Robert Garnsey
@rgastoria.bsky.social
Voice-over artist, Steelers, Rangers and Yankee fan, and political junkie
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my brother got me a fancy 4K steelbook set of the nolan batman movies so i’m rewatching BATMAN BEGINS for the 20th time and i still think this one is the best batman story of the bunch
January 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Ancient wisdom and modern research are not wrong,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “If you want to lead a fulfilling life, fill it with loving attachments.”
“Ancient wisdom and modern research are not wrong,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “If you want to lead a fulfilling life, fill it with loving attachments.”
Opinion | The Importance of Love and Marriage for an Increasingly Loveless America
America is becoming more loveless: less dating, less marriage, less friendship, less patriotism. But love outside of self is what makes life meaningful.
nyti.ms
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Ancient wisdom and modern research are not wrong,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “If you want to lead a fulfilling life, fill it with loving attachments.”
“Ancient wisdom and modern research are not wrong,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “If you want to lead a fulfilling life, fill it with loving attachments.”
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In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
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Happy New Year everyone!!! 🎆
Posting a poem by James Merrill, from his book, “The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace.”
Posting a poem by James Merrill, from his book, “The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace.”
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Happy New Year everyone!!! 🎆
Posting a poem by James Merrill, from his book, “The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace.”
Posting a poem by James Merrill, from his book, “The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace.”
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Re-upping for the daylight crowd. I'd be curious to hear from Americans about whether they'd ever heard this setting of "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. How many Americans who grew up outside the Episcopalian/Anglican tradition know this version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" typically heard in the U.K., with its lovely descant (counterpoint) in the last verse? (I only learned of it in my thirties.) See you around.
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
YouTube video by St. Paul's Cathedral Choir - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Re-upping for the daylight crowd. I'd be curious to hear from Americans about whether they'd ever heard this setting of "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
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as foretold by the prophesy
![Managing requires certain kinds of soft skills, ones I am not confident you possess. They weren’t necessary in your cushy Wall Street Journal op-ed job, or your cushier New York Times op-ed job. They were barely required at the publication you invented, The Free Press. So now you’re the head honcho at CBS News. [highlighted text] Let’s say you decide to skip levels to directly edit a 60 Minutes story. It doesn’t even have to be a controversial story to make all hell break loose — because you have neither the credibility nor the relationships required to take this kind of work on. And what’s more, you’ve got a news division composed exclusively of ambitious piranhas below you — not your handpicked cronies, like Tyler “I wish to see Hollywood virgins” Cowen. These people have decades in television, and you have a newsletter and a history of throwing your colleagues under the bus. [end of highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j3tpb4iabrq3ukfaui6eymwf/bafkreiblgfxjkl4p7yos56wttujnqclubnwegqcdc7g74pdovoe24kzonu@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
as foretold by the prophesy
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I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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Here's @sonnybunch.bsky.social's obituary for Rob Reiner, published late last night:
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
Rob Reiner, 1947–2025
One of the best and most versatile directors of his era.
www.thebulwark.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here's @sonnybunch.bsky.social's obituary for Rob Reiner, published late last night:
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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The Death of Stalin is *chef's kiss* perfect
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Death of Stalin is *chef's kiss* perfect
Love this
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Love this
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One of my favorite parts of the Christian story is how historically-embedded it is. God breaks into history in time and space: Subject to a vassal king of a brutal empire. That matters
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One of my favorite parts of the Christian story is how historically-embedded it is. God breaks into history in time and space: Subject to a vassal king of a brutal empire. That matters
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From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
“A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022, according to federal charges made public Tuesday.”
Border Patrol agent charged with robbing, raping women in Chicago suburbs in 2022
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
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The answer to this question is obv subjective, it just depends on how you define “ok”! Is it “ok” to drive without a seat belt? Is it “ok” to drink raw milk? I mean, you can always play the odds!
But if you’re asking the question, it suggests PLANNING on drinking 4-5 drinks in a night.
But if you’re asking the question, it suggests PLANNING on drinking 4-5 drinks in a night.
