Today I'm so honored to earn the endorsement of @drichardsqns.bsky.social, who fights for the world's borough every day. We recently rode the Q4 in Jamaica, one of the five bus lines made free in our fare free bus pilot. Ridership jumped 30%, and everyone's commute got a little bit easier.

Here's the press release: 19 new stations with connections to 17 subway lines and a runtime of 32 minutes across 14 miles. This truly is a game-changer. No word on estimated completion date. We are probably looking at 2032ish. www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...

Governor Hochul Announces Interborough Express Advancing from Planning to Active Phase

Governor Hochul announced that the engineering and design phase of the Interborough Express (IBX) has commenced, the next step in the development of the transformative transit project.

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For Eric Adams, the law is simply a suggestion—especially when it comes to funding his campaigns. Thankfully Donald Trump can't bail him out of this one. From the CFB meeting earlier today:

Bernie may be the great Senator from Vermont but he’s Brooklyn through and through. An absolute honor to meet with one of my heroes and the champion for working people across our country, Bernie Sanders.

After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.

Ethan Stark-Miller@estarkmiller.bsky.social · last yr.

Cuomo repeats that he would propose the city takes over the management of the MTA, which is run by the state. "The MTA is too big to be able to manage the transit authority, effectively, let the mayor, manage the New York City Transit Authority," he says.

Good morning! On today's show: - @susankang.bsky.social on DSA & the mayoral election - @ayeletsheffey.bsky.social on coming student loan changes - @nj.com's Tom Martello on the NJ gov race - @amnh.org astrophysicist Jackie Faherty on meteor showers Listen now, 93.9FM, AM820 & wnyc.org

WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News

WNYC is America's most listened-to public radio station and the producer of award-winning programs and podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show.

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Susan Kang offers analysis of how the Democratic Socialists of America's New York chapter figured into Zohran Mamdani's win in the Democratic mayoral primary and how DSA will be involved in the general election. www.wnyc.org/story/the-ds...

The DSA and the Mayoral Race | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

Analysis of how the Democratic Socialists of America's New York chapter figured into Zohran Mamdani's win in the mayoral primary, and how it will be involved in the general election.

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Can someone make a "Middle aged women who still look good for Zohran" shirt for me?

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is the greatest comedic genius of our time

Dana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · last yr.

Then the mayor says the following, re: Khalil: "What I'm finding surprising is the level of support you're all displaying, but I didn't see that support for me"

Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

We had a great version of this discussion for an hour with @atgenevieve.bsky.social and a solid conclusion at the end - the answer is not individual feelings-based interventions! It's a class war to win open.spotify.com/episode/5Sor...

Ep 137: Does the Left Hate Men? feat. Genevieve Rand

Left on Red · Episode

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2y ago

"How do you make ‘strong’ men? According to the right, it’s by making them cruel. “Owning the libs” isn’t just entertainment and sport, it’s important psychological training for the civil war they believe is to come." www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/the-...

Democrats will often look at something that doesn’t poll well and think “oh no, better move away from that!” but they’re getting their role backwards. parties influence public opinion. if you’re purely reactive, you’re just letting the GOP frame every debate.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

the lesson of the election isn’t “we should give up on trans rights,” it’s that the GOP took an issue that negatively impacted almost no one and made it a headliner. why would it help to surrender on an issue if they can create a grievance from thin air?

As of January 2025, the Cambridge University Press journal @globcon.bsky.social (Global Constitutionalism) will be based at the University of Edinburgh, supported by a fruitful partnership between University of Edinburgh Law School & University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science.

New Yorkers with children under six are leaving at double the rate of all others. The investment we make in universal, no cost childcare will make this city stronger, healthier and more prosperous for all.

New York City is under its first drought warning in decades — and these kids from 1980 have some good advice.

Really wonder why Elon felt so compelled to buy the White House—other than driving more federal contracts to himself and his billionaire buddies. Could there have been another catalyst for him and Bezos to do what they did? 🧐 #UnionsForAll

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

just found out who won AL Rookie of the Year

What this place needs is A LOT more dunking on F*******n

had a great time in Sunset Park supporting the incredible Alexa Avilés’ re-election kickoff!

finally milf messenger has fallen

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2y ago

Bluesky is number 1.

Just did this for Garfield. Bluesky now a good place

sam.@liebrand.bsky.social · 2y ago

I havent been on here for a while (like a year?) but it seems to be doing well judging by purely how many Heathcliff-related accounts there are

cool to know that that was on the table apparently

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2y ago

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Saturday that neither of their nations would turn over control of nuclear weapons to artificial intelligence programs.

one of the most persistent myths in punditry is that you can pull a coherent rationale out of the american voter. swing voters are, by and large, doing a surface level assessment of their current situation and giving a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

New York Governor Kathy Hochul should stand up to Trump, not collaborate. ✅create programs ✅pass laws ✅set regulations Do what her constituents need, not fear the Fox News crowd.

the big bad wolf, writing for the Atlantic: building brick houses might be popular with insular academics afraid of intellectual debate, but in practice they are a stifling barrier to free speech

Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...

Why did so many New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump?

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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