Of course, the city is legally required to bus homeless children to their original school, so it's not like that should have been a surprise to anyone. They have struggled to do so effectively for years, long before the migrant crisis. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

We asked these questions over and over when the policy was announced - wouldn't this disrupt students education? And were told no, they can stay in their school. But here, the city acknowledges the policy DID make it hard (and expensive) for them to stay in the same school.

The lamest thing about Twitter leadership is how entitled they feel -- to the content users provide them, to advertising dollars -- all while talking about free speech. Choosing where to speak and where to spend your money is part of free speech!

That said, who knows if I'll ever really leave LOL

Twitter isn't some kind of civic duty anybody needs to practice. It's a fringe part of my job and a place I like to make jokes and read Mets takes. The only people I owe my content to are my employers. People move on from social media networks all the time - ask MySpace, or Tumblr, or Xanga.

The audience for my reporting and silly jokes has dwindled, gotten spammy, even hostile, all while Twitter has throttled content for people who won't pay to post and made it clear it doesn't value the work of reporters. So I'm trying something that might better work for me. That's capitalism, baby!

Also: hello! I’m here now mostly because I am collecting potential Twitter alternatives like old phone chargers and camera wires shoved in a drawer. You just never know when you’ll need them!