@petefrommanhattan.bsky.social
Worked at the MTA for 30 years. Fan of the Mets since 1965. I think I've suffered enough.
“If we don’t take a step back and learn how these doors, you know, work best — I felt like I was a guinea pig,”-customer injured by new fare gate door
“We’re still learning and we’re still making adjustments,”-Janno Lieber, warning future guinea pigs ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
“We’re still learning and we’re still making adjustments,”-Janno Lieber, warning future guinea pigs ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Woman injured by new MTA fare gate, agency says it's 'making adjustments'
The MTA says over 1 million people have gone through the three new models of gates.
ny1.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 AM
“If we don’t take a step back and learn how these doors, you know, work best — I felt like I was a guinea pig,”-customer injured by new fare gate door
“We’re still learning and we’re still making adjustments,”-Janno Lieber, warning future guinea pigs ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
“We’re still learning and we’re still making adjustments,”-Janno Lieber, warning future guinea pigs ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
I wonder what Mayor Mamdani said that prompted THAT look from TWU Int’l President John Samuelson? nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/13/f...
Friday's Headlines: A Great Day in the Bronx Edition - Streetsblog New York City
The Mamdani administration will out-bus the “Bus Mayor” and take the “crash” out of “Crashland” with a set of major street safety and transit improvement projects later this afternoon in the Bronx. Th...
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM
I wonder what Mayor Mamdani said that prompted THAT look from TWU Int’l President John Samuelson? nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/13/f...
MTA CEO Janno Lieber would like his customer guinea pigs to stop complaining about being used as guinea pigs while the agency tries to figure out how not to let other guinea pigs evade hundreds of millions of $ in fares every year www.amny.com/news/mta-mod...
Fare evasion: MTA boss insists subway riders aren’t agency’s ‘guinea pigs’ in modern fare gate pilot | amNewYork
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber insisted on Thursday that New York City straphangers are not "guinea pigs" in the agency's testing of modern subway fare gates,
www.amny.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 AM
MTA CEO Janno Lieber would like his customer guinea pigs to stop complaining about being used as guinea pigs while the agency tries to figure out how not to let other guinea pigs evade hundreds of millions of $ in fares every year www.amny.com/news/mta-mod...
“Over the past several months, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…has been sending experts to its offices around the country…to focus on whether some citizens processed through those offices could now be denaturalized”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding an effort to revoke U.S. citizenship for foreign-born Americans as it works to curb immigration, according to two people familiar with t...
www.yahoo.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
“Over the past several months, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…has been sending experts to its offices around the country…to focus on whether some citizens processed through those offices could now be denaturalized”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
”While[fmr Goldman Sacks Chief Counsel Kathy]Ruemmler has called Epstein a “monster” in recent statements, she had a much different relationship…before he was arrested a 2nd time…Ruemmler called Epstein “Uncle Jeffrey” in emails & said she adored him.” finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman...
Goldman Sachs' top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign after emails show close ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffr...
finance.yahoo.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
”While[fmr Goldman Sacks Chief Counsel Kathy]Ruemmler has called Epstein a “monster” in recent statements, she had a much different relationship…before he was arrested a 2nd time…Ruemmler called Epstein “Uncle Jeffrey” in emails & said she adored him.” finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman...
“Sargeant is now in position to be the latest of[Trump]’s allies to reap a windfall based on his 2nd-term policies... He is also deeply unpopular w/the Venezuelan political opposition, much of which considers him an apologist for the oppressive regime.” www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Savior or ‘Supervillain’? A Trump Ally’s Gamble to Unlock Venezuela’s Oil
Florida energy mogul Harry Sargeant III has been eyeing the country’s reserves for years. He’s on the cusp of the windfall of a lifetime.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM
“Sargeant is now in position to be the latest of[Trump]’s allies to reap a windfall based on his 2nd-term policies... He is also deeply unpopular w/the Venezuelan political opposition, much of which considers him an apologist for the oppressive regime.” www.wsj.com/world/americ...
“It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad. In his latest drive-by shooting, the leader of the FDA’s vaccine div rejected Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review.” www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
Opinion | Vinay Prasad’s Vaccine Kill Shot
Does the White House know the harm he’s doing to public health?
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 AM
“It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad. In his latest drive-by shooting, the leader of the FDA’s vaccine div rejected Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review.” www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
The rich are different than you or me. The finances of Leon Black show how different:”…the disclosures offer an exceptionally granular look at the strategies used by many of the ultrarich to build wealth and minimize their tax bills.” www.wsj.com/finance/insi...
