Rachel Holliday Smith
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
managing editor at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • bluesky elder (derogatory) • tell me something good: rsmith@thecity.nyc
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Articles like this one are why I make regular donations to @thecity.nyc and if you can afford it, I hope you make one too: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/z...
New York’s Young Muslims Exult To See One of Their Own Elected Mayor
Voters who came of age here after Sept. 11, 2001 found hope in voters rejecting a closing case against Mamdani that tried to tar him as somehow tied to an attack that happened when he was nine years o...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Articles like this one are why I make regular donations to @thecity.nyc and if you can afford it, I hope you make one too: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/z...
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I was away for eight days and the house plants look better than ever. Little jerks.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I was away for eight days and the house plants look better than ever. Little jerks.
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
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Ever wonder what it's like being neighbors with the mayor-elect? A group of Astoria residents are starting to find out.
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My neighbor, the mayor: What it's like to live on the same Astoria block as the mayor-elect — Queens Daily Eagle
For the couple hundred people who live next door, or across the street, or down the block from him, Zohran Mamdani’s victory hits close to home. In two months, the most powerful person in New York Cit...
queenseagle.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ever wonder what it's like being neighbors with the mayor-elect? A group of Astoria residents are starting to find out.
queenseagle.com/all/2025/11/...
queenseagle.com/all/2025/11/...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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You ever feel like all the books have already been written?
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
You ever feel like all the books have already been written?
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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It was a beautiful autumn day in Central Park yesterday.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It was a beautiful autumn day in Central Park yesterday.
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overexplainitis
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
overexplainitis
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Today and tomorrow! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-sale-...
Book Sale at the Municipal Archives and Library
On November 7th and 8th, the Municipal Archives and Library will hold a book sale of unique items removed from the collections.
www.eventbrite.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Today and tomorrow! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-sale-...
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One fun thing about teaching in NYC is that we have orgs like @thecity.nyc to keep us all posted—they were the subject of our HS journalism meeting yesterday, since our kids read their morning emails to stay up to speed. Good stuff—donate if you’re looking for somewhere to spend money usefully
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
One fun thing about teaching in NYC is that we have orgs like @thecity.nyc to keep us all posted—they were the subject of our HS journalism meeting yesterday, since our kids read their morning emails to stay up to speed. Good stuff—donate if you’re looking for somewhere to spend money usefully
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This is such a good @katiehonan.bsky.social tale.
Hope the pols, hacks and flacks who traveled on YOUR DIME to the SOMOS confab read it down in Puerto Rico.
NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/s...
Hope the pols, hacks and flacks who traveled on YOUR DIME to the SOMOS confab read it down in Puerto Rico.
NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/s...
Post-Election, Pols Hit Puerto Rico for 5-Day SOMOS Feast
City Hall staffers — many on the taxpayer tab — also traveled to San Juan.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is such a good @katiehonan.bsky.social tale.
Hope the pols, hacks and flacks who traveled on YOUR DIME to the SOMOS confab read it down in Puerto Rico.
NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/s...
Hope the pols, hacks and flacks who traveled on YOUR DIME to the SOMOS confab read it down in Puerto Rico.
NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/s...
amusing that I had the exact same thought this exact same time one year ago. almost to the minute
going around my apartment turning on my lamps at 4:47 p.m. like a woman lighting the candles in her farmhouse
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
amusing that I had the exact same thought this exact same time one year ago. almost to the minute
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going around my apartment turning on my lamps at 4:47 p.m. like a woman lighting the candles in her farmhouse
November 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
going around my apartment turning on my lamps at 4:47 p.m. like a woman lighting the candles in her farmhouse
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Foliage alert! 🍁 Fall colors are hitting peak across BBG.
The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Osborne Garden, and Maple Grove are ablaze with color right now. Maples, oaks, and more are showing off brilliant red, orange, and yellow leaves.
The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Osborne Garden, and Maple Grove are ablaze with color right now. Maples, oaks, and more are showing off brilliant red, orange, and yellow leaves.
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Foliage alert! 🍁 Fall colors are hitting peak across BBG.
The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Osborne Garden, and Maple Grove are ablaze with color right now. Maples, oaks, and more are showing off brilliant red, orange, and yellow leaves.
The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Osborne Garden, and Maple Grove are ablaze with color right now. Maples, oaks, and more are showing off brilliant red, orange, and yellow leaves.
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“Also Wednesday, the commanding officer of the Strategic Response Group — an NYPD unit that Mamdani has vowed to disband as mayor — filed for retirement, according to department documents shared with THE CITY.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
Mamdani Gets Vets of Previous Mayoral Admins to Lead Transition
Four women who worked under Mayors Adams, de Blasio or Bloomberg were named, as was former FTC Chair Lina Khan.
www.thecity.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Also Wednesday, the commanding officer of the Strategic Response Group — an NYPD unit that Mamdani has vowed to disband as mayor — filed for retirement, according to department documents shared with THE CITY.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
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Black New Yorkers, did y'all get this mailer?
Or I guess any New Yorker, that could tell me how targeted this is
Or I guess any New Yorker, that could tell me how targeted this is
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Black New Yorkers, did y'all get this mailer?
Or I guess any New Yorker, that could tell me how targeted this is
Or I guess any New Yorker, that could tell me how targeted this is
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Me on my bike
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Me on my bike
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has released a resume portal via his transition site, offering jobs for people of all skill levels “to help build an administration of public servants that will drive down costs and keep all New Yorkers safe.”
www.transition2025.com/apply
www.transition2025.com/apply
A New Era for NYC
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to work to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents.
www.transition2025.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has released a resume portal via his transition site, offering jobs for people of all skill levels “to help build an administration of public servants that will drive down costs and keep all New Yorkers safe.”
www.transition2025.com/apply
www.transition2025.com/apply
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NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
🧵/
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Sky over a @bklynlibrary.bsky.social branch.
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sky over a @bklynlibrary.bsky.social branch.
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Can we talk about tonight’s sunset!?
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Can we talk about tonight’s sunset!?