There is only one ‘Great Reads’ article I want to read in the NYT and it will explain why the weekend subway service is SO terrible on the NYC MTA.

The Cambridge University Press NY team celebrating the holidays. Grateful for my brilliant colleagues and the very important work they consistently shepherd into the world. @rblaifeder.bsky.social @matthewgallaway.bsky.social

Today, Matthew Dimick explains why one of the most famous arguments against addressing inequality through predistribution fails on its own terms.

This book exposes the weaponization of surveillance, law, and technology to chill and control us, and how we should respond. Chilling Effects by Jonathon W. Penney, Coming Soon #LawSky #Tech #Politics #USPol 💙📚 #Surveillance #AI https://cup.org/44Iheta

"A Perspective from Rural America: Lawyers and the Viability of Rural Law Practice', a new blog by Hannah Haksgaard, author of THE RURAL LAWYER (out now) #LawSky #BookSky #sociolegal cup.org/4n02Fso

This was a lot of fun to work on, and (IMHO) the result is a fantastic set of chapters on regulatory responses to misinformation. (Also, it's open access!)

I love all animals as a rule but to honor #Caturday I am sharing this ‘cats rule dogs drool’ graffiti I spotted the other day on a run through Fort Tryon Park.

This quote from Norman Brannon resonated strongly with me. www.brooklynvegan.com/norman-brann...

Anecdotal evidence BUT I believe Broadway and Riverside Drive in Upper Manhattan are less traffic-y and insane since #congestionpricing started?

I was happy to help publish this one!

Finally went to the office this week and spent the entire train ride hypnotized by the most beautiful advertisement.

States do a lot of terrible things. Maybe we shouldn’t have them?

Resolving to take more pix of the GWB this year.

Good review of The Networked Leviathan (which btw is OPEN ACCESS) by @paulgowder.bsky.social in Jacobin. jacobin.com/2024/12/inte...

Sunset in a frigid New York City.

Beautiful butterflies in Key West. #bluemorpho

Watching a show set in the UK where I’m more fixated on the bike lanes than the plot.

Fort Tryon Park: Still beautiful in 2024.

The mix of (fake) indignation and pleasant Gen X nostalgia I felt when my nephew texted and asked if I had ever heard of the Stone Roses :)

I know there are bigger problems but the ongoing invasion of NYC’s bike and footpaths by motorcycle and moped riders is a bummer. (The solution is to reduce the space allocated to cars.)

Nice day on the bike path in Upper Manhattan.

Always the best Halloween costumes. www.spoon-tamago.com/jimi-mundane...

Next time someone asks why you support a moratorium on road building, give them this book. “About a hundred people and one million wild animals are killed by cars every day in the United States alone.” www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/b...

Japanese anemones in bloom at Fort Tryon Park.

Perfect light on a perfect bridge — no cars! (This is the High Bridge over the East River connecting Manhattan and the Bronx.)

First day of fall, sort of.

Made everyone at work sign an NDA before taking them to a rooftop bar I discovered that’s always empty and has incredible views. The drinks are very mediocre!

Getting a Covid booster at a corporate chain pharmacy is one of more dispiriting aspects of the current era :(

World’s least-friendly bench at my subway station.

It’s toad lily season in the garden.

Fort Tryon Park this morning :) No cars, no flooding.

My understanding is that lantern flies will not damage a birch tree, but they are creepy and I wish the sparrows would eat them.

Drying out after the rain :)