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Lover of trains, bikes, college football, and other stuff, too. Jewish New Yorker. Thoughts are free. "Read Marx!" - Lee Gregovich

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nope, listening now. I first heard about the clip from Howard Stern Show back when he posted it.

Anyway thanks for sending, peace and love, peace and love

12.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

he has to make an exception if I spent a million, right?

12.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

buying this and mailing it to Ringo to autograph

12.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am an adult convert to Duke's. Hellman's is fine but c'mon Duke's is way better

12.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

seems all the bad karma generated by MAGA is being directed at Liberty University athletics

12.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

12.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 3254 πŸ” 667 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 135

the dismissal of the research, when the researcher probably has worked longer and harder on this work than the DOGE terrorist has on anything, really upset me.

12.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Incidentally, I started riding down Hudson St when I can last year cuz the bike lane is so nice AND THERE ARE MANY NICE EATERIES TO STOP AT IF I GET HUNGRY OR THIRSTY - AND THEN I CAN JUST PARK MY BIKE RIGHT THERE.

12.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

every time a street in nyc becomes more pedestrian-friendly and more parking-hostile, all the local business guys who drive to the stores they own from their homes on long island, in jersey, the mcmansion-y parts of queens, all flip out wondering how people will get there. my man you dont live here!

12.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 805 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

Anyway - criminal penalties for silicon valley product managers

12.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it's a sign of how some folks don't understand how social media or other app based technologies work that they just assume the irresponsible gambling addicts are any different from their own addiction to posting on social media apps

12.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

right, they didn't have a clear plan, rushed to support Hudson (who is not exactly the most popular amongst DSA, not sure how much that mattered, just noting), and Menin almost already had enough votes by the time they started.

I think the "logic" is similar to why Tisch is still around

12.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do Options for New York Governor, Attorney General, legislature, and city officials in pursuit of accountability for Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.

I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written.

Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do

12.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 2583 πŸ” 1132 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 87

I don't think there was logic or "allowing" - she had the votes, progressive challengers didn't.

12.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just drafted him in fantasy on Monday and feeling good about the decision

12.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œRetirement Plan” (2026 Oscar Nominee) | The New Yorker
β€œRetirement Plan” (2026 Oscar Nominee) | The New Yorker YouTube video by The New Yorker
12.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm agnostic on the free bus thing - but free buses because a lot of tourists are coming is really stupid. Do we have free transit for UN Week? (Actually, I could see him proposing something for that, and I hope he does)

12.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Memo to Mamdani: Make This Summer's World Cup A Car-Free Paradise - Streetsblog New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani should showcase New York's cultural mosaic by setting up World Cup viewing parties in car-free streets this summer.

City Hall has floated making city buses free during this summer’s World Cup β€” a $100-million expense to save $3 for the international jet-set who pay $2,000 a ticket to attend games. Mayor Mamdani should instead spend that money on bringing the games to working-class New Yorkers.

12.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7

Oh MMA fighters are gonna train the FBI? Who? War Machine?

12.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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not the onion

12.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 2155 πŸ” 403 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 39

i sort of think way more social problems could be solved by tripling every city's parks and rec department budget than we might expect

12.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10

bro look at this ICE agent lol

11.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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yeah, I think the $90 reference SK was making is as well - I sort of skeeted just to use it as a basis to compare later - but it keeps going up

11.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every single oil executive in the entire world must be having the same slow, horrible realization that led Rex Tillerson to eventually snap and call Trump a "fucking moron".

11.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1775 πŸ” 340 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 12
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I just checked after seeing this, it's been four minutes since you posted, and it's already up a buck and a half (but could just be marginal fluctuation now)

11.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Giant Businessman

Giant Businessman

Thinking about Giant Businessman

11.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Recall the months, in most cases year+ delay that the scores of troops wounded in the January 2020 strikes after the Soleimani hit had to wait for a Purple Heart. Because Trump wanted his 'no one was harmed' lie to be the headline and then said TBIs didn't really count.

11.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Your reminder that Ludditesβ€”the actual people in the early 1800s, not modern, incoherent, quarrelsome online anprims (iykyk)β€”were not inherently anti-technology, but specifically against new technologies that were deployed to take away their standard of living, actually decent for their era

11.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHi, I’m Johnny Knoxville. Welcome to the Strait of Hormuz.”

11.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 1411 πŸ” 211 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

so are there like sommeliers but for oil?

11.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0