... head as quickly and humanely as possible. Now one more tree in my neighborhood gets to survive and I have a dead spotted lantern fly to use for whatever purpose I can identify.

A moment later, I saw that I was holding a #spottedlanternfly, which I already knew I was supposed to kill on sight, having previously stomped on ones on the ground near me, so I set it down next to the sink, used the bathroom, washed my hands, photographed it a couple times, and crushed its ...

While I was in front of the toilet, I felt a tickling sensation on the back of my neck, so I instinctively grabbed it with my only working hand.

On Thurs afternoon, I went to a park, came back home briefly, used the bathroom, drank a glass of cold dihydrogen monoxide, and went out to a different park for a little while before coming back to grab what I'd be bringing to kiddush after tashlich at the beginning of the 2nd night of Rosh Hashana.

Also, whatever happens, the person serving as Mayor at the beginning of 2026 and the person serving as Public Advocate then are the two people most likely to become Governor through that year's election.

Either way, there will still need to be room to focus on Council, Borough Presidents, DAs, special elections for federal and state seats, and non-electoral methods of building our movements such as issue campaigns.

... serving as Public Advocate would seek a full term in that seat or run for mayor and whether the person temporarily serving as mayor would try to return to being Public Advocate by running for reelection to a second full term or would run for a full term as mayor.

... nonpartisan special election, to finish his term as Public Advocate, in which the current mayoral candidates could run as a "pre-primary" and a stepping stone to the mayor's office. After that, it would be necessary to figure out whether the person temporarily ...

... very well-kmown and well-liked, has a strong record of achievements as Councilmember and Public Advocate, has a broad coalition of supporters going back many years, and can be trusted to help us transition to a better administration. This would presumably result in another ...

... a mandate, be a competent administrator and dedicated public servant for a year, then step aside, without ever being partial to any of the candidates for next term. My personal preference would be Jumaane Williams, who will already be our acting mayor anyway, is ...