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new yorker | feminist | lawyer | photography dilettante Website: very-simple.com (she/her)

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Sam @very-simple.com · 25/09/2026
Realizing I missed a few on my first pass through, but here’s a better list. Green=watched all the way through Yellow=watched a substantial portion (usually at least a full season unless it’s a limited series) and should probably pick back up Red=gave up on after an episode or two.
The Netu ork Times
 The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
 I'VE
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 IT
 I WANT
 TO
 SEE IT
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 Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
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 The Wire (2002-2008)
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 Mad Men (2007-2015)
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 Succession (2018-2023)
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 Fleabag (2016-2019)
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 Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
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 Veep (2012-2019)
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 30 Rock (2006-2013)
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 Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2024)
 10. Atlanta (2016-2022)
 11. The Office (U.S.) (2005-2013)
 12. Arrested Development (2003-2019)
 13. Girls (2012-2017)
 14. Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)
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 Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
 16. The Office (U.K.) (2001-2003)
 17. The Americans (2013-2018)
 18. I May Destroy You (2020)
 19. Chernobyl (2019)
 20. The Crown (2016-2023)
 21. The White Lotus (2021-present)
 22. Lost (2004-2010)
 23. The Comeback (2005-2026)
 24. Deadwood (2004-2006)
 25. The Leftovers (2014-2017)
 26. Black Mirror (2011-present)
 27. Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
 28. Band of Brothers (2001)
 29. Key & Peele (2012-2015)
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 Severance (2022-present)
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 Survivor (2000-present)
 32. Andor (2022-2025)
 33. Enlightened (2011-2013)
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 Schitt's Creek (2015-2020)
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 True Detective (Season 1) (2014)
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 The Pitt (2025-present)
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 Battlestar Galactica (2005-2009)
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 Homeland (2011-2020)
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 Watchmen (2019)
 40. Adolescence (2025)
 41. Louie (2010-2015)
 42. Hacks (2021-2026)
 43. Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
 44. BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)
 45. Happy Valley (2014-2023)
 46. Broad City (2014-2019)
 47. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
 48. House of Cards (2013-2018)
 49. Normal People (2020)
 50. Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)
 Explore the list at nytimes.com/bestTV
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 The Good Place (2016-2020)
 Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
 Stranger Things (2016-2025)
 The Bureau (2015-2020)
 Insecure (2016-2021)
 Nathan for You (2013-2017)
 I Think You Should Leave (2019-present)
 Chappelle's Show (2003-2006)
 PEN15 (2019-2021)
 Peep Show (2003-2015)
 RuPaul's Drag Race (2009-present)
 Slow Horses (2022-present)
 The Thick of It (2005-2012)
 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013-2018)
 Mare of Easttown (2021)
 The Rehearsal (2022-present)
 The Handmaid's Tale (2017-2025)
 Ozark (2017-2022)
 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005-2012)
 The Shield (2002-2008)
 Beef (Season 1) (2023)
 Squid Game (2021-2025)
 Barry (2018-2023)
 The Bear (2022-2026)
 Ted Lasso (2020-present)
 Somebody Somewhere (2022-2024)
 Modern Family (2009-2020)
 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-present)
 The Good Wife (2009-2016)
 How To With John Wilson (2020-2023)
 The Queen's Gambit (2020)
 Better Things (2016-2022)
 Justified (2010-2015)
 Planet Earth (2006)
 The Great British Baking Show (2010-present)
 Shogun (2024-present)
 Reservation Dogs (2021-2023)
 Dexter (2006-2013)
 Baby Reindeer (2024)
 Eastbound & Down (2009-2013)
 Catastrophe (2015-2019)
 The Night Of (2016)
 Station Eleven (2021-2022)
 The Diplomat (2023-present)
 House (2004-2012)
 Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017)
 Community (2009-2015)
 The OA (2016-2019)
 Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)
 Scandal (2012-2018)
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Sam @very-simple.com · 18/09/2026
Some idiot keeps using one of my alternate email addresses for his PayPal account, and, well, now his account is suspended because I am obviously not verifying anything they send.
Your account features are paused
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Sam @very-simple.com · 16/09/2026
Today in “fun with AI”, first is the google gemini result for whether the elevators are back in service at my local station. Second is the actual status from the MTA’s website as of 6:55pm today.
Subway Station Elevators
 • Status: Operational
 December for a complete equipment overhaul.
 elevators are running normally. M MTA +2mta.info
 72 St
 2 of 2 elevators out of service
 ) Capital Replacement: Street to downtown platform &
 Affected lines: 1 2 3
 Estimated return to service:
 Fall 2026
 ID: EL240
 Outage reason:
 Learn more about
 Capital Replacements
 Travel Alternatives
 Capital Replacement: Street to uptown platform al
 Affected lines: 1 2 3
 Estimated return to service:
 Fall 2026
 ID: EL239
 Outage reason:
 Learn more about
 Capital Replacements
 Travel Alternatives
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Sam @very-simple.com · 16/09/2026
Look at this fucking nonsense. Jews don’t even believe that the Christian concept of hell exists so why would we care that you think we’re going somewhere that doesn’t exist?
Charliechumbuck @charliechumbu... • 2d
So you're saying that Christians should abandon all forms of evangelism, which to us usually means allowing people to go to Hell for all eternity, a fate worse than death? I hate how it's often practiced, but to me a complete absence of evangelism is unkindness in the highest order.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 16/09/2026
Forgot the screenshot.
The Ramaz School, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, told parents
 last week that students in its eighth through twelfth grades will
 attend the demonstration outside Gracie Mansion. SAR High
 School in Riverdale is sending all its eighth graders, and a
 busload of ninth through twelfth graders. Congregation Kehilath
 Jeshurun, the Modern Orthodox synagogue that sponsors Ramaz,
 will also participate, as will other synagogues, according to an
 email to Ramaz parents.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 15/09/2026
Be right back, gonna go should random shit out my window the hopes that I can sue Disney for infringement ten years from now.
Chan alleges that while in pain from a medical condition, he "shout[ed] his idea out loud" with his windows open, Complaint at 2, and speculates that "a random person outside the window [must have] overheard the idea," told his friends, and eventually the idea was transmitted to Wizards. Complaint at 4.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 13/09/2026
Little kid me always had bangs, and by high school I was like NOPE.
Me as a child, in a (yes) velour blue track suit with red and yellow stripes on the arm, standing in front of the most 1970s curtain on earth in my grandparent’s apartment.  I had bangs, but my hair was much straighter and longer.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 13/09/2026
I have bangs for the first time since I was about 15.
Self portrait of me, a white lady wearing a black shirt and wire-rimmed aviator glasses, and wavy blond hair that goes to my chin, WITH BANGS.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 08/09/2026
Some more pics.
Hippo family in Tanzania. Five hippos are visible above the waterline, with one staring at me.Hippo with its giant mouth open.  A bunch of hippos in a lake. I am standing right on the shoreline like an idiot.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 08/09/2026
before they decide to memory hole this article explaining that Trump was FOUR MILES AWAY at trump tower, screenshotting this 2016 article clip in particular. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Trump was in New York, on Fifth Avenue in Trump Tower, where he works and lives, and he watched first on TV and then out his windows, staring four miles south at the black smoke in the blue sky. 

"We saw it," said George Ross, a longtime attorney for Trump and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization. "We saw it out the window. I was sitting in his office." Ross described the mood in the office as "unbelief."
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Sam @very-simple.com · 05/09/2026
NYC friends - I’m looking to get rid of this ottoman - it’s still in good shape (I’ve kept it slipcovered to protect from Sadie) but with more recent furniture acquisitions, it’s just too big. It’s 39” in diameter. Available for the low low cost of picking it up.
39” diameter cushioned ottoman covered in red/yellow swirled fabric.  Also has four skinny metal legs that could be removed if preferable.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 04/09/2026
To be clear, I grew up in this little triangle wedged between the Hudson and NJ, so we got a lot of northern NJ vibes despite being New Yorkers.
