Brendan Gray
@brendan-gray.bsky.social
coffee-based lifeform - lighting+production designer for events+entertainment ~ cyclist/geek/safer streets. Brooklyn, NY USA
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Appeasement didn’t work in the 1930s. Why should anybody imagine it will succeed in the 2020s? Trump needs a sharp reminder that Europe stands together. One effective way would be for all their football teams to withdraw from the World Cup. The tournament would lose any credibility in that case!
January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Appeasement didn’t work in the 1930s. Why should anybody imagine it will succeed in the 2020s? Trump needs a sharp reminder that Europe stands together. One effective way would be for all their football teams to withdraw from the World Cup. The tournament would lose any credibility in that case!
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If you want some good news, flu hospitalizations are going down in NYC rapidly
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
If you want some good news, flu hospitalizations are going down in NYC rapidly
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2026 - Community Outreach
2027 - Design Completion
2028 - Construction for 24 months
This started in ***2019***
@mayor.nyc.gov please rescue us from ourselves
2027 - Design Completion
2028 - Construction for 24 months
This started in ***2019***
@mayor.nyc.gov please rescue us from ourselves
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
2026 - Community Outreach
2027 - Design Completion
2028 - Construction for 24 months
This started in ***2019***
@mayor.nyc.gov please rescue us from ourselves
2027 - Design Completion
2028 - Construction for 24 months
This started in ***2019***
@mayor.nyc.gov please rescue us from ourselves
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It’s 2026, we have to fight fascists, climate change, and this nonsense.
Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI
As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot lovers
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
It’s 2026, we have to fight fascists, climate change, and this nonsense.
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Patiently waiting for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to also announce that work will resume on the Ashland Place bike lane missing block. It was left in such a ridiculously unsafe state by the corrupt Adams Administration.
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Patiently waiting for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to also announce that work will resume on the Ashland Place bike lane missing block. It was left in such a ridiculously unsafe state by the corrupt Adams Administration.
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The city can veto annual subscription increases, but the de Blasio admin gave Lyft 100% control over ebike pricing
This morning, Citi Bike announced new rate hikes for the upcoming year.
Citi Bike is already the most expensive bike share program in the United States.
It’s time to finally publicly fund this program and bring it in line with major bike share systems around the world.
Citi Bike is already the most expensive bike share program in the United States.
It’s time to finally publicly fund this program and bring it in line with major bike share systems around the world.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Citi Bike Rate Hikes — Transportation Alternatives
More than twice as many New Yorkers ride a Citi Bike every year as the Staten Island Ferry. Citi Bike is already the most expensive bike share program in the United States. NEW YORK — This ...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The city can veto annual subscription increases, but the de Blasio admin gave Lyft 100% control over ebike pricing
Y’all weren’t kidding about the seats on these new Acela cars. Lots of other weird/poor choices. That said- our train is without a cafe attendant and they are just giving away the food and drinks (no hot stuff or alcohol)
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Y’all weren’t kidding about the seats on these new Acela cars. Lots of other weird/poor choices. That said- our train is without a cafe attendant and they are just giving away the food and drinks (no hot stuff or alcohol)
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The NY TWU turned opposed congestion pricing as well. Really seems like they're laser-focused on extracting the rents they can from a static or declining system rather than participating in a positive-sum program to expand transit service to more New Yorkers
the reaction from the TWU President:
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The NY TWU turned opposed congestion pricing as well. Really seems like they're laser-focused on extracting the rents they can from a static or declining system rather than participating in a positive-sum program to expand transit service to more New Yorkers
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Of course they did.
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Of course they did.
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Alex Ovechkin becomes first player in NHL history to score 900 goals russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2025/11/05/a...
Alex Ovechkin becomes first player in NHL history to score 900 goals
Alex Ovechkin just made history against the St. Louis Blues, and in incredible fashion. Ovechkin beat Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington to score…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Alex Ovechkin becomes first player in NHL history to score 900 goals russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2025/11/05/a...
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That last line. Oof. That's how you do it.
Zohran Mamdani just released a statement about Cuomo working with Trump:
August 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
That last line. Oof. That's how you do it.
