Paula Schaap
@redsonja
Writer and editor. Also lawyer. Also, I play poker. And yes, that is my actual dog in the avatar. Her name is Muppet, the name she came with; we couldn't figure out a better one. Opinions my own; usual disclaimers.
Can someone please explain this email that was in the Epstein files released by the government? Link here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
New York City Hall with the Municipal Building in the background the night @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the mayoral election.
Nothing like campaign workers littering in your neighborhood, I always say.
Can someone tell the Sliwa campaign that nobody in the Bronx ever uses the name for our borough without the definite article. Though "Da Bronx" is an acceptable alternative.
So I mostly take sunset pictures out our westward facing windows, which means you can't see the NJ Palisades' trees that, yes, will turn intense reds and golds if colors are good this year. But I'm sure you can imagine from this:
@thewayoftheid.bsky.social This is what I have to take with me every time I go out in scary NYC. (Because how dare I take a walk without her.)
"To Sleep With Anger," written and directed by the amazing Charles Burnett, starring the incomparable Danny Glover.
Listening to Dylan's The Times They Are A'Changing album and watching fireworks seemed like a good way to observe this 4th.
I mean, I know it's bad but you have to have a heart of stone to resist these eyes.