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OrchidNYC
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Caregiver, forecaster, trader. Politics, human rights, human development. Films and literature.
Previously: CUNY, Columbia Univ, USF UNICEF, Sloan Kettering, Sundance, Lincoln Center.
Best post I've seen all day #Inauguration2025
January 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
On David Lynch, this captures it all perfectly.

I owe so much of my growth and expansion to his vision and what he showed us about the world. Beyond his films, it was the validation of his pure joy of life and his compassion for humanity.
I always joked that I never wanted to see this day come.
January 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Had to confirm and reconfirm this but not yet falling for Trump posting a video of Jeffrey Sachs refering to Netanyahu as a "deep, dark son of a bi**".

We'll have to wait to see more.
January 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This was interesting and very good. Also easy and quick.

Had ready-made Farró. Just cooked the chicken, the pesto was also ready-made but pretty fresh.
The chicken is seasoned with s&p and Italian spices. Added tomatoes, red peppers, honey.
Served w pesto sauce, Feta, roasted almonds. That's it.
January 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
😳 Just got this in the mail.

The first portrait of the Trump inauguration. The work is titled "Two's a Crowd" by Barry Blitt.
January 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The malevolence of the Santa Ana winds... This reminds me of wind folklore and mythology, wind in fairy tales and fantasy, wind gods.

(Image below originally posted by Nick Wingfield of The Information)
January 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
David Lynch was safely evacuated from his home. Sabrina Sutherland has confirmed he's safe and doing okay. Please enjoy the comments.
January 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Seeing some posts that David Lynch’s house is on the evacuation zone in the Hollywood Hills area and that a new fire may have started right next to it.
Lynch, my favorite person, was diagnosed with emphysema last year.
Not at ease until we hear he's all right.
January 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Surreal.

Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Boulevard under evacuation order. This is 1-3 miles from the legendary Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Studios, and the iconic Hollywood sign.

(Source LA Times) (Image Chris Cristi @abc7chriscristi) www.latimes.com/california/s...
January 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The night just outside my bedroom window 😳

The Sun set in NYC just an hour ago and we can now see the Waxing Moon, Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn. The sky is that blue and magical.
January 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Quickly spreading wild fires in Pacific Palisades, California.
(Via @jonvigliotti CBS News)
January 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Rumor going around that "it's over for stoic bros"
January 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you're outside, or have a window looking northeast, guess what the brightest star in the sky is? No, not a Chinese spy drone, it's Mars! Yes. Can't miss it, has a reddish glow. It's spectacular.
Added bonus, for me, is to find my two darlings, Castor and Pollux, right above.
January 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
January 4, 2025 Perihelion Day for those of us who celebrate
(8:28 am EST 🌎 91,405,993 mi from the Sun)

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight (80 p/h in good conditions). Get outside with hot cocoa. 18F chill for us in the big city.
January 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Stunning and very credible.

The message left by the driver of the cybertruck detonated in front of Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan 1 where he claims the drones spotted on the East Coast are of Chinese origin and constitute the most dangerous threat to US national security that's ever existed.
January 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A Room a View, A Farewell to Arms, The Sound and the Fury,
the first English version of "All Quiet on the Western Front" music from Singing in the Rain, Popeye (before spinach), the first iteration of Micky Mouse all made the list.
Also this image of Hemingway in active duty.
January 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ngl New York City skies with a clear preview of what 2025 will look like 😂🍾🎉🥂
#HappyNewYear #Happy2025
January 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The MAGA Civil War that's ensued in the dark land is one of the history books
December 29, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Christopher Nolan directing "The Odyssey"?!
We have to make it through the 2025 mayhem. We have to make it through.

(Cast: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron)
December 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Happy Winter Solstice.
23F (9F wind chill) as we celebrated both light and darkness on the longest night of the year.
December 22, 2024 at 3:24 AM
"The AfD's mission is to rehabilitate the image of the Nazi movement.

One leader's license plate is an open tribute to Hitler.

A top AfD official said about migrants, "We can always shoot them later...or gas them."

Another described Judaism as the "inner enemy" in Germany." (Sen. Chris Murphy)
December 21, 2024 at 12:07 AM
“Saving the Monarchs” campaign, showcasing the work of award-winning NatGeo photographer Jaime Rojo.
Help support Monarch conservation and regional Indigenous communities through COICA, an international program dedicated to the support of 511 Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon Basin.
vitalimpacts.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
😏
December 12, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Heart-wrenching videos of people in Syria desperately parsing through prison records to find our the fate of their relatives in Saydnayah prison.
There's info on over 29,000 people in those files, including the date of execution.
(Via @QalaatAlMudiq)
December 10, 2024 at 2:30 AM
But neighbor asked what I made, and I sent them this, to which they replied, oh, I would love to have some of that for later 😄

It's wild rice topped with chickpeas seasoned with shawarma, served w arugula, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and feta.
To top it all off, pomegranate jelly mixed with tahini.
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 AM