for National Security and other reasons, our Manufacturing process. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 17d

Editors matter.

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 17d

🤣

I have a 50-year streak too, only because Joseph Califano is some distant relation and I remember my nana talking about him.

Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17d

I miss my 50-year streak of not knowing who the Secretary of Health is or anything about them.