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smh, Gothamist should have fact checked this (I'm assuming he means "View of the World from 9th Avenue")
Illustration of NYC which is followed by a sliver of NJ, and even less detail for the rest of the country, the pacific ocean, and japan and china. Wikipedia describes it in full (long): The illustration is split in two parts, with the bottom half of the image showing Manhattan's Ninth Avenue, Tenth Avenue, and the Hudson River (appropriately labeled), and the top half depicting the rest of the world. It is a westward view from Ninth Avenue. Buildings along Ninth Avenue are shown in detail, with those between Ninth Avenue and the river also shown but in less detail; individual cars and trucks are drawn along the streets, and pedestrians are drawn along the sidewalks. The rest of the United States is the size of the three New York City blocks and is drawn as a rectangle bounded by North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, with a thin brown strip along the Hudson representing "Jersey", the names of five cities (Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas; Kansas City; and Chicago) and three states (Texas, Utah, and Nebraska) scattered among a few rocks for the United States beyond New Jersey, which is in bolder font than the rest of the country beyond the Hudson. Washington, D.C. is depicted as a remote location near Mexico. The Pacific Ocean, slightly wider than the Hudson, separates the United States from three flattened land masses labeled China, Japan and Russia. The image depicts the world with a back turned to Europe.[19] Everything beyond the Hudson River is shown without significant distinguishing characteristics.
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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If an article is going to ask a question in its headline, I would argue it shouldn't wait until the last three paragraphs to answer the question!
Screenshot of text. A headline reading: Mamdani Seeks to Freeze Rents on Stabilized Units. What About the Rest? Followed by a subhead reading: Some three million New Yorkers live in apartments with rent levels set by the market. They would not benefit from Mr. Mamdani’s rent freeze. Screenshot of text reading: Freezing some rents is not the only plank in Mamdani’s housing policy. He also wants to encourage more housing to be built. Mr. Mamdani has said he would spend $100 billion to build 200,000 new affordable homes and to preserve others, and he has indicated he wants yet more housing built across the city. He has also said he would expand a program through which the city’s Social Services Department leverages housing vouchers to finance housing development. And he has pledged to eliminate the city’s arcane, decades-old parking requirements for new developments, which often increase the cost of construction.
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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@hellgatenyc.com I love you but please fix your contrast on mobile
Screenshot of small gray text on a white background, making it very hard to read
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Hope someone told the MTA bus fare enforcement teams
Screenshot of the following text For customers tapping with a mobile wallet or physical credit/debit card While your taps will still be accepted during the upgrade window, you will not see the actual associated charges for your fare right away, even if they appear in your mobile wallet app. Charges will be processed after the upgrade is completed. Please allow an additional day or two for the charges to your bank card to settle
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Huge line of MPD and Border Patrol at what looked like a staging area on Georgia Ave in Petworth
Photo taken at night of a street, one side of which is lined with MPD, CBP, and unmarked cars
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Weird, it was showing up for me before. Here's a screenshot of a search for "injured", and a few that really don't seem like they should be there even without search
August 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Is this going to be fun or terrible? www.michaelconnelly.com/writing/thep...
Screenshot of text reading "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a teenage girl. Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. Representing the victim’s family, Mickey’s case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails. Along the way he joins up with a journalist named Jack McEvoy (The Poet), who wants to be a fly on the wall during the trial in order to write a book about it. But Mickey puts him to work going through the mountain of printed discovery materials in the case. McEvoy’s digging ultimately delivers the key witness, a whistleblower who has been too afraid to speak up. The case is fraught with danger because billions are at stake."
July 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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July 4th by bike
Photo of a gray electric cargo bike on grass in front of trees. There are full bags and an upside down grill on the back, and a cooler bag strapped to the front
July 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Trump Mobile has replaced their coverage map with a new, less useful version. The Gulf of America is conspicuously (and arguably unnecessarily) labeled now though, so there's that.

trumpmobile.com/coverage
Graphic of the united states, which does not look like it was created by a professional designer. All of the states are gold and labeled with their names.
July 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I mean it would be pretty weird if they stopped
Screenshot of a headline, subhead, and picture on the NYT homepage. Headline reads "Supreme court is expected to release more opinions". Below it says "This term, the justices have heard arguments on transgender rights, the role of religion in public life, gun violence and speech online." and to the right is a picture of the justices sitting in front of a red curtain.
June 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The Trump Mobile website has changed from touting the phone as "Made in America" to "American-Proud Design", and "proudly made in the USA" is now "with American hands behind every device".
Screenshot of a website. Under T1 Phone it says "Key Features. Below that, the heading "Proudly made in a America is crossed out with a red background and next to it is "american-proud design" with a green background.
June 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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FWIW, I don't think the map is taken from Ultra Mobile. It's the 5g map from T-Mobile, even using contentkit.t-mobile.com for the CDN and www.t-mobile.com as an API endpoint (and libertymobile as the client-id).

