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Theodore Grunewald

@tedgrunewald.bsky.social
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🍉 • art • architecture • historic preservation • urbanism • ecology • advocacy • NYC Landmarks whisperer • wit wry and champagne dry Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7h
I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.
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The SS United States is set to be sunk in mid-November
Okaloose County expects to sink the SS United States the second week in November, depending on weather.
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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 6h
Spent a day on this ship about 7 years ago - it is such an amazing vessel, even in what was then already a stripped down state. Massive and powerful, clearly built for speed and comfort.
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 5h
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No, bombing Yandex has not impacted automated Russian trolling operations in the U.S.
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 11h
Saw these a while back. Hard to tell from the pic, but the 2 sides of the bldg don’t come together at the right angle, but it is obtuse. It was hard to figure out if these are red-glazed or painted stone / cement bricks decoratively chipped at the ends or something else. bsky.app/profile/gamm...
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 15h
I’m sure I’ve shown you these bricks before but every time I pass this ~ 1940s apartment I stop to enjoy those curved bricks at the corner, the glaze, and the general color combo.
Brick wall with color range dark brown to light tan, some bricks on the corner are special bricks with curved edges
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin’s Шестёрка. The word means “lackey” or “underling.” Pronounced shes-TYOR-kah, it comes from the name for the lowest value card in a Russian deck. Americans might use other terms. Stooge. Tool. Poodle. Flunkey. B--ch. www.thedailybeast.com/how-trump-ju...
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How Trump Just Exposed Himself as America’s True Enemy Within
Insider threat? Meet the guy doing deals with the worst of enemies.
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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 6h
We're at the "torturing my enemies" part of the authoritarian takeover of America, if anyone's keeping score.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 6h
The first of these ICE removals has taken off, an Eastern Airlines 767, likely headed for a fuel/crew change stop in Senegal. This will be a thread for all three trips over the next few days.
A screenshot of an ADSBx map showing an Eastern jet (N700KW) leaving Alexandria and heading east over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Jane @jcm444.bsky.social · 8h
Thank you @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social .
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Alex Gibney on ‘Musk’ and Why a 4-Hour Film Was Necessary (Gift Article)
The documentarian also talks about trying to interview the trillionaire and the roadblocks the film has run into.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 6h
According to Trump Admin, the recklessly performative search of Ihlan Omar is about immigration fraud. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u... Perhaps now would be a good time to search Elon Musk's home as part of an investigation into his original immigration status.
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Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 14h
Full story: www.levernews.com/walmart-says...
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Walmart Says It Prices Products, Not People. Its Patents Suggest Otherwise.
A decade of filings reveals technology that could instantly change prices based on what’s in your cart, your perceived personality, and even the specifics of your car.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 14h
Walmart says it prices products, not people. But one of its patents describes technology that could raise the price of mayonnaise after you put tuna in your cart — because its system predicts you’re making tuna salad.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 15h
This is NOT an ad for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s new documentary “MUSK” (in theaters now). We are promoting it for free. Join us right here on October 20, 2026 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern for a livestream hosted by @niedermeyer.online.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 8h
This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 7h
I read the post and thought "this must be an exaggeration." My friends, it was not.
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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 07/10/2026
"To Hear Her Speak" (opening Oct 16 at the Folger) explores how Black women have engaged with Shakespeare’s work over hundreds of years through literature, performance art, fashion, and activism. Take an early look at the exhibition courtesy of @washingtonian.com: washingtonian.com/2026/10/05/a...
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An Intriguing Exhibit on Shakespeare and Black Women
The Folger looks into some under-explored history.
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Mylo Minderbinder @duffomatic.bsky.social · 10h
WaPo published my letter, but first they censored it. Here’s the story . . 1/
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h
I really do still think at least once a week about all the panic buttons being ripped out of Ayanna Pressley's office
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h
Trump calls Somali Americans "garbage" and said today about Ilhan Omar: “She comes from a country that is a non-country." If he'd been alive in 1915, he would've said that about Italians. If it was 1850, he would've said it about the Irish. He traffics in ethnic hate. We have to stop him.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h
you can feel them drooling and gnashing their teeth like ravenous wild dogs over the possibility of finding something to justify armed ICE agents roughing up Rep. Omar, the same way I think we all know realistically the Jan 6'ers did not intend for Nancy Pelosi to still be alive annoying us today
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h
somehow it feels like there is still an impulse in mainstream media to downplay or minimize the MAGA movement's hunger to genuinely, actually, non-hyperbolically do physical violence to women Democrats (especially women of color, but not exclusively, as Melissa Hortman's death proves)
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LessBadProblems.bsky.social @lessbadproblems.bsky.social · 7h
those are polygamists btw, in front of the Utah Penitentiary c. 1889
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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 9h
Literally this:
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Grab Them By The Revenue @gtbtr.bsky.social · 10h
This looks familiar...
