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I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
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Go back in time and tell yourself that one day the fucking MTA will do more to stand up to authoritarianism than Congress, the Supreme Court, and Columbia University *combined*
Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
MTA, feds agree to keep NYC congestion pricing tolls through October
The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to keep New York City congestion pricing through October.
www.cbsnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Go back in time and tell yourself that one day the fucking MTA will do more to stand up to authoritarianism than Congress, the Supreme Court, and Columbia University *combined*
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Feeling like a big dumbass working on my taxes right now. Who am I sending this money to
April 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Feeling like a big dumbass working on my taxes right now. Who am I sending this money to
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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
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no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
March 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
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jeopardy contestants must be made to understand that they are there for the pleasure of the viewing audience. they should be forced to pick a category and begin from the top rather than jumping around like a feral beast
May 14, 2024 at 12:13 AM
jeopardy contestants must be made to understand that they are there for the pleasure of the viewing audience. they should be forced to pick a category and begin from the top rather than jumping around like a feral beast
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For my latest edition of @bloomberg.com Buying Power, I wrote about the enormous economic and societal risks that come along with this week’s news that the richest 10% of Americans now do fully half of the country’s consumer spending. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rich People Are Firing a Cash Cannon at the US Economy—But at What Cost?
Industries get recalibrated, economic signals get crossed and the social fabric begins to fray.
www.bloomberg.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For my latest edition of @bloomberg.com Buying Power, I wrote about the enormous economic and societal risks that come along with this week’s news that the richest 10% of Americans now do fully half of the country’s consumer spending. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Blue Baby: Blitz over Britain, by Edward Burra, 1941, 📸 by @JordanHerald5
December 21, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Blue Baby: Blitz over Britain, by Edward Burra, 1941, 📸 by @JordanHerald5
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At least 75% of American punditry at this point is packaging the least challenging ideas imaginable as forbidden truths.
A key to the success of the whole Bari Weiss grift is that a lot of top media people actually sympathize with it. She pretends it's like pirate radio but it's actually a major strain of thinking throughout mainstream media.
News: Chuck Lane, deputy opinion editor for The Washington Post, is leaving the newspaper.
He’ll be joining The Free Press.
He’ll be joining The Free Press.
December 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM
At least 75% of American punditry at this point is packaging the least challenging ideas imaginable as forbidden truths.
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In Washington, DC, a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
In Washington, DC, a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
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School vouchers are a re-segregation tax, in which everyone is forced to pay the most racist white people so they can avoid sending their kids to schools with minorities.
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
As voucher programs expand, they worsen. In states with universal voucher programs, more of the public monies go to students already in private school and to wealthier families.
GOP states are embracing vouchers. Wealthy parents are benefitting.
Most of the beneficiaries are incoming kindergarteners or students already enrolled in private schools.
www.politico.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:56 AM
School vouchers are a re-segregation tax, in which everyone is forced to pay the most racist white people so they can avoid sending their kids to schools with minorities.
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
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We tried to tell you
December 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
We tried to tell you
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the kadarius toney fan club did not waver in our support today nor will we ever
Kadarius Toney is the funniest player in the NFL
December 9, 2024 at 2:15 AM
the kadarius toney fan club did not waver in our support today nor will we ever
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"Thompson’s murder is one symptom of the American appetite for violence; his line of work is another."
Jia Tolentino doesn't miss.
Jia Tolentino doesn't miss.
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
www.newyorker.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:15 PM
"Thompson’s murder is one symptom of the American appetite for violence; his line of work is another."
Jia Tolentino doesn't miss.
Jia Tolentino doesn't miss.
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Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America
CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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I think of this tweet probably once a week
November 28, 2024 at 8:14 PM
I think of this tweet probably once a week
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This predates Threads but I still feel like it’s the greatest Threads post of all time
November 22, 2024 at 4:04 AM
This predates Threads but I still feel like it’s the greatest Threads post of all time
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I truly believe that we can come together as a community and be unwell enough to make this website stick
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM
I truly believe that we can come together as a community and be unwell enough to make this website stick