JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 2h[WWII posting disclaimer] Wild to read how the allies kept out running their supplies and once they captured the port of Antwerp (but not the 100km of Sheldt estuaries that make the port accessible), they decided to try for a triple parlay via Market Gsrden instead of clearing the Schedlt. 020
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 4hI wonder if they can find a racist way to say Indians owning a large plurality of motels in the US is a national policy problem to be rectified. Sounds crazy. Except theyre nuts about South Asian IT workers and they’re already going after Sikh truck drivers! All they know is racism. 141
Reposted by JarekFADave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16hPlenty going on of course but the admin deciding to accept essentially NO refugees except for thousands of white South Africans is among the most batshit racist things the US government has done in a century 416935
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 18hThe Mike Lawler ad of the parents crying that Kathy’s sanctuary city policy killed their daughter was really disturbing. But like, it just made me want to turn away. Not vote for Mike. 110
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 18hDo any soccer journo/soccer data people know if Elon Musk’s X is suppressing this Klopp story calling out German racist fans as losers? @philippeauclair.bsky.social @themlg.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social @michaelcaley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comJürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’ 141
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 21hI really don’t understand this one. Is TikTok the new aaaignment editor? You don’t even see him doing a flip in the “viral” video (unless I was looking at the wrong videos). It’s just a poorly filmed argument thru a drive thru window? 040
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 22hIt is more humane! And they should bring back the death penalty in NJ. But the only means of execution is by combining it with your last meal, which is at a nice diner, where you sit and face the door, until a guy with a members only jacket shoots you in the back of the head without warning. 140
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 22hStill waiting for a moderate to pull a “yah, I get that the trans thing can be a little weird, especially when they start talking about kids, but we really need to be careful we don’t base policy on “ickiness” that others may cause us to feel, as that won’t lead anywhere good. To wit, we’re already 110
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Despite being from the community - I am a bit tired of reading the same article about Detroit area.Jews in the Michigan Senate race. The group I am more interested to read about, are the Michigan Chaldeans (Iraqi Catholics) who as a whole, are a demographic seemingly designed to be pro-MAGA. 140
Reposted by JarekFANolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This thread has the video of the MTA rolling stock group chief's presentation to the MTA board; plus the slides as presented to the board; plus the letter from the Governor to the feds asking for a tariff exemption for Made in America (Buy America compliant) buses and trains. 183
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sucks that Eastwood won his best director Oscar for Million Dollar Baby (instead of Alexander Payne for Sideways), because he really deserved it for Letters from Iwo Jima (Scorsese won for the Departed that year). 220
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mr. Scarlett Johansson (Colin Jost) spotted riding an e-Citibike on the Hudson River Greenway this evening. 414214
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@hunterw.bsky.social that was me on 4th Ave shouting your name. Saw you at the last second - hey, that’s Hunter! 110
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Section 109 row 1 you say: umterps.com/galleries/wo...umterps.comgalleriesMaryland Women's Basketball vs. #3 Iowa Photo Gallery 110
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Remember when Saudi Arabia wasted hundreds of billions on The Line- an 80 mile straight line city, conceptualized via cocaine. What if - instead of the Line being a city, they skinnied it into a rail line (freight and passenger)! 020
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mission Accomplished @speakermenin.bsky.social! One less e-bike to harass pedestrians! 1175
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Such Bluesky relatable sentiments from these Kamikaze pilots: 140
Reposted by JarekFANathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Aminata Seck was taken by ICE at Louisville’s Airport on August 7 during a trip to attend the HBCU all-star game in New York. She is a senior and last year started 20 of 26 games, earning 3rd-team all-conference honors and an SIAC Elite 16 award for academic achievement.theguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious. 213736
Reposted by JarekFARachael Fauss @rachaelfauss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thanks to NY’s Freedom of Information Law, we obtained the “collaboration agreement” Amtrak is pushing the MTA to sign on Penn Station. I wrote in today’s @nydailynews.com about why the MTA should reject it, and why the project is a bad deal for New York. www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/25/t...nydailynews.comTrump’s Penn Station deal is bad for N.Y.Thanks to the state Freedom of Information Law, we at Reinvent Albany got a copy of the Penn Station “collaboration agreement” Amtrak has been pushing the MTA to sign. As lifelong NYC transit advocate... 051
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 25/09/20262 weeks free for an Asia trip this summer. Japan for all 2 weeks? Or would it be worthwhile to try to see Korea too. Family thinks we should just do Japan. It’s only 15 days and 3-4 of it is already taken up by travel. Still thinking it over. 140
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I love how Apple thinks I drive still. It knows I take the BK Bridge for my commute. But it should also know it takes me between 38 and 43 minutes regardless of weather/traffic. 221
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I love prestige TV, what can I say. Other than Gotham but that’s my guilty pleasure. It was supposed to be a Batman origin story but it ended up being the commissioner Gordon origin story with @benmckenzie.bsky.social punching out the bad guys at the end of each episode. 030
