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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 2h

bUt In DeNmARk ...

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14h

Well, at least the Yankees lost.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19h

Looks like I'll be loosing my health insurance next year because of Republicans and RFK Jr.

The revolution can't come soon enough.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19h

That's sexy.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 2d

Hung some new art in my office.

A large copy of the Chicago Track Map. Also visible is a wine fridge.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 6d

So "Caught Stealing" is the best new New York movie.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 7d

Is the landlord special really better than grimey subway stations? I don't know. But the haphazard way it's being done doesn't make me a fan.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 7d

No one saw "S1m0ne" and now it's coming for us. www.imdb.com/title/tt0258...

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 9d

The F will still run express in Queens, but via 53rd St. The M will run local in Queens but via 63rd St. (with a transfer to the Q).

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 10d

It seems the idea is to direct the user to the railings. Having the strips down the middle would leade the user to tumble down the stairs.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 10d

Time to renew my other great baseball love, rooting against the Yankees

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 11d

X/Twitter: Where you go to argue with people on the other side.

Bluesky: Where you go to argue with people on the same side.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 11d

Gadgetbahn is not the answer.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 11d

We should be expanding subways into the outer boroughs along with upzoning for transit. The city has never been all that strategic with it and seems to rarely work with the MTA on this. The existing network CAN support plenty of new riders, but there are plenty of transit deserts that are wanting.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 11d

The wildest idea I can think of is to build a new subway through Red Hook and Industry City, then across to Staten Island. But the costs of this would never pencil out. Red Hook and Staten Island have large populations, but most people using the crossings are just passing through.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 11d

Heavy rail mass transit is good for moving a ton of people over large distances. This isn't that. Even with the new 6k residents, Red Hook will never have such a high population that it needs a subway like this. Maybe if a new line extended deeper into Brooklyn. But there is not enough demand ATM.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 11d

On the surface, the city SHOULD be expanding mass transit with housing. But a subway to Red Hook falls flat on its own. Extending the 1 or W train as has been proposed is a very expensive solution. Better buses, or, dare I say, light rail (RIP Bob Diamond) is better.

gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-...

NYC to build heaps of new housing in Red Hook — but not a subway

A plan approved by city officials earlier this week is set to bring 6,000 new apartments to the area, which is in one of western Brooklyn's most glaring transit deserts.

gothamist.com

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 13d

We're reopening the case as to whether the Triborough Bridge needs a Kennedy name slapped on it (it doesn't):
nygroove.nyc/rfk-bridge-t...

Make the RFK Bridge the Triborough again

Renaming it the RFK Bridge took away one of our best bridge names, let's be done with this weird family already.

nygroove.nyc

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 13d

Trump wants "energy dominance"? Bruh, have you SEEN "Andor"?! He's building the Death Star.

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 14d

President Trump keeps promising "energy dominance." Renewable energy companies keep begging MAGA Republicans to let them help.

Thing is, "energy dominance" is a ridiculous lie. Everyone knows it. Wind and solar companies need to punch back.

My column: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Trump's campaign against wind and solar is exposing his 'energy dominance' lies

Solar and wind companies need to start punching back.

www.latimes.com

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14d

ICE got to the birds too!

Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 14d

Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14d

Shits gonna put me outta business!

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14d

Interesting that Penn Station got less safe when the feds took over.

gothamist.com/news/man-sho...

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14d

I'm 6'3" and suffer to fit into seat 4 because it's the best.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14d

This is the type of arrogance which does your argument no favors. I know a lot of people who've been hit by ebikes that don't report it, so it will never be part of the data. Even if they aren't hit, it's not pleasant to dive out of the way on a sidewalk while someone speeds by.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 15d

For 50 years, planners tried to figure out how to build a subway along Horace Harding Blvd. Robert Moses beat them to it with a highway. Follow the twists and turns, and see what might still be possible.

How do you get to Horace Harding Blvd?

www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2025/...

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 16d

Homer: come on kids, let’s go home.

Bart: we are home.

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