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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think this is the best shirt design I've done all year roryblank.bigcartel.com (I am reposting this because the previous version included a typo, but I am also not deleting that post lol)
A cute drawing of a tiger wearing a little hat and trousers and a shirt, fishing on a small island, with text saying "I don't actually have to do anything at all
I am perfectly contended living without purpose"
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
chat can I safely eat lettuce yet or what
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
any new-ish docuseries recos? there’s so many now that it’s hard to tell which are actually any good
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Trying to pick apart a woman's text messages to prove she's lying about being raped is gutter behavior. Consent can be revoked at any time and reading insinuations into text messages that the sender denies were there is ACTUAL journalistic malpractice. I would not trust a man who does this!
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
assaulting a woman is a minor vice, scolding a man is unforgivable
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
noem's dog looking down from heaven
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 19/02/2026
When it comes to opposing cuts to the good things in the city budget and opposing homeless encampment sweeps, Z is our target. But our *enemies* are the billionaires + centi-millionaires who control electeds like Hochul. Let us take care to weave this distinction into our strategies and messaging.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 03/11/2025
Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name. The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New Yorkers of conscience have a duty to submit as much dreck as possible to the ADL's cynical "Mamdani Monitor anti-Semitism tracker" www.adl.org/mamdani-moni...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Who is wise? One who learns from all people. Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world. (Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2025
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
UPDATE: I’m obsessed with this show.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
imo the best novels i've ever read about trauma are the first two Patrick Melrose novels, Never Mind and Bad News. the tv adaptation was quite good but the prose in the books is so vivid and extraordinary. some of the most searing modern literature i've ever read
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
So, has anyone found a good replacement for Pocket when it officially goes away?
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I’ve been saying for years that it should be illegal to email me
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Clair Woodward @clairywoowoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
May I recommend this absolutely excellent series, free on Prime, which has filled in so many gaps on between-the-wars world history for me?
amazon.co.uk
Watch Impossible Peace: The Time Between World Wars | Prime Video
World Wars I and II tore the heart out of the 20th century. However, the twenty years between them saw the rise of jazz, prohibition, the talkies, radio, and the motor car. Amid the rapid progress, hi...
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
people who want other people to stay in sad little grey boxes forever and never be happy in their bodies or desires are villains and cowards and they may be winning right now but by god they will lose as water smooths stone and roots break it, because that fierce joy is roots and water and life
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Just read a lesbian con women caper novel out in April. Quite the romp. It’s called The Long Con.
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate. I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Cuomo: I am now running on affordability. Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
If you're pissed off at the NYT, here's your chance to put my money where your mouth is. This long weekend, I will donate $0.50 to @thecity.nyc for each of: - every new Bluesky follower I get - every new Bluesky follower THEY get - everyone who reposts this post
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This nature of comments baselessly accusing Zohran of being a terrorist actively endanger his life, all amid credible death threats he's very recently faced. Anyone who says things like this is completely unfit to serve in public office to say the least
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo. We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Netflix's new documentary, Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, is a really compelling look at the 2021 catastrophe. Interviews with survivors, journalists, crowd control experts, and horrific video footage from the event help tell a more panoramic story that extends beyond the conjecture.
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a man stands on a stage with a microphone in front of a fire
ALT: a man stands on a stage with a microphone in front of a fire
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it. If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu
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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you saw Cole Escola at the Tony Awards and wanted to know more about them, go watch Please Baby Please for the perfect Pride movie.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Greetings! A large immigration operation and subsequent protest in Paramount, CA has led to a large amount of gas and “less lethal” munitions. Situation ongoing. Will update as I can.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 14/05/2025
I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
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ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
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katie honan @katiehonan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Curious when the mayor plans to take questions from the press? You’ll have to keep waiting, his press team doesn’t know
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It’s official: Eric Adams’ shameless campaign to avoid legal accountability for corruption has succeeded. In the midst of a right-wing billionaire assault on the working class of our city, he sold us out for another personal favor. Election Day can’t come soon enough.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Things I am telling myself to get through the day lately: -"just do 5 min" -"it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to get done" -"you can't work if you don't eat something" -"I know how hard you're trying" -"You know what to do" -"one thing at a time"
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
10% of recycled paper in NYC gets turned into pizza boxes on Staten Island!! and other fun facts:
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Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?
Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
Farewell and Thanks (Again) - Illegal Activity in the USAID Front Office
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Nicholas Gottlieb
to amsofficercouncil, ALL, HCTM.ELR, Alpana, Danielle, Sheila, Sepideh, William, Anya, Stephanie, Lindsey -
All:
4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) #
Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees without due process. I refused and have provided Acting Administrator Gray with written notification of my refusal. I have recommended in that written notification that his office cease ar desist from further illegal activity.
It is and has always been my office's commitment to the workforce that we ensure all employees receive their due process in any of our actions. I will not be party to a violation of that commitment.
I was notified moments ago that I will be placed on administrative leave, effective immediately. It has been an honor working with all of you at this Agency, which i treasure.
Please be kind and considerate of my staff at hctm.eir@usaid.gov. who will be very short-staffed and pressed over the coming months. Until you hear otherwise, Kirsten Gunsolus will be acting in my absence.
If you would like to stay in touch, I can be reached a
wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Gottlieb
Director, Employee and Labor Relations
US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HCTM, Rm. 4.07A RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523
USAID gov | @USAID
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 30/01/2025
It's been 3 weeks since Congestion Relief Zone tolling went into effect, and the program is working! We're seeing traffic move quicker into and within Manhattan, which benefits all New Yorkers—drivers, bus riders, emergency vehicle operators, pedestrians, and more.
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