NYC Native 🌹

Born-and-raised New Yorker. Father. Straphanger. Democratic Socialist.

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@NYCMayorsOffice @NYCMayor @Firefly_Cities @nycgov @InsiderTwets

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

Yellow cabs commit horrendous light pollution with their LED roof ads. Look how brightly lit the sidewalk is from this 12x18 rectangle. In my neighborhood, drivers park overnight with these things shining into windows. What is your policy and training on these devices, @nyctaxi?

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@NYCMayorsOffice @NYCMayor What does your contract with operators say about this, @Firefly_Cities? This is the group that has the ad rights over most NYC cab roofs. Once again, @nycgov sells out to Silicon Valley tech billionaires at the expense of normal people’s quality of life.

[✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @chi_urbanist]

Every Chicago cop is about to throw away their “Let’s go Brandon!” signs

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

Zero support from @Frigidaire after my 2yo fridge had to be replaced due to internal leak that would cost more than a new fridge to repair. I got DMs about how their high quality standards and how this experience should never happen, but absolutely no offer to make it right.

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@Frigidaire @generalelectric I was sold a shoddy @Frigidaire product and in my DMs they say this should not be my experience and they regret it, but yet have not offered to make it right. They do not stand behind their products. Stay away from @Frigidaire. Hoping for better luck with @generalelectric

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

2 yr old @Frigidaire fridge died because of internal leak. Repairman says cost to fix is more than price of new one. Customer service says tough shit because warranty is only for 12 months. @Frigidaire is this normal? You sell products that are useless after just 2 yrs? @bbb_us

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@Frigidaire @generalelectric I still have yet to receive an acceptable response from @Frigidaire. Customer service in my DMs offered a discount on parts, which I was already offered on the phone. The issue is that a 12 month warranty is simply insufficient for a major appliance.

[Seth Pollack @sethmpk]

33 years old, and still meeting other native New Yorkers and getting asked where I went to high school

[Silicon Valley Fodder @Playerinthgame]

Three years ago, Reuters mentioned the second and third place winners of the NH primary. No one won it, apparently.

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

A quick summary of why all these UFOs are popping up now.

Call it Science Sunday… or Superbowl Science Sunday.

In spatial science (in this case radar/satellite data), we use techniques to filter out noise so we can identify objects in space (the abstract space, not outer space).

Think of it like trying to find a tennis ball on the beach using a 3d scan of the beach read as lines of text.

You know how big the tennis ball is, so you take all the data from the beach and tell the computer to find a round object that is the approximate size of a tennis ball.

It would take a lot longer to find the tennis ball if every small object on the beach had to be reviewed one-by-one. So we tell the computer to ignore everything that doesn’t look like a tennis ball.

Same goes with detecting aircraft.

We know the range of sizes aircraft typically are, and we know they move across space, so we filter out tiny objects that aren't large enough to be typical aircraft and/or are stationary so we can readily find objects that fit the parameters we set for things like war/spy planes/drones/etc.

When the balloon thing happened, NORAD reduced the filter sensitivity to allow smaller objects to pass through.

Now, we're picking up these small, slow-moving objects that had been filtered out before.

Back to the beach analogy: we essentially turned off the filter and now we’re picking up sea shells, coins and lost rings.

What the objects are and what nation/entity they're from has not been announced. They are simply unidentified flying objects (UFOs) at this point.

These weren’t necessarily launched or sent recently, we just never looked for them. Now we are.

And we’re finding there are quite a few of them there.

[Stew Peters @realstewpeters]

Ohio: Dead fish and cattle being reported as far as 100 miles away from the site.

Journalists covering the story have been arrested.

What the HELL is going on?

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@InsiderTwets @ericfisher To… die?

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@AmericanAir Missed opportunity to rub their nose in it!

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

did you know @SouthwestAir received over $7 billion in pandemic aid from taxpayer funds, yet denied me using $1,200 in pandemic flight credits? Is this luv? Feels more like hatred. @AmericanAir @Delta @UnitedAirlines_ - wanna cross-honor my credits and make a family very happy?

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

@AmericanAir I think you didn’t read my tweet lol. Can you guys pick up where @SouthwestAir failed?

[NYC Native 🌹 @realnycnative]

Broken gate hinge at Travers Park, younger kids’ playground. Called 311, flagging here as well! @voteshekar @NYCParks

[Loretta Chao @LorettaChao]

This week, @journalismproj posted an open role that carries a lot of significance for me (and not just because it’s on my team): https://t.co/8kZjG1RpjP (1/10)