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This block would have been covered by the road diet Mayor Adams cancelled earlier this year @nyc.streetsblog.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This block would have been covered by the road diet Mayor Adams cancelled earlier this year @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Incredible new @chiosse.bsky.social video with @ilanaglazer.com on how New York became so unaffordable
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Incredible new @chiosse.bsky.social video with @ilanaglazer.com on how New York became so unaffordable
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It *is* kind of wild how the dominant aesthetics of the new fascist movement are AI slop and cosmetic surgery so excessive you look like the Black Hole Sun music video. Nobody ever told them “no that’s a bad idea” and they’ve scared off or pushed away anyone who might.
July 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It *is* kind of wild how the dominant aesthetics of the new fascist movement are AI slop and cosmetic surgery so excessive you look like the Black Hole Sun music video. Nobody ever told them “no that’s a bad idea” and they’ve scared off or pushed away anyone who might.
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Congestion pricing in New York is following the same public opinion polling trajectory it followed in London and Stockholm. Sometimes, just getting something done is the way to make it popular.
The wording of the question has changed, but congestion pricing is now at -2 statewide; +10 in NYC in this month's Siena poll. That's a 20 point swing from -22 statewide shortly before launch in December.
December poll: scri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
May poll: scri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
December poll: scri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
May poll: scri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Congestion pricing in New York is following the same public opinion polling trajectory it followed in London and Stockholm. Sometimes, just getting something done is the way to make it popular.
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Look, you big pathetic baby. You can drive your car. To access one small part of NYC by car, you have to pay slightly more than the amount those of us who ride the subway do to take a round trip. Stop crying, Sean Duffy.
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Duffy: "She wants to take people off the road and she's taxing people to do it, raising money for the subway system in New York. But then, to put people in the subway -- the subway is dirty! There's violence. There's criminals. It's not safe ... By the way, I like freedom. Let me drive my car."
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Look, you big pathetic baby. You can drive your car. To access one small part of NYC by car, you have to pay slightly more than the amount those of us who ride the subway do to take a round trip. Stop crying, Sean Duffy.
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JON WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRIAL BAGEL?
April 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
JON WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRIAL BAGEL?
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Bill Ackman giving a quarter mil to get Cuomo the NYC mayoralty should tell you all you need to know about the both of them
April 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bill Ackman giving a quarter mil to get Cuomo the NYC mayoralty should tell you all you need to know about the both of them
I really enjoy “Slow Horses” but the color grading in Season 4 has gotten bit extreme.
March 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I really enjoy “Slow Horses” but the color grading in Season 4 has gotten bit extreme.
Lotta red @wshcapitals.bsky.social jerseys in the audience for this away game against San Jose!
March 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Lotta red @wshcapitals.bsky.social jerseys in the audience for this away game against San Jose!
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It's sus how little PP time Aliaksei Protas gets
Aliaksei Protas deserves power-play time
Aliaksei Protas is one of the NHL's biggest breakout players of 2024-25. He has more points this season (58) than he did…
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March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's sus how little PP time Aliaksei Protas gets
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“The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a ‘breath of fresh air…’”
November 2024 apnews.com/article/delt...
That air ain’t so fresh anymore, is it Ed?
November 2024 apnews.com/article/delt...
That air ain’t so fresh anymore, is it Ed?
Delta Slashes Earnings Guidance, Cites Sinking Consumer Confidence
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Delta Slashes Earnings Guidance, Cites Sinking Consumer Confidence
Delta Air Lines has massively updated its guidance for the first quarter, citing sinking consumer confidence. This isn't good for airlines.
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March 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a ‘breath of fresh air…’”
November 2024 apnews.com/article/delt...
That air ain’t so fresh anymore, is it Ed?
November 2024 apnews.com/article/delt...
That air ain’t so fresh anymore, is it Ed?
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The best thing New Yorkers can do to say F you to Trump is ensure that neither Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo are mayor in Jan 2026.
February 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The best thing New Yorkers can do to say F you to Trump is ensure that neither Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo are mayor in Jan 2026.
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Hochul needs to remove Eric Adams from office. He can't be trusted to ever do the right thing for New York City.
Eric Adams didn't even get a quid pro quo from Trump—he got an open-ended threat of renewed prosecution if he ever crosses the administration
February 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Hochul needs to remove Eric Adams from office. He can't be trusted to ever do the right thing for New York City.