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Fascinating article about window unit #heatpumps tested in #NYCHA public housing. They used 87% less energy than steam heat! "Essentially, NYCHA leveraged its buying power to spark innovation and make this new kind of product available in the market." […]

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Please share: On March 7, scientists and citizens across the US will #standup4freescience . https://standupforscience2025.org/ 👉 Does anyone know whether any events are planned in Europe / Germany ? #DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025

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This should work for #TextureTuesday too. On Houston last Saturday, details in the alt text. #Photography #EastCoastKin #StreetArt #NYC

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There's a big stack of clues pointing to future lithium mining in northern #NewEngland. But if the government hates electricity and loves oil, why do they want it?

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Causing a recession to make stocks cheaper for myself

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If you post any comment in favor of #congestionpricing on any Zuck platform, you will immediately receive a dozen ad hominem attacks from restricted profiles. It's just like old Xitter!

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Where do #streetart stickers come from?! Who pays to print them? Who prints them?? #stickerart

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I was literally joking about the Netherlands offering to make New York into New Amsterdam again last week. My wish has come true! #USpol #NLpol #EUpol #funny #YesPlease

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I am all for people seeing the light and having redemption. But these video complaints of “I was fine with cruelty and his hurting other people, but he wasn’t supposed to hurt to me too” aren’t exactly “redemption” moments. Many indicate that they would still support his cruelty otherwise.

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I wonder how many consumers of low-quality news are going to drive into #manhattan today because they heard #congestionpricing was cancelled... then get charged $9.

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All the noise about the "enemy from within" has turned out to be another act of projection, as per the playbook.

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CBP intercepts delivery of 200,0000 counterfeit US postage stamps sent from Hong Kong. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-birmingham-intercepts-200000-counterfeit-us-forever-stamps

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(AP) - The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-sues-3-trump-administration-212222233.html

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#DeltaAirLines has now set up an anti-disinformation page for #Endeavor4819, something I have never seen before. https://news.delta.com/notice/endeavor-flight-4819 #misinformation #disinformation #aviation

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Long light, midtown #Manhattan, right now #NYC #photography #fenster

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Anyone want to come to a show next Friday night? My band is playing at Shrine in #Harlem! We do original, jazzy, funky #rocknroll with sax and keys. I'll feel better if I can make art in the face of crisis. Photo by me, from Torch Lake, Michigan, 2008 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Remember, you're only allowed to use means of transport that They can profit from directly https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/20/parking-lots-trump-aide-on-anti-congestion-toll-push-is-married-to-manhattan-garage-magnate

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As the new US federal government continues to signal that it sees buying and burning petroleum as the only valid form of transportation, walking and biking become even more political acts. #uspol #transportation #BikeTooter #pedestrian

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The government is basically a gasoline can in a suit

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I would love to hear how fuel sales in metro #nyc have changed since January 5. I know that the oil industry certainly has the data.

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Seems like a great time to be a lawyer

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I think the playbook is this simple: 1. Everything and everyone should be making (me) money. 2. It it doesn't affect me, I don't think or care about it.

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So, of #congestionpricing suddenly disappears, will grocery prices suddenly go down in #nyc? I have a feeling that they won't.

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Having spent 15 years with NYC #opendata, I've seen these DOGE guys pop up every other year. They are THE nubes who go on about how amazing how 311 is a failure of an agency at not fixing potholes when 311 is just a call center. Ignorant. Malicious. No class.

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I once saw a toot from someone who helped develop dozens of "explainer" videos for an online #news outlet, all of which were taken down when the platform was sold to #billionaires. Does this ring a bell for anyone? I can't find that toot!

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"In the one year since the agency added a protected bike lane to Third Avenue in Manhattan, total injuries have dropped by 33 percent — and injuries to drivers and other car occupants have dropped by 43 percent." […]

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And every comment section on the Internet is full of working class people rooting on the billionaires ruining the lives of working class people. "They aren't ruining my life.... right now!"

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I think the playbook is this simple: 1. Everything and everyone should be making (me) money. 2. It it doesn't affect me, I don't think or care about it.

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Everything is a trial balloon. Start popping balloons.

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Long light, midtown #Manhattan, right now #NYC #photography #fenster

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I've determined that my best performing button-down shirt is a late 90s Trader Bay shirt that one of my grandmothers must have purchased at Sears, so now I'm periodically scouring eBay for new old stock :)

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Watching excitedly as my check to the IRS is deposited directly into a 20 year old groyper's dark web hentai game fund

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I know a way to make this #nyctlc driver regret going out of his way to block our bus this morning #nyc

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Saw #DL4819 news break on FB, with stunning photos, but I couldn't share here because #walledgarden. Now I see that #Reddit will be erecting a #paywall this year, which will vastly diminish the usefulness of many subreddits.

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It took all these years to identify the primary advantage of the CRJ's cramped cabin design: if you land upside down, you are already standing on your head, and simply need to unbuckle.

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What's up with Washington's thirst for lithium?

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I once saw a toot from someone who helped develop dozens of "explainer" videos for an online #news outlet, all of which were taken down when the platform was sold to #billionaires. Does this ring a bell for anyone? I can't find that toot!

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What will be this week's Friday Night Massacre?

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ALL MY HATERS BECOME MY WAITERS #nycpol

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I'm a fan of free speech, but we should ban the phrase "a flurry of executive orders"

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Meta illegally downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna’s Archive, and Z-Library to train their AI In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded just 70GB of JSTOR articles 0.0875% of what Meta took He faced $1M in fines and 35 years in jail. The pressure […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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The government is basically a gasoline can in a suit

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Back in #KingstonNY this morning. Every single time I have looked at the window, I've seen a driver run the red light outside. 4 for 4 this morning.

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#NASA may have to take things off the web. But I don’t.

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I am increasingly coming here first for #breakingnews , something that didn't feel possible a year ago. Thanks for posting it. Keep posting it.

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Yikes. #Philadelphia Train goes up in flames near Philadelphia; roughly 350 passengers evacuated cc @lckrohjr https://abc7.com/post/septa-train-fire-philadelphia-wilmington-ridley-park-delaware-county-350-passengers-evacuated/15874695/ #amtrak #train #accident #fire

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