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A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.

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Brad Lander told NY1 at Mamdani’s party that what Democrats need to decide right now is whether to be “fighters or folders” and yes he should immediately mount a primary challenge to Chuck Schumer

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I didn't know that Zohran Mamdani is Mira Nair's son

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Did Cuomo really just concede? Is this a head fake?

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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

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Congrats to Lincoln Restler! @cmrestler.bsky.social He beat out a party machine candidate handily! Hooray for the 33rd district, there's no harder working representative than Lincoln

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Current NYC mayor Eric Adams invalidates his own vote by not understanding how anything works

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General Zod has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo

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joy:

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#ICYMI Happy summer solstice! 🌞 🌍 This year's solstice happened at exactly 04:42 CEST on 21 June, the moment the Sun reached its northernmost point in the sky. Viewed from space, these images capture a full year of shifting light and shadow, from one June solstice to the next 🧪🔭

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This is so true. And speaks to how much the country has shifted away from our expectations of basic competence for public figures to be at least better as a public figure than a fourth-grader selected at random.

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First fireflies of the year tonight!

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My local coffee shop is not playing around.

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“The context for me is where he’s completely anonymous but willing to have that symbol out there.” Seriously, he masked his face, but was fine with wearing short-sleeves.

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Amazing! The building that killed c. 1000 birds in one day had a 95% drop in bird deaths during the next migration, simply by making the glass visible to birds. This needs to be adopted by other cities immediately! 🪶🦉

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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

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Studie belegt wirtschaftlichen Gewinn von ÖPNV: Jeder investierte Euro in Bus & Bahn schafft 3 Euro Nutzen. Wir fordern Milliardeninvestment von Bund & Ländern: Mobilitätsgarantie auf dem Land, höhere Taktung & Straßenbahn-Netz in jeder Großstadt! www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...

submitted 41 days ago • 5 comments

Looks like something RFK jr. might have had a hand in www.mvtimes.com/2025/05/12/d...

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Just realized, when I was young I'd think to myself: I can stay up all night, who the hell cares? Now I think to myself: It's 9pm, I'm going to bed, who the hell cares? Still a rebel!

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Open bribery Masked armed officials arresting residents without warrants, citizens who try to intervene Arrests for engaging in non-violent speech Destruction of government capacities Massive economic uncertainty and damage Unprecedented targeting of government power against political enemies

submitted 45 days ago • 113 comments

The highest paid editors in the world rewrote "Qatar Bribes Trump With" as "Trump Is to Accept" you know the way normal people talk normally

submitted 44 days ago • 105 comments

Well, at least we know how Thomas is going to rule on this when it ends up in front of SCOTUS 🎁 gift article Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One, and Post-Presidency Travel www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Good morning for birding in Central Park! Saw many first-of-years and first ever Chuck-will's-widow, snoozing in a tree! 🪶🦉

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New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

submitted 47 days ago • 55 comments

No one should be surprised that the woefully underqualified security dude continues to be woeful but damn, perhaps we can have some consequences, as a treat?

submitted 65 days ago • 4 comments

An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?

submitted 67 days ago • 999 comments