hell yeah

Live view of how recently streets have been plowed across NYC. Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours. This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows. Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc

NEW: Due to storm, NYC has just opened warming centers for anyone who needs to get out of the cold. Two in each borough. Open round-the-clock through Monday. Locations:

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET

The most impressive meeting in Davos is with the Ukrainian war heroes. They share experiences from the battle field. Their bravery and innovative capacity is outstanding. These are the defenders of freedom and security in Europe, and deserve our full attention and support! 🇳🇱🇺🇦

A YouTube link for those looking for it. No words. youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10?...

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

1/3 "Sporting glasses that are half Top Gun, half Joe Biden (probably not chosen at random, even if they’re really there to hide a genuine infection in his right eye), Macron sends out the pâté in Davos. I especially love: 'Having a place like Europe, which is admittedly often too slow,...

One of my priors is that things are really bad if I am coming across news related to the bond market.

I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.

Couldn't care less if Thread has a billion users and Blue Sky has 1000. I just need a steam vent where I can release whatever dumb jokes and observations enter my brain without contributing to the financial success of Musk or Zuck. Give me 2-34 likes on every one of these and I'm good.

“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!

this is the dumbest diplomatic crisis of my life

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Roberta Flack, “Tryin’ Times,“ from the album First Take, 1969. www.youtube.com/watch?v=La8_...

High-speed trains crash in Spain: at least 21 dead and 25 severely injured when Alvia train (Madrid>Huelva) crashes against the back derailed wagons of an Iryo train (Malaga>Madrid). Sad news. elpais.com/espana/2026-...

If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.

Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.

Ich glaube, viele Leute unterschätzen das Ausmaß der aktuellen Medienkrise. Ich sage es immer wieder: Entweder wir finden rasch Wege, Qualitätsmedien ordentlich zu finanzieren, oder wir werden die Demokratie nicht halten können. Guter Journalismus ist systemrelevant und wahnsinnig unterbezahlt.

Large protests broke out in Denmark and Greenland under the slogan “Hands off Greenland.” Crowds gathered in front of Copenhagen’s City Hall before marching to the U.S. Embassy, demanding respect for Greenlanders’ right to self-determination and opposing reported U.S. plans concerning the island.

Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

"Why isn't Walz calling out the Minnesota National Guard?!" Well, under 10 U.S.C. 12301, members of the National Guard can be ordered to active duty and placed under federal control - but only if the Governor (or other relevant state official) consents to their being ordered to active duty

Wikipedia is a real triumph of humanity, and this post nails it.

Huge announcement from Gov. Hochul: Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines. This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown residents. Truly exciting.

Cyber attack?

DHS announces suspension of processing of immigrant visas until further notice (including family-based "greencards"). Non-immigrant visas still being processed.

It's finally happening. The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak. No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.

Ich recherchiere gerade zu Medien und ihren Präsenzen auf X. Die Tagesschau holt mit ihren 5,1 Millionen Followern bei manchen Tweets gerade mal 2 Retweets und dann 15 Replies, die durch die Bank rechtsradikaler Bullshit sind. Was machen die noch da? Was soll das bringen?

nice 😎 “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.”

the google AI overview rocks

Lowest murder rate in London since records began.

This would be a disaster for the USD.

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress

Goodness gracious.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

www.bbc.com/news/article... Cutting clean energy supply options & increased data center demands will continue to make energy less affordable.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

Something lovely for the weekend! Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me #Archaeology

Der Reflex in einigen deutschen Medien, automatisch in faktenfreien „Both sidesism“ zu verfallen, wenn es um staatlich sanktionierten Terror und Mord geht - egal ob beim Thema Venezuela, ICE oder Grönland - ist eine Bankrotterklärung an Journalismus. „Polarisierung“ ist halt ein bequemes Buzzword.

Corporate margins up. Employee share of corporate income down. Tells you everything you need to know about the fight between capital and labor. (via EPB)

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

Where's the money from congestion pricing going anyway? It's being used to buy new trains, make them run faster and more frequently, renovate old subway platforms and stations, install elevators across the system and more. youtube.com/shorts/uD_wL...

Are Skyfeed feeds down?

“Four days after President Trump said the United States would “run” Venezuela, the sprawling political, security and intelligence apparatus that propped up Mr. Maduro’s strongman rule is in still place, and day-to-day life for many Venezuelans has worsened.” — NYT, Jan. 8, 2026

This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.