Tim “Positive Subway” Smith
@positivesubway.bsky.social
One time Joe Lhota said he wanted to see some positive tweets about the subway, and I answered the call. Repeal Hecht-Calandra. NYCDOE/NYCPS parent emeritus. All content is handcrafted _just_ for you and represents my personal opinions only
A literal “here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden” piece, lolll
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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A literal “here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden” piece, lolll
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Photo and accompanying text from one of my kids away at school
“Issue with America and capitalism right here^”
“Same bed size too”
The long game pays off folks
“Issue with America and capitalism right here^”
“Same bed size too”
The long game pays off folks
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Photo and accompanying text from one of my kids away at school
“Issue with America and capitalism right here^”
“Same bed size too”
The long game pays off folks
“Issue with America and capitalism right here^”
“Same bed size too”
The long game pays off folks
Hit the books, poor kids, the resources are out there!
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hit the books, poor kids, the resources are out there!
They are actually crossing the $2 billion mark this fiscal—a cool $13,333 per bused student, a figure that will easily rise to $15,000 by the end of the deal
Yonkers spends $5,500 per student, someone who knows how to budget this* please help NYCPS
Yonkers spends $5,500 per student, someone who knows how to budget this* please help NYCPS
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
They are actually crossing the $2 billion mark this fiscal—a cool $13,333 per bused student, a figure that will easily rise to $15,000 by the end of the deal
Yonkers spends $5,500 per student, someone who knows how to budget this* please help NYCPS
Yonkers spends $5,500 per student, someone who knows how to budget this* please help NYCPS
They have to start putting names to whoever is making these decisions, the whole “I don’t write the headlines, you can’t get mad about this” routine isn’t cutting it anymore
Just two guys fiercely attacking each other proportionately and equally huh
Just two guys fiercely attacking each other proportionately and equally huh
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
They have to start putting names to whoever is making these decisions, the whole “I don’t write the headlines, you can’t get mad about this” routine isn’t cutting it anymore
Just two guys fiercely attacking each other proportionately and equally huh
Just two guys fiercely attacking each other proportionately and equally huh
Tapping the chart once again, the conventional wisdom that the SAT is the most equitable aspect of college admissions is completely wrong
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Tapping the chart once again, the conventional wisdom that the SAT is the most equitable aspect of college admissions is completely wrong
More extreme economic anxiety!
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
More extreme economic anxiety!
After a couple of years of admitting highly motivated students from under-resourced high schools UCSD is ready to throw in the towel because 1 in 8 students need significant math remediation, and the reporter who wrote the bad-faith piece about kids in Ivies who can’t read is ON IT
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
After a couple of years of admitting highly motivated students from under-resourced high schools UCSD is ready to throw in the towel because 1 in 8 students need significant math remediation, and the reporter who wrote the bad-faith piece about kids in Ivies who can’t read is ON IT
Good to see the Times laying its “heads Mamdani loses, tails Mamdani loses” cards on the table
He did exactly what everyone from the center to the far right wanted and yet “many questions remain,” many questions from who NYT goose.jpg
He did exactly what everyone from the center to the far right wanted and yet “many questions remain,” many questions from who NYT goose.jpg
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Good to see the Times laying its “heads Mamdani loses, tails Mamdani loses” cards on the table
He did exactly what everyone from the center to the far right wanted and yet “many questions remain,” many questions from who NYT goose.jpg
He did exactly what everyone from the center to the far right wanted and yet “many questions remain,” many questions from who NYT goose.jpg
There’s no good reason for or any legitimate upside to primarying Kathy Hochul
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There’s no good reason for or any legitimate upside to primarying Kathy Hochul
George W. Bush is on the Manningcast y’all!
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
George W. Bush is on the Manningcast y’all!
Okay maybe I have been underestimating AI a little bit
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Okay maybe I have been underestimating AI a little bit
UPDATE: this is weak sauce, Digital Timesters, stick to your passive guns!
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
UPDATE: this is weak sauce, Digital Timesters, stick to your passive guns!
