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It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
“.. The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” she said.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
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Hell yeah, someone might be turning the surface parking lot on Smith between Schermerhorn and Livingston into housing.
www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
Downtown Brooklyn parking lot deal could yield 164,000-square-foot housing project
Jon Dario, executive vice president of New Jersey-based Edison Properties, signed on behalf of the seller.
www.crainsnewyork.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Hell yeah, someone might be turning the surface parking lot on Smith between Schermerhorn and Livingston into housing.
www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
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all time great email reply, rip
January 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
all time great email reply, rip
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fantastic article with data showing how congestion pricing is one of the most effective transportation policies ever.
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
fantastic article with data showing how congestion pricing is one of the most effective transportation policies ever.
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Lasagna bolognese for my sister in law's birthday
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Lasagna bolognese for my sister in law's birthday
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We can make jokes about the FIFIA Peace Prize but boycotting the World Cup seems like a pretty good start for a lot of countries
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We can make jokes about the FIFIA Peace Prize but boycotting the World Cup seems like a pretty good start for a lot of countries
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The President just attacked and abducted the leader of a foreign country and his wife for violating American firearms law. He's now saying that his administration will "run" the nation of 28 million people.
This was all done with zero formal participation of Congress.
This was all done with zero formal participation of Congress.
Chief Justice John Roberts says the Constitution remains "firm and unshaken" with major Supreme Court rulings ahead.
Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead
Chief Justice John Roberts says that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The President just attacked and abducted the leader of a foreign country and his wife for violating American firearms law. He's now saying that his administration will "run" the nation of 28 million people.
This was all done with zero formal participation of Congress.
This was all done with zero formal participation of Congress.
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Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
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A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
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Eric Adams (!) laughs as Mamdani thanks him for naming Mamdani as the mayoral candidate Adams would most prefer to be stuck in an elevator with.
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Eric Adams (!) laughs as Mamdani thanks him for naming Mamdani as the mayoral candidate Adams would most prefer to be stuck in an elevator with.
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Lucy Dacus sang "Bread and Roses."
January 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Lucy Dacus sang "Bread and Roses."
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Holy shit it's real
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Holy shit it's real
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Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
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"For all the hysteria, when I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"For all the hysteria, when I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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.
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
“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.
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.
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We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
One thing that makes me depressed is that we’re bringing back medieval blood libel for minority groups (Haitians and Somalis in particular) and where once normies would be shocked or ignorant, now they’re saying stuff like “perfidis Judaeis-cels be seething over Good Friday chads” bc of TikTok
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
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One thing that makes me depressed is that we’re bringing back medieval blood libel for minority groups (Haitians and Somalis in particular) and where once normies would be shocked or ignorant, now they’re saying stuff like “perfidis Judaeis-cels be seething over Good Friday chads” bc of TikTok
December 31, 2025 at 6:08 AM
One thing that makes me depressed is that we’re bringing back medieval blood libel for minority groups (Haitians and Somalis in particular) and where once normies would be shocked or ignorant, now they’re saying stuff like “perfidis Judaeis-cels be seething over Good Friday chads” bc of TikTok
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Insane fascist propaganda. America's foreign aid budget was a rounding error as a percentage of GDP before Trump eliminated most of it. And many of the wonders of the modern world invented since the moon landing were created by immigrants to the United States.
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Insane fascist propaganda. America's foreign aid budget was a rounding error as a percentage of GDP before Trump eliminated most of it. And many of the wonders of the modern world invented since the moon landing were created by immigrants to the United States.
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Need someone with talent (not AI) to sub in Bari Weiss’s face on Gina Gershon in this clip
Christopher Plummer as 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace from "The Insider" (1999)
YouTube video by robhozour
m.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Need someone with talent (not AI) to sub in Bari Weiss’s face on Gina Gershon in this clip
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Blue Monkey; F8MJ+RF7, Bakau, The Gambia https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=13.4846823%2C-16.6687244&query_place_id=ChIJg1HFbgCbwg4RYKpgrAIbTMw
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Blue Monkey; F8MJ+RF7, Bakau, The Gambia https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=13.4846823%2C-16.6687244&query_place_id=ChIJg1HFbgCbwg4RYKpgrAIbTMw
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This happens every day with a collective shrug from most in NYC - particularly the cops and elected officials - while every single crime that happens in the subway is put under a microscope.
A pedestrian was killed by the driver of a massive SUV while crossing the street on the Lower East Side on Thursday night. buff.ly/Pp5HbJ6
Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver on Crowded Lowest East Side Street - Streetsblog New York City
The driver kept going. EMTs took the badly injured woman to Bellevue Hospital, where she died.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This happens every day with a collective shrug from most in NYC - particularly the cops and elected officials - while every single crime that happens in the subway is put under a microscope.