Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲
@noneck.org
Be realistic; demand the impossible!
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; 🇵🇷; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; 🇵🇷; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
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Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
When Federal Agents are shooting US Citizens in the face, while peacefully protesting, and nearly killing them, when does the far right start complaining about tyranny?
It seems like the far right's hypocrisy is on full display.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It seems like the far right's hypocrisy is on full display.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
When Federal Agents are shooting US Citizens in the face, while peacefully protesting, and nearly killing them, when does the far right start complaining about tyranny?
It seems like the far right's hypocrisy is on full display.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It seems like the far right's hypocrisy is on full display.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Thankful to @andreaflores.bsky.social for connecting with me for today's edition of Pressing Issues.
How We Got to Minneapolis
How We Got to Minneapolis
How We Got to Minneapolis
Andrea Flores on the roots of government violence and what it will take to stop it
pressingissues.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Thankful to @andreaflores.bsky.social for connecting with me for today's edition of Pressing Issues.
How We Got to Minneapolis
How We Got to Minneapolis
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What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
January 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
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my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...
A Long History of Betrayal
Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.
foreignpolicy.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...
As an Adams' transition team member, we were asked to break off into teams and take up different ideas. A dear friend, who was also on the transition committee, was pushing "city coins."
After NYC failed to materialize, the whole stack crashed. The original concept = www.citycoins.co/citycoins-faq
After NYC failed to materialize, the whole stack crashed. The original concept = www.citycoins.co/citycoins-faq
January 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
As an Adams' transition team member, we were asked to break off into teams and take up different ideas. A dear friend, who was also on the transition committee, was pushing "city coins."
After NYC failed to materialize, the whole stack crashed. The original concept = www.citycoins.co/citycoins-faq
After NYC failed to materialize, the whole stack crashed. The original concept = www.citycoins.co/citycoins-faq
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The best part of this DSA cap, people see it and ask "Fax the rich?!"
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The best part of this DSA cap, people see it and ask "Fax the rich?!"
I just pre-ordered the audio book!
And I will have to call up my LBS to get a physical copy.
@meredith.cc thanks for sharing.
And I will have to call up my LBS to get a physical copy.
@meredith.cc thanks for sharing.
Just pre-ordered @novicsara.bsky.social's new book "Mother Tongue" - cannot wait for May!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670270...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670270...
Mother Tongue by Sara Novic: 9780593241530 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The New York Times bestselling author of True Biz retraces her path out of the hearing world and into the deaf community—and seeks to understand what it means to raise children who are different...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I just pre-ordered the audio book!
And I will have to call up my LBS to get a physical copy.
@meredith.cc thanks for sharing.
And I will have to call up my LBS to get a physical copy.
@meredith.cc thanks for sharing.
#BikeNYC's graffiti bridge has a beautiful new tag only visage from the right angle.
Thank you to the team who did this.
Thank you to the team who did this.
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
#BikeNYC's graffiti bridge has a beautiful new tag only visage from the right angle.
Thank you to the team who did this.
Thank you to the team who did this.
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Abolish ICE
This video shows ICE holding children hostage to bait parents out of their homes.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Abolish ICE
Every time I see an ICE recruitment ad on social media, I report it as offensive material.
Why do they want a physically broken middle aged guy?
Remember, to do your part and flag their propaganda!!!
Why do they want a physically broken middle aged guy?
Remember, to do your part and flag their propaganda!!!
a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and glasses .
ALT: a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and glasses .
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Every time I see an ICE recruitment ad on social media, I report it as offensive material.
Why do they want a physically broken middle aged guy?
Remember, to do your part and flag their propaganda!!!
Why do they want a physically broken middle aged guy?
Remember, to do your part and flag their propaganda!!!
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For 10 years, we've convened a global community, with a shared interest in how digital tools can defend and advance democracy, via our TICTeC conference. Now we're surveying the current state of affairs to provide applicable learnings for all. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-l... .
Shifting landscapes: What we’ve learned from TICTeC - Report launch event
Exploring how digital tech and AI is being used to defend and advance democracy, inspired by insights from the global TICTeC community.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
For 10 years, we've convened a global community, with a shared interest in how digital tools can defend and advance democracy, via our TICTeC conference. Now we're surveying the current state of affairs to provide applicable learnings for all. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-l... .
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
The worst people
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The worst people
If you know ANYTHING about NYC's government structure, you know we have these things called Community Boards.
When I see smart people write things like this, I KNOW they have NOT researched popular assemblies in New York City.
jacobin.com/2025/12/mamd...
When I see smart people write things like this, I KNOW they have NOT researched popular assemblies in New York City.
jacobin.com/2025/12/mamd...
Zohran Needs to Create Popular Assemblies
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up...
jacobin.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
If you know ANYTHING about NYC's government structure, you know we have these things called Community Boards.
When I see smart people write things like this, I KNOW they have NOT researched popular assemblies in New York City.
jacobin.com/2025/12/mamd...
When I see smart people write things like this, I KNOW they have NOT researched popular assemblies in New York City.
jacobin.com/2025/12/mamd...
I wonder if this is the same app ICE is using to document engagements...
"Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a 'confidence score' .... ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based."
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I wonder if this is the same app ICE is using to document engagements...
FASCINATING. Industrialization of warfare & private car ownership killed the Great Coat!!
When you look at WW2 garments, you can see the shift!!!
youtu.be/j_jIOAnVhTE?...
When you look at WW2 garments, you can see the shift!!!
youtu.be/j_jIOAnVhTE?...
YOU SHOULD OWN A GREATCOAT
YouTube video by Americana Pipedream Apparel
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
FASCINATING. Industrialization of warfare & private car ownership killed the Great Coat!!
When you look at WW2 garments, you can see the shift!!!
youtu.be/j_jIOAnVhTE?...
When you look at WW2 garments, you can see the shift!!!
youtu.be/j_jIOAnVhTE?...
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Who lives in the Brooklyn Navy Yard?
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Who lives in the Brooklyn Navy Yard?
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NUICE!!!
The construction and maintenance of cities is the largest undertaking of human society. Check out our new paper where we calculate the construction emissions and carbon budgets of more than 1,000 cities around the world!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
NUICE!!!
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Got to say I don’t like how some deaf people are now pushing to use AI-generated sign language technology to create content with.
You can film yourself or film someone else signing, don’t use AI.
You can film yourself or film someone else signing, don’t use AI.
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Got to say I don’t like how some deaf people are now pushing to use AI-generated sign language technology to create content with.
You can film yourself or film someone else signing, don’t use AI.
You can film yourself or film someone else signing, don’t use AI.