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Mark A Thompson, MRNY
@mrnycom.bsky.social
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Author and travel journalist, member of Authors Guild, Society of American Travel Writers, New York Travel Writers, PEN America, and former artist-in-residency at MacDowell, Yaddo, Blue Mountain Center, with Ph.D. in American Studies
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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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"Levi's on #Caturday? Sound purr-fect to me."
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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What do you expect, it's #Caturday.
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Curious about tomorrow’s anti-ICE shutdown? We’ve got you covered.
Who is calling for a national, anti-ICE shutdown tomorrow, and why you should join.
The struggle against ICE that is happening on the ground in Minnesota is nothing short of historic. The spontaneous organization, reflexive care, and decentralized resistance has protected a city a…
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Dinah Washington + Max Richter + Christopher Wheeldon + NYCB = Beauty Amidst the Darkness

@maxrichtermusic.bsky.social #MaxRichter #ThisBitterEarth #DinahWashington #ChristopherWheeldon #NYCB

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This Bitter Earth | New York City Ballet
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January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Sometimes you need a good snowfall to brighten the darkness. #SnowDay #Winter #Wonder
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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“The Republican Party, animated by fantasies of crushing liberals and minorities once and for all, is fundamentally devoted to achieving one-party rule.” —an interview with @josephoneill.bsky.social
The Politics of Raw Power | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel Drake
On Wednesday a group of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis pinned a man to the ground and, while he was immobilized, blasted pepper spray into his face
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January 24, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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"With a blizzard like this on #Caturday, I'm gonna need another bottle."
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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"Sometimes a zen state is the only recourse on a #Caturday."
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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“Get up, get down; New York is a freaky town. Get up, get down; New York is a freaky town.” — and we love ALL of us. @riseandresist.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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"After a week like this, #Caturday can't come fast enough."
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
bellingcat.com Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Jan 8
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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"He did what? This #Caturday cat is not amused."
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”

In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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"Dictation? Not on #Caturday."
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Happy #Cat Christmas—whether you're naughty or nice.
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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To walk with Ellen Foster is to be in the company of one of literature’s most compelling protagonists, as endearingly lovable as Harper Lee’s Scout & every bit as fascinating as Holden Caulfield. One of my favorite reads of the year, first published in 1987 by Kaye Gibbons. #EllenFoster #KayeGibbons
December 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.
December 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"Excuse me— It's #Caturday. What're you waiting for?"
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Milan and Armani are nearly synonymous. Over the course of a fifty-year career, Giorgio Armani’s sleek design sensibility has embodied the rise of Italy’s fashion and economic capital.

@gedmagazine.bsky.social #Armani #Milano #Italy #ArmaniHotelMilano @nytravelwriters.bsky.social
GED MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2025
California's premier LGBTQ publication.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Maybe the greatest screenplay ever
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Nov 27
“Network” premieres today in ‘76

“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”

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November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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In Tuscany, time is measured in meals—or so it seemed as we ate our way through the walled city of Lucca, a gourmand paradise located just inland from the Ligurian sea.

#Lucca #Tuscany @marriott-bonvoy.bsky.social @travmedia.bsky.social @nytravelwriters.bsky.social
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Gluttony Is No Sin in Tuscany
In Tuscany, time is measured in meals. That was the lesson I took from our tour guide Gabriele who led us on a cycling tour around the walled city of Lucca. Nestled in the northwest corner of Tuscany,...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The architect of Vienna's Ringstrasse, Baron Theophil von Hansen designed the Palais Hansen for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair—and now the grand palace hosts guests at Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna.

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Historical grandeur at the Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna
Throughout the five-star, luxury hotel's lobby, original marble floors and massive marble columns foster the sense of arrival.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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"Good job. Now, bring on 2026."
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM