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prithi @prithik.bsky.social · 6h

“Historicizing the present robs it of its sense of inevitability, and restores its sense of human agency” ~Mike Wallace

Congrats to Mike Wallace, NYC historian extraordinaire, for a lifetime of work & his new book Gotham at War. Gotham Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social - what a rich legacy 🗽

Screen that reads “Historicizing the present robs it of its sense of inevitability, and restores its sense of human agency.” A quote by Pulitzer-prize winning New York City historian Mike Wallace. Photo taken at Gotham at War Book Event — a celebration of the culminating book in Mike Wallace's Gotham series and of his contributions to understanding NYC's history, organized by The Gotham Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, October 2025

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

When are we going to start seeing stories like this @nytimes.com? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...

NYT Screenshot:

'How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him."

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 2d

One of the few places he hasn’t yet visited via a connecting flight from Istanbul?

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 2d

When do we get that apology from Maureen Dowd? cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Idiotic NY Times opinion headline from Maureen Dowd: “Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk”

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 2d

Flying there via Istanbul, or is that not the vibe anymore?

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 6d

How newly registered NYC voters are helping fuel Zohran Mamdani's campaign https://gothamist.com/news/how-newly-registered-nyc-voters-are-helping-fuel-zohran-mamdanis-campaign

How newly registered NYC voters are helping fuel Zohran Mamdani's campaign

Monice Small became a U.S. citizen earlier this year. Winning the primary on the single issue of affordability comes with pressure. Voters expect Mamdani to deliver. [ more › ]

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 9d

Not a map. MTA itself calls it a "subway diagram".

Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 10d

At first I thought (among many other things) that Adams dropping out will make our election result map(s) less interesting but more focused (just 3 candidates). But he may still get enough votes to make a difference in some election districts. We’ll see!

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10d

To the voting booth on Election Day to vote for him because he’s still on the ballot and he was a protest vote to begin with

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 11d

Has the NY Post ever, once, referred to Don Jr, Eric, or Ivanka with the “silver-spoon” qualifier? Or what about Trump himself, Fred’s silver-spoon son?

New York Post @nypost.com · 11d

Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s filthy-rich parents rent posh Uganda estate with monkeys, lake views on AirBnb

Silver-spoon socialist Zohran Mamdani is longtime Airbnb opponent, yet the NYC mayoral frontrunner's filthy rich parents have been listing their ritzy, secluded Ugandan compound on the short-term rental site the past eight years, The Post has learned.

nypost.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12d

People who appreciate the intoxicating euphoria of reading from a real dictionary expertly hand-crafted by diligent human lexicographers.

Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.

Surprise Floof (she/her) @surprisefloof.bsky.social · 13d

Who's the audience for a paper dictionary these days? (Serious question.)

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Laura Tamman @lauratamman.bsky.social · 14d

Hey cord cutters: you can get your @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social fix and watch #InsideCityHall live on YouTube tonight: www.youtube.com/live/aE7BW0V...

LIVE: Sliwa alleges bribery attempt, Cuomo team denies | Inside City Hall

YouTube video by Spectrum News

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 13d

2025 as a South Asian political moment in New York City.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/n...

As Mamdani Rises, South Asians Emerge as a Political Force in New York

www.nytimes.com

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 14d

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14d

DOGE was a failure because its entire premise was flawed, and, on top of that, the people who ran and implemented it were both arrogant and ignorant.

Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 14d

New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

www.cnn.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15d

He stood in front of the world at the UN today, and every other word out of his mouth was a lie. I’ll say it again, we’ve not been here before. An American President who lies as he breathes. It’s a terrible place to be. Shame on the media & everyone who’s normalized his lying and/or doesn’t care.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: The newly formed Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee calls for the Census Bureau to develop a communication plan for providing regular public updates about privacy protections for #2030Census data, among other recommendations
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16d

this sweater is meant to commemorate duckhead's 160th anniversary as a brand but i might buy it as a "160th anniversary of appomattox and emancipation" www.duckhead.com/collections/...

1865 Intarsia Sweater - 160th Anniversary Edition

Description Inspired by our iconic preppy legacy, this intarsia sweater nods to the style’s rise in the ’80s, when bold, playful motifs defined the look. This version showcases our founding year, 1865...

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blairhorner.bsky.social @blairhorner.bsky.social · 16d

NY’s redistricting commission is not independent but is controlled, equally, by the two major parties. www.lohud.com/story/news/p...

Should NY scrap reform to join Trump gerrymander war? What Senate leader said in interview

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says she wants to keep independent redistricting but make changes to vie with other states when needed.

www.lohud.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 16d

I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17d

They like Trump and want to help him

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17d

Did...did Disney buy the NYT overnight?

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 17d

You gotta read this, it will make your head spin. It has gotten kinda fashionable among centrists to downplay public corruption (Yglesias thinks the case against Adams was trumped up), but these permissive attitudes just lead to more serious corruption.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17d

If you want to understand this Trump administration's rampant corruption ... you have to go back to Eric Adams, and how they made the case against him disappear.

I got a bunch of new details on this deep dive for @nytimes.com ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice

www.nytimes.com

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17d

This story builds in no small part on the incredible reporting of @thecity.nyc. A lot of what we know about the corrupt practices of Eric Adams' cronies is due to them.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17d

If you want to understand this Trump administration's rampant corruption ... you have to go back to Eric Adams, and how they made the case against him disappear.

I got a bunch of new details on this deep dive for @nytimes.com ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice

www.nytimes.com

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17d

If you want to understand this Trump administration's rampant corruption ... you have to go back to Eric Adams, and how they made the case against him disappear.

I got a bunch of new details on this deep dive for @nytimes.com ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice

www.nytimes.com

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 19d

Yikes

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 19d

SCOOP: The Trump administration has installed a new acting director of the Census Bureau, @npr.org has learned. George Cook takes over the federal government’s largest statistical agency after it's been thrust into the middle of a renewed attempt by President Trump to alter the national head count

The Census Bureau is now headed by a Trump official in an acting position

George Cook is the Trump administration's new acting director of the Census Bureau, which has been thrust into the middle of a renewed attempt by President Trump to alter the national head count.

www.npr.org

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