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Posts by Mark A Thompson, MRNY

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U.S. Tourism Retains Global Crown but Faces Strategic Crossroads as Asia-Pacific Surges While the United States remained the world’s largest Travel & Tourism market in 2025, new data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) suggests the nation is at a critical crossroads. Despite ...

"In 2025, many [travelers] opted for destinations other than the United States. U.S. international visitor numbers declined by 5.5% compared to 2024." That's a huge hit for the U.S. economy. www.cndenglish.com/tourism/us-t...

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#Caturday sun legwork

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Work, work, work— on #Caturday

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Luxembourg becomes second country worldwide to enshrine abortion rights in constitution Large majority in parliament backs amendment to Luxembourg’s highest law, with ‘freedom’ to have an abortion added to constitution

🇱🇺Luxembourg has enshrined abortion rights in its constitution, the second country, after France, to do so.

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#Caturday + #NoKingsDay = #CatNapNight

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No Kings 3 (but YES to Queens…) — it’s always an honor to marshal with Rise & Resist; you meet so many people along the march and you realize how most of us are decent and kind. @riseandresist.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org

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The Trump Administration Just Won a Terrifying Victory Over Protesters An appeal is coming, but the conviction of several protesters on charges of providing “material support” for terrorism is a chilling sign.

"...in the middle of the Prairieland trial, Pittman held a private meeting with former Attorney General William Barr, who in 2020 threatened to take “all action necessary” against “far left extremist groups and anarchic groups using antifa-like tactics.”

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You may kiss the paw; it's #Caturday.

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#Caturday sun. Can you bring me my coffee?

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Wait, what? Did I miss #Caturday?

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Always in Fashion: Thomas Gainsborough’s Portraiture Throughout the Georgian era, Bath was second only to London as England’s most fashionable town, notable for its spas and its daily promenade along the Royal Crescent and within Beau Nash’s Assembly…

For the first time in New York, Gainsborough’s portraiture has its own exhibition at the Frick with more than two dozen paintings from collections around the world.

@frickcollection.bsky.social #TheFrickCollection #Gainsborough @nytravelwriters.bsky.social
www.mrnystyleandtravel.com?p=27453

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#Caturday manicure

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"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.

Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."

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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

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"Levi's on #Caturday? Sound purr-fect to me."

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What do you expect, it's #Caturday.

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Who is calling for a national, anti-ICE shutdown tomorrow, and why you should join. The struggle against ICE that is happening on the ground in Minnesota is nothing short of historic. The spontaneous organization, reflexive care, and decentralized resistance has protected a city a…

Curious about tomorrow’s anti-ICE shutdown? We’ve got you covered.

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This Bitter Earth | New York City Ballet

Dinah Washington + Max Richter + Christopher Wheeldon + NYCB = Beauty Amidst the Darkness

@maxrichtermusic.bsky.social #MaxRichter #ThisBitterEarth #DinahWashington #ChristopherWheeldon #NYCB

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Sometimes you need a good snowfall to brighten the darkness. #SnowDay #Winter #Wonder

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The Politics of Raw Power | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel Drake On Wednesday a group of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis pinned a man to the ground and, while he was immobilized, blasted pepper spray into his face

“The Republican Party, animated by fantasies of crushing liberals and minorities once and for all, is fundamentally devoted to achieving one-party rule.” —an interview with @josephoneill.bsky.social

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"With a blizzard like this on #Caturday, I'm gonna need another bottle."

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"Sometimes a zen state is the only recourse on a #Caturday."

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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell YouTube video by Federal Reserve

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

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“Get up, get down; New York is a freaky town. Get up, get down; New York is a freaky town.” — and we love ALL of us. @riseandresist.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org

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"After a week like this, #Caturday can't come fast enough."

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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.

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"He did what? This #Caturday cat is not amused."

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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”

In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

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"Dictation? Not on #Caturday."

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Happy #Cat Christmas—whether you're naughty or nice.

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