Emma
@emmalabizarre.bsky.social
no, I’m from New Jersey- I only work in outer space. (she/they) (librarian for nerds, scrappy comic relief on Jeopardy season 39)
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
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To the extent I feel patriotic toward any particular place, it is toward the type of cosmopolitan city where a Muslim kid can eat bagels and lox.
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
To the extent I feel patriotic toward any particular place, it is toward the type of cosmopolitan city where a Muslim kid can eat bagels and lox.
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By the time cameras were introduced to Japan, actual samurai would look more like this.
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
By the time cameras were introduced to Japan, actual samurai would look more like this.
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Some good news: the number of pedestrians killed on NJ roads in 2025 dropped to 173, down from 230 the previous year. Still too many, but it's a big drop. The number of cyclists killed was 17, down from 18 the previous year.
www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
N.J. traffic deaths drop 15% in 2025 from 30-year high in previous year
After a spike in traffic deaths in 2024, New Jersey had a safer 2025, recording a significant drop in fatalities.
www.nj.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Some good news: the number of pedestrians killed on NJ roads in 2025 dropped to 173, down from 230 the previous year. Still too many, but it's a big drop. The number of cyclists killed was 17, down from 18 the previous year.
www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
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Autistic people oppose cure.
We are not a malformation,
vaccine injury,
or defect.
We are a natural way of being.
We are not a malformation,
vaccine injury,
or defect.
We are a natural way of being.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Autistic people oppose cure.
We are not a malformation,
vaccine injury,
or defect.
We are a natural way of being.
We are not a malformation,
vaccine injury,
or defect.
We are a natural way of being.
I had a school classmate who once trolled me for an entire study hall period middle school by arguing that (even though by that time even at 13 I had been there) France was not real.
He was a good dude, I hope he has not gone right wing in the meantime.
He was a good dude, I hope he has not gone right wing in the meantime.
First superb conspiracy theory of 2026 overheard in the street! I love this. I feel it sets the tone for a superb year:
“Wales is fake.”
“Wales is fake.”
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I had a school classmate who once trolled me for an entire study hall period middle school by arguing that (even though by that time even at 13 I had been there) France was not real.
He was a good dude, I hope he has not gone right wing in the meantime.
He was a good dude, I hope he has not gone right wing in the meantime.
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That, and also I have to keep reminding myself that for however monumentally bleak it was/is, the year showed a ton of meaningful solidarity and support from ordinary, everyday, working people from all kinds of backgrounds, showing up and fighting for one another even in the face of actual violence…
2025 was a tough year for a variety of reasons, but I very much appreciate all of you, my pocket friends. Sending y’all my best wishes for 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
That, and also I have to keep reminding myself that for however monumentally bleak it was/is, the year showed a ton of meaningful solidarity and support from ordinary, everyday, working people from all kinds of backgrounds, showing up and fighting for one another even in the face of actual violence…
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At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
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I somehow find myself shocked by events, even though I would agree that "they're going to run back Comet Ping Pong but with more racism" would have been an admittedly plausible prediction.
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I somehow find myself shocked by events, even though I would agree that "they're going to run back Comet Ping Pong but with more racism" would have been an admittedly plausible prediction.
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
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We are the pillars
adhd here, but mental illness hyperfocus posting is definitely carrying the Internet
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We are the pillars
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Feeling nostalgic. Almost time to take the tree down!
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Feeling nostalgic. Almost time to take the tree down!
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RIP. (I don’t know why the NYT made me search my memory for the name Clay Davis, but I won’t do that to you dear reader.)
Isiah Whitlock Jr., a character actor best known for his scene-stealing role as a smooth-talking, corrupt politician in the widely acclaimed HBO show “The Wire,” died on Tuesday. He was 71.
Isiah Whitlock Jr., Scene-Stealing Character Actor in ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 71
In one of his most enduring roles, he played a corrupt state senator known for his ability to fashion an expletive into an outstretched catchphrase.
nyti.ms
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
RIP. (I don’t know why the NYT made me search my memory for the name Clay Davis, but I won’t do that to you dear reader.)
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does anyone know who is in charge of tv in this stupid country to get me the softball lesbians
Next test for America: pick up & distribute Crave’s upcoming lesbian softball mockumentary sitcom co-exec produced by Elliot Page & Stevie from Schitt’s Creek with Nadine Bhabha - Kip’s friend Elena from Heated Rivalry - both as a guest star & one of the writers.
www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
Beer, Lesbians and Baseball! Casting Announced for New Crave Original Comedy Series, SLO PITCH - Bell Media
TORONTO (October 2, 2025) – Crave announced today casting details for its new original series SLO PITCH, produced by Shaftesbury in association with Boss & Co, and Elliot Page’s PAGEBOY Productions. T...
www.bellmedia.ca
December 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
does anyone know who is in charge of tv in this stupid country to get me the softball lesbians
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The Separatists actually being the good guys is a compelling take ruined by the fact that every notable one is either a caricature of a capitalist or an avid war crimes enjoyer.
