Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲
@noneck.org
Be realistic; demand the impossible!
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; 🇵🇷; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; 🇵🇷; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
This is what solidarity looks like.
This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This is what solidarity looks like.
$11,000?!?
NEWS: Former Eric Adams aide and community advocate Tony Herbert has been arrested and charged in an SDNY indictment with taking bribes and kickbacks while working at City Hall, along with several fraud offenses. He’s set to appear in court later today.
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...
www.justice.gov
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
$11,000?!?
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A divide in present-day US civic tech circles: some people still cling to that one Jeff Hammerbacher quote, or to the founding myths of the Obama-era data firms, and treat themselves as exceptional. Others see themselves (correctly!) as narrow practitioners in a larger policy-practice ecosystem.
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
A divide in present-day US civic tech circles: some people still cling to that one Jeff Hammerbacher quote, or to the founding myths of the Obama-era data firms, and treat themselves as exceptional. Others see themselves (correctly!) as narrow practitioners in a larger policy-practice ecosystem.
You should also know this.
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
You should also know this.
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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NYC School of Data turns 10 years old in March! 🥳 🎊
For 10 years, we've helped thousands of New Yorkers use public information to understand and improve our city.
Join us at the Open Data Week Winter Meetup this Thursday to meet the team behind the scenes!
Details: www.beta.nyc//newsletter-...
For 10 years, we've helped thousands of New Yorkers use public information to understand and improve our city.
Join us at the Open Data Week Winter Meetup this Thursday to meet the team behind the scenes!
Details: www.beta.nyc//newsletter-...
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
NYC School of Data turns 10 years old in March! 🥳 🎊
For 10 years, we've helped thousands of New Yorkers use public information to understand and improve our city.
Join us at the Open Data Week Winter Meetup this Thursday to meet the team behind the scenes!
Details: www.beta.nyc//newsletter-...
For 10 years, we've helped thousands of New Yorkers use public information to understand and improve our city.
Join us at the Open Data Week Winter Meetup this Thursday to meet the team behind the scenes!
Details: www.beta.nyc//newsletter-...
@maxlenormand.bsky.social hi there. i just discovered your channel. thanks for the work you're done.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
@maxlenormand.bsky.social hi there. i just discovered your channel. thanks for the work you're done.
What the heck is going on with @citibikenyc.bsky.social rebalancing in Lower Manhattan?!
Has @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social made everyone a cyclist?
Second day in a row where parking/open docks are in short supply!!
Has @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social made everyone a cyclist?
Second day in a row where parking/open docks are in short supply!!
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
What the heck is going on with @citibikenyc.bsky.social rebalancing in Lower Manhattan?!
Has @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social made everyone a cyclist?
Second day in a row where parking/open docks are in short supply!!
Has @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social made everyone a cyclist?
Second day in a row where parking/open docks are in short supply!!
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"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."
Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.
Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end
www.forever-wars.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."
Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.
Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does.
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Trump, Miller & Hegseth love nothing more than finding new, more obscure ways to commit war crimes
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Trump, Miller & Hegseth love nothing more than finding new, more obscure ways to commit war crimes
FIRE THEM UP!
Woah: Hochul wants New York to build *5 GW* of nuclear power, up from 1 GW she announced last year. That’s more than has been built in the US in the past 30 years.
via @syracuse.com:
via @syracuse.com:
Hochul ratchets up NY’s nuclear plans, aims to lead U.S. in building new reactors
Last year, the governor called for 1 gigawatt of new nuclear capacity. Now she wants 5 GW.
www.syracuse.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
FIRE THEM UP!
I'm a sucker for fabrics, history, and economics.
American chattel slavery was the backbone of fast fashion.
youtu.be/VFz4se8pEFI?...
American chattel slavery was the backbone of fast fashion.
youtu.be/VFz4se8pEFI?...
Why Medieval Clothing Systems Worked At -40°F While Your $300 Jacket Fails
YouTube video by Medieval Way
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I'm a sucker for fabrics, history, and economics.
American chattel slavery was the backbone of fast fashion.
youtu.be/VFz4se8pEFI?...
American chattel slavery was the backbone of fast fashion.
youtu.be/VFz4se8pEFI?...
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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Any Iranian who believes then US is their friend simply because they oppose the current regime should look to what the US is enabling to happen to their Kurdish "allies" in Aleppo right now.
