We went to Staten Island to find New York City's second-worst driver:
A cop who lives and works on The Rock, and has racked up 547 tickets for blasting through school zones or running red lights in his truck. youtube.com/shorts/28k2k...
I remember a whole thing around Hunter Biden selling some bad paintings.
my 'big idea' for mayor's comp plan:
no more comp plans.
study one massive one. one comp plan to rule them all.
no need to revise. just go neighborhood by neighborhood and do actual, comprehensive neighborhood planning.
i am too tired to start this again in 4 years. the process is moronic.
At 33 points, Trump’s approval rating is official lower than his felony count.
Getting these bus lanes in by this summer! Change can get done quickly if we want it to. Big win for Mayor Wilson
Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—
AOC: Wah wah wah.
We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.
What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.
This is awesome news. I really hope we're gonna have some automated bus lane cameras for enforcement of this. Drivers suck and will take advantage there's no enforcement.
The solution to e-bike/pedestrian conflicts is to build better infrastructure that will allow for separation between cyclists and walkers
Some state DOTs would demolish whole neighborhoods to save car drivers a few minutes.
This is loser behavior.
Bless their little loser hearts, Virginia constitutional amendments first have to pass the full legislature twice before they ever go before voters
I emailed the metro editor. This isn't the first time @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social has run a story conveniently a few days after @ericacbarnett.bsky.social has broken it and not credited her. This is ridiculous.
Seattle Times lifted my story, and a screen shot that I took at a specific time—of an IG story THE REPORTER WHO WROTE THEIR PIECE mentioned today was no longer available by the time he looked—and did not credit me.
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GOP - *gerrymanders*
DEMS - hey stop that no fair
GOP - *gerrymanders even more*
DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue
SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*
DEMS - *start gerrymandering*
GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭
That's complete bullshit by @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
Hey, @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social you literally GOT this story from me. I broke it days ago on Bluesky and then on my own website, PubliCola. THE POST WAS DOWN BY YESTERDAY. I RAN INTO YOUR REPORTER WHO THANKED ME FOR BREAKING THIS NEWS today. Give my independent outlet credit immediately.
Big news about PROTEC17 stepping up for its CARE team workers and filing an unfair labor practice. Particularly brave to take on SPOG in this way.
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
"Few approve of how Donald Trump is handling the cost of living" – Overall: 33-67 – Immigration: 40-59 – Iran: 32-67 – Economy: 30-70 – Cost of living: 23(!)-76 "The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,596 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.4 percentage points."
There's no other way to say it: This AP-NORC poll is atrocious for Trump.
– Overall: 33-67
– Immigration: 40-59
– Iran: 32-67
– Economy: 30-70
– Cost of living: 23(!)-76
37% of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the economy, 47% disapprove on cost of living.
apnorc.org/projects/few...
Trump Approval Polling:
Disapprove: 67% (+7)
Approve: 33% (-5)
AP-NORC / April 20, 2026
(% Change With March 23, 2026)
This is cracking below what I thought was a hard floor. When that starts to slip…
From Australia:
"New research has found public transport fares have not been a decisive factor in pushing people to shift from car to public transport."
"Better public transport access, coverage, reliability, and travel time have a greater impact than price in changing long-term commuting habits."
Recently started biking for real, and holy f-ck - the cars. I swear to absolute fucking God. The cars man. I've never in my 30+ year life seen so many stupid fucking idiots in traffic. Blind motherfuckers. They are making my blood boil. Today someone decided it was a great time to make a U-turn in the middle of the street. I kept distance but the car was jerking and was indecisive and just stopped forcing me to go right on the curb making me fall head over the handle bar and crash. Not a care in the world the driver just looked at me and drove off. Never in my life have I seen so many stupid people that can't drive. And I've had a drivers license for over 20 years soon.
A common thread among newer cyclists is realizing just how awful drivers are. There are things you simply don't notice — behavior that has been normalized — when you mostly drive. Biking, walking, or rolling through the world changes that.
This is a horror.
IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE
Translation:
This deal is about to be exactly like the JCPOA, minus Obama’s signature
One of the things I love most about NYC, and something I cherish, is walking, biking and taking the subway. It’s actually superior to being in a car whenever you have the choice.
When your life becomes a case study in karma.
