Thomas Lamadrid
@thomaslamadrid.bsky.social
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social (and @governor.ny.gov i guess) why doesn’t ConEd let me set up autopay on my credit card? seems like some bullshit to me… then they hit me with late fees…
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social (and @governor.ny.gov i guess) why doesn’t ConEd let me set up autopay on my credit card? seems like some bullshit to me… then they hit me with late fees…
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White men are 30% of the population.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
White men are 30% of the population.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
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Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
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To all the NYC “natives” who rail about “transplants” I’m going to start saying “your grandparents were transplants, you’re just lazy nepo baby”
yikes it’s getting into the weird “heritage American” right wing discourse now
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
To all the NYC “natives” who rail about “transplants” I’m going to start saying “your grandparents were transplants, you’re just lazy nepo baby”
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Completely unhinged but the guy complaining about gentrifiers can’t even spell Fort Greene right.
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the reaction from the TWU President:
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Completely unhinged but the guy complaining about gentrifiers can’t even spell Fort Greene right.
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Moderating a recent panel about transportation resilience, I asked whether self-driving cars make mobility networks more fragile due to the risks of malfunctions.
Anyway, this happened in San Francisco yesterday.
Anyway, this happened in San Francisco yesterday.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Moderating a recent panel about transportation resilience, I asked whether self-driving cars make mobility networks more fragile due to the risks of malfunctions.
Anyway, this happened in San Francisco yesterday.
Anyway, this happened in San Francisco yesterday.
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25 years from now, when people watch movies about NYC abd other major North American cities, they'll ask why there were cars everywhere
#lifeaftercars
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
#lifeaftercars
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
25 years from now, when people watch movies about NYC abd other major North American cities, they'll ask why there were cars everywhere
#lifeaftercars
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
#lifeaftercars
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
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There is a layer of scum a connective tissue... that connects all the people that populate the Epstein ecosystem
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
NYT columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed a few weeks ago titled, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out,” lamenting people are too focused on the Epstein scandal + saying "the QAnon mentality has taken over."
Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
David Brooks Said ‘Count Me Out’ Of Epstein Story, Then Wound Up In Epstein Photos
There's no indication The New York Times columnist did anything wrong. But wow, the timing of his column and the photo dump is unfortunate!
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is a layer of scum a connective tissue... that connects all the people that populate the Epstein ecosystem
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
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Cops can't solve a case without the parents or a McDonald's employee turning someone in.
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Cops can't solve a case without the parents or a McDonald's employee turning someone in.
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The largest recipient of government handouts in American history is an immigrant who hates immigrants getting government handouts.
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The largest recipient of government handouts in American history is an immigrant who hates immigrants getting government handouts.
Total shame on @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social for not putting the universal daylighting bill, Intro 1138, up for a vote, putting children’s lives at risk for what—some parking spaces that wouldn’t exist in any other modern city? Thank you @cmjuliewon.bsky.social @powers4queens.bsky.social.
The Children of New York City Deserve Universal Daylighting - Streetsblog New York City
Daylighting is common sense: drivers and pedestrians shouldn’t be invisible to one another. And in most other places, they aren’t.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Total shame on @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social for not putting the universal daylighting bill, Intro 1138, up for a vote, putting children’s lives at risk for what—some parking spaces that wouldn’t exist in any other modern city? Thank you @cmjuliewon.bsky.social @powers4queens.bsky.social.
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer.
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer.
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Another way cars are poisoning and killing us.
Lead is an essential but toxic element of car batteries. The U.S. auto industry promotes the recycling of it as an environmental success story, but the initiative comes at a major human cost, especially abroad, an investigation by The New York Times and The Examination found.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
An investigation about recycling lead for U.S. car batteries revealed the toxic consequences of a seemingly sustainable practice.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another way cars are poisoning and killing us.
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Photo of an ambulance stuck in gridlock traffic
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Photo of an ambulance stuck in gridlock traffic
Hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , are you going to have Commish Tisch fix/reverse this policy? Are you going to let this petty corruption happen? I hope you stop your backtracking w/r/t the NYPD! That's not what we voted for!
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Rejects Ending 'Self-Enforcement' Scandal at Precinct Houses - Streetsblog New York City
Police brass are refusing to implement a major reform recommended by city probers earlier this year. And the agency won't say why.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , are you going to have Commish Tisch fix/reverse this policy? Are you going to let this petty corruption happen? I hope you stop your backtracking w/r/t the NYPD! That's not what we voted for!
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Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
Please stop the City's ( @nypdnews.bsky.social and @nyc-dot.bsky.social ) war on bicyclists, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
This city just declared a war on bicycles...
YouTube video by Joel Katuala
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Please stop the City's ( @nypdnews.bsky.social and @nyc-dot.bsky.social ) war on bicyclists, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Forced car dependency robs society of any chance at financial freedom. America doesn't have a "love obsession with cars", they simply have not been given a choice.
AVERAGE NEW CAR PRICE SURPASSES $50,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY : YAHOO FINANCE
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Forced car dependency robs society of any chance at financial freedom. America doesn't have a "love obsession with cars", they simply have not been given a choice.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM