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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 7h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social · 5h

antifa!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

Hell yes Chicago

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 8h

I watched it for the upteenth time recently & it never gets old. But I also recently saw the 2004 Demme remake which was a lot better than I remembered. A good double bill!

(I worked on the 2004 version a little bit doing sound design on the weird memory voices "Raymond Shaw is the kindest..." Etc

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15h

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.

MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.

trib.al

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 19h

JET Magazine, October 8, 1959 featuring half of the chart topping duo Mickey & Sylvia, as well as the legendary "Mother of Hip-Hop" and Sugar Hill Records founder, Sylvia Robinson.

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gambolloch @gambolloch.bsky.social · 19h

Bowery
#photography

A broad four lane city street on an early and drizzly Wednesday morning

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 19h

Good morning from Harlem

#GoodMorningFromHarlem

Looking through an arched window half an hour after sunrise the sky is full of blue-grey rain clouds. Pointed roofs of Harlem brownstones with red brickwork are across the street, and a taller apartment building can be seen in the distance. The green tops of two trees are on the bottom and right.

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want to live in an authoritarian country where healthcare is free or where it’s prohibitively expensive. That’s it. That’s the brain drain driving reality now.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“I didn’t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious … She’s been a little under the weather and I simply asked for prayers bc I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

DON’T SCARE US LIKE THIS, FREIDA www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...

‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

www.wsmv.com

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · Aug 15

Accepting fascism requires us to unquestioningly replace the learned experience of our own senses with the state’s official version of reality. So reaffirming our past is more than nostalgia. It is an act of resistance.

Read @jonsavage.bsky.social's extraordinary 1979 review of Unknown Pleasures.

An aged newspaper clipping of Jon Savage's 1979 review of Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures." Text reads in part:

“To talk of life today is like talking of rope in the house of a hanged man.” Where will it end? 
The point is so obvious. It’s been made time and time again. So often that it’s a truism, if not a cliche. Cry wolf, yet again. At the time of writing, our very own mode of (Western, advanced, techno-) capitalism is slipping down the slope to it’s terminal phase: critical mass. Things fall apart. The cracks get wider: more paper is used, with increasing ingenuity, to cover them. Madness implodes, as people are slowly crushed, or, perhaps worse, help in crushing others. The abyss beckons: nevertheless, a febrile momentum keeps the train on the tracks. The question that lies behind the analysis (should, of course, you agree) is what action can anyone take?

One particular and vigorous product of capitalism’s excess has been pop music, not so much because of the form’s intrinsic merit (if any) but because, for many, bar football, it’s the only arena going in this country, at least. So vigorous because so much has to be channeled into so small a space: rebellion, creation, dance, sex energy, and this space, small as it is, is a market ruled by commerce, and excess of money. It’s as much as anyone can do, it seems, to accept the process and carefully construct their theatre for performance and sale in halls in the flesh, in rooms and on radios (if you’re very lucky) in the plastic. The limits imposed (especially as far as effective action goes) by this iron cycle of creation to consumption are as hard to break as they are suffocating.

“Trying to find a clue/trying to find a way/trying to get out!” “Unknown Pleasures” is a brave bulletin, a danceable dream; brilliantly, a record of place. Of one particular city, Manchester: your reviewer might very well be biased (after all, he lives there) but it is contended that “Unknown Pleasures,” in defining reaction and

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Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social · 1d

ENO UNIVERSE playlist! A retrospective of Brian Eno’s body of work from 1972-1995 including his solo rock and ambient records and his collaborations with Bowie,Talking Heads, U2, Devo, Fripp, etc! All links and annotated tracklisting in the newsletter issue fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...

Fluxblog 566: ENO UNIVERSE

A retrospective of Brian Eno's music 1972-1995

fluxblog.substack.com

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

GHOTI = 🐟

I first came across "ghoti" in Nicolas Slonimsky's autobiography "Perfect Pitch," but it's deployment as an example of the vagaries of the English language far precede that usage.

gh, pronounced /f/ as in enough
o, pronounced /ɪ/ as in women
ti, pronounced /ʃ/ as in nation

Ghoti - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm 132nd in line for the new Pynchon at NYPL.

The "placing a hold" screen from the Libby app showing my reservation for the new Thomas Pynchon novel "Shadow Ticket" at the New York public library.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Rudy is the real deal. Been waiting for an update, and he sure has it! Makes me really glad I migrated @gregpak.com to Blacksky's myatproto.social PDS for non-Black users - gonna migrate @gregpak.net over asap as well.

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

'One Battle After Another' as a car movie

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

I don't care about cars at all, but I *love* reading an obsessive expert analysis of the details in a well-made movie. Thanks for this, it's a great read!

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a non-paywalled archive link to The Hollywood Reporter's article about the conservative backlash to One Battle After Another.

"The Year's Most Irresponsible Movie." 😂

archive.is/xUeNX

Leonardo DiCaprio brandishing a rifle while wearing his bath robe on a desert highway. Text below reads:

Conservatives Take Aim at "One Battle After Another": "Year's Most Irresponsible Movie"

While Paul Thomas Anderson's film is being heralded as a masterpiece by many, some conservatives accuse it of potentially inspiring left-wing violence.

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

NYC DSA has endorsed Andrew Cuomo

(That's the New York City Deputy Sheriffs Association)

Cuomo Receives Endorsement of New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, candidate for mayor of New York City, today proudly received the endorsement of the New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association.“New York City is in crisis and ever...

www.andrewcuomo.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from Harlem

#GoodMorningFromHarlem

Looking through an arched window ninety minutes after sunrise the blue sky is filled with bands of complex, chunky, white clouds, with an orange tinge at the horizon. Pointed roofs of Harlem brownstones are silhouetted across the street, and a taller apartment building can be seen in the distance. The window is grimy on the bottom.

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