Sean Dobbin
@sean-dobbin.bsky.social
Nate Silver described my blog as "obsessive."
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Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
hellgatenyc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
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Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
The fact that he beat both Cuomo AND Adams in the same election makes it that much sweeter.
Governor next plz.
Governor next plz.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The fact that he beat both Cuomo AND Adams in the same election makes it that much sweeter.
Governor next plz.
Governor next plz.
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
Election Day!
Just an FYI for fellow Brighton residents: There's a very good reason that the entire Democratic ticket here was NOT endorsed by Working Families. And that reason is that they spent $100,000(!!!) to oust the most progressive member of the town board, Robin Wilt, earlier this year.
Just an FYI for fellow Brighton residents: There's a very good reason that the entire Democratic ticket here was NOT endorsed by Working Families. And that reason is that they spent $100,000(!!!) to oust the most progressive member of the town board, Robin Wilt, earlier this year.
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Election Day!
Just an FYI for fellow Brighton residents: There's a very good reason that the entire Democratic ticket here was NOT endorsed by Working Families. And that reason is that they spent $100,000(!!!) to oust the most progressive member of the town board, Robin Wilt, earlier this year.
Just an FYI for fellow Brighton residents: There's a very good reason that the entire Democratic ticket here was NOT endorsed by Working Families. And that reason is that they spent $100,000(!!!) to oust the most progressive member of the town board, Robin Wilt, earlier this year.
RGE bills absolutely brutal this winter. So glad we've got a county executive who prioritizes this Spanish-owned company rather than his constituents.
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RGE bills absolutely brutal this winter. So glad we've got a county executive who prioritizes this Spanish-owned company rather than his constituents.
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if you're STILL complaining about the left:
1 - the actual left has no institutional support or power
2 - many leftists working on actionable things are occupied trying to keep people the center abandoned alive
3 - are you maybe confusing "all leftists" with a poster who annoyed you one time?
1 - the actual left has no institutional support or power
2 - many leftists working on actionable things are occupied trying to keep people the center abandoned alive
3 - are you maybe confusing "all leftists" with a poster who annoyed you one time?
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
if you're STILL complaining about the left:
1 - the actual left has no institutional support or power
2 - many leftists working on actionable things are occupied trying to keep people the center abandoned alive
3 - are you maybe confusing "all leftists" with a poster who annoyed you one time?
1 - the actual left has no institutional support or power
2 - many leftists working on actionable things are occupied trying to keep people the center abandoned alive
3 - are you maybe confusing "all leftists" with a poster who annoyed you one time?
God. I'm so sorry, Bills diehards. True empathy from this Mets fan who knows what these regular heartbreakers are like.
January 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
God. I'm so sorry, Bills diehards. True empathy from this Mets fan who knows what these regular heartbreakers are like.
So rochester.com used to be owned by some erstwhile manufacturing company, but it seems they either sold the domain or let it lapse, because now it's this weird typo-laden blog that details a few select aspects of the city's history (like Buffalo Bill visiting here a few times). Who runs this page??
Rochester.com – All Things Rochester New York
rochester.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So rochester.com used to be owned by some erstwhile manufacturing company, but it seems they either sold the domain or let it lapse, because now it's this weird typo-laden blog that details a few select aspects of the city's history (like Buffalo Bill visiting here a few times). Who runs this page??
Top local jingles:
1. Rochester Colonial
2. John Betlem
3. Charlotte
4. Bob Johnson
5. Cellino and Barnes
(Thus ends my first non-complainy Bluesky post. Happy to once again contribute to the shitpost universe.)
1. Rochester Colonial
2. John Betlem
3. Charlotte
4. Bob Johnson
5. Cellino and Barnes
(Thus ends my first non-complainy Bluesky post. Happy to once again contribute to the shitpost universe.)
I'm giggling because this is true, at large, but our local ad game rages on, much to my toddler's delight:
"Bob Johnson Chevrolet"
"Just call Jed"
Among others I've had to find on my phone to appease.
I do love a good jingle, though. A GOOD ONE, BURGER KING 🙄 (I'm mostly burnt out from theirs).
"Bob Johnson Chevrolet"
"Just call Jed"
Among others I've had to find on my phone to appease.
I do love a good jingle, though. A GOOD ONE, BURGER KING 🙄 (I'm mostly burnt out from theirs).
America lost its way when products and services stopped using jingles.
January 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Top local jingles:
1. Rochester Colonial
2. John Betlem
3. Charlotte
4. Bob Johnson
5. Cellino and Barnes
(Thus ends my first non-complainy Bluesky post. Happy to once again contribute to the shitpost universe.)
1. Rochester Colonial
2. John Betlem
3. Charlotte
4. Bob Johnson
5. Cellino and Barnes
(Thus ends my first non-complainy Bluesky post. Happy to once again contribute to the shitpost universe.)
Ok, I'm finally here. First question: Is there any way to make the Desktop interface less hideous? Default appears to be the vertical mobile display with lots of open space on both sides.
December 16, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Ok, I'm finally here. First question: Is there any way to make the Desktop interface less hideous? Default appears to be the vertical mobile display with lots of open space on both sides.