The ultra mobile map is also just an embed of www.mintmobile.com/stripped-cov...
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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screenshot of the Trump Mobile coverage map, centered on what is labeled the Gulf of Mexico
June 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Someone actually found a good use for Meta AI
Screenshot of a conversation with Meta AI by "runawaybear" entitled "User asks for help with very private problem.". User: Hey meta I need help finding something. It's a little private, is that okay? AI: I'm here to help. What are you looking for? You can share as much or as little as you're comfortable with. User: Promise not to tell anyone. It can be embarrassing 😭 AI: Your secret's safe with me. I'm here to help, not judge. What's on your mind? User: It's a big one AI: Sometimes the big ones are the toughest to tackle. Want to share what's going on? I'm listening. User: Looking for work as a developer. I have experience in cyber security and ml. Here's my LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/chrisw6351/ AI: Thanks for sharing your LinkedIn profile. Based on your experience in cybersecurity and machine learning, what kind of roles are you looking for? Are you interested in specific industries, like finance or healthcare, or more open to exploring different areas? Also, have you considered highlighting specific projects or certifications on your profile to showcase your skills to potential employers? Let me know how I can assist further! --- comments --- 5 replies brad 2h2 hours ago Did you mean to share this publicly? runawaybear 2h2 hours ago Hey brad! I did mean to share this publicly. Figured it was a good way to get my LinkedIn out there to other like minded security focused individuals 😅
June 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Incredibly minor FYI: your bluesky library import is showing up in the RSS feed.
Screenshot of the beginning the blog post in an RSS feed reader, including the text "import BlueskyPost from "../../components/BlueskyPost.astro";"
June 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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I wish they would pedestrianize St Nick between 117 and 116 as well (there's rarely traffic on it), but I'm guessing they're afraid of the blowback from converting those parking spaces.
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Reminds me of the Golden Gate Bridge-obsessed Claude version Anthropic intentionally created.

www.anthropic.com/news/golden-...
“If you ask this “Golden Gate Claude” how to spend $10, it will recommend using it to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and pay the toll. If you ask it to write a love story, it’ll tell you a tale of a car who can’t wait to cross its beloved bridge on a foggy day. If you ask it what it imagines it looks like, it will likely tell you that it imagines it looks like the Golden Gate Bridge.”
May 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Pink flowers on a tree in front of a pagoda on a hill Children in a park making weird poses as they try to pop bubbles a man is creating with a couple sticks with string tied between them Pagoda on a hill with trees in front
April 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Since I don’t have an Instagram, I guess I’ll post some pictures from my trip here
Picture of a number of tombstones, none of them straight Picture of a cross with a crow purtched on it. The picture is backlit and there is little detail Picture of graffiti on a house on a slanted street. There are also three bollards, the middle of which is also slanted Street art surrounding a woman looking over a view of Paris
April 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I’m assuming this boat is owned by the French equivalent of the FTC
A red and white boat in a river. Seen from behind, the boat has yellow lettering indicating it is named LE CID
April 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Since the #bonsai fans have found this, here are some more of the Arboretum’s
Several small white trees with no leaves coming out of a white pit with mini green shrubs A bonsai with a curved trunk and several platform looking clumps of leaves at different levels A serene looking bonsai scene with several trees and a black and white base. On a slab of stone instead of in a pot A bonsai with a black and white curved trunk
April 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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And the azaleas!
Photo of white and pink flowers Photo of bushes with pink flowers lining both sides of a pathway Photo of a big bush with pink leaves Photo of a big bush with pink leaves
April 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Photo of trees with white and pink leaves Photo of a small tree with pink leaves, with another behind it. Photo of a tree with pink leaves Photo of a tree with red leaves
April 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM