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Working on a new zine, expected out late 2026. It’ll be a bit like my old zine (Stay Free!) but with more of a "critical animal studies” bent, plus some weird-ass history. DM me for more info.

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Ha ha, thanks for the shoutout!

I’ve been gradually trying to get a few back issues up at the Internet Archive before they turn to dust...

29.01.2026 04:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An AP news story from 1958 is headlined: “Early Going Steady Hurts Marriage Chances, Says Expert”

It opens: "LOS ANGELES: Going steady at too early an age can hurt a girl’s chances of getting married, warns an expert on the subject of the unwed woman. “It stunts her intellectual and social growth,” says Dr. Richard H. Klemer, 19, associate general director of the American Institute of Family Relations…"

An AP news story from 1958 is headlined: “Early Going Steady Hurts Marriage Chances, Says Expert” It opens: "LOS ANGELES: Going steady at too early an age can hurt a girl’s chances of getting married, warns an expert on the subject of the unwed woman. “It stunts her intellectual and social growth,” says Dr. Richard H. Klemer, 19, associate general director of the American Institute of Family Relations…"

I was just looking through Newspapers.com and landed on this AP story from 1958.

02.01.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you’d like to chip in, they have a donation link on the website: www.jetaimebk.com/provide-brea...

30.10.2025 20:48 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
November 2025 NKD Voter Guide

fwiw @newkingsdems.bsky.social is yes on the housing measures. tinyurl.com/NKDVoterGuide25 (I’m also leaning Yes, No, No after reading the Hell Gate piece.)

22.10.2025 21:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'de love for the City to do more on the housing proposals — in particular, I’m curious to learn more about #2 and the major parties for/against it.

21.10.2025 17:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Love your zines and have made/distributed ~200 myself. Given how popular they are, it would be great if you could consider making templates that use the back side of the paper — easy to do and people would get 2x the zines for the same amount of paper.

18.10.2025 20:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This game feels like an attack on DEI.

08.09.2025 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo engraving of a woman with very curly hair, similar to an Afro, parted down the middle. 

The text underneath reads: "Fig. 19. From a photograph of an insane woman, to show the condition of her hair."

Photo engraving of a woman with very curly hair, similar to an Afro, parted down the middle. The text underneath reads: "Fig. 19. From a photograph of an insane woman, to show the condition of her hair."

From Charles Darwin’s _The Expression of the Emotions in Man & Animals_ (1872)

28.08.2025 20:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Visibility Brigade: Resistance is Possible! Activating citizens with our overpass actions!

Courtesy of the Visibility Brigade: www.visibilitybrigade.com/group-direct...

24.07.2025 15:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chart showing risk of being murdered in the subway if you rode 500 times last year (0.4 in 100,000) versus other risks such as that of dying in a traffic accident in the US last year (12.1 in 100,000)

Chart showing risk of being murdered in the subway if you rode 500 times last year (0.4 in 100,000) versus other risks such as that of dying in a traffic accident in the US last year (12.1 in 100,000)

The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

21.07.2025 13:23 👍 3708 🔁 1218 💬 83 📌 106

Headline could use rewording:

NY's Most Selective High School Admits Only 7 Black Students Out of 895 Spots

02.07.2025 16:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

All young people — and old people — tend to think savvy and cynicism protect us from being scammed/tricked. There is no truer sign of a mark than to think oneself “above” it all.

22.06.2025 23:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Suggested an indie movie that turned out to be a brutal, violent drama about sex trafficking — so wildly inappropriate as a date movie that when it ended I came out laughing. My date was dumbstruck, horrified, and I took it as a bad sign that he couldn’t see the dark humor in it.

22.06.2025 21:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two Opinions on Andrew Cuomo | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Bill de Blasio and Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn offer different takes on the candidacy of Andrew Cuomo to be the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor.

*Excellent* segment on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social

Friends don’t let friends rank Cuomo
www.wnyc.org/story/two-op...

