This week's That's Marvelous newsletter is about Halloween plus a speed round of pep talks for people who have been donating to food banks and ALSO a very aughts song I like a lot!

real feel of 104 on the Manhattan Bridge. 1/10 don't recommend

I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.

A hydrant rainbow is no promise of covenant in The South Bronx but more a strange and quiet elegy for all that could have been and never was.

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little free art gallery in Astoria. make what you want, take what you want. very demure, very mindful

Party like it’s 1799

i know it literally was his job but the "well liked 20+ year public high school teacher" vibes just RADIATE off walz. every time i see him talk i feel like some teens are about to get up and give him a shitty plaque

Happy Abortion Provider Appreciation Day! 🧵ed below are the insta/blueskys and donation links for independent abortion clinics around the country (in alphabetical order by state):

I bet being a low information voter feels incredible, like going into a Chinese food takeout place and pointing at the picture of the entree that looks the best.

Thomas Hoepker Lovers Lane Jersey City 1983

Between today & Dec 23 EV is partnering with 7th St Burger to do a coat drive. 1 donated coat at any of the 7th St Burger locations in NYC = 1 free burger & free drink! We received close to 200 last year so hoping to have a bunch to distribute beginning on 12/25 @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social

The NYPD raids on vendors on Roosevelt Ave. are being spurred by a disgraced ex-pol who drifts between whatever gets him attention...and he might soon be back in office. Read this fantastic Erin Durkin piece on the impact the raids are having on Queens immigrants: hellgatenyc.com/mayor-adams-...

If you are concerned about pregnancy criminalization, unfortunately, what you most need to worry about is what you say to friends, family and health-care workers. That said, a lot of these apps play extremely fast and loose with people’s data and imo it’s a good idea not to support that

As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...

The last week has made it clear most Americans have been fucked by their insurance providers. I don't think enough people know about this very nifty tool from ProPublica that helps you customize a letter requesting why your health insurer denied your claim. It's very useful!

Daniel Penny being acquitted is just going to inspire an increase in people playing vigilante and choking mentally ill and homeless people to death on the subway for being mentally and homeless but apparently most people are cool with that so

yeremi colino, a teenager stabbed to death in NYC last night by a group of men after he told them he didn’t speak english, deserves as much attention as the healthcare CEO, if not more. let’s give it to him. www.amny.com/new-york/man...

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Is being afraid the same thing as being in danger? The answer depends on how far you can extend empathy. Our recap of the final arguments in the trial of Daniel Penny, who "took down" Jordan Neely in May 2023:

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Peekaboo, Sunnyside Queens

I don't know about you but this seems very bad!!

The Great Grocery Squeeze: How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert

While the mayor and his city planners acknowledge that their housing proposal builds on ideas implemented elsewhere in the U.S., smaller cities that recently revamped their zoning codes far outdid New York City’s changes. https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/03/nyc-city-of-yesminneapolis-austin-columbu…

Rainbow hat over Grand Canyon national Park 🌈🎩… Captured at 300mm for compression. #bluesky #photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #rainbow

They'll reach a verdict this week in Daniel Penny's trial. Given the constant dehumanization of the homeless population in NYC that's somehow gotten worse in recent years, I don't think he'll have much punishment. This article by Lisa Miller actually shares Jordan's story: nymag.com/intelligence...

If you’re post-dinner and in the mood to cry, please read this feature by @oliviabensimon.bsky.social for @hellgateny.bsky.social about migrant youth trying to make it in NYC despite so so many needless obstacles and somehow finding a way forward. hellgatenyc.com/teenage-migr...

what happened nutritionally this month can never happen again

Reason #29 to support your local bookstores: they even have a cat sometimes

Can't think of anything lovelier to do for another person in NYC than to honor them with their own bench in Central Park

My current prediction for the second Trump term is that we won’t see lots of big, overt attacks on abortion rights—at least not right away. But behind the scenes, small rule changes and increased enforcement of existing laws will whittle what access we have to a toothpick.

"Too cold outside today for an iced coffee" - amateurs who don't take risks

Bluesky, looking for a home for an adorable bonded brother and sister born in the same litter in Northern VA. Kitties are 16 MO and need a loving home. These are 2 super affectionate and adorable furballs. Help me amplify this message to find these little ones a home this holiday season.

East Village bodega flowers appreciation post

They used to release the Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloons into the sky at parade's end, and one almost crashed a plane. Oh and that's not the strangest fact you'll hear in our latest podcast, exploring one hundred years of Macy's parade history:

the persistence of everything bagel // gouache paint on paper commissioned by nyc’s bagel pub in 2021

fuckin harrowing piece. real easy to imagine ending up like this. in this country it only takes one stroke of serious bad luck if you don't have A LOT of money www.esquire.com/news-politic...

I am roughly 49% and a few Vyvanse away from solving JonBenet Ramsey's murder

the orcas are thrifting and doing nostalgia

Taking solace in the fact I and many others have been shadowbanned on Twitter in the last week by knowing perhaps I did something to bother Elon Musk and really what more could I ask for in November 2024?

1 in every3 NYC residents reported using a food pantry during the three years following the pandemic, according to @robinhoodnyc.bsky.social. For families with children, the rate was even higher, with 40% saying they’d relied on a pantry to meet their food needs. bit.ly/4eMFJY2

books are a lifeline for incarcerated people. join me in donating to a program with a crucial and direct impact.

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Data shows that Floridians are the biggest group of out-of-state abortion seekers traveling to New York for care. Now, providers in New York must secure the substantial resources and funding needed to continue to offer abortions. https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/25/abortion-seekers-influx-travel-…

PSA – The Queens Public Library offers $50 virtual library cards and it’s amazing for anyone who uses Libby and want to access more titles/copies than your local library has

I'll be honest this band is always in the Herald Square station performing the shiiiit out of ever rock song from 1995-2015 and they even make Creed palatable. I don't know their story but they are one of many examples of such incredibly talented NYC subway performers

At the LCD Soundsystem show there were 3 burly security looking gentlemen holding it down in the front row, intimidating everyone, no one knew their deal and as soon as they started to play "Yr City's a Sucker" one screamed out "fuck every swing state"