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Liz Tracey
@liztracey.bsky.social
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NYC native. Latest: Contrib. Ed.
@jstordaily.bsky.social. I write about: Science, pop culture, classics, LGBT media coverage & crime fiction. Lost on Jeopardy (by a dollar)! Pronouns: Just don't call me "lady."
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As a boy(ish) Queens native, I can confirm this is true.
June 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Doing some research for something, and was reminded of this. Seems applicable as of late to so much...
A 1988 poster from the art collective Gran Fury. Two white mens' arms are show shaking hands in front of a large office building. The Headline reads "When a government turns its back on its people, is it civil war?" The text reads "The U.S. Government considers the 47,524 dead from AIDS expendable. Aren't the "right" people dying? Is this medical apartheid?"
June 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Me and my bluesky bubble
A group of 4 somewhat threatening cats are walking towards you. They may take your money, best to have treats ready.
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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This is brilliant.

From Natalya Lobanova in @newyorker.com

www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...
Youtube is not LinkedIn; it is JSTOR for people who watch too much TV. (Image of Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls; video entitled "Guessing the Political Affiliations of every "Gilmore GIrls" Character (with Proof)"
May 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"
"Exiled Thucydides knew All that a speech can say About Democracy, And what dictators do, The elderly rubbish they talk To an apathetic grave; Analysed all in his book, The enlightenment driven away, The habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief: We must suffer them all again."
May 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Do it for these guys...
A pair of gloved hands hold 3 black footed ferret kits, one is yawning, on looks like they've seen some things, and the third seems to be contemplating escape.
May 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Was it this one? I mean, I thought they were otters, but it says they're beavers which is a little on the nose...
An image of a t-shirt with a lesbian pride flag design as a background to two beavers holding paws (but really, they look like otters.)
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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It's telling me it's sending cat (pictures), but there are no cat pictures.

I am being denied cats by catGPT.
A screenshot of ChatGPT input and output: SEND ME A CAT ChatGPT said: I'd love to! Here's a cat for you 🐱 And here's a random, adorable cat image: Would you like another one or a specific type of cat (e.g. fluffy, funny, kitten, grumpy)? You said: Send me another cat ChatGPT said: Sure! Here's another adorable cat: Would you like a different kind next—maybe a kitten, a funny pose, or a majestic floof?
May 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I love Botero. This is his Cat (sculpture) in Barcelona.

(credit: Canaan, Wikimedia Commons)
Cat, sculpture by Fernando Botero. It is very large, and wonderful.
April 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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In Erik Prince's proposal to privatize the deal with El Salvador for Trump via his company 2USV, , he floated the idea of making part of CECOT US territory.

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
The proposal includes sample language for a “Treaty of Cession” so that a portion of the prison complex can become U.S. territory, arguing that “transferring a prisoner to such a facility would not be an Extradition nor a Deportation.” Once the land is owned by the U.S., the proposal says it will be leased back to El Salvador to run the prison complex and urges the Homeland Security secretary to “suspend the ICE detention standards” to avoid questions about detention standards established by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Prisons.
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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It's enraging.
April 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Government's status report is in for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

It's answers only the first of the three questions required by Judge Xinis (that he is in CECOT in El Salvador.)

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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That investment I made in bindlestick futures in 2016 is finally going to pay off.

(Photo: Library of Congress, unknown photographer.)
Two hobos walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train. One is carrying a bindle. Unknown photographer, Library of Congress.
April 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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The "change my mind" meme where a guy sits at a table outside in a park behind a sign that reads "Karoline Leavitt is the lease educated White House Press Secretary ever: Change my mind"
March 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Glad to see I wasn't hallucinating the final scene callback in #severance to Logan's Run. Other people got it.
Michael York and Jenny Agutter are walking breathlessly away down a red lit hallway. Image from the film Logan's Run (1976).
March 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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His own site thinks he's wrong.
Tweet from Elon Musk, stating that "trans violence is EXTREMELY FAR above normal levels". A reply asks "Grok is this true?" Grok says "No, data doesn't support the claim" and then state that a study from the American Journal of Public Health found that tras people are 4x more likely to be victims of violence, not perpetrators.
March 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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How I feel when I see a 268 page pending publication from HHS about the ACA Marketplace

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04083.pdf
Image of a dachshund ("weiner dog") giving massive side eye
March 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Finally a realistic depiction of a former gifted kid. Picture of Harmony Cobel from Severance.
March 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Cleveland

"Federal agencies with offices in the building include the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Coast Guard Ninth District Command Center, recruiting offices for the Armed Forces, the [SBA], U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration."
An image of the Non-Core Property list from the General Services Administration website, with the AJ Celebrezze Federal Building highlighted.
March 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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A Bluesky post by Maria Ferrell @mariaferrell.bsky.social that reads: Re Zelenskyy at the WH, yet again, feminists and trauma/abuse-informed thinkers are years ahead of political analysts. There is no acceptable affect, no way to charm an abuser, and no "deal" other than playing very very dead that would change how Trump and his flying monkey Vance behaved.
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Deep cut from '06...
Classic memo of LOLRUS. 1st image shows an elephant seal with a bucket, with the caption "I has a bucket." 2nd image shows a keeper with the seal, and the caption reads "No they be stealin' my bucket"
February 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I wonder how Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent feels about this.

www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
"Bessent, who is gay, considered attending the U.S. Naval Academy but was unwilling to lie about his sexuality. Instead, he attended Yale University and went into investing after meeting and working for James Rogers, Soros’s first partner. "
February 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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(Sorry, no gifs available.)
A still picture of Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand from the film "What's Up Doc".
February 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Make your own at gulfof.mapquest.com
A map of the Gulf of Mexico, that has labeled the body of water "Gulf of Tears Cried by My Enemies (but also Mexico). Get your own at https://gulfof.mapquest.com/
February 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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(not directed at @feliscorvus.bsky.social)
February 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM