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@brianvan.bsky.social
this social media feed doesn't make any sense, either // digital refugee, extremely busy person, ask me about my long bike rides
A reminder: a solid majority of people really like these and approve of a competently-managed year-round program. The current policy stance of the city is “we’re intentionally making it economically impossible because some people claim they saw a dirty shed once”
Thousands of outdoor dining areas might not return to the city's roadways next spring, the result of what activists call a costly approval process created by the Adams administration when the program became seasonal.
Outdoor Dining Has Faded Out — And Not Just Because It's Winter - Streetsblog New York City
From thousands of pandemic-era eateries to perhaps just a few hundred, thanks to a seasonal, not year-round, program.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A reminder: a solid majority of people really like these and approve of a competently-managed year-round program. The current policy stance of the city is “we’re intentionally making it economically impossible because some people claim they saw a dirty shed once”
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That is literal Nazi shit and open planning of international crimes against humanity so it probably should be a strained relationship between them and anybody normal, to say the least
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
That is literal Nazi shit and open planning of international crimes against humanity so it probably should be a strained relationship between them and anybody normal, to say the least
“Alan Dershowitz the charismatic analyst?”
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Alan Dershowitz the charismatic analyst?”
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Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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pleeeeeeeeease let this mean something.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
pleeeeeeeeease let this mean something.
never logging off! pbfcomics.com/comics/anniv...
Anniversary Trip
The Perry Bible Fellowship
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November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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“I refuse to pretend that both of us are dumber than we are” is a tour de force insult, simultaneously respectful and brutal
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“I refuse to pretend that both of us are dumber than we are” is a tour de force insult, simultaneously respectful and brutal
Cooked like one of Trump’s steaks
it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Cooked like one of Trump’s steaks
Christina Aguilera Christmas special filmed in a Parisian strip club? Close enough, Welcome Back 1999
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Christina Aguilera Christmas special filmed in a Parisian strip club? Close enough, Welcome Back 1999
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Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
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a little over a week left on my team's international race fundraiser! here's me practicing flag catching (which i hope to do during the '26 Rose Festival)
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
a little over a week left on my team's international race fundraiser! here's me practicing flag catching (which i hope to do during the '26 Rose Festival)
Finally I can drop that Maz Koshia theme at Elsewhere
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 8xLP Soundtrack Vinyl preorder is $171.99 on The Yetee w/ code WARIOCLAUS buff.ly/Xgo8WxX #ad
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Finally I can drop that Maz Koshia theme at Elsewhere
lmao time for (30+) notifications all day
a red and black background with the words containment breach detected on it
Alt: a red and black background with the words containment breach detected on it
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
lmao time for (30+) notifications all day
The fact that this took so long should be a cause for reckoning. One thing we have to understand is, most people aren't changing their news sources when their news sources are embarrassingly wrong and late, and we need to deal with that urgently and swiftly
Finally, the media worm is turning on Trump:
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The fact that this took so long should be a cause for reckoning. One thing we have to understand is, most people aren't changing their news sources when their news sources are embarrassingly wrong and late, and we need to deal with that urgently and swiftly
Yeah uh btw the NY women's pro soccer team won their league this weekend! Not seeing nearly enough about that, but thanks to @council.nyc.gov for giving them props and spreading the word
sealy says welcome to city hall gotham the CHAMPS YAYYY ⭐️⭐️
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yeah uh btw the NY women's pro soccer team won their league this weekend! Not seeing nearly enough about that, but thanks to @council.nyc.gov for giving them props and spreading the word
You couldn't have Charles Manson on The Jennifer Hudson Show
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
You couldn't have Charles Manson on The Jennifer Hudson Show
The bible doesn't have those words
RFK Jr.’s excruciatingly awful sex poem for Olivia Nuzzi is before the paywall jump. www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
Part 2: She Did It Again
If you are new to this series, start here.
www.telos.news
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The bible doesn't have those words
Here's the thing: I don't care what anyone does in private. But public glamorization of smoking cannot ever be cool because it is *irresponsible* and *stupid*. And that point is emphatically made by the "I love smoking" crowd. You can't love nicotine, you can only simp for it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here's the thing: I don't care what anyone does in private. But public glamorization of smoking cannot ever be cool because it is *irresponsible* and *stupid*. And that point is emphatically made by the "I love smoking" crowd. You can't love nicotine, you can only simp for it.
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the rage that reading this makes me feel. just full 'need to stare into the middle distance because we are so, so lost' stuff.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
the rage that reading this makes me feel. just full 'need to stare into the middle distance because we are so, so lost' stuff.
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A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
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what the fuck
So getting a lot of questions about this, basically, Bergen County is one of the last counties in the United States that has a Sunday closing law which bans the sale of electronics, clothes, etc., but it does not apply to groceries, so Costco is open, but any non-groceries look like this:
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
what the fuck
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we still haven't moved past the double meaning problem here---the people who want Zohran to be "tougher on antisemitism" really mean "silent on Israeli genocide."
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
we still haven't moved past the double meaning problem here---the people who want Zohran to be "tougher on antisemitism" really mean "silent on Israeli genocide."
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unfortunately this is funny as fuck
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
unfortunately this is funny as fuck
The hilarious thing, particularly about the second and third pictures, is that the first show started out with "gritty old cop wardrobe" with cheap suit jackets and Burlington Coat Factory specials that likely smelled like 90's bars. And now they wear Marc Jacobs and shit
What do you think the black wool overcoats on Law and Order smelled like?
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The hilarious thing, particularly about the second and third pictures, is that the first show started out with "gritty old cop wardrobe" with cheap suit jackets and Burlington Coat Factory specials that likely smelled like 90's bars. And now they wear Marc Jacobs and shit
Tonight’s trash room finds:
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tonight’s trash room finds: