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Maison Licorne
@maisonlicorne.bsky.social
The more philosophical arm of the old house Insta account. Build your community, no matter how micro. Born and bred NYer, long time IL resident. Oh, and #weekendjams. Please, #dontquit, we love you.
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BTW, I noticed that a few meat space buds are following here, but not the Insta. I'm private now, but my handle and photo are the same over there #guilttrip.
WEEKEND JAMS

Squeezing this one in because I'm busy AF but this year, we're doing selections from A Christmas Record that are NOT Christmas Wrapping (you know why). Here's a lovely little VU-ish ditty called Bells of Christmas

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Bells Of Christmas
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy birthday to this old man himbo cat! He is 16, a diabetic in remission, and still fiesty as hell. This was the best photo I could take because he was swatting at my phone and also trying to eat it. Hopefully, he'll still be this way for years to come.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
WEEKEND JAMS

I put on Shamir's Rachet on and played it twice. Here's eternal banger "Call it Off"

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Shamir - Call It Off (Official Music Video YTMAs)
YouTube video by Shamir Bailey
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November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
WEEKEND JAMS

McLusky coming through with a classic song detailing an affliction that our Commander In Chief is probably experiencing at this moment. Enjoy!

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Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
YouTube video by Mclusky - Topic
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November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The last time I saw my paternal grandmother alive, she was nodding in and out of sleep during our visit, much akin to this fucker. She was dead five months later.
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
WEEKEND JAMS

In honor of Zohran Mamdani's win, here's a classic video from my fav NYC band and directed by Weird Al:

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JSBX - Wail
YouTube video by alyankovic
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November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If we had Vallas, he would make the walking Tim & Eric skit Eric Adams look like an ACABer WRT to ICE/CPB prescence here.
This is from 2023 about the Vallas/Johnson mayoral race in Chicago but it applies well to what just happened with Cuomo; you can campaign to suburbanites or ex-residents who want to hear what a hellhole the city is, or you can campaign to the actual voters who live in the city.
CITIES ARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE | Gin and Tacos
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November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As an aside from this, I wonder how many of the ultra-wealthy will just move their primary address to the Westchester, Long Island, Greenwich, etc. house but still keep the UES townhouse as their pied a terre and spend just as much time in NYC beforehand.
The 5 things I will miss most about New York when I move back to the suburbs next week.

by Andrew Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
There was definitely some of this going on with Johnson prior to the ICE raids. Also, some spikes in crime in well-to-do neigborhoods like Logan Square didn't help perception, despite overall stats showing a decrease.
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So far, this Halloween is business as usual. In addition to candy, I also have whistles out, which are also a hit with the kids (and parents), though some of them started blowing them immediately 🫠

All in all, it's been very heartening to see the neighborhood being resilient in spite of government.
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Reposted by Maison Licorne
The 5 things I will miss most about New York when I move back to the suburbs next week.

by Andrew Cuomo
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
WEEKEND JAMS

While Bela Lugosi's Dead is great and all, it's become a bit cliche. Here's Dark Entries instead.

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Dark Entries
YouTube video by Bauhaus - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I still have family and friends in the NYC area and keep tabs on NY politics in general. I'm rooting hard for Zohran and will hopefully toast with friends when I visit for the holidays. #bornandbrednewyorker #iloveny
Six days left and a whole lotta doors to knock.

Let's get it: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Since I took a bit of a hiatus, is it me, or are your feeds being dominated by the political commentators (if you follow such peeps), and seeing less regular folks in your feed lately? I feel like there was more of a balance beforehand.
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

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October 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I know Curtis Sliwa is kinda becoming an internet darling, but he is the avatar of your garden variety idiot NY uncle (believe me, I have one). He is still a racist moron, even if he's willing to shoot the shit with Charlemange. You do not want a dude like that with mayoral powers.
“Did Cuomo offer you anything for your endorsement?”

ADAMS: “Don’t even answer that.”

Mayor Adams called Cuomo “a snake & a liar” - now he endorsed him (likely worth negative votes)

(Sliwa: “we got offered $10 MILLION to drop out, Adams was fishing for a payday”)
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
WEEKEND JAMS

We're kicking off this weekend with this Stephanie Mills classic jam, which has been following me around a bit recently. Anyway, disco at its best makes me want to twirl around into oblivion. Let's twirl off into the weekend, shall we?

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Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
YouTube video by Oxygene 80
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October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Come on, we know the baseline is that we are merely collateral to the ultra wealthy bottom line; which is why the logical conclusion of capitalism is extinction.
Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I mentioned this in my other SM account (if not stated directly as such). DHS is apparently buying slumlord buildings in and around Chicago.
BlackRock, KKR, Vanguard, State Street, Cerberus, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, CoreCivic, and GEO Group all partnered w/Trump’s #DHS to build an eviction > detention > asset-flipping pipeline—profiteering as #ICE clears buildings, every mass deportation action triggering waves of rental asset turnover.
The Economics of Donald Trump’s Mass Deportations
Donald Trump’s mass deportations will do little to improve the lives of American workers. But he is fueling a deportation-industrial complex that funnels billions of dollars into the hands of private ...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
While we are at it, you take capitalism to its logical end point, that end point is extinction. Capitalism is the world where destruction = profit.
I know nothing should surprise me, but I'm stunned by this picture. If you own a designated historic property (not that I do), usually you can't even install a doorbell that isn't period-specific. Or at least you wouldn't. This makes me heartsick.
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Fuck, I lost a lot of followers. I guess I would care if I was a balayage bitch trying to build some bullshit brand, but I do not roll that way. I'll just build my shit again where it may, with my NY ass doing what it does.
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Oh hai. It's been a while since I rapped at ya. Took a hiatus because of work, not feeling public facing, and caring for two old man cats. Anyway, in view attending No Kings, along with our hostile government doing what it does, I'm resuming my posts on here. Weekend Jams will also resume...
October 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Since Doug Wilson got MSM platformed, please know that he caped for noted INFANT rapist Steven Sitler. Google that shit at your peril. This is who the current Defense Secretary sees as an exemplar Christian. Who knows who Whiskey Pete is fucking because his religious mouthpiece capes for pedos.
August 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Look, I get it. We all want to have the good faith that women in these kind of relationships secretly despise their husbands, when in reality, they are fully onboard with the misogyny because they view themselves as an "exception", guy's gal etc. They are all useful idiots until it's too late...
No. We are not doing this anymore. It is 2025. Usha Vance stays with her husband because she agrees with him. There is no evidence that she loathes him at all. Yale-educated women can be fascist too.
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Doug Wilson capes for pedos. Google Steven Sitler at your peril. CREC also runs a good portion of Moscow, ID. Oh, and fuck that CNN anchor that commented "fascinating" in an attempt to launder this psuedo-intellectual, pretentious asshole.
U.S. Defense Secretary promotes interview in which Christian nationalist Doug Wilson says women shouldn't have the right to vote. Hegseth goes to a Wilson-affiliated church and sends his kids to one of Wilson’s schools. 1/2
August 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM