Tagged snow & pigeon anarchy... NYC baby!

Thread: growing up, my polish grandmother would routinely serve golumpki and then send me home with containers and containers of it. I assumed this was an expression of pure love. Anyway, I made some vegetarian golumpki earlier this week, and realized...

NEW: Judge Engelmayer rejects #Epstein files law co-sponsors' request to enter Maxwell docs case--which means they won't be able to go fwd w this sdny request for a monitor. At least for time being.

Everyone must read @edpilkington.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com's heartbreaking story about how maga cuts have ground pediatric cancer research to a halt. Remind your representatives of what's at stake and share this story with them. Tell everyone you know. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

NEW: settlement reached in Drew Dixon case. Update soon via @rollingstone.com

Contacted a top federal criminal defense lawyer this am--one of a handful who'd be a likely candidate for repping him--and asked: are you representing #maduro? The reply? "Not that I know of — LOL."

The @elizarosner.bsky.social on how the Blake-Baldoni legal battle will keep them tied together for a long, long time people.com/blake-lively...

Everyone should read @elizarosner.bsky.social 's extensive rundown of the Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni legal battle one year after her watershed lawsuit people.com/where-blake-...

weekend vibes

BREAKING on MS NOW: A grand jury just rejected the Trump Justice Department's third attempt to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on allegations she engaged in mortgage fraud, according to two sources familiar with the presentation.

someone please use "Senate to self insured: drop dead" as a hed bc it's literally that

Sharing my op-ed on the importance of local journalism. If we want competitive elections, accountable institutions, and communities that feel seen and heard, we must rebuild the local press that makes democracy real. Welcome your thoughts, and please repost. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/07/l...

Cops were so skeptical about the tip #LuigiMangione was at McDonalds that the joked about a sandwich reward. "He said, ‘if you get the New York City shooter, I’ll buy you a hoagie from a local restaurant.'" Via @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

happy Thanksgiving to all who are invoking their best dumb bitch energy in an effort to steer conversation away from politics at dinner!

are you new to train travel but hopping aboard for Thanksgiving this year? ive done nyc to fl like four times so let me share some tips.

Is this snow??? Omg

Pitch for Christmas movie. For 24 hours, lawmakers who oppose healthcare credits live in an alternate world where they have to pay full marketplace premiums--and learn the true meaning of Christmas in the process!

Lol apnews.com/article/louv...

Elise Stefanik is running for governor. Here's my @us.theguardian.com story from 2 yesterday ago tracking her movement from moderate to maga. Turns out, chocolate milk rhetoric was part of this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...

Dick Cheney may have opposed trump in 2024 but he helped birth the Trump presidencies in all their gore caked glories

For over a year, Russell Simmons’ residence in Bali dovetailed with allegations that he's yet to pay agreed-upon settlements to at least 5 women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. Rolling Stone investigates to see if those payments were ever made.

Russell Simmons' accusers’ years-long financial purgatory exemplifies the unfulfilled promises of #MeToo. Via @rollingstone rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Two days after Rolling Stone sent Russell Simmons questions for this article, a lawyer for three of the accusers told Rolling Stone: The matter has been resolved. But declined to provide any additional details. Russell Simmons, through one of his attorneys, declined to comment.

Documents filed in legal proceedings show that as of January 2025, Russell Simmons owed a total of at least $8 million to three other accusers. These filings from earlier this year claimed that Simmons had paid only $220,000 total to them. Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Two days after Rolling Stone sent Russell Simmons questions for this article, a lawyer for three of the accusers told @RollingStone: "The matter has been resolved" www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Russell Simmons Owed Millions to His Accusers. Have They Finally Found Justice? Simmons agreed to pay $11M to multiple women who accused him of sexual assault or misconduct. Two years later, has he followed through on the payments? New from @rollingstone www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Russell Simmons Owed Millions to His Accusers. Have They Finally Found Justice? The disgraced hip-hop mogul agreed to pay $11M to multiple women who accused him of sexual assault or misconduct. Two years later, has he followed through on the payments? Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

halloween eve filing

Why is the park closed at 6 pm on Halloween this is early for park closuresss

I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.

So basically, we're now facing widespread hunger because a lot of people don't think the self employed deserve access to affordable health insurance.

The two Russian mobsters convicted in an international assassination plot targeting the Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad were sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York courtroom on Wednesday. Via @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Reason no 8171726 why I <3 @elizarosner.bsky.social people.com/the-taylor-s...

Saw a social media person describe early 2000s low rise jeans she was about to try as "historically accurate." Yes we all wore low rise pants, but we were also all vaccinated, so joke's on you young people.

pleased and disgusted to report that the nose grease trick works on scratched film negatives

What's the latest with Sean "Diddy" Combs' sentencing? Well update throughout the day. We're about to resume. Expect potentially a few more hours before we hear sentence. Via @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/didd...

Hello from Manhattan federal court. Sean "Diddy" Combs is getting sentenced in his federal case this morning. Scene outside is pretty chill thus far. Here's a pic of the line for entry into courtroom for Diddy. Not everyone will get in. There's still an overflow courtroom, though.

Diddy's letter to Judge ahead of his sentencing:

What do you think: Do people deserve access to health care? Vote yes or no in the comments and be sure to hit the like button to see more videos like this on my YouTube channel!

Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

everyone up in arms about the shutdown...unless you were up in arms about some of your fellow Americans paying like 1K/month for health insurance, please just stop

NEW: Prosecutors have filed their sentencing recommendation in Sean #Diddy Combs' case -- they are asking for 135 months in prison

He's a little explainer why the #JimmyKimmel situation is totally a threat to the First Amendment. Via @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/can-...

It seems pretty clear at this point that any real critical media — journalistic, artistic, you name it — is going to have to come from a place independent of the handful of oligarchic corporations consolidating power. Luckily the infrastructure to build that out exists. But the funding??

Someone should write an essay about healthcare tax credits through the lens of both parties' perception of small biz owners and independent contractors and freelancers. My down-the-rabbit hole read has been that nobody gives a shit about us (until it's politically helpful) because this group...

New for @us.theguardian.com on the #JeffreyEpstein birthday book: Were his misdeeds an open secret among his high-profile pals? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The birthday book is big, important news. But please make sure not to forget the survivors of #JeffreyEpstein and #GhislaineMaxwell. Lawyers repping some 50 survivors told me that nobody from DOJ has recently reached out for interviews via @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Wuthering Heights discourse is more boring than Colin Firth in wet shirt discourse