Tim “Positive Subway” Smith
@positivesubway.bsky.social
One time Joe Lhota said he wanted to see some positive tweets about the subway, and I answered the call. Repeal Hecht-Calandra. NYCDOE/NYCPS parent emeritus. All content is handcrafted _just_ for you and represents my personal opinions only
That reminds me, NYU doesn’t want people to see the acceptance rate for the full-pay international students who comprise 26% of undergraduates
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
That reminds me, NYU doesn’t want people to see the acceptance rate for the full-pay international students who comprise 26% of undergraduates
I don’t think that ostensible Democrats/leftists should enthusiastically participate in the decades-long Republican project to discredit, disparage, and defund universities
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I don’t think that ostensible Democrats/leftists should enthusiastically participate in the decades-long Republican project to discredit, disparage, and defund universities
A heartwarming holiday tale from the intersection of big-time college athletics and traffic safety
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A heartwarming holiday tale from the intersection of big-time college athletics and traffic safety
It’s awesome that the same readership that was whipped up into an Islamophobic frenzy by this paper is now being whipped up into a frenzy because the mayor isn’t taking staffing recommendations from the freaking Manhattan Institute, “elections have consequences” doesn’t apply when libs win, I guess
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It’s awesome that the same readership that was whipped up into an Islamophobic frenzy by this paper is now being whipped up into a frenzy because the mayor isn’t taking staffing recommendations from the freaking Manhattan Institute, “elections have consequences” doesn’t apply when libs win, I guess
otoh I almost respect Place’s sticking to its guns and not scrubbing its website of pro-Cuomo content like the New York City Charter School Center has
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
otoh I almost respect Place’s sticking to its guns and not scrubbing its website of pro-Cuomo content like the New York City Charter School Center has
It’s OUTRAGEOUS that PLACE NYC isn’t getting a prime seat in Zohran’s inner circle, I insist on speaking to the manager
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It’s OUTRAGEOUS that PLACE NYC isn’t getting a prime seat in Zohran’s inner circle, I insist on speaking to the manager
I’m wondering whether the paid facilitator is paid not to say stuff like that is freaking crazy?
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m wondering whether the paid facilitator is paid not to say stuff like that is freaking crazy?
Do not ever change, New York Times
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Do not ever change, New York Times
The underlying NY Mag piece isn’t as interesting as the Post would lead you to believe but it does include what is now my new favorite Mamdani-related online put-down
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The underlying NY Mag piece isn’t as interesting as the Post would lead you to believe but it does include what is now my new favorite Mamdani-related online put-down
Folks pardon my plain-spoken Kathy Hochul-style language but any time you see something like this you can rest assured that whatever follows is going to be a bunch of self-serving motivated horseshit
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Folks pardon my plain-spoken Kathy Hochul-style language but any time you see something like this you can rest assured that whatever follows is going to be a bunch of self-serving motivated horseshit
tl;dr: the typical NYCPS student (but especially poorer and lower-achieving students) gets into their first choice for HS. The competition is among a narrow slice of higher-achieving, higher-income students to get into a tiny handful of higher-income schools with lower-needs students 4/4
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
tl;dr: the typical NYCPS student (but especially poorer and lower-achieving students) gets into their first choice for HS. The competition is among a narrow slice of higher-achieving, higher-income students to get into a tiny handful of higher-income schools with lower-needs students 4/4
Elise Stefanik is, in fact, full of shit.
Her official campaign site still has praise up for the New York State Young Republicans who she supposedly renounced for being Nazis and racists, for example!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Her official campaign site still has praise up for the New York State Young Republicans who she supposedly renounced for being Nazis and racists, for example!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Elise Stefanik is, in fact, full of shit.
Her official campaign site still has praise up for the New York State Young Republicans who she supposedly renounced for being Nazis and racists, for example!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Her official campaign site still has praise up for the New York State Young Republicans who she supposedly renounced for being Nazis and racists, for example!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
It was like war except when the hooligans and ruffians paused to say they were from the Bronx
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It was like war except when the hooligans and ruffians paused to say they were from the Bronx
Sorry, Cuomo, it’s time to put up or shut up. And take Bulldog Strategies with you
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sorry, Cuomo, it’s time to put up or shut up. And take Bulldog Strategies with you
If Vicky Paladino and her extremely manly adult son had embraced traffic circles and other safe-streets architecture, none of this would have happened.
They fought to keep this big field of asphalt with donut circles visible from outer space, so….
They fought to keep this big field of asphalt with donut circles visible from outer space, so….
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If Vicky Paladino and her extremely manly adult son had embraced traffic circles and other safe-streets architecture, none of this would have happened.
They fought to keep this big field of asphalt with donut circles visible from outer space, so….
They fought to keep this big field of asphalt with donut circles visible from outer space, so….
Filing away a 2025 US Open courtesy SUV with no license plates or registration being stored for weeks on a half-empty street a leisurely 5-minute walk from one of the neighborhood’s densest apartment tower corridors for the next time my councilman and assemblyman scream about the war on parking
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Filing away a 2025 US Open courtesy SUV with no license plates or registration being stored for weeks on a half-empty street a leisurely 5-minute walk from one of the neighborhood’s densest apartment tower corridors for the next time my councilman and assemblyman scream about the war on parking
Mayoral control’s strongest soldier deep in the comments section……
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Mayoral control’s strongest soldier deep in the comments section……
A 30-year-old being named to the department’s top legislative job and his politician father’s refusing to recuse himself from discussions as to whether his son’s girlfriend should stay on as chancellor—uh, quick, someone get a Bloomfield or Collins quote about the “bad old days”
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A 30-year-old being named to the department’s top legislative job and his politician father’s refusing to recuse himself from discussions as to whether his son’s girlfriend should stay on as chancellor—uh, quick, someone get a Bloomfield or Collins quote about the “bad old days”
How ‘bout getting off of these antibiotics?
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
How ‘bout getting off of these antibiotics?
New flock forming
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New flock forming
….and this hawk put an end to all that
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
….and this hawk put an end to all that
They are gossiping about which humans in the neighborhood have or haven’t donated to @thecity.nyc
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
They are gossiping about which humans in the neighborhood have or haven’t donated to @thecity.nyc
A literal “here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden” piece, lolll
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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A literal “here’s why that’s bad news for Joe Biden” piece, lolll
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