From the perspective of the average person in universe, Star Wars is the story of Count Dooku warning everyone Palpatine was a tyrant and being tragically ignored the misguided old Jedi companions he was forced to take up arms against, only to be vindicated upon death.
December 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Separatists actually being the good guys is a compelling take ruined by the fact that every notable one is either a caricature of a capitalist or an avid war crimes enjoyer.
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it's going to be amazing when republicans in 2028 run on banning daycare
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
it's going to be amazing when republicans in 2028 run on banning daycare
And it’s (as I learned myself way too recently) “for all intents and purposes”, not “for all intensive purposes”
We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:
- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’
No worries if not!!!
- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’
No worries if not!!!
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
And it’s (as I learned myself way too recently) “for all intents and purposes”, not “for all intensive purposes”
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He didn’t just blurt it out; he said it while clearly thinking it was already in the media zeteo.com/p/did-trump-...
To be sure, Joe Biden had some embarrassing gaffes, and his Atlanta debate performance made clear he wasn't up for a second term
But never once did Biden blurt out the details of a CIA covert op by going on a B-list radio show
Can you imagine the uproar if he had?
But never once did Biden blurt out the details of a CIA covert op by going on a B-list radio show
Can you imagine the uproar if he had?
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
He didn’t just blurt it out; he said it while clearly thinking it was already in the media zeteo.com/p/did-trump-...
Elder Millennial moment : At my childhood home for the week with only my phone. Feel the need to pay my credit card and do bank transfers on A Big Screen. So I go to the COMPUTER ROOM, which for like 15 years was the only place to go On The Internet. 💜
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Elder Millennial moment : At my childhood home for the week with only my phone. Feel the need to pay my credit card and do bank transfers on A Big Screen. So I go to the COMPUTER ROOM, which for like 15 years was the only place to go On The Internet. 💜
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This isn’t really what this post is going for but it did remind me that my mom’s been doing No Kings type stuff with the woman who played the Angel in the original Angels in America, a celebrity very dear to me and very not anything to the general population
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This isn’t really what this post is going for but it did remind me that my mom’s been doing No Kings type stuff with the woman who played the Angel in the original Angels in America, a celebrity very dear to me and very not anything to the general population
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This is con artist constitutionalism. One weird trick they don’t want you to know about. As if no one until now has ever considered whether Congress can fund highways
I regret to inform you there’s a new post telling us we’re rubes who’ve missed the obvious & clear meaning of the Const’n for a century.
This is the type of post you make when your goal is to juice engagement from those who want nothing more than to be told their policy goals are const’l commands.
This is the type of post you make when your goal is to juice engagement from those who want nothing more than to be told their policy goals are const’l commands.
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is con artist constitutionalism. One weird trick they don’t want you to know about. As if no one until now has ever considered whether Congress can fund highways
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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honestly I think it’s heartwarming that it’s still possible to milkshake duck as an internationally known icon posthumously at age 91
Chappell Roan shares follow-up story after deleting Brigitte Bardot tribute post:
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
honestly I think it’s heartwarming that it’s still possible to milkshake duck as an internationally known icon posthumously at age 91
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either Trump is breaking the law ordering illegal strikes or Trump has reached an undeniable level of cognitive decline
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
![But what struck me most [no pun intended] was the incuriousness and the learned helplessness; the permeation of this idea that Trump’s words and actions are so often inscrutable that trying to divine meaning from them is useless. I think this is wrong. Not only does it let Trump off the hook from explaining himself, but it also lets journalists off the hook from doing our jobs.
If Trump is lying about ordering a land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump did, in fact, order his first land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump believes the US carried out a land strike on Venezuela based on social media rumors or his own cognitive deficiencies and his team is running cover for him, that is important information. This isn’t Trump running his mouth about how the economy is really great, actually, and how America is back, baby. No, this is a question of whether or not the US just escalated a war.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreibr5goyfmlq7ixngscguajpmjyhypjrcuraaifutoniwxbvs7iggy@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
either Trump is breaking the law ordering illegal strikes or Trump has reached an undeniable level of cognitive decline
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet