Emjay
@emilynyc.bsky.social
Hanging on by a thread in NYC. Urban cyclist who believes we are still in a pandemic. Mom.
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Trump, RFK, and their cronies likely want to create the (false) perception that autism is preventable and curable, because that allows them to: 1) cut accommodations, services, and support for autistic kids and their families, and 2) blame mothers for autism in ways that make (1) seem justified. 1/
I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump, RFK, and their cronies likely want to create the (false) perception that autism is preventable and curable, because that allows them to: 1) cut accommodations, services, and support for autistic kids and their families, and 2) blame mothers for autism in ways that make (1) seem justified. 1/
Mt. Rainier in my rear view but always in my heart.
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Mt. Rainier in my rear view but always in my heart.
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As we're moving away from televised/streamed media I want to remind you.There are places all across the country where a myriad of entertainment awaits. It's called a library.You can walk in & read a book or use a computer for free. You can even take a book(s) home & be entertained For free. Imagine
September 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
As we're moving away from televised/streamed media I want to remind you.There are places all across the country where a myriad of entertainment awaits. It's called a library.You can walk in & read a book or use a computer for free. You can even take a book(s) home & be entertained For free. Imagine
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I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
Just passed a fatal accident at 3rd & St Marks in Brooklyn. A bystander told me a deliverista was riding around a car that was double parked when the driver doored him, sending him over his handlebars to be crushed by an oncoming truck.
If we had protected bike lanes this wouldn’t happen.
If we had protected bike lanes this wouldn’t happen.
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just passed a fatal accident at 3rd & St Marks in Brooklyn. A bystander told me a deliverista was riding around a car that was double parked when the driver doored him, sending him over his handlebars to be crushed by an oncoming truck.
If we had protected bike lanes this wouldn’t happen.
If we had protected bike lanes this wouldn’t happen.
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Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
Prediction: Charlie Kirk will lie in state.
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Prediction: Charlie Kirk will lie in state.
Dose Pharmacy in the South Slope has kids Covid vaccines. Call for specific age ranges - my 5 yo got it yesterday.
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Dose Pharmacy in the South Slope has kids Covid vaccines. Call for specific age ranges - my 5 yo got it yesterday.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Zohran wants universal childcare for everyone in this city and I hear people who NEED this asking 'OK but how will he pay for this?' I'm like 'bitch I haven't heard your ridiculous ass ask ONCE how the city is paying 11 BILLION A YEAR FOR COPS.' NOT ONCE. So damn demagogued.
September 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Zohran wants universal childcare for everyone in this city and I hear people who NEED this asking 'OK but how will he pay for this?' I'm like 'bitch I haven't heard your ridiculous ass ask ONCE how the city is paying 11 BILLION A YEAR FOR COPS.' NOT ONCE. So damn demagogued.
NYers looking for Covid vaccinations will soon have more options!
September 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
NYers looking for Covid vaccinations will soon have more options!
If it happens before the end of October the Halloween costumes are going to be wild.
August 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If it happens before the end of October the Halloween costumes are going to be wild.
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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The enthusiasm for Zohran’s Scavenger Hunt points to an opportunity to engage NYers in existing (& new!) volunteer programs. Imagine driving turnout for NYC Hope, the annual census of unhoused NYers, or the Tree Census.
NYers want to do more, they just haven’t been engaged like this before.
NYers want to do more, they just haven’t been engaged like this before.
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The enthusiasm for Zohran’s Scavenger Hunt points to an opportunity to engage NYers in existing (& new!) volunteer programs. Imagine driving turnout for NYC Hope, the annual census of unhoused NYers, or the Tree Census.
NYers want to do more, they just haven’t been engaged like this before.
NYers want to do more, they just haven’t been engaged like this before.
Over on the bad site the anti-Mamdani forces are dragging him for…not being a gym bro. That’s what they’ve got. He doesn’t lift heavy. 😂😂😂
August 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Over on the bad site the anti-Mamdani forces are dragging him for…not being a gym bro. That’s what they’ve got. He doesn’t lift heavy. 😂😂😂
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DC is an occupied city
Today is a beautiful DC August Saturday. It has almost no humidity. But I had lunch with a friend here and absolutely NOBODY is dining outdoors the restaurant was empty. Very few people walking on the streets too.
August 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
DC is an occupied city
Why would Winnie Greco try to pay off a reporter so cheaply?
Because $150 wasn’t the total sum. It was a test. She was priming Honan. There’d be more rewards in time.
Because $150 wasn’t the total sum. It was a test. She was priming Honan. There’d be more rewards in time.
August 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Why would Winnie Greco try to pay off a reporter so cheaply?
Because $150 wasn’t the total sum. It was a test. She was priming Honan. There’d be more rewards in time.
Because $150 wasn’t the total sum. It was a test. She was priming Honan. There’d be more rewards in time.
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Speaking as a Chinese person, in the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of bribery.
August 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Speaking as a Chinese person, in the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of bribery.
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Just to be clear: these rising rates have nothing to do w RFK nixing boosters (though that's very bad), they're because both Democrats and Republicans have dismantled public health and no one is masking and taking airborne disease precautions.
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation. It comes as California students, for example, return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC’s recommendation that they receive booster shots.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
COVID surges nationwide with highest rates in Southwest as students return to school
COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation. It comes as California students return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC's recommendation that th...
www.latimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just to be clear: these rising rates have nothing to do w RFK nixing boosters (though that's very bad), they're because both Democrats and Republicans have dismantled public health and no one is masking and taking airborne disease precautions.
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
City-owned grocery stores can’t come fast enough.
ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices.
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices
No matter what the official data shows, consumers "feel" inflation when grocery prices rise.
www.axios.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
City-owned grocery stores can’t come fast enough.
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Big Apple Connect is one of Mayor Eric Adams’s signature technology projects—and it’s also a backdoor for police surveillance. nysfocus.com/2025/08/12/u...
Five Unanswered Questions About Eric Adams’s Expanded Surveillance at…
Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote…
nysfocus.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Big Apple Connect is one of Mayor Eric Adams’s signature technology projects—and it’s also a backdoor for police surveillance. nysfocus.com/2025/08/12/u...
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When you register your name in the Icelandic phonebook you can choose to state your profession. And they have a pretty loose definition of what exactly a profession entails.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When you register your name in the Icelandic phonebook you can choose to state your profession. And they have a pretty loose definition of what exactly a profession entails.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
Update from the other site: Andrew Cuomo is being dragged by… Meghan McCain.
August 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Update from the other site: Andrew Cuomo is being dragged by… Meghan McCain.