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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Persomania - The blurring of distinctions between Persian, Indian, Arab and Turkish art. The Orientalalism exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum includes this plaque:

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@domaingang.com Swimming with the pigs. Reminds me of some auction experiences... bsky.app/profile/en.a...

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ballet dancers rest while others perform at the Joffrey Ballet School in Greenwich Village. Younger dancers leaving school in the afternoons look like they've been through a lot. All washed out and bent over. The dorm is only two blocks away, but on some days it must feel like a hundred.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What's contributing to resistance to data centers in rural, traditionally conservative areas?

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andrewtheblueskier @andrewtheblueskier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Adults yearn for their spreadsheets just as the children yearned for the mines

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's Ok that our last scenes from northern Baltistan didn't come out right. We'll film them again in Central Park.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

US says it now has conventional weapons in space. “The Outer Space Treaty, which came into force in 1967, prohibits the US and other signatories from placing nuclear weapons and other WMDs in orbit. It does not impose limits on the deployment of conventional weaponry.” www.twz.com/space/u-s-ad...

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U.S. Admits It Has Weapons In Orbit

Space Force has finally confirmed it has weapons in space and has also shared details about its "space control" mission set.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Term used here to describe a cool pleasant day, without a cloud in the sky: 911 weather. View of Golda Meir Square looking north along one of several sections of Broadway now closed to cars.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"They'll never look for you here." AWOL Bar & Grill, Third Avenue, Manhattan.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 13/09/2026

It is gonna end in a 10 trillion dollar bailout branded as "safety".

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Your dad would be proud as hell of you, my man.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Exhausted from the day’s fighting, Houthi cav scouts roll into Mocha and make a beeline to a coffee shop, where they ask about the chocolate-espresso drink named after the city. “We haven’t had that here since 1969.” There it’s mostly qahwa (trad Yemeni coffee) or qishr, from spiced coffee husks.

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Sam @roosterboostee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think normal people should talk to each other and start enforcing “no recording devices” at shows and social gatherings. Obviously you can’t do that at like, a Knicks game, but you can do it at small venues where your friends are playing or in your favorite dive.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On the 25th anniversary of 911, the Mamdani administration is launching a portal to make available 170,000 pages of previously secret files on governments' responses to the attacks that day. Includes air-quality-monitoring data. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Consumer Reports reviews scooters:

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A community application for a new .CHESS top-level domain has been submitted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and its commercial partner, World Chess. The applicant’s tech partner is IT․com. World Chess isn't Chess․com, which runs a free chess app. www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowd...

dnjournal.com

.Chess Domains Are Coming with Community Application from FIDE/World Chess Partnership Holding Dominant Board Position

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

John Singer Sargent started this unfinished portrait during a visit to Egypt, 1890-1. Instead of exoticizing his subject, he shows her in modest attire and with an air of elegance and sophistication. At the Orientalist exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Poets hard at work in front of the Metropolitan Museum. Even with a raft of commonplaces memorized, this can't always be easy work.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Filming for High School Musical going on downstairs, complete with a payphone supplied by the props people. Inside the storefront, being filmed, are a troupe of women dancers dressed in an archaic 1980s Jane Fonda style of brightly colored leotards and bodysuits, topped off by big hair.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Party boats are a frequent source of noise complaints in NYC. This one in the Hudson on a Saturday night has a tired Wolf-of-Wallstreet air about it. Later, one came past with only Italian being spoken. These all seem to be lifestyle businesses, untroubled by mindshare or legitimate profits.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A forward-looking overview of the challenges posed by climate change in Pakistan, by Zainab Naeem: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXzW...

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Why Pakistan Needs to Move From Climate Narratives to Real Action | Zainab Naeem

YouTube video by DawnNews English

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Skyscraper on the left is the Jenga Bld or Jenga Tower. "Houses stacked in the sky" is how the architects describe it. Penthouses: $35M-$45M. At 57 stories, it's the tallest structure in Tribeca. Opened in 2017. In 2022, Gustavo Arnal, then Bed Bath & Beyond's CFO, jumped from the 18th floor.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Parade by Peter Blume, 1930, shows a workman carrying a Medieval suit of armor (or maybe a robot) beneath heavily polluted skies. Speaks to some people's uneasiness with technological progress, if it can be called that. At MoMA - where Blume enjoyed considerable support.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

AUTOLOGICAL A word or phrase, especially an adjective, possessing the property it describes. Unsubscribed is an upscale women's clothing brand that shuttered its 5th Avenue location but continues to operate elsewhere.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"Burning the furniture" means sacrificing long-term capabilities, core assets, or vital resources in order to survive a short-term crisis. At the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Filming 'Asymmetry' in the Bowery at 1:40 a.m. Big crew. Everyone exhausted. Stars Richard Gere and Diana Silvers (of Booksmart fame).

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Dubai's decline in global mindshare was underway well before the current war. 'Dubai' name-string volume and prices from Atom:

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

THE SHAPE OF LIES Artisanal jewelry by local artists, suitable for gifting during courtship. In the East Village on 7th St between Ave A and 1st Ave since 1979.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 29/07/2026

super-clever villains are for comic books; folktales know that's what's genuinely scary is curiosity, longing, and weakness of will

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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 28/07/2026

WARNING! TACO BELL ADVISES NEW TACO SO GOOD IT IS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, COULD REPLACE ALL OTHER FOOD BEFORE HUMANS CAN CONTAIN IT. URGES CONGRESS TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY SO THEY CAN DEVELOP ANTI-TACO SAFEGUARDS

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The name of the U.S. Army’s new psychological operations unit focusing on Africa, Drongo Company, comes from the drongo, an African bird known for imitating warning calls and using deception to drive other animals away from food. www.military.com/army-officia...

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Army Officially Activates New Psychological Operations Unit for Africa

The Army activated an Africa-focused psychological operations company to counter extremists and foreign influence through targeted messaging.

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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Some Gold star family is going to end up fighting with the VA or their state so they can get proper survivors benefits so the Admin can have marginally better PR. Probably same for the WIA Soldiers and Sailors as well.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

CATACHRESIS the use of the wrong word for the context

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Next thing you know, dude is going to be advocating for putting heavy-metal smelters & rocket-launch sites next to schools & hospitals, claiming that to do otherwise is anti-technology. Absolute disregard for property rights and the right to life, while his own wealth & privilege protect him. 1/2

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Have we learned nothing from the Great Leap Forward?

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Cranford rose garden, Brooklyn Botanical Garden: walked around smelling the roses, as one is told to do. Less than one in ten roses satisfied.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Top of the line hazmat emergency response vehicle from the top of the line hazmat management company. The placard marked with UN 3082 warns emergency responders of potential dangers to aquatic systems and human health.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Measuring surface temperatures in addition to air temps expands our understanding of hot weather. "The thermal camera recorded temperatures just about 40C on her face - but as it moved closer to the ground, it read 51.4C, climbing to 57C just a few inches away." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Delhi heatwave: The temperature in Indian capital showed 43.5C. Why did it feel hotter?

We spent a day out in the city with a thermal camera, recording surface temperatures indoors and outdoors.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Greenwich Village crowd noises shortly after the Knicks won their first NBA title since 1973 with a 94-90 victory over the Spurs. Well behaved crowds, at least for now.

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A Mitchell @aem76us.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

At a party, four young African American women, in office attire, take turns surprising each other by admitting to having recently received professional coaching in chess, not to bring them to tournament levels, but “for the love of the game.”

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