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@kennethchanko
My debut novel, "Exit Tickets," is now available to purchase online at all major retailers. Please visit: www.kennethchanko.com Long-time Manhattanite, former journalist and school teacher...๐โพ๏ธ๐ฌ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธโฎ๏ธ...and I still can't believe I'm now a published novelist.
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Iโd be shocked at this point if Mango Mussolini McBonespurs didnโt commit to boots on the ground.
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โCongestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trumpโ
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/n...
Just deleted ChatGPT from my iPhone and MacBook, and Iโll now be using Claude.
The folks behind Palantir and OpenAI seem to have taken the wrong lessons from TLOTR and Terminator.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As reasoned as it is potentially harrowing.
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'Terror Was Needed to Make Arabs Leave': What the Israeli Army Did in 1948, Revealed - Israel Security (Gift article from Haaretz.)
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
"Half His Age" by Jennette McCurdy
It's no "Tampa" or "Blue Angel," though I was hoping it would rise to such levels.
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See ya in Brooklyn in May, Bruuuuuce!!
#brucespringsteen
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As a rent-stabilized Manhattan tenant, I say...
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Silence is unconscionable... ๐ต๐ธโ๐
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Duvall and now Wiseman...A big loss for cinema this Monday... ๐
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#CinemaSky #Movies #FilmSky
Sending L๐VE to Jean and Hazel at Manhattan's Upper East Side Barnes & Noble store on this Valentine's Day.
Why?
Well, they have stocked my debut novel, "Exit Tickets," on their store's shelves, and they invited me up there to sign a copy.
More to come, here's hoping!
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Always refreshing when a U.S. politician speaks an unvarnished truth.
โOcasio-Cortez Tells Haaretz: Unconditional U.S. Military Aid to Israel Enabled Genocide in Gazaโ - Israel News
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
4/5 stars - "Paradais" by Fernanda Melchor
"A head-long plunge of a book. Gotta go back now and read Melchor's 'Hurricane Season,' which has been on my list for a while."
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Go with โThe Pittโ instead โ itโs also on HBO Max. Far better acting, writing and drama. But if youโre into a Lifetime gay romance thatโs grabbed a cultural moment, then, uhm, sure โ go for โHeated Rivalry.โ
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So weird how this keeps happening.
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...
Amazing. If a professional wrestling crowd is chanting "fuck ICE," it suggests to me that large swaths of the culture are not just upset over ICE tactics, they're coalescing against mass deportations as a broader ideological project.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
I have great respect for HRW and the work they do, but the pulling of this report is troublingโฆ
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
โThe federal government cannot be trusted. Our default position should be skepticism and understanding they lie very regularly."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Actually, I would've thought if any Manhattan theater might've been doing decent business with the "Melania" doc, it would've been one in Times Square. A lot of out-of-town tourists, I figured, and they might be from MAGA country. There's even an Applebee's in Times Square.
But, uhm, I guess not...