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British in NYC. Longtime in Brooklyn, now in Queens. Arts, housing, green spaces, maps, buses & subways, stuff on the street.
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an incredible thing just happened to me: my vet has added an indoor-outdoor pigeon to its family, his name is papi chulo and when I was taking pictures of him outside … he perched on my head. I have never been so delighted in all my life!!!
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
an incredible thing just happened to me: my vet has added an indoor-outdoor pigeon to its family, his name is papi chulo and when I was taking pictures of him outside … he perched on my head. I have never been so delighted in all my life!!!
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Good morning.
Pied/Black Winged Stilt, a few weeks ago. Pretty little birds these.
Pied/Black Winged Stilt, a few weeks ago. Pretty little birds these.
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Good morning.
Pied/Black Winged Stilt, a few weeks ago. Pretty little birds these.
Pied/Black Winged Stilt, a few weeks ago. Pretty little birds these.
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Evening Assembly
#naturephotography #backyardbirds #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #omsystem #nature
#naturephotography #backyardbirds #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #omsystem #nature
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Here's how the New Yorker is viewing it:
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here's how the New Yorker is viewing it:
Showtime action on the F this afternoon included father & son performers.
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Showtime action on the F this afternoon included father & son performers.
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
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We have had enough winning.
by Senate Democrats
by Senate Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We have had enough winning.
by Senate Democrats
by Senate Democrats
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Every airline should be on social media with this information.
I haven't even received an email with these details
I haven't even received an email with these details
Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.
Listen in ⬇️
Listen in ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Every airline should be on social media with this information.
I haven't even received an email with these details
I haven't even received an email with these details
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Hulme, Manchester, 1965, by Shirley Baker, 1932-2014 (Café Royal Books).
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Hulme, Manchester, 1965, by Shirley Baker, 1932-2014 (Café Royal Books).
Saw this at MoMA today, but it’s screening at the DOCNYC festival next weekend. A beautiful, brooding film, compounding the fragile layers of a city’s history.
Below The Clouds | Trailer | Gianfranco Rosi
YouTube video by The Match Factory
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Saw this at MoMA today, but it’s screening at the DOCNYC festival next weekend. A beautiful, brooding film, compounding the fragile layers of a city’s history.
At the 79th Street Station.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
At the 79th Street Station.
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I know you’re all sick and tired of hearing about New York City, but here’s what our mayor-elect is up to, while here is what our most important newspaper is up to.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know you’re all sick and tired of hearing about New York City, but here’s what our mayor-elect is up to, while here is what our most important newspaper is up to.
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BREAKING: 2,595 miners trapped underground after Russian missile strike cuts power in Dnipropetrovsk region
Emergency crews are working urgently to restore power and rescue those trapped.
Emergency crews are working urgently to restore power and rescue those trapped.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
BREAKING: 2,595 miners trapped underground after Russian missile strike cuts power in Dnipropetrovsk region
Emergency crews are working urgently to restore power and rescue those trapped.
Emergency crews are working urgently to restore power and rescue those trapped.
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Here’s Karine Polwart singing Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye” in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
“Freedom Come All Ye” performed by Karine Polwart in The Italian Chapel, Orkney, August 2013.
YouTube video by Alan Ferrier
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here’s Karine Polwart singing Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye” in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
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Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
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The actual most detailed map on how every neighborhood voted via @haidee.bsky.social.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The actual most detailed map on how every neighborhood voted via @haidee.bsky.social.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
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When I say that I grew up in a place where two realities coexist, I mean it.
It usually boils down to “changed it for functionality, but kept the other one for esthetic value.”
Like in the case of these shutters:
It usually boils down to “changed it for functionality, but kept the other one for esthetic value.”
Like in the case of these shutters:
May 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When I say that I grew up in a place where two realities coexist, I mean it.
It usually boils down to “changed it for functionality, but kept the other one for esthetic value.”
Like in the case of these shutters:
It usually boils down to “changed it for functionality, but kept the other one for esthetic value.”
Like in the case of these shutters:
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NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
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Olympe de Gouges was executed #OTD 1793. A pioneering French feminist and abolitionist, de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen in 1791, demanding equal rights for women during the French Revolution.
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Olympe de Gouges was executed #OTD 1793. A pioneering French feminist and abolitionist, de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen in 1791, demanding equal rights for women during the French Revolution.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
Impressed by the kid in Costco still wearing a monk’s habit two days after Halloween.
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Impressed by the kid in Costco still wearing a monk’s habit two days after Halloween.
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Venice has revived a tradition of building a temporary bridge to San Michele island for All Souls' Day.
Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for All Souls' Day mourners
Venice has revived a tradition of building a temporary bridge to San Michele island for All Souls' Day.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mavis Staples. Beautiful Strangers.
Mavis Staples "Beautiful Strangers" 2025
YouTube video by (Indie) Folk & Feel "My 50 Years Favorites"
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Mavis Staples. Beautiful Strangers.