Map of the ny/nj border with rockland county circled.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 04/09/2026
As someone from Rockland County who also went to school in Philly, I am a bit disturbed at how accurate this is.
Your dialect map
 Redder areas talk more like you; bluer areas least.
 You talk most like someone from New Jersey - about 55% of your answers match a typical resident.
 MYDIALECT - EXTENDED
 •Boston
 •New York
 Philadelphia
 QOmaha
 O Kansas City
 Oklahoma City
 Least like you
 Most like you
 https://mydialect.us
 Save map as PNG
 Cities most & least like you
 Interpolated from the nearest survey responses.
 MOST SIMILAR
 1. New York, NY (52%)
 2. Philadelphia, PA (52%)
 3. Boston, MA (52%)
 LEAST SIMILAR
 1. Omaha, NE (44%)
 2. Kansas City, MO (44%)
 3. Oklahoma City, OK (44%)
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Sam @very-simple.com · 02/09/2026
On their website it looks like you can change your region - so very possibly!
gion:
 1 - 100%
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 Australia
 v United States
 Singapore
 Hong Kong
 Canada
 New Zealand
 United Kingdom
 Europe
 Worldwide
 Middle East
 Certified
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Sam @very-simple.com · 01/09/2026
You’re still arguing with a fucking joke.
Did I just argue with a joke?
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Sam @very-simple.com · 01/09/2026
Did I just argue with a joke?
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Sam @very-simple.com · 30/08/2026
I know it’s just a matter of time because much of this data is simply pulled from government sources, but Apple Maps hasn’t updated (yet).
Screenshot of western NY/lower Canada from Apple Maps, showing that Lake Ontario is still Lake Ontario.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 28/08/2026
'the worst person you know...' and all that but Jamie Dimond very publicly refused to give the trump admin money precisely because he knew trump wouldn't be in power forever. thehill.com/business/559...
“We have an issue, OK, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived,” Dimon said. “And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.”

“So, we’re quite conscious of risks we bear by doing anything that looks like buying favors or anything like that,” he continued. “So, do we do things like that? And by the way, we also have policies where we don’t do certain things because it makes it easier for us.”
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Sam @very-simple.com · 26/08/2026
anyway, mine didn't have the little visor, but otherwise it was this design. Other brands are making similar style helmets these days.
a skater-style bike helmet that is white with rainbow stripes going down the center.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 24/08/2026
He’s been gone for many years, but may I introduce you to my half German shepherd, half daschound mutt, Fritz as a puppy?
Fritz as a puppy. Discolored photo of a photo, fritz looks like a German shepherd except all of his limbs are too short and his ears are too big.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 22/08/2026
Once we figured out what was going on AND that it wasn’t because of a health issue I’ve actually been pretty happy with the arrangement 😹. She’s just a weirdo.
Current status of my geriatric cat, a torbie named Sadie, who is curled up against my leg on the couch.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 16/08/2026
So Sadie’s been losing weight and losing interest in food for a while. I’ve spent the past year trying to deal with this. The latest effort was to try a steroid to help reduce inflammation (she likely has IBD). She’s been on it now for a month and this is the video my cat sitter sent last night ❤️😻
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Sam @very-simple.com · 14/08/2026
Nope. Nope. Not going to engage.
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Bluesky Elder
An article that cites all of four democrats and two of them are John Fetterman and Josh Gottheimer is not a serious representation of what "Democrats" think.
9:32 PM • Aug 13, 2026
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Fetterman is actually a typical democrat.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 08/08/2026
Made it to JFK and the Connie for a cocktail. Staying here tonight and flying out in the morning to go sit on a lounge chair for a week.
The Connie, and old propeller plane that serves as a cocktail bar behind the TWA hotel at JFK. It is extremely retro and filled with eero Saarinen tulip tables
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Sam @very-simple.com · 07/08/2026
Here’s my freestanding one. I like that the base isn’t enormous but still does the job.
