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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1h

First, climate data.
Then, labor data.
Now, health data.

Yet, digital surveillance on speech is growing.

This Administration is a death cult.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1h

For 7 weeks, I've been alcohol free. Some of you might say sober.

On this journey, I've discovered Good Times & it is delicious!

If you're looking for an alcohol replacement. I highly recommend this brewery.

Cheers!

goodtimebrewing.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 7h

Red Flavor Flav'n in New York City.

The photograph captures a street-level scene in front of a tall, modern office building marked “250 Broadway.” The composition draws the eye upward to a large American flag suspended from a pole above the entrance, its broad red and white stripes rippling downward toward the sidewalk. The flag’s movement adds a sense of fluidity against the hard geometry of the building’s black granite façade and reflective glass panels. Behind the flag, the grid-patterned ceiling of the lobby glows with warm light, mirroring a muted reflection of the flag on the glass doors and golden wall panels inside.

In the foreground, a person dressed in a striking red-and-black patterned coat and matching hat walks toward the building’s revolving doors. Their vivid outfit, adorned with an irregular camouflage-like motif, provides a powerful contrast to the corporate tones of the surrounding architecture. The individual’s confident stride and flamboyant attire inject personality and color into an otherwise neutral urban environment.

To the right, another pedestrian, dressed in subdued gray tones, walks past—creating a quiet juxtaposition between individuality and conformity. A large hanging planter of yellow flowers on a black lamppost adds a natural accent to the city scene, softening the hard lines of the façade. Reflections of skyscrapers shimmer faintly in the background, grounding the scene within a dense downtown setting.

Altogether, the image conveys the intersection of civic symbolism, urban architecture, and personal expression. The flag evokes institutional gravity and national pride, while the person in red transforms the scene into a visual dialogue between order and creativity—between the monumental and the human scale of the city. The photo feels distinctly New York: bold, layered, and alive with contrasts.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 11h

A vote for Cuomo is a vote for Trump.

Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 13h

"Vote for Cuomo — and make America great again!"

A key part of Cuomo's path to victory in the mayoral race requires him to walk a tightrope when it comes to Trump — persuading voters he can stand up to the president while courting those who ardently support him.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/10/c...

Cuomo’s Last-Minute Push Takes Him Into MAGA Territory

The former governor courts Trump fans, finding common ground in dire warnings about a future under Mayor Mamdani.

www.thecity.nyc

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 12h

naw. it is a website!!! they have a great team taking in issues!!!

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 13h

our parent org removed it from the calendar, but i'm giving it to our team.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 13h

Thank goodness the MTA makes it easy to file accessibility complaints.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 15h

again, with a stroller, the station agent refuses to unlock the accessibly door because it isn't her job, and demands that i watch a youtube video.

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

once again, the alternate station agent at 14th and first (H7) doesn't know how to open up the accessibility door and demands that I pushed the button and wait.

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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 1d

oh look another id verification related breach

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

THIS IS THE ONLY AGENT I've come across who refuses to open the door.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

@charlietodd.com let me know when you need good #opendata law.

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 1d

National politics is a joke, so these comedians are going local instead
nygroove.nyc/local-news-c...

Civic nerd comedy is having a moment

National politics is a joke, so these comedians went local

nygroove.nyc

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the deal with district leaders? 1 male and 1 female? Is the NY constitution the bible?”

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

“Just as past generations built systems for clean water and electricity, this Internet Master Plan makes connectivity a public good—fast, fair, and universal,” said Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director of BetaNYC. “It’s the foundation for an equitable, connected future.”

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

Super excited to read the updated NYC Internet Master Plan bill.

legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationD...

The New York City Council - File #: Int 1122-2024

Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a plan for expanding home access to broadband internet

legistar.council.nyc.gov

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

Super excited to read the updated NYC Internet Master Plan bill.

legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationD...

The New York City Council - File #: Int 1122-2024

Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a plan for expanding home access to broadband internet

legistar.council.nyc.gov

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

what about climate oriented development?

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

This door that the station agent can unlock, but they refuse to.

I have a stroller and am too wide to make it through the fare gate, so I have to use this door.

Instead of unlocking it, they demand that I push the crash bar and wait.

Everyone else sees the stroller and unlocks the door.

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Derek Eder @derekeder.com · 1d

On Oct 3, I went to the Broadview ICE facility and saw unprovoked violence by Federal agents

ICE is a violent, untrained, unidentified and unaccountable agency sent by a tyrannical administration to terrorize and silence us

Tell them to leave and never come back

derekeder.com/blog/ice-in-...

The presence of ICE in Illinois destroys our peace

On October 3rd, I attended the protest outside the Broadview ICE facility, and witnessed firsthand unprovoked violence by Federal agents. It was at this time that Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Muñoz,...

derekeder.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

Last time she yelled at me to watch the YouTube video to learn how the door works.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

once again, the alternate station agent at 14th and first (H7) doesn't know how to open up the accessibility door and demands that I pushed the button and wait.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

🙏🏽

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/z...

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 2d

bus liberation project.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."