20.06.2025 16:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Another Mysterious Anti-Trump Statue Has Appeared on the National Mall - Washingtonian Like last year's "memorial" to January 6 rioters, this one, too, has a permit—and a Hollywood connection.

www.washingtonian.com/2025/06/17/a...
people should do that thing where they visit the site of a tragedy and leave flowers.

19.06.2025 15:54 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2

The Atlantic on the NYC mayor’s race

15.06.2025 19:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A screenshot from a college listing on Niche.com highlighting a student poll: “What one word of phrase best describes the typical student at this school”

Responses include “Friendly” (54%); Cliquey (14%); and “Peaked in High school” (11%)

A screenshot from a college listing on Niche.com highlighting a student poll: “What one word of phrase best describes the typical student at this school” Responses include “Friendly” (54%); Cliquey (14%); and “Peaked in High school” (11%)

The student poll is my fave section of the Niche.com college rating site

15.06.2025 16:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ugh. “Making democracy work” by endorsing the most corrupt candidate in the race? LOL

03.06.2025 20:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I know, right? Soooo good.

01.06.2025 14:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of a brand a recycled toilet paper called "Wild Harvest"

Photo of a brand a recycled toilet paper called "Wild Harvest"

It’s turning out to be such a nice weekend, maybe I should go out foraging for some toilet paper

31.05.2025 19:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Same at Parkside stop in BK but just one stop south (Church), the Cuomo fans showed up.

31.05.2025 03:54 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)
Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey) YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom

Zohran is officially my #1 now. Only the best mayoral candidates are rappers.

30.05.2025 19:32 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 2
Weather and climate science needs your help
Weather and climate science needs your help YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream

Over 200 climate scientists and meterologists will be lilve-streaming for 100 hours starting today at 1pm through June 1 about how DOGE is impacting weather and climate science.

Scientists are speaking out, so you know it’s serious. Livestream at wclivestream.com/watch

28.05.2025 13:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shrieked when I saw this pic in my feed because these things have been torturing me and I didn’t know what they were.

25.05.2025 19:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

She’s gotta be, what, 50 years younger...? bsky.app/profile/drea...

16.05.2025 21:25 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1
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Eugen-X: Have Elon Musk's Next Baby Join Elon Musk's Legion of Moms. Sign up with EUGEN-X today, or wait until Elon slides into your DMs on X, his primary incubator recruiting method!

The creators of this website has been wheatpasting fake ads in DC, which point to the site ❤️

10.05.2025 16:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Edited screenshot of a university profile shows that 52% of students polled say “the student body is very diverse in international students” next to a demographic snapshot showing that only 1% of students are International

Edited screenshot of a university profile shows that 52% of students polled say “the student body is very diverse in international students” next to a demographic snapshot showing that only 1% of students are International

This demographic profile of students from a major university in the South speaks volumes (from Niche.com)

08.05.2025 20:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A silouette of Donald Trump with a long “Pinocchio" nose cut out of shiny gold poster board. The word LIAR is on the sign, cut out of black construction paper.

A silouette of Donald Trump with a long “Pinocchio" nose cut out of shiny gold poster board. The word LIAR is on the sign, cut out of black construction paper.

Photo of the sidewalk, with the shadow of the Donald Trump “Pinocchio”/LIAR  sign seen on the other pic. A person, also seen only in shadow, is holding the sign.

Photo of the sidewalk, with the shadow of the Donald Trump “Pinocchio”/LIAR sign seen on the other pic. A person, also seen only in shadow, is holding the sign.

Love this gold poster board I found at the local dollar store. Figured I’d take pics of my new sign before it gets roughed up in the wild.

28.04.2025 20:56 👍 65 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Cuomo claims that the protesters at his events are paid, that Jewish critics of Israel are antisemitic, and that the NY subway is a scary, dangerous place. Is this guy a MAGA wannabe or what?

24.04.2025 21:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a white bucket filled with paper and a label on the bucket says USED WIPES

Photo of a white bucket filled with paper and a label on the bucket says USED WIPES

I ❤️ the Food Coop.

16.04.2025 14:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0