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The context of all of this is that the Trump Administration has undone a Biden Era rule requiring U.S. airlines to reimburse passengers for lengthy delays, and they want you to talk about airplane dress codes, slippers and snacks instead.
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Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The context of all of this is that the Trump Administration has undone a Biden Era rule requiring U.S. airlines to reimburse passengers for lengthy delays, and they want you to talk about airplane dress codes, slippers and snacks instead.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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NEW: ALL FOUR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT QUESTIONS PASS!!!
For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NEW: ALL FOUR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT QUESTIONS PASS!!!
For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
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Great piece from @errollouis.bsky.social about how important a yes vote on ballot questions 2, 3, 4, 5 is to NYC’s ability to take on our affordability crisis.
You’ll see obfuscation and name-calling, but no solutions from those who say the current system is just fine.
nymag.com/intelligence...
You’ll see obfuscation and name-calling, but no solutions from those who say the current system is just fine.
nymag.com/intelligence...
The Ballot Question That May Matter More Than the Mayoral Race
Voters have the chance to eliminate one of the central obstacles to New York’s housing crisis.
nymag.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great piece from @errollouis.bsky.social about how important a yes vote on ballot questions 2, 3, 4, 5 is to NYC’s ability to take on our affordability crisis.
You’ll see obfuscation and name-calling, but no solutions from those who say the current system is just fine.
nymag.com/intelligence...
You’ll see obfuscation and name-calling, but no solutions from those who say the current system is just fine.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Is he just gonna steal $230 million dollars from us?
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Is he just gonna steal $230 million dollars from us?
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very cool that trump is singularly dedicated to making everything in your life more expensive
Trump: ‘We will be imposing a 50% Tariff on all Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom Vanities, and associated products, starting October 1st, 2025. Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture. The reason for this is the large scale “FLOODING” of these products
September 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
very cool that trump is singularly dedicated to making everything in your life more expensive
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Kind of insane that corruption is just legal in the US
MSNBC’s report didn’t cite the case by name, but it sure looks like Biden DOJ officials thought SCOTUS’s ruling in McDonnell would prevent them from prosecuting Homen unless he committed an “official act” after taking/related to the alleged bribe.
the biden administration suspecting and proving that homan would take a bribe and then being unprepared to take the next step and just letting him walk away with $50k for doing nothing is so on the nose it just doesnt feel real
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Kind of insane that corruption is just legal in the US
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Hard to convince younger generations, but for decades, Republicans went on and on about how two of the worst things imaginable were (1) state intervention in the market and (2) DC using federal troops against US states; both so bad the people should be ready for armed rebellion in case it happens.
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hard to convince younger generations, but for decades, Republicans went on and on about how two of the worst things imaginable were (1) state intervention in the market and (2) DC using federal troops against US states; both so bad the people should be ready for armed rebellion in case it happens.
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Operation Warp Speed saved millions of lives and should be a model for future pandemic prevention, instead Trump is throwing away the best part of his legacy to appeal to paranoid losers.
www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-awf...
www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-awf...
Trump’s awful turn against mRNA vaccine research
Operation Warp Speed, we hardly knew ye
www.slowboring.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Operation Warp Speed saved millions of lives and should be a model for future pandemic prevention, instead Trump is throwing away the best part of his legacy to appeal to paranoid losers.
www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-awf...
www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-awf...
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Trump’s tariffs are a huge political loser, and he’s underwater on his handling of inflation in 48 states www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-is-u...
August 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Trump’s tariffs are a huge political loser, and he’s underwater on his handling of inflation in 48 states www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-is-u...
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
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really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
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I think the media's cardinal sin in our era was going from the initial, correct instinct of ignoring what randos say on social media to even mainstream sites reporting on it. A significant proportion of culture wars don't really exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
How the Right Shaped the Debate Over the Sydney Sweeney Ads
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I think the media's cardinal sin in our era was going from the initial, correct instinct of ignoring what randos say on social media to even mainstream sites reporting on it. A significant proportion of culture wars don't really exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Being in tech and having a single modicum of critical thinking is just screaming "this isn't what LLMs are designed for" over and over as people shove a bunch of word predictors into critical decision making processes because some glorified used car salesmen told them it would fix all their problems
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
July 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Being in tech and having a single modicum of critical thinking is just screaming "this isn't what LLMs are designed for" over and over as people shove a bunch of word predictors into critical decision making processes because some glorified used car salesmen told them it would fix all their problems
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The head of NYPD's Aviation Unit is so corrupt, so incompetent that his own unit is willing to report his actions to the FAA and NTSB.
That's a real high level of hate. Wow.
That's a real high level of hate. Wow.
Feds probe flight risks at NYPD’s Aviation Unit as ‘incompetent’ commander booted after safety failures
Feds probe flight risks at NYPD’s Aviation Unit as ‘incompetent’ commander booted after safety failures
The feds are probing at least half a dozen safety complaints made by members of the NYPD's elite Aviation Unit about their boss -- who is fighting tooth and nail to keep investigators away, The Post has learned.
nypost.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The head of NYPD's Aviation Unit is so corrupt, so incompetent that his own unit is willing to report his actions to the FAA and NTSB.
That's a real high level of hate. Wow.
That's a real high level of hate. Wow.
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Things are going great when the deputy FBI director is concerned about the effects of the bureau's actions on his podcast audience www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
July 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Things are going great when the deputy FBI director is concerned about the effects of the bureau's actions on his podcast audience www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Now admitting the whole weather service DOGE purge was a mistake apparently www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Trump's pick to lead NOAA pledges to restaff weather service
Nominee says he would work to undo the workforce cuts from the last few months, though the process could take time.
www.govexec.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Now admitting the whole weather service DOGE purge was a mistake apparently www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
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I live off the G, so this would immediately increase operating expenses overnight and on weekends when trains are currently running without a conductor. The MTA would likely cut service sooner or later in response. I emailed my stats reps to ask them to rethink this, I recommend you do too.
A bill passed by the NYS Legislature banning One-Person Train Operation goes against best practices both across the country and world, and would leave New York’s transit system far behind its peers.
ETA asks Gov Hochul to not allow this regressive bill to become law.
www.etany.org/statements/i...
ETA asks Gov Hochul to not allow this regressive bill to become law.
www.etany.org/statements/i...
Impeding Progress, Costing Riders — Effective Transit Alliance New York
Bill Banning One Person Trains Would Lock NY Transit in the Past
www.etany.org
July 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I live off the G, so this would immediately increase operating expenses overnight and on weekends when trains are currently running without a conductor. The MTA would likely cut service sooner or later in response. I emailed my stats reps to ask them to rethink this, I recommend you do too.
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the victory of liberal organizing after 2016 to raise the salience of the state supreme court and get people to care and donate and vote in off cycle down ballot elections, now realizing material gains for the people, is one of the most hopeful stories of the last decade
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
July 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
the victory of liberal organizing after 2016 to raise the salience of the state supreme court and get people to care and donate and vote in off cycle down ballot elections, now realizing material gains for the people, is one of the most hopeful stories of the last decade
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Someone should put a price tag on the Indian Point fiasco.
Exclusive: New York intends to build a large nuclear-power facility, the first new U.S. plant undertaken in more than 15 years.
New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation
Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed the state’s public electric utility to add at least 1 gigawatt of new nuclear-power production.
on.wsj.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Someone should put a price tag on the Indian Point fiasco.