Syrian forces expel Kurdish fighters as US strikes Islamic State targets
Three hundred Kurds detained and further 400 evacuated following clashes in Aleppo
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Any Iranian who believes then US is their friend simply because they oppose the current regime should look to what the US is enabling to happen to their Kurdish "allies" in Aleppo right now.
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The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
I really want to know what app the ICE agent is using to register this person.
This black man, who was racially profiled by ICE in a gas station in Minneapolis today, would not have walked away if it weren’t for brave Americans who stood up for him and for those whose deaths have brought ICE’s savagery to the epicenter of national attention.
Keep calling them out, America!
Keep calling them out, America!
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I really want to know what app the ICE agent is using to register this person.
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"People drive the design, not the sign." --unknown
you don’t need traffic signs to create safe streets, you need good design. 👇
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
"People drive the design, not the sign." --unknown
The War on Cars has some wealthy friends
A copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman in 1938 has been sold to an anonymous collector for $15 million. The history of this particular copy of Action Comics No. 1, which originally sold for 10 cents, is a saga of its own.
Rare Comic Introducing Superman Sells Privately for $15 Million
The copy of Action Comics No. 1, published in 1938, was stolen from the actor Nicolas Cage in 2000 and recovered more than a decade later.
nyti.ms
January 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The War on Cars has some wealthy friends
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Doc Rivers: "What happened in Minnesota was a straight-up murder"
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Doc Rivers: "What happened in Minnesota was a straight-up murder"
ONLY 150?!?
When I read this number, my jaw dropped. This is barely a drop of H2O in a vast ocean of cars and trucks across the city.
This tech is proven to nudge people's behavior to drive safer.
A responsive government that cares about its residents should have expanded these tools YEARS ago.
When I read this number, my jaw dropped. This is barely a drop of H2O in a vast ocean of cars and trucks across the city.
This tech is proven to nudge people's behavior to drive safer.
A responsive government that cares about its residents should have expanded these tools YEARS ago.
New York City currently has the cameras in place at 150 intersections: gothamist.visitlink.me/viwrSn
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
ONLY 150?!?
When I read this number, my jaw dropped. This is barely a drop of H2O in a vast ocean of cars and trucks across the city.
This tech is proven to nudge people's behavior to drive safer.
A responsive government that cares about its residents should have expanded these tools YEARS ago.
When I read this number, my jaw dropped. This is barely a drop of H2O in a vast ocean of cars and trucks across the city.
This tech is proven to nudge people's behavior to drive safer.
A responsive government that cares about its residents should have expanded these tools YEARS ago.
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Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
The last Columbia protester in ICE detention: Leqaa Kordia on her 9 months in captivity
Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using…
mondoweiss.net
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
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Black Photojournalism at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art brings together the work of nearly 60 photographers to present a nuanced, stirring story of Black history in America www.dazeddigital.com/art-photogra...
These photos excavate four decades of Black life in the US
Black Photojournalism at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art brings together the work of nearly 60 photographers to present a nuanced, stirring story of Black history in America
www.dazeddigital.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Black Photojournalism at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art brings together the work of nearly 60 photographers to present a nuanced, stirring story of Black history in America www.dazeddigital.com/art-photogra...
Growing up in the 80s & 90s, it was the "Free Leonard Peltier" signs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard...
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Growing up in the 80s & 90s, it was the "Free Leonard Peltier" signs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard...
This SUV must pass two separate security checkpoints — One NYPD, the other USMS.
They are parking at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died.
This federal law enforcement person very clearly thinks they are above the law.
@nyc.streetsblog.org
howsmydrivingny.nyc/r1io8n7w
They are parking at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died.
This federal law enforcement person very clearly thinks they are above the law.
@nyc.streetsblog.org
howsmydrivingny.nyc/r1io8n7w
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This SUV must pass two separate security checkpoints — One NYPD, the other USMS.
They are parking at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died.
This federal law enforcement person very clearly thinks they are above the law.
@nyc.streetsblog.org
howsmydrivingny.nyc/r1io8n7w
They are parking at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died.
This federal law enforcement person very clearly thinks they are above the law.
@nyc.streetsblog.org
howsmydrivingny.nyc/r1io8n7w