'viktor shtrum'
@viktorshtrum.bsky.social
Lover of trains, bikes, college football, and other stuff, too.
Jewish New Yorker. Thoughts are free.
Urban Studies MA student @ a CUNY school
"Read Marx!" - Lee Gregovich
Repost is not an endorsement, I just like pressing the button. Buttons are fun.
Jewish New Yorker. Thoughts are free.
Urban Studies MA student @ a CUNY school
"Read Marx!" - Lee Gregovich
Repost is not an endorsement, I just like pressing the button. Buttons are fun.
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
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i'd love to read a real evolution of "stay woke" - i saw it evolve as:
1. in black culture, a way of pointing out structural racism
2. on black twitter, same thing but often a joke about something silly
3. white people adopt woke to mean generic antiracism
4. conservatives learn a new n-word
1. in black culture, a way of pointing out structural racism
2. on black twitter, same thing but often a joke about something silly
3. white people adopt woke to mean generic antiracism
4. conservatives learn a new n-word
“woke” as i recall originated as a kind of ironic conspiratorial posting thing on black twitter (“stay woke”), and then conservatives decided it was just “political correctness” in the millennial era bsky.app/profile/unst...
I think many of them thought woke is just like clinton-era "political correctness" when the latter was imposed from the top by imbeciles who didn't know anything about anything and woke has always been a genuinely grassroots initiative
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
i'd love to read a real evolution of "stay woke" - i saw it evolve as:
1. in black culture, a way of pointing out structural racism
2. on black twitter, same thing but often a joke about something silly
3. white people adopt woke to mean generic antiracism
4. conservatives learn a new n-word
1. in black culture, a way of pointing out structural racism
2. on black twitter, same thing but often a joke about something silly
3. white people adopt woke to mean generic antiracism
4. conservatives learn a new n-word
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November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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We edit our words because we care. We don't want to scare or upset the people reading. We don't want to force them to expend emotional energy when they don't have to.
Rich people don't do that. They don't care about your time or energy. They expect you to work to understand them.
Rich people don't do that. They don't care about your time or energy. They expect you to work to understand them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We edit our words because we care. We don't want to scare or upset the people reading. We don't want to force them to expend emotional energy when they don't have to.
Rich people don't do that. They don't care about your time or energy. They expect you to work to understand them.
Rich people don't do that. They don't care about your time or energy. They expect you to work to understand them.
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For everyone talking about how sloppy Epstein's writing is, consider that self-editing your words to make sure they communicate effectively is a gift we give to our readers to make sure we're understood. Rich, powerful narcissists don't do that because they expect everyone else to work for them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For everyone talking about how sloppy Epstein's writing is, consider that self-editing your words to make sure they communicate effectively is a gift we give to our readers to make sure we're understood. Rich, powerful narcissists don't do that because they expect everyone else to work for them.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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women don't like the vehicle
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
women don't like the vehicle
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Good morning. Here's a VH1 segment on Jeffrey Epstein from 2007.
September 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning. Here's a VH1 segment on Jeffrey Epstein from 2007.
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“belief , survival. meachinsim for some. . placebo.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“belief , survival. meachinsim for some. . placebo.”
mobject
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
mobject
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We dropped a new report re: train operations, everyone’s favorite topic. There’s some backstory that we will get too. But, the basic takeaway is modern train systems have moved away from two-person train ops. New York should, too! transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
transitcosts.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We dropped a new report re: train operations, everyone’s favorite topic. There’s some backstory that we will get too. But, the basic takeaway is modern train systems have moved away from two-person train ops. New York should, too! transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
huh, so one way I didn't expect AI to influence my work: I didn't think that AI would be buying stuff. So I wonder if one day, e-commerce is going to be all about getting AI shopping agents to buy stuff. Sounds even worse than now. Or, maybe just the same but different type of stupid.
Google is infusing AI into just about every part of online shopping: browsing for products, calling local stores to ask about inventory (!!), and actually purchasing the item for you. This is a warning shot to influencers and news orgs doing buying guides:
www.theverge.com/news/819431/...
www.theverge.com/news/819431/...
Google will let users call stores, browse products, and check out using AI
There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.
www.theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
huh, so one way I didn't expect AI to influence my work: I didn't think that AI would be buying stuff. So I wonder if one day, e-commerce is going to be all about getting AI shopping agents to buy stuff. Sounds even worse than now. Or, maybe just the same but different type of stupid.
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Google is infusing AI into just about every part of online shopping: browsing for products, calling local stores to ask about inventory (!!), and actually purchasing the item for you. This is a warning shot to influencers and news orgs doing buying guides:
www.theverge.com/news/819431/...
www.theverge.com/news/819431/...
Google will let users call stores, browse products, and check out using AI
There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.
www.theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Google is infusing AI into just about every part of online shopping: browsing for products, calling local stores to ask about inventory (!!), and actually purchasing the item for you. This is a warning shot to influencers and news orgs doing buying guides:
www.theverge.com/news/819431/...
www.theverge.com/news/819431/...
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In 1860 Chicagoan abolitionist John Hossack rescued a self-emancipated man from US Marshals, saying he was in the company of "Washington and Franklin," and reminded people that "The great Washington...carried out the spirit of the Constitution" by freeing the people he enslaved in his will.
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In 1860 Chicagoan abolitionist John Hossack rescued a self-emancipated man from US Marshals, saying he was in the company of "Washington and Franklin," and reminded people that "The great Washington...carried out the spirit of the Constitution" by freeing the people he enslaved in his will.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
the city council is going to (in practice) cap most new apartment sizes at 99 units
NYC Council has a veto-proof majority on a union-backed bill to set a $40/hour minimum average compensation for workers on city-funded affordable housing projects, kicking in at 100 units www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
Developers alarmed as council advances minimum wage for affordable housing projects
The Construction Justice Act would set a $40 wage-and-benefit floor, increasing the cost of building.
www.crainsnewyork.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
the city council is going to (in practice) cap most new apartment sizes at 99 units
Barrack Barak - coming this fall on CBS, one media billionaire and one disgraced Israeli politician come together to fight crime in the big city
What do we make of this email, sent from Epstein to himself a week before he was arrested with the subject line “List for Bannon Steve” with just a list of names.
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Barrack Barak - coming this fall on CBS, one media billionaire and one disgraced Israeli politician come together to fight crime in the big city
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I can't remember the precise wording but someone on here said that the Republican threat to expose Bill Clinton too isn't so much a threat as it is a "buy one, get one free" promotion.
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I can't remember the precise wording but someone on here said that the Republican threat to expose Bill Clinton too isn't so much a threat as it is a "buy one, get one free" promotion.
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Hell yeah
The Pac-12 has added USA Sports (USA Network) to its new media rights deal next year.
All Pac-12 football will be available on linear TV, including 22 games on USA.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
All Pac-12 football will be available on linear TV, including 22 games on USA.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hell yeah
after all the news and revelations today, I think it's time for some game theory (thread):
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
after all the news and revelations today, I think it's time for some game theory (thread):
jokes on you, econometrics is now taxi burrito discourse
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
jokes on you, econometrics is now taxi burrito discourse
another Cum Town bit comes to life. Today is like if they released a new episode
guy who is willing to criticize jeffrey epstein for being a pedophile but who draws the line at criticizing his grammar
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
another Cum Town bit comes to life. Today is like if they released a new episode