Mike Cherepko
@mikecherepko.bsky.social
I'd rather be grocery shopping.
📍Brooklyn, NY
📍Brooklyn, NY
I turned on the Olympics to watch the Mexican figure skater, but I didn't like his opening song. Then I started reading Wikipedia and I learned that My Way can't be sung in parts of the Philippines because people kept killing each other at karaoke over it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_...
My Way killings - Wikipedia
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February 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I turned on the Olympics to watch the Mexican figure skater, but I didn't like his opening song. Then I started reading Wikipedia and I learned that My Way can't be sung in parts of the Philippines because people kept killing each other at karaoke over it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_...
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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very amusing to see the ideological lines on housing in the Zohran administration
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
very amusing to see the ideological lines on housing in the Zohran administration
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
on the one hand you have zohran supporting a plan to replace decrepit NYCHA projects with brand new mixed income apartments
on the other hand you have the dumbest socialists and right wing think tankers in opposition
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More going on in 11 words than most novels manage in 250pgs
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
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February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
More going on in 11 words than most novels manage in 250pgs
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“The alignment between state, city and advocacy leaders, combined with Mamdani's hiring decisions, underscores how firmly the pro-development movement has moved from the margins to the center of New York policymaking.” 💪🏻🏗️📈 www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
YIMBYism continues to gain sway with latest Mamdani hires
Mamdani is assembling a housing team aligned around expanding supply and accelerating development approvals as part of his affordability agenda.
www.crainsnewyork.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
“The alignment between state, city and advocacy leaders, combined with Mamdani's hiring decisions, underscores how firmly the pro-development movement has moved from the margins to the center of New York policymaking.” 💪🏻🏗️📈 www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
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They think good is weak & evil is based, because they are wicked. ICE is doing wicked things & hiring wicked men to do them. It is difficult to look such a thing in the eye, but that is all there there is to them
This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
They think good is weak & evil is based, because they are wicked. ICE is doing wicked things & hiring wicked men to do them. It is difficult to look such a thing in the eye, but that is all there there is to them
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This is magnificent!
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
This is magnificent!
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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The G train has been making waves recently, but let's not forget the BEST solution: Building QueensLink!! If we #BuildtheQueensLink the MTA can extend the G train ALL TIMES!! That's TWO extensions for the price of ONE! 🚉🌳
February 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The G train has been making waves recently, but let's not forget the BEST solution: Building QueensLink!! If we #BuildtheQueensLink the MTA can extend the G train ALL TIMES!! That's TWO extensions for the price of ONE! 🚉🌳
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they fired the OpenAI product policy VP for "sexually discriminating against a male colleague" after she opposed reorienting the product towards porn. having seen precision/recall numbers for large production abuse systems you do not want to tune for precision.
February 12, 2026 at 7:40 AM
they fired the OpenAI product policy VP for "sexually discriminating against a male colleague" after she opposed reorienting the product towards porn. having seen precision/recall numbers for large production abuse systems you do not want to tune for precision.
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When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
7/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
7/
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
7/
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Our argument is simple but radical: transportation policy should maximize access, not movement.
For a century, we’ve measured success by car throughput and speed. But that's only a means. The end is connecting people to destinations they value.
We've been measuring, then building, the wrong thing.
For a century, we’ve measured success by car throughput and speed. But that's only a means. The end is connecting people to destinations they value.
We've been measuring, then building, the wrong thing.
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Our argument is simple but radical: transportation policy should maximize access, not movement.
For a century, we’ve measured success by car throughput and speed. But that's only a means. The end is connecting people to destinations they value.
We've been measuring, then building, the wrong thing.
For a century, we’ve measured success by car throughput and speed. But that's only a means. The end is connecting people to destinations they value.
We've been measuring, then building, the wrong thing.
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The president of OpenAI has donated almost as much to Trump as the DNC has cash on hand www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Democratic donors have spent a year frozen, largely out of justified anger at the consultant class, the spammy texts, and lack of leadership from some elected leaders.
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The president of OpenAI has donated almost as much to Trump as the DNC has cash on hand www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Ignoring the revisions issue entirely, +130k is not and is never considered to be a "strong pace"
If you had any doubts left on the NYT leadership being 100% in the tank for Trump, go look at the top headline right now
The economy produced roughly the same number of jobs in Joe Biden’s last full month in office as it produced in Donald Trump’s first full year in office.
