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How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York's streets The mayor-elect has articulated a vision for reshaping the city streets. Janette Sadik-Khan, the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg Administratio...

"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car"

Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation

Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.

If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

You’re telling me the French bred this pizza??

how long until someone crashes into it

Despite the predictions that BRT and bike lanes would cause a traffic apocalypse- Indianapolis drivers have seen commute times drop, because more drivers are choosing to bike and take transit, which reduces congestion.

Transit agencies take so much heat for being “inefficient” while State DOTs have largely escaped scrutiny for continuously lighting money on fire.

also the most egregious forced acronym i've ever seen, how does the WK stand for crossWalK

A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world[vague])[1] is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertisements to passing pedestrians and drivers. Typically brands use billboards to build their brands or to push for their new products. They were invented in 1909 by Bill Board.

no freaking way

Also, everyone should have to commute by bicycle for 6 months every 4 years, if viable. It makes a fucking HUGE difference to your perception of road safety both as a cyclist and a driver.

Everyone that is capable of, should work at least a month in retail, food service, or service industry jobs right out of high school. As life skills and empathy training.

$600k when it's this singular work zone, only when workers are present, only if you do 11 mph over, the first time is a warning, the max fine is $150, and there are maybe a billion signs warning you in advance, rumble strips, flashing lights, etc. it really is fucking dire out there

“I live my life without a transit schedule, and I like it.”

That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

i think an interesting cultural experiment would be if we started enforcing traffic law

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

Of all the best and kindest humans to ever live, Jane Goodall is near the top of my list.

Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul.

On behalf of the earth, I thank you

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Go to the dinner, to the card game, to the Museum visit, to the concert, to the BBQ, to the walking tour, to wherever others are gathering...

Sinclair Won’t Air Jimmy Kimmel’s Return on Its 38 ABC Stations The preemption means that 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' will remain unavailable for some of the U.S. despite its return after a nearly week-long suspension.

There's a very good reason why it's a very bad idea to let anyone own 38 stations on the same network.

Donald Trump: Charlie Kirk "did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagree with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them."

In 2023, Kirk called for the execution of Joe Biden.

Art poster at Delaware and North

Art poster at Fort Wayne and 9th

Excited to share with you all a project i’ve been working on for the better part of the last 2.5 years! You’ll find these new art posters at bus stop shelters across the city!

Huge thank you to local artist Jared Grillo, who turned my awful sketches into works of art to beautify bus stops!

boooo

Windows Notepad, the native simple text editor, now has formatting options and a Copilot button.

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

Automated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You Think Cameras that ticket drivers who run red lights and speed are effective and widely popular with city residents. So why are they banned in so many places?

There’s a widespread myth that Americans hate traffic cameras. It’s simply not true.

On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works.

Me, in Bloomberg 🧵

A modern classic

Denshattack - Spring 2026

Underutilized parking on a section of Washington Boulevard in Indianapolis

The most telling part of the Mirror Indy article is this photo. DPW scrapped bike lanes to preserve parking that is barely utilized.

The NIMBYism on the North Side is a big reason I left for the East side of the city.

Some blue cities in red states have the nation's highest homicide rates, FBI number show Mississippi, Alabama and Missouri have cities with high homicide rates

Where homicide rates are highest: Blue cities in red states (Notably absent from these murder capitals: Chicago)
www.axios.com/2025/08/15/h...

All of the lessons that The Biggest Loser taught—from disordered eating to ruthless self talk—all of that came because we culturally thought it was beneficial & entertaining to abuse fat people. Anti-fat bigotry was the spoonful of sugar that helped the medicine go down. It was a feature, not a bug.

Just heard Sleep Token. Bet this goes hard if u drink starbucks

'Call it a comeback': Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times Visits to office buildings in the city’s commercial districts were up 1.3% last month compared to July 2019, data shows.

Strange, I was told congestion pricing would turn Manhattan into a ghost town