David Platzker / Specific Object
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Art historian, curator, writer, dealer of ephemeral materials, Respirateur, etc. Pretty Okay at Bikes. SPECIFICOBJECT.COM
His own kids will face a lifetime of abuse and discrimination, and he doesn’t give it one thought.
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
His own kids will face a lifetime of abuse and discrimination, and he doesn’t give it one thought.
Cry me a river. She can pull up a seat next to Nancy Mace in the TSA hall of fame.
December 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cry me a river. She can pull up a seat next to Nancy Mace in the TSA hall of fame.
Ronald Reagan was a miserable SOB. ignoring AIDS, Iran-Contra, stagflation, firing air traffic controllers, anti-union activities, trickle down economics, the rise of Christian Nationalism, outright racism, etc., etc. F U for thinking he was either a good or decent person.
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Ronald Reagan was a miserable SOB. ignoring AIDS, Iran-Contra, stagflation, firing air traffic controllers, anti-union activities, trickle down economics, the rise of Christian Nationalism, outright racism, etc., etc. F U for thinking he was either a good or decent person.
Pat Buchanan and America First…
“Mr. Buchanan has been trying to explain away his German car ever since he started his campaign, telling a reporter recently that his wife made him buy it.”
www.nytimes.com/1992/03/13/u...
“Mr. Buchanan has been trying to explain away his German car ever since he started his campaign, telling a reporter recently that his wife made him buy it.”
www.nytimes.com/1992/03/13/u...
THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: White House; Bush Ad Says Buchanan's Car Shows He's for America Last (Published 1992)
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Pat Buchanan and America First…
“Mr. Buchanan has been trying to explain away his German car ever since he started his campaign, telling a reporter recently that his wife made him buy it.”
www.nytimes.com/1992/03/13/u...
“Mr. Buchanan has been trying to explain away his German car ever since he started his campaign, telling a reporter recently that his wife made him buy it.”
www.nytimes.com/1992/03/13/u...
JFC, this is a very bad idea.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
JFC, this is a very bad idea.
That monitor looks so painfully wrong.
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
That monitor looks so painfully wrong.
She didn't last a Scaramucci.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
She didn't last a Scaramucci.
The far left was a bus stop in 2006. Today Broadway is configured with parking on either side of the street, and the left traffic lane is painted red for busses only. The bus stop is now just south of this image, below Spring Street, with a bus island.
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The far left was a bus stop in 2006. Today Broadway is configured with parking on either side of the street, and the left traffic lane is painted red for busses only. The bus stop is now just south of this image, below Spring Street, with a bus island.
Photo is from 2006. It's the corner of Broadway at Spring Street.
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Photo is from 2006. It's the corner of Broadway at Spring Street.
Using a gridlock photo from 2006 is an editorial choice too.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Using a gridlock photo from 2006 is an editorial choice too.
That photo is over 15 years old 🤡
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
That photo is over 15 years old 🤡
Also, that photo is over 15 years old.
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Also, that photo is over 15 years old.
This is at the corner of Centre Street at Howard. That's a US government parking structure that they are in front of, next door to the Museum of Chinese in America. This is at the edge of Chinatown and Little Italy in Lower Manhattan.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is at the corner of Centre Street at Howard. That's a US government parking structure that they are in front of, next door to the Museum of Chinese in America. This is at the edge of Chinatown and Little Italy in Lower Manhattan.
Calling it lobby art is beyond generous. It’s an embarrassment fitting of this administration.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Calling it lobby art is beyond generous. It’s an embarrassment fitting of this administration.
Paul McCarthy’s Christmas Tree would have been the perfect embodiment of these times.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Paul McCarthy’s Christmas Tree would have been the perfect embodiment of these times.
"Miserable Failure" is already taken; I think it's closer to Patel's reality. www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/t...
Google Halts ‘Miserable Failure’ Link to President Bush (Published 2007)
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November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Miserable Failure" is already taken; I think it's closer to Patel's reality. www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/t...
- Issued criminal summonses instead of regular traffic tickets to bicyclists for low-level offenses, something that is very rarely done for motorists.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
- Issued criminal summonses instead of regular traffic tickets to bicyclists for low-level offenses, something that is very rarely done for motorists.
Great point. Everybody should consider Nany Mace as a role model when at the airport 😱
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Great point. Everybody should consider Nany Mace as a role model when at the airport 😱
Almost as bad as this knockoff. garmentdistrict.nyc/BigButton
Button & Needle Sculpture | Garment District NYC
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November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Almost as bad as this knockoff. garmentdistrict.nyc/BigButton