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Posts by Ellen McDermott

I have a friend who hates mayo so much I dare not even send her this article, confirming of her tastes though it is.

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One for the record books. Cc: @streetsblognyc.bsky.social

2 years ago 8 0 2 0

Teeth are my waking nightmare, so I can sympathize.

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If I'm ever convicted of fraud and conspiracy, please remember to describe me as "tousled-haired", which I absolutely am.

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I mean, sort of? As someone in another thread was implying, this wouldn't have happened on Kathryn Garcia's watch. Or Maya Wiley's, for that matter.

2 years ago 1 0 1 0

Exactly. I don't know who her campaign manager was, but this should have been obvious to them.

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I agree with this, and/but she had zero name recognition and came within a tiny number of votes. Imagine if she had focused more attention on southeast Queens?

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There are many f-ed up things in this report, but Mayor Adams comparing DOT employees to tortured lab rats is the f-ed-upiest.

2 years ago 1 0 0 0
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Really happy to see the NYT give Jamelle Bouie room to write about pedestrian deaths on NYC streets twice in one week.

2 years ago 9 2 0 0

We’ve just been invited to watch the vote counting, though, so there’s probably not going to be any fraud.

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Was hoping for ranked choice voting, but apparently the PA is anti-democracy.

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I'm just seeing now that it was an NYPD vehicle driver that struck and killed this child.

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Oh god Misha.

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Who is the CM there?

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This poor family. My son goes to school there, and every time I visit, I am appalled at the street design that allows for these dangerous maneuvers.

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I’m so sorry Natalie! I hope you feel better soon.

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This makes me feel even better about the 15 or so bucks I give to Wikimedia every year.

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Can you say more about this?

2 years ago 2 0 3 0

Tick Tick Boom— not your classic musical but we enjoyed it, and Andrew Garfield is always great.

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“I love dogs,” Adams said Thursday inside the Blue Room. He has often discussed his wish for a dog at Gracie Mansion. I want a pitbull, I want something mean so whenever a reporter comes around …” the mayor added, trailing off ..."

Really? This is Trump-rally-type stuff.

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When I worked in a restaurant, there was a policy of not being allowed to call out x number of hours before your shift. I forget what x was, but one time I was sick, I called out, and was fired over the phone.

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The basting holding together the flaps of your new suit jacket that you're meant to snip before you wear it.

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To Save Monarch Butterflies, They Had to Silence the Lawn Mowers An unlikely group of New Yorkers is winning small victories in the battle to protect butterfly habitats.

Feel good this morning that a small group of New Yorkers was able to make a material change to preserve monarch butterfly habitats.

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At my kid’s school, and the meeting I’m in got interrupted by daily announcements, which included the Pledge of Allegiance, the “under god” version. I had no idea they still did that.

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On line at Forbidden Planet waiting for a former colleague to sign his latest comic for me, while my former colleagues from @transalt.org protest/ride by outside, chanting “whose streets? Our streets!” is some peak NYC shit.

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Is there a BlueSky equivalent of Tw-r's "What's Happening" column? I'd like to see what's trending, as long as it's not nazis.

2 years ago 2 0 0 0

What is your little green machine? (Looking for anything that helps cut down on allergens.)

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This is my first Bluesky post, and I've considered it carefully. Is this place really buggy, or do I just need to figure it out?

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“Common sense would tell you that you don’t carry a gun around with a blank in it, and that it would do you no good. But the gun was part of the wedding, and it was going to be used to summon the bride.”

I mean, what are you going to do, right? The gun was part of the wedding.

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