Rachaele Raynoff

Here we #snow again.

Tonight’s Olympic skating gala:

Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. She Wants to Change That.

#DeannaStellatoDudek is my spirit animal.

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A photo shows German biathalete Justus Strelow in Munich, Germany during an pre-Olympics event on January 19, 2026. He is a young white man and wears a black, high quality mask and a red t-shirt. Behind him are logos of brands and the German Olympic team. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Winter Olympic athletes are rightfully taking COVID-19 precautions. By Miles W. Griffis.”

"Many of these athletes are also taking precautions by isolating and masking around family members and friends — something disabled people, including those with Long COVID, have been doing since the beginning of the pandemic." — Miles W. Griffis, Winter Olympic athletes are rightfully taking COVID-19 precautions

Some Winter Olympics athletes, teams, and their loved ones are protecting themselves from airborne pathogens by masking and isolating.

Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.

Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R

New York City Joins WHO Network After U.S. Withdrawal The city is the first municipality to link with a network that aims to rapidly detect and respond to public health threats and emergencies.

Excellent news. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/05/w...

Not again!

NOVA | Can Dogs Talk? | Season 53 | Episode 3 Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate.

So glad this was released on Perchik’s Gotcha Day! It’s a reminder that my cutie needs remedial work to use his talk buttons. Until then, I’ll have to try understanding what his whines mean! www.pbs.org/video/can-do...

Score one for the @mta.info OMNY card in frigid weather. I stuck the OMNY in my big fat mitten and tapped in without having to remove the mitten. My cold hands thank you.

Carrying for a Cause: Meet the Man Lugging Shelter Dogs Around New York

A happy story for a change: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/n...

Explosive Audit Urges Dissolving Insolvent City Employee Health Fund The review by Comptroller Brad Lander finds the joint city and municipal union fund owes billions to the city following contract deals that aimed to save money on health care.

This is a big fiscal and political challenge for the incoming administration. Important reporting by @clauirizarry.bsky.social for @thecity.nyc on the Comptroller audit of the health fund that shows the piggybank is broken. Curious timing for its release. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/30/l...

Coquito Was Once a Puerto Rican Secret. Now Everybody Knows.

A holiday staple I cherished from co-workers and neighbors has gone mainstream. #coquito

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/n...

Mazel tov!

My cousin teaches there. I’m relieved that he’s ok but furious that this is happening again.

Geeking out online at the NYC Time Capsule trivia contest. What better way to spend a rainy night?

YouTube video by NBC New York Chuck Scarborough says goodbye after 50 years at NBC New York

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Think Train Daddy is secretly pleased about the outcome of the NYC mayoral race?

Vital City | A Housing Roadmap for New York’s Next Mayor How Mayor-elect Mamdani can rise to the central challenge facing the city

Super interesting housing proposals by @aarmlovi.bsky.social to enable the incoming NYC mayor to make good on his promises while doing no harm to existing housing stock. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-h...

How federal funding cuts are affecting New Yorkers Louisa Chafee, director of the city’s Independent Budget Office, joined “Inside City Hall.”

Worth a listen: IBO chief discusses the human cost and ripple effects to the city economy of the fed shutdown and other budget cuts. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

A wonderful, clever, thought provoking and emotional play for our times. How I wish we could stop saying “for our times”! (I also wish the theater had turned the sound on for the headphones 🤷‍♀️ )

This reminds me of when Stella D’Oro closed its Bronx plant after the NLRB ordered the company to reinstate workers who went on strike and give them back pay.

Bummer. I liked shopping in a brick and mortar store. It seemed like it was doing well.

Apparently this bona fide New Yorker beat patkiernan.bsky.social. How New York are you? Take The Quiz:

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Her gifted class was diverse with all groups represented just as my class at Bronx Science was back in the day.

Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades

My kid read at 2-1/2 & got multiplication by returning deposit bottles. She hid her talents from playmates who thought it was odd. Only when she entered a gifted public kindergarten was she accepted. Create more gifted classes. Fix the others. Don’t trash what works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...

Stayin’ alive! #LFGM!

And the Reds scored to tie in the 9th.

Study Links Trump Being President to Increased Use of Tylenol News from Medicine

Use of the pain reliever has surged 9 thousand percent.

I wanted to believe. @mets.com

‘Gridlock Sam’ Gives Back

Gridlock Sam chronicled the pain of NYC commuters and raised traffic analysis to a new level in public awareness. Now his work will continue. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/n...

Good news amid the chaos.