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NBC News@nbcnews.com · 9mo ago

THAT’S MY MAYORRRRRRRR

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

HAVE YOU VOTED YET?????

A VERY IMPORTANT PSA: there is a Halloween special early voting sticker if you cast your vote today 😭😭😭

A vote sticker that says “Halloween Voter 2025”. In the center is a pigeon with a witch’s hat holding a trick or treat jack o’ lantern in its beak. There are three bats and a witch on the broom in the background

Rhymes with DUCK FUOMO

A plaid scarf and winter coat hung up on the wall. On the lapel of the coat is a voting sticker that says “BROOKLYN VOTES EARLY”

I’m stressed out

Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Made a Pumpkaboo today

A carved pumpkin in the shape of the pokemon Pumpkaboo. Someone is shining a light from their cell phone into the pumpkin to highlight the inside of the pumpkin.

A raccoon tucking into some acorns. He/she was cracking the shells with his/her teeth to get at the nuts.

Monique Lam @moniquejlam.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Call me European, the way I hate 🧊🧊🧊

If you see this billboard up in NY, LA, or London, it has my ACTUAL handwriting on it! Still feels unreal, and obviously I’m bragging about it on every platform!!!!!!

Three large sheets of paper on the ground, with variations of copy written on it in lipstick.

Finally getting around to listening to the Ninajirachi album and yes, it’s extremely good!

Everything about this is incredible and I can’t believe it doesn’t have a million views youtu.be/QJavHc48iZU?...

Electric Fan Harp in the bathhouse │ 銭湯で扇風琴 ♨️

YouTube video by ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!

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Monique Lam @moniquejlam.bsky.social · 12mo ago

My closet is much more suited to Nine Inch Nails tonight than it was for Oasis yesterday lol

Mirror selfie of a girl wearing a leather jacket, small crossbody purse, short romper, and knee high boots, all in black

So…..did they print out enough scavenger hunt cards?

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 12mo ago

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

Monique Lam @moniquejlam.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Currently editing down my closet, and it’s honestly impressive how I managed to cram all this into one IKEA cabinet?

A regular New York City-sized closet. There is a top shelf, a space for hanging clothing, a jewelry tier, and three drawers. There is a basket for shoes at the very bottom.

Piles of folded clothes to be donated. One stack sits as high as a nightstand.

Monique Lam @moniquejlam.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Just dropping this here so y’all never have to go into a Philz ever again thetableofspice.com/recipes/phil...

Philz Mint Mojito Iced Coffee – The Table Of Spice

thetableofspice.com

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · last yr.

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped?

I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry.

Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto.

It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

Based Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic.bsky.social · last yr.

Pickleball courts, the fanciest dispensary I’ve ever seen in my life, and I just paid $25 for a coffee and sandwich….my neighborhood has hit some new stage of gentrification 🙃

nathan fielder was right

nathan fielder sits in a hall with long paramount banners that evoke nazi germany

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last yr.

Paramount: Stephen Colbert's cancellation was a "financial decision" and had absolutely nothing to do with "other matters." Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."

The last season of Hacks looking extremely prescient today with the Colbert news…

molly taft@mollytaft.com · last yr.

😭😭😭

A fake NYT headline that reads “Zohran Mamdani provided a description of a jets game. It was without the nfl’s consent”

ok lmao which one of you did this mamdanitimes.com

a fake NYT headline that says "Zohran Mamdani Tripped on the Sidewalk and Thought Nobody Saw It. But We Did"