I don’t mean to sound melodramatic but do y’all ever think about how humanity used to navigate the world by the stars and now people can’t make a grocery list without help from AI.
Zohran Mamdani has turned down an 18% pay rise that would have brought his salary to $305,800 (£227,645).
“I haven’t knocked on anyone’s door in New York City and they’ve said their concern is that the mayor makes too little,” he told reporters on Thursday.
The same day, members of the city council voted to approve a pay raise for themselves and other officials.
“And what I think is important to know is a lot of the increase in rape also comes from an expanded definition of what counts as rape, as well as survivors coming forward for acts that took place years prior,” Mamdani said. “And we are thankful for them coming forward, the courage and the bravery it takes, but just to provide New Yorkers with that context.”
In 2024 New York instituted a new law that, per the NYPost, "classifies rape as nonconsensual or forcibly compelled sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct after previously defining rape as only nonconsensual or forcibly compelled vaginal penetration by a penis."
So... New York (rightly!) expanded the definition of what counts as rape. More survivors (thankfully!) came forward. As a result, official rates of rape increased. So Mamdani was... right and everyone is just yelling about this in bad faith?
there’s a video where john green talks about his friend amy krouse rosenthal’s cancer diagnosis and how he wanted so badly to make things better but couldn’t, and he recalls the advice of a supervisor when he worked at a children’s hospital: “don’t just do something—stand there.”