@DrewSav I would say 80% of that sense of wonder is powered by John Williams putting together the greatest film soundtrack of all time
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Jack Curran 🇺🇲🇺🇦
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Jack Curran 🇺🇲🇺🇦
@jackcurran49
Software Engineer || Elections & Public Policy Enjoyer || East Coast Enthusiast
Arlington, VA Katılım Şubat 2015
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The first two Harry Potter films have their obvious flaws but they're filled with a childlike sense of wonder that was sorely missing from the brooding later entries. They're bright and colorful movies.
ViewerAnon@ViewerAnon
Kinda fascinating seeing a filmed version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that's jumped to the darker more "realistic" Prisoner of Azkaban aesthetic
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The first year of New York City’s congestion pricing, by the numbers.
🚗Vehicle traffic: -11%
🚶♀️Foot traffic: +3.4%
🛍️Retail vacancy: -0.9%
🌎Pollution: -22%
🚇Program revenue to fund transit: $548M
💰Sales tax revenue +6.3%
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With the way people were talking about him this winter you’d think Pete Alonso was 36 years old with the build of Daniel Vogelbach
Maybe the most disrespected free agent of the offseason
jack@Jolly_Olive
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This implies that the strongest candidate will always win any primary, which is obviously an insane thing to say
Elijah Cone@ElijahCone
A candidate that cannot beat Jasmine Crockett in a primary is a candidate who cannot flip Texas blue. Primaries are good, iron sharpens iron. Let’s see what the Texas dems are made of.
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@ArmandDoma Problem is that solution does not provide a villain for us to "take on" which is how most city politicians promote themselves
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Maybe instead of doing these complicated redevelopment master plan schemes in far flung land you could just…make it legal to build more housing in the dense places people already want to live in…
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I am very tired of this “luxury housing” shtick. The evidence is overwhelming that building market rate housing reduces rents. The idea that private developers are “getting in the way” of building subsidized housing because they don’t want to build things at a loss is absurd
David Dayen@ddayen
It's always hard for mayors to increase affordable housing, even when there's available land. The political powers of developers get in the way. Here are two examples from Boston and New York, courtesy @rkuttnerwrites: prospect.org/2025/11/25/pro…
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Putting aside that these are manipulated numbers, Lagos is not even a national capital
JD Vance@JDVance
Our nation’s capital has some of the worst homicide rates in the world. If this fact doesn’t anger you but President Trump’s efforts to fix it do, you might have a brain worm.
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"Maine city’s push to expand low-income housing drove developers away" 😲 bangordailynews.com/2025/07/28/bus…
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I'll just say that I am truly shocked that one of the most notoriously abusive creeps in business, media, and politics might be involved in something shady. You think you know a guy.
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How the electrocardiogram can identify previously undiagnosed structural heart disease with A.I. alone, better than cardiologists with A.I. support
@Nature @PierreEliasMD @timpotsMD
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Always remember—because the issue will certainly come back around—Republicans absolutely do not care about fiscal responsibility and the existential threat of crushing national debt.
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No one have ever been vindicated more than congestion pricing truthers. Traffic down 25% in Manhattan, 14% in NJ counties, $216M raised, with fewer cars on roads!
Bloomberg CityLab@CityLab
NYC’s congestion pricing toll has cut Manhattan traffic delays by 25% and reduced gridlock in nearby New Jersey counties by as much as 14%, undercutting fears the policy would worsen traffic outside the city bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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This is directly related to supply increases we have created. We have been unapologetically pro growth both market and affordable units despite political pushback at times.
Jersey Digs@JerseyDigs
After Years of Increases, Study Says Jersey City’s Rents Are Falling: buff.ly/1pvpbKP #NewJersey #RealEstate
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The youth unemployment rate in Spain is 25%
Pablo A. Penietzsche@PabloPeniche
GDPcels will claim that Spain is poorer than Mississippi…
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The most fascinating aspect of our politics these days is the scores of people who line up every year fully convinced that they will be the first person in history to come out better off after tying themselves to Trump. It's never happened, but maybe it will for me.
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I love that every other ad now is the same AI generated profile photo offering an array of different scam services
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