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Dave Bryant
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LOGO: Gothamist LOGO TAGLINE: A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC. TOPIC TAG: NEWS ARTICLE HEADLINE: How young Zohran Mamdani voters persuaded their parents to get on board LEFT PHOTO: A bearded young person in turban and dress shirt clasps hands with a bearded and gray-haired older person wearing necklace and T-shirt, both of them smiling and sitting on a brightly colored couch. RIGHT PHOTO: A close-up of two smiling women, one older and one younger, facing the camera in what seems to be a lobby; the younger woman has an arm over the older one's shoulders, and both are wearing casual but neat clothing. In the background another woman appears to be calling to an off-camera listener. ARTICLE SUMMARY: A Gothamist analysis found voters under 40 increased their turnout rate more than any other age group compared to four years ago. Many of those voters, the analysis found, did not go to the polls alone. Turnout data shows there were more than 380,000 households that turned out to vote, 64% of which were in Assembly districts Mamdani won.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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10 Things You’re Actually Saying When You Ignore Someone’s Gender Pronouns: 1. I know you better than you know yourself. 2. I would rather hurt you repeatedly than change the way I speak about you. 3. Your sense of safety is not important to me. 4. Your identity isn’t real and shouldn’t be acknowledged. 5. I want to teach everyone around me to disrespect you. 6. Offending you is fine if it makes me feel more comfortable. 7. I can hear you talking, but I’m not really listening. 8. Being who you truly are is an inconvenience to me. 9. I would prefer it if you stopped being honest with me. 10. I am not an ally, a friend, or someone you can trust.
September 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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I certainly hope the answer to the question “does ‘everyone’ include LGBTQ+ and nonwhite people?” is an instant, emphatic, and unequivocal “yes”.
Photograph of a monument sign for a church. The name of the church, the name of the pastor, and other identifiable information has been blanked out. Hours for services and functions are visible, along with the legend “Everyone Welcome”.
September 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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This symbol means “death to bicyclists”.
Photograph of a new pavement marking on fairly fresh asphalt, showing a bicycle surmounted by two chevrons pointing in the direction of travel. The marking is called a “shared-lane marking” or informally a “sharrow” (a portmanteau of “share” and “arrow”); its intent is to indicate to all users of a street a bicyclist may use the full traffic lane, and it is a relatively recent addition to the list of allowable pavement markings in the US. However, no studies suggest it is effective at reducing bicyclist injuries when used on lanes shared by motor traffic, and a study in Chicago found it was less effective at reducing bicyclist injuries than a dedicated bike lane or no infrastructure.
September 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Mr. Cox, it is ALWAYS one of you because you ARE like that.

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X post by Shannon Watts (@shannonwatts): The governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said, “For the last 33 hours, I had been praying that this person [who murdered Charlie Kirk] was from another country, that he was not one of us because we are not like that—but it was one of us.” Photo underneath shows Cox at a microphone with FBI director Kash Patel standing behind and to his left. The new Utah state flag is displayed behind and to his right.
September 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Diagram showing flow of money and influence in financial chain. Left to right: 1. Merchant 2. Arrowheads pointing left & right 3. Gateway 4. Dashed line between 3 & 5 5. Acquirer Processor, with dashed line downward to Acquiring Bank 6. Dashed line between 5 & 7 7. Card Networks 8. Dashed line between 7 & 9 9. Issuer Processor with dashed line down to Issuing Bank Large arrows point to Acquiring Bank and Card Networks, the prime movers in the current efforts at suppressing art and games.
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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@snell.zone Because I couldn’t resist a little design prompt.
Buttons sized for use on an Elgato Stream Deck. The three button applications are “Chapter”, “Xtalk” (crosstalk), and “Cut”. Each of the three has two button pairs intended for active and inactive states. One pair is white on purple and purple on white. The other pair is white on individual color and individual color on white. The color for Chapter is green, the color for Xtalk is amber, and the color for Cut is red. The text is in JetBrains Mono Bold and the icons are in Font Awesome 6 Free.
