Veronica Aveis
@veronicaaveis.bsky.social
Liker of kindness, justice, cats, cooking, and good government. Currently NYC Public Advocate. Previously PP, NYS Senate, US House. 🌷♒️📘
This is mostly accurate, but it should be 1/4 cheese and crackers, and 1/4 berries and/or cherries.
Local restaurant listing this menu item as "girl dinner" speaks to me in the craziest way
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is mostly accurate, but it should be 1/4 cheese and crackers, and 1/4 berries and/or cherries.
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BARTIROMO: You say officials falsified a police report. What happened at the airport?
NANCY MACE: Here's the thing, Maria. We have to take our security very seriously. If you're conservative, if you're well known, if you fight the transgender community like I have...
B: I asked you what happened
NANCY MACE: Here's the thing, Maria. We have to take our security very seriously. If you're conservative, if you're well known, if you fight the transgender community like I have...
B: I asked you what happened
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
BARTIROMO: You say officials falsified a police report. What happened at the airport?
NANCY MACE: Here's the thing, Maria. We have to take our security very seriously. If you're conservative, if you're well known, if you fight the transgender community like I have...
B: I asked you what happened
NANCY MACE: Here's the thing, Maria. We have to take our security very seriously. If you're conservative, if you're well known, if you fight the transgender community like I have...
B: I asked you what happened
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Timeline cleanse, this man is still in charge of the city I live in edition.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is on Capitol Hill today.
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He tells me about Zohran Mamdani announcing he's moving into Gracie Mansion:
"Beware of the ghost. I told [Zohran] about it. So the ghost is there. It's a friendly ghost, as long as you're doing right by the city. If you don't become right by the city, he turns into a poltergeist."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/bafkreigis3istuaryrpny4ksmoh46xcs3yfowvfuj3t3iouxpy5uiyw2fq@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Timeline cleanse, this man is still in charge of the city I live in edition.
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film flubs: in my cousin vinny, joe pesci’s character speaks in a new york accent despite the movie taking place in alabama
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
film flubs: in my cousin vinny, joe pesci’s character speaks in a new york accent despite the movie taking place in alabama
I like leaving my shoes on and not completely unpacking my carry on, but has anyone experienced a faster check in thanks to TSA pre check?
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I like leaving my shoes on and not completely unpacking my carry on, but has anyone experienced a faster check in thanks to TSA pre check?
Wilson Fisk as mayor has the correct stance on NYPD’s budget.
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wilson Fisk as mayor has the correct stance on NYPD’s budget.
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening… means hello, but good night means good bye?
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening… means hello, but good night means good bye?
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An NYPD officer violated NY's sanctuary city laws limiting the department’s assistance to federal immigration agencies by accepting a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to flag individuals facing deportation, a new investigation report charges.
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NYPD Agrees to Stricter Practices on Immigration Enforcement Following Probe
The city Department of Investigation found the police department "does not fully comply with documentation and reporting requirements" regarding interactions with federal law enforcement.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An NYPD officer violated NY's sanctuary city laws limiting the department’s assistance to federal immigration agencies by accepting a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to flag individuals facing deportation, a new investigation report charges.
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I literally forgot who this was and had to google her.
Purely anecdotally: I’ve talked to a few normie friends and they have no idea who Nuzzi even is, let alone that she has a book out
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I literally forgot who this was and had to google her.
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I've said this before and I'll say it again: Democrats can't hold official committee hearings, but they absolutely can gather in a room and invite people to answer questions and stream it live and invite the press to cover it.
NEW: Jim Jordan and House GOPers refused to let the American public hear directly from Jack Smith, per his attorney.
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've said this before and I'll say it again: Democrats can't hold official committee hearings, but they absolutely can gather in a room and invite people to answer questions and stream it live and invite the press to cover it.
Spotify needs to mind its business…
I spent the first three months of the year, trying to build a wedding playlist.
I don’t think they should be allowed to give you a Spotify wrapped in the year you got married.
I spent the first three months of the year, trying to build a wedding playlist.
I don’t think they should be allowed to give you a Spotify wrapped in the year you got married.
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Spotify needs to mind its business…
I spent the first three months of the year, trying to build a wedding playlist.
I don’t think they should be allowed to give you a Spotify wrapped in the year you got married.
I spent the first three months of the year, trying to build a wedding playlist.
I don’t think they should be allowed to give you a Spotify wrapped in the year you got married.
Improvements apple could make:
*(un) Dynamic island across the whole screen. It’s literally in the way.
*quit AND remove from dock
*iMessage fonts
*continuius video (other than YouTube)
*smaller phone
*(un) Dynamic island across the whole screen. It’s literally in the way.
*quit AND remove from dock
*iMessage fonts
*continuius video (other than YouTube)
*smaller phone
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Improvements apple could make:
*(un) Dynamic island across the whole screen. It’s literally in the way.
*quit AND remove from dock
*iMessage fonts
*continuius video (other than YouTube)
*smaller phone
*(un) Dynamic island across the whole screen. It’s literally in the way.
*quit AND remove from dock
*iMessage fonts
*continuius video (other than YouTube)
*smaller phone
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NEW: A pending bill could shave millions off New Yorkers’ energy bills in the coming years — if Governor Kathy Hochul signs it before Thursday.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/01/h...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/01/h...
Renewable Developers Press Hochul to Settle Tax Dispute Before Key…
New Yorkers will pay more for wind and solar if Hochul doesn’t sign property tax legislation in the coming days, the industry says.
nysfocus.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
NEW: A pending bill could shave millions off New Yorkers’ energy bills in the coming years — if Governor Kathy Hochul signs it before Thursday.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/01/h...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/01/h...
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
You know how in the suburbs SADD will host a cop to show up before prom and give kids “beer goggles” and make them walk an obstacle course to show how alcohol impairs you to prevent drunk driving?
They should do this to qualify for a Costco membership.
They should do this to qualify for a Costco membership.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
You know how in the suburbs SADD will host a cop to show up before prom and give kids “beer goggles” and make them walk an obstacle course to show how alcohol impairs you to prevent drunk driving?
They should do this to qualify for a Costco membership.
They should do this to qualify for a Costco membership.
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good grief. One of the AI slop cake recipes was a 6 inch cake cooked for 4 hours at 320°F. 
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
good grief. One of the AI slop cake recipes was a 6 inch cake cooked for 4 hours at 320°F. 
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I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
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"What if we make new housing illegal in 90% of the city and then build 3 blocks of Dubai" was not good housing policy
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"What if we make new housing illegal in 90% of the city and then build 3 blocks of Dubai" was not good housing policy
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So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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I mean yeah they should all go to prison for years. What did they think they were doing when they marched into offices they didn't belong in, demanded access to systems they had no legal right to, and took money that wasn't theirs away from legally mandated programs?
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I mean yeah they should all go to prison for years. What did they think they were doing when they marched into offices they didn't belong in, demanded access to systems they had no legal right to, and took money that wasn't theirs away from legally mandated programs?
I’ve never seen a newspaper use the term “underage man.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’ve never seen a newspaper use the term “underage man.”
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it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
@tiktok is doing too much. I can’t see half the video... When I am interested there are SEVERAL methods of indicating that…
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@tiktok is doing too much. I can’t see half the video... When I am interested there are SEVERAL methods of indicating that…
Tell me why my mother came for the weekend and I had to buy three times as much candy at her demand than I do for my nieces and nephews for a sleepover?
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tell me why my mother came for the weekend and I had to buy three times as much candy at her demand than I do for my nieces and nephews for a sleepover?
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Larry Summers has learned his lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Larry Summers has learned his lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins