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Kirsten
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Some kind of doctor. Will work for plants. And books. And wine.
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My favorite tree is this hybrid oak at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It’s been there forever, it loses limbs occasionally in bad storms, and they prop the rest of it up, and they plant Daffodil Hill under it every year.
Wide view of the hybrid oak at Brooklyn Botanic Garden in winter; lots of twisted naked branches on a large tree. The shadow of me is visible in the foreground. The hybrid oak again, from its left, but now in spring. There is green grass below it and hundreds of daffodils in bloom.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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My cheap Chianti purchase has been totally validated! #TheLastDriveIn
Screenshot of a scene in the move showing two of the characters eating, there’s a bottle of the “Chianti in a straw basket” kind in the foreground of the shot.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I got that pesky “eating red food” out of the way ahead of the bloodletting. Some canned cheese ravioli with grated Parmesan and fresh basil, paired with a cheap Chianti in the last remaining fancy crystal wine glass I inherited from my father. Going for “trash but fancy”. #TheLastDriveIn
White pasta plate with a green edge. Several ravioli coated in a thick red sauce in the center. A light dusting of grated Parmesan and a sprig of fresh basil on top. In the background, a bit of an iPad screen with the @shudder homescreen. Bottle of Chianti (the rotund bottle in the straw basket kind), next to a bowl shaped wine glass. The bottom of the bowl of the glass has been grooved so the crystal (and contents) catches the light.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Well, I spent the day visiting the estate of my school’s namesake. Friend of yours?
A sign, edged in blue, that reads “Jay Heritage Center at The Jay Estate, National Historic Landmark”. Below the sign and nearest the viewer is a stone wall. Above and around the sign are trees with leaves in yellow fall foliage.
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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And #HappyHalloween! I started out the afternoon staring at a corpse flower and I’m ending it with a dramatic reading of Poe stories in Sleepy Hollow country. Ah, life! @republicandalek.bsky.social
Picture of the titan arum (corpse flower) at the New York Botanical Garden today. Slightly past peak, it was fully open yesterday and has started to close so the frill is not fully unfurled. (You like that? I’m proud of it.) The stalk is still upright and the edges and inside of the frill are a deep burgundy purple, while the outer surface of the frill is a light green, shading to white towards the top. It is surroundedby other tropical plants, in the Lower Rainforest Room in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Pretty picture for tax. #TheLastDriveIn @republicandalek.bsky.social
A walkway extends straight in front, with double railings on each side, littered with colorful leaves, in a ravine. On either side are rocky walls, and trees and bushes with leaves in various stages of fall color - some still green, some yellow and orange and red.
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Wait, what? Does that “F.” mean that one of the producers was a priest?? Oh, I’m gonna need a Bloody Mary. #61MoviesOfHalloween
Screenshot of one of the title cards of The Long Hair of Death, that reads “Produced by F. Testa Gay for Cinegay s.p.A”.
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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October is the best month, I will not be taking questions at this time. #Hipstamatic
Framed picture of a house on a corner. To the left you can just make out a bipedal figure with a warthog’s face, holding a cudgel in the air. In the center of the picture is a dead tree trunk. Resting on top is a large skeletal figure, dressed in a shabby and patched purple dress coat, ribs visible. Its head is a grinning pumpkin, lit from within.
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Went to put the trash out on the curb and noticed something across the street.
Dark street, parked cars in shadow in foreground. Behind, lit up between two trees is a tall shape, bipedal but with a warthog’s face, holding a cudgel topped with a human skull. To the left of the picture, you can just make out what looks like the front prow of a boat, lit with a greenish light, with a skeletal face peering out, complete with patch over one empty eye socket.
October 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Myself, I went to a spooky season event in prime spooky season territory (Sleepy Hollow) and while deep in New York’s revolutionary history, I found this tea and I bought it, because it made me think of you.
Front side of a round tin of Colonial Bohea teas. The label has a depiction of the “Join, or Die” cartoon with the snake in pieces. The tea is described as lightly smoked and also as “a leaf from America’s tea heritage”. The back of the tea canister. Bohea is pronounced “Boo-Hee”. It was so popular that Bohea became the common word for tea. It was also the majority of the tea destroyer during the tax protests pre-Revolution.
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Well, that explains this robocaller voicemail I received earlier.
Screenshot of a voice mail screen, linking to the recording. The voice mail is three seconds long, the voice speaking sounds computer-generated, and the transcription reads “Die…”.
September 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I did make one of the Official Cocktails of #61MoviesOfHalloween though.
Closeup of a rocks glass, with an orange liquid inside. On top of the liquid is a slice of orange, with a twist of lime peel in the middle, intended to resemble the top of a pumpkin.
