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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
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Dang, that's crazy.
Anyway, we moved our annual refugee resettlement fundraiser to Bluesky this spring, after running it entirely on Twitter for over a decade, started with ZERO followers, took our "shrunken" audiences and beat last year's total by $200,000 in a time of massive economic upheaval
Anyway, we moved our annual refugee resettlement fundraiser to Bluesky this spring, after running it entirely on Twitter for over a decade, started with ZERO followers, took our "shrunken" audiences and beat last year's total by $200,000 in a time of massive economic upheaval
One of the biggest mistakes left-of-center pundits and influencers made was decamping to Bluesky. They made themselves irrelevant, shrunk their audiences, and dramatically lessened the positive impact they could have on our public debate at the precise time we needed it most.
September 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Dang, that's crazy.
Anyway, we moved our annual refugee resettlement fundraiser to Bluesky this spring, after running it entirely on Twitter for over a decade, started with ZERO followers, took our "shrunken" audiences and beat last year's total by $200,000 in a time of massive economic upheaval
Anyway, we moved our annual refugee resettlement fundraiser to Bluesky this spring, after running it entirely on Twitter for over a decade, started with ZERO followers, took our "shrunken" audiences and beat last year's total by $200,000 in a time of massive economic upheaval
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i would like my government supervisors to know that i now think slim fit is good, dress sneakers are great, and "fun socks" are cool
September 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
i would like my government supervisors to know that i now think slim fit is good, dress sneakers are great, and "fun socks" are cool
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A thing Zohran & his campaign have powerfully tapped into -- and that his scavenger hunt captures so perfectly -- is that a vast majority of the people who live here genuinely *love* New York City. We wouldn't stay here otherwise!
August 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A thing Zohran & his campaign have powerfully tapped into -- and that his scavenger hunt captures so perfectly -- is that a vast majority of the people who live here genuinely *love* New York City. We wouldn't stay here otherwise!
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look, it doesn't matter if the night-night man isn't real. a number of voters have very real concerns that the night-night man is waiting under their beds ready to eat them as soon as mommy and daddy say night-night and you need to have a plan to address those concerns regardless
August 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
look, it doesn't matter if the night-night man isn't real. a number of voters have very real concerns that the night-night man is waiting under their beds ready to eat them as soon as mommy and daddy say night-night and you need to have a plan to address those concerns regardless
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
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Matt Farah is one of the most powerful auto influencers in the world. The Smoking Tire, his media platform, has an audience of millions.
Farah owns seven cars -- but he is also a fiery supporter of bike lanes, walkability, and upzoning.
In @bloomberg.com, my profile of an urbanist car bro
Farah owns seven cars -- but he is also a fiery supporter of bike lanes, walkability, and upzoning.
In @bloomberg.com, my profile of an urbanist car bro
A Car Guy Makes a Left Turn
Automotive influencer Matt Farah, outspoken host of “The Smoking Tire” videos and podcasts, has become an unlikely advocate for urban transportation reform.
www.bloomberg.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Matt Farah is one of the most powerful auto influencers in the world. The Smoking Tire, his media platform, has an audience of millions.
Farah owns seven cars -- but he is also a fiery supporter of bike lanes, walkability, and upzoning.
In @bloomberg.com, my profile of an urbanist car bro
Farah owns seven cars -- but he is also a fiery supporter of bike lanes, walkability, and upzoning.
In @bloomberg.com, my profile of an urbanist car bro
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As a Jewish person it is so uniquely painful to exist in a world where Jews are the ones making lists of people for the government to target.
Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him
Pro-Israel Jewish groups targeted Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University, days before ICE agents arrested him.
forward.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As a Jewish person it is so uniquely painful to exist in a world where Jews are the ones making lists of people for the government to target.
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It’s said that we live in a post-fact society. We disagree.
Now, more than ever, facts matter, and ProPublica is going to continue to track how and when patently false statements are injected into conversations about the country’s future.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
Now, more than ever, facts matter, and ProPublica is going to continue to track how and when patently false statements are injected into conversations about the country’s future.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do…
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February 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s said that we live in a post-fact society. We disagree.
