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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 · 9h

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 · 10h

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 · 13h

Pure stenography here too

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 13h

:clears throat: anyway go get ‘em Tyler!

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

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 · 15h

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 · 15h

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 · 17h

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 · 16h

“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 · 17h

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 · 17h

“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 · 17h

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.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 21h

You people??

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 23h

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

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

I guess we’ll have to wait another day for the Times to report out a piece on how a serial sexual harasser would be able to work with women

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How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause
As Mr. Mamdani seeks to reassure New York City he is open to compromise, his views on Israel and Palestinians have been the biggest exception.
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Zohran Mamdani's opposition to Israel gained national attention in 2023, when he began a hunger strike to protest the country's treatment of Gaza. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images
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Nicholas Fandos interviewed many of Zohran Mamdani's political colleagues, college professors, fellow students and anti-Zionist allies, and reviewed his published work in college and his father's academic scholarshin.

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

I guess we’ll have to wait another day for the Times to report out a piece on how a serial sexual harasser would be able to work with women

Today, it’s a fifth? tenth? look at Mamdani and Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, P

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

It is gauche and unfair to point out that there’s zero firewall between this organization’s reporting and editorial departments. One does the anti-progressive bidding of the other, and we have to pretend it’s normal and doesn’t matter

New York Post @nypost.com · 2d

Elise Stefanik just 5 points behind ‘deeply vulnerable’ Kathy Hochul in NY governor’s race: internal poll

"The data overwhelmingly points to unprecedented vulnerability for an incumbent New York Democrat Governor, and a race that Republicans can win," the pollster said.

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

The author of this particular piece actually went to Harvard

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

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

Does this car have what appears to be an official NYPD placard on the dash, you bet your sweet dumb rule-following ass it does

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

shot chaser

An SUV parked on the sidewalk/grass in an NYC Parks facility

The rap sheet for the vehicle at How’s My Driving NYC

Plate:
KYL4780
State:
NY
Plate type:
All
Lookups:
1
Queried On:
Now
Violations:
90
(show details)

Fined:
$9,610.63
Reduced:
$215.87
Paid:
- $2,496.42
Owed:
$6,898.34
In judgment:
$5,198.34
Under the Dangerous Vehicle
Abatement Act this vehicle could have been booted or impounded for:
• 5 red light camera violations (>=
5/year) from 04/15/2025 to 09/21/2025
• 22 school zone speed camera violations (>= 15/year) from 12/15/2023 to 11/29/2024

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

This is not a sponsored post and it doesn’t help anyone without a car but mom-and-pop retailer Campmor sells a lot of what REI does, has an extremely knowledgeable staff, and is located near some great Jersey diners (I’m partial to River Edge Diner)

www.campmor.com

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 1d

The MTA would have to spend at least $3 million in contracted union fees to provide the same special game-day service to Citi Field as Metro-North gives Yankee fans to go to the House that Ruth Built, data obtained by Streetsblog shows.

MONEY TRAIN: How LIRR Unions 'Game' The System - Streetsblog New York City

An old work rule means that the MTA would have to pay millions of dollars just to provide a little extra service after special events like Mets games or the Ryder Cup.

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

…and they’re closing the Paramus store, too? Yikes, that is basically giving up on the NYC market entirely, but great news for Campmor I guess

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

Unbelievable mistake although I have to assume the rent for that location is incomprehensible

This means the nearest east-of-Hudson REIs are in Norwalk and Carle Place, nowhere remotely near easy mass transit 😬

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

Here is the most recent reliable, independent, non-commissioned poll of the governor’s race, showing Hochul leading 52-27

sri.siena.edu/2025/09/16/h...

Hochul Approval/Favorability Ratings Up a Little; Favorability Best Since Jan. ’24; Majority: Hochul Works Hard, Demonstrates Honesty & Integrity; Plurality: Gets Things Done, Provides Decisive Leader...

sri.siena.edu

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