Annabel Lee
@annabel-lee.bsky.social
“You have to be a little crazy to live in New York, but you’d be nuts to live anywhere else.” ~Bella Abzug `
Morning all Smoke-Stack, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England. Photographer Michael Kenna, 1984.
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
According to the Senate GOP: Todd Blanche became a different person somewhere between the confirmation hearing and today’s vote. He remains Trump’s personal lawyer. Same client. Same corruption. Same playbook. Nothing has changed. He has no business becoming Attorney General.
Why do so many miss the big blue sign that says Quiet Car? There are 10 other cars where you can talk or be otherwise rude and obnoxious. #amtrak
Thank you for your work as a shipyard welder during #WWII --for being one of the “Rosie the Riveters” -- and for spending your final years telling your story each Friday at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historical Park. Goodnight & godspeed, Jeanne Gibson.🕯️
Beloved ‘Rosie’ Jeanne Gibson dies at 100
“One less welding torch shines today,” said National Parks volunteer Tammy Brumley, affectionately known as the Rosie Wrangler.
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The question is simple for those who hate Fauci: Why isn't there still a pandemic? In my recollection, soon after the vaccine was released people stopped dying.
Today’s Opinion piece in the Washington Post about Socialism reads like it’s from a conservative high school newspaper. #kathleenParker
The mainstream media, forgetting about a progressive, popular Black woman, @angieforfl.bsky.social, who is running for office? Shocking /s
Insane, ugly thing to tweet. Here's the AIPAC candidate. Wow.
Just look at that newspaper clipping. Hodgkin earned her PhD from Newnham College Cambridge (1937) for research on X-ray crystallography & the chemistry of sterols & was: +A professor at Oxford +Fellow, Royal Society +The first (& still only) British woman scientist to win a Nobel #WomenInSTEM
Not sure how many NYers are aware that there is a program with the NYC Parks Department where you can camp in various parks during the summer. I believe it starts in August: www.nycgovparks.org/events/famil... - This includes Central Park & they provide tents if you need them.
Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers : NYC Parks
NYC Parks is the source of free outdoor events. From concerts, movies, sports and fitness, to events for kids and seniors, there’s always something to do in a park near you. Camp overnight with the Ur...
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Painting by George Shaw ‘The Day Before You Left 3’ 2021. Humbrol enamel on board. Dimensions 10 × 12 in.
He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...
After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani (Gift Article)
Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state...
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Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons
April Glick Pulito@aprilglick.bsky.social · 5mo agowhat are the skills you find yourself still using the most from your bartending and serving days
From Butterflies and Moths, John Leigh-Pemberton, 1965.