My bad, this is all ironic and it’s actually a devastating takedown, turns out I’m just stupid
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My bad, this is all ironic and it’s actually a devastating takedown, turns out I’m just stupid
The guy who sexually assaulted 80+ women, including multiple acts of extreme violence, got a major legacy media’s news division to drop covering it by threatening to reveal its lead personality’s history of workplace sexual misconduct har har har you probably heard about what happened to them
![[531 In the 2019 book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Ronan Farrow cited multiple sources who stated that NBC News was not only aware of Lauer's misconduct beforehand, but that Harvey Weinstein used this knowledge to pressure the program into killing a story that would have outed his own sexual assaults. 54][551 Variety reported allegations by at least ten of Lauer's current and former colleagues. 56] Additional accusations went public in the ensuing days. 1571
1581 NBC acknowledged three additional cases from 2000 to 2007.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egutpf7kx4hynij5ntzjt243/bafkreicndckwc5msx3jto7wmuzl3qw2bg2isqfkghhi6xdxxtrj7hu7aju@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The guy who sexually assaulted 80+ women, including multiple acts of extreme violence, got a major legacy media’s news division to drop covering it by threatening to reveal its lead personality’s history of workplace sexual misconduct har har har you probably heard about what happened to them
New unanimous first-ballot entry into the Passive Voice Hall of Fame just dropped
Will someone, anyone please stop these deportations that are disrupting the Department of Homeland Security
Will someone, anyone please stop these deportations that are disrupting the Department of Homeland Security
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New unanimous first-ballot entry into the Passive Voice Hall of Fame just dropped
Will someone, anyone please stop these deportations that are disrupting the Department of Homeland Security
Will someone, anyone please stop these deportations that are disrupting the Department of Homeland Security
The end of this graf, jfc
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The end of this graf, jfc
This piece is actually real
You may be tempted to wonder how many people had to exhibit terrible judgment for this to be published but the joke’s on you, the author doesn’t vote or make political donations
You may be tempted to wonder how many people had to exhibit terrible judgment for this to be published but the joke’s on you, the author doesn’t vote or make political donations
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This piece is actually real
You may be tempted to wonder how many people had to exhibit terrible judgment for this to be published but the joke’s on you, the author doesn’t vote or make political donations
You may be tempted to wonder how many people had to exhibit terrible judgment for this to be published but the joke’s on you, the author doesn’t vote or make political donations
Just capturing it for posterity for when they edit it
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Just capturing it for posterity for when they edit it
Not until the *twenty-third* graf does the reader get a short, tender, and mild inkling that something wrong might be going on here. The piece quickly moves on to lay out more details about the deal and how much Trump loves real estate
Unreal
Unreal
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Not until the *twenty-third* graf does the reader get a short, tender, and mild inkling that something wrong might be going on here. The piece quickly moves on to lay out more details about the deal and how much Trump loves real estate
Unreal
Unreal
Welcome to the 2026 NY governor’s race
Get ready for a steady drumbeat of coverage that’s unfavorable to Kathy Hochul, while things like Elise Stefanik’s relationships with actual white supremacists will be considered too gauche to report on or “not of interest to voters”
Get ready for a steady drumbeat of coverage that’s unfavorable to Kathy Hochul, while things like Elise Stefanik’s relationships with actual white supremacists will be considered too gauche to report on or “not of interest to voters”
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Welcome to the 2026 NY governor’s race
Get ready for a steady drumbeat of coverage that’s unfavorable to Kathy Hochul, while things like Elise Stefanik’s relationships with actual white supremacists will be considered too gauche to report on or “not of interest to voters”
Get ready for a steady drumbeat of coverage that’s unfavorable to Kathy Hochul, while things like Elise Stefanik’s relationships with actual white supremacists will be considered too gauche to report on or “not of interest to voters”
you cannot be serious
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
you cannot be serious
I’ve been very critical of Apple Weather but for the last couple of days their “Feels Like” calculation has been waaay more accurate than the official “real feel” temperature, hopefully the same team is working on the precipitation forecasts
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’ve been very critical of Apple Weather but for the last couple of days their “Feels Like” calculation has been waaay more accurate than the official “real feel” temperature, hopefully the same team is working on the precipitation forecasts
Can someone who knows TS% help me budget this
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Can someone who knows TS% help me budget this
Chicago Public Schools’s grim reaper/charter cheerleader being this deep into the resistance feels like another inflection point
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Chicago Public Schools’s grim reaper/charter cheerleader being this deep into the resistance feels like another inflection point