Jo Ann Brown
@citizeneater.bsky.social
citizen.
scientist.
gardener.
damn good cook.
fueled by women's sports
(words/views/errors/profanity- all mine) BK+ATL
scientist.
gardener.
damn good cook.
fueled by women's sports
(words/views/errors/profanity- all mine) BK+ATL
The elevators at the Church B/Q station quietly opened this week just in time to assist me with my luggage from JFK this morning.
And, and, and it doesn't smell like pee (yet).
Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/05/m...
And, and, and it doesn't smell like pee (yet).
Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/05/m...
Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage
The J/Z’s Woodhaven Boulevard station in Queens is the first stop in the system where elevators bypass an existing turnstile level and deposit riders directly at the platform.
www.thecity.nyc
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The elevators at the Church B/Q station quietly opened this week just in time to assist me with my luggage from JFK this morning.
And, and, and it doesn't smell like pee (yet).
Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/05/m...
And, and, and it doesn't smell like pee (yet).
Straight to the Top: New Nonstop Elevators to Speed Subway Accessibility Coverage www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/05/m...
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
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Mamdani elected mayor of NYC, Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins governorship in Virginia, and California passes Prop 50.
(gif from the archives)
(gif from the archives)
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Mamdani elected mayor of NYC, Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins governorship in Virginia, and California passes Prop 50.
(gif from the archives)
(gif from the archives)
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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Replying "dont worry I got u" to all the NYC text bankers today
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Replying "dont worry I got u" to all the NYC text bankers today
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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New York knows how to do Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New York knows how to do Halloween!
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Happy Halloween everyone!
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Happy Halloween everyone!
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from the directpr of Hot Tub Time Machine?
oh bitch, say less. i’m in
oh bitch, say less. i’m in
BIG NEWS: When Adam Kinzinger stood up to Trump and risked everything, director Steve Pink captured it all. Meidas Studios just released our latest documentary ‘The Last Republican’ on all major platforms. Watch the movie today!
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
from the directpr of Hot Tub Time Machine?
oh bitch, say less. i’m in
oh bitch, say less. i’m in
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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Across the city, more than 164,000 New Yorkers flocked to the polls this weekend for the first two days of early voting, according to the Board of Election, a staggering turnout that nearly matches the entire early voting count in 2021.
First Weekend of Early Voting Shatters Record, as Mamdani Rallies Thousands in Queens
Turnout was massive across all five boroughs, with voters telling THE CITY that they were motivated to vote for — and against — the Democratic nominee.
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Across the city, more than 164,000 New Yorkers flocked to the polls this weekend for the first two days of early voting, according to the Board of Election, a staggering turnout that nearly matches the entire early voting count in 2021.
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Affordable housing providers are sounding the alarm, with some of the city's most vulnerable tenants at risk.
Side note: Is your building in foreclosure? Talk to me about it.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/a...
Side note: Is your building in foreclosure? Talk to me about it.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/a...
Affordable Housing’s Slow-Motion Financial Collapse
Nonprofit groups say swelling operating costs exceed the rent they collect for more than one in five of their apartments, housing some of the city’s most vulnerable tenants.
www.thecity.nyc
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Affordable housing providers are sounding the alarm, with some of the city's most vulnerable tenants at risk.
Side note: Is your building in foreclosure? Talk to me about it.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/a...
Side note: Is your building in foreclosure? Talk to me about it.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/a...
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ICE will not have fun in New York City.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ice-vs-nyc
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ice-vs-nyc
ICE vs. NYC
The feds will not have a good time here.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
ICE will not have fun in New York City.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ice-vs-nyc
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ice-vs-nyc
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Out today: Forbes' "America’s Most Powerful Women In Sports 2025"
Most importantly, No. 5: @washingtonspirit.com owner Michele Kang
#nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit
Most importantly, No. 5: @washingtonspirit.com owner Michele Kang
#nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit
Forbes America's Most Powerful Women In Sports 2025
From the wealthiest owners to groundbreaking players to innovative executives, meet some of the most influential female leaders and game-changers.
www.forbes.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Out today: Forbes' "America’s Most Powerful Women In Sports 2025"
Most importantly, No. 5: @washingtonspirit.com owner Michele Kang
#nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit
Most importantly, No. 5: @washingtonspirit.com owner Michele Kang
#nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit
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the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
We used to point this out a lot in our neighborhood FB group. People would put up a post about, say, the trash and the dumping. The act of posting made the neighbor feel like they did something about the trash but in fact they did nothing actionable.
sums it up. headlines on crowd sizes and the feeling that maybe something happens (somewhere else) aren’t action, and getting a bunch of people to show up to a party for nothing isn’t organizing.
find your people and build something real.
find your people and build something real.
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We used to point this out a lot in our neighborhood FB group. People would put up a post about, say, the trash and the dumping. The act of posting made the neighbor feel like they did something about the trash but in fact they did nothing actionable.
Was immediately reminded of this article when I woke up and half my apps had lost functionality.
I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible. - The New York Times share.google/sxhebPkf8jez...
I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible. - The New York Times share.google/sxhebPkf8jez...
I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible. (Published 2020)
As lawmakers debate whether Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are monopolies, a reporter recalls her attempt to avoid interacting with the companies.
share.google
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Was immediately reminded of this article when I woke up and half my apps had lost functionality.
I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible. - The New York Times share.google/sxhebPkf8jez...
I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible. - The New York Times share.google/sxhebPkf8jez...
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“Although there aren’t available statistics on how many N.F.L. players have made nursing their second career, The Times spoke to five current and former athletes about their decision. Some are still playing and plan to pursue nursing when they leave… while others made the shift after retirement.”
The N.F.L. to Nursing Pipeline
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Although there aren’t available statistics on how many N.F.L. players have made nursing their second career, The Times spoke to five current and former athletes about their decision. Some are still playing and plan to pursue nursing when they leave… while others made the shift after retirement.”
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Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."
Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>
Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."
Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>
Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>
I finished 107 Days. In the last chapter, Harris acknowledges that working from the inside may not be the right approach going forward. And I agree it should be community driven. It should be neighborhood by neighborhood.
October 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I finished 107 Days. In the last chapter, Harris acknowledges that working from the inside may not be the right approach going forward. And I agree it should be community driven. It should be neighborhood by neighborhood.
I once had a patient physically attack me at the nurses station then proceeded to shred every page in the chart I was working on, all because he wanted Uncrustables.
True story.
True story.
I have eaten
the Crustless Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jam Sandwiches
that were
Smucker's valuable intellectual property
and in which
it probably made
a substantial investment
and had valuable goodwill
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so Unscrustable™️
the Crustless Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jam Sandwiches
that were
Smucker's valuable intellectual property
and in which
it probably made
a substantial investment
and had valuable goodwill
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so Unscrustable™️
Okay, so a lot going on in one short paragraph.
1) Being a "copycat" isn't necessarily the same as being an infringer.
2) Does anyone really think TJ's is trying to "trade off of Smucker’s valuable goodwill" here? Or are they just trying to compete?
1) Being a "copycat" isn't necessarily the same as being an infringer.
2) Does anyone really think TJ's is trying to "trade off of Smucker’s valuable goodwill" here? Or are they just trying to compete?
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I once had a patient physically attack me at the nurses station then proceeded to shred every page in the chart I was working on, all because he wanted Uncrustables.
True story.
True story.