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NYC transportation engineer for social, economic, & environmental justice (he/him)

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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I need to trust my mute lists more.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 24/09/2026
The committee that makes up the Brooklyn Democratic Party held a chaotic meeting Wednesday to elect its leadership team using controversial new voting rules, as an appeals court deliberated on the legality of their actions mere blocks away. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-dem...
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 15/09/2026
Paul Vogel, a prolific advocate for livable streets who posted under the handle @D00RZ0NE, has died. Plus more news. buff.ly/gcLw2OT
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Tuesday's Headlines: Farewell, DoorZone Edition - Streetsblog New York City
Paul Vogel, a prolific advocate for livable streets who posted under the handle @D00RZ0NE, has died. Plus more news.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 14/09/2026
Brooklyn Dems Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's last-minute gambit to overcome the results of the June election and retain power over the county machine has failed, for now. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-dem...
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Carey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BIG NEWS: Reformers won their lawsuit against the leaders of the Brooklyn Democratic Party for violating the party's bylaws and NY Election Law and for attempting to circumvent the will of Brooklyn's voters! 🥳 More on this to come, but in the meantime, here's the decision:
iapps.courts.state.ny.us
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/09/2026
In case anyone was starting to feel that American democracy is just a little too secure, distaste for the common man is now finding purchase beyond the political right, with centrist liberals test-running their own brand of distaste for mass participation. buff.ly/olVBWRn
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Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy
By railing against small-dollar donors and “purity tests,” Third Way and the Abundance Network are empowering the political elite over the rest of us.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I can honestly say I have no idea who the audience for this fever dream of a video is.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Google’s depravity in using a fake name for Lake Ontario is really wild. I’ve changed my VPN, regional settings, and even language to see if that would fix the issue, but it seems like they’ve hard coded in a way where “Lake” won’t even translate to “Lac” like it does for the other Great Lakes.
Screenshot showing Google Maps is hard coding “Lake America” into their system so it won’t even translate like the other lakes do.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The USA, boldly bucking the global trend towards safer streets and safer vehicles. substack.com/@bobjacobs/n...
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Bob Jacobs (@bobjacobs)
The death rate from road injuries is mostly declining, though the US is an exception
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 26/08/2026
Brooklyn Democratic Party district leaders voted to enact changes to the county party’s bylaws. Reformers say it will help chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn maintain control of the organization, according to several people familiar with the voting. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/25/r...
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Brooklyn Dem Chief Narrowly Prevails in Divisive Vote to Change Party Rules
The results appear to subvert the effort of a reform slate to pick their own county boss after nearly two decades of organizing and primary wins in the last election.
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 22/08/2026
I know we’re all sick of tariff news but this is genuinely going to destroy a lot of livelihoods on both sides of the border. Organize your communities because a lot of people are going to feel the pain.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
For weeks, we’ve wondered what absolutely insane scheme Brooklyn Dems Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and former leader Frank Seddio would cook up to try to hold on to power this September. Now we know, & it’s a doozy:
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Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Almost Lost Control of the Brooklyn Dems. So She's Changing the Rules
The scandal-ridden Brooklyn Democratic Party is trying to make June's regime-changing elections meaningless.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The rush of entering your 2FA code as the reset clock winds down to zero
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Geese Magazine @geesemag.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Danny Valdes reveals a firsthand account of what economic warfare against Cuba looks like on the ground: blackouts that have become the norm, hospitals running on fumes, and a population pushed to the breaking point. READ: www.geesemag.com/articles/to-...
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To Starve A Nation: Cuba's Latest Economic Shakeup — geese magazine
Danny Valdes reveals a firsthand account of what economic warfare against Cuba looks like on the ground.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Good morning, new from me in @prospect.org: the defense contractor that runs transit systems across the country signed a contract with Palantir a few months back. I wrote about it, and about how nobody wants to spell out what information the systems are collecting on riders or how the data is used.
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Tech Industry Transit Systems Endanger Immigrants, Advocates Fear - The American Prospect
Transit systems across the country are collecting information about the movement of riders via a company doing business with ICE contractor Palantir.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is especially hilarious because Mamdani personally intervened to prevent Ossé from challenging Jeffries this election. I doubt he will be so lucky next cycle.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
First they will tell you it is impossible. Then they will tell you it was inevitable.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
r/nyc in shambles
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Stumbled upon this little pocket of great urbanism in Flatbush, Brooklyn: a green pedestrian street called Miami Court.
Row houses line a green pedestrian street called Miami Court.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I was excited when I saw NJ transit finally updated their awful app, but was immediately disappointed to find that it was still awful.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 01/06/2026
An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
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ICE Targeted NY Metro Latinos With 93% of Known Street Arrests
An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the…
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Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Come with me as I learn about each person at the official Israeli delegation at today's Israel Day Parade in New York City. These are the people some of my fellow Jewish and other New Yorkers demanded Mayor Mamdani stand with today. I'm proud that @mayor.nyc.gov didn't. 🧵
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Trump Administration is lying about Cuba again: full statement in English and Spanish here. www.dsausa.org/statements/t...
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The Trump Administration is Lying About Cuba Again - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
The Democratic Socialists of America condemns the indictment of former president Raúl Castro as the latest measure in its ongoing mission of imperialistic regime change in Cuba. This indictment is an ...
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/r/Habs @habsonreddit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The last two Carolina Hurricanes losses at home: • May 21 vs the Habs • March 29 vs the Habs
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This article does a great job at providing the historical context around the US’s latest asinine aggression against Cuba.
bellyofthebeastcuba.com
Raúl Castro’s Indictment and Washington’s Double Standard on Terrorism
Raúl Castro’s indictment revives questions about Brothers to the Rescue, U.S.–Cuba tensions and Washington’s double standards.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
ICE goons keeping up their gestapo tactics. www.amny.com/news/ice-age...
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‘We don’t care’: ICE agents flout the law as they detain man at Federal Plaza after judge’s order bars arrests | amNewYork
Defiant ICE agents appeared to disobey a judge's order ruling on Tuesday when they made arrests at the immigration court within 26 Federal Plaza.
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Michael Lange @michaellangenyc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NEW: NY-7 is not just a primary, it is a proxy war for who leads The Left in NYC. Antonio Reynoso has WFP, Nydia, and a lifetime in the district. He's also, by his own admission, the underdog. Because Claire Valdez has NYC-DSA (and Mayor Zohran Mamdani): open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
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DSA vs. WFP
Who Leads The Left in New York City?
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Marshawn, a Louisiana resident, delivering a passionate speech during a state Senate hearing regarding redistricting
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This icon change was so bad I created a shortcut that opens Spotify to put the old one back.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 15/05/2026
Exciting new Transit Priority Atlas from @chittimarco.bsky.social & NYU Marron provides an exciting look at mechanisms to speed transit on surface streets, including a large set of strategies & toolkits, all beautifully illustrated! tpa.transitcosts.com
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@chittimarco.bsky.social thanks for the great presentation on the Transit Priority Atlas today. Really phenomenal work! (I asked the question about distinguishing traffic signals with near/far side stops). Maybe I missed it but is there an estimate when this will be available online?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.
english.elpais.com
‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments
A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of ...
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/05/2026
Rode the Bergen Bike Bus today to make a big announcement: We’re redesigning Bergen Street and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave — adding new bike boulevards and more pedestrian space. Safer rides to school for New York City kids coming soon.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor. -Tupac” -Zorhan
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 08/04/2026
Herman Jessor designed Co-Op City, Starrett City, and more housing units in New York than any other architect—so why don't more people know his name? hellgatenyc.com/the-unrepent...
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
For the first time after 12 years biking in NYC, I was hit by a driver. Some off-duty cop with a placard on the dash and obscured license plate who made an illegal left from the center lane on a red arrow. Fortunately I was able to walk away just a bit banged up, but still an infuriating experience.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Kind of crazy how the people arguing against birthright citizenship are more racist than the Supreme Court that decided Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
As a Cuban American traveling with a recent aid convoy, I witnessed the daily hardship sanctions produce. Washington must lift its devastating blockade.
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End the Blockade on Cuba
As a Cuban American traveling with a recent aid convoy, I witnessed the daily hardship sanctions produce. Washington must lift its devastating blockade.
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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In a handful of cities across the United States and Europe, Jewish socialists are reviving a storied early-twentieth-century institution. progressive.org/latest/the-b...
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The Bund Is Back
In a handful of cities across the United States and Europe, Jewish socialists are reviving a storied early twentieth century institution.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I've said before that there are only two good things in the USA: breakfast and birthright citizenship. Hoping that we don't shoot ourselves in the foot (again) today.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Rubio, probably: “Frankly, I’m offended that you would suggest that our oil blockade has anything to do with their oil shortage”
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 30/03/2026
BREAKING: Israel's Knesset has passed a law to execute Palestinian detainees. Death by hanging. Mandatory sentencing. No pardon. 90 days to carry out. It applies through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. It does not apply to Israelis.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Journalists Fatima Ftouni and Ali Shaib were killed in southern Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike hit their vehicle while reporting. Ftouni, a reporter for Al Mayadeen, was killed alongside her brother, cameraman Mohammed. Shaib, a correspondent for Al Manar, was also killed in the strike.
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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American Judaism Has Lost the Jews – Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
Exposing secrets of the Israeli national security state
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Tell congress to end the blockade on Cuba! secure.everyaction.com/4NjHQpuiJkiz...
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Say NO to War on Cuba! Say NO to the Economic Siege of Cuba!
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🆆 🅸 🅻 🅻 @wjfarr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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How to Slander a Humanitarian Mission
The media’s sleaziest propagandists are mad about the recent aid mission to Cuba, smearing activists who brought supplies. They’re trying to distract from the real story: the inhuman denial of fuel by...
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This is the second fatal crash of a US airplane in 14 months. Duffy needs to be fired.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
"Donors from China have already given 5,000 “household” solar energy equipment sets for installation at three Cuban clinics and a home for the elderly, Chinese official news agency Xinhua said on Thursday." www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
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China to help Cuba with solar energy amid US oil blockade and total power outage
Beijing will ‘intensify its support’ to Havana after around 10.9 million people were left without power amid an ongoing energy crisis.
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