Self-standing walking cane with a four post base and decorated in pink, blue and purple
 flowers.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 07/08/2026
may I suggest an embroidery hoop?
my torbie cat sadie squeezing all four white paws inside a small embroidery hoop sitting on my coffee table.  She is looking behind her, possibly at her feeder.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 01/08/2026
Sending you all the good vibes. Currently dealing with an aging cat with various health issues, and I now spend my mornings strategizing how to get her to eat her steroid pill because she catches on to all of my tricks within a day.
My 16 year old torbie cat with white paws Sadie, curled up with her paws pushing against my leg - her favorite sleeping position.  She’s not a lap cat, but she has been abutting me her entire life.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 30/07/2026
Hahaha. For comparison here is a selfie I took ten seconds ago, grey roots and all. And yet it is still 100 times better than that government nonsense.
Selfie of me, a white lady with a blond (ish) bob and thick black framed glasses. White linen shirt. Thanks to my ankle break in May I have t had a haircut isincr march so my grey roots are really breaking through.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/07/2026
None of those folks should be subject to the tax, although it's certainly possible that they will need to jump through some hoops to prove it. www.sbjlaw.com/blogs/are-yo...
Who Does the PAT Tax Apply To? The PAT Tax affects single-family homes, condominium units, and cooperative apartments in New York City that are not the “primary residence” of the owner, their tenant or subtenant, or one of their family members. If an apartment is the primary residence of the owner, lessee or sublessee (with a lease for at least a year), or a spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild of such owner, lessee or sublessee, it is exempt from the PAT Tax. Otherwise it is a potential “covered property.” For purposes of this article, we will focus on the application of the PAT Tax to condominiums and cooperatives rather than single-family homes.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 26/07/2026
Also 😊
MOST COMPATIBLE PERSONALITY
 Zohran Mamdani
 90% MATCH
 Mayor
 1991-
 Mayor of New York City and Uganda-born democratic socialist, Mamdani champions rent
 freezes, city-owned grocery stores, free buses, and sanctuary-city protections for immigrants,
 while moderating in office by keeping the police commissioner in place.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 26/07/2026
Not too bad (I only did the short version)
LEFT
 Liberal Socialism
 TOP MATCH
 / 90%
 MATCH
 Current that unites socialist goals of equality and social justice with the defense of individual freedoms and democracy, combining strong social
 protection with pluralism, civil rights, and a mixed economy. Compatibility indicates how close your answers are to this profile.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 24/07/2026
I don’t even like tomatoes and I know this. Also I assume most home grown veggies are better than store bought, but my parents’ veggie garden is like Narnia.
My parents walking through their veggie garden on a gravel path, with lush green plants growing taller than their heads.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 15/07/2026
What’s the opposite of timeline synergy?
+
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 Really gotta give it up to whoever made the graphic for this
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 The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is
 About to Get Much Bigger
 Official case counts likely capture only a
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Sam @very-simple.com · 13/07/2026
My dad is the best of both worlds - studied fashion design in college and can also build a pretty nice shed! (Honestly one of my favorite things about him is the fact that he does dad stuff without it turning into some macho bullshit)
The absolutely ridiculous garden shed my dad built for my stepmom, with big windows and shingling that matches the house.  Honestly, you could cut a door in the side of the house and make this an extra bedroom, but instead it just holds gardening tools and a bunch of herbs that need a place to stay warm in the wintertime.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 13/07/2026
Yes! I’ve also been to Volubilis in Morocco, which was a massive Roman ruin. Was going to mention that in the first post, but didn’t want to confuse Greece and Rome.
Giant stone archway at Volubilis in Morocco.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 13/07/2026
Not for nothing, but the most interesting thing about these ancient statues I saw in Greece a few years ago was the fact that there was clearly some crossover going on. People had boats.
Ancient Greek statues in the museum at Delphi, featuring men who had broad facial features and dreadlocked or braided hair.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 05/07/2026
The exhibitionist lions I saw in Tanzania were still immensely lazy.
