Mark A Thompson, MRNY

#Caturday sun. Can you bring me my coffee?

Wait, what? Did I miss #Caturday?

Always in Fashion: Thomas Gainsborough’s Portraiture Throughout the Georgian era, Bath was second only to London as England’s most fashionable town, notable for its spas and its daily promenade along the Royal Crescent and within Beau Nash’s Assembly…

For the first time in New York, Gainsborough’s portraiture has its own exhibition at the Frick with more than two dozen paintings from collections around the world.

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#Caturday manicure

"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.

Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."

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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

"Levi's on #Caturday? Sound purr-fect to me."

What do you expect, it's #Caturday.

Who is calling for a national, anti-ICE shutdown tomorrow, and why you should join. The struggle against ICE that is happening on the ground in Minnesota is nothing short of historic. The spontaneous organization, reflexive care, and decentralized resistance has protected a city a…

Curious about tomorrow’s anti-ICE shutdown? We’ve got you covered.

This Bitter Earth | New York City Ballet

Dinah Washington + Max Richter + Christopher Wheeldon + NYCB = Beauty Amidst the Darkness

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Sometimes you need a good snowfall to brighten the darkness. #SnowDay #Winter #Wonder

The Politics of Raw Power | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel Drake On Wednesday a group of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis pinned a man to the ground and, while he was immobilized, blasted pepper spray into his face

“The Republican Party, animated by fantasies of crushing liberals and minorities once and for all, is fundamentally devoted to achieving one-party rule.” —an interview with @josephoneill.bsky.social

"With a blizzard like this on #Caturday, I'm gonna need another bottle."

"Sometimes a zen state is the only recourse on a #Caturday."

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell YouTube video by Federal Reserve

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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“Get up, get down; New York is a freaky town. Get up, get down; New York is a freaky town.” — and we love ALL of us. @riseandresist.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org

"After a week like this, #Caturday can't come fast enough."

The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.

"He did what? This #Caturday cat is not amused."

“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”

In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

"Dictation? Not on #Caturday."

Happy #Cat Christmas—whether you're naughty or nice.

To walk with Ellen Foster is to be in the company of one of literature’s most compelling protagonists, as endearingly lovable as Harper Lee’s Scout & every bit as fascinating as Holden Caulfield. One of my favorite reads of the year, first published in 1987 by Kaye Gibbons. #EllenFoster #KayeGibbons

New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.

"Excuse me— It's #Caturday. What're you waiting for?"

GED MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2025 California's premier LGBTQ publication.

Milan and Armani are nearly synonymous. Over the course of a fifty-year career, Giorgio Armani’s sleek design sensibility has embodied the rise of Italy’s fashion and economic capital.

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Maybe the greatest screenplay ever

Gluttony Is No Sin in Tuscany In Tuscany, time is measured in meals. That was the lesson I took from our tour guide Gabriele who led us on a cycling tour around the walled city of Lucca. Nestled in the northwest corner of Tuscany,...

In Tuscany, time is measured in meals—or so it seemed as we ate our way through the walled city of Lucca, a gourmand paradise located just inland from the Ligurian sea.

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Historical grandeur at the Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna Throughout the five-star, luxury hotel's lobby, original marble floors and massive marble columns foster the sense of arrival.

The architect of Vienna's Ringstrasse, Baron Theophil von Hansen designed the Palais Hansen for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair—and now the grand palace hosts guests at Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna.

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"Good job. Now, bring on 2026."