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Nicole Alvarado
@cheekygirl83.bsky.social
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Pop Culture Nut, Mozzarella Stick connoisseur, Keeper of a wiener dog named Pabst, Whiskey drinker & long lost member of the Miami Sound Machine. she/her
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markharris.bsky.social
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
It’s the two-year anniversary of Henry Kissinger's death.
Take it away, Mr Bourdain:
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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mrjoncryer.bsky.social
“And they are Republicans. I can’t conceive of them once again lying to my face as they have done in the past over and over…”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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mikelevin.org
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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catbus.phd
in an abstract way it's funny how democrats held firm when SNAP was cut off but folded .5 milliseconds after one senator had their flight delayed
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is

I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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pghdlo.bsky.social
We have a POTUS that is going to court to fight for his right to starve children. Let that sink in.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
cheekygirl83.bsky.social
Fuck yeah, NYC!!
nbcnews.com NBC News @nbcnews.com · Nov 5
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
*taps sign*
awalkerinla.bsky.social Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 26
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost." soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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kgd26.bsky.social
shout out chicago.
a large road sign with the text fuck ICE located on a corner of an intersection in chicago
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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markharris.bsky.social
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
cheekygirl83.bsky.social
Hey @diabolikdvd.bsky.social are y'all getting the Once Upon a Time in America 4K?
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
It’s official, Canada has to keep Drake.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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flybyknite.bsky.social
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the first pitcher in MLB history to win 3 games ON THE ROAD in a single World Series.
flybyknite.bsky.social Justin Russo @flybyknite.bsky.social · Nov 2
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the first pitcher to win 3 games in a single World Series since Randy Johnson in 2001. Johnson won Game 2 and Game 6 as a starter and Game 7 as a reliever. Yamamoto did the same.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
This World Series is the hottest club in New York. It has *everything*
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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pattymo.com
Kiké Hernandez is obsessed with going flying. Guy can’t get enough of it
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
cheekygirl83.bsky.social
Ok but how does this game work time-wise when the daylight savings hit?
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
two frames: - first frame: lady yells "Why can't you be normal?" - second frame: Game 7 of the World Series with the caption "[screaming]"
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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emilyyoshida.bsky.social
Same
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · Oct 30
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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taras-grescoe.com
Rufus Wainwright sings O Canada in English and French at World Series — and changes lyrics to “only *us* command.”

That’s some #Montréal spirit, là!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYA4...
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: O CANADA: MLB WORLD SERIES 2O25 GAME 5: TORONTO BLUE JAYS VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS
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October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
cheekygirl83.bsky.social
Just had to yell at the husband to shut up as I needed to witness one of my baseball BFs hit one out of the park #Baseball #Dodgers
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM