🫡 I’ll be there

You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to

Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.

Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yet For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...

a letter to the american people, from 18f 18f.org

Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this

Has NYC congestion pricing worked? MTA releases dramatic new traffic volume numbers Quicker trips, fewer traffic jams, and shifts in commuting patterns are becoming more apparent. Here's what MTA officials are saying since congestion pricing has been implemented:

Every day, we get more evidence that congestion pricing is making car trips faster in Manhattan, making bus travel more reliable, and increasing the use & load factor of our mass transit system. Cannot think of a recent policy that has been so *immediately* successful. www.fox5ny.com/news/has-nyc...

You really can feel it. I walked all over Midtown yesterday and one of the most notable things was how quiet it was, at least compared to before congestion pricing. Far less honking than I'm used to, for example.

Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working

NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.

It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval (Gift Article) Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The absolute recklessness of this petition cannot be underestimated.

The polio vaccine is one of the greatest medical achievements in history.

A reminder that 1 in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis.

Polio cannot be cured.
But it can be prevented.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

Addressing the housing crisis is not difficult.

The first step is to build more homes.

If that's not possible, consider eliminating minimum parking requirements 😉

I think you just pass the “--inverted” option when you generate the graph

Yeah I think they really do take some time to “get.” But super useful once your head is there.
This page (and the presentation + YouTube video farther down) were helpful for me.

Alsoo try flipping them upside down, I think it’s way more intuitive

www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs....

Memray is pretty sweet

Cuomo Accuser Drops Federal Lawsuit Against Ex-Governor Charlotte Bennett will continue her Manhattan Supreme Court suit against New York State, her attorneys said.

Cuomo’s retaliation against Bennett was bankrolled by New York taxpayers, who have been footing the bill for Cuomo’s legal defense in various sexual harassment proceedings to the tune of about $25 million. law.com/newyorklawjo...

People riding in a bike-lane

“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”

Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...

Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...

When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...

i mean you gotta figure in this day and age, you know, with everything that’s been going on

I think they’re just all positioning themselves to try and eat everyone else’s lunch! They know they aren’t going win by owning compute or storage of any kind; they all want to win on metadata, UI, etc.

Also the phrase sounds technical lol.

if bsky is twitter on atproto
what does reddit on atproto look like?

~~learn history~~

oh you mean use my one brain to make the 200 millionth backup of the same information? no thanks

This pricing strategy

Lmao

careful, that’s a slippery slope