Reposted by Liz DenysJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 29/09/202695% of college-age men admitted to using coercive tactics to get women they already knew did not want any to have sex with them to have sex. When men say they don’t know who these creeps are, all it tells me is that either they’re lying or they’ve chosen not to learn about rape culture. 212428
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 29/09/2026Needle drops that were made for me on a lab: Cornflake Girl when Shauna ate Jackie Caribbean Blue on Widow's Bay 230
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 25/09/2026Two weird developments in my hobbies: 1. I can crochet now. 2. I am now a sock knitter. 050
Reposted by Liz DenysBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This ruling affirms what we've long known to be true. The holding room conditions at 26 Federal Plaza are completely deplorable. 6846202
Reposted by Liz DenysDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026To be fair, this is exactly what people said about Uber and Lyft. And there have been studies about how much more people drive when they don't have to worry about parking on one or both ends of their trip. There's little reason to think driverless cars won't lead to an explosion in VMT in cities. 622528
Reposted by Liz DenysJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Someone asked me my thoughts on Boston Globe lesbian bar drama: My thoughts are that if you only temporarily struggled with isolation in 2020/2021, we should have more empathy for COVID-cautious people who have limited IRL community due to health concerns. 222842
Reposted by Liz DenysNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Anti-transplant discourse is a really neat ideological fit for the New York Post, which should probably give serious pause to any Bluesky posters who partake. 4715
Reposted by Liz DenysMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 22/09/2026The discourse is going to be bad I'll just say that covid is still a thing, immunocompromised people still exist despite this country's best efforts, and this is what happens when, instead of systemic clean air interventions, you do the equivalent of a boil water order for air 523665
Reposted by Liz DenysKirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The MTA has been planning to reroute the B65 for years, long before Mamdani’s bike boulevard plans. And the reason? Because there are so many double parked cars on Dean/Bergen that buses literally get stuck. IT’S THE CARS. AS USUAL. 47512
Reposted by Liz DenysNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊ 131978674
Reposted by Liz Denysashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care we deserve not to die 2371136
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 21/09/2026Yet another round of the eternal transplant discourse and I'm thinking about how I'm alive because I live in a place where I could easily get treatment for my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy and how most places with abortion access have exclusionary housing policies, leaving people to die. 082
Reposted by Liz DenysRebecca Baird-Remba @thecitywanderer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one thing on the Nikole Hannah-Jones piece that's weird: she didn't include much original context around her 2016 piece, which is that her daughter's school was at the center of a very heated school district rezoning battle that hinged on people from dumbo not wanting to send their kids to PS 307 281
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 21/09/2026can't believe we keep getting blessed with new crj albums (also glad she finally released the inevitable second part of the double album together this time!) 020
Reposted by Liz DenysKirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’s especially wild to be saying that shit in 2026, when people increasingly have fewer rights in red states than in blue states. 2121
Reposted by Liz DenysRail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 21/09/2026It’s wild to see people who (rightly) wouldn’t dream of maligning immigrants shouting about how internal migration is bad, that if you’re already in the country you shouldn’t be able to attempt to improve your life. 2414
Reposted by Liz DenysNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Spend time with this extraordinary column because figuring this out is essential to our city's future -- www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 3307
Reposted by Liz DenysDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“This is the 13th child killed in traffic so far this year in New York City, more than twice as many children than were killed by this point last year.” 1618
Reposted by Liz DenysAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical! 292660821
Reposted by Liz DenysTim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Private carting and construction trucks are a giant safety risk to pedestrians and bikers and should be limited to driving no more than 5 mph in New York City. These are “when” not “if” crashes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/n...nytimes.com15-Year-Old Girl Killed After Being Hit by Truck in Manhattan (Gift Article)Two girls were on the bicycle when it was struck by a large truck attempting to turn on 1st Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. The other girl, 13, was in stable condition. 14911
Reposted by Liz DenysBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 18/09/2026The Constitution does not allow the president to choose who counts.brennancenter.orgExcluding Immigrants from the Census Would Hurt the Country and Break the LawThe Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship. 7787223
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 18/09/2026this reminds me that i want to do a reread of the great divorce now that i no longer live the suburbs 040
Reposted by Liz DenysMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Private fliers pollute 14x more than commercial Only the world's richest 0.003% flies private, and half of those flights are for fun. Private flight is 16% of FAA operations, but contributes less than 0.6% of the taxes financing the FAA. New report from @ips-dc.org ips-dc.org/report-high-...ips-dc.orgHigh Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess - Institute for Policy StudiesHigh Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess 23616