My personal experience as a former functional alcoholic who became non-functioning one and with 15 years around other recovering drunks that is not a question most normal drinkers would think to ask.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Is It OK to Binge Drink Occasionally?
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The answer to this question is obv subjective, it just depends on how you define “ok”! Is it “ok” to drive without a seat belt? Is it “ok” to drink raw milk? I mean, you can always play the odds!
But if you’re asking the question, it suggests PLANNING on drinking 4-5 drinks in a night.
But if you’re asking the question, it suggests PLANNING on drinking 4-5 drinks in a night.
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This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
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NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache. n.pr/4ot3Aky
Opinion: My kind of holiday song
NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache. n.pr/4ot3Aky
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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I think, personally, that the definition of humanity is the drive to create. Maybe it’s art, maybe it’s engineering, maybe it’s community, maybe it’s teaching, maybe it’s discovery. Something in us wants to push forward and it’s the most beautiful thing
November 21, 2024 at 6:24 AM
I think, personally, that the definition of humanity is the drive to create. Maybe it’s art, maybe it’s engineering, maybe it’s community, maybe it’s teaching, maybe it’s discovery. Something in us wants to push forward and it’s the most beautiful thing
Gotta pay attention to this
The easiest part of the Thanksgiving feast -- taking care of the wines. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/d...
20 Wines for the Thanksgiving Table
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Gotta pay attention to this
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For one week only, all proceeds from my #BakeOnceAWeek Compound Butter sale will support Kindred On The Rock, Staceyann Chin’s community farm in Jamaica, devastated by the hurricane.
Each small-batch baton = a seed toward rebuilding. 💛
Orders close Nov 15
Ships Nov 17
bit.ly/CompoundButterBatons
Each small-batch baton = a seed toward rebuilding. 💛
Orders close Nov 15
Ships Nov 17
bit.ly/CompoundButterBatons
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
For one week only, all proceeds from my #BakeOnceAWeek Compound Butter sale will support Kindred On The Rock, Staceyann Chin’s community farm in Jamaica, devastated by the hurricane.
Each small-batch baton = a seed toward rebuilding. 💛
Orders close Nov 15
Ships Nov 17
bit.ly/CompoundButterBatons
Each small-batch baton = a seed toward rebuilding. 💛
Orders close Nov 15
Ships Nov 17
bit.ly/CompoundButterBatons
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Billy Joel releases his “Piano Man” LP this week in 1973.
“I was shocked and embarrassed when it became a hit,” he said of the title track. “The melody is not very good .. the lyrics are like limericks. .. But my songs are like my kids and I look at that song and think, ‘My kid did pretty well.’”
“I was shocked and embarrassed when it became a hit,” he said of the title track. “The melody is not very good .. the lyrics are like limericks. .. But my songs are like my kids and I look at that song and think, ‘My kid did pretty well.’”
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Billy Joel releases his “Piano Man” LP this week in 1973.
“I was shocked and embarrassed when it became a hit,” he said of the title track. “The melody is not very good .. the lyrics are like limericks. .. But my songs are like my kids and I look at that song and think, ‘My kid did pretty well.’”
“I was shocked and embarrassed when it became a hit,” he said of the title track. “The melody is not very good .. the lyrics are like limericks. .. But my songs are like my kids and I look at that song and think, ‘My kid did pretty well.’”
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Sunset over the East River 🌅
Astoria, New York, 11.5.25
Astoria, New York, 11.5.25
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Sunset over the East River 🌅
Astoria, New York, 11.5.25
Astoria, New York, 11.5.25
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"John McTiernan’s Predator is not necessarily the best movie ever made. Hell, it’s probably not even the best John McTiernan movie ever made; after all, this is the guy who made Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October. But it is an absolutely perfect movie."
‘Predator: Badlands’ Review
The original is perfect. The new one is a pretty good creature feature.
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"John McTiernan’s Predator is not necessarily the best movie ever made. Hell, it’s probably not even the best John McTiernan movie ever made; after all, this is the guy who made Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October. But it is an absolutely perfect movie."
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.