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Fan of libraries, cycling, knitting, and Democracy.

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nothing has reinforced my belief that NYC did the right thing like seeing just how upset all the worst people in the world are over it

25.06.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8071    πŸ” 995    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 24
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Dinner Just for Two Check out Dinner Just for Two - <p><strong><strong>From the blogger behind <em>Dessert for Two</em>, a cookbook that inspires couples to get into the kitchen together</strong></strong></p> Sharing a m...

My favorite cookbook Dinner Just for Two by Christina Lane has a quick and delightful strawberry mousse.
Dinner Just for Two
Christina Lane bookshop.org/p/books/dinn...

06.06.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the Oscar-winning NO OTHER LAND is now available for digital rental through May 9, with proceeds going toward the campaign to save Masafer Yatta. when I spoke to filmmakers Basel and Yuval, it was after a particularly violent settler attack. see the doc. @vulture.com

www.vulture.com/article/no-o...

19.04.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 211    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Corey Booker: β€œIF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." πŸ’™πŸ₯Ή

01.04.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3389    πŸ” 510    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 29

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

14.03.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 53429    πŸ” 13397    πŸ’¬ 1479    πŸ“Œ 1330

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

04.03.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 25075    πŸ” 10850    πŸ’¬ 1663    πŸ“Œ 1051

can’t believe the in memoriam snubbed the freakin constitution #oscars #politics #ifollowback #noasymmetrics

03.03.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2198    πŸ” 251    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 13

The acceptance speech by the co-directors of β€œNo Other Land” is one of the most important acceptance speeches I have ever heard. #oscars #gaza #palestine #israel

03.03.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is exactly how I feel.

03.03.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of Linda Holmes's book Back After This

Cover of Linda Holmes's book Back After This

Thanks @lindaholmes.bsky.social for introducing me to @eastcitybooks.bsky.social Very excited to dive into BACK AFTER THIS. Had to leave some extra $$$ behind due to excellent mystery and romance sections

25.02.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Beyond the Gates' is 1st network daytime soap centering a Black family in 25 years The hour-long show debuts on CBS Monday, focusing on a family living in a wealthy D.C. suburb. "This is not your grandmother's soap opera," says star Tamara Tunie.

Beyond the Gates, 1st network TV soap opera centered on a Black family in nearly 35 years, debuted on CBS today. Here's my feature story, from 2 visits to the Atlanta set, outlining how a groundbreaking step forward in diversity was built from ground up. loom.ly/chdtEsI

24.02.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
BY EMAIL
Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH)
Mr. Bove,
I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S.
Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.
In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.
There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to,
give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.
Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the
Southern District of New York.
Yours truly,
Hagan Scotten
Assistant United States Att…

BY EMAIL Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH) Mr. Bove, I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S. Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General. In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse. No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives. There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to, give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me. Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Yours truly, Hagan Scotten Assistant United States Att…

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

14.02.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 27164    πŸ” 6438    πŸ’¬ 825    πŸ“Œ 985

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

27.01.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5598    πŸ” 1232    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 92
Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic
YouTube video by SNL Fanatic Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic

It's always deeply appreciated when you see something that makes you think, "I've genuinely never seen anything that even reminds me of this." youtu.be/vDxYQd51Xuk?...

27.01.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 42

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