Brian McDonald
@brianstorm.ing
Artist living in New York City
Ridgewood
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I ride my bike on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BrianMcDonald
Ridgewood
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇵🇸
I ride my bike on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BrianMcDonald
After previously being notified that my NYS essential plan for health insurance would be ending in June of 2026, I've now been notified that I'll be disenrolled at the end of the year and that I have to choose a silver level plan that costs around $500 a month to get cost-sharing reductions.
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
After previously being notified that my NYS essential plan for health insurance would be ending in June of 2026, I've now been notified that I'll be disenrolled at the end of the year and that I have to choose a silver level plan that costs around $500 a month to get cost-sharing reductions.
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This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
How does one go from having a no-cost Essential plan for insurance in NYC to getting the privilege of paying over $6400 before an insurance company will even provide any support without wishing the worst government officials? My sanity and civility depend on the NY Health Act becoming reality! 😂
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
How does one go from having a no-cost Essential plan for insurance in NYC to getting the privilege of paying over $6400 before an insurance company will even provide any support without wishing the worst government officials? My sanity and civility depend on the NY Health Act becoming reality! 😂
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Tired: Running red lights on an e-bike
Wired: Running red lights in a CAR
- NYPD Enforcement Policies, apparently
great report from @sophlebo.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/11/d...
Wired: Running red lights in a CAR
- NYPD Enforcement Policies, apparently
great report from @sophlebo.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/11/d...
Drivers Run Red Light, But Cops Ticket Cyclists at Dangerous Delancey Intersection - Streetsblog New York City
Drivers are zooming onto and off the Williamsburg Bridge in Lower Manhattan by running red lights. But cops are targeting cyclists instead.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tired: Running red lights on an e-bike
Wired: Running red lights in a CAR
- NYPD Enforcement Policies, apparently
great report from @sophlebo.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/11/d...
Wired: Running red lights in a CAR
- NYPD Enforcement Policies, apparently
great report from @sophlebo.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/11/d...
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This coward needs to be gone and every single one who agrees with him
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This coward needs to be gone and every single one who agrees with him
Really wish I wasn't in the midst of health problems so I could fully celebrate this victory! 🥲
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really wish I wasn't in the midst of health problems so I could fully celebrate this victory! 🥲
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I thought “huh, that license plate is clearly defaced to avoid tolls” and sure enough, on April 7th
howsmydrivingny.nyc/t98gbszk
howsmydrivingny.nyc/t98gbszk
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I thought “huh, that license plate is clearly defaced to avoid tolls” and sure enough, on April 7th
howsmydrivingny.nyc/t98gbszk
howsmydrivingny.nyc/t98gbszk
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Hakeem Jeffries is so bad at his job that he’s had months to come up with coherent sentences in response to questions about Mamdani and still doesn’t have any
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is so bad at his job that he’s had months to come up with coherent sentences in response to questions about Mamdani and still doesn’t have any
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Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Chuck Schumer is really sticking it to the people that have been calling out the Democratic gerontocracy as not having it in them anymore by going leaps and bounds beyond his younger counterparts' ability to be out of touch and unpopular.
Schumer won’t say he’ll vote for the Democratic candidate — primary was 124 days ago
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Chuck Schumer is really sticking it to the people that have been calling out the Democratic gerontocracy as not having it in them anymore by going leaps and bounds beyond his younger counterparts' ability to be out of touch and unpopular.
Revisiting this photo as I contemplate ways I can incorporate truly accessible alt text to give more than just generic descriptions of images. I'm always left feeling like I need higher word limits, but do people want to read that much? I never seem to get feedback or many views so it's hard to know
"Worship the hierarchy of capital"
2024, 57th st aka "Billionaire's Row" New York City
#photography #streetphotography #nyc
2024, 57th st aka "Billionaire's Row" New York City
#photography #streetphotography #nyc
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Revisiting this photo as I contemplate ways I can incorporate truly accessible alt text to give more than just generic descriptions of images. I'm always left feeling like I need higher word limits, but do people want to read that much? I never seem to get feedback or many views so it's hard to know
These words might carry some more weight if Jeffries didn't have an equally direct hand in sending billions of dollars to a right wing war criminal in Israel while running cover for their genocidal onslaught and illegal annexation. This is why Democrats remain unpopular
Jeffries: "Do what leaders do as opposed to being missing in actio for 28 days while finding $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina & destroying the historic parts of the WH so he can construct a ballroom where he'll be celebrated like a wannabe king. It's all outrageous stuff."