Fully redacted Epstein files page
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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 7h
"The world of a heterosexual is a sick and boring life." 😜 youtu.be/ZPGrmzR-73Q?...
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The world of a heterosexual is a sick and boring life. - Female Trouble (1974)
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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 7h
"Something... bars... something, something... a prison make."
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17h
Forgot to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this.
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Melania Trump will address immigration controversy, Donald Trump says | CNN Politics
Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that his wife will hold a news conference “over the next couple of weeks” to address reports that she violated immigration laws when she first came to the U.S.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 17h
Trust, confidence, normal order, these are all essential to an actual government functions. We have no democracy now, because one of our two parties is no longer participating.
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 17h
Remember. Trump and the Right Wing call these radical Leftist communist judges; they are at war with reality itself. In some ways the Regime is losing. But in other ways they are achieving their purpose of undermining the government and its institutions.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h
Judge Reyes' opening statement to the DOJ as the hearing begins: "I am thoroughly unamused right now."
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 18h
"I am thoroughly unamused," says Judge Reyes
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 18h
plaintiffs, per the motion for a TRO, will argue that NPS is engaging in National Environmment Policy Act "segmentation": "undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review"
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 18h
today, she wants Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks, to testify under oath to: 1. who ordered the tree removal and when? 2. exact time preparations began for removal 3. full chronology and steps preparation 4. when gov. counsel was first informed
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 18h
now, she has imposed a temporary pause on tree removal til tomorrow morning, making clear that "routine maintenance" (how NPS has characterized all removals so far) isn't exempt
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 18h
plaintiffs assert that NPS removed 529 trees on Saturday, including healthy, mature maples and oaks. the government was supposed to refrain from doing anything irreversible without providing enough notice for the court to act, but Judge Reyes hadn't entered a formal order until this morning
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 18h
gm! at 10 I'll be live-tweeting the emergency TRO hearing in Judge Reyes's "courtroom" (this is on Zoom) in D.C. Preservation League v. Department of Interior, otherwise known as the golf course case
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
Ilhan Omar’s home was raided today, weeks after border czar Tom Homan cited an “ongoing criminal investigation.” It reportedly involves immigration paperwork when she was a child. There is NOT an ongoing investigation of Homan taking $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting because Trump killed that probe.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h
Richard Berger is not the ONLY HSI agent to lie to frame Democrats. So did Ricky Patel, when kidnapping Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. So did Ryan Ribner FIRST when assaulting David Huerta, then spying some more on SEIU. emptywheel.net/2026/09/29/a...
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After Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU - emptywheel
HSI Agent Ryan Ribner has been lying again.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h
Read about HSI Agent Richard Berger was the affiant for arrest affidavits against 24 fabricated case against Minnesotans. These are the people raiding Omar's house. emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/r...
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Richard Berger: The False Affiant behind Minnesota's Fabricated Cases - emptywheel
A single Homeland Security Investigations Agent, Richard Berger, wrote the affidavit behind two dozen of the cases that have collapsed in Minnesota.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h
Elon Musk committing election fraud agan. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/10/p...
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18h
Prosecute crimes. It’s that simple. They’ve done tons of them.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18h
There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18h
Again, he doesn’t follow laws or court orders, so this simply cannot be the solution.
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𝓡𝓾𝓫𝔂 𝓜𝓪𝓮 𝓖𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓱𝓮𝓻 (𝓼𝓱𝓮/𝓱𝓮𝓻) @rubymae326.bsky.social · 19h
Folks, I give you your hero, @governor.ca.gov. Maybe the next time #trans folks tell you someone's a problem for not standing with our #rights, you'll believe us? Maybe make #TransRights a metric of earning your support? But yeah, we told you so.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
There was no accountability for DOGE so he is going to keep doing it. Dems should promise to minimize contracts with clearly partisan government contractors and to impose more regulatory scrutiny on Musk. At this point, nothing to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h
Breaking news: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links after preservationists asserted that more than 500 were taken down and “hundreds more” were slated for removal.
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Judge halts tree removal at D.C. golf course that Trump has proposed overhauling
Plaintiffs had said “hundreds more” were slated for the ax, and the judge ordered a stop to all tree removal until 7 a.m. Tuesday or until she issues another order.
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