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M Dukes
@mdukes9.bsky.social
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Just a nerd trying to make my way on this floating rock. Learning new things excites me. I have zero-tolerance for assholery.
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mdukes9.bsky.social
We got a 2nd one too
An election mailer against the DSA in NYC An election mailer against the DSA in NYC
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
Deeply deeply enjoying and appreciating @swordsjew.bsky.social’s book. It feels like required reading these days.
A screenshot of of the audiobook Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin.
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
mdukes9.bsky.social
This is one of the most egregious fake license plates I’ve ever seen in nyc. It’s literally a print out of a random PA plate they found online.
A red Honda Pilot car with no license plate where it should be. Instead there’s a printout taped inside the back window. A close up of the black and white print out of a Pennsylvania license plate. The image is cut off on right end, slicing the round portion of the last digit, a 5. There’s also an unusual grey line across the bottom portion of the plate where there shouldn’t be.
July 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
The headline for the online version is wild
Screenshot of the online version of the article in the original post. The headline reads, “Quakers accused of ‘destroying’ reputation with trans-inclusive lavatories” with the subheading of “Christian group ‘appeared to have abandoned legacy of progressive attitude towards women’ campaigners say”
May 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
Our hoya plant is getting ready to bloom for the first time ever! My wife is beside herself with excitement 😊
a close up picture of a dark pink budding flower cluster on a hoya plant
May 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
Just last week the court upheld leading pedestrian intervals.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/25/y...
Screenshot of the attached Streetsblog article. It reads: “City lawyers have finally admitted in court that it is legal for cyclists to pass through a red light on a "Walk" signal — a long-overdue (and surprisingly difficult to wrest) statement that advocates hope will end the harassment of cops who continue to hand out tickets years after the move became legal. Bike riders have been allowed to "go with the walk" signal since 2019, even if it switches on ahead of the traffic light, also known as a leading pedestrian interval, or LPI. But the NYPD has continued ticketing New Yorkers erroneously, as Streetsblog has documented. State Department of Motor Vehicle hearing officers have also upheld those wrongful violations, apparently unaware of the six-year-old law change.”
May 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
About halfway down the article:
Screenshot of a Streetsblog article. It reads: “One woman caught in the net The policy only began on Monday and, as is often the case with new policies, police on the streets have been improperly implementing it. One woman told Streetsblog she was swept up in a sting, even though she was riding a regular bike and hadn't broken the law. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous due to her pending court case, got one of the new criminal court summonses for running a red light on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, even though she entered the intersection on the pedestrian signal, which has been legal since 2019.”
May 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
and her case is the exception not the rule. I see you only engaged with the facts that supported your point.

NYC has a bigger reckless driver problem than it does reckless cyclist problem. From the same article:
Screenshot of Streetsblog article. It reads: “In 2024, 37 pedestrians were injured in the entire year in 179 reported e-bike collisions, the NYPD said. In that year, 9,610 pedestrians were injured overall, so e-bike riders caused just 0.4 percent of pedestrian injuries. That pattern has continued in the first three months of this year, with one pedestrian injured by an e-bike rider, according to the NYPD. Over the same period, 2,271 were injured overall, so e-bike riders caused less than 0.04 percent of the reported pedestrian injuries.”
May 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
Meanwhile, there are numerous cases of reckless drivers killing people in NYC. Including this tragic incident in March. The driver blew thro a red light going over 70mph in a 25mph zone on a suspended license. She killed a mother, & her 2 young daughters.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/30/b...
Screenshot of the attached Streetsblog article. It reads: “At a press conference on Saturday, Mayor Adams called the crash an "accident," but this fatal crash was anything but random. Yarimi's record shows a complete disregard for safety; since August 2023, her car has been slapped with 99 tickets, including 21 camera-issued speeding tickets, five red-light tickets and three bus lane violations.”
May 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
Again, from the Streetsblog article Hayes posted.
A another screenshot of the Streetsblog article in the original post. It reads: “The policy is particularly troubling for the city's tens of thousands of delivery workers, who are largely immigrants and could end up in the dragnet of federal immigration enforcement officials, noted one attorney who has fought several wrongful red light tickets. "[It’s] criminalization of what is at worst negligent conduct," said Chris Greene, an attorney with Vaccaro Law. "We have to be mindful of the fact that [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is of the view that they can scoop people up outside of courthouses."”
May 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
They’re even detaining people the law says they aren’t allowed to detain.

hellgatenyc.com/nypd-unlawfu...
A screenshot from the attached news article that reads: “Rubin's not wrong: Since 2019, New York criminal procedure law has barred police from arresting people and locking them up on minor charges, requiring the cops, except in limited circumstances, to issue appearance tickets instead. The statutory intent of the law is pretty clear: But since 2019, the NYPD has consistently flouted this law, according to public defense lawyers and a class action lawsuit. And in recent months, as the police have ramped up "quality of life" policing under the leadership of Commissioner Jessica Tisch, defense attorneys say that the number of people locked up awaiting a criminal arraignment for charges that should only warrant an appearance ticket has surged.”
May 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
Maybe read the article?

the NYPD doesn’t actually enforce the law. They ticket whomever they like for whatever bogus charge they want.
Screenshot of the Streetsblog article that reads: “The woman, who asked to remain anonymous due to her pending court summonses for running a red light on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, even though she entered the intersection on the pedestrian signal, which has been legal since 2019.”
May 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
mdukes9.bsky.social
No worries; to err is to be human.

Even tho the crowd at the Rock is small tonight, we are mighty. The energy is 🧑🏼‍🍳🤌🏻 chef‘s kiss
a picture from center ice of the NY Sirens vs the Minnesota Frost PWHL hockey game. The Jumbotron shows the Sirens just scored 0-1 in the 11th minute of the first period.
January 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Inching closer
A screen grab of an NBC News Article with the headline “NASA astronauts’ return to Earth is pushed back” Body of the article showing in the screenshot: “Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station since their Boeing spacecraft ran into problems last summer will have to remain there even longer. NASA announced yesterday that the next astronaut crew’s launch to the ISS has been pushed back from February to no earlier than late March to allow for more time to “complete processing” a new SpaceX spacecraft that will be used for the mission. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore launched on the challenge-plagued first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner vehicle in June and…”
December 18, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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A picture of the moon on a cloudless day with red and orange fall leaves on the trees in the foreground
November 16, 2024 at 3:55 AM