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New Yorker and safe streets/urbanist activist. Freelance writer. Yeller at sports events. Eternal hater of New England sports teams. Bisexual curly hair haver. Let people off the train first!!
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RUN THE FULL INTERVIEW, YOU COWARDS. @nytimes.com

They denigrate cities because they are chicken shit. Every last one. Much easier to get Fox News to call cities lawless than admit they are the biggest cowards on the planet. It's why they talk about "real masculinity". They have none. They are all, to a T, complete pussies. And we should say so.

Single funniest consequence of this warped way of seeing cities is still MAGA tough guys proclaiming how they're prepared to defend themselves from any threat or situation but will not take mass transit systems used by millions of Americans daily without issue because "they're dangerous hellholes."

Whatever you think about Zohran, the success of his candidacy has been largely driven by a pretty obsessive focus on affordability and kitchen-table issues.

Mayor Adams: "We will collaborate with federal law enforcenent agencies." One hell of an answer to a question about a Bronx high school student being kidnapped by ICE.

“As much as I love this city, there’s a myth about it that has persisted for too long. It’s the lie that life has to be hard in New York. It has to be an ordeal. That only the rich or the lucky get to live a good life here.  I don’t believe that for a minute.”

This is what we're talking about when we say it's antisemitic to conflate all Jews everywhere with the actions of the Israeli govt. Defacing a memorial to the 1/3 of world Jewry that Hitler slaughtered won't free Palestine, but it does tell me a lot about you. 🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...

this is one of the most fucked up things I’ve seen in higher ed in a long time and we have all seen a lot of very bad things

Andrew Cuomo hasn't lived in the city since 1990 and only just moved here at the end of 2024 into his daughter's apartment for his vanity run for mayor. Anyone arguing that he's a New Yorker is deliberately obfuscating.

Regular people rewatching the Fantastic Four trailer: "Ooo retro futurism! Pedro!! Galactus!!!" Me: "I for one appreciate this being yet another film with an alternative-reality NYC where the filmmakers retroactively kept els in Manhattan."

And here’s what she said weeks ago to me:

I've seen a few people try to argue that this layout is not insane based on it existing in other subway stops. While not entirely wrong, it ignores the frankly massive context that they exist only in stations where an over-platform mezzanine was impractical for either design or convenience reasons🧵

This is the same city council member who openly called for NYC DSA activists to be shot and sent far-right goons to verbally attack her own constituents at a bike lane workshop, btw. It's an abject embarrassment she's still allowed to be in the City Council.

Please tell me the moment the trash bag landed in the bin he proudly and unironically announced "Trashquility Base here. The eagle has landed." to every press member and passerby.

New Yorkers of Bluesky! Go to this if you can and speak up for all these. All of these projects would be transformational and deserve your support.

no it’s actually because of the slavery

As we enter Pride month tomorrow it's important to remember that Pride is not sponsored by corporations, it's brought to you by the drag queens who stood up at Stonewall, and everyone who fights every day for equality. There were no corporate sponsors in 1969 and we don't need them now. #Pride 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Does this mean DOT is also under the nefarious influence of Mr. Met?

As NYWFP works to consolidate support around its slate of candidates, we're proud to rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 🥳 To give voters clear guidance, we're ranking a full slate of 5 candidates. When we unite, we can defeat Cuomo & elect a mayor who fights for us. Let's get this done!

NOW— Mass ICE arrests happened/are happening at the Manhattan immigration court at 290 Broadway on the 20th floor. I was just outside the building and an observer came out crying, confirmed they witnessed people getting detained outside courtrooms while families watched and wept.

If you missed this, Jessica Tisch admitted she's criminally charging NYC cyclists en masse as a twisted political move to try and force through e-bike licensing.

THE NYPD AND THE MAYOR ARE COMPLICIT WHEN WILL THE CITY COUNCIL FUCKING ACT WHERE IS THE COMPTROLLER WHERE IS THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE

Your yearly reminder that NYC had open gangway subway trains in the 1920s when the BMT operated them pre-unification.

When anti-livable streets groups tell us very loudly who they are, we should listen.

in addition to being stupid and existentially depraved, llms are organized crime

we are undergoing national suicide because slightly less than half of the country is in a racist death cult