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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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Hey Senators! Have you heard this??
@schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Your actual constituents -- the ones who vote but can't donate thousands -- are really, really angry about this. I know I keep checking how long I have to wait before someone can primary you.
@schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Your actual constituents -- the ones who vote but can't donate thousands -- are really, really angry about this. I know I keep checking how long I have to wait before someone can primary you.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Hey Senators! Have you heard this??
@schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Your actual constituents -- the ones who vote but can't donate thousands -- are really, really angry about this. I know I keep checking how long I have to wait before someone can primary you.
@schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Your actual constituents -- the ones who vote but can't donate thousands -- are really, really angry about this. I know I keep checking how long I have to wait before someone can primary you.
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Mamdani’s whole thing is “what if a political leader gave a single shit about you?” and it’s utterly disorienting 😮💚
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mamdani’s whole thing is “what if a political leader gave a single shit about you?” and it’s utterly disorienting 😮💚
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Today's hawk: a Red-Tailed hawk toughs it out in a snowstorm, ice crystals sticking to his face. When it's cold and the weather is hostile, the hawk hunkers down and waits it out. 🪶
#Raptors
#Raptors
January 18, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Today's hawk: a Red-Tailed hawk toughs it out in a snowstorm, ice crystals sticking to his face. When it's cold and the weather is hostile, the hawk hunkers down and waits it out. 🪶
#Raptors
#Raptors
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The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers
How did I miss this story several years ago? Identified footage of 11 year old Prince supporting a teachers’ strike in Minneapolis, 1970. Beautiful to see.
youtu.be/EQe0EoVoGqU?...
youtu.be/EQe0EoVoGqU?...
The Little Prince: Footage Unearthed Of Superstar At Age 11
YouTube video by WCCO - CBS Minnesota
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January 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
How did I miss this story several years ago? Identified footage of 11 year old Prince supporting a teachers’ strike in Minneapolis, 1970. Beautiful to see.
youtu.be/EQe0EoVoGqU?...
youtu.be/EQe0EoVoGqU?...
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Gospel Warriors of Detroit, MI - War On Sin [US, Gospel] (1983)
https://redd.it/7d5o7e
https://youtu.be/j0nG2BNU7sY
https://redd.it/7d5o7e
https://youtu.be/j0nG2BNU7sY
Gospel Warriors of Detroit, MI - War On Sin [US, Gospel] (1983)
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Gospel Warriors of Detroit, MI - War On Sin [US, Gospel] (1983)
https://redd.it/7d5o7e
https://youtu.be/j0nG2BNU7sY
https://redd.it/7d5o7e
https://youtu.be/j0nG2BNU7sY
My New York.
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
My New York.
CHICO BUARQUE & MILTON NASCIMENTO PRIMEIRO DE MAIO
YouTube video by LUBOR
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January 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Milton Nascimento e Chico Buarque - O que será
YouTube video by Glauco Malagoli
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux - Bara Wililé [Mali - 1970s]
https://redd.it/3h2855
https://youtu.be/DP9YPaQCksg
https://redd.it/3h2855
https://youtu.be/DP9YPaQCksg
Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux - Bara Wililé [Mali - 1970s]
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux - Bara Wililé [Mali - 1970s]
https://redd.it/3h2855
https://youtu.be/DP9YPaQCksg
https://redd.it/3h2855
https://youtu.be/DP9YPaQCksg
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My god
Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
My god
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In a section in a 1639 Dutch navigational manual is a dial showing how to use a mariner's astrolabe to measure altitude at sea to find latitude. From the same volume this lovely diagram on the use of a back-staff to measure the sun's altitude @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
In a section in a 1639 Dutch navigational manual is a dial showing how to use a mariner's astrolabe to measure altitude at sea to find latitude. From the same volume this lovely diagram on the use of a back-staff to measure the sun's altitude @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Can’t ye see the world where you stand?
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Can’t ye see the world where you stand?
“Star Comes Out said the detention of the four tribal citizens is a direct violation of federal law, various treaties and the constitutional protections owed to citizens by the United States.”
The four Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other three are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people including the Dakota 38 during the Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
“Star Comes Out said the detention of the four tribal citizens is a direct violation of federal law, various treaties and the constitutional protections owed to citizens by the United States.”
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🖼️ Catherine Hyde
January 14, 2026 at 8:24 AM
🖼️ Catherine Hyde
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As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies making mane;
The tane unto the t’other say,
“Where sall we gang and dine the day?”
—“The Twa Corbies”, first published in Scott’s MINSTRELSY vol. 2 (1810), is a darker, grimmer, #Scots version of the English ballad “The Three Ravens”
#WyrdWednesday
I heard twa corbies making mane;
The tane unto the t’other say,
“Where sall we gang and dine the day?”
—“The Twa Corbies”, first published in Scott’s MINSTRELSY vol. 2 (1810), is a darker, grimmer, #Scots version of the English ballad “The Three Ravens”
#WyrdWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM
As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies making mane;
The tane unto the t’other say,
“Where sall we gang and dine the day?”
—“The Twa Corbies”, first published in Scott’s MINSTRELSY vol. 2 (1810), is a darker, grimmer, #Scots version of the English ballad “The Three Ravens”
#WyrdWednesday
I heard twa corbies making mane;
The tane unto the t’other say,
“Where sall we gang and dine the day?”
—“The Twa Corbies”, first published in Scott’s MINSTRELSY vol. 2 (1810), is a darker, grimmer, #Scots version of the English ballad “The Three Ravens”
#WyrdWednesday
PERFI'DY. n.s. [perfidia, Lat. perfidie, Fr.] Treachery; want of faith; breach of faith.
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. 1755.
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. 1755.
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 AM
PERFI'DY. n.s. [perfidia, Lat. perfidie, Fr.] Treachery; want of faith; breach of faith.
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. 1755.
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. 1755.
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Speaking of soul jazz, as we were. Here's its apotheosis. Listen, children, to Pastor Adderley & the deacons of his sanctified church. m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4rX...
Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (1966)
YouTube video by Anthony Valente's Jazz Channel
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January 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Speaking of soul jazz, as we were. Here's its apotheosis. Listen, children, to Pastor Adderley & the deacons of his sanctified church. m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4rX...
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O truth of the earth! O truth of things! I am determined to press the whole way toward you,
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
O truth of the earth! O truth of things! I am determined to press the whole way toward you,
“I am the keeper of the old signs in Spitalfields. I have embraced it as my self-appointed duty, because although many are “dead” and others have become “ghosts,” disappearing into ether, they are all of interest to me.”
@thegentleauthor.bsky.social
spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/t...
@thegentleauthor.bsky.social
spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/t...
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
“I am the keeper of the old signs in Spitalfields. I have embraced it as my self-appointed duty, because although many are “dead” and others have become “ghosts,” disappearing into ether, they are all of interest to me.”
@thegentleauthor.bsky.social
spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/t...
@thegentleauthor.bsky.social
spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/t...
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Just helped a gentleman wearing devil’s horns and assless chaps to purchase an OMNYcard, this is why it’s important to go out at night sometimes
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Just helped a gentleman wearing devil’s horns and assless chaps to purchase an OMNYcard, this is why it’s important to go out at night sometimes
Non-stop Prince in the diner.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Non-stop Prince in the diner.
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William Blake's depiction of the Circle of Traitors in Hell from Dante's Inferno, 1827 www.artic.edu/artworks/233...
January 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
William Blake's depiction of the Circle of Traitors in Hell from Dante's Inferno, 1827 www.artic.edu/artworks/233...