March 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Talbott v. Trump (Trans Military Ban (DDC)) MINUTE ORDER. By agreement of the parties, the Court ORDERS the following modifications to the February 24, 2025 briefing schedule: 1. Plaintiffs shall file their Third Amended Complaint and new motion for preliminary injunction on or before March 5, 2025, at 6:00 PM. 2. Defendants shall file their Opposition to Plaintiffs' new motion for preliminary injunction on or before March 12, 2025, at 6:00 PM. 3. The Court will hold a hearing on Plaintiffs' new motion for preliminary injunction on March 13, 2025, at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 12. Interested parties may access the Court's dial-in line and must adhere to the rules outlined in the Court's February 14, 2025 Minute Order. The Public Access telephone number is 1-833-990-9400, and the access code is 787605272. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 02/25/2025. (Icacr2)
March 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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WHAT DEMOCRATS DID IN FEB DEMOCRACY & VOTING RIGHTS • Filed brief to block GOP attempt to outlaw mail & early voting in Nevada • Upheld use of mobile voting sites in Wisconsin • Passed amendments to protect reproductive freedom, voting rights, marriage equality • Opposed MAGA-backed state election rules that could cause delays & distrust in Georgia • Fought against attempt to steal North Carolina elections ECONOMIC & WORKER PROTECTIONS • Restored Pennsylvania’s funding after Trump admin freeze • Forced Trump admin to reverse hiring freeze for federal employees • Released Wisconsin state budget that invests in education and Medicaid expansion • Voted to protect Missouri seniors from rising electricity costs • Signed bills to raise Michigan’s minimum wage and expand paid sick leave HEALTHCARE & PUBLIC SAFETY • Voted against Trump's budget, which aimed to cut Medicaid • Sued Trump admin for defunding medical & public health research • Passed Karina’s Law to protect survivors & restrict abusers from accessing firearms • Introduced tax credits for Georgians who store their firearms safely DATA PROTECTION • Introduced Taxpayer Data Protection Act • Filed lawsuits to prevent Elon Musk from accessing Americans’ data • Blocked DOGE from accessing sensitive Department of Education and Treasury data • Led legal action against Musk & Trump’s efforts to shut down CFPB INFRASTRUCTURE & EDUCATION • Passed legislation in Arizona to provide funding for free school lunches • Unveiled $3 billion road funding plan to improve Michigan’s roads, bridges, & transit • Helped restore HBCU scholarships • Announced effort to transform underutilized state land into affordable housing in California DEM ELECTION WINS • Ken Jenkins won special election for Westchester County Executive • Sean Faircloth won special election for Maine’s House District 24 • Ray Seigfried & Dan Cruce won Delaware State Senate special elections • Dem Dan Gaisewski won special election for Connecticut’s House District 40
March 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Topic links across top: POLITICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH Headline: I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People Subhead: Our disagreement is not merely political, but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society. Byline: By Kayla Chadwick, Contributor Occupation tag: Video Editor Dateline: Jun 26, 2017, 09:57 PM EDT Updated Jun 29, 2017 This Huffington Post headline is very similar to tweet by author Lauren Morrill, but there is no credit or acknowledgement of this.
February 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Because everyone deserves to live their lives in peace and freedom.
“Repost this if trans people are welcome and safe with you.” Slogan is accompanied by stylized figures exemplifying a variety of trans individuals with trans flags and banners. Watermark credits image to paradigmpins.com.
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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You mean like this?
Screen shot from “A Friend in Deed” (episode S2E18 of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic), showing Pinkie Pie counting on her hooves, somehow holding up six hooves from bottom of frame—and presumably still standing on yet more hooves.
November 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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Well, I guess since everyone else is doing it . . . 😺
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September 17, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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Here you go.
The famous FedEx logo: left, as it usually appears; right, screened back with the arrow between the capital E and the x shown in black.
May 6, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
Movie poster for The Empire Strikes Back, showing part of Vader’s helmet, Han Solo and Leia in an embrace, Luke riding a tauntaun, and a small vignette of Chewbacca, Artoo, and Threepio.
April 6, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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For folks wondering who’s who on the map—
Baron’s photo edited to show call-outs identifying characters represented by figures on the map: Granix, the ancient black dragon opponent; a pair of giant columns between which Granix is standing facing the party; unmarked figures are Granix’s kobolds, standing around the periphery of the map; and party members (alphabetically): Cedric Blackprongs, cerva [deer-folk] warlock-ranger (@baron-engel); Cheeshee, kobold sorcerer (NPC); Flint Carver, dwarf fighter, embiggened; Grey, varg [wolf-folk] paladin-fighter-barbarian (@catspawdtp); Husamitar, fey ally summoned by Cheeshee; Leto, human fighter-wizard; Pensy, human wizard; Piq, leani [cat-folk] rogue-sorcerer; Thatch, leani bard (@dustykatt). Also visible are the figure used for Flint when he is normal size and bits of Cedric’s and Grey’s character sheets.
March 10, 2024 at 6:50 PM