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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 10h

It’s time to start using the s-word, this is outright theft and a nation can’t function this way

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 10h

From “DEI probe” to…
“Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’:
It was not immediately clear what the president meant and whether the project, known as Gateway, had already been stripped of federal funding.”

In ~two weeks — www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

www.nytimes.com

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 10h

2. If the poll (like polling on K-12, Congress, etc) had questions like “now think of the college you know best/that’s closest to you/your state flagship and do you feel the same way,” I guarantee you there would be a big divergence that would make this a little more nuanced/complicated

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 10h

1. Democrats should really train themselves not to make useless, counterproductive attempts at bipartisanship by putting things into “well of course we all can agree that X is broken” framing

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 12h

Well, this isn't good. But it's not surprising to see distrust of higher education rising across the ideological spectrum given the daily beatings that the industry is absorbing.

Growing share of Americans say the U.S. higher education system is headed in the wrong direction

In both parties, the share that say the higher education system is going in the wrong direction has gone up by at least 10 percentage points since 2020.

www.pewresearch.org

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely outrageous

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 12h

Just trying to get home safe at night

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 12h

The Post’s piece is exonerating him by saying he may have had a stroke, amazing that our police can make these medical diagnoses on the spot

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 14h

New: Rodney Harrison & Isa Abbassi, NYPD veterans with deep cop reform experience, are emerging as possible contenders to become Zohran Mamdani’s NYPD commish if he's elected. Tracie Keesee, another NYPD veteran, has also been floated. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/15/p...

Police veterans with reform chops emerge as potential NYPD commissioner picks for Mamdani

Rodney Harrison and Isa Abbassi,. who both previously served in senior capacities at the NYPD, are being looked at by mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s team as potential candidates for the c…

www.nydailynews.com

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 14h

Lol would love some updates to all those “families from the Northeast are sending their kids to red state state schools for viewpoint diversity and safety” pieces

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Jerry @jerrycakes.bsky.social · 14h

NBC: Nothing But Caucasians

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 14h

I think it should warrant massive, top-level, constant push alerts, all-hands-on-deck drumbeat coverage that one of the architects of the plan to use accusations of antisemitism to weaken US universities has deep ties to a bunch of Nazis, idk

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 14h

A few short years ago this would have been career-ending for Stefanik (and Lawler), but in today’s asymmetrical media environment, it will be immediately downplayed and memory-holed, and soon it will be considered gauche and a sign of weakness for Hochul to even talk about it

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mamdani: "Andrew Cuomo is gonna say a lot of things tomorrow night on the debate stage. And frankly, I wish it was more like Nascar so New Yorkers could see the billionaires that were sponsoring him right on his suit jacket. He watches Fox News as well. So I'll just speak to him directly ... "

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 16h

The NIMBYs are mobilizing, let’s be careful out there!

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 19h

Let me submit again that if you are casting about for things to report on in this race, Cuomo’s resignation amid 13 credible accusations of workplace sexual misconduct, his denial of those accusations, and how City Hall would function day-to-day under a mayor with that baggage is a relevant topic!

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 19h

I guess we’ll have to wait another day for the Times to report out a piece on how a serial sexual harasser would be able to work with women

Today, the Times is dutifully advancing Cuomo campaign talking points on prostitution, in a piece that does not even mention why he resigned as governor

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Cuomo Tries to Make Prostitution an Issue in Mayor's Race
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has criticized Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani over his past support for decriminalizing prostitution. Mr. Mamdani's campaign has not emphasized the issue.
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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has said that Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani supports legalizing prostitution, a claim Mr. Mamdani has called a smear. Graham Dickie for The New York Times
By Benjamin Oreskes
Oct. 15, 2025 Updated 10:37 a.m. ET
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has sought to paint Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as an extremist, has homed in on questions about Mr. Mamdani's stance on prostitution.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 20h

It can’t be said too many times:

Zohran is running for people who actually live here, who like it here, who want to make it better and believe it can be better

Cuomo is running for suburbanites, billionaires, and reactionaries

It’s not a complicated decision!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Is it true that debt is "soaring" & "crushing"? (educationdata.org/student-loan...)

Is it true that "degrees" "don't yield jobs"? (bsky.app/profile/mcop...)

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (Or. The. Magazines).

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 1d

The “what the hell are you talking about Jesse” meme in real life with millions of viewers

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 1d

I am glad that more and more people are getting a glimpse of the Teoscar Hernandez Experience

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 2d

Hope this little guy pulls through.

Again, any time a kid or a senior is plowed into by a car it’s just a massive indictment of Vision Zero’s moving way too slowly and timidly.

Note the illegal tints—buy boots by the hundred thousand and lock them up

www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/13/1...

11-year-old boy critically hurt by hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn

The 11-year-old boy was near Ave. V and Ocean Pkwy. in Gravesend where he was struck around 5:50p.m. by an operator of a Black Acura sedan who was traveling north.

www.nydailynews.com

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 2d

I say go huge and fold it together with a complete tear-down and rebuild of Javits, add some housing and retail, etc

(I know this isn’t feasible)

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

The thing about “city cops are wary of mayoral candidate” stories is those cops don’t live or vote there so you don’t have to care what they think.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 2d

* the Browns’ current stadium opened in 1999, Soldier Field was essentially rebuilt from scratch in 2003; MetLife isn’t the kind of special, wow-factor facility that is going to stand the test of time