Kevin

@khanes.bsky.social

scone enthusiast

Kevin's Law: no matter how many times you explain Goodhart's law to people, they will find a reason that THIS metric is ok to set target's for, which people will then game

man, every day seems like i get to compare Mamdani announcing "free puppies for all New Yorkers" to Wilson proposing a pilot program to think about asking landlords to please be nicer

i don't think you can choose to live in a city or neighborhood where nothing bad ever happens but you can definitely choose to live in one where nothing good ever happens

cabo verdean fans celebrating their draw against spain at full time at a watch party in dorchester, mass. massachusetts is home to the largest cabo verdean diaspora in the united states (approx. 90k.) (video from maher mezahi on the other site.)

American bidets are hysterical. we resisted them for so long, but the ones we do have are like "eff that weak Euro water stream. i need to power wash my b-hole".

i dunno if it's my age, or my lifestyle, but i feel like no one would be TOO shocked if i died choking on corn dog. tragic? maybe. surprising? ehhhh

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.