Betteridge's Law of Headlines. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Gift article - NJ Transit is doing random ticket spot checks to cut down on millions in lost revenue www.nj.com/news/2025/11...

I don't know if I was the only remaining dork out there using Rhapsody / Napster instead of Spotify but I have finally been forced to cancel. They don't have any music to stream any more, and are pivoting to "AI-driven experiences" instead? Uh, no thanks.

A few pics from Princeton U. campus today 1. Cannon Club, Prospect Ave

Ultra-brutalist building at Leeds University wins "People's Choice Award" as best building in the city of the last 60 years... cc. @jmings.bsky.social @brutalismbot.com www.bbc.com/news/article...

Paul Robeson Place in Princeton is closed today for a Princeton Arts Council arts and crafts fair. The weather is going to be great. Could be a very enjoyable thing to stroll around!! Leave your car somewhere far away though, traffic will be a cf.

Wow, just one week since I posted this! Maybe he read my post and that was it!

This is fine, if the plan is good. Is it good? Probably not. So, not fine then.

The dilemma for me with this happy hour is, do I wear my @cayimby.bsky.social "Build More Housing" t-shirt to it, or do I wear my @hcdnnj.bsky.social "New Jersey Needs More Jobs and Housing" t-shirt?!? 🤔 Maybe a Taylor Swift-style costume change halfway through? 😂

Typical NJ suburb demographics.

I genuinely do not understand the NJ Transit data at this point. When I ride, it seems busy. Busier than last year anyway. Clearly congestion pricing in NYC is not driving any increase in ridership.

New blog by me: Supporters of housing in Princeton are planning a get-together at 'The Ivy Inn' next Monday night, November 10, to talk about how we might make the town a place where more people can afford to live!! walkableprinceton.com/2025/11/07/p...

Marina Rubina's excellent "Who Killed The Starter Home" podcast has an interview this week with @resnikoff.bsky.social! He says the key thing for YIMBYs to do is to "start a happy hour" and that's what we're doing in Princeton! Monday, 9 p.m., Ivy Inn!! thepodcastcollaborative.com/view/podcast...

Huge. We need to do something about this in New Jersey so badly. People just do not build condos. Too risky.

Alternatives for new designs to replace Pricneton's famed "information kiosk" on Nassau Street have been unveiled. There are six of them, which will go to a non-binding public vote... This is the current information kiosk:

It's clear New Jerseyans understand that clean energy is the solution to the affordability crisis, not the problem. I spoke to @keatonpeters.bsky.social about how energy affordability became a top election issue this year! Full piece here >> san.com/cc/high-elec...

Or, if you are Robert Reich, against change, as the case may be

"Yuppie Jihadis From Montclair" sounds like a band name

Happy New Jersey Education Association Annual Convention Break to all who are celebrating!

Headlines that aged badly...

@primaryschool.bsky.social @upzonenj.bsky.social @magentab.bsky.social Did Mikie out-pace the generic swing to Democrats, or did she just get lucky to run in a blue year?

TIL that vote-by-mail is basically mandatory in western states...

On Monday, I predicted that Mikie Sherrill would win the NJ gubernatorial race by 8.1 points, and that was likely a "baseline" for the scale of her victory. I'm not going to name any names, but lots of people doubted whether she would win at all. How did the media and polls get this race so wrong?

This still does not make sense to me. Can anyone explain it?

Just want to say we are shaping up to have an amazing freshman class in the Nj Assembly. Katie Brennan, Andrew McCurdy, Ed Rodriguez, Marisa Sweeney, and Steve Pylypchuk are going to bring a much needed progressive voice to Trenton.

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Jack Ciatterrelli had a "10-point affordability plan for New Jersey" that didn't even mention housing. Good riddance.

One disappointing piece of news amid all the excitement: West Windsor NJ Mayor Hemant Marathe and his slate of hardline NIMBYs look set to win the election there.

I thought there might be some interesting takes to be dug out of state assembly races in New Jersey tonight, but, not really. The story seems to be that Republicans are getting their clocks cleaned all over the state...just looks like a massive blue wave. www.nj.com/politics/202...

I'm just looking at the hot takes that I pre-wrote last night in advance of todays NJ gubernatorial election. It seems pretty clear that we are in "Trump and GOP, you are screwed" territory!!

First call I've seen. Well done Mikie Sherrill, next governor of New Jersey.

I expected an early call and apparently New Jersey is called.

First Mercer County vote counts have Mikie on 72.9% share. Seems quite high.

Spadea woulda won.

I reckon Mikie could get called quicker than Spanberger did.

Bomb threats at polling places basically everywhere in New Jersey today. Almost as if somebody is trialing how to disrupt an election. Glad I got my vote by mail in very early. It has already been received and counted.

I wonder why we're not getting more details and discussion about these domestic terrorists... /s

Fuckers can't win honestly and want to undermine democracy: bomb threats at polling places in seven NJ towns.... newjersey.news12.com/bomb-threats...

As Mikie Sherrill closes in (very likely) on a historic third consecutive NJ governorship for the Democrats, there is something on my mind: why have there been basically no articles or profiles about voters who are excited about Mikie Sherrill? (1/4)

I'm hopeful that today, New Jersey will start writing America's next chapter and lead us out of the Trump era and onto greater things. Polls close at 8:00 PM! (2/2)

An Edison NJ woman sued the iPlay America in Freehold NJ after other guests there called her a 'Karen'. The Middlesex Superior court threw out her original case, so she appealed, but the appeals court also rejected her case... www.tapinto.net/towns/edison...

New blog by me at Walk Bike Princeton dot org: A report on our 'Walk Bike Princeton' bike ride on October 19, which aimed to do a tour of the new bike facilities that have been installed in Princeton in recent years... walkbikeprinceton.org/2025/11/03/w...

$13 matcha. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

Latest NJ gubernatorial poll from Zogby has Mikie Sherrill (D) winning with 55% of the vote compared to 43.4% for Republican Jack Ciatterrelli. Feel free to point this out to anyone fretting about New Jersey being a "D+1 state" right now... johnzogbystrategies.com/new-john-zog...

Princeton NIMBYs, don't get any ideas.

Based on the Democratic share of total votes in NJ up until now, my final prediction is a Mikie win by 8.1 percentage points. 📌

This Saturday marks the first Trenton Cycle Revolution 'Pizza Ride'!! The group will visit 8 pizza shops to establish who makes the best Trenton Tomato Pie. Starts 10 a.m. out of Art Works Trenton. Signup here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Princeton Public Schools are partnering with local groups like the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry on a food drive to try to help families affected by SNAP cuts. I managed to bring three good bags of stuff down for the collection on the cargo-bike this morning. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

Former Belle Mead train station in Montgomery Twp, NJ. It was built for the Reading Railroad line from NYC to Philly, which is now a CSX line. Closed in 1981. Efforts to reopen the line for passengers as a 'West Trenton Branch' have been discussed periodically by NJ Transit.