September 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Happy Spooky Season! My first selection for is a horror comedy from Norway, There’s Something in the Barn, because frankly I’m already terrified enough by the fact that I have to get up at 5:30am tomorrow morning. Paired with the *unofficial* #61MoviesOfHalloween cocktail, the Bloody Mary.
An iPad with the start screen for the aforementioned movie on Netflix. Next to the iPad is a pint glass with a red liquid and ice inside it. There is a skewer with olives and a lemon half-moon slice. The glass has the logo of the Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze, put on by Historic Hudson Valley.
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Also, what? #61MoviesOfHalloween
Screenshot of my post in progress with either Bluesky or my phone suggesting I might me writing in Dutch or Flemish. (There’s a pop-up that reads “Are you writing in Dutch; Flemish?”)
September 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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My local tiki bar by the sea is ready. #61MoviesOfHalloween
A giant skeleton standing next to the open door into the patio area of Rockaway Tiki & Sushi Bar. The door and walls of the outside of the patio area are bright blue.
September 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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To be fair, I’m 50/50 on this.
Screenshot of a post that reads “I bought a $1B Powerball ticket and that’s not the thing I most wish will happen tomorrow.”
August 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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I’m working on my outfits. #61MoviesOfHalloween
Screenshot of a drawing by Gemma Correll, showing different archetypal white-sheet ghosts in different fashion styles. Examples include the cargo ghost, covered in pockets, and the sporty ghost, sporting the Nike swoosh with the words Just Boo It above.
August 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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As an Evening Person, I sometimes think it would be nice to be a Morning Person and be more a part of the daylight world, but the gloaming is when I feel the most awake and the most connected. (And I love that sunrise and sunset look the same.)
On the Rockaway Peninsula, NYC, at a bus stop adjacent to Riis Beach and Fort Tilden, looking towards Manhattan across Jamaica Bay.
August 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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It’s Tuesday somewhere.
Picture of the front of a bar in New York City. There is a large window with painted/on decorations of yellow flowers connected by green vines along the edges of the window. Underneath the large window, above a low wall of bricks, are three smaller windows. The center window has the words “TACOS COCKTAILS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” stenciled in yellow.
August 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Pre-gaming for September.
Souvenir pint glass from the Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze in the Hudson Valley, next to a pint can of Das Bronx Oktoberfest beer from Bronx Brewery.
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Jeni’s x CJ Hendry pop up in SoHo - with gifts! I’m not entirely sure what the rubberized ice cream cone cup is meant to be used for (I’m thinking I might make a float?) but it’s fun and I like the straw! Flavor spoiler in alt text. #Opaque
Picture of a completely black storefront. One awning has the pop up’s name on it and the other has the address (390 West Broadway). In front of the storefront is a black trash can and a black sandwich board. There’s a standing pipe that has been painted black. My friend holding a black waffle cone filled with black ice cream. Flavor is black cocoa, espresso fudge, and balsamic cherries. My hand holding a rubberized black cup in the shape of an ice cream cone (the sugar wafer kind), the opening of the cup has a wavy shape, sort of like a stylized flower shape? Inside the cup is a 12 ounce aluminum can with a black label. Inside the can is a rubberized black straw which repeats the wavy outline shape.
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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My favorite thing about this is that they seem to genuinely believe people will return the product.
Screenshot of a recall announcement - apparently some of High Noon’s vodka seltzer cans got packaged and sold as non-alcoholic Celsius energy drinks. You can tell the difference because the alcoholic ones have a silver lid (the energy drink lid is black). They suggest people return the wrongly packaged cans. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Next up, on the alcohol front, this beer I bought and I swear I didn’t do it to pair with tonight’s theme, it just worked out that way. #TheLastDriveIn
A 12 ounce can of Rockaway Beach Creature from Rockaway Brewing Company. Behind it is an iPad showing The Last Drive In.
August 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Meanwhile, my meal pairing for aquatic creature feature night is Momofuku spicy soy instant ramen. Which is also sort of low brow and high brow at the same time. #TheLastDriveIn
Wide flat white bowl with a yellow rim, filled with ramen noodles and diced green and yellow zucchini, diced yellow bell pepper, diced mushrooms, and scallions and cilantro. Also two halves of a jammy egg. Behind the bowl is an iPad showing The Last Drive In.
August 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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In keeping with this theme, my pre-dinner pre-Joe Bob cocktail is what I am tentatively calling La Niña Colada. #TheLastDriveIn
Rocks glass with an orange liquid and ice, surrounded by a bottle of Rumhaven coconut rum, a can of Dole pineapple juice, and a bottle of plain Hal’s New York seltzer. As well as some random farmers market produce (banana pepper, grape tomatoes, etc.).
August 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM