yeah I'm pretty aggro about setting them back up in my area but it's gotten to the point where I can really only worry about my section of the world. setting barricades back up in deep carrol gardens is disheartening
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
BdB admits there could be 22,000 layoffs, none of them cops
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/08/12/de-blasio-threat-of-22-000-layoffs-is-painfully-real-1307983
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
This Mayor🤦🏾♂️- a few things (THREAD):- Sunset Park is one of the hardest hit communities by COVID-19- Nearly half its residents are immigrants, and 3/4 people of color- It's been neglected for years by the Mayor, and now is being underfunded by the Council b/c of politics https://t.co/NlzUjJKhFa— Carlos Menchaca 萬齊家 (@NYCCouncil38) August 12, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
menchaca (generally) otm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/food/de-blasio-turns-his-back-chinatown-bakery-manager-he-pleads-help
A bakery manager tells de Blasio that his business is suffering from reduced foot traffic in Chinatown: “We’re all hurting.” pic.twitter.com/9qCLi2IOXX— elizabeth meryl rosner (@elizameryl) August 11, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
“That’s very unfortunate,” responds the mayor as he turns his back on the young man.— elizabeth meryl rosner (@elizameryl) August 11, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CJuzpuca4
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
Young man, there's a place you can goI said, young man, when you're short on your dough
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 14 August 2020 09:27 (three years ago) link
please allow me to resubmit:
As the mayor told the baker: “Young man, there’s a place you can go when you’re short on your dough”.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 14 August 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/opinion/jerry-seinfeld-new-york-coronavirus.html
this is like if nyt just had a field on the Op Ed page where readers could paste in their own pieces
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 24 August 2020 11:34 (three years ago) link
Millionaire takes other lesser-known millionaire to task for not being optimistic enough
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 24 August 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/08/car-runs-into-outdoor-dining-upper-east-side.htmlthis is gonna happen again with fatalities.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
Fucking ban cars in the city already
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
rt
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
another one that takes the thread title seriouslyhttps://gothamist.com/news/high-tech-tool-city-testing-air-quality-public-schools-toilet-paper
i can only upload 140 seconds of it, but the full version can be found on facebook. DM me if you’d like, i can see if i can send the full through there. pic.twitter.com/Q3yY1y9vEv— the DOE wants us dead (@dianadoesnt) August 26, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 August 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
Update: "Ventilation Action Teams are comprised of licensed professional engineers who are analyzing building ventilation components to determine if they are functioning and what, if any, repairs must be made," DOE spokesperson Nathaniel Styer said in a statement. "This includes a 'tissue test' which is a CDC recommended way of determining airflow. Air quality tests will be conducted with certified CO2 readers. The Council Member should reach out to us with his concerns before jumping to conclusions on the internet."
― calstars, Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
IOW, yes we use toilet paper to test ventilation and we are proud of it
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/09/make-expanded-outdoor-dining-permanent-in-nyc.html
what could possibly go wro-https://people.com/human-interest/car-crashes-outdoor-dining-area-nyc-3-injured/https://nypost.com/2020/08/27/video-shows-woman-hit-by-car-while-dining-outdoors-in-nyc/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSw6wHN0RM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
three different incidents btw. there's been at least a half dozen of these with no one killed yet, but let's keep trying!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
make outdoor dining permanent, ban cars
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
otm
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
yes! all in favor! however, that is not being discussed, either in that article or in real life!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
make me the mayor then
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:57 (three years ago) link
done
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
brb, establishing 17 various "aggro dipshit" taxes on the NYPBA
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
I learned yesterday that breweries have a less strict food serving requirement and can get away with just a bag of chips with a drink
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
Century 21 is closing all stores
― Josefa, Thursday, 10 September 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
Ugh
― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
where am i gonna get my armani t shirts and bedazzled boot cut jeans at bargain prices now
― adam, Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
honestly thought they closed a few years ago
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
make outdoor dining daylight saving time permanent, ban cars
:)
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 11 September 2020 05:14 (three years ago) link
the mayor also endorses staying on daylight saving time
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Friday, 11 September 2020 06:09 (three years ago) link
just curious, I haven't been to NYC in years, but was Century 21 destroyed in 9/11 or just damaged?
