If you’re flying through the upper Midwest today… I would recommend not doing that

“VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs: Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.” — www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Mentally preparing to spend the night in Detroit if my connecting flight there today gets any more delayed than it already is

they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE

New York City is seeking to tighten control over who can get press credentials, extend its ability to revoke existing press cards, and create a new "premier" card for journalists with 20+ years of experience rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/mome-pr...

Absolutely incredible R142 sign failure

stay woke, read the British financial newspaper owned by a Japanese stock market index and media conglomerate

Watching the segment: The first thing I'm going to zero in on is the crime stats. Here's how 60 Minutes set it up: - Leavitt saying the people going to CECOT were the worst of the worst - Then 60 Minutes saying the Human Rights Watch report says that nearly half had no criminal history at all

⚠️ The Trump admin has halted construction on five East Coast offshore wind farms, including Empire and Sunrise in NY and Vineyard in MA, which is already supplying power. Looks like Trump’s most aggressive move yet to stop offshore wind. TBD whether it will hold up any better in court.

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens was gonna get its first protected bike lanes ever but in one final insult, Eric Adams' DOT kicked the project to next year, hopefully nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/22/a...

“‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

A few years ago, I wrote a long piece about why NS wanted to bulldoze part of a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side to expand an intermodal yard. homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/c...

In the flurry of Council votes, people seem not to have noticed that because of the way the the bills were drafted, they require (for instance) 40% of new affordable senior housing to be 2BR and 3BR units. Which is implausible & means we won’t be able to build any. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/c...

Gov Hochul will veto a bill to require both a conductor and a driver on every subway train, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Story to follow. Details on the bill here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...

TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.

My latest for @sherwood.news on the weirdest tie-up of the year: Truth Social and the holy grail of clean energy.

'The bottom 50% – historically the least engaged in equities – has experienced the fastest rate of wealth accumulation and now holds more than $4 trillion in net worth.' www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-ins...

I have gone from knowing nothing about inflation trading to writing two stories in the last week about it and all I can say is that it’s way more confusing than cash treasuries

NEW: Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will appeal a Queens judge's ruling ordering the city to rip out the new protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/17/m...

WHEW nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...

palmist boardwalk, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978

BLS charts from a broadly glum report: 1/ Unemployment rate ticks up to 4.56% in November from September's 4.44%. Slower increase in the UR over the past 2 months than over the prior 3. Note where we are relative to the Fed projections.

HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering* ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin DETECTIVE: ME: are you getting apricot notes

Odd to see an ad encouraging people to move to Nassau County from Bruce Blakeman’s office. Touting how safe it is over b roll of what appears to be a cop pulling out his gun….

WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil

FEDWATCH: “.. since the Fed’s first cut in September last year, the unemployment rate has increased by 0.3 percent, CPI has increased by 0.6 percent, but GDP has decreased by 0.7 percent.”

Making sure a Variety editor knows that a chia pet ad ended up airing in prime time on WCBS is a god tier level of knife twisting.

If any small New Yorkers need a gravel bike, I am selling mine. Drop me a line if you’re interested and looking for a sturdy carbon Canyon Grizl.

martin theater, panama city, florida, 1979

Light accumulating snowfall is possible in NYC from Saturday evening into Sunday, but the track of the system remains a major uncertainty. Here's what we know so far: www.patreon.com/posts/145610...

Temp is basically 32 and my water is off. Cool!

bob's java jive, route 99, tacoma, washington, 1980

jerome powell telling a reporter during his presser that raising and lowering interest rates will not fix a structural housing shortage. he's right to say it

Breaking News: Kathryn Garcia, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, is expected to be named the next executive director of the Port Authority.

I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress

Saw the new Knives Out in theaters and it might be the best one so far??

Conductor on my 3 train apparently said ‘someone is pretending to be a conductor on this train and there will be a slight delay while we investigate that’

trump’s executive order banning wind permits has been ruled illegal @bloomberg.com

A coyote with a CTA bus

New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.

Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair

Frank Gehry dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

"Southern California is offering thousands of dollars worth of rebates to wildfire survivors who rebuild with gas appliances. The rebates are paid for by California utility ratepayers." Ugh. Why install an AC, gas furnace, and gas pipeline hookup when one electric heat pump can both heat and cool.

*woke gilt market

New signage looking sharp at the Citicorp Building entrance.

SEC says it won’t be approving any 3x or 5x leveraged ETFs until ‘key issues’ are addressed. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Here’s the letter it sent to issuers: www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

Listened to @sarcher.bsky.social talking about Christmas/Santa history on You’re Wrong About last night and it was so good!!

This comment on an NYT soup recipe is a banger

15 years of Gale Brewer promising and failing to get money for a church to do some repairs, while insisting the crumbling building just keep existing gothamist.com/news/upper-w...

NEW: A pending bill could shave millions off New Yorkers’ energy bills in the coming years — if Governor Kathy Hochul signs it before Thursday. nysfocus.com/2025/12/01/h...