Inside a $5 Billion Fortune: One Family’s Ledger in the Epstein Files
Documents reveal the granular details of Leon Black’s net worth, from 69 bank accounts to a $484 million loan backed by his art collection.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The rich are different than you or me. The finances of Leon Black show how different:”…the disclosures offer an exceptionally granular look at the strategies used by many of the ultrarich to build wealth and minimize their tax bills.” www.wsj.com/finance/insi...
Janno’s not leaving the door open. The MTA and NYCT will never restore G train service to Continental Ave. unless forced to by the ultimate boss(Gov Hochul).
The agency’ll whine about tk restrictions, additional costs-anything to thwart the transit advocates. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
The agency’ll whine about tk restrictions, additional costs-anything to thwart the transit advocates. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani says his admin is ‘digging into’ restoring weekend G train service to Forest Hills | amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signaled on Wednesday that his administration is taking a serious look at advocates' renewed push to extend G train service to Forest
www.amny.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Janno’s not leaving the door open. The MTA and NYCT will never restore G train service to Continental Ave. unless forced to by the ultimate boss(Gov Hochul).
The agency’ll whine about tk restrictions, additional costs-anything to thwart the transit advocates. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
The agency’ll whine about tk restrictions, additional costs-anything to thwart the transit advocates. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
“…a new report shows more than 10k workers w/doctorates in STEM…have left fed svce since 2017. The ppl who do this kind of work are rapidly dwindling. & the problems that will cause stretch far beyond a space probe at the very edge of the solar system.” www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
The U.S. government's brain drain has reached alarming levels
We're eliminating the people who do the R&D and who maintain the systems we depend on.
www.newsday.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:29 AM
“…a new report shows more than 10k workers w/doctorates in STEM…have left fed svce since 2017. The ppl who do this kind of work are rapidly dwindling. & the problems that will cause stretch far beyond a space probe at the very edge of the solar system.” www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
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“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
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@deadder.bsky.social has so many great cartoons:
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
@deadder.bsky.social has so many great cartoons:
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An update: "Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada:
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, ..., hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, ..., hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
February 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM
An update: "Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada:
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, ..., hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, ..., hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
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Lutnick had said, "I decided [in 2005] I will never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again. So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy. If that guy was there, I wasn't going."
He just admitted visiting Epstein's island in 2012:
He just admitted visiting Epstein's island in 2012:
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Lutnick had said, "I decided [in 2005] I will never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again. So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy. If that guy was there, I wasn't going."
He just admitted visiting Epstein's island in 2012:
He just admitted visiting Epstein's island in 2012:
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
“The Gordie Howe Int’l Bridge is set to absorb traffic from the nearby Ambassador Bridge…, which is owned by Detroit’s Moroun family & responsible for about 1/4 of all trade betw the U.S. & Canada. The owners have appealed to Trump to stop construction of the new bridge…” wapo.st/4att5gD
Trump threatens to block opening of bridge between U.S. and Canada
As the Gordie Howe bridge nears completion, Trump, in his latest salvo against Canada, suggested he would “not allow” it to open, saying Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly.”
wapo.st
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
“The Gordie Howe Int’l Bridge is set to absorb traffic from the nearby Ambassador Bridge…, which is owned by Detroit’s Moroun family & responsible for about 1/4 of all trade betw the U.S. & Canada. The owners have appealed to Trump to stop construction of the new bridge…” wapo.st/4att5gD
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ONLY 364 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DALLAS COWBOYS AREN’T IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
ONLY 364 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DALLAS COWBOYS AREN’T IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN
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They're not even trying to hide it at this point.
Laura Loomer Demands NFL Apologize After Bad Bunny Halftime Show Wasn't 'White Enough'
www.comicsands.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
They're not even trying to hide it at this point.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Don’t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.
February 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Don’t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
“Being a convicted sex offender did not make Mr. Epstein an outcast, not when he seemed to have something to offer. His transactional amorality actually seemed to add to his appeal to people who were convinced that the rules didn’t apply to them.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
“Being a convicted sex offender did not make Mr. Epstein an outcast, not when he seemed to have something to offer. His transactional amorality actually seemed to add to his appeal to people who were convinced that the rules didn’t apply to them.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
“The bureaucracy does harbor pockets of waste & paper-pushing positions that could easily be culled. But the administration showed little interest in understanding the organizations it was eviscerating... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
“The bureaucracy does harbor pockets of waste & paper-pushing positions that could easily be culled. But the administration showed little interest in understanding the organizations it was eviscerating... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...