Envision a better future….

Who are we to challenge that a former top state budget official needs to use ChatGTP to get up to speed on the single biggest issue in the state for the last 20 years, that the Cuomo campaign couldn’t bring for a typist to help said one-armed man out, and also couldn’t be bothered to proofread it

greg byrne, nate oats, and kalen deboer should field questions about this at their next media availabilities. make the best-compensated and most visible employees of the institution submit their no-comment if they don't want to weigh in

The gist of all these people “coming to their senses” now is that they wanted to go about their daily lives while engaging in their licentious special interest without public censure but failed to comprehend that a coalition of the all societal resentment results in shredding society as a whole

I think we should be looking at the Cuomo endorsements by electeds, unions, and plutocrats in the same way as similar forces are cutting deals or holding their tongues with Trump - it’s anticipatory obedience.

A+ work to certain of the New York City media outlets that participated in the multi-year subway crime panic that led us to this moment.

🤔

congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit

Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.

There’s a vote for the REI Board! If you’re an active member you can vote at vote.escvote.com/REI/ The board has union busted and endorsed Burgum for Dept of Interior. They are unfit for their roles and need to be voted out.

1. Short everything 2. Announce tariffs 3. Close out short positions 4. Buy the dip 5. Call off the tariffs 6. Sell the spike 7. Repeat Is there any reason to believe Trump's entire inner circle isn't doing this?

Teaching Walden this week Me (to 17 year old son): “R, ‘most men lead lives of quiet desperation’” R: “Yep.”

And before you ask, yes, there are better solutions. Canada could do this as easily as Europe: pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/o...

less than eight years ago she said what Al Franken did goes beyond party, beyond friendship, and that what he did disqualifies him for public office

2 things can be true at the same time: 1. America’s universities are under attack & it is a crisis 2. OMG Harvard is NOT “the soul of higher education” & its crises pale in comparison—“pale” feels too weak a word— to what state, regional, & community colleges—ie the actual soul of US higher ed—face

On thing Trump has long known and that he’s conveyed to his administration is that the legal system acts so slowly that it basically conveys impunity.

“Than expected” is the key phrase here. It indicates the kinds of just so stories about public sector work that politicians and pundits have been telling for a generation, stories that bear little resemblance to the reality of public sector work.

Huge tariffs, likely to cause economic havoc in the United States are a “flex”? What kind of headline is this? Once again, it is a framing along the lines that the White House communications team would put out there.

He only comes back from scandal if he wins D on't R ank E ric or A ndrew for M ayor

"The president has been impeached. That's a pretty big lesson...I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future." - Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), February 2020 www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-c...

I understand the words 'there is no ethical consumption under capitalism' but nobody told me that meant that if I watched Jake the Snake Roberts vs William Regal in 1992 there would be no Department of Education in 2025.

Andrew Cuomo's 20-page 'affordability plan' for New York City has precisely two pages on housing: Come for the taking credit for 421-a (no mention of letting it die), stay for extending the property tax cap to New York City homeowners -- drive.google.com/file/d/1HyUV...

Should have named it "Whiteboard"

I'm writing a thing and it just struck me that this is almost the same trajectory that modern Republicans have followed in regard to global warming.

REBNY seeking sectoral coalition in its recognition of mutual interest. University presidents could draw some lessons.

this is everything wrong with NYC politics in a nutshell: the ostensibly-progressive “Working Families Party” is endorsing Chris Marte, a hardcore NIMBY who has sided with Trump against congestion pricing. truly pathetic

Imagine in the 1920's if you kept hearing from Grover Cleveland's campaign strategist about needing to do what worked for them in 1892

Higher education Institutions: “We are committed to DEI.” Faculty/Staff: “Will you publicly state that?” HEI: “No.” F/S: “Will you support us when backlash comes?” HEI: “No.” F/S: “Will you commit to resources?” HEI: “Best we can do is rename your jobs/offices to something slightly more generic.”

Lutnick's immigrant grandfather arrived at Ellis Island in 1913 with $20, just for contrast.

You don’t actually have to hand it to the Nazi salute guy.

what a piece of shit @ritchietorres.bsky.social is

Andrew Cuomo is a disgraced former governor who sexually harassed multiple women, covered up nursing home deaths, and used taxpayer dollars to write a book. Endorsing Cuomo is shameful.

it’s ya girl asking the CT legislature to step up for higher ed! so proud to roll with @uconnaaup.bsky.social and our union sibs from across the state!

New Yorkers: “Our political institutions seem broken and involve frustrating layers of process” Kathy Hochul: “Hold my wings and beer”

means testing but for corruption

Democratic officeholders will never, ever take a direct action to solve a problem when they can defer it by proposing some sort of Rube Goldberg process that would be less effective even if it worked which it won't

Breaking: The Federalist Society quickly reboots as the Royalist Society.

“Here, please take this gift of a widely understandable framing of Trump’s actions and ambitions.” Dem Congressman “Ew, no. Gross. Now, as article 14 of the the Impoundment Act details…”

Big Boy politics is the way to go.

So glad I assigned big chunks of Ida Tarbell’s History of the Standard Oil Company. It totally slaps. And it’s completely resonant with the attitudes of so many tech overlords today.

As a reference, the $46B that Meta spent building this shit is about the same amount of money Spain used to built its WHOLE high speed rail network. All 2469 miles of it. Zuckerberg got that money selling shitty ads and destroying democracy, and gave the world this.

Now that’s a lede…

Representing Manhattan south of Houston and complaining about the shadows that will be created by potential new development...

if the moon didn’t want us to plant a flag the moon shouldn’t have lost

Has Ryan Day started politicking for a road playoff game yet?

Beautiful.

michigan players are gonna walk out of the shoe with a win and an excessive force lawsuit against the police. big day