Photo of two male lions completely zonked out on their backs, one of whom is displaying his bits for all the world to see.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 02/07/2026
On iPhone you can set up spam and unknown sender filtering and this helps a lot with keeping them out of the main inbox.
9:104
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 Messages
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 Contacts Only >
 Updated name and photo will be automatically shared
 with people in your contacts the next time you send a
 message.
 Shared with You
 Allow content shared with you in Messages to
 automatically appear in selected apps.
 Unknown Senders
 Screen Unknown Senders
 Hide notifications and move
 messages to the Unknown Senders
 list.
 On >
 Allow Notifications
 Time Sensitive >
 Text Message Filter
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 Filter Spam
 Hide notifications and move
 messages to the Spam list.
 Conversation Backgrounds
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Sam @very-simple.com · 30/06/2026
It’s got me pegged.
GOOD
OVERHYPED
BRANSFORMATIVE
BAD
YOU ARE...
The Skeptic
patron saint: Ed Zitron
It's oversold, it's losing staggering amounts of money, and the harms are arriving faster than the value. You've done the math on the unit economics and it doesn't close. You are loud about this, prolific about this, and you suspect history will vindicate you.
Impact: +0.3
Valence: -3.1
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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/06/2026
Ok, I've got to hand it to google and/or apple. Just googled 'widows bay' and got this at the top of my results
Did you mean: the next martha's vineyard and definitely not cursed
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Sam @very-simple.com · 26/06/2026
I think I win?
Your Results
 91% Woke
 9% Chud
 42% Techbro
 58% Neo-Luddite
 50% Hopepilled
 50% Doomer
 88% Davos
 12% Dubai
 YOUR CLOSEST MATCH:
 Zohran Mamdani
 Mayor of New York City (2026-present)
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Sam @very-simple.com · 25/06/2026
Window unit for proof. I don’t take it out in the winter because I am lazy and my steam radiator heat is so strong that I need the apartment to stay a bit drafty.
Photo of my decade old window unit in the living room window, with bonus cat sitting on the radiator/windowsill so that she can get closer to the cold air. There is also a can of foaming AC coil cleaner in front of the AC.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 24/06/2026
this tracks.
this dumb poster with zero followers and 8 entire posts, none of which are an original thought, only replies.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 24/06/2026
They even sent me a sticker with my absentee ballot. It’s now stuck to my knee scooter.
The front handlebar of my mobility/knee scooter with an “I voted by mail” sticker from the NYC board of elections.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 23/06/2026
Today’s edition of “is it hot flashes or is it just the weather?”
* HUMIDITY
 94%
 The dew point is
 67° right now.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 21/06/2026
My favorite possession.
A black mug with white and red writing that says “I FINISHED THE POWER BROKER”
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Sam @very-simple.com · 18/06/2026
admittedly enjoying this level of hyperbole from the NY Times
This is the city's first ticker-tape parade since 2024, when the New York Liberty won the W.N.B.A. title, AND THE KNICKS' FIRST SUCH PARADE SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE EARTH: Even though the team won championships in 1970 and 1973, they were honored with much smaller receptions then.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 18/06/2026
Hey! It worked!
Ballot tracking page showing that my ballot was received as “valid” by the NYC BOE on 6/17.
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Sam @very-simple.com · 17/06/2026
Even the NYC DOT got in on the Elmo hate.
two screenshots - the bottom from the day that the DOT officially renamed a street for Sesame Street, with Big Bird, Elmo and Ernie in attendance, and the caption "don't make us take this down, bro".  The top one showing DOT workers changing the sign to one in orange and blue knicks colors to say "Rocco Street" and the caption "this one's for a certain fuzzy little fence-sitter".
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Sam @very-simple.com · 17/06/2026
Today in being absolutely haunted by my cat because I took “her” chair to work from.
Sadie the torbie cat staring absolute daggers at me from across the room. There is a small table with some papers blocking the lower part of her face.
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