Keep the Meter Running: Ramadan Edition!
I hopped in a taxi to Iftar with Kareem Rahma (@SubwayTakes) and longtime yellow cab driver Mouhamadou, who I went on hunger strike with in 2021 to win historic debt relief.
Special thanks to @DRUMBeatsNYC.
It's weird how many "urbanists" understand prevention is better than enforcement for bad drivers, but can only imagine improving the transit experience through punishment.
cops illegally blocking the busiest bike route in their city with their cars in the middle of the rush hour to watch black teenagers enjoy the beach on a warm summer day
🚨UPDATE: Students have taken to the streets to prevent the corrections buses with the students from leaving. The student body is on the side of the Encampment and Palestine!!! COME TO 114 and AMSTERDAM to show solidarity and protect our own!!!
The transportation “activist” arc:
- “I’d like to walk the kids to school” or “I think I’ll bike the 2 miles to work.”
- Realize roads are dangerous.
- Ask DOT for modest changes.
- Get told this is not possible.
- Dig into why. Try hard.
- Emerge 2 years later as the Joker.
ends up being our client, goes through central booking, waits for over 24 hours to see a judge, and then the case is dismissed. it’s a stupid waste of all our time.
I am disappointed that media outlets, including where I write, pushed articles that say “the left” celebrated the killing of Israeli Jews, especially ones without examples, nor acknowledgments of great grief from the left for Israelis & Palestinians alike. Here's what I've seen:
Omg the transcript of @GovKathyHochul invoking MLK this weekend to curry favor for her conservative chief justice nom is here and it’s an Onion article, omg. #NoOnLaSalle