"We're not going away..." An update to NJ PBS operations www.njspotlightnews.org/video/an-upd...

The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

it's giving this [complimentary]

Attention Bluesky users… Anyone know what kind of plant this is?

It's time for clear eyed thinking about the potential for the large-scale destruction of public transit in American cities. It could happen in the next two years. Thread... 1/

"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about." #BullshitJobs

I had kind of an insane thought last night but I just wanted to put it out there. I’m sure we all saw the horrific videos of the MTA yesterday. All weekend, PATH was barely operational. And SEPTA has had their funding cut to the bone. My fear: private investors are going to try to step in. +

This is absolutely insane. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Pusha T looked so happy it made me tear up 😂 ugh so good to see www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gI...

This is why it’s important to not completely lose your empathy and give into cheering for death. This is who we risk becoming.

Hey y’all, if you would like to donate to relief for Kerr County, please use this link: cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c... This comes direct from our mutual aid network, and this org is local and nimble enough to get things done in a timely way.

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is. In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol. And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

Guys I’m gutting my studio and found a trove of these “Trenton makes/the world takes” iron on patches. Want a set? $10 Venmo or PayPal, dm me for info. Cc @leboism.bsky.social didn’t you want a set of these or am I misremembering?

What fans don’t know is that Sherita was never about honest, quirky old working-class Brooklyn. Instead she and several frowsier sister signs mark a nasty pattern of northern Brooklyn real estate manipulation.

If you want to emulate Mamdani the first thing is he's New York. You can't fake that. I know who his parents are, but he comes off just the same as the dry cleaner's son sent to a good school. He was graduated from Bowdoin but he still is who he is. You have that or you don't.

Protect this man at all costs. I heard such good things about him from my NYC friends for years, and he was genuinely so principled and decent in the election. Also that Cyclone ad was fantastic.

Honestly it’s just so nice to see people be happy over politics for once!

If I had to guess what happened with the polling: look at the number of young voters who turned out early. They weren’t in anyone’s likely voter screen.

NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital. CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one PELOSI: Take the shot

These amazing people are distributing supplies at a local food pantry in Jersey City — diapers and other necessary things you can’t buy with SNAP and other benefits. If you can, please donate from our registry: www.jcmutualaid.org/donate

absolutely crazymaking times for anyone of a certain age with a functioning memory

NOW: @andykimnj.bsky.social @menendez.house.gov leave #DelaneyHall, confirming reports of food shortages, bad water, and substandard conditions. They said an exterior wall was made of mesh and drywall and crumbled under pressure from people inside, leading to the purported escape.

Someone in Chicago made protest flyers that mimic the design of handbills that contractors put on people’s garages. I saw one on my garage this morning and then noticed many more when I went out for an early walk. A lot of contractors are undocumented so they will surely see these.

Hello Bluesky: Yesterday I got the news that the father of a student I had in class last year is being detained by ICE. As the primary wage earner for the family, who abruptly can’t support them anymore, they’re now in a position where she may have to drop out of college. gofund.me/e66a90da

Great news — she’s been found!! hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-city-...

Details of this story have changed dramatically since it was first reported. If you’re in Jersey City, please take a moment and click through to this story, even if you’ve already read about it elsewhere. And keep an eye out for this poor kid.

Labubus do nothing for me. Smiskis though… (I’m sorry, I had to learn about this last night and so now you do too, except the parents out there who already know about it too much.)

heads up to people in PA and NJ: gino's nursery in newtown is holding a mountain mint overstock sale until june 15. one plant is $5, down from $15. these bad boys bring all the pollinators to your yard.

Welp

I love to push a button and receive a pellet. A delicious treat for me? Might as well push it again. If it gives me a small electric shock once in a while, well, that's just the cost of doing business

This is absolutely incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIN7...

This is exactly why I’m not trusting any of these polls for NJ Governor (and they keep coming, every day). The questions are getting really weird. Like how on earth am I supposed to sum up what I’ve heard about the election in a few words? Weird.

This is wild. Reposting because Hudson County View isn’t on BS. hudsoncountyview.com/hoboken-mayo...

Stranded at O’Hare airport next to a guy who just brainstormed an app with his buddy which I can best describe as Grindr but for platonic friends. “Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an app that let you see if there are other people nearby who have your same interests and you can go talk to them?”

“What these 2 life-altering years of organising taught me is that a union is not a magical solution that will resolve all work-related grievances but a link of solidarity that will reflect us and be as strong or fragile as we make it." @svafac-uaw.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/23/s...

We need to find a new job for Eric Adams that's not mayor but also allows him to keep doing shit like this because it's so funny

Fyi for those who are unemployed and need health insurance, get on new york state's essential plan. It's a state health insurance program using an obscure provision of obamacare to get obamacare subsidies directly. Since they are keyed to average subsidies but pay medicare rates, its quite good.

This is perfect.

Fulop: fund special ed at the state level, keep the rest at the local level. Baraka gets applause for bringing up the Abbott district. Attacks Jersey City (and Fulop) for not funding schools.

"There are 510,000 NCAA athletes in the U.S....he’s aware of “less than 10” athletes who identify as transgender... If you believe many right-wing voices, you’d think it was far more than 0.001961 percent of college athletes...expert estimates of fewer than 100 trans high school athletes nationwide"

“It’s disheartening that NEA funding has been abruptly cut without prior notice, leaving A.I.R. scrambling to find alternative ways to support this vital program” —Brooklyn-based artist and current A.I.R fellow Stephanie Santana

Question for NJ people: how many polls have you gotten for the June election? I’m getting at least one a day, sometimes two. I’ve stopped filling them out because there’s just too many and they’re too long. But I’m guessing I’m on some kind of list and not everyone is getting that many sent to them?

For all the relentless screaming online about the upcoming NJ governor’s race, there’s this. (The poll is a little unfair. I didn’t know the exact date of the election but I sure know there’s one in June and will vote. But lots of people are completely oblivious.) www.app.com/story/news/2...

Too many kinds of moons in this post.

Join Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social & @repbonnie.bsky.social for an emergency call Monday (5/12) 5pm to push back against Trump's authoritarian power grab & learn how you can organize to support all communities! 💥 RSVP: www.mobilize.us/wfpower/even...