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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Times Square, NYC, July 15, 2026. Celebrating Argentina's World Cup win.

A woman on someone's shoulders celebrating Argentina's win in the World Cup.

People celebrating Argentina's win in the World Cup.

People celebrating Argentina's win in the World Cup in front of billboard.

People dancing and celebrating Argentina's win in the World Cup.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Can someone please explain this email that was in the Epstein files released by the government? Link here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

An email from the Jeffrey Epstein files addressed to Jeffrey E. and dated Monday, July 31, 2017, saying, in part, "I spoke with my supervisor & was told that conversations on such a matter is ok, however, if I was to actually procure a hard money loan from you. It could or may be interpreted in a awkward way if I had to process you for official CBP travel business and the full terms of the transaction is not known or understood by certain individuals."

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

You can never have too many Lambies.

A grey and white terrier plays with three lamb dog toys on a red blanket.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

New York City Hall with the Municipal Building in the background the night @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the mayoral election.

New York City Hall facade lit in white lights with the brightly lit Municipal Building tower in the background.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Nothing like campaign workers littering in your neighborhood, I always say.

Cuomo campaign signs thrown onto a sidewalk in the Bronx.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Can someone tell the Sliwa campaign that nobody in the Bronx ever uses the name for our borough without the definite article. Though "Da Bronx" is an acceptable alternative.

Campaign sign for Curtis Sliwa that says "Fighting for Bronx" across the top.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Why do I feel this is a metaphor for something?

A Cuomo campaign sign lying in a dirt patch.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Manhattan, No Kings Day, 10/18/25

A man stands next to a sandwich board outside a Manhattan bar that reads: NO KINGS! Great wings! Free shot for canvassers. NO ICE!

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

So I mostly take sunset pictures out our westward facing windows, which means you can't see the NJ Palisades' trees that, yes, will turn intense reds and golds if colors are good this year. But I'm sure you can imagine from this:

Rays of setting sun under cloud banks over the NJ Palisades and the Hudson River.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

@thewayoftheid.bsky.social This is what I have to take with me every time I go out in scary NYC. (Because how dare I take a walk without her.)

Gray and white terrier-like dog with wagging tail looking for a treat.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Seen on the morning dog walk.

An orange and purple campaign button reading Zohran for New York City resting on a fence.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

"To Sleep With Anger," written and directed by the amazing Charles Burnett, starring the incomparable Danny Glover.

Movie poster for "To Sleep With Anger," featuring actor Danny Glover holding a deck of cards with faces of the film's characters.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Listening to Dylan's The Times They Are A'Changing album and watching fireworks seemed like a good way to observe this 4th.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Waiting for the Yonkers fireworks to start.

Orange and rose sunset striped sky over the Hudson River.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I mean, I know it's bad but you have to have a heart of stone to resist these eyes.

A small gray and white dog with a bone lies on a blue mat.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The numbers (spread) don't lie.

FRED chart showing the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus the 2-year Treasury Constant Maturity.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So what's that about a market rally?

Chart of S&P 500 Index futures before market open Thursday, April 10, with a red line showing that they are trading down.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Grand Central Station before Hands Off rally, NYC.

Grand Central station, NYC, woman walking with protest sign.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This is humans' highest and best use, according to our dogs.

Small white and gray dog lying on couch pillows getting a belly scratch from a human.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Quite the cliff there S&P 500.

Chart showing the S&P 500 movement over 5 days from April 3, 2025.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Me getting war plans in the group chat.

Comic character Cathy, a woman with long hair wearing a blue dress lying on a rug drinking a diet soda and eating cookies.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

That made me wonder how/whether the Cybertruck recall will affect these ratings, and therefore, what Tesla will be able to demand from investors for future deals. Everyone watches the stock prices, but in my book, what's going on with debt is where it's really at.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This is what my America looks like: Dancing at the New York Botanic Gardens in the Bronx, NYC during Orchid Week.

People dancing under lights in a tent at the New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I'm not sure this is what you want to see in the rightwing paper of record when you're supposedly the leftwing's leader:

Screen shot of WSJ Op-ed page reading: Chuck Schumer’s Finest Hour.
Democrats are furious because he saved them from being responsible for a futile government shutdown.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Drum corps at the march against cuts in NYC, March 15.

Drum corps marching at a union rally against federal budget cuts in front of St. Paul's Chapel in downtown NYC, March 15.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Unions march against cuts in NYC, March 15.

Union members marching against cuts in NYC, March 15. Federal courthouses in background.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Damn, that is some steep cliff.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

One of the great things about NYC is seeing something in a different way than you did before.

Facade of Grand Central station, NYC, with the top of the Chrysler Building behind it.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

And because I'm posting charts this morning (for no particularly good reason,) you might also want to keep your eye on the VIX (the CBOE Volatility Index). This one is YTD: