Allison Hughes
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Allison Hughes
@allisonlydia.bsky.social
oh no not again
Tired: the nyc election was about Israel
Wired: the nyc election was about affordability
Inspired: the nyc election was about the challenges of historic map digitization
Congrats to NYC on starting down the road to a unified streets map. Took only 125+ yrs after consolidation 😉

Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I was contacted for this poll and was delighted to contribute to Cuomo’s absolutely terrible numbers (and Zohran’s good ones)
August 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
@blankcheck.bsky.social when did you guys get a van?
May 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Sure in many ways America’s standing on the world stage has never been worse but I really think Jason Mantzoukas on the upcoming season of Taskmaster can turn it around
January 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Q for nyc politics knowers - I just got sent a text-based poll about the nyc mayoral race that ended in a series of questions about proposed changes to scaffolding laws. is this a major issue in the race? who is sending this poll out?
January 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Very cool article! (Also it references one of my favorite archival collections I’ve ever processed, the 409 Edgecombe collection, which I strongly believe would be the perfect basis for a high-budget but campy gilded age-style period tv show)
October 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
admittedly I know nothing about buildings or construction but at some point surely it's cheaper to just bring your consulate up to fire code right?
September 26, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Live footage from gracie mansion m.youtube.com/watch?v=2uDQ...
Simpsons Mayor Quimby - Well that was unexpected
YouTube video by EverybodyDoThatDinosaur
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September 26, 2024 at 3:15 AM
In my Denethor era (eating cherry tomatoes for lunch)
August 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
watching the clown threesome at the olympics opening ceremonies and fondly remembering this clickhole banger clickhole.com/gaining-mome...
Gaining Momentum: Marine Le Pen Is Surging In The Polls After Pledging To Restrict France’s Population To The 10 Frenchest People On Earth - ClickHole
The final runoff vote in the French presidential election between centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, is only a few…
clickhole.com
July 27, 2024 at 1:01 AM
are there any british people on here who can explain what a "shiny floor show" is?? (this is in reference to the taskmaster finale)
June 1, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Blew the mind of my gen z coworker today by explaining the origins of Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. Such is the great responsibility of age to pass these truths to the next generation
May 24, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Everyone told me DS9 was the “dark” and “serious” Star Trek and they weren’t wrong but they did NOT prepare me for how many episodes center around a Rat Pack–era Vegas lounge singer
March 21, 2024 at 1:05 AM
I first learned about Henry Kissinger from reading my parents old Doonesbury collections so shoutout to Garry Trudeau for preparing me from a young age to celebrate this moment
November 30, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Me watching Life On Our Planet whenever Morgan Freeman talks about the emergence of mammals
November 24, 2023 at 2:32 AM
Let your defeaters become your readers at the library of success
NYPL and other NYC public libraries suspend Sunday service as Mayor Eric Adams orders massive budget cuts
November 16, 2023 at 10:22 PM
This is the fourteenth season of the Great British Bake Off and I still don’t understand what British people mean by “dessert”
November 10, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Fins at half mast today
September 2, 2023 at 11:17 AM
At a hotel pool and there’s an older lady slowly walking up and down one of the lap lanes fully reading a book…my new hero
July 28, 2023 at 9:54 PM