Steven Romalewski
@sromalewski.bsky.social
Director, CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center. More here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/steven-romalewski Some posts are work-related, some are personal.
Photo credit: Alex Irklievski
Photo credit: Alex Irklievski
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Giovane, in affitto e di ceto medio: le mappe della New York che ha scelto Mamdani
Under 30, in affitto, e di ceto medio. Questo l'identikit approssimativo dell'elettore newyorkese che ha consentito al democratico-socialista Zohran Mamdani
lavocedinewyork.com
La Voce di New York, the "First Italian English Digital Daily in the US", reported on the results of NYC's 2025 mayoral election & made great use of our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social map: lavocedinewyork.com/new-york/202... Love the main graphic.
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this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls
![All Things Motherhood Jasmen Powell • 6d • S
Hot take, but an honest one.
I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to fa... See more
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December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls
Will the pirated versions get better ratings?
CBS furiously trying to take down the 60 Minutes segment about human rights abuses at the El Salvadoran prison that Bari Weiss spiked
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Will the pirated versions get better ratings?
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I mean, if we're talking about the red meat in the era of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, sure.
A diseased product sold by hucksters that wreaks havoc and even causes death, forcing the federal government to step in with harsh regulations?
Yeah, man, that works.
A diseased product sold by hucksters that wreaks havoc and even causes death, forcing the federal government to step in with harsh regulations?
Yeah, man, that works.
“AI” is the new “red meat”.
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I mean, if we're talking about the red meat in the era of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, sure.
A diseased product sold by hucksters that wreaks havoc and even causes death, forcing the federal government to step in with harsh regulations?
Yeah, man, that works.
A diseased product sold by hucksters that wreaks havoc and even causes death, forcing the federal government to step in with harsh regulations?
Yeah, man, that works.
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This is @justinlevitt.bsky.social, a great redistricting expert.
“It only makes sense to do this once a decade,” says a legal scholar with experience in redistricting cases. “This is one way for incumbents to stop citizens from evaluating their own representatives."
And yet SCOTUS has blessed mid-decade redraws:
And yet SCOTUS has blessed mid-decade redraws:
The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered
How are the new maps changing the midterms? Would proportional representation help? Why are courts not doing more? You asked, and we’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.
boltsmag.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is @justinlevitt.bsky.social, a great redistricting expert.
This is a helpful overview. Thanks to @boltsmag.org for preparing it!
Six states have adopted new congressional maps since August, and many lawsuits are now moving through courts. So, where exactly does that leave the fight for control of Congress?
You asked and we answered:
boltsmag.org/mid-decade-r...
You asked and we answered:
boltsmag.org/mid-decade-r...
The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
How are the new maps changing the midterms? Why are courts not doing more? Would proportional representation help? We’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.
boltsmag.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is a helpful overview. Thanks to @boltsmag.org for preparing it!
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So many people I know couldn't distinguish between being made to feel uncomfortable, which is what protest is designed to do, and being made to feel threatened, which perhaps happened on some college campuses here and there but was in no way close to the malignant growth of Nazism on the Right.
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So many people I know couldn't distinguish between being made to feel uncomfortable, which is what protest is designed to do, and being made to feel threatened, which perhaps happened on some college campuses here and there but was in no way close to the malignant growth of Nazism on the Right.
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There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
Trump Ignores Law and Sticks His Name on Kennedy Center
The name of the president was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
trib.al
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
Next up, bake sales to retire the federal debt.
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Next up, bake sales to retire the federal debt.
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Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Good headline. Less than a decade ago the Chief wrote in Rucho that ``[e]xcessive partisanship in districting leads to results that reasonably seem unjust'' and that ``such gerrymandering is incompatible with democratic principles.''
We now know just how little he meant it. They love this.
We now know just how little he meant it. They love this.
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Good headline. Less than a decade ago the Chief wrote in Rucho that ``[e]xcessive partisanship in districting leads to results that reasonably seem unjust'' and that ``such gerrymandering is incompatible with democratic principles.''
We now know just how little he meant it. They love this.
We now know just how little he meant it. They love this.
She is a hero to me.
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
She is a hero to me.
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This photo captures a dream team of New Yorkers!
Honored to meet mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social yesterday (along w/ @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social). Even more honored that NYC's stellar press corps appreciates our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social mapping work so much: x.com/katie_honan/.... Video clip & kudos via @katiehonan.bsky.social. Thx!
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This photo captures a dream team of New Yorkers!
Honored to meet mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social yesterday (along w/ @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social). Even more honored that NYC's stellar press corps appreciates our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social mapping work so much: x.com/katie_honan/.... Video clip & kudos via @katiehonan.bsky.social. Thx!