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’ve got your solution. Just lay off a small bet against your team. Can’t lose strategy! 000
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump is such a contrarian, he heard us all yell at W “No War for Oil” and so he thought he’d one up him with, No Oil for War! We’re supposed to go to war to secure necessary resources. Not block ourselves from such resources. He’s so stupid. 010
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s kind of funny how gender is everything and the media loves the Right and so they’ve forced us to listen to these right wing racists for their “enlightened” perspective and what not. But I can’t get over how one looks like an old lesbian and the other one is quite obviously gay. 000
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I had the funniest exchange at my annual co-op meeting. The NIMBYs were all excited over their campaign to get the new all night outdoor neighborhood dance club more noise violation tickets (laudable) but when we discussed our recent rat problem, they mentioned a building near us that was 120
Reposted by JarekFAWalter MOONdale @dabenner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Pretty good. Prettay prettay good 2182
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I first saw BNL in concert practically 30 years ago. I even remember the opener, some cool looking dude named Duncan. I wonder what he’s up to . . . . Oh. 020
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Could probably recruit an Internationale Foamers for this mission. Look at that catenary!! 000
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So I am at the point in this book where the US invasion force got wrecked at Tarawa and so I wanted to see if I could find online a layout of the Japanese defenses. It took me about 5 mins to realize that I was actually reading a turn-based strategy game scenario: www.fireandfury.com/scenarios/Ta... 000
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In @mayor.nyc.gov NYC, these morning commuters should all get $150 tickets. This woman has a Belgian icense plate on her class 2 ebike. They’re all using it as designed. But since they’re “out groups” they get tickets when they should be encouraged. Fix this Zohran! This ain’t #VisionZeroNYC 000
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I was in Frankfurt when Germany played Brazil in the 2002 WC final. Everyone was so joyous and happy. Even after Germany lost - they were still happy since they were glad just to be there. But NGL - seeing all those German flags with the eagles on them was like a constant jump scare. 130
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Transgender ideology” is literally just, you treat people as how they present themselves, which is literally just the status quo. It takes more work to misgender someone than address them as how they appear. It’s why even transphobes end up using the correct pronouns for transpeople a lot. 132
Reposted by JarekFAm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 17/09/2026if you met Alex Thompson at a bar in DC and talked to him about this exact same thing, there is no doubt in my mind he would find "the US has killed a lot more civilians than al Qaeda" true and uncontroversial. so why pretend otherwise for your audience? that's not reporting, it's performing. 0865
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Could the court appoint a receiver to operate the Kennedy center in lieu of the board as they’ve manifestly abandoned their duties through a series of outrageous conduct? They’re saying they’ll kill it unless you agree to their illegal conduct. Do we not still have laws? 050
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Conservatives: the greatest injustice in the world is not being able to say the N word Blue sky leftists (and their depressed liberal friends): the greatest injustice is not being able to jokingly make death threats. 000
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Couldn’t these guys face civil liability? Breach of contract? Since when does the venue get a consent right over the content of the opener. Thanks Jewish billionaire football owners. You guys think you’re fighting anti-semitism? I can’t even describe what you’re doing without sounding anti-semetic! 030
Reposted by JarekFASean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 17/09/2026WSJ goes triple-byline on the 40-minute (!) phone call Robert Kraft made to Ed Sheeran that started this whole mess www.wsj.com/arts-culture...wsj.comThe 40-Minute Phone Call That Left Ed Sheeran’s Tour Hanging by a ThreadPatriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear to the singer that he would cancel his tour dates at Gillette Stadium unless Macklemore was dropped from the bill. Other NFL owners were ready to do the same. 66319
Reposted by JarekFAHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I 100% guarantee you that if this was a story about the city removing trees that had been there already you'd have the same complaints. Good illustration of how a lot of nimbyism is just "I don't want any change at all I don't want any change at all I DON'T WANT ANY CHANGE AT ALL!!!!!!!!" 513521
Reposted by JarekFABike South Brooklyn @bikesouthbklyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026City employees who start their day by parking on the sidewalk are not partners in Vision Zero and the @mayor.nyc.gov’s office should stop pretending that they are. 093
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NGL - AI has absolutely enhanced the fuck out of my work productivity. I don’t know who pays the tokens or whatever. But it enhances what I can already do/know and also takes care of the simple boring tasks (like updating rows in excel or formatting in word) that used to take forever. 040
Reposted by JarekFAGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026however much you think the iran war is sapping u.s. military readiness, it's probably more than that. a free link for you, the people www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comThe Iran Blockade’s Growing Price Tag Is Draining America’s Global Military PowerThe cost of naval operations since the buildup began in January has topped $7.1 billion — not including all the US assets being used to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. 27988351
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Reminds me of when Gary Linnerker (correctly) said the statements about migrants from the Home Secretary were out of 1930s Germany and the BBC suspended him. Then all his co-hosts and staff boycotted the show out of solidarity and then they had to reinstate him. www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa... 020