What was wrong with the old style of voting, like where everyone gets one vote
― calstars, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
Lots of things rly
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
pee after sex or you’ll get an rcv— vacation ember 🐺 (@embernic) June 29, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
Here's a treat of a story about being an NYC poll worker:
Oh boy. Gonna break my twitter silence for a hot minute to talk about this election. I was a poll worker at a site that will remain nameless because I'd like to be allowed to do it again. Buckle up, buttercups, we're on an express elevator to hell, going down... https://t.co/t4IJRpHvvU— every cop is a policy failure (@Dr_Memory) July 1, 2021
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
oh god.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
made it about 10 tweets through that thread before closing my laptop in anger
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 July 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
I honestly don't understand the commotion about RCV. I thought it was obvious and easy to navigate. Yes I know everyone says it will be harder for "the elderly" which I'm sure that's true for some but there are mentally alert elderly people too. What I *do* know is that elected officials who had been in office for multiple terms and had budgets for community outreach DIDN'T DO COMMUNITY EDUCATION early enough, probably because some of them were trying to stop it from happening.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 1 July 2021 23:37 (two years ago) link
oof
Eric Adams: 50.5Kathryn Garcia: 49.5--Fin--https://t.co/qGzrF0xeVf— David Freedlander (@freedlander) July 6, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Looks like Wiley's votes went 2-to-1 to Garcia, but still wasn't enough.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Very annoying
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
That's an 8400-vote margin with 139,459 inactive ballots. Dammit.— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) July 6, 2021
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
New York has had a Black mayor. New York has never had a female mayor. This is a much closer result than I expected.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 00:11 (two years ago) link
Yuck
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
bleahhh.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 11:57 (two years ago) link
So you think there is a way to use stop-and-frisk that isn’t abusive?Well, there’s a word that’s missing in there. It’s called stop, question, and frisk. So 2 o’clock in the morning, you look out your door, you see a person standing in front of your house. He places a gun in his waistband. You go to call the police, I hope. That police officer responds. He needs to be able to question that person, “What are you doing with that gun?” If we’re telling police officers you can’t question people, we are jeopardizing the safety of the city. Police officers must follow the rules to be able to question if there’s reasonable suspicion that someone is carrying that firearm. That’s not what we were doing. We were stopping and frisking people based on their ethnicities and based on the communities they were in. That will never happen under my administration.
Well, there’s a word that’s missing in there. It’s called stop, question, and frisk. So 2 o’clock in the morning, you look out your door, you see a person standing in front of your house. He places a gun in his waistband. You go to call the police, I hope. That police officer responds. He needs to be able to question that person, “What are you doing with that gun?” If we’re telling police officers you can’t question people, we are jeopardizing the safety of the city. Police officers must follow the rules to be able to question if there’s reasonable suspicion that someone is carrying that firearm. That’s not what we were doing. We were stopping and frisking people based on their ethnicities and based on the communities they were in. That will never happen under my administration.
Greeeeat
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
What a dumb answer. That's actually responding to a call, it doesn't have anything to do with stop-and-frisk, and the only reason to say it in response to that question is to avoid saying you're against stop-and-frisk.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
"Obviously we should be able to STOP someone who just fired gunshots and then FRISK them to see if they have a gun! So therefore I don't think we should completely end stop-and-frisk!"
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
"stop, question, and frisk" = it's fine to stop and frisk someone as long as you interrogate them also
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
Which, i mean, they always do anyway
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
he was vocally against stop-and-frisk earlier in his career, maybe this'll be one of the many campaign promises he breaks en route to tammany hall 2021
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
Shahana Hanif, the councilperson i voted for appears to have won. https://www.shahanafrombk.comLander and Williams seem to have won handily as well. Adams seems a putz but generally the voting at the borough and district level seems progressive and positive. i have hope.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
Eric Adams dined this evening at Rao’s with John Catsimatidis and Bo Dietl pic.twitter.com/bV0LPiPQc5— David Freedlander (@freedlander) July 9, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 9 July 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
I read that for a moment as Eric Adams died this evening
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 July 2021 03:38 (two years ago) link
This guy is not good.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Friday, 9 July 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
don't panic, he was just trying to negotiate a way to get vinyl back on hbo
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 July 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
That show is not good.
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 July 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
does kinda seem like a show that eric adams would like, though
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 July 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
I should watch one episode of that now that I have HBO Max. Just to see if it's really as bad as people say. (I already hate most "prestige TV," so I'll likely hate it even more than other people did, but my morbid curiosity is strong.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 9 July 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
People on Twitter are eulogizing the Astor Place Kmart. It never meant anything to me but apparently it was a very weird Kmart and people liked to rendezvous there before going out on the town.
― Josefa, Monday, 12 July 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
Lovely eulogy (from 2018, slightly premature) by ILM's own AlexInNYC:
Once upon at time, Kmart stood out like a cow pie on a prayer rug. Now it’s basically just a field of cow-pies, to use an incongruously rural analogy.
https://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2018/01/sunset-on-the-astor-place-kmart-.html
― o. nate, Monday, 12 July 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
it was a weirdass kmart and everytime i went in there it felt like entering a retail tardis
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
Alex otm, mosly. RIP. I didn't live down there but didn't mind it, occasionally had a need to go in there and enjoyed seeing it from the subway platform.
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
Ha, forks.
My only time there was Christmas shopping with my wife and looking for legos for someone. Let's just say I've seen swap meets in rural PA with a less discarded and depressed vibe.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Monday, 12 July 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
It was the NYU Kmart obv.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Monday, 12 July 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
All hail this king with the 40-foot RV, small car in tow, camping out on my block this week. He parked here after street cleaning on Monday. If NYC is going to give away public land for free, long-term car storage, people may as well turn it into affordable housing. pic.twitter.com/SViFC9GGBz— Aaron Naparstek (@Naparstek) July 13, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 04:46 (two years ago) link
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/the-bqe-is-covered-in-peppers-seek-alternate-routes/3174959
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 July 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Yeah we’re running it a little bit hot tonightI can barely see the road from the habanero comin off of it
― calstars, Monday, 26 July 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
Another suicide at the vessel https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/teen-boy-dies-after-jumping-from-vessel-at-hudson-yards
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
Oh no
― calstars, Friday, 30 July 2021 12:11 (two years ago) link
Ugh
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 July 2021 12:12 (two years ago) link
close that thing down wtf
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 30 July 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
what a completely horrible addition to the city that place has been. Who would have thought?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 30 July 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link
The mall itself is beautiful but have never really taken to the vessel. Looks like a high school notebook doodle gone awry
― calstars, Friday, 30 July 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
Not NYC but Governor Cuomo is going down! good riddance to that jerk, always hated his BS tough guy energy.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Good
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
Fantastic if true.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
I don't literally mean if it's true, of course it's true, I mean I don't want to underestimate his wiggling out of things power.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
honestly think requiring vaccines to go to the gym will move the needle the most
BREAKING: NYC to require screening for vaccination for entry to bars, nightclubs, restaurants, gyms etc. Will take effect in Sept.This is a critical measure to slow the rapid spread of Delta here, and to incentivize vaccination.https://t.co/QIWoRu2gGj— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) August 3, 2021
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link