the cat is squinting

Immensely refreshing read

im saying this not to defend the IS immigration system but to encourage US journalists to do 3 mins of research on the topic they're writing about

this is not true/misleading. You have to have a health screening if you're applying for an immigrant visa (green card), yes, but not when you're coming to the US to visit, study, work etc

F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in December 2025 We're making this change to improve reliability. Here's what you need to know about how your trip may change. New York City Transit

I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already

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Jason Stanley won't see your "ban Jason Stanley from returning to the US for bad opinions" post but your immigrant friend who is a slightly different type of communist than you will

this stuff and the "deport elon" stuff really shows that many people ostensibly on our side have the same "immigration is okay as long as it's only for the Right Kind Of People" mindset but leftistly

I don't feel particularly cared about by the these people as an immigrant in the US having left a 30 year long running authoritarian dictatorship when I know they secretly think I'm a piece of shit for doing so

What if we apply this logic to any other country. Are people leaving their countries because of the political conditions there (and moving, for example, to the US of A) instead of "standing up and fighting" all untrustworthy cowards?
You are either pro-immigrant or you aren't.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

I'm so sad that I won't get to live in Zohran's New York, but I'm so happy for the 8 million people who will

don't sleep on f train pumpkins

Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

Photo of isaac chotiner who looks like a confused nerd

i think my favorite thing about isaac chotiner is that he looks like this

LLMs are a great tool for letting you kind of do something you don't know how to do. the problem is that knowledge of whether it is a good idea to half-ass something is highly correlated with knowledge of how to do the thing correctly.

there are so many people smarter than me in this world. thats awesome

The golden ratio layed over top of an orange cat sleeping in a loaf

This is the ideal female body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

okay look i'm probably more transit-pilled than most of transit-pilled bsky but this is like saying "people who have cat hair on them say they like cats more than those who don't". Like, yeah, that's how they got the cat hair on them.

harvard is about to discover who does the bulk of undergrad teaching duties

Being late to everything means you’re a bad person. A key narcissistic personality trait: letting other people know they and their time are not important compared to whatever you feel like doing at a given moment.

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

last thing i want to do is to carry water for nyt out of all places, but the reason they're saying "appears to be AI-generated" is not because they think it might have been real, but because there are non-AI means to make fake videos too

TIL that if you're traveling along the NEC, you can sometimes cut the price of your amtrak ticket in half by simply booking from Newark instead of NYC

whenever anyone says something nice to you they are doing a hugbox and you must immediately tell them to cease. they will be impressed by your keen perception. furthermore you will enjoy great mental health

if this is you, i want you to understand: yes, you are THIS annoying. Everyone sharing space with you hates you. This is loser behavior.

i ride the new york city subway every day and i would absolutrly, every time, prefer to share my train car with a guy who hasn't bathed in 3 months clipping his toenails and talking to god than with a someone watching a tiktok video without headphones

i have to say, I'd be a lot less upset if the reason why i had to leave the country was "new administration's immigration policies" and not "a 20yo paralegal who doesn't know how to read"