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debrawexler.bsky.social

Comms maven. I live in Brooklyn and am passionate about improving education, NYC, and connecting with people working to make my city and our country more livable for all. Obligatory: opinions mine.

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Elephants are the best

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

This child is almost 17.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

We can do better New York. And it’s not a remotely close call. #NYC

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Absolutely heartbreaking -must read www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The New York Editorial Board just posted an interview with #NYC mayoral candidate Michael Blake. Thread of past interviews quoted below.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Skeet 5 words or less: People are like nature’s apps.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

I’m a 5-foot-nothing woman who has only feared for my safety on the subway once in decades and that was when it was “showtime” and I was a little nervous one of the guys might accidentally kick me in the face. (He didn’t.)

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

The New York Editorial Board just posted an interview with #NYC mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. Thread of past interviews quoted below.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Everything is terrible, but @darthbluesky.bsky.social is back.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

“The MTA as a whole is averaging 448K more public transit riders per day this year…The MTA ridership growth since congestion pricing went into effect is almost 50% larger than the total ridership of America’s next-largest subway system.” bettercities.substack.com/p/congestion...

submitted 27 days ago • 15 comments

Decades from now, people will pay trillions of dollars every year to get back to the climate that we have today.

submitted 28 days ago • 34 comments

New NBER paper shows dramatic effects of NYC's congestion pricing in contrast with a set of control cities: A large reduction in travel times on roadways—average speeds increased by 15%—combined with a substantial reduction in vehicular emissions. www.nber.org/system/files...

submitted 30 days ago • 14 comments

If you prefer listening — Brian Lehrer has a "Meet the Mayoral Candidates" series on WNYC. #NYC

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I appear to have thrown out my shoulder from too much typing. That’s normal, right?

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

“Deep cuts to staff and funding in the Department of Education will deal a major blow to the public’s understanding of how American students are performing and what schools can do to improve.” Data matters. #edusky

submitted 35 days ago • 5 comments

There it is.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

The dismantling of NCES is insane and will critically hobble progress in improving education - this agency is so important it existed more than 100 years before the creation of Department of Education.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

The New York Editorial Board just posted an interview with #NYC mayoral candidate Whitney Tilson. My thread with earlier candidate interviews got broken, so I'll links to each in the prior interviews in replies and will add new ones here as they are released.