1 in 582 dead would be about 12,000 people. So yes.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
where are the cops?
https://gothamist.com/news/ultra-orthodox-hasidic-yeshivas-classes-brooklyn-coronavirus
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 12:16 (four years ago) link
"I think I've been specific about it," de Blasio says when asked the specific reasons why NYC is different from other cities that have closed streets to cars.— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) April 22, 2020
He says in California, drivers stop at intersections even when there's no light or stop sign, and they stop for people crossing mid-block. There's a different culture in NY. CA people - is this right?— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) April 22, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
failure to yield to peds is ticket + points in CA (as of like 3 years ago) WHICH IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. the difference is enforcement for whatever reason. the NYS should be fining drivers constantly.
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
the sad thing is this is a historic opportunity to make progress here and we're giving it up because we have an idiot mayor
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
It’s too bad he’s an idiot :(
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
yeah the thing we're absolutely having confirmed rn is that deblasio is remarkably flopsweaty in crisis
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
America’s Mayo
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
do you guys remember when this guy actually ran for president
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
he has neither rose nor shone
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, April 22, 2020 5:16 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
driving around the park doing nothing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
I once had to talk myself out of a jaywalking ticket in Los Angeles. I explained that I was from New York and only visiting L.A. for the summer and that (plus my whiteness) did the trick.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
― iatee, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 8:49 AM (six minutes ago)
Wow I don’t
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
Can we hate-read all the essays mentioned here?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stop-writing-why-i-left-new-york-pandemic-essays_n_5e9fa07bc5b6b2e5b839dcd3?28q
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 23 April 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
no one has ever had an adequate explanation for deblasio. Ever.
― Ira Einhorn (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 23 April 2020 00:55 (four years ago) link
The guy he was running against said we should kill kittens on the subway tracks (that man was right... but!)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 5:27 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
that mira jacob comic is just terrible. no thought of any value going on in there
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:39 (four years ago) link
all of jacob's work i've seen is not good, that is also not good
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:44 (four years ago) link
^^^^^ otm
― Ira Einhorn (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:48 (four years ago) link
years ago, early in bdb's administration, i had drinks with a (lefty) woman who's worked in city government for a while -- she was all like, bloomberg was a pain in the ass, but if he said something, you could be pretty sure it would happen. but even if di blasio weren't clueless, he's an absolutely shit executive
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:52 (four years ago) link
even a random half-assed political operative would have stopped the park slope Y thing years ago ffs
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:55 (four years ago) link
Sad but true
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 April 2020 04:29 (four years ago) link
This was so good. It happens to be about a restaurant but the general sentiments apply to so many NYC scenes, like existential dread for the future but also recognizing how exhausting it was to maintain some kind of integrity even before all this... https://t.co/tWOTI15tMB pic.twitter.com/ZYwYHjrIA9— Emily Witt (@embot) April 23, 2020
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 April 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
wow, yeah.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 April 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
went there last year (for the first time!!)
sensational article.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 April 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
yeah, the part that i read in the tweet is really great.
― Yerac, Thursday, 23 April 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
Important Absentee Voting Update for June 23 Election. pic.twitter.com/oSR18JqZnf— NYCBoardOfElections (@BOENYC) April 24, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 April 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
I just submitted my form yesterday! This is, of course, better news.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
The guy he was running against said we should kill kittens on the subway tracks
also that Bloomberg servant/bellowing horror Christine Quinn
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 April 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
too-literal take on the thread titlehttps://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/04/22/cemetery-races-to-keep-up-as-new-york-virus-deaths-mount
http://brooklyneagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AP20112021595311-scaled-e1587499694234.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
and tacking back to less horrifichttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/nyregion/coronavirus-liquor-stores-nyc.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
and the more predictablehttps://thecity.nyc/2020/04/garbage-pickups-tell-tale-of-two-cities-as-manhattan-shrinks.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
icymi
https://gothamist.com/food/third-nyc-food-pantries-have-closed-swelling-bread-lines-during-coronavirus-lockdown
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 April 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
about fucking time
https://gothamist.com/news/crowded-hasidic-funeral-williamsburg-coordinated-approved-nypd
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
brad lander otm:"Leading with policing to address a public health crisis is just not the answer"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/05/01/missing-sounds-of-new-york
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 May 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
Socially distanced. Spiritually connected.— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 1, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
thank God Andy's too reptilian to be president, eh
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
Probably yeah.
― o. nate, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
don't tempt fate...
― Nhex, Friday, 1 May 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
NY Review of Books has it about right:
Prior to the pandemic, his reputation was that of a top-dog machine politician par excellence—a bullying, controlling, charmless power broker, reviled by progressives, accepted by Republicans, and tolerated by the rest
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/05/14/andrew-cuomo-emergency-responder/
― o. nate, Friday, 1 May 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
woof
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/nyregion/coronavirus-flowers-bodies.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
when the nyse reopens, it will ban people who took public transit to get there
jfc
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/05/15/the-coming-carmaggeddon-will-our-leaders-solve-nycs-transportation-problem
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 May 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
Just wanna have some fried chicken
― calstars, Saturday, 16 May 2020 02:32 (three years ago) link
So looks like I am officially one of those leaving NYC people, moving to westchester
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 24 May 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
I don't know if I was ever really an NYC person, but the one appeal of the city -- supposedly a music scene and lots of musicians to play with -- became increasingly fleeting, as the neighborhood I could afford to live in with my family, even on a lawyer and teacher's salary, had few musicians, no practice spaces, and no places to play. This feeling was sealed talking to a friend in the town I'm moving to, who says he actually finds it easier both to find other musicians and make friends in the town he lives in now than he did in Brooklyn.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
Here's your hat.
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
NO MORE BIRYANI FLASHY FOR U! BYE SUCKA LOL
― calstars, Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
ironically, the city may now become cheaper and more habitable for musicians again. I honestly hope it does! It's just not for me anymore, working dad me trying to raise kids etc.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
lol, calstars
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link