Nolan Hicks
@ndhapple.bsky.social
This is me, not an official account. Led NYU-Marron’s passenger rail modernization effort; co-authored/edited the landmark ‘A Better Billion’ subway report. Now working on next gen trains at the MTA. City beat reporter in a former life. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈.
The typical project currently awaiting federal transit capital funding faces: —15 months (or more!) in delays to actually getting a signed agreement from the federal government —an 18% increase in cost as the delays mount Track all transit projects nationwide seeking federal funding:
US Federal Project Tracker | Open Lines | The Transport Politic
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Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · 11h agoWhat's the status of transit projects awaiting federal funds? I built a tracker: www.thetransportpolitic.com/openlines/fe... There are 20 transit projects that should have been funded by the Trump administration by now... but are waiting. For each project, you can see delays & cost increases ⏬
George Kollitides, the behind-the scenes Pentagon powerbroker close to deputy defense secretary Steve Feinberg left Alvarez & Marsal Capital last week after ProPublica started looking into the deals. Read my first story for ProPublica! www.propublica.org/article/geor...
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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I know that Ray Ratto has some qualms about being The Obit Guy but he is so good at them. defector.com/mike-ditka-f...
Mike Ditka, Forever Chicago | Defector
The relationship between sports and the place where those games are played is largely a matter of fans developing a strong but mostly manageable addiction to their own pheromones. Ritual and iconograp...
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Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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“Toxic Dust Was Everywhere After 9/11. Little Was Done for Months.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/n...
Toxic Dust Was Everywhere After 9/11. Little Was Done for Months.
Newly released records show how residue from the World Trade Center towers coated the inside of homes. Officials allowed residents to return with scant guidance.
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A trio of debates in key Senate races on Thursday night underscored how fraught the midterms have become, as candidates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia traded personal and heated attacks.
Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.
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Jessie Ware planting Jake Shears in the audience and then inviting him onstage at radio city is a new entry on the Top 10 list of gayest things to ever happen in Manhattan
The old GM building is low key one of my faves in Midtown
With these cuts, Metrolink could enter the transit death spiral. They project $10M less fare revenue next year which will lead to more service cuts soon if we don't take action. Speak out tomorrow @ Metrolink and future OCTA + Metro meetings to demand $ for Metrolink docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Metrolink board meeting 10/9/26 - Service cuts & Budget Talking Points
Metrolink Special Board Meeting Friday, October 9th, 10 am Via Zoom: https://scrra.zoom.us/j/88243690937 Or see agenda for in-person locations Link to agenda Link to new schedules How to comment: If ...
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Will I wear a suit to Jessie Ware tonight? Only one way to find out
“New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is starting an environmental review of a proposed crosstown subway line along Harlem’s 125th Street that could serve an estimated 164,000 weekday riders.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Planned Harlem Crosstown Subway Gets Environmental Review
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is starting an environmental review of a proposed crosstown subway line along Harlem’s 125th Street that could serve an estimated 164,000 weekday rider...
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‘Revenge is a dish best served cold. And it’s very cold in newsrooms’ - John Cornyn, probably
Aman Batheja@amanbatheja.bsky.social · 2d agoI have never before seen a political hit dragged out this long. Texas Tribune is now reporting on the FOURTH(!) leaked clip from a Paxton fundraiser from two weeks ago. "The person who recorded it declined to share the full conversation. It was unclear how many more leaks there may be."
The last time I thought the best new show of the fall was a broadcast drama, the year probably had two zeroes in the middle of it (and it might have been "The Good Wife"). Meet "Cupertino." [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/a...
‘Cupertino’ Review: The People v. A.I. (Gift Article)
Robert and Michelle King have taken on law, politics and religion. Their delightful new legal drama suggests that tech might be the final boss.
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Its understandable. Maye can’t imagine hitting a target on the move.
David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2d agoX is an atrocious pit that should be eradicated for the good of mankind… but in the meantime it still fields some occasional winners
Profitable upper middle brow film making, pls Hollywood lemme run this studio! You want a Coen Bros movie with Demi Moore and Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly and Imelda Staunton! You just don’t know it!
Gonna bully Hollywood back into slightly strange crowd pleasers if it kills me
This is some story. Back in the heyday of newspapers, this would be called a "Hey, Mabel!" [as in, 'Hey, Mabel! Look at this!'] [Gift link] www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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"Commute times dropped by as much as 23 percent because [catenary] electric trains accelerate so much faster" Performance gains from electrifying trains too often get second billing. We should ensure that battery trains can reliably deliver similar improvements to catenary.
StreetsblogMASS@mass.streetsblog.org · 3d agoWe're proud to share this story from one of our favorite peers in nonprofit news, @grist.org. New fleets of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can ditch diesel without installing miles of overhead wires: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/10/07/b...