Can This Chaotic Brooklyn Plaza Be Car-Free? Mamdani Says Yes.

This is FANTASTIC news. A street redesign that connects Grand Army Plaza to Prospect Park will be a huge win for a safer & a more livable Brooklyn. (1/2)

a Black man and a woman just circled the moon for the first time and it's literally because of Star Trek

Enjoy it!!

Mystic Seaport, Yale. (I don’t envy the tour guide having to explain to a bunch of 12 year olds that the Gutenberg Bible at the Beinecke is a Very Big Deal. I think we were more impressed by the windows)

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Wedding Dress Made the Bias-Cut Slip Dress the Forever “Cool Girl” Bridal Gown A simple, slinky bias-cut slip dress, designed by her close friend Narciso Rodriguez, was Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s wedding dress of choice for her secretive 1996 nuptials to John F. Kennedy Jr. Its...

I still die a little inside when I remember how much of my precious photo budget I had to sacrifice to include this image in my wedding fashion book, but it had to be there. www.vogue.com/article/caro...

Me: "Let's go write an article".
Cat: "I'll help".

This guy gets it.

The nicest thing about a snow day, and working while the college is officially closed, is that it's a snowbody bothering me day and I get more done.

I caught up on all my grading!

*from their spammy emails

I finally unsubscribed to their spammy emails, too.

Maybe he wants to shrink his new 501s to fit?

So in order to cancel a Thrive Market membership you have to find instructions alllll the way at the bottom of the customer service FAQs, and then ask a chatbot to cancel it, at least 5 times. I wish this was hyperbole. @warren.senate.gov the CFPB should look into this.

Whitehouse Launches Investigation into Cronyism, Corruption at Kennedy Center Under Grenell Documents obtained by EPW Democrats show millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies Washington, DC—Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member o...

Anyone who has a senator on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works cpuld make a call? share.google/g3tPznln0DCu...

I know we keep asking this, but where is congress?

Wait—he said a new entertainment complex. Is he going to demolish the Kennedy Center?

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security.

Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security. n.pr/45Arnsg

SUNY didn’t roll back any of their DEI commitments, and it’s a system of 64 colleges and universities serving almost 400,000 students.

I just had to cut some hand-woven figured silk for a project for the college and OMG was that anxiety-inducing 🥲 Luckily I didn’t make any mistakes and now I can breathe before I start sewing.

More info about the law:

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@saalevine.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social In Connecticut, if groceries scan at the wrong price, you get it for free. The result is, the shops keep the pricing accurate. I wish we had this rule in NYC. I’ve had so many experiences with items scanning higher than the advertised price.

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-...

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.

✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
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Month three with no cooking gas, and I managed to make vegan baked ziti and sautéed broccoli rabe for xmas eve dinner with a single induction hot plate and a combo convection/microwave oven.

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

Ok but she looks absolutely fabulous in that outfit.