Recognize scenes like these? If you live in NYC you do.

Scaffolding in NYC is a good idea run amok. In Manhattan alone there are 4k+ of these sidewalk sheds. Some have been up for years, creating a blight in many neighborhoods.

Today we're releasing a plan to rein this in.🧵

Via The New Yorker

Cutting funding to public libraries is an absolutely terrible idea. nytimes.com/2023/01/11/nyr…

'Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices on Sunday to protest what they falsely believe was a stolen election.' nytimes.com/live/2023/01/0…

I asked an AI to describe a cat and then I put the AI's description of a cat into an AI image generator.

By 1966, the New York Philharmonic was still an all-male orchestra. Today, it has 45 women and 44 men. nytimes.com/2022/11/22/art…

I am looking to interview people in New York who want to share their experiences dealing with noise caused by Local Law 11 (NYC's facade inspection program). If you are interested or know anyone who might be interested, DM me or email me at [email protected]

Gun homicides per million people
Australia: 1.8
US: 41.2

Share of population with mental health disorders
Australia: 19%
US: 17%

Share of population playing video games
Australia: 66%
US: 69%

Guns per million people
Australia: 150,000
US: 1,200,000

Gun homicides per million people
Australia: 1.8
United States: 41.2

Share of population with mental health disorders
Australia: 19%
United States: 17%

'In many states, it is easier to own a gun than a dog.' economist.com/leaders/2022/0…

'Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O’Connor, and David Souter wrote in Casey’s unusual joint opinion that women’s ability to 'participate equally in the economic and social life of the nation' depended on 'their ability to control their reproductive lives.'' nytimes.com/2022/05/05/opi…

Americans will spend an estimated 6.5 billion hours on tax paperwork this year.

This is pretty funny nytimes.com/2021/10/01/wor…

Unruly-passenger investigations by the FAA
2018: 159
2019: 146
2020: 183
2021 (to date): 789

Mass measles vaccination campaigns and increases in routine measles vaccination have saved more than a million lives per year since 2000. And yet they call themselves 'pro-life.'

The United States is now averaging more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths per day for the first time since March 1, according to The New York Times.

A mandate that was never introduced of a vaccine that does not exist apparently did not work.

'I figured that offshoring the U.S. drug supply could have two possible outcomes: Either the quality of drugs worldwide would rise to American standards — or American standards would sink. The demise of the Mylan plant seems to be a story of sinking.' nytimes.com/2021/09/18/opi…

580,466 people were homeless in America on a single night in 2020.

In America, 72% of women want to work for pay, but only 57% are currently in the labor force. That gap represents more than 20 million women.