Thread by @gauravsabnis

You know what Stone Ridge, Accord, New Paltz in upstate NY remind me of? Schitt's Creek. Everybody is nice and liberal and welcoming. Rainbow flags and #BlackLivesMatter signs and everybody knows everybody. Welcome change from the default Trump signs elsewhere in rural areas.

Well, #SchittsCreek is sort of modeled after such areas anyway. They never specify what state or even country they are in. But the they did the popup store in upstate NY.
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Local butcher shop AND a BLM sign? Two things I love the most. And wait, 24/7? Was intrigued so pulled in. @applestonemeat has premium local meats in vending machines!! 😍😍😍 And very reasonable prices.

Alright, the universe definitely is a simulation for my benefit. Randomly ran into literally THE only person I miss from cable news - @chrislhayes. Told him as much. Covid means even asking for a selfie would've been stupid. Hope this far shot is okay.

Arindam C arrested. Navratilova giving direct replies. And now literally my favorite political pundit just casually hiking past. All in my birthday week. This is either a simulation or a coma or a Truman show type situation.

And ran into him once again on the way back from the hike. 😍😍

This @mohonkpreserve membership is the best $60 we've ever spent. 9000 acres of mountains, rivers, woods, monarch butterflies, bald eagles and just nonstop gorgeousness.

Much of Ulster county NY looks like the back of @curiousgawker's car and twitter feed.

Sounds like the Solomon Grundy of aqueducts 🤣🤣

It's fascinating to watch these remnants of the Northeast's short lived but massive river linking project. It all lasted less than a century and was only possible because of slave labor, immigrant labor. And also child labor.

Now that @curiousgawker is here, we gotta fill up on crustaceans and molluscs before our next hike.

Huddled under a canopy with the gang in a passing rain shower which so far is as "passing" as a gluten-only diet.