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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

FDNY Engine 15, Ladder 18, Lower East Side

Photo of NYC fire station with a flower memorial

nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Nice font on an apartments advertisement that appears to be from the first half of the 20th century, Kips Bay, Manhattan

Sign reading Elevator Apartments Available in yellow letters on a green background

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wanda is a fantastic movie that everyone should watch.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live The Cramps The Replacements Ramones Rolling Stones Drive-By Truckers Buddy Guy R.L. Burnside Built to Spill Rage Against the Machine Melvins

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

What's a life of 50 years in this town down for you except to earn your name and place on a barstool

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Not a bodega cat, but a flower shop doggie.

Small white dog hanging out in a work table.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I got an accidental, but pretty good, shot of a pigeon in flight while doing some urban design fieldwork.

Photo of a pigeon in flight in front of some modern highrises in Manhattan.

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Walk through New York and you’re walking through Revolutionary history. A new exhibition co-curated by @gothamcenter.bsky.social, led by alumnus Peter-Christian Aigner, uncovers the city’s often overlooked role in the American Revolution www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-exh...

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New Exhibition Places NYC at Center of the American Revolution, with Help From the Graduate Center

The Gotham Center for New York City History co-curated a museum exhibition and launched an app that bring Revolutionary New York to life.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Jimmy's Corner, Times Square, Friday night

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Red-breasted Mergansers in the East River at Corlears Hook. 3/08/26

Male red breasted merganser in the East River.

Two female red breasted mergansers in the East River.

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The Batman tv show is 60. Adam West should have got an Emmy for this scene alone. I love DeNiro, Washington, Day-Lewis etc but none of them have had an acting challenge like this. youtu.be/tgCkmUS1IYI?...

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Bruce Wayne / Batman Has a Conversation With Himself

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I was not familiar with the artist John Wilson before I saw this wonderful exhibition. But I've been back to see it a second time and have recommended it to lots of friends.

Drawing of Martin Luther King, Jr by John Wilson.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Some recent day and night photos of Manhattan.

Photo of Greenwich Locksmiths illuminated at night.

Large plywood enclosure on the sidewalk sloppily spray painted with the words Caution Electric Live.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A tapir walked up to its enclosure fence at the zoo and peed through it on my younger brother when we were little kids.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@jordanharper.bsky.social I just finished She Rides Shotgun and wanted to say that it was one of the best novels I read this year. And I immediately ordered a copy for my stepfather as a Christmas present.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

John Brown's grave and farm near Lake Placid, NY. Photos from March 2021.

Two wood buildings of the John Brown farm in the snow.

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a political action group that sought to affect change and bring widespread attention to the AIDS crisis, formed in March 1987. Their first demonstration at the busy intersection of Wall Street and Broadway 37 years ago today. Read more: bit.ly/2UhqwIH

ACT UP member David Serko dragged by police on Broadway. Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators and police at the intersection of Trinity Place and Rector Street, March 24, 1988. Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators at Trinity Place, just north of Rector Street, with Trinity Church at back right. March 24, 1988 Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators on Broadway, with Trinity Church at back right, March 24,1988 Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

When I was in high school in B'ham at the end of the 80s, I saw the Cramps, Ramones, and Replacements play shows at Sloss Furnace. Besides continuing to host cultural programs, Sloss has a metal arts program, which is pretty damn cool.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🚨HISTORIC PRESERVATION ALERT🚨: A concerted effort is underway by art historians & preservationists to save historic Wilbur J. Cohen building & its priceless New Deal artworks, threatened for sale by Trump administration. Please read, sign linked petition & repost! www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

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Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My 18-year-old college freshman child took the train into the city today to vote for the first time. They got claps from the poll workers.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Last night's sunset in a Lee Friedlander impersonation.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

"The Smithsonian has all sorts of stories of success and accomplishment but Trump isn’t interested in the stories of Black and Brown success and contribution because they defy the white nationalism that undergirds his claim to power and his efforts to punish and expel those who may challenge him.”

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AL.com @al.com · 20/08/2025

"Something is stirring, finally," columnist @roysj.bsky.social writes. "Something is stirring the somnolence of Birmingham’s Civil Rights District." Read it: www.al.com/news/2025/08/son-of-birm…

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Was a pretty good sky over Manhattan last night.

Clouds over a Manhattan street lined by row houses and apartment buildings.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Tonight's moon over the Upper Delaware River.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Made a brief stop in Manchester to see some buds.

Mosaic of Mark E. Smith in a Manchester alley.

Mural of Ian Curtis on the side of a building in Manchester, England.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Mad TV 1997. The “Take Back America” Tour. It seemed like such a broad and unfair parody of American conservatism. Now it feels like premonition. youtu.be/oqZaQKskP-A?...

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MADtv Darlene McBride- Take Back America Tour

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life

James Cagney, in chiaroscuro lighting, smirking in a still from the movie Angels with Dirty Faces

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Jesus, Church of St. Martin, Landshut, Germany

Status of a dejected, worn out Jesus resting his head on his hand.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/06/2025

Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A kestrel stopped by yesterday for a snack.

Photo through a window of a kestrel sitting on an air conditioner eating an unidentified animal.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

David Patrick Kelly asked me if I was standing in the ticket line at Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I hereby impose a moratorium on all uses of the term "jewel box." No exceptions!

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Want, the new album from Esther Rose is, unsurprising, really damn good.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Really liked this painting of stairs at the Sargent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Painting of white stairs from a low vantage point with a small vista of sky and foliage at the top center.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

One of my younger brothers, Lee Bains of southern punk band The Glory Fires, is publishing a book of poetry. You should read it!

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Andrew Hartman @andrewhartman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

On the occasion of Karl Marx's birthday, I will send a free, signed copy of my new book, "Karl Marx in America," to a randomly selected person. To be entered in the drawing, simply repost. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Karl Marx in America

The vital and untold story of Karl Marx’s stamp on American life. To read Karl Marx is to contemplate a world created by capitalism. People have long viewed the United States as the quintessential a...

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Dude you immediately rolled over on your back and showed your belly.

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