Mary PS
@mpsmpsmps.bsky.social
Writer and podcast person and other things too. Uptown enthusiast. I don't have a newsletter, but if you ask nicely I'll send you an email. Previously: Comedy Central, Let's Talk About Cats. Currently: Part-Time Genius.
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Time for my most cherished Christmas tradition: getting a cold and having to cancel all the other Christmas traditions
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Time for my most cherished Christmas tradition: getting a cold and having to cancel all the other Christmas traditions
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TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social with a photo essay on Santacon's slightly less-obnoxious past. "There were participants and an audience, and it was for one as much as the other. Be the surrealist moment you want to see in a city." flaminghydra.com/ten-thousand...
Ten Thousand Santas
With the arrival of the SANTACON documentary from Seth Porges, the acclaimed director of Class Action Park, I thought it was a good time to dig up my old photos from the 2007 and 2008 NYC SantaCons. I...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social with a photo essay on Santacon's slightly less-obnoxious past. "There were participants and an audience, and it was for one as much as the other. Be the surrealist moment you want to see in a city." flaminghydra.com/ten-thousand...
I'm refusing to send Christmas cards this year on the grounds that I'm too tired, too busy, and too tired. Maybe I will send Arbor Day cards in April instead. Nice picture of a tree
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm refusing to send Christmas cards this year on the grounds that I'm too tired, too busy, and too tired. Maybe I will send Arbor Day cards in April instead. Nice picture of a tree
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NWU recently implemented a simple, plain-language policy governing AI use for union business. We think it can serve as an example for organizations that want to protect members’ privacy and ensure creative work is done by creative workers. #NewsNotSlop nwu.org/ai-policy
NWU Adopts AI Policy for Union Business | NWU
In accordance with our Principles and Policy Platform, NWU maintains the following policies governing generative AI in union activity: Every meeting should have a designated human note-taker.…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NWU recently implemented a simple, plain-language policy governing AI use for union business. We think it can serve as an example for organizations that want to protect members’ privacy and ensure creative work is done by creative workers. #NewsNotSlop nwu.org/ai-policy
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
Why are we having another mayoral debate? Like what good is going to come from this. Is it just to give Cuomo and Sliwa one last chance to pronounce "Mamdani" correctly on camera?
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Why are we having another mayoral debate? Like what good is going to come from this. Is it just to give Cuomo and Sliwa one last chance to pronounce "Mamdani" correctly on camera?
Every island has a right to exist, in New York City
“My plan is to rebuild Rikers,” mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said at the New York Chinese Community Center on Mott Street. “The island is fine. The island did nothing wrong.”
Cuomo Details How He’d Ditch $16 Billion Borough Jail Project and Rebuild Rikers Instead
An architect’s renderings of “humane” new detention facilities for the island intrigued a Chinatown audience opposed to a planned new jail tower in their neighborhood.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every island has a right to exist, in New York City
god I was dreading having to dig up information about all of this, here it is in one place. My brain is tired and I am grateful
Do the three housing ballot proposals represent YIMBY "Abundance" magic or an anti-democratic "power grab"?
Here's our crash course on the back of your ballot:
Here's our crash course on the back of your ballot:
A Crash Course in the 3 Controversial Housing Ballot Proposals
Do they represent YIMBY 'Abundance' magic or an anti-democratic 'power grab'?
hellgatenyc.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
god I was dreading having to dig up information about all of this, here it is in one place. My brain is tired and I am grateful
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9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive.
Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist, organized by paul Carter
Paulina's long time friend Steve Rappaport writes,
"Support P… paul Carter needs your support for Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist
www.gofundme.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive.
Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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The Law360 Union is fighting for a sensible approach to AI in our newsroom. Pleaee support us by signing this petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Law360 Union is fighting for a sensible approach to AI in our newsroom. Pleaee support us by signing this petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
I hate hot weather, but I love when my cat lies upside down in front of the a/c and lets the breeze ruffle her belly fur
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I hate hot weather, but I love when my cat lies upside down in front of the a/c and lets the breeze ruffle her belly fur
I will sleep so peacefully knowing Andrew Cuomo is going to bed mad.
June 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I will sleep so peacefully knowing Andrew Cuomo is going to bed mad.
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and a big fuck you to Door Dash
June 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
and a big fuck you to Door Dash
my kid made a cameo in a Zohran video and he won't shut up about it, he's going to ride this wave all the way to middle school
June 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
my kid made a cameo in a Zohran video and he won't shut up about it, he's going to ride this wave all the way to middle school
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Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
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Gov. Cuomo should stop parking illegally ... because it encourages people to run his plate and see what a reckless driver he is. buff.ly/73CiWsf
No Mo, Cuomo! Scofflaw Ex-Gov. Caught Speeding Two More Times, Bringing Total to 4 Tix in 3 Months - Streetsblog New York City
The mayoral candidate's car was egregiously parked in Midtown on Monday, and we quickly discovered two more speeding tickets!
nyc.streetsblog.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gov. Cuomo should stop parking illegally ... because it encourages people to run his plate and see what a reckless driver he is. buff.ly/73CiWsf
The lady who tried to give me an Andrew Cuomo flyer today did not seem particularly surprised when I gave it back to her
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The lady who tried to give me an Andrew Cuomo flyer today did not seem particularly surprised when I gave it back to her
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FSP-NWU stands in solidarity with the @voxmediaunion.bsky.social as they prepare to strike. We pledge to support our colleagues by committing not to cross the digital picket line, as readers OR as workers. We don’t scab when staff unions strike!
June 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
FSP-NWU stands in solidarity with the @voxmediaunion.bsky.social as they prepare to strike. We pledge to support our colleagues by committing not to cross the digital picket line, as readers OR as workers. We don’t scab when staff unions strike!
When this election is over, can we still have a thing where every few months people get on a stage and yell at Andrew Cuomo?
June 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
When this election is over, can we still have a thing where every few months people get on a stage and yell at Andrew Cuomo?
Florence + the Machine Learning, is this anything
May 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Florence + the Machine Learning, is this anything