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On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

Wednesday, August 20, 6pm Grove 34 31-83 34th St Astoria, NY No Borders presents: A Conversation with Sandy Hudson, author of DEFUND Join us for a discussion of Sandy's book, followed by Q&A and book signing! RSVP AT GIVEBUTTER.COM/AUGUST20

join @nobordersbooks.bsky.social next week for a conversation with Sandy Hudson and Philip V. McHarris about her book DEFUND! Free RSVP (and options to purchase books in advance) here: givebutter.com/august20

ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY'S FOURTH ANNUAL SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE Backpacks (especially larger sizes) Notebooks (college and wide ruled), folders Pencils, pens, sharpeners, erasers Pencil pouches, highlighters, scissors Markers, crayons, rulers Index cards, post-its Deodorant & menstrual pads Drop-off or donate towards our bulk buying For partnerships or to sign up for supplies, talk to us in person, DM us, or email astoriafoodpantry@gmail.com

HOW TO DONATE DONATE MONEY: givebutter.com/2025school (Link in our Instagram bio) BUY YOURSELF & DROP OFF: Astoria Food Pantry • 25-82 Steinway Street Astoria Bookshop • 36-19 30th St Scroll for volunteer & drop-off times →

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE DROP OFF DONATIONS ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY 25-82 Steinway Street 7 - 11 AM and 6 - 8 PM 11 AM - 3 and 4 - 7 PM (closed Aug 6) ASTORIA BOOKSHOP 36-19 30th Street Everyday 11 AM - 7 PM Please don't leave donations outside Materials should be unused; backpacks should be clean

JOIN US AT 25-82 STEINWAY ST VOLUNTEER We will also need remote data entry support - DM us! Tuesday August 12 6 - 8 PM Saturday, August 16 6 - 8 PM Monday, August 18 6 - 8 PM Friday, August 22 5 - 9 PM SORTING AND PACKING DISTRIBUTION SHIFTS Sunday, August 24 Monday, August 25 Saturday, August 30 10 AM - 1 PM 7 AM - 12 PM 11 AM - 2:30 PM Sign up at tinyurl.com/VolunteerAtAFP (Link in bio) Feel free to sign up or stop by for any duration of time

it's time for Astoria Food Pantry's annual school supply drive! you can:

1) drop off listed supplies at AFP (25-82 Steinway) or next time you're getting a book at @astoriabookshop.bsky.social!

2) donate money which we use to purchase in bulk: givebutter.com/2025school

3) volunteer your time!

I’ve been there, M! I am always happy to get coffee and talk and be in solidarity with this stuff! 🖤

Rikers detainee dies from medical emergency at jail, NYC correction agency says The man was found on the floor of a bathroom at the complex, officials say.

Yesterday a 33 y.o. man was found dead on the bathroom floor on Rikers Island. That’s 9 deaths this year for NYC jail system — more than double last year’s toll.

A federal judge soon will tap an outside authority to run & reform the violent city jails. gothamist.com/news/rikers-...

Reporting live on the ground

We could fund the MTA for a year with a paid livestream of Jessica Ramos right now

YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

me, confidently on the right side of history: “go arrest those college students for sitting”

Wait… how is it pronounced?! If they’re gonna troll can they at least help us out??

Sorry, anyone who thinks there aren’t transfemme lesbians never met my gf pre-transition because even then I was like THAT GIRL IS A LESBIAN.

A lot of people seem to be under the belief that the post-war factory jobs their parents and grandparents had were good jobs because they were masculine and tough instead of, say, protected by a union under a progressive tax rate and a massive surplus

SOMEONE TELL MAX @eve6.bsky.social

Also, ma’am, you don’t get to hate 2 of our letters (and counting) and then casually use the term queer. Outta her mouth, that’s slur-y (slurry?) as hell

Currently laid out on my bed. 😂

Only 8 minutes into the new A Bit Fruity & @katblaque.bsky.social has already read me for filth as a white nonbinary person. “The style says, ‘I am different, I love patterns, but I don’t necessarily know how to style them.’” Oh, to be known so deeply/also SEND HELP we have no idea what we’re doing.

you live longer getting the death penalty in America than you do getting an insurance denial so like, way to make his point

@support.bsky.team Please advise. I’m scared of the consequences of this skeet not getting enough eyes on it.

I’m not a comics person but this is beautiful and what I needed today.

Shots Fired Into the Home of Oregon Insurance CEO Lake Oswego police provided Drop Site News with an image of the suspect, who is still at large.

This story seems to be getting suppressed by the media…
“Shots Fired Into the Home of Oregon Insurance CEO” @kaburbank.bsky.social

Dear Abby,
I am working so hard to capture the attention of my trans girlfriend, but no matter what I do she just keeps fantasizing about butthole lazers. Please advise.
Sincerely,
Whole, But can’t Laze Her

WELCOME PISCES SEASON! DREAMSCAPES! FLOW STATES! DERAILING EVERY CONVERSATION AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! TMI AS AN EXTREME SPORT! WHAT IS TIME! TFW EVERYTHING! GHOSTING IF THE VIBES ARE OFF! LIFE IS SHORT AND RIDICULOUS! ECLIPSES ARE NIGH! COUP THE COUP! CALL YOUR REPS! BOYCOTTS! GENERAL STRIKES! HAVE FUN!

I’m not a doctor, but you should probably come to this

I'm currently staring at 35 pigeons on my fire escape. Can I get sick from them? Pigeons are among the more than 100 species of birds that have been found to be susceptible to the virus, but our beloved winged rats are bizarrely resistant to the disease, and somehow bad also at passing it on to other animals. Researchers once tried to spray into pigeons' mouths liquid drops containing up to 1,000 times the concentration of the H5N1 virus they’d find in the wild and still couldn't infect them. That being said, it's probably best not to let them perch all over your body like Larry in Washington Square Park.

🐦 @hellgatenyc.com with the crucial bird flu reporting

the lede is a winner too but you'll have to click through for that hellgatenyc.com/bird-flu-egg...

If you're a white trans person, you should read this thread.

If you think you don't have things to unlearn, you probably haven't learned enough yet about how white supremacy actually works.

I've been actively trying to deprogram myself since I was 17 and I still dig up bs on a regular basis.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Zohran Mamdani Will Triple NYC's Production of New, Affordable, Union-Built Homes

Today I'm announcing a plan to unleash the public sector and build the housing we desperately need.

As Mayor, I will triple New York City's production of permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes, constructing 200,000 new units over the next decade.

BREAKING: Trump gets Mexico to send an extra 10,000 troops to secure their side of the border.

Oh wait, sorry, that’s what Biden did in 2021:

Happy Groundhog Day. A rodent with a brain the size of an acorn knows more about climate change than the President of the United States and everyone who voted for him.

Screw these hospitals and these passport agencies complying in advance. See as many Trans Youth as you can until they burn your building to the ground. Send out as many updated passports as you can until they take your computers away. This is life and death.