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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

It wasn’t so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it.

“We’re going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!” the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary.

Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation’s name “AH-ee-tee” — near-perfect Creole elocution.

“When I heard him say that, I smiled,” recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani’s former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani’s reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti’s status as the first republic founded by former slaves.

“That’s straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies,” said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani’s alma mater. “I will claim that,” he added with a laugh.

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 16h

Josh voted to cut $200B from SNAP earlier this year. We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 22h

“Saturday will be another grim milestone. That is the day about 42 million Americans will lose federal food assistance,” writes Senator Josh Hawley. “Congress must not let that happen.”

Opinion | Josh Hawley: We Cannot Let 42 Million Americans Go Hungry

Congress must prevent Americans from losing food assistance.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.

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SupercalifragilisticexpialiBOOcious Max @2xaught7.ing · 21h

Today in 1965, the last piece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial/Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dropped into place.

Anytime I think of about it, I think of these images. Who needs safety?

High above the city, a worker straddles a beam that is part of a creeper derrick track. Photo by Arthur L. Witman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A worker straddles the derrick track to help sling a catch net between the narrowing gap of the two Arch legs. Beneath them is the truss that secured the legs as the project rose above 530 feet. Photo by Arthur L. Witman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A worker perches himself on the north leg 600 feet above ground. Photo by Arthur L. Witman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.com

Workers polishing the stainless steel of the Gateway Arch, some 630 feet above ground, in 1965. St. Louis Historical Society

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 21h

totally normal coat/haircut combo

Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 2d

Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 1d

Vans unveils American Football sneakers at American Football house

Stereogum @stereogum.com · 1d

Vans unveils American Football sneakers at American Football house

Vans Unveils American Football Sneakers At American Football House

American Football’s debut LP turned 25 last year, and the celebratory festivities just keep on coming. Last night, Vans threw a party at 704 W. High Street in Urbana, Illinois — aka the American Footb...

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 2d

I think this is demo prep of some sort

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 2d

please don’t put in the newspaper that I got mad

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2d

Greatest thing I’ve ever seen

www.instagram.com/reel/DQSOgPj...

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 2d

happy monday to these guys

Looking out on a big circular hotel building in front of other buildings and a river. There are three guys dressed in bright colors on the roof. It’s gloomy and raining.

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 2d

this is just bile, i just had to expel some bile defector.com/get-a-job-as...

Get A Job, Asshole | Defector

The East Wing of the White House is gone; Donald Trump had it bulldozed last week to make room for an inevitably gaudy, oversized, uglier-than-hell ballroom in his signature “what a 12-year-old thinks...

defector.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

this is exactly what's happening

Department of Shoe+ @shoe.bsky.social · 2d

The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 3d

Weekly recap: Oct. 19 to 25

We’re celebrating 12 brand-new bike riders as we look back on this week, each of them graduating from a four-week Learn-To-Ride cohort in recent days. We also kicked off our first-ever Earn-A-Bike cohort at the International Institute of St. Louis this weekend!

One of today's "puzzle bike" teams of new students, joining BWorks at the International Institute for Day 1 of the six-week class, works together take a wheel off a small bike Saturday afternoon.

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 5d

Another amazing day

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 8d

Here's something cool: Nine of our @stlbworks.bsky.social kids recently worked w/ Sam Fox students throughout the spring to take their BWorks dream-bike drawings from concepts to reality. Next Thursday, they're in the spotlight as the "Dream Machines" exhibit opens! www.facebook.com/events/13025...

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 7d

lone sentinel

A picture of a hawk perched on a large concrete wall. Part of the eads bridge is in the background

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 7d

nice resume line for will, i guess

apnews.com/article/trum...

Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn't need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says

The head of the National Capital Planning Commission says crews can start demolishing parts of the White House for a new ballroom without needing approval.

apnews.com

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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 10d

From a friend in Columbia, MO — the frogs have made it. A huge #nokings rally there, too. 🐸

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Brady Shea @holylinux.net · 10d

One of my better shots today (downtown St. Louis, Missouri).
#NoKings

Shows downtown St. Louis, Missouri "Old Courthouse" with Arch behind it. #NoKings protesters in the foreground.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing sign being held by a small child

Child-drawn sign reading DONT MAKE me GO to LAW SCHOOL

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 11d

to safely prepare for the no kings rally:
-wear shoes that are 2 sizes too big, with non-marking soles
-wear those glasses that reflect camera flashes
-wear clothing you made yourself from fabric you inherited from a great aunt
-burn your phone until it is reduced to ash
-melt off your fingerprints

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 11d

“I haven’t thought much about parades, to be honest.”

onion person @junlper.beer · 11d

saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 12d

absolutely harrowing stuff

article screenshot

article features a photo of some children's bikes leaning up against a wall

headline: "They started waving and smiling": Fuming residents claim children's bike track has "ruined living here" and devalued houses - due to kids
"peering" into their homes

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Sean @milphy.bsky.social · 12d

putting ai in the app will definitely make city play better

The STL city app with a big ai thing in the middle

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