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Widow, retired lawyer, first mother, transit nerd, Mets fan (alas)
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Stalin is kvelling in his grave to see Trump also trying to rewrite history. Transgender folks led the way at Stonewall!
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Sad but true, Elie!
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In this case, DOGE (pronounced “dodgy”) Commissars.
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Thank you, Marisa. I needed the laugh.
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Repealing the VPPP eliminates the only applicable exception to the law which prohibits using tolls on federal aid highways for transit. Repealing the VPPP means the end of NYC’s congestion pricing program (unless Congress also rescinds the law prohibiting the use of tolls for transit).
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Question: not all cars entering Manhattan in the de congestion zone have E-ZPass tags. Do the results include data from the system’s license plate readers as well?
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Absolutely shocking! I literally did not think this would ever happen. More fool me.
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Oy, Elie!
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I want Ken Railings to come in and say, “Pam Short’s broke both her legs and I want to dance with you.”
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Oh, Tony, all of us should do all we can so that children have the chance to be who they are, not who we want them to be.
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Pretty soon that cat will be “making pizza.”
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Hi, Susan! Welcome to BlueSky!
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Parenthood
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Oy, Susan, how dreadful. Hope you feel better soon!
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You and me both!!!
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Good idea, Tony!
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Or write her a condolence card. That is another way to show up for her.
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It could also be called “military tense.”
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Actually, cats are making pizza.
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Are you starving your cat, Tony?
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Good for you, Claire, and your backbone!
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Fuck adoption, indeed, Tony!
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Tony, I’ll follow you wherever you go and urge others to do the same.
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Correction: the State is withholding the adoptee’s identity from her parents, absent the adoptee’s consent. The difference is that the adoptee may not even know that consent is necessary.
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The adoptee is anonymous (or “lost in the woods”) to the birth parents absent consent. The difference, it seems, is that denying access to original birth certificates withholds information about the adoptee’s own identity, while the adoptee is withholding his identity from strangers, albeit related.
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It would appear, however, that birth parents need the adult adoptee’s consent to obtain information about their child. Secrecy is still part of adoption in Switzerland.
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Susan, I believe in you. So do you. So many people are looking forward to your memoir. And adrenaline will carry you through a lot.
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You will be fine, Claire. Treat your symptoms and treat yourself. You will get through this.
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Mazel tov, Claire!
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Susan, is your art available for sale?
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Get out, Claire! I used to fly into Moline when coming home and had several friends who graduated from Western (which you could get to from Kewanee by train!).
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Where in Illinois? I grew up in Kewanee.
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Great hat, Claire! Are you living in Illinois now?