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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 4h

bus liberation project.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

"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."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

www.nytimes.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 10h

What's the over/under on this?

Two weeks?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 11h

is the youtube settlement about his J6 sh1t?

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 14h

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www.guru3d.com/story/synolo...

Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet

Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology hard drives.

www.guru3d.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 14h

I bet they are waiting on a good deal to open up on Williamsburg's North 6th.

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 15h

reminder that @nygroove.nyc was on this weeks ago nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you

Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

nygroove.nyc

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 16h

I love the slide and would love to know more context.

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 16h

The Miami Valley is not represented on this map. There are 5 districts.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 16h

And that is the Danish Prime Minister talking about American children, right?

Don't forget that the Dains still have reproductive rights and a solid public education system.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

yes. America.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

the feds never got that data. also, the city ended up deleting the data and no longer storing future data...

apnews.com/general-news...

Judge tosses suit seeking info from NYC city ID applications

A judge has rejected a bid to force New York City to turn over redacted versions of documents people provided to apply for immigrant-friendly municipal ID cards.

apnews.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

Where will you do your outdoor gear purchases?

REI has been great for outfitting my son and me.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

The Danish prime minister says the country will ban social media for under-15s, as she accused mobile phones and social networks of “stealing our children’s childhood”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’

Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration

www.theguardian.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

REI is closing 11 stores, including two union stores in Boston and NYC.

I wish REI would just embrace the union.

Totally bummed. I joined the co-op in 1994 and have been a huge fan ever since.

www.curbed.com/article/rei-...

The Soho REI Is Closing

The outdoor chain’s flagship, its only store in the city, will shut down late next year.

www.curbed.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

...committing war crimes.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 3d

Evidence collected by the medical community shows Israeli soldiers are *systematically* shooting and killing children in Gaza. revealnews.org/podcast/gaza...

US doctors in Gaza find evidence that kids are being targeted by the Israeli military

American doctors volunteering in Gaza report a disturbing pattern of children shot by Israeli forces. Now they’re pushing for accountability.

revealnews.org

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

Just fully completing the left turn. That's all.

Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

When is this Administration not engaged in some sort of scam?

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 1d

The letter were sent on the heels of the Daily News reporting last week that Adams' recent decision to announce support for a horse carriage ban came after he and Mastro met with a prominent donor to the mayor who's seeking to build electric carriages. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/07/n...

NYC transit union preparing to sue Adams’ donors, top aide over push to ban horse carriages

New York’s largest transit union is making preparations to launch legal action against Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and several other politically-connected individuals amid an e…

www.nydailynews.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

Nothing says FU affordability like saying affordable housing rules are broken.

gothamist.com/news/jack-ci...

Jack Ciattarelli wants to gut NJ’s affordable housing laws. Can he do it?

The Republican nominee for governor says state housing rules have to go. Experts say his plan is a long shot.

gothamist.com

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

sorry. included.

The photo shows a person standing on a small pedestrian traffic island at an intersection, directly in front of a black Tesla that has driven partially onto the curb. The person, seen from behind, appears to be taking a photo or video with a phone, possibly documenting the scene.

They are dressed in dark clothing and stand upright, appearing focused. The intersection features a zebra-striped crosswalk, a red textured section for accessibility, and visible street markings. Behind them, a “Wholesome Organic” grocery store occupies the corner of a beige apartment building, while nearby structures include a mix of residential and office buildings. The overall setting appears to be an urban street, likely in New York City, based on the architecture and signage.

The image captures a spontaneous and slightly tense moment — a car in an unexpected position, a person observing and recording, and the rhythm of city life unfolding around them.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

A Tesla driver cut the corner quickly and lodged the vehicle on a pedestrian island.

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

dark dark days.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 2d

Ellison's CBS brought on the two editors that got NYT to publish Tom Cotton's 2020 op-ed calling for soldiers to shoot protesters in the streets. Hard to find a clearer editorial throughline than "anyone protesting murder by the state should be killed for it."

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 1d

thank god is wasn't a kid.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent article, very thoughtful and thought-provoking. See also Robert's article (also very good) linked within.

City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 1d

We're pleased to report on a project that Mark has been working on with Robert Weetman for Manchester City Council.

This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.

What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?

ForewordThis post has a companion written by Robert Weetman. We have been working collaboratively on something which we think needs to be more widely known, but we also thought it might be fun and …

cityinfinity.co.uk

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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 1d

A basic artists' income trial in Ireland. For every €1 of public money invested in the pilot, society received €1.39 in return. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 2d

🖖🏽

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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