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Pjörk @nicoleconlan.bsky.social · Jan 9
Seinfeld: The Congestion Pricing Episode
Jerry uses congestion pricing as an excuse to stop seeing a woman who lives downtown. She stages a protest in the street in front of City Hall to get him back. George refuses to pay the $9 and drives along a labyrinthine path to avoid the cameras, using side streets and driving through parking garages. It costs him $47. Forced to use the subway, Elaine discovers J. Peterman living on the F train and attempts to bring him back topside. Kramer and Newman use a mail truck to evade the toll. Soon, people who don’t want to pay the toll ask them for rides, and they oblige… for a fee. Jerry points out they’ve just created Bus 2.0. Kramer: This isn’t about making money. This is the resistance, Jerry!” Elaine convinces Peterman to come to the surface. They spot George coming out of a parking garage and ask him for a ride home. George agrees but refuses to pay the $9 — they’re going HIS way. Jerry is going to take the subway to a show, but Kramer convinces him that Bus 2.0 will be faster — “Now that the roads are clear, we can really open that baby up.” Jerry is running late so he agrees. They speed downtown to Jerry’s show downtown. Suddenly, Jerry’s ex-girlfriend leaps into the street holding a “down with congestion pricing!” sign. Kramer swerves to avoid her and plows right into George’s car, destroying both vehicles. Jerry’s girlfriend runs over to help. She tears up and thanks Jerry for coming to see her.
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amywestervelt.bsky.social
Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...
The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle
The U.S. interest in Venezuela isn’t just about the oil there, but also about the oil next door in Guyana, and the U.S. oil companies that have staked their future on it.
drilled.media
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Live reaction in our apartment when Martha Kelly showed up in Fallout
people celebrating w martha kelly on TV
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
An electric 2003 Subaru Outback would fix me
papapishu.bsky.social Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1d
BYD needs a car shaped like a 2003 Subaru Outback so future generations have something to put 17 “Keep Honking” bumper stickers on.
2003 Subaru Outback in green on a lawn
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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dumplingmenace.bsky.social
“this is not just the flu” is incorrect, this is what the flu has always been and it is why i am annoying about getting the flu shot. get your kids the flu shot. anyone able to get the flu shot! this is devastating!
I want people to know this is not just the flu. I want parents to be overbearing. I want them to know the signs of what’s good and what’s not. Sepsis, it gets you... I want to be able to save somebody since my sister wasn’t able to save herself,” she said. Chandler emphasized that being healthy does not guarantee protection. “She was healthy, and now she’s gone,” she said. Chandler said losing Ryleigh feels like losing a piece of herself. “I found peace knowing that my children had a sister like Ryleigh, and it just feels like a piece of me and my children will never have that back,” she said. Ryleigh did not receive a flu shot this year. Doctors recommend that people wash their hands regularly and get flu shots each year.
January 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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stephenjacobsmith.com
Slightly more than 1% of Madrid’s dwelling units are listed as whole-unit rentals. If the city were letting supply keep pace with demand, that’s not even one single year of new production. Yet more of the housing shortage discourse is about Airbnb than low production.
January 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social
Taylor Swift Updates @LegitTayUp... • 10h ..| UPDATE|| As most of you know, I haven't been very active in the past couple of months because I was in prison:/ I'm back now though :) more Taylor Swift updates coming soon! 41 {7 666 • 2,772 ali @ali_ansel • 4h omg why 1 5 Taylor Swift Updates @LegitTayUpdates Replying to @ali_ansel • | I refused to join the IDF Imao 8:22 AM • 02 Apr 19 • Twitter for Android
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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esqueer.net
There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025.

While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Cleansing the timeline with a photo of Harmony trying to sleep while I have a lamp on
German shepherd sleeping with a paw over her eyes
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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bloomberg.com
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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katmabu.bsky.social
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3d
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
It's actually important that, to the extent you are able, you stop using oil
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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swolecialism.bsky.social
This is all going to get even stupider
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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dennycarter.bsky.social
I say this with all sincerity: the rest of the world has to punish us severely. We should be an international pariah until further notice.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Was up too late watching yo-yo TikToks and my dog started barking until I went to bed, she is my guardian angel
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 AM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Met several grown adults recently who refused to eat vegetables. In 2026, zero tolerance for these people.
January 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
New upsetting AI ad just dropped where someone appears to be feeding their dog peanut butter smeared on a severed finger
AI ad where someone appears to be feeding their dog peanut butter smeared on a severed finger
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
I get my full wedding gallery in a week and I'm going to be an absolute menace about it 😈😈😈
January 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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jamellebouie.net
make the IRS woke ICE
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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gonebabygone.bsky.social
Nice argument, too bad I've already depicted myself as the jubilant Bernie Sanders and you as the dour Eric Adams
syllytyler.bsky.social tyler @syllytyler.bsky.social · 3d
Obsessed with this juxtaposition
Bernie Sanders bursting out laughing as Eric Adams seethes at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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jamellebouie.net
sliwa correctly understanding that mamdani ran a very traditional campaign and thus surpassing the analytical ability of 80% if people who comment on politics for a living
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 3d
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.

www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Tunku Varadarajan: Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance? Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn't the mayor. It didn't work. He's a great organizer. I'll give you an example: Melinda Katz, the current District Attorney for Queens County, New York. She's the mother of my two youngest sons. She was running for DA in 2019. She had the institutional support. Moderate Jewish mother. Loyal Democrat. Queens borough president. Perfect résumé. She's running against Tiffany Caban, who wasn't even in elective office at that time. Very radical. You know, "do away with jails, don't arrest anyone." Tiffany Caban won on election night. But she lost the race on the absentee ballots, but only by about 20 votes. You know who the street organizer was for Tiffany Caban? Zohran Mamdani. So, when they talk about him as a trust fund baby, I say no, no, no, no, no. You don't like it when people call him a "nepo baby." He's earned his stripes. He had 100,000 volunteers going door-to-door, and I experienced that in some of the neighborhoods where you would never have seen anybody liberal or progressive go. Howard Beach! In conservative Howard Beach, they're going block to block. They were everywhere. 100,000. I call them Zohranistas. This was the secret to his election, not TikTok. It was good, old-fashioned retail politics. Frankly, Cuomo and not Mamdani was the nepo baby in this race. Born on third base. Felt entitled. Knew the political process, but mailed it in. He didn't have the stomach to actually go out and do retail politics. And shame on him. Do you think Mamdani will make a better mayor than Andrew Cuomo might have done? How would you describe Mamdani's politics? He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism. What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor! I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left. There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do. A last question. All through our interview you pronounced Mamdani as "Mandami," transposing the "m" and the "n" in his name. Are you aware of the mispronunciation? Many people, Cuomo included, mangle his name. In the debate, Zohran brought that to my attention, my mispronunciation. I didn't do it on purpose. There's no disrespect. I have a hard time with it. It took people about 10 years to pronounce my last name correctly: "Sleewah.'" They pronounced it Silva, Saliva, Slywah. In the streets, we would have given Zohran a nickname, like I did for all the Guardian Angels. "Z Man" would have been perfect for him. That would have been his handle. Mr. Varadarajan, a Journal contributor, is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and at NYU Law School's Classical Liberal Institute.
January 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
I'm sure the current administration will get right on that!
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical. -- NYT
January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Woke up feeling pretty anxious today but I know what will fix it: staring at phone
January 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Me swearing in as mayor on a BluRay copy of Hot Fuzz
sifill.bsky.social Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
nicoleconlan.bsky.social
Wedding photo
January 1, 2026 at 6:07 AM