my beloved tattoo artist had Friday the 13th flash based on NYC building typologies and I simply could not resist

hey so a thing I do at work is manage all of our newsletters and I would love if more people subscribed to them! We provide really great info on service, construction updates, and more! Get ‘em all here www.mta.info/contact-us/n...

one of my friends has a six year old who required very little explanation that his Aunt Amy loves another Aunt Amy and that’s just how it is. little dude just accepted it as fact. (nevermind the fact that my girlfriend and I have the same name and that requires a different type of explanation)

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

is there a line in a song more devastating than “kiss me out of desire, not consolation” in Jeff Buckley’s “Last Goodbye”

I’ve moved on to the Prodigy. Help

journalism was fucked as soon as the success metric for a news organization became “profitability”

The snow hot tubs are close to work and hell yeah I love to see my tax dollars used for excellent municipal services

been listening to Kula Shaker a lot, which I feel like is truly sickos behavior for Britpop fans

is the mild headache I’ve had for two days the byproduct of being in my 40s, the persistent cold, the state of the world, or simply all of the above

ten years ago today no one clapped

genuine question: who asked for this

the Garfield bot knew today was my birthday

This song was on the radio and that required me to once again revisit the insane brilliance of Michel Gondry's 1999 video for it, in which he recreates 70s/80s analog video FX with meticulously staged choreography. Just in case anyone hasn't seen this gem from the peak music video era:

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

TIL that people born after 1990 apparently do not know who Goofus and Gallant are

my girlfriend’s dog got tired of walking in the snow so guess who had to carry his little ass home

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.

winter storm report: the line to get into the Downtown Brooklyn Trader Joe’s is long and not moving

revival time www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49B...

social media was a mistake

now watching 28 Days Later, absolutely forgot how shitty (intentionally) the film quality is and how terrifying the movie remains

I just want to talk to someone about this movie!!!!!!

I really dislike horror and zombie movies especially and yet I will follow the 28 [period of time] Later series wherever it goes. The Bone Temple is so good

thanks I hate it, RETVRN to tradition (hideous concrete bowl that overheated terribly in the summer)

AWFUL is a new one to me. real cool country we have here

wait there is a Bhutanese restaurant that shares a name with the newsletter I edit for work? I must go!

thank [insert deity here] that The Pitt is back

things are just really fucking bleak today

I got this email from my mom today. After my dad died I wrote something personal about him for Curbed, and it’s now wiped from the internet. Was it important work? Not really. But it meant a lot to put it out there, and it sucks that it (and so many other people’s personal stories, FWIW) is gone.

American cheese is really good in certain applications, like on burgers or egg sandwiches

I've received many messages about this over the last two weeks — people still read, reference, and link to these stories WRITTEN BY REAL REPORTERS who knew their cities better than anyone else. I figured a fix might have been delayed due to holiday breaks but this needs to be remedied immediately!

I noticed this too and I realllllly hope it is temporary @curbed.com @nymag.com because there is nothing else like it and it is half of my archive 😭

What AJ said. Would love to know why the Curbed NY archives have been offline for a while now. Losing those would mean losing years of history about the built environment, and that would really suck!

Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

me at 11:59pm tonight

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showing my old millennial age but the first few that come to mind: “Just,” Radiohead “Supa Dupa Fly,” Missy Elliott “Bittersweet Symphony,” the Verve “Praise You,” Fatboy Slim Also shoutout to “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock, which apparently scared the shit out of me when I was a little kid

this article reminded me of the subway-themed musical that my college roommate’s boyfriend co-wrote that I saw a very early workshop of in 2002 or 2003 (??), but I haven’t thought of in YEARS

ugh theonion.com/it-only-tues...

In my three years of editing the Weekender I have never seen a weekend with this few service changes. What a time to be!

200 Cigarettes is a delightful movie and it’s a crime that it’s not streaming anywhere (my sister has it in DVD, thankfully)

TIL that Cogsworth in “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) is the same actor who narrated “New York: A Documentary Film” and I’m losing it

Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street has a message for riders: the MetroCard is retiring and going in the trash on December 31st! It's time to tap and ride—listen out for his station announcements next time you're taking the subway 🚇

*crumbles into dust*

It only Monday morning

The @mta.info has different farewell to the metrocard collaborations. Did we get a Carvel metrocard ice cream cake for our 2yo's birthday? Yes, yes we did!