Writing about an arson suspect named John Jones today, and I can't help but think, wait a minute, isn't the Martian Manhunter afraid of fire?
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The great Gotti Kidney Saga continues. John Gotti grandson Carmine Agnello got a reprieve on his fraud sentence to donate his kidney to mom, Victoria Gotti -- but the deadline has passed, and still no transplant. His lawyer says it's because ma has an infection. www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/04/g...
Gotti grandson Carmine Agnello, who got reprieve on fraud sentencing, misses deadline to give mom kidney
The saga of the “Growing Up Gotti” star’s kidney transplant took another turn Tuesday, after his lawyer revealed in a court filing that his mother, Victoria Gotti, has a “serious infection requiring a...
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I must direct you all to this sentence in this bonkers story by my colleague Rocco Parascandola today. www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/04/m...
Good lord I wish some of you could read on this text based social media website.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Took a journey to the Bronx today for one of the more disturbing arraignments I’ve covered in recent memory. www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/03/b...
Bronx child sex predator used NYC shelters as hunting ground for victims: DA
Stephen Charles turned relationships he built with fellow parents in the NYC shelter system into a hunting ground for child sex abuse victims — taking grotesque videos of his exploits with youngsters ...
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This past weekend, former Mayor Eric Adams was in Wisconsin Rapids—population 18,654—trying to convince residents that they should allow a real estate developer to build a data center in the heart of their town. The public hearing did not go well. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...
I know this is making the rounds already, but it’s incredibly good. www.reddit.com/r/wisconsin/...
From the wisconsin community on Reddit: Eric Adams gets heckled at an AI data center meeting in Wisconsin Rapids
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Because the liars are out lying again— I wrote this from Paterson NJ in April 2020
‘Anybody who says they’re not scared during this is lying to you.’ A day in the life of paramedics in a pandemic | CNN
The man lay unconscious in the back of the ambulance, parked in front of the nursing home on the Passaic River. Another life slipping away before the paramedics of Paterson, N.J. For these health care...
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Charles Schulz drew a new Peanuts comic every single day for almost 50 years. That is 17,897 individual comic strips. I'm sure, somewhere in that vast archive, you can find an ACTUAL DRAWING that fits whatever you want to say and easily edit in your own speech bubbles instead of using "AI" slop.
I realize Season 5 of The Boys has its detractors, but The Deep driving around in a Cybertruck while blasting Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’” is the perfect joke.
You always think, "Oh that event is family friendly, it will be fun to take my kids" and you are almost always wrong
Story. To be clear, the DA’s office plays no role whatsoever in determining who gets a seat at space-restricted court proceedings. We go to war with OCA. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/31/a...
Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione wants hearing over which reporters get to cover his trial
Mangione lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo has asked for a hearing over trial access and claimed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office helped to “hand-pick” which journalists would be assigned...
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Just finished this today. Really good, stuff, and it also made me feel smart because I took a course on Malory in college and I remember a little of it!
Interesting sentencing today in Brooklyn Fed. Dan Sohail got time served for ramming his car into Chabad HQ. It wasn’t a hate crime, but the feds wanted more time because when it happened people wrongly thought it was a hate crime. Judge wasn’t having it. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/29/b...
Bklyn judge gives man who rammed car into Chabad HQ time served, blasts feds for asking for more time
Before he sentenced Dan Sohail, 36, to the six months he’s already served in jail, plus another seven days to make probation arrangements, Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Eric Vitaliano called prosecutor...
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This video by @schneps-union.bsky.social is fantastic, and I imagine Ms. Schneps will respond with her trademark charm and delight if and when the union members start handing out flyers with her face on them in the Hamptons. www.instagram.com/p/DbBj7Gxxs8x/
@schnepsunion on Instagram: "For the past three weeks, our CEO has waged an incessant campaign to stop our union. On Friday, the president chimed in calling for dialogue after leadership refused to me...
89 likes, 6 comments - schnepsunion on July 20, 2026: "For the past three weeks, our CEO has waged an incessant campaign to stop our union. On Friday, the president chimed in calling for dialogue afte...
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Schneps Media Union@schneps-union.bsky.social · 2w agoSchneps workers WON our union! After our NLRB election, Schneps reporters + editorial staff are officially part of IAPE Local 1096! We’re so excited to be a part of the NewsGuild. Tell Schneps management to join us at the bargaining table and stop trying to exclude workers from our union now!
Here's the story on today's sentencing of Queens Defenders founder Lori Zeno, who got 43 months for raiding the nonprofit's coffers to fund a luxe lifestyle. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/28/q...
Queens Defenders founder Lori Zeno gets 43 months in prison for stealing funds meant for needy clients
Zeno, 66, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in February, and her ex-con boyfriend, Rashad Ruhani, were sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court after trading blame in a flurry of legal filings, i...
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Lori Zeno was sentenced to 43 months, with a surrender date of Sept. 28. Full story coming soon.
John Annese@johnannese.bsky.social · last wk.The victim letters for QNS Defenders founder Lori Zeno's sentencing are rough. "It is difficult — and goes against the very fiber of our professional identities — to submit this statement to the Court and ask for the incarceration of another. However..." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The victim letters for QNS Defenders founder Lori Zeno's sentencing are rough. "It is difficult — and goes against the very fiber of our professional identities — to submit this statement to the Court and ask for the incarceration of another. However..." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#99, Att. #1 in United States v. Zeno (E.D.N.Y, 1:25-cr-00182) – CourtListener.com
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And now for the next episode of my favorite show, Sir Criston Cole’s Adventures in Westeros. I wonder what sort of mischief Sir Cris will get up to this week. Oh the adventures he’ll have!
It’s Sunday on Bluesky And the big accounts are fighting about nothing
Presumably, this afternoon's NYS Courts update, below, is about Luigi Mangione. Although it has no name, it lists August 11. It now assumed there will be no overflow courtroom for that - why not? - and still no word if much-needed overflow for trial Sept 8 on
Inner City Press@innercitypress.bsky.social · 3w agoOPEN THE COURTS: For Luigi Mangione NYS Trial No Overflow Courtroom, So Letter to Justice Gregory Carro - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/mangione2car... Since no NY PACER, Letter on DocumentCloud here www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
New from me today -- Godfrie Cole, 25, died in his solitary confinement cell at the notorious MDC Brooklyn federal jail on Tuesday. Sources tell me a drug OD is suspected, and that pills were found in his cell. It's the second death at MDC Brooklyn since April. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/26/g...
Man dies in solitary confinement at MDC Brooklyn; sources suspect OD
A 25-year-old man with “severe, persistent mental illness” has died in solitary confinement in the MDC Brooklyn federal jail — the second death in the notorious lock-up in the last three months.
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I saw WarGames in the theater when I was a kid, and one thing I vividly remember was there were audible gasps when he decided to play the game as Russia.