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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 28m

He (and/or Rich or Melissa) has probably only ever taken like an M72 or M79, maybe an M15 local, a couple stops at midday and that’s how he’s formed this impression

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 33m

I mean…

The MTA’s subway maps, with both geographic and diagram options

The MTA’s railroad diagram, with no geographic options

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 35m

I just can’t imagine there is a lot of actual rider demand for a unified WOH-LIRR-MN map

They can offer regular geographic maps for the railroads *and* the overview—what’s puzzling is that they do this for the subways, not commuter rail

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 48m

This earlier format of map was perfectly fine

An example of the previous generation of MTA/Metro North system maps, a conventional, accurate political map with routes, stations, and landmarks overlaid on it

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 54m

Making everything WOH look like it’s near the river while at the same time moving the upper Harlem Line so far away from the Connecticut border seems like it would be hard to do even if they were trying to, so good job I guess?

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 57m

Man, I don’t know

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 1h

Lol at Mika and Joe sulking as Mamdani nails the quadruple Axel

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

Trump can't deliver the lower costs he promised. All he has is cruelty and revenge.

Cuomo is unable to confront him because they share the same billionaire donors. Just look at his statement last night.

I will stand up for this city and with our Attorney General.

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 2h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 2h

Government student loans have been capped at reasonable limits—$23,000 over 4 years for subsidized and $31,000 for not—for a while now. I hope Rowan is sitting down when he finds out what kinds of loans 18-year-olds are taking out to buy F-150s

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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 2h

Some of the most fervent volunteers for Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign are Republicans who voted for and still embrace Trump.

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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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 2h

This is good stuff from Strahm. It’s likely that Kerkering rarely faced this situation as a HS/travel player or in the minors, so PFP for a variety of high-stress situations is essential. How often/to what extent relievers do this I don’t know

"I mean, I immediately try to find a way to blame myself, I guess," lefty reliever Matt Strahm said. "I don't know. That's a tough spot. The one thing I can think is, if you don't routinely practice it, how do you expect to make it happen every time? And as an older guy in the bullpen, I guess I should have taken it upon myself to make sure we're doing our (pitchers' fielding practice)."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 7h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · Aug 2

A product of the core of Suffolk County’s white-flight, white-grievance belt, a little more upscale and a short drive east from where subway strangler Daniel Penny grew up

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 14h

Philadelphia this is a true test of your character and you better take it easy on that kid

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 16h

I would just leave a guy who was outpitching an incredibly effective Cristopher Sánchez and had thrown 83 pitches through 6 in the game but I’m not Dave Roberts

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 18h

Pure stenography here too

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 18h

:clears throat: anyway go get ‘em Tyler!

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 19h

Sliwa’s support comes from diehard MAGA types, not independents. They honestly see Cuomo as an AOC-style liberal and will just stay at home in the unlikely event Sliwa drops out. Sliwa also personally loathes Cuomo and is happy to play spoiler.

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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 20h

Cuomo climbs 10% in new poll, but still trails Mamdani after Adams’ NYC mayoral race exit

Mayor Adams’ exit from this year’s race for City Hall is benefitting independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, though the ex-governor still trails Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani by do…

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 20h

Men would rather have pandemics and trillions of years of lost life expectancy than consider there might be health risks associated with paternal age

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 22h

“The Times, which in both its news and opinion coverage has been overtly skeptical of Mamdani’s fitness to be mayor . . .”

Fact check: TRUE

Also: shots fired!

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 23h

just include the link in the main post, y'all. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 22h

“I'm here to say that the Bronx is worth it."

The energy that every Bronx politician should bring to their work and that not all do. A big win for the borough 💪

Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 23h

Holy fucking shit: New York State is not going to expand the Cross Bronx Expressway with a "traffic diversion structure" nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/s...

State DOT Scraps Cross Bronx Expansion Road On Highway Repair Plan - Streetsblog New York City

The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway — a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 1d

You people??

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 1d

This was a welcome break from the usual “won’t somebody please think of the drivers” tone of this and every other legacy media piece on ASP ever written. Will Simon of Park Slope gets it!

Need access? Move concrete.
For others, great parking spots come easier but cost more than money.
Will Simon, 55, who lives in Park Slope, some years ago came upon what he called "a perfectly good parking spot." The problem was that it was occupied by chunks of concrete from a hole that Con Ed had dug in the street.
He took a few minutes to move the concrete and scored the spot. But Mr. Simon said that he, in general, has never seen parking as a chore. He said that people who complain about parking bring the suffering upon themselves.
"You should have to earn your cars," Mr. Simon said, adding that the city owes him and other drivers nothing.
"I'm able to store a 5,000-pound hunk of metal on public property."

Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 1d

If my math is right the city is writing only ~1,650 ASP tickets a day, Monday–Saturday, including at metered spaces.

That’s waaay too few; street sweepers should be equipped with the same tech that generates automated bus lane violations

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/n...

In New York, Free Street Parking Comes at a Cost

www.nytimes.com

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