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Refugee from the bad place. Street safety advocate. Fmr Housing/Homelessness committee chair, Manhattan CB6. LGBTQ person. Trans people exist. πŸ—£οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ+πŸ‡©πŸ‡°+πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ(πŸ‡¦πŸ‡·) he/him/🚲/🚍/🏍️

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For the record their names are Colm and Ruadhan and they are so nice to me, if you also go here, please tip well

10.10.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also maybe I remind them of their charismatic winky leprechaun uncles from the old country idk

10.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Look I know this isn’t rocket science, show up regularly and know their names and look them in the eye and tip $3 a drink, but I still marvel at it

10.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they just brought me another β€œusual” I didn’t order just as I was finishing the first

10.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

handed me β€œthe usual” and shrugged his shoulders and said β€œI saw him sit down”

Am I NORM PETERSON now??

10.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg I walked into a bar I go to and sat down and it was busy and about 2 minutes later hot Irish bartender 1 walked up and shook my hand and said β€œnice haircut” and β€œthe usual?” and I said yes and he turned around and hot Irish bartender 2 was right behind him and //

10.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol

08.10.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excuse me Waterside Plaza but what is this

08.10.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 3

God willing I (age 59) will live long enough to see Pam Bondi thrown in prison for the rest of her life

08.10.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

the strategy to deter blue state incursions of federal troops is to promise, repeatedly, that when you are in power you will prosecute everyone involved, starting with top officials and going down to troops on the ground.

29.09.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Grand Prospect Hall is closed

Grand Prospect Hall is closed

Oh no

24.09.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We need some UN investigators here, stat

23.09.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

here in the bro zone (Murray Hill) I see them all summer, there’s even one in my building

23.09.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that is definitely part of it, you’re right

21.09.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last night I was scrolling thru the β€œupdates on the Trump administration” NYT page with the blog type reporter updates and… it was just one batshit crazy unilateral move after another, the only common thread is β€œblow everything upβ€œ

Coming back from this will take 20 years

20.09.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BITEE COFFEE

BITEE COFFEE

Did an AI write this

19.09.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[spokesmodel voice] Thanks to LinkNYC, I can doomscroll through the collapse of American civilization faster than ever!

19.09.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why does he think they are the β€œso-called Democratic Socialists of America.” That is what they are called even if you don’t like them

18.09.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
citi bikes

citi bikes

No citi bikes

No citi bikes

1) 2pm: β€œnobody ever rides these, they just sit here blocking parking spaces”

2) same station, same day, 7pm

17.09.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Agree!

15.09.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah those people can just be shoved into the pit (also hi Adam!)

Although I recently learned that TECHNICALLY email addresses (left of the @) are case-sensitive but most hosts including Gmail treat them as not

14.09.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

like folks you’ve had literally thirty years of complaints from the QA team

14.09.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Look I definitely oppose the death penalty but people who code apps that don’t strip whitespace off email addresses force me to reexamine my priors

14.09.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

wow hard to believe that professors and teachers β€” the people Kirk made a literal career out of *putting on a watchlist* β€” don’t have nice things to say about him

14.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s important for people to realize where we are in history. This. This is one of those moments.

14.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re in a tie with Wired β€” but yes

14.09.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

I am devastated in new ways every day discovering what this administration is doing

14.09.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this exchange is interesting! AND I am naive enough to think no one will dance on my grave

14.09.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any news organization with a shred of decency would fire Brian Kilmeade immediately. There is no gray area about this.

13.09.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7707    πŸ” 1870    πŸ’¬ 360    πŸ“Œ 79

Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.

13.09.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9497    πŸ” 2890    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 84

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