Now, more than ever, facts matter, and ProPublica is going to continue to track how and when patently false statements are injected into conversations about the country’s future.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
Now, more than ever, facts matter, and ProPublica is going to continue to track how and when patently false statements are injected into conversations about the country’s future.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
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for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do
January 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do
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it is, effectively, a view that nothing should be done to solve any problem if there might be a trade-off somewhere for someone who you could code as “marginalized.” it is just anti-government conservatism with a different aesthetic!
January 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
it is, effectively, a view that nothing should be done to solve any problem if there might be a trade-off somewhere for someone who you could code as “marginalized.” it is just anti-government conservatism with a different aesthetic!
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“As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment.” hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations
The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.
hellgatenyc.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:43 AM
“As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment.” hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
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Just looked this back up for something I'm working on, and think it bears repeating.
The NYC subways are incredibly safe. What people see is not violence, but disorder.
That person (and they are a person) sleeping on the train poses very little risk, however unsettling ppl find them.
The NYC subways are incredibly safe. What people see is not violence, but disorder.
That person (and they are a person) sleeping on the train poses very little risk, however unsettling ppl find them.
Hold up. Wait.
For airplanes--the "safest way to travel"--it takes ~6,000 years to be in a fatal accident if you flew once a day.
If you took the MTA once a day, it will currently take you almost 150 THOUSAND YEARS to be murdered (3 murders YTD out of 175M-200M rides).
MTA is SAFER THAN PLANES.
For airplanes--the "safest way to travel"--it takes ~6,000 years to be in a fatal accident if you flew once a day.
If you took the MTA once a day, it will currently take you almost 150 THOUSAND YEARS to be murdered (3 murders YTD out of 175M-200M rides).
MTA is SAFER THAN PLANES.
December 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Just looked this back up for something I'm working on, and think it bears repeating.
The NYC subways are incredibly safe. What people see is not violence, but disorder.
That person (and they are a person) sleeping on the train poses very little risk, however unsettling ppl find them.
The NYC subways are incredibly safe. What people see is not violence, but disorder.
That person (and they are a person) sleeping on the train poses very little risk, however unsettling ppl find them.
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In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats.
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
I think the Dems need to field gruff corruption busters at all levels whose primary campaign response to culture war issues is “All Americans should enjoy the freedom and bounty of this great country. That won’t be possible so long as venal men impoverish you and loot the country of your wealth”
November 27, 2024 at 1:22 PM
In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats.
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
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In which I argue that the Dems' inconsistency may have caught up with them. What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic
Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM
In which I argue that the Dems' inconsistency may have caught up with them. What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
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It's amazing that we've had the two hottest years in the last 125,000 and it's barely registered in our collective consciousness. A few thoughts on the role journalism is playing (or not)
www.cjr.org/analysis/bil...
www.cjr.org/analysis/bil...
Hiding in Plain Sight
The climate story this election missed.
www.cjr.org
November 11, 2024 at 7:08 PM
It's amazing that we've had the two hottest years in the last 125,000 and it's barely registered in our collective consciousness. A few thoughts on the role journalism is playing (or not)
www.cjr.org/analysis/bil...
www.cjr.org/analysis/bil...
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I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
November 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
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Prop 1 passed with fully 10.5% more support than Tom Suozzi.
“The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left,” [said Rep. Tom Suozzi]. “I don’t want to discriminate against anybody, but I don’t think biological boys should be playing in girls’ sports.”
He added, “Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be.”
He added, “Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be.”
New York Delivers Key House Wins, but Warning Bells Sound for Democrats
Although Democrats flipped at least two House seats in New York, Donald J. Trump did better than any Republican presidential candidate since the 1980s.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Prop 1 passed with fully 10.5% more support than Tom Suozzi.
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It’s very clear when people are working from a definition of identity politics that assumes white identity politics is not included bsky.app/profile/djla...
November 2, 2024 at 1:20 PM
It’s very clear when people are working from a definition of identity politics that assumes white identity politics is not included bsky.app/profile/djla...