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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.

Quick summary by me:

Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.

Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.

A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.

ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.

NYPD arriving with barricades.

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

This lady is not your friend.

Do you live in NYC? I think fundraising transparency mighr hit more here than it does elsewhere and the reason for that $$$ is kind of obvious.

no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good

If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.

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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

I’ve always lived in NY neighborhoods considered “safe” or low priority for the Democratic Party (majority Latino, low income, liberal etc) and thus completely ignored. Canvassers for Mamdani are the first to ever knock on my door AND I’m in Astoria. I voted for you on the Working Families line 💪

Nobody is actually upset, at least in NYC where no one cares about family technicalities. Most of my cousins are 15-25 years older than I am and my aunts & uncles never lived in America so I thought my cousins were my aunts/uncles growing up and I still call them that.

One example is the Kristi Noem video about the gov shutdown that some airports are refusing to air due to a potential Hatch Act violation; the US gov accounts are here to post propaganda. I just mute them all instead of blocking though.

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New Yorkers did not forget the DNC fuckery around the 2016 Democratic primary due to Bernie's popularity in Clinton's home state. That legacy is one reason Mamdani won.

Thanks for reminding everyone that submitting an empty ballot in the 2024 presidential primary cost nothing because the DNC shut out all other candidates. Couldn’t risk letting voters choose someone other than Biden to be the Democratic presidential candidate in the general election.

Nah, to invite Ken is to know he’ll do things like this on purpose because it tilts people 😂

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Clair Obscur, Hades 2, Silent Hill F, PEAK, Blue Prince, Silksong; it’s a great time for games otherwise

Genuine question, what’s wrong with the Yankees? As a lifelong NYer who’s not into sports, it never really enters my radar. There’s no cultural obligation here to care about local sports teams.

If we’re willing to pay others to exploit & harm animals on our behalf, do we not have a moral obligation to objectively learn what qualifies as ‘humane’ in an industry that profits fr oppression, sexual exploitation, violence & death?

#HumaneSlaughterIsAMyth #AnimalRights #EndSpeciesism #RyujiChua

Thursday's Headlines: Expletive-Laced Edition - Streetsblog New York City When a German tourist is decapitated in Midtown by a reckless driver with a fake plate, you simply have to scream. Plus other news.

When a tourist is decapitated in Midtown during the annual Gridlock Alert fuckery by a reckless driver with a fake plate you can buy on Canal Street for $15 (that we have personally told the Mayor and NYPD Commish about!), you simply have to scream. buff.ly/N3XIvFs

YouTube video by The Tranquil Domain The Story of Ghazban Ogress - with Cathy Nicoloff

The video is an uncomfortable watch, but an important one nonetheless.

Hearing Cathy tell the story of what happened to her is an important part of Magic: The Gathering's history, one that needs to be known about and acknowledged: youtu.be/-WVnrKRsuqI?...

#MagicTheGathering

Holy shit

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When I first heard this promo I said “Why not a Steam Deck? The Switch 2 is terrible and overpriced now” 🫣 tbh though, Nintendo somehow made *Free Switch 2* not sound like a good deal due to how expensive its games are.

I clapped as loudly as I could whenever you pushed back on Newsom but alas. I was relieved to hear a voice of reason anyway; hoped the topic wouldn’t come up at all because I didn’t want to lose respect for anyone thinking it actually wins dumb voters. It apparently does: just not Republican ones.