Tomorrow's combination of dangerous heat and unhealthy air is a serious threat to New Yorkers’ health.
If you can, stay somewhere cool with air conditioning, limit your time outdoors, drink plenty of water, and check on your neighbors — especially older New Yorkers and anyone with a health condition.
Our agencies are mobilizing citywide to support New Yorkers.
Cooling centers are open tomorrow. Call 311 or visit https://t.co/H15g2T3qWX for locations.
Free KN95 masks are available at hundreds of locations citywide: https://t.co/oJJtcIN68k.
Outreach workers are intensifying canvassing efforts under both Code Red and Code Grey.
NYC Public Schools, NYC Parks, and other agencies are adjusting programming, moving activities indoors, rescheduling events, and adjusting operations in real time as conditions change.
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.@nycemergencymgt & @nycHealthy are advising New Yorkers to prepare for potential deteriorating air quality from Canadian wildfires beginning Weds, 7/15. Limit time outdoors & stay in cool indoor spaces. Free mask distribution at select public libraries: https://t.co/FPU0d3pYZS
I worked as a librarian in a Title 1 school (very poor). The kids never checked out books or read things until I made a whole Manga section. (Clean child versions) the kids started reading and then moved on to Lemony Snicket and Harry Potter… I understand to a lot of us…
I’m reading a book rn & omfg from the late 80s to the mid 90s SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT of the *entire NY state* prison population was from Brownsville, Bed-Stuy, ENY, Jamaica, LES, Harlem, or the South Bronx. Jfc
Immigrant Nation: People in Transit
Jul 3–Sep 10
We celebrate America's 250th birthday with a series focused on immigrants’ experiences in—and journeys to—the US. Over 60 films, from John Ford, Ang Lee, Mira Nair, Mati Diop and more.
Full schedule:
https://t.co/HteTmT8Etf
For anyone that actually has a genuine interest in the chimpanzee civil war in Uganda, check out Chimp Empire from 2023. It's a documentary that covers the two groups and their rivalry
National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for tonight through tomorrow morning.
Temperatures may drop to 32°. Sensitive plants are at risk. Bring plants indoors or cover them before tonight.
The invocation of ethnic minorities in Iran, "Kurds, Azeris, Baloch, and Ahwazis" by Netanyahu is not a call to unity but in fact a call to initiate a civil war, to instigate conflict along ethnic lines when a call for a general uprising by him failed during the last war in June.
NEW: You now have free unlimited access to @nytimes online at all @nypl branches, with no library card or login required. Just connect your device to library WiFi or use one of their computers. Includes news, games, cooking, The Athletic, Wirecutter etc.
One more reason to love our libraries!
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People really need to come to terms with the reality that content creators won’t "lead the revolution." Their position in the attention economy structurally demands they chase clicks over strategy. They are stunting the work. A thread 🧵
From a feminist perspective this is exactly what happens when we start to unlearn society’s narrow scripts for adulthood. Feminism teaches us that a meaningful life isn’t inherently tied to marriage, children or traditional markers of success but stepping outside those
friendly reminder https://t.co/zMTseN04VY is a database that can help you find your local food banks (and a plethora of other resources).
if you’re in need locate them. if you have the means, donate to them. we need each other more than ever right now. please share!
Choice feminism is a feminist framework that centers individual choice as the core of feminist liberation. In simple terms it means if a woman chooses something,it is inherently feminist. Whether it's becoming a stay at home wife, participating in sex work,