― naked and sexually active alien (rip van wanko), Friday, 11 September 2020 07:24 (three years ago) link
If I recall correctly It was closed for awhile like everything else down there but wasn’t damaged
― calstars, Friday, 11 September 2020 10:35 (three years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/news/pandemic-economy-could-turn-deserted-hudson-yards-even-bigger-taxpayer-money-pit
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
that place was horrible before the pandemic
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
I say wall it off permanently, for the quarantined and convalescing
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
i'm voting lazer tag
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
would prefer paintball, with bunkers like Vera Wang Bridal House—but yes that'll do
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
I’m into dead malls and such so it’s right down my alley, been meaning to go back since it reopened
― calstars, Thursday, 17 September 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
i have no particular insight into whether nyc schools *should* be open for in-person classes -- i suspect not, but i don't have to balance the other considerations besides everyone's health. but suddenly changing your mind three days before schools were to reopen is just fucking with people
he is so bad at literally everything
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 September 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
presumably it's a combination of the union and his terribleness at negotiating with the union or with anyone really
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
My impression is that there are bad conditions in a minority of classrooms that could probably be remedied with a portable HEPA filter or something (i.e classes in old buildings where there are neither HVAC systems nor windows that open). I have also seen that the MORE caucus of the UFT is making unreasonable demands (MERV-17 filters and ACH 6 in every class, which is basically the conditions of a state-of-the-art operating room or precision robotics lab, and very hard to achieve). I am normally very pro-teachers union, but I really feel that the teachers here are kicking the can down the road and trying to avoid going in for as long as possible, and while I can't *entirely* blame them, it's not realistic to wait to reopen schools until there's a vaccine, and experts say we can return safely with modest precautions.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
Kicking the can down the road until other school systems all around us and around the country collapse and go back to distanced/digital classes is EXACTLY the point. I knew that when the union treated the 11-day delay like a win in the press. There was nothing substantive that 11 days was going to to allow them to do--they can't hire 2x the qualified staff, they can't find more money, they can't renovate buildings or rebuild windows or HVAC systems in that time--so what was the point? The delay was the whole reason, because cases are going to cascade when students start to gather, and schools everywhere are going to go back to 100% online.
My second school is one of the 56 (so far) schools where a staff member has tested positive before kids even start. So multiple staff are quarantined bc of potential contact, and the remainder had their building wifi crash. Instead of getting the wifi fixed, they were told to go down the street and work from out of my first school, but because they don't know who's potentially asymptomatic, they won't go in the building because it puts the OTHER school's staff at risk, so they're teaching from folding tables on the cement play yard. Fantastic.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 17 September 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
MORE is speaking from the fringe of the UFT btw because they can say things that can't be taken as the official UFT position. And it would be stupid to go into any negotiation only asking for what you think you can get. That's 101.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 17 September 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
Of course, but you also don't start with an absurd position. I am involved in negotiations all the time, and we would never demand a settlement we know a company is financially incapable of covering.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
In any case, that may happen, or it may not. Many school systems are open around the world without having had explosions in cases necessitating re-closing. How long does that need to *not* happen for us to decide it's safe to go back in person? Because even a vaccine isn't going to entirely prevent outbreaks.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
If you work for the NYC DOE and have kids you're basically fucked. You have to go into the school where you work, even though it is empty, and your kids do...what? You just pay huge amounts on childcare for them, even though you probably can't afford that on a teacher's salary. Why not let those people work remotely? Is there any advantage to having them in a school building?
And any news on the program announced to help out with stuff like this seems to have gone completely silent: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enrollment-help/learning-bridges
― Position Position, Thursday, 17 September 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
TBF, even teaching from home does not really enable you to care for your kids and you may wind up needing childcare anyway, especially if they are younger and not able to 100% manage remote school on their own. Source: my wife is an NYC DOE teacher.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
Yeah, my wife is an NYC DOE teacher too. Friend of ours is a single mom and a teacher in NYC. She would rather take the chance of managing both kids + job from home and save the $$$ if possible (especially as she can't really afford it). But her principal is giving her a hard no on WFH.
― Position Position, Thursday, 17 September 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link