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A side effect of classifying gender issues and unreal & frivolous—a tendency I don’t think is exclusively ill-intentioned—and economic issues as real & substantive is that now, as gender becomes a defining axis of American politics, a lot of supposedly smart people can’t see it.
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Increase your reward these last nights of #Ramadan and donate your Zakat and Sadaqah to help bail Muslims out of pretrial and immigration incarceration! Join us in this effort to create a world without policing and prisons!
Donate: launchgood.com/BBO2023
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not necessarily new a new entrant, but worth adding to the collection
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“When I put policies in place, I put them in with a god-like approach to them—that’s who I am.” nydailynews.com/news/politics/
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What can I tell you about commentating on ' Tournament of Books other than "i'm having fun talking about books with smart people"? I guess we'll find out! Join us on March 24✨
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bummed but not shocked to see such ungenerous readings of this v generous review
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Thrilled for Michelle Yeoh. Beyond that ...
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The upcoming NYC budget proposes $36.2M in cuts to public libraries. Today we launched a campaign to tell & : #NoCutsToLibraries!
Click below to tell City Hall how important libraries are to you!
Retweet if you ❤️ libraries 📚
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"A nun writing love poems that seemed to be directed to another woman raised many eyebrows." Newly obsessed with Sor Juana thanks to this vid.
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In this week's #NYPLTreasures Curator Spotlight, Paloma Celis Carbajal discusses Mexican writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, whose ‘Segundo Volumen’ is on view in #NYPLTreasures. Discover more videos with Library experts on @bbgconnects #WomensHistoryMonth
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams at his annual interfaith breakfast: “Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state ... I will always be a child of God, and I won’t apologize about being a child of God." huffpost.com/entry/new-york
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everyone wondering if Sisyphus was happy and if a chatbot can feel…the workers r not okay
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Thank you for this deep dive into corruption and the weird web of PANK, American Poetry Journal, C & R Press, Steel Toe Books, Fjords Review, and many others. A must read for writers who submit their work to journals and small presses.
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I wrote something.
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so much of lefty nyc political discourse is dictated by people who have no idea what it's like to raise a family here lmao
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i hope everyone is having a cute little time indulging in their various loves 💞
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🗳️New Yorkers! To vote in the June 27 primary election, you must be registered with a party.
Got a New York State ID? Register online by Feb 13
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💘Just in time for Valentine's Day, The New York Public Library is pleased to announce our list of the 50 best new romance books, ranging from mild to spicy to sizzling hot 🔥
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The Graduate Center People's Pantry is open! We're reclaiming the Commons: give what you can, take what you need.
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Just a reminder that the College Board are crooks. They make their money off the SAT, which measures wealth and calls it aptitude—and they make lots of $$$ doing it. The NYTimes made a point of noting the College Board’s “nonprofit” status, but the reality is quite the opposite…
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440 West 57th Street Update immigrant encampment in front of The Watson Hotel update:
Cops are setting up for a sweep. More people urgently needed to protect our unhoused neighbors against escalation. Get there ASAP
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I enjoy being a hater on the internet but some of you are hating below the belt
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A basement flood destroyed much of the backlist of Third World Press, including work by Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez.
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Have been thinking about the legacy of the Bushes lately, and only just realized it is the 21st anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo. What a sick world.
Join me for my new reality show where I make NYC influencers take this quiz and force them to delete their accounts if they score less than me.
My score: 10/10 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Hey friends. My home caught fire this week and we lost everything. Thankfully we are all safe. We're now picking up the pieces and need help.
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See also: "When you hear conservatives casting themselves as victims of a radical 'woke' culture war addled by overeducated elites, you’re not simply hearing a racist dog whistle: You’re hearing a sincere defense of the freedom to dominate others."
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"There are many richer, more original ways of approaching the slogan of 'free speech' but we ignore those in favor of boilerplate negative-rights-centered conversations about who is and isn’t banned from a specific social media platform."
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must spend less time at work and more time cultivating a beautiful little life
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"Organized abandonment" - this is a powerful summary of the havoc wrought by this deadly virus, and the layers of failed messaging and policies public leaders colluded in to deflect and muddle any semblance of a valid public health message that would have mitigated this crisis.
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In this three-part series, @avierkant and @realLandsEnd of @DeathPanel_ present a timeline of covid normalization in the US. In Part III, Biden gets infected as his administration tries to calculate an “acceptable” number of pandemic deaths thenewinquiry.com/the-year-the-p
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The Mayor is very welcome to help our members on the Rockaways. Every big storm. This. #ClimateCrisis #HappeningNow
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yesterday when Adams had the very very rare no public events scheduled I asked if he was OK & what was going on - his spokesperson said he was fine & indicated there were no public events b/c much of Room 9 was off twitter.com/katie_honan/st…
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🧣 In partnership with , NYPL is hosting a winter coat drive for at on Tuesday, 12/27.
on.nypl.org/3HUE0Da
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