Shabazz Stuart
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
Born, raised and reside in Brooklyn.🗽CEO of Oonee. Working to make our cities better places to live. 🚲🛴👷🏾Unapologetically Woke. 📣✊🏾🫶🏾
🇺🇸🇧🇧 📍Brooklyn
🇺🇸🇧🇧 📍Brooklyn
Ughhh…this new subway line is going to DESTROY the character of our Queens neighborhood.😡😤🤬
-A NIMBY circa 1917
-A NIMBY circa 1917
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ughhh…this new subway line is going to DESTROY the character of our Queens neighborhood.😡😤🤬
-A NIMBY circa 1917
-A NIMBY circa 1917
For perspective, the distance between the IBX and the G is greater than the width of Manhattan (2.3 miles)
As some NIMBY opposition to NYC’s IBX project heats up, some are claiming it just duplicates the G train. As @shabazzstuart.bsky.social notes, it’s not really the same thing, at all…
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
For perspective, the distance between the IBX and the G is greater than the width of Manhattan (2.3 miles)
If NYC can't activate no-brainer rail service on pre-existing ROW bc of NIMBY opposition then it's honestly time to pack it in and call the ballgame.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If NYC can't activate no-brainer rail service on pre-existing ROW bc of NIMBY opposition then it's honestly time to pack it in and call the ballgame.
"We don't want new housing because our neighborhood doesn't have the infrastructure."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
Better Headline: Queens NIMBYs want to screw over their neighbors and close their doors to newcomers.
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Off track: Queens residents say “We don’t need it!” to IBX light-rail plan
Queens residents attended a public meeting about the IBX light rail plan, raising concerns about overcrowding, development and other issues.
www.amny.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"We don't want new housing because our neighborhood doesn't have the infrastructure."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
AND
"We don't want new infrastructure because it will lead to new housing."
Better Headline: Queens NIMBYs want to screw over their neighbors and close their doors to newcomers.
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
Off track: Queens residents say “We don’t need it!” to IBX light-rail plan
Queens residents attended a public meeting about the IBX light rail plan, raising concerns about overcrowding, development and other issues.
www.amny.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Better Headline: Queens NIMBYs want to screw over their neighbors and close their doors to newcomers.
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
If you're threatening to leave a city because you don't like the new mayor, that says more about your privilege than anything else.
Almost nobody I know can pack up and relocate on a whim. People have jobs, homes, families, friends etc.
Almost nobody I know can pack up and relocate on a whim. People have jobs, homes, families, friends etc.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you're threatening to leave a city because you don't like the new mayor, that says more about your privilege than anything else.
Almost nobody I know can pack up and relocate on a whim. People have jobs, homes, families, friends etc.
Almost nobody I know can pack up and relocate on a whim. People have jobs, homes, families, friends etc.
The entire NYC candidate dropout drama of 2025 is literally a case study for how Rank Choice Voting can increase voter satisfaction w/elections.
Hoping there is a journalist that will write this story.
Hoping there is a journalist that will write this story.
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The entire NYC candidate dropout drama of 2025 is literally a case study for how Rank Choice Voting can increase voter satisfaction w/elections.
Hoping there is a journalist that will write this story.
Hoping there is a journalist that will write this story.
Well, at least everyone agrees that NYC should have Rank Choice Voting for the general too, right?
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Well, at least everyone agrees that NYC should have Rank Choice Voting for the general too, right?
Lots of narratives shattered tonight....
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Lots of narratives shattered tonight....
Please remember to thank your poll workers!
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Please remember to thank your poll workers!
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Decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help #Jamaica access millions of dollars in the immediate aftermath of #HurricaneMelissa — and provide a model to follow for #climate-vulnerable nations elsewhere.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Jamaica invested heavily in climate disaster insurance. It looks about to pay off | CBC News
Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help the country access millions of dollars in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — an...
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help #Jamaica access millions of dollars in the immediate aftermath of #HurricaneMelissa — and provide a model to follow for #climate-vulnerable nations elsewhere.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Just another morning in Flatbush!