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Ignoring the revisions issue entirely, +130k is not and is never considered to be a "strong pace"
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Testing boundaries to see what the public will react to or gross incompetence or both?
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U.S. FAA : THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF AIRSPACE OVER EL PASO HAS BEEN LIFTED.
February 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Testing boundaries to see what the public will react to or gross incompetence or both?
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A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
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Lmao of course it’s NIMBY shit
Oh look, it's Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein emailing back and forth in 2018
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Lmao of course it’s NIMBY shit
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An MEP engineer told me the other day that he often times gets better heat pump/geothermal systems installed in red jurisdictions because they just go for the operations savings, while sustainability-focused jurisdictions dither and assume climate-friendly design has a sort of penitential cost.
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
An MEP engineer told me the other day that he often times gets better heat pump/geothermal systems installed in red jurisdictions because they just go for the operations savings, while sustainability-focused jurisdictions dither and assume climate-friendly design has a sort of penitential cost.
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Detain first, then sort it out. Uh, no. You cannot arrest a 14 year old child absent an individualized suspicion of wrong doing. They’re just bragging about how much they wipe their ass with our constitution. This is literally kidnapping.
February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Detain first, then sort it out. Uh, no. You cannot arrest a 14 year old child absent an individualized suspicion of wrong doing. They’re just bragging about how much they wipe their ass with our constitution. This is literally kidnapping.
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Incredible detail I just noticed
Benito takes a drink from this woman as he sings "un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita"
She is Maria Antonia Cay (aka Toñita), owner of the famous Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn
A beloved place for the Latino community in NYC
Benito takes a drink from this woman as he sings "un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita"
She is Maria Antonia Cay (aka Toñita), owner of the famous Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn
A beloved place for the Latino community in NYC
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Incredible detail I just noticed
Benito takes a drink from this woman as he sings "un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita"
She is Maria Antonia Cay (aka Toñita), owner of the famous Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn
A beloved place for the Latino community in NYC
Benito takes a drink from this woman as he sings "un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita"
She is Maria Antonia Cay (aka Toñita), owner of the famous Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn
A beloved place for the Latino community in NYC
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Eagle-eyed watchers of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show would have spied Toñita, the queen of Los Sures, AKA Williamsburg.
Read all about Maria Antonia “Toñita” Cay here: hellgatenyc.com/williamsburg...
Read all about Maria Antonia “Toñita” Cay here: hellgatenyc.com/williamsburg...
Williamsburg Changes, But Toñita Still Reigns - Hell Gate
For 50 years, Maria Antonia "Toñita" Cay has overseen the Caribbean Social Club in Williamsburg. It's now the last Puerto Rican social club in Brooklyn.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Eagle-eyed watchers of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show would have spied Toñita, the queen of Los Sures, AKA Williamsburg.
Read all about Maria Antonia “Toñita” Cay here: hellgatenyc.com/williamsburg...
Read all about Maria Antonia “Toñita” Cay here: hellgatenyc.com/williamsburg...
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Homeless people are not the only people who need homes.
There are millions of people who’d like to move out of their parents’ homes, ditch their roommates, leave their abusive partners, or move to a different city but can’t because housing scarcity makes rent too expensive where they want to live.
There are millions of people who’d like to move out of their parents’ homes, ditch their roommates, leave their abusive partners, or move to a different city but can’t because housing scarcity makes rent too expensive where they want to live.
1 million
Bwahahahahaha
The US census bureau says 16 million or approximately 28 homes per unhoused person.
I'll send you the links
Bwahahahahaha
The US census bureau says 16 million or approximately 28 homes per unhoused person.
I'll send you the links
February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Homeless people are not the only people who need homes.
There are millions of people who’d like to move out of their parents’ homes, ditch their roommates, leave their abusive partners, or move to a different city but can’t because housing scarcity makes rent too expensive where they want to live.
There are millions of people who’d like to move out of their parents’ homes, ditch their roommates, leave their abusive partners, or move to a different city but can’t because housing scarcity makes rent too expensive where they want to live.
I got out the hot water bottle for my bed tonight. It was 55 degrees in my apartment last I looked. You don't need to tell me that's illegal. I know it it's illegal.
a woman is holding a box and a hot water bottle .
ALT: a woman is holding a box and a hot water bottle .
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February 8, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I got out the hot water bottle for my bed tonight. It was 55 degrees in my apartment last I looked. You don't need to tell me that's illegal. I know it it's illegal.