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Documentary photographer, writer, and guide based in NYC.

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Hope you’re holding up alright, Minnesotans are bad-ass.

25.01.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street

29.11.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 5694 πŸ” 1339 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 126
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ICE is staging in a garage on Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan ahead of what neighbors believe is a planned large-scale raid of Canal
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.

29.11.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 632 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 15
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Inside the Canal Street ICE Raid Photographer and NYC tour guide James Maher documents a spontaneous protest against an ICE raid on Canal Street β€” exploring the city's fractured identity through images, history, and the pulse of prot...

Wrote about being inside the Canal Street ICE raid.

29.10.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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She was a hero.

23.10.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
DHS press release: 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs

MAKING NEW YORK’S CANAL STREET SAFE AGAIN: ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Aliens on Canal Street Operation with Rap Sheets Including Robbery, Domestic Violence, Assaulting Law Enforcement, Counterfeiting, Drug Trafficking, and Forgery

Five of these criminal illegal aliens entered and were released into the US under the Biden Administration

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Street in New York City . . . .

DHS press release: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public Affairs MAKING NEW YORK’S CANAL STREET SAFE AGAIN: ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Aliens on Canal Street Operation with Rap Sheets Including Robbery, Domestic Violence, Assaulting Law Enforcement, Counterfeiting, Drug Trafficking, and Forgery Five of these criminal illegal aliens entered and were released into the US under the Biden Administration WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Street in New York City . . . .

According to a DHS press release, yesterday’s big show of force in downtown Manhattan resulted in… 9 arrests of immigrants by ICE.

22.10.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ice agent arrest, City Hall.

Ice agent arrest, City Hall.

Ice agent arrest, city hall

Ice agent arrest, city hall

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Photos from the Canal Street, Chinatown Ice Raid today. Shame.

21.10.2025 23:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx

21.10.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 267 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 64
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#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.

21.03.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 24
Hasidic Jews with Free Palestine (and related) signs protest outside of Trump Building entrance.

Hasidic Jews with Free Palestine (and related) signs protest outside of Trump Building entrance.

Man with Palestinean flag cheers in front of No Votes for Genocide - Resist For Palestine sign and Trump Building entrance.

Man with Palestinean flag cheers in front of No Votes for Genocide - Resist For Palestine sign and Trump Building entrance.

Man holds up hand to block Deport Khalil sign.

Man holds up hand to block Deport Khalil sign.

Pro Palestinean man chats with man holding a "Deport Mr. Khalil! He Hurts Foreign Policy" sign.

Pro Palestinean man chats with man holding a "Deport Mr. Khalil! He Hurts Foreign Policy" sign.

3/19/25 Palestinean Protest. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building. #protests #palestine #israel #krisisreporters #wallstreet #trump

19.03.2025 22:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Palestinean Flags waving in front of Trump Tower.

Palestinean Flags waving in front of Trump Tower.

Line of Hasidic Jews with Free Palestine related signs.

Line of Hasidic Jews with Free Palestine related signs.

Palestinean flag, sign that says "Stop Israel Holocaust of Palestine, and Trump Building.

Palestinean flag, sign that says "Stop Israel Holocaust of Palestine, and Trump Building.

Line of bike cops waiting.

Line of bike cops waiting.

3/19/25 Palestinean Protest. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building. #protests #palestine #israel #krisisreporters #wallstreet #trump

19.03.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lol, I got Perplexity.ai to admit that it was evil for advertising on the Ben Shapiro show while he shared disinformation using their service. #perplexity #benshapiro #evil #dailywire #misinformation #disinformation #ai

07.03.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the info, just signed up!

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If You've Ever Wondered What You'd Do During Slavery The Holocaust or Civil Rights: You're Doing It Right Now!

If You've Ever Wondered What You'd Do During Slavery The Holocaust or Civil Rights: You're Doing It Right Now!

Our Lives End The Day We Become Silent On The Things That Matter

Our Lives End The Day We Become Silent On The Things That Matter

Stop The Lies

Stop The Lies

This Is The Immigrant Who Took Your Job

This Is The Immigrant Who Took Your Job

Fox News 50501 Protests - March 4th #protests #fox #foxnews #nyc #50501 #krisisreporters

04.03.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fox Poisons America Protest sign in front of 1211 Fox HQ Pillar

Fox Poisons America Protest sign in front of 1211 Fox HQ Pillar

Crowd of signs including Trump clown nose protest signs.

Crowd of signs including Trump clown nose protest signs.

Stop the Coup outside Trump HQ

Stop the Coup outside Trump HQ

The Emporer Has No Clothes Elon Musk Sign

The Emporer Has No Clothes Elon Musk Sign

Fox News 50501 Protests - March 4th #protests #fox #foxnews #nyc #50501 #krisisreporters

04.03.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Protest sign that says "SCIENCE SAVES LIVES FUNDING CUTS KILL" in front of Washington Square Arch.

Protest sign that says "SCIENCE SAVES LIVES FUNDING CUTS KILL" in front of Washington Square Arch.

Woman with loudspeaker addressing large crowd with signs and NYU buildings in the back.

Woman with loudspeaker addressing large crowd with signs and NYU buildings in the back.

Five protests with signs.

Five protests with signs.

Protest sign that says "SAVE OUR RESEARCH STOP THE BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAB" in front of Washington Square Arch.

Protest sign that says "SAVE OUR RESEARCH STOP THE BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAB" in front of Washington Square Arch.

NYC NYU & Columbia protests on Feb 19th, Washington Square Park.

#protest #resist #nyc #protests

20.02.2025 04:08 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Elon Musk cardboard protest sign in front of City Hall

Elon Musk cardboard protest sign in front of City Hall

Protest Sign: Go Home Nazi Dork.

Protest Sign: Go Home Nazi Dork.

Photographers and signs.

Photographers and signs.

Large crowd with City Hall in the background and man cheering.

Large crowd with City Hall in the background and man cheering.

NYC City Hall protests on Feb 5th.

20.02.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This graph is stunning. Yellow are number of NYPD car chases, blue the number of people injured by those chases.

I know correlation does not always imply causation, but… man. Both those trends really change w Adams’ arrival.

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if you kill a disfavored person in the street the leaders of the republican party will try to make you a national hero. absolutely not an ominous sign for the future.

13.12.2024 15:28 πŸ‘ 8230 πŸ” 1754 πŸ’¬ 207 πŸ“Œ 62

good piece on how bloggers lost to "creators"

12.12.2024 16:42 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Death by a thousand substacks If you’re not a breadwinner, you’re the yeast.

"If you’re not a breadwinner on Substack, you’re the yeast .. responsible for driving app downloads, granting access to their social graph, and funneling their readers towards the platform’s top earners."

@tylerdenk.bsky.social (channeling @anildash.com too)

mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/death-by-t...

11.12.2024 18:50 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

NYC heard about Ontario’s recent bill 212 as the worst example of legislation in transportation in big cities and said β€œhold my beer”.

11.12.2024 12:53 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

winter night walks are great for freaks like me who enjoy a desolate wasteland with no one around and nothing but howling frost wind belting your face freezing you half to death. it’s refreshing

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I have briefed Congressional staff, led public opinion research, and wrote more sets of talking points than I can count. They had a playbook--they just chose not to run it.

10.12.2024 14:12 πŸ‘ 669 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3
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Sophie Calle Is Both Exhibitionist and Voyeur For a half-century, Sophie Calle has been probing human connection, emotional impulses, and vulnerability via fictional devices, dry humor, and unapologetic impropriety.

In her half-century career as an aloof yet impassioned observer, Sophie Calle reveals the loneliness of the human heart through her signature brutal irony.

10.12.2024 14:32 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's extremely hard to convey to the average cis person just how bad the harassment of trans people on social media has gotten and how aggressively we're targeted, because if you've not been on the receiving end of it for years, you can't really grasp how relentless it is, and how isolating it is.

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