Reposted by Liz DenysPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows. 81099183
Reposted by Liz DenysDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I wish the administration would be honest and say that they don't have the money to do daylighting at scale, which would at least give advocates something to fight for. Sigh. 2302
Reposted by Liz DenysDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"There are around 40,000 intersections in the Big Apple, so even Adams’s most ambitious plan would have taken as long as four decades to roll out citywide, and the pared-back version would have taken around 320 years. Mamdani’s vision doesn’t even commit to that century-spanning timeline." 1286
Reposted by Liz DenysTim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It tells you all you need to know about the role of policing in general that the people who are constantly shrieking about low-level crime and homelessness and bike lanes (lol) as intolerable intrusions on our quality of life have no problem with this 631662
Reposted by Liz DenysDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Again, this is why I think Vision Zero needs to be an internal framework of designing a better system, not a public-facing PR campaign that includes pleas for people to do better. If you have cops parking on the sidewalk and blocking bike lanes just because they can, not a whole lot else matters. 016418
Reposted by Liz DenysShefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...19thnews.orgTierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken PaxtonThe case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.” 731277208064
Reposted by Liz DenysOpen Plans @openplans.org · 16/09/2026Cars emit 3.5x more than freight & 13.5x more than buses, despite moving fewer people. They make up 64% of NYC's transportation emissions. Join our Climate Week panel, Reducing Driving as Climate Action, on policies that cut driving & emissions. 🌎 RSVP: luma.com/parking-70cz 1304
Reposted by Liz DenysDan Miller @meelar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's doable. It just hasn't happened in New York. That 2029 contract renegotiation better be a banger. 062
Reposted by Liz DenysMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am fascinating by the ongoing Ed Sheeran story and the way it strikes right at the heart of the fading viability of "Oh, I don't do politics." 512499281
Reposted by Liz DenysSynthminded @synthminded.bsky.social · 16/09/2026[this generally is why, if memory serves, traffic experts stress road design as a mediator for controlling speeding, as people by and large will adjust their speed in accordance, typically without even intending] 1332
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 16/09/2026Yet another tale in why we need more housing and affordable housing in NYC: @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social just shared that she had to move back in with her parents because she can't afford to live on her own in the Kensington neighborhood she's lived her whole life and now represents in council. 131
Reposted by Liz DenysA.J. Wilden🏳️⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message" 52144905758
Reposted by Liz DenysMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/09/2026No New Yorker should lose their life just trying to get around our city. We refuse to accept preventable tragedy as an inevitable part of living in New York. That's why we’ve announced more than 100 policies to make our streets safer over the next 10 years. 9988521274
Reposted by Liz DenysOpen New York @opennewyork.org · 15/09/2026👀 "I’m committed to transit-oriented development. This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development" - @governor.ny.gov 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 1123
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 15/09/2026for no good reason, i am pondering which album that i will listen to the rest of my life is intellectually the worst album i will listen to the rest of my life. i think it might be dive by sarah brightman. 120
Reposted by Liz DenysNYC Plover Project @nycploverproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Your voice is needed! 📣 Contact your member of Congress and both U.S. Senators to speak up for species & against this rule change! Ask your friends and family to do the same! We will never give up the fight to defend imperiled species, and the Endangered Species Act itself! 0105
Reposted by Liz DenysNYC Plover Project @nycploverproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today, the Trump administration’s unprecedented move to strip imperiled species of protections for the places where they live went into effect. American wildlife including Florida manatees, grizzlies, salmon and piping plovers all face a new threat to their survival. 22014
Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 14/09/2026Reminder that this community workshop is tomorrow! This is a huge opportunity for more housing and affordable housing in Kensington and Flatbush, and I hope to see you there! 053
Reposted by Liz DenysCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026If the only thing you have to note about the rising tide of fascism is that we have to let it rise far enough to be over someone else's head in order to stop it, I don't think your strategy is particularly good. 31917324
Reposted by Liz DenysKat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“You matter, and you're not alone, and there are a lot of people, not just here, but around the country, who see you, who love you, and who are fighting every single day to make sure that all of us are treated with dignity and respect.” 0165
Reposted by Liz DenysAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026Honoring an abuser on the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD is egregious. 1751590
Reposted by Liz DenysKate Holden @darthmongoose.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The original version of this was posted on my FAisDM (felicitousArtisan is Darth Mongoose) Tumblr many years ago. I drew it at about 11pm right before going to bed, trying to express something I felt about art. When I woke up it kinda blew up. 51028475
Reposted by Liz DenysKirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is what makes the privacy concerns about speed cameras so disingenuous. Your car is already collecting farrrr more data about you than a speed camera (not flock) that just takes a picture of your plate. 1185