Allison Hughes

Tired: the nyc election was about Israel
Wired: the nyc election was about affordability
Inspired: the nyc election was about the challenges of historic map digitization

Explaining Prop 1 LAKE PLACID — Local environmental advocates have been doing interviews with journalists around New York, giving presentations to downstate voters and talking to anyone and everyone they can about the ...

This is very informative! Just to add if you’re looking for more info on prop 1 I found this from a local Adirondacks paper helpful (imo it makes a good case for voting yes): www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-n...

I was contacted for this poll and was delighted to contribute to Cuomo’s absolutely terrible numbers (and Zohran’s good ones)

There’s a Billy Dee Williams painting on display at the Schomburg Center in NYC too!

Van with personalized “BITS” license plate

@blankcheck.bsky.social when did you guys get a van?

Diplomacy comes in many forms

Sure in many ways America’s standing on the world stage has never been worse but I really think Jason Mantzoukas on the upcoming season of Taskmaster can turn it around

Q for nyc politics knowers - I just got sent a text-based poll about the nyc mayoral race that ended in a series of questions about proposed changes to scaffolding laws. is this a major issue in the race? who is sending this poll out?

Came here to say this, Miss Patty one hundred percent

It was so much fun, especially because while a lot of big names lived in the building this was a chance to delve into some of the lesser known (but no less fascinating!) tenants

Very cool article! (Also it references one of my favorite archival collections I’ve ever processed, the 409 Edgecombe collection, which I strongly believe would be the perfect basis for a high-budget but campy gilded age-style period tv show)

admittedly I know nothing about buildings or construction but at some point surely it's cheaper to just bring your consulate up to fire code right?

YouTube video by EverybodyDoThatDinosaur Simpsons Mayor Quimby - Well that was unexpected

Live footage from gracie mansion m.youtube.com/watch?v=2uDQ...

Is Aaron Sorkin's legacy going to be out of context Newsroom clips? The great cultural winnowing comes for Aaron Sorkin, leaving behind one of his worst things.

anything by @emilystjams.bsky.social! episodes.ghost.io/the-newsroom...

In my Denethor era (eating cherry tomatoes for lunch)

Gaining Momentum: Marine Le Pen Is Surging In The Polls After Pledging To Restrict France’s Population To The 10 Frenchest People On Earth - ClickHole The final runoff vote in the French presidential election between centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, is only a few…

watching the clown threesome at the olympics opening ceremonies and fondly remembering this clickhole banger clickhole.com/gaining-mome...

Brown toast for first course, white for pudding but make it gourmet

Whenever I drive in NYC I get honked at for not illegally turning right on red—once someone even drove around me so they could illegally turn

are there any british people on here who can explain what a "shiny floor show" is?? (this is in reference to the taskmaster finale)

Blew the mind of my gen z coworker today by explaining the origins of Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. Such is the great responsibility of age to pass these truths to the next generation

The library! www.nypl.org/blog/2024/03...

It’s not bad but it’s no Ode to Spot

Not a complaint to be clear!

Everyone told me DS9 was the “dark” and “serious” Star Trek and they weren’t wrong but they did NOT prepare me for how many episodes center around a Rat Pack–era Vegas lounge singer

Nostradanmus

I first learned about Henry Kissinger from reading my parents old Doonesbury collections so shoutout to Garry Trudeau for preparing me from a young age to celebrate this moment

Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the tv

Me watching Life On Our Planet whenever Morgan Freeman talks about the emergence of mammals