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Just another morning in Flatbush!
"All the news fit to print."
Elites in media and politics continue to completely misunderstand the urgency and seriousness of the moment we're in. NYC has serious housing/transportation needs.
Elites in media and politics continue to completely misunderstand the urgency and seriousness of the moment we're in. NYC has serious housing/transportation needs.
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"All the news fit to print."
Elites in media and politics continue to completely misunderstand the urgency and seriousness of the moment we're in. NYC has serious housing/transportation needs.
Elites in media and politics continue to completely misunderstand the urgency and seriousness of the moment we're in. NYC has serious housing/transportation needs.
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“In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office.” — @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, urban pollution, urban noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, urban pollution, urban noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office.” — @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, urban pollution, urban noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, urban pollution, urban noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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Loved seeing another Oonee Pod in the wild! We need more secure bike parking all around our cities. In addition to better bike lanes, minimizing bike theft is another key to getting more people out cycling. Note @thewaroncars.bsky.social Advertisement!
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Loved seeing another Oonee Pod in the wild! We need more secure bike parking all around our cities. In addition to better bike lanes, minimizing bike theft is another key to getting more people out cycling. Note @thewaroncars.bsky.social Advertisement!
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
Every airport should have a Jamba Juice ™️
October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Every airport should have a Jamba Juice ™️
NYT: “Lawyers said the nature of the president’s legal claims pose undeniable ethics challenges”
Quoted Lawyer “WHAT A TRAVESTY!!”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Quoted Lawyer “WHAT A TRAVESTY!!”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
NYT: “Lawyers said the nature of the president’s legal claims pose undeniable ethics challenges”
Quoted Lawyer “WHAT A TRAVESTY!!”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Quoted Lawyer “WHAT A TRAVESTY!!”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Conversely, if your city is not affordable, it is not well planned.
Well planned cities should have enough housing and transportation for their populations to live affordably. Housing shortages and expensive transportation are *city planning* issues.
Well planned cities should have enough housing and transportation for their populations to live affordably. Housing shortages and expensive transportation are *city planning* issues.
IDK who needs to hear this but a well planned city is an affordable city.
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Conversely, if your city is not affordable, it is not well planned.
Well planned cities should have enough housing and transportation for their populations to live affordably. Housing shortages and expensive transportation are *city planning* issues.
Well planned cities should have enough housing and transportation for their populations to live affordably. Housing shortages and expensive transportation are *city planning* issues.
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Changing Lanes, a new film by Brooklyn-based cinematographer Ben Wolf premiered this past weekend at the Architectural & Design Film Festival. It does an amazing job of situating the recent struggle over the McGuinness Blvd *road diet* in Greenpoint within the history of making cities car dependent
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Changing Lanes, a new film by Brooklyn-based cinematographer Ben Wolf premiered this past weekend at the Architectural & Design Film Festival. It does an amazing job of situating the recent struggle over the McGuinness Blvd *road diet* in Greenpoint within the history of making cities car dependent
IDK who needs to hear this but a well planned city is an affordable city.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
IDK who needs to hear this but a well planned city is an affordable city.
Yea so miss me with that “empty 🚲 lanes” discourse. 🥱
Better infra—> more bikes.
Hundreds of thousands of NYers rely on safe bike infra to get around and if London and Paris are any indication, this will go up dramatically with more convinient safe routes.
Better infra—> more bikes.
Hundreds of thousands of NYers rely on safe bike infra to get around and if London and Paris are any indication, this will go up dramatically with more convinient safe routes.
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yea so miss me with that “empty 🚲 lanes” discourse. 🥱
Better infra—> more bikes.
Hundreds of thousands of NYers rely on safe bike infra to get around and if London and Paris are any indication, this will go up dramatically with more convinient safe routes.
Better infra—> more bikes.
Hundreds of thousands of NYers rely on safe bike infra to get around and if London and Paris are any indication, this will go up dramatically with more convinient safe routes.