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
These words might carry some more weight if Jeffries didn't have an equally direct hand in sending billions of dollars to a right wing war criminal in Israel while running cover for their genocidal onslaught and illegal annexation. This is why Democrats remain unpopular
This article ticks all the boxes of media malpractice in framing an illegal & dangerous act that killed someone in the most passive way. The worst part is that someone broke the law and killed someone, and the police filed no charges despite dooring always being the fault of the person who opened it
Another killing on Eric Adams’ unsafe streets. A driver flung open the door into the path of a cyclist without looking (which is illegal). Moreover, there is no protected bike lane on that street. Drivers are increasingly aggressive and murderous when we take the lane. All bad.
Cyclist dies in Queens after crashing into car door opened by driver, police say
The 26-year-old was ejected from his bike and pronounced dead at the hospital.
gothamist.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This article ticks all the boxes of media malpractice in framing an illegal & dangerous act that killed someone in the most passive way. The worst part is that someone broke the law and killed someone, and the police filed no charges despite dooring always being the fault of the person who opened it
Today I rode the train to work for the first time since I was recovering from a bike crash in July 2023, and I left my earbuds at work so I couldn't even take part in my favorite activity of sleepy jams on the train! 😂
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today I rode the train to work for the first time since I was recovering from a bike crash in July 2023, and I left my earbuds at work so I couldn't even take part in my favorite activity of sleepy jams on the train! 😂
I have Chilean aunts and uncles that are my mother's cousins. Learning that Mamdani's culture bears the same family dynamics is an avenue for solidarity, and it is bizarre for a "pressing" like this to take place on a network that broadcasts in Spanish.
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I have Chilean aunts and uncles that are my mother's cousins. Learning that Mamdani's culture bears the same family dynamics is an avenue for solidarity, and it is bizarre for a "pressing" like this to take place on a network that broadcasts in Spanish.
We have an answer to the first question since it's not a new problem: You have to be determined, tough, & lucky, or have wealthy parents to subsidize your life/work, aka very lucky. Another question is: What shows in the quality of art/music/culture when this is the barrier for sustainability?
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We have an answer to the first question since it's not a new problem: You have to be determined, tough, & lucky, or have wealthy parents to subsidize your life/work, aka very lucky. Another question is: What shows in the quality of art/music/culture when this is the barrier for sustainability?
As Cuomo & crew lean even more into hate and bigotry, the New York Times also further welds itself to its commitment to fence sitting as it presents racist phrases as things "often used as an insult by the right" rather than simply for what they are.
Mamdani Says Rivals Are Pushing Hate as Mayor’s Race Enters Last Stretch
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As Cuomo & crew lean even more into hate and bigotry, the New York Times also further welds itself to its commitment to fence sitting as it presents racist phrases as things "often used as an insult by the right" rather than simply for what they are.
I feel like my wholesome posts get seen by no one, and my commitment to alt text is largely unnoticed, and my efforts to recognize and build mutual interest community isn't working on Bluesky. Far less effort gets me much more interaction on threads and I'd rather not be there 😂
Hey quick tip: you’ll have more success communicating with strangers on here if you’re not a weirdly aggressive and offputting little freak that no one likes
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I feel like my wholesome posts get seen by no one, and my commitment to alt text is largely unnoticed, and my efforts to recognize and build mutual interest community isn't working on Bluesky. Far less effort gets me much more interaction on threads and I'd rather not be there 😂
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Obviously there is so much more to be mad about these days, but it will never not be funny to me that these morons always preach about the "beauty of neo-classicist" architecture, which was all based off the idea that everything in Rome was white, when in reality, Rome probably looked tacky AF.
Willful blindness: the myth of white marble statues
www.carolynanderson.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Obviously there is so much more to be mad about these days, but it will never not be funny to me that these morons always preach about the "beauty of neo-classicist" architecture, which was all based off the idea that everything in Rome was white, when in reality, Rome probably looked tacky AF.
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Ahh, I see. According to the NYTimes, it sounds like Rich Azzopardi asked for the incredibly racist Cuomo AI ad to be taken down so quickly because he hadn’t finished making it racist enough. Classic blunder.
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Ahh, I see. According to the NYTimes, it sounds like Rich Azzopardi asked for the incredibly racist Cuomo AI ad to be taken down so quickly because he hadn’t finished making it racist enough. Classic blunder.
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Hochul will absolutely not do this even though the moment demands it as the bare minimum.
California is readying a one-time 5% tax on billionaires for the 2026 ballot that would go toward compensating for Trump's Medicaid cuts. The architects see it as a national model.
It will be announced today.
It will be announced today.
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hochul will absolutely not do this even though the moment demands it as the bare minimum.
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So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?
I've been getting invited to more mostly NYC (but also some general US-related) political polling lately and I've yet to complete one that hasn't asked me about Israel.
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I've been getting invited to more mostly NYC (but also some general US-related) political polling lately and I've yet to complete one that hasn't asked me about Israel.
I've seen enough. Curtis Sliwa has won the election for mayor of Nextdoor NYC!
October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I've seen enough. Curtis Sliwa has won the election for mayor of Nextdoor NYC!