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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · 12d

I imagine this is what encountering dada in 1916 was like

Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 12d

Hi what

Headline: “nature’s labubu: why are gen z unboxing conkers?”

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · 12d

It took a huge amount of vision to see the potential of what this park could deliver in the aftermath of Sandy, and to see it realized is so rewarding. Huge credit to the local leaders, NYCHA TAs, and community organizers who made this a reality when no one believed it could be done.

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 12d

"Something about this version feels more welcoming, one of the rare third spaces in the city where leisure costs nothing and the pluralism on which we pride ourselves bears out." — @jawnita.bsky.social

After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome

We'll have to see whether the new resiliency infrastructure will withstand another superstorm, but we're happy to report that the park itself is, so far, a smashing success.

hellgatenyc.com

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · 27d

This is about restricting artistic expression and blocking Americans from accessing diverse cultural and political information. Once the crackdown on free speech here takes hold, he can’t have free speech from other countries coming in.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27d

“candy from a baby”.

Donald J. Trump 0©
@realDonaldTrump
Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing "candy from a baby." California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit! Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 19

Elections are the practice of democracy. In the face of fascism, strong and healthy elections are the best tool we have to enact the will of the people. If you can’t respect election results, you are fundamentally incapable of protecting freedom and fighting for our democracy.

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 18

These outfits are why you need gays in your coalition.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Sep 17

lol new clown car just rolled up

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is disturbing from Ezra Klein. Not just because Kirk’s hateful and violent rhetoric is bad on it’s own, but it calls into question what Klein thinks politics is for. Is it for fighting on the internet, or making laws that govern a free and safe society? Kirk did the former, not the latter.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Sep 11

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

www.nytimes.com

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 7

What I find most telling is his hope for “one message.” The benefit of a big-tent national party is you can have several messages delivered by credible messengers designed to appeal most to their audience. Maybe corruption is an effective lens for some people, but there’s no need to stop there.

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 6

I thought I was making a clever observation that “crime” is a bad pretense for sending national guard or military troops to domestic locations and instead an implicit provocation of violence and challenge of sovereignty. But then he just says it. So I guess I’m not so clever after all.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · Sep 6

The president of the United States, a Vietnam draft dodger, declaring war on an American city (with AI slop implying that he will burn it with napalm)

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hmmm… ok so this sort of clears up what the military is doing, and it’s not crime…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

Trump: "We decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going to Department of War ... I think it's a much more appropriate name especially in light of where the world is right now."

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 6

For those entrenched in “Abundance” discourse, please see a policy that delivers abundance results.

AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · Sep 5

www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

More and more evidence of these types of programs having positive benefits

Philly’s first-in-the-nation experiment giving cash to struggling renters is working, researchers say

Families that got cash rental assistance were less likely to be evicted, experience homelessness, and report having serious problems with their homes, according to a study of the PHLHousing+ program.

www.inquirer.com

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’m sorry, I’m not a military expert so I may be wrong on this. Do we send U.S. troops to other countries to stop crime there? I thought it was a different reason, but again, I could be wrong.

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 29

I think I could be at least a lieutenant in the Sally Rooney Ms. Rachel army

Reposted by Katie Loeb

Anisha Steephen @asteephen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today: time.com/7312151/ener...

Energy Costs are Rising. Trump and Big Tech Are to Blame

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to cut energy costs in half. Now, energy costs are skyrocketing.

time.com

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 25

As the Mayor of a city where working families need to do all they can to merely survive and are so worried about making rent they don’t think doing fun civically engaging things are worth it, I am mad that someone wants to change this!

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 24

The main job of elected officials is legislators who need to use technical and precise language, a context in which these phrases are appropriate, even necessary. This advice may be ok for a PR flack, but it’s not serious. These people are out of their depth, we can’t let them weigh us down.

Adam Wren @adamwren.bsky.social · Aug 22

Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 24

Fantastic article by Michael Kimmelman. His understanding of the political stakes and social impact of these projects is unparralleled, and his perspective is so needed as we face challenges that need urgent public attention.

Of course, I am biased, but it's also nice to read people like the park.

Can a 3.5-Acre, $296 Million Park Save Lower Manhattan?

www.nytimes.com

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 21

We are so lucky this story came out just in time to plan couples Halloween costumes. Who will be the envelope of cash to my open Herr’s potato chips bag?

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · Aug 21

A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

buff.ly

Reposted by Katie Loeb

StreetsPAC @streetspac.org · Aug 15

Carlina Rivera will soon be stepping down from the NYC Council to lead NYSAFAH. We're immeasurably grateful for her partnership and leadership during her time in office. @carlinarivera.bsky.social earned our endorsement every time she ran, and her list of accomplishments is long. Among them...

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 12

It’s cool that tariffs are acting as a sort of backwards interest rate, balancing inflation with unemployment by making them both worse.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 12

Breaking news: US inflation held steady at 2.7% in July, confounding economists’ expectations of an acceleration driven by the tariffs Donald Trump has slapped on US trading partners. on.ft.com/4fH28s4

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 11

The term for this policy is “squeezing the middle class.” It makes it so that you have to be extremely wealthy to access the open market and keeps people with low-incomes from having economic mobility.

Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · Aug 10

Run him the fuck out of town. Now.

Screenshot from Twitter:

Andrew Cuomo:
Today, I am proud to announce that I will be proposing “Zohran’s law," a law that will keep the rich out of New York’s affordable housing.

@ZohranKMamdani
: you say freeze the rent. But for who? Rich people like you? Hardworking, working class New Yorkers are being pushed from their neighborhoods.

Let’s build affordable housing that helps the people who need it. Under Zohran’s law, landlords can no longer rent vacant rent-controlled units to the wealthy.

You are a rich person stealing affordable housing from the poor. And you’re not the only one. It’s past time we address this injustice. Let’s build a new NYC that works for the people who need it.

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 10

I think a really important aspect is what this feels like for fans in the stadium. We don’t have commentary or replays so the play just stops and we have no idea what’s happening or why. It really takes you out of the experience and completely destroys the momentum of the game.

Aaron West @oeste.bsky.social · Aug 10

VAR needs a shot clock. 2 minutes max to review a play & if there’s nothing definitive to overturn we move forward. i’ve seen some EGREGIOUSLY long times recently, it has to change.

Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Aug 3

Holy shit the footballing at Copa América Femenina.

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Jul 31

People are going to try to go toe-to-toe on gerrymandering, a fight they don’t believe in and are bound to lose.

The answer is district-less Congressional representation and abolishing the electoral college. You can’t let vestiges of inequity survive and hope to outsmart it later. Just end it.

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Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Jul 22

I have always held what appeared to be a right-wing coded belief that coca-cola tastes better with high fructose corn syrup than with cane sugar. I’m glad to be firmly against the fascists with this one.

Katie Loeb @katieloeb.bsky.social · Jul 15

Is The Materialists a rom-com? Absolutely! The “com” stands for “commentary” and you will have to think, but it’s super enjoyable and Chris Evans is surprisingly dreamy with a jan sport.