Paul Berk

Perfect orthodoxy guaranteed. Generally agrees with the last thing he read. Picks up litter. Up Israel, Ukraine. No idea how I made it this far.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

Guy crossing a v. busy street (Prospect Park West) eyes down on his phone and pushing his little girl in a stroller. I have seen, if not the best of my times, the sanest ones.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@SquarePegDem @barrymosk @nycDSA @GovKathyHochul @NYCMayor I can't be the only one who believes that in the big national elections, for senators and President, the Dems are sitting ducks. Sure a hunter may miss a sitting duck. But it's no credit to the duck.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@ForgottenNY @timecaptales She was a mature 14-year-old.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@BharatRamamurti @blankcheckpod @hodgman I would have been so much happier with Master and Commander if I didn't feel like in a couple places it dumbed down the original stories.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Great article.

“ The UN has become one of the most dangerous instruments in modern geopolitics. Authoritarian regimes are using the UN’s prestige to normalise their behavior, conceal their crimes and peddle anti-Western propaganda. It should terrify all of us that the world’s most trusted watchdog has been successfully leveraged as a PR firm for tyrants.”

https://t.co/scgJQ6REmR

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

I had a lose-weight goal. This morning is four months to the day from starting, and I hit it. Hollywood, here I come.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@WestHarlm @SquarePegDem Much of the NYC mindset is "they got all that money," they being landlords, any employer, Jews, banks (banks obviously, although banking is a little abstract for many here). It's our version of populism.

[Peter Moskos @PeterMoskos]

The "dirtbag" part is subjective. But the "anti-American" part is kind of foundational.
I mean you can't be anti post-colonial oppression and also be anti late-stage capitalism and also be _pro_ American.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

The city can have lots of available apartments, or it can have apartments with cheap rent, but it can't have lots of available apartments with cheap rent. (For 80 years the city has chosen door number 2.)

[Arpit Gupta @arpitrage]

Amidst a housing crisis, New York City now has **57,421** vacant rent stabilized housing units (out of 1m)

Some is frictional, but this number has been growing rapidly

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Sam Harris has written the best thing you’ll read today.

https://t.co/gI0wZZNH4m

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

Yesterday I made my first fish stew and it's not a complete failure, which is all I aim for with something new.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@KennyBurgosNY Is the $50k not actually available? Or is it insufficient to cover the repairs?

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@nicolegelinas @Sysco Is this one of those deals where the company can amass a pile of summonses and then get most of the accumulated fine dropped?

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

Once more with feeling: if the GOP can't win a national election, they're not trying.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

This is INSANE

Democrats NY have passed a bill changing terms such as "mother" and "father" to "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent."

It will now head to Gov Kathy Hochul to be signed into law.

Democrats are destroying what it means to be a mother and father.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@nicolegelinas Last Friday, Tappan Zee Bridge closed to bikes (windy), riders needed Hudson Link bus to cross. Wouldn't allow bikes in the luggage compartment below. Full size bus, 40 or more seats, two bikes only on front carrier. They find a way to make you regret relying on public transit.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@ajlamesa It's kind of simple: if "they" want to define racism this way, I have no problem acknowledging I'm a racist. In fact, I'll brag about it.

[Michael Benjamin @SquarePegDem]

Thanks for all of your support and well-wishes. The counter-revolution is underway.
https://t.co/JMpkEAWRdK

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

Rescued from broken workstands at the job. I like it for its gleam and color (coppery from some angles). I come across few items made from bronze, an important alloy. This is bearing bronze. Copper, Tin, Zinc, Lead. I've got a few because our guys destroy the workstands.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

@PeterMoskos @jakehalloran1 Most seriously south of Fordham Road, west of Bronx River.

[Paul Berk @Cat_Victim]

But do you floss regularly? Spanish mackerel.