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Honored to meet mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social yesterday (along w/ @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social). Even more honored that NYC's stellar press corps appreciates our @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social mapping work so much: x.com/katie_honan/.... Video clip & kudos via @katiehonan.bsky.social. Thx!
This is for an IV, no? What are they injecting him with? The American public deserves to know.
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is for an IV, no? What are they injecting him with? The American public deserves to know.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to @davesredist
Dave's Redistricting App is a formative and invaluable tool for our democracy. tinyurl.com/37pzj8vk
Dave's Redistricting App is a formative and invaluable tool for our democracy. tinyurl.com/37pzj8vk
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to @davesredist
Dave's Redistricting App is a formative and invaluable tool for our democracy. tinyurl.com/37pzj8vk
Dave's Redistricting App is a formative and invaluable tool for our democracy. tinyurl.com/37pzj8vk
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🚨📘Our new book, "The Problem with Plastic" is out today from @thenewpress.bsky.social and yesterday it was chosen as an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Nonfiction Books of December! 🎆Learn more and get your copy at bit.ly/problem-with... to help protect yourself & the planet from plastic pollution. 🌎
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨📘Our new book, "The Problem with Plastic" is out today from @thenewpress.bsky.social and yesterday it was chosen as an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Nonfiction Books of December! 🎆Learn more and get your copy at bit.ly/problem-with... to help protect yourself & the planet from plastic pollution. 🌎
Just signed up for @beyondplastics.bsky.social email list: www.beyondplastics.org/sign-up A great group working on such a critical issue. Check them out! (And buy their new book: www.beyondplastics.org/publications... I ordered an advance copy and it's packed with helpful, important info.)
Sign Up — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
www.beyondplastics.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just signed up for @beyondplastics.bsky.social email list: www.beyondplastics.org/sign-up A great group working on such a critical issue. Check them out! (And buy their new book: www.beyondplastics.org/publications... I ordered an advance copy and it's packed with helpful, important info.)
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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YEAH, CUNY!!!!!
We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
YEAH, CUNY!!!!!
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Not kidding when I say they should fund the free buses by actually enforcing driving and parking rules. Walk around any neighborhood of NYC for an hour and you will witness ~30 ticketable offenses. Everyone will get around faster if people follow the rules. Iron-fist it. Cameras on every stoplight.
Hochul has said she would neither support a plan that would deprive the MTA of a key revenue stream — fares — nor would she raise taxes to make up for the missing swipes.
Gov. Hochul Vague on Free Bus Plans As Her Open Budget Salvo Nears - Streetsblog New York City
Hochul has said she would neither support a plan that would deprive the MTA of a key revenue stream — fares — nor would she raise taxes to make up for the missing swipes.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not kidding when I say they should fund the free buses by actually enforcing driving and parking rules. Walk around any neighborhood of NYC for an hour and you will witness ~30 ticketable offenses. Everyone will get around faster if people follow the rules. Iron-fist it. Cameras on every stoplight.
Don’t the moon look good, mama, shining through the trees
Don’t the brakeman look good mama, flagging down the double E
Don’t the sun look good going down over the sea?
Aww don’t my gal look fine when she’s comin’ after me.
Don’t the brakeman look good mama, flagging down the double E
Don’t the sun look good going down over the sea?
Aww don’t my gal look fine when she’s comin’ after me.
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Don’t the moon look good, mama, shining through the trees
Don’t the brakeman look good mama, flagging down the double E
Don’t the sun look good going down over the sea?
Aww don’t my gal look fine when she’s comin’ after me.
Don’t the brakeman look good mama, flagging down the double E
Don’t the sun look good going down over the sea?
Aww don’t my gal look fine when she’s comin’ after me.
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This is exactly why this piece is so important. The national conversation has largely flattened the effects of the VRA -- and it's potential demise -- to which party controls Congress. There's so much more to the VRA than that, and so much more on the line
I, for one, have only really thought about the VRA through the prism of federal elections, not local elections.
But this well-reported piece reminds us that ending the VRA will have an impact on ALL levels of representative government.
Via @pascalsabino.bsky.social.
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
But this well-reported piece reminds us that ending the VRA will have an impact on ALL levels of representative government.
Via @pascalsabino.bsky.social.
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is exactly why this piece is so important. The national conversation has largely flattened the effects of the VRA -- and it's potential demise -- to which party controls Congress. There's so much more to the VRA than that, and so much more on the line
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There it is! "QUEENS MEN MEET"
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There it is! "QUEENS MEN MEET"