Rachel Holliday Smith
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
managing editor at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • bluesky elder (derogatory) • tell me something good: [email protected]
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📍 queens / fun hell
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THE CITY End of Year Campaign 2025 | The CITY (Powered by Donorbox)
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The NYPD confirmed its involvement in a counterterrorism investigation that spied on a private Signal chat of volunteer observers monitoring ICE activity inside NYC’s immigration courthouses.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
www.thecity.nyc
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The NYPD confirmed its involvement in a counterterrorism investigation that spied on a private Signal chat of volunteer observers monitoring ICE activity inside NYC’s immigration courthouses.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
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happy monday I guess
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
happy monday I guess
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My cat is a bird and I won't elaborate
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My cat is a bird and I won't elaborate
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I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
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new readers: if you like my work, help support it! your dollars make sure we remain paywall-free for all New Yorkers
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
donorbox.org/thecityeoy25
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
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THE CITY End of Year Campaign 2025 | The CITY (Powered by Donorbox)
Local problems don’t get solved without local journalism. We cover New York's uncovered neighborhoods, hold the powerful to account, and make sense of the greatest city in the world. Your support toda...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
new readers: if you like my work, help support it! your dollars make sure we remain paywall-free for all New Yorkers
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
donorbox.org/thecityeoy25
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
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yeah here it comes
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
yeah here it comes
feels like AI not gonna lie!!!
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
feels like AI not gonna lie!!!
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"Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a Mamdani administration?"
Trump: "I would"
Ackman just started throwing up and crying.
Trump: "I would"
Ackman just started throwing up and crying.
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a Mamdani administration?"
Trump: "I would"
Ackman just started throwing up and crying.
Trump: "I would"
Ackman just started throwing up and crying.
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my big takeaway from the trump/mamdani meeting is that i miss my grandpa, an old new york real estate guy who has personal beef with trump, and i wish i could argue with him about this at thanksgiving next week
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
my big takeaway from the trump/mamdani meeting is that i miss my grandpa, an old new york real estate guy who has personal beef with trump, and i wish i could argue with him about this at thanksgiving next week
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omg a chip clip, yesssss
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
omg a chip clip, yesssss
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
new readers: if you like my work, help support it! your dollars make sure we remain paywall-free for all New Yorkers
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
donorbox.org/thecityeoy25
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
donorbox.org/thecityeoy25
THE CITY End of Year Campaign 2025 | The CITY (Powered by Donorbox)
Local problems don’t get solved without local journalism. We cover New York's uncovered neighborhoods, hold the powerful to account, and make sense of the greatest city in the world. Your support toda...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
new readers: if you like my work, help support it! your dollars make sure we remain paywall-free for all New Yorkers
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
donorbox.org/thecityeoy25
good local reporting takes time and expertise ... from us, human people! imagine that
donorbox.org/thecityeoy25
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PULLET TRAIN
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
PULLET TRAIN
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This is such a great feature (though sad and nyc's weed laws are very confusing)
The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
www.thecity.nyc
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is such a great feature (though sad and nyc's weed laws are very confusing)
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buffaloes bill
are you telling me all these buffaloes are named bill
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
buffaloes bill
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Quite the Shakespearean yarn by @rosalindadams.bsky.social, featuring familial perfidy, an hours-long NYPD raid and a cannabis-driven entrepreneurial dream:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
www.thecity.nyc
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Quite the Shakespearean yarn by @rosalindadams.bsky.social, featuring familial perfidy, an hours-long NYPD raid and a cannabis-driven entrepreneurial dream:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
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in the city is small agency: coib (21 people)
in that agency is a smaller unit: enforcement
in that unit is one vacancy: deputy director
in that role you could make a big difference. www.nyc.gov/assets/coib/...
in that agency is a smaller unit: enforcement
in that unit is one vacancy: deputy director
in that role you could make a big difference. www.nyc.gov/assets/coib/...
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
in the city is small agency: coib (21 people)
in that agency is a smaller unit: enforcement
in that unit is one vacancy: deputy director
in that role you could make a big difference. www.nyc.gov/assets/coib/...
in that agency is a smaller unit: enforcement
in that unit is one vacancy: deputy director
in that role you could make a big difference. www.nyc.gov/assets/coib/...
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"Residents told the Eagle the legal bills now exceeded one million" I maybe yelped at that line
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"Residents told the Eagle the legal bills now exceeded one million" I maybe yelped at that line