You know what's driving up the price of car insurance in New York? All those out-of-state plates you see on cars of people who clearly live here.

60 new locations and still none in Queens. Thank god for the QPL. www.timeout.com/usa/news/bar...

New York provides tax credits to for-profit newsrooms. Now, non-profit digital outlets, public broadcasters and public access channels are seeking equal treatment. Doing so would strengthen our democracy. buff.ly/v8S5VN4

I wandered into a PopUp Bagels once and I’m emotionally scarred. Do not let this happen to you. If there’s one thing that does not need disruption it’s the bagel shop. apple.news/ASYrcrFyARmG...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Time and thoughtfulness are the greatest gifts. #giftlink 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...

I have successfully managed to do all my Christmas shopping without patronizing Amazon. About 80 percent purchased in person at retail stores.

Semi-regular reminder to be kind to retail workers today & patient with the people shopping with you. This doesn't have to be a stressful weekend for anyone. Let's just enjoy how nice it is to celebrate the people we love with gifts. Thank you!

Due to overwhelming demand, a recently restored 1980 documentary about how New Yorkers use their public spaces is returning to the big screen for an encore run in January 2026: gothamist.visitlink.me/t7jTC4

Whether it’s a big dream, a new goal, or something you’ve always wanted to try, add your wish to the magical confetti that will fall at midnight in Times Square! Visit the #NewYearsEve Wish Station at 40 QPL locations and write your wish on a piece of official New Year’s Eve confetti by Dec. 20!

All my favorite sites ask me to subscribe for extra content but seriously y’all are putting out way too much content. I’d be more inclined to pay a premium (and often do) for less content. Edit it down to a well curated “morning edition” and “evening editon” like in days of old.

Notice that the parts of Trump's economic program that help working and middle class Americans — DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and warrior dividends — are popular, progressive, and non-existent. Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, regressive and very very real.

All books should be large print books. 📚

The air in Midtown these days might not smell like the English countryside, but it’s a whole lot cleaner than this time last year: gothamist.visitlink.me/G_K9H5

"It’s easy to slip a fifty between the covers of a book without sacrificing the tradition of physical gifts. (You can even put the money near the end of the book if you want to be slightly evil—which, as an aunt, you should be, if you possibly can.)"

Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true

Everything about this wockaflocka is small. He makes everyone around his ass small. Ask yourself if he's made you smaller too. It ain't too late to stand.

Democrats on a basic level do not understand how to be an opposition party and Republicans on a basic level do not understand how to be a governing party.

With it without serif, 14pts seems a little loud, even for my 56yo eyeballs. I am curious about the official leading.

One battle after another, Mets fans edition

No, Duolingo, I do not wish to share my Spanish progress on my LinkedIn profile

Deadass, can we get Mamdani to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day? #MetsSky

Andrew Cuomo going on David Paterson's radio show on a station owned by John Catsimatidis to complain about losing the mayoral race by blaming Curtis Sliwa - who is this for? Who gets enjoyment or enrichment out of this? How sad is that person's life?

He’s grafty He gets around He’s grafty He’s always down

Ok this will be my first Christmas as a cat owner I should prob not hang the glass ornaments right?

I’m one of those #Mets fans who is more sentimental than competitive and I hate to see Brandon Nimmo go. I loved the way he would take a ball and hustle to first as if it were a single. Just a tremendous work ethic. I used to tell my kids, “be like Nimmo.” 100 percent every time.

Books are books are books Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

Queen. Arline Bronzaft, Who Campaigned for a Quieter City, Dies at 89 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/n...

Rewatching season 2 of the wire (the one about the docks) And also Pluribus And it’s like everything is an allegory or a cautionary tale about AI Also I spent the past two days bossing around the LLM that will eventually replace me.

I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.

I am a big fan of both transit and new housing but I gotta admit that I’m quite bummed to hear that the latter will replace the municipal parking lot at the grant ave A train station. It was just a godsend of a compromise for travel between the Rockaways and the city during off-peak hours.

Literally nothing I es t to watch on all these channels I pay for Back to the classics

Our moment is now! 🚉🌳 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #BuildtheQueensLink

Are nickels the new pennys

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

Ok so a book comes out that I really want to read but I hate hardcover so I try to wait for paperback but I put myself in the wait list at the library anyway and by the time the paperback comes out I’ve read it for free. Explain the business model to me.

Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans. Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...

Don't miss the 17th Annual Langston Hughes Literary Arts Festival — it's happening on Saturday, November 8! www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/17t...

Greatest city in the world, etc. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...

For all the anger at the pitiful Democratic leadership, rank and file Democrats seem to be demonstrating that they are actually in charge of the party and will set its direction. That is a good thing. The GOP belongs to one man; the future of the Democrats is up to every Democrat.

you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:

The results by electoral district (from the city.nyc) on the left; by zip code (from the NYTimes) on the right.

the thing about baseball is it simultaneously goes on forever and ends too soon

@nymag.com Just a note to a guy who thinks you’re not American if your grandparents were immigrants: You’re not Catholic if you don’t feel crushing guilt for every little thing you have done (or have failed to). Also Catholics don’t go “to church.” They go to Mass. www.thecut.com/article/jd-v...

99 days until pitchers and catchers report to kick off spring training.

Parents Ask Detained Nanny If She’s Still Free To Watch Kids Friday https://theonion.com/parents-ask-detained-nanny-if-shes-still-free-to-watch-kids-friday/

We always cancel a few streaming services during baseball season (162 #Mets games take up most of our couch time). But we just re-upped hbo and now we’re mainlining The Pitt, and friends, we’re only at hour nine and I am exhausted.

In my head the average Blue Jays fan is represented by the dad from Kim’s Convenience and that’s another reason why I’m rooting for them.