What a delightful read, by @dodai.bsky.social "The choices at the vending machine were downright existential: Would you prefer to add time? Or add value? In life, everyone wants more time! But who would turn down more value?" Definitely read the comments. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/n...

RIP Luke Spencer, star of a storyline that, thank God, would never fly today.

Update: best bet I made all year

@ndhapple.bsky.social Do you know why the NYCT subway account stopped its wonderful, detailed updates on X/here?

Gambled and parked in a Tuesday spot just in case alternate side gets suspended.

There are some days my Etsy site for protest and resistance buttons and magnets gets under 10 views. Other days over 80 I don’t know why but I know if people repost it I get more views and hopefully more sales. Can you repost the link? Thanks! buttonsfordemocracy.etsy.com

Cambria is my default

TFW one of your longest, closest friends makes history. Congratulations, Madame Mayor!

"...cats meow more frequently when greeting male caregivers. The team hypothesized that men 'require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats'...suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, and adjusted their behavior accordingly."

I'm giving a conference talk next week about the story behind our Bluesky account, which means I've spent much of the last week thinking about how to best articulate the advantages of sharing your hog on the Internet bsky.app/profile/them...

Cat guards the Temple of Artemis at Roman ruins of Jerash, in Jordan. #cats #CatsOfBluesky #Jordan

Um no thanks.

It is sad, but not surprising, that the president of Mexico is wasting her time on frivolous matters like suing the man who groped her. by Andrew Cuomo

Proud to call this man a friend. This is so fucking great.

Don't make me push this idea too hard, but the Halloween-Marathon Day weekend double whammy, especially when we get to wake up on Sunday with the sun over the horizon, really does feel like the High Holy Days or the Carnival of NYC's civic religion. I love it so much.

@questingvole.bsky.social I use your NYT article about “Other Men’s Flowers” in my nonfiction writing class every year. So good—thank you!

A world without Diane Keaton is a far less delightful world.

What would the ending of The Godfather be without her face?

These people are on another planet.

@tgenaro.bsky.social The stuff you come across rummaging through drawers...

For almost 40 years, I've used The Body Shop products pretty much exclusively, especially on my face. And now The Body Shop is no longer in the U.S., and I am bereft.

The sound of a dog quietly snoring under your desk is indisputably one of the best sounds. Nice start to the work day. Happy Tuesday, everyone.

All of a sudden, one of my gmail inboxes isn't working: no mail coming in. If you or someone you can help me with this, please get in touch. (Yes, of course, I pay.)

Maybe we need to start making “use headphones” announcements on the commuter trains

Absolutely my most interesting cat adoption story. Norman moved from Manhattan to Sweden and goes to camp every summer.

Norman Meowler is now visiting in Jämtland with my hot Swedish husband, the Tween, and Bob the Dog, absolute canine unit.

Just got home from Oak Ridge. And now.... may I introduce... my new kitty! Sissy is her "adoption name" but I'll probably rename her when she tells me what SHE thinks her name should be.

ACA premiums being 75% more next year is going to crush a lot of us freelancers/creatives/anyone who is already in precarity and that's the fucking point.

This very pretty, very young, very pregnant cat was living on the backstretch. She is very well taken care of by the trainer who owns her, and the barn adores her, but we decided it would be best if she had a safe, indoor place to have her babies.

I love when a cat like Dandy finds a home through the cat distribution system but remember: you can bring the CRS to you! If you're in the NYC area, please consider adopting or fostering from the NYACC, which has reached capacity and can no longer accept animals into care. www.nycacc.org

It is a mark of the innate inequity of our system that when working people want goods or services, they must pay upfront. But if corporations want goods and services they can pay for then when it suits them, typically well after they have received the goods and services.

Lodging an official complaint.

Same, Gigi. Same.

Once more, with feeling www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

Life goal

Waiting in line at a pool in an upstate state park and just heard someone refer to Kathy Hochul as "the governess," dead seriously.

"Carrie Agne walked over to the colt, bending her head to his nose and cradling his head in her hands, oblivious to the commotion around her. She had met him only that morning at DeVaux’s barn, but the attachment was deep and profound, a perfect moment amid still powerful grief." (by me)

"Under the new spending plan, immigrants who are currently eligible for the Plan will lose that eligibility, including those who have been in the U.S. for fewer than five years and those who are here on temporary visas — both categories to which many backstretch workers belong."

Accurate. Now that I live with universal healthcare, I cannot fathom living without it.

Nooooooo

the other thing is that no one who fetishizes manual labor actually cares to improve life for people who are in those circumstances! no support for unionization or a generous welfare state! no interest in policies that make life easier for people who work their hands or afford them more autonomy!

my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!

100%

Make it make sense.

Known to Indigenous people for thousands of years, the mineral springs of Saratoga first attracted the attention of white settlers in the mid-18th century.

Not even 10am & I’ve swum for 45 minutes, been offered frozen nutcrackers, piña coladas, & margaritas, and saved a young woman from being harassed on the beach.

Today’s Connections was RIDICULOUS.

@ndhapple.bsky.social you are not by any chance in the neighborhood this afternoon, are you?

It is impossible to exaggerate how thoroughly the entitled decisions made by Mayor Adams have fucked Brooklyn Heights and the surrounding neighborhoods, their residents, local businesses, and anyone else in the city who would like access to public space to watch the fireworks.