DOGE actually stands for Department of Government Espionage.

Love this! I have exactly the same feeling riding over bridges in this city. Each time I do it I take in the view and think about how lucky I am to live here. It's a feeling that's hard to experience any other way other than on the seat of a bicycle.

American medical practice conversation I just had... Surgeon's office: "are you ok with having surgery as part of your course of care?" Me: "well, i was told to talk to a surgeon as part of my course of care. so, yes?" (1/2)

Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:

another variation on the them: the UN did a small experiment where they spun up "AI refugees." The real refugees and the organizations that worked with them weren't happy.

The GOP says that liberals are killing off American industry, yet Jim Beam is shutting down for a YEAR due to tariffs. www.bbc.com/news/article...

For those of you who caught the flu this year, what were the worst symptoms?

Speaking as someone who stopped breathing last night because the power went out, we are NOT equipped for the disablity impacts of our failing power infrastructure. Great read from @juliametraux.bsky.social

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Inauguration + Civic Block party. All are welcome. luma.com/inauguration

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

I didn't realize these names were in vogue.

Got a tip that the CDC has quietly resumed posting data about the spread of #COVID #flu and #RSV! Nationwide 7-day average hospitalizations for #COVID19 are down to 0.8 per lakh, and #RSVirus is up to 0.8 per lakh, but it's #influenza putting people in the hospital! contagion.grieve-smith.com

I’m America first, I want my tax dollars to guarantee healthcare for every American instead of paying for bombs. I think that would help make America great.

When racists build the algo, the algo will be racist.

we went to see santa on the waterfront. it was too cold. too smoky. too loud. too small. too overwhelming with my bad back. orion loved it.

Earlier today, we hosted a fantastic conversation on #GovTech policy recommendations for the next administration. You can tune in via Youtube and read over a dozen proposals we have on our website. youtu.be/y3mzyDM5H18?...

Thank you Council Member! I am one of those tech professionals who doesn't have a college degree.

At today's Stated Meeting I introduced the Tech Qualifications Package! Both bills are make sure our civil service can recruit the best talent - regardless if someone followed a four-year degree path. The package will expand access to tech jobs and strengthen the city’s workforce!

There is a universe where this is not satire... Oh wait... I'm in that universe...

Everyone should definitely be calling it the Triborough nygroove.nyc/rfk-bridge-t...

I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece. Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

WTAF?!

China didn’t steal American jobs, CEOs of multinational corporations gave them away. AI won’t steal American jobs, CEOs will make a choice to cut labor to save a dime. We all have an obligation to take a stand for American workers.

I wrote about the unprecedented mass censorship and surveillance laws that Congress is trying to ram through in the name of “protecting kids” and how none of this is about protecting kids. In fact, these laws cause great harm to all of us, for @zeteo.com

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This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵

Not a single bit of alt text on this baby.

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Where is the consent?!?

A new study by Cornell has made it clear: #CongestionPricing is cleaning #NYC air. Read more: buff.ly/aPVzrFv

NURRRRRDS!!!

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Reminds me of Pyro in Butler's book.

47 mins on hold only to learn there is a 6-8 WEEK processing time for an insurance claim equipment order! Yet, their website says 4-6 weeks. AAAAND if this isn't processed before the end of the year, our family will have to pay $2,000 out of pocket for our son to get new Cochlear batteries.

I'm on the phone with Cochlear International. The automated system said it was an 8-minute hold time. I've been waiting 25 mins. This is to talk to them about equipment I ordered for my son SEVEN weeks ago!!!

“'We can afford (universal child care) in a city, in a state where so few have so much, and the vast majority of us have so little,' @uawregion9a.bsky.social Director Brandon Mancilla told the crowd." thechiefleader.com/stories/unti...

It is a disgrace that we will not pass our daylighting bill this session, after the countless hours and months of dedication from @transalt.org, @openplans.org, and @familiesforsafestreets.org, among the over 200 organizations that have advocated for this bill. See my full statement.

Our #StopSuperSpeeders campaign is coming statehouses across the country. Join our coalition to advance anti-speeding tech for the most dangerous drivers in your own state. secure.everyaction.com/KyTgxYfil0qq...

I created a new Poshmark account and immediately the system seems to be compromised... I wonder how many people have been robbed like this?

@streetfilms.bsky.social your kind of cookie!!!

People are canvassing in the cold and in the snow today to tax the rich in NY to fund childcare. I am so grateful to the people who are doing this work.

In this Tech Policy Press (@techpolicypress.bsky.social) op-ed, Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain (@oliviersylvain.bsky.social) explains why he believes President Donald Trump's latest attempt to thwart state artificial intelligence (AI) rules will probably fail.

"Without Gutiérrez’s ID, the agents resorted to another approach. They took a photo of his face... “Oh yeah, he’s right. He’s saying the right thing. He does got papers,” Gutiérrez recalled the agents saying." He was just walking home. They are doing this everywhere, no matter who you are. #Pinks

it takes this long to go from one side of NYC to the other.

I've been on the couch with a bad back and watching Adam Curtis' latest epic. It is mind numbing how conservative ideology has destroyed everything. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shifty_...