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the gods of the valley are not the gods of the hills
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“Municipal politics in the 20th century was focused on getting the other municipalities to be the place that served the needs of the sorts of families that don’t have cars. The other municipalities didn’t comply.”
My first take on the Michael Green "$140,000 minimum wage" discourse.
open.substack.com/pub/kevinerd...
open.substack.com/pub/kevinerd...
Are we underestimating who is poor?
Michael Green has caused a bit of a dust-up with a piece that was picked up by the Free Press, and which he followed up on at his substack newsletter.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Municipal politics in the 20th century was focused on getting the other municipalities to be the place that served the needs of the sorts of families that don’t have cars. The other municipalities didn’t comply.”
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ok this is the first car-tailgate manifesto that i actually agree with tho
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
ok this is the first car-tailgate manifesto that i actually agree with tho
He may be correct insofar as he's talking about *his* ancestors.
But they lost that war.
But they lost that war.
September 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
He may be correct insofar as he's talking about *his* ancestors.
But they lost that war.
But they lost that war.
Court Street, in its current configuration, is the most dangerous road I’ve biked on in the city, let alone Brooklyn. Drivers consistently try to run bikers off the road.
The Department of Transportation wants to add a protected bike lane on Court Street in Brooklyn, adding a key southbound cycling route from Downtown Brooklyn to Red Hook and taming a notorious two lane roadway.
DOT Proposes Protected Bike Lane For Court Street This Summer - Streetsblog New York City
A classic DOT road diet redesign will bring order to this Court.
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Court Street, in its current configuration, is the most dangerous road I’ve biked on in the city, let alone Brooklyn. Drivers consistently try to run bikers off the road.
Tejada +158 and Champoussin +217, Astana out of the basement.
Arkea now 6th place out of 6 for the final 3 WT spots.
#ParisNice
Arkea now 6th place out of 6 for the final 3 WT spots.
#ParisNice
March 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tejada +158 and Champoussin +217, Astana out of the basement.
Arkea now 6th place out of 6 for the final 3 WT spots.
#ParisNice
Arkea now 6th place out of 6 for the final 3 WT spots.
#ParisNice
if your date night is watching jeopardy in my living room, your date night is gonna get crashed
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
if your date night is watching jeopardy in my living room, your date night is gonna get crashed
If Hamilton was the artistic expression of 45-resistance, Catarina (or something like it) stands to be the expression for 47.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/t...
Murder as Family Tradition in ‘Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists’
Tiago Rodrigues’s play is intentionally a work of provocation, but it is also stylized to create a helpful distance from events and ideas.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
If Hamilton was the artistic expression of 45-resistance, Catarina (or something like it) stands to be the expression for 47.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/t...
At some point trying to pull hands back from the stove doesn’t meet the moment
The moment demands you crank the stove as high as it goes
The moment demands you crank the stove as high as it goes
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
At some point trying to pull hands back from the stove doesn’t meet the moment
The moment demands you crank the stove as high as it goes
The moment demands you crank the stove as high as it goes
first time in midtown this year. almost getting hit in the crosswalk by a rangers fan driving to msg is definitely a better experience when you know he paid $9 for the privilege of playing his part
January 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
first time in midtown this year. almost getting hit in the crosswalk by a rangers fan driving to msg is definitely a better experience when you know he paid $9 for the privilege of playing his part
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Just in: New Jersey’s request for a TRO has been denied. Congestion pricing goes live in 27 hours and 36 minutes.
January 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just in: New Jersey’s request for a TRO has been denied. Congestion pricing goes live in 27 hours and 36 minutes.
my first exposure to calacanis was him making a generally reasonable point that paternalistically limiting access to private markets may erode public trust in institutions
the next 37 exposures, uhh,,,,,,,,
the next 37 exposures, uhh,,,,,,,,
November 22, 2024 at 9:53 PM
my first exposure to calacanis was him making a generally reasonable point that paternalistically limiting access to private markets may erode public trust in institutions
the next 37 exposures, uhh,,,,,,,,
the next 37 exposures, uhh,,,,,,,,