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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · Nov 29
Well, here we are. Proud to say I deleted my account at the other place a few years ago after it got bought. After a long hiatus, now returning to follow the news on social media again. Happy to see the kind people of Bluesky.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h
Construction workers ripped the face off the East Wing to begin building President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. nyti.ms/43oS9T1
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 12h
While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.
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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 5h
NPR:
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npr.org NPR @npr.org · 8h
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 22h
📷 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image features spiral galaxy NGC 3370, home to two kinds of objects prized by astronomers for their usefulness in determining distances to faraway galaxies: Cepheid variable stars and Type Ia supernovae 🧪🔭
esahubble.org/images/potw2... @stsci.edu
A spiral galaxy occupies most of the image. It is a slightly tilted disc of stars, yellow-white in the centre and blue in the outskirts, showing light from different stars in the galaxy. Its spiral arms curl outwards from the centre, speckled with blue star clusters. Dark reddish threads of dust swirl around the galaxy’s centre. The backdrop is four medium-sized and many small, distant galaxies on a black background.
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AstroBin @astrobin.com · 20h
AstroBin's Image of the Day: "Milky Way over the Tasman River in New Zealand" by Egor Goryachev
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Milky Way over the Tasman River in New Zealand
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Anand Giridharadas to Andrew Cuomo: "First of all, governor, it's 'Mamdani.' This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Giridharadas to Andrew Cuomo: "It's been 8 years since the peak of the Me Too movement ... I'm wondering if you pursued any changes in yourself that would allow you to come back to City Hall and tell voters you'd be different when it comes to dealing with women?"
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22h
But can people still make AI slop videos?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d
OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.

Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.
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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · 1d
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing.

And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power.

When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.
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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · 1d
Not holding my breath....
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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · 1d
AI?
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 2d
Folks are asking what to do about the One Special Boy's AI vids and whether they should share them:

MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING.

This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.
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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · 1d
This!
drlisacorrigan.bsky.social Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 2d
This is absurdly bad PR. These are the images that need amplified. If you're online, think strategically about which images need to go viral to tell the story of the horrors of this moment. RT and share the shit out of them.
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 2d
So, shout-out to the winemoms in unicorn blow-ups with FUCK ICE posters in Waukegan or wherever. Gonna need you at the Home Depot tomorrow.
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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 2d
C.S. Lewis with a pragmatic and courageous perspective for us all.
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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · 1d
Live and learn. But the prices is too high.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d
A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d
The instruction for NYC are simple:

The deadline to register to vote is October 25th, THIS coming Sat. Do NOT sleep on this. Get everyone you know who lives in NYC and is not a voter registered.

Then map out your plan to vote. Build in the possibility of bad weather, traffic or some other
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nyc55.bsky.social @nyc55.bsky.social · 1d
Who reads NYT anymore?
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d
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