2/4 of my mating nucs had success! Mite resistant bees coming soon? Let’s hope!
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oldstockbeek
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oldstockbeek
@oldstockbeek
Beekeeper focusing on Varroa mite resistance breeding for European Honey bees (Apis Mellifera) and my musings
Bronx, NY Katılım Mayıs 2025
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Love when the bees make wonky comb with honey. Natural chewing gum right from the hive!
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I predicted that he would push development as a way to solve NYC budget woes. SEQRA reform next please !!
David Brand@DavidFBrand
Mamdani unveils his new housing plan, with a goal of building 200K new income-restricted, affordable homes over the next decade He describes his evolution from development skeptic to YIMBY “I want to speak to the skeptical New Yorker because I was once the skeptical New Yorker”
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@iron_redux I worked with an Iraqi refugee who was really fabulous. She was shockingly funny, didn’t wear hijab and got coworkers gifts. Big fan!
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i would like to see a lot more Iraqi refugees in the United States. an OOM more
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It’s a big deal Joint List has this much support. I guess the last 3 years has pushed many secular ashkis in Israel to actually being left wing.
Israel Elects@israel_elects
A Joint List would win a record 16 seats, producing the following bloc distribution: 🔵Netanyahu Bloc: 53 (-3) 🔴Change Bloc: 51 (-3) 🟢Joint List: 16 (+6) changes w. headline poll
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@realjordan_M @TWlTTERHAVER Obfuscating with strawman arguments. My point doesn’t become irrelevant, it doesn’t matter if it’s a euphemism or not. The “trust fund” accusation stems from a version of financial illiteracy common in w2 suburban middle class upbringing. Akin to the blue collar “must be nice”
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@TWlTTERHAVER @oldstockbeek I just explained nuance to you. BTW I don’t ever want to hear “words have meanings” from the pro noun brigade who constantly use words like genocide and apartheid incorrectly. The cos play socialist mayor lives off mommy and daddy
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There’s nothing more clockable about someone origins of being middle class than the accusation of “trust fund” for people whose financial situations they just don’t comprehend. Less than 2% of Americans have trust funds. Many don’t have access until their 50s.
Coddled Affluent Professional@feelsdesperate
This is a good example of what radicalizes Mamdani’s base: Ostensibly the type of person who takes this job is going to be sort of smart and well educated (credentialed) but they’re only going to be comfortable financially and lifestyle-wise in NYC if they have a trust fund or it’s a second-income vanity career. You can get off a plane from wherever and barely speak English and make this much driving an Uber. Nurses in NYC can easily make $150k a year. The dynamics of our economy that funnel people into these sort-of-high-status/ mediocre-salary jobs make them insane and then they become Leftists who want to burn everything down.
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If you’re ever worried about becoming trapped in the permanent underclass just become a cop in SF and make $300K a year.
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@feelsdesperate You’ve lived in NYC longer than I’ve been alive and still don’t comphrend the income of 1 million NYers. Alright then lmao
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@oldstockbeek I’ve lived in NYC for the better part of 30 years, so I’ll trust my judgement on this one.
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This is a good example of what radicalizes Mamdani’s base:
Ostensibly the type of person who takes this job is going to be sort of smart and well educated (credentialed) but they’re only going to be comfortable financially and lifestyle-wise in NYC if they have a trust fund or it’s a second-income vanity career.
You can get off a plane from wherever and barely speak English and make this much driving an Uber.
Nurses in NYC can easily make $150k a year.
The dynamics of our economy that funnel people into these sort-of-high-status/ mediocre-salary jobs make them insane and then they become Leftists who want to burn everything down.
emily rahhal she/her@RahhalEmily
👀@NYCMayor is searching for a new speechwriter
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@3stddev @IamWhaffle This is true. FBAs are less than 30% of black people in NYC. Theres soooo many caribbeans and Africans. Also a lot of people think Dominicans are black.
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@IamWhaffle Most black Americans left NYC by Bloombergs end.
The vast majority of black people in NYC are carribean blacks who arrived in 1970 onward and their children.
American black NYers in NYC occupy a few projects and that’s about it.
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Shit really be frying me because Black Americans be right in their face but they want to be xenophobic and don’t realize that in NYC, most of the diaspora culture is simply blended with each other
Ashley Reese@offbeatorbit
ppl get on here like “where are the AFRICAN AMERICANS™ in NYC???” and the answer is in front of their stoop grilling. Go get you a hot dog from the old head on the block or something damn.
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@UBERSOY1 She must have had a non orthodox conversion in Israel. You can have a reform conversion in Toledo Ohio and will be able to make Aliyah. You will not be recognized by the rabbanut but that’s another story.
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@feelsdesperate Hence why it’s a religious belief for you people
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@oldstockbeek Yeah that math doesn’t add up.
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@feelsdesperate Yeah I guess. In the moment I never thought about cost per day I was 22 having fun. No financial support from parents for rent, food, or clothes. Checked old tax return and yup 19k
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@oldstockbeek So you were living off $20 a day? After rent?
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@feelsdesperate No I shared an apartment with one person on the UES then moved to not ghetto Crown heights and had a bedroom for 760.
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@feelsdesperate @DrCola12 @etcetera_etc_ And? That’s not an insane qualification for a 80-90k position. What are they asking and paying in Texas?
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@dysangelistes @feelsdesperate It’s a good salary for a city position. Very good benefits plus entry into the NYS pension system.
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