I always wonder about that. I didn’t have any experience with the parkway until it was renamed, so for me, it’s always been “the Jackie.”

It’s similar to the Tappan Zee. There’s no way I’m calling it the “Mario Cuomo.”

It’s almost as if consultants might be financially encouraged to find places to spend money, and turn their backs on potential overruns since their not subject to the scrutiny a public employee is.

Well you wouldn’t now because apple can attract more workers with better salaries. If we funded government agencies to pay employees competitively then perhaps that would change. Again - self fulfilling.

Most weather apps base their numbers on if the snow was to land on the ground and stay how much would accumulate. They dont factor in if it melts before hitting the ground or melts when it hits the ground. Numbers get changed based on ground temperature and wind factors.

Ha cha cha

I can C that

Yea definitely dude they all buy dodge chargers. It’s not because base pay for a E4 is terrible.

Healthcare too.

They complain about waste and want everything private, then private companies make billions effectively just sitting in between payments.

Government could do what health insurance does for a fraction of the price given it just needs to break even not appease shareholders.

But good luck convincing “small government” bull shit artists that shareholder profit is part of the waste problem.

Lmao imagine thinking congestion pricing is the magic bullet we need.

It’s absolutely hilarious that all the austerity, big government haters ended up hiring those same former bureaucrats, now working in industry, for 3x their original cost. It’s like they forgot that we actually need government to do stuff?

Where’s all the congestion pricing cheerleaders? Been pretty quiet lately as the MTA gets exposed for its offensive mismanagement.

I guess they tossed the Dark Skies app out for nothing

Why would I pay government programmers 300k a year when their production is inferior to Apple or MSFT?

Has the MTA ever tried not to light money on fire? I’m not advocating for lowering the budget, just don’t fucking ask for more when you wasted what you already get.

Honestly... giving people breaks. Obviously being completely vegan "no exceptions" is more impactful than occasionally slipping up, or by being vegetarian, or by being a "Tuesday vegan" or whatever. But people get very, very defensive about their dietary preferences, and a person doing something is better than doing nothing, so you gotta give people breaks sometimes. When you hop into conversations preaching veganism with (I'll be frank) an air of superiority, you will make some contrarians reading the conversation shift their mindsets from "maybe it's okay to eat vegan once or twice a week" to "fuck vegans, I'm eating a steak at every meal".

So you gotta be careful. You need to praise people for doing what they can, and you can't shame them for "not being vegan enough". Because the purity-testing BS will turn people against you.

(This is a level of tact that extends beyond online discussions on diet, and if it's a skill you haven't learned yet then it might serve you well to practice it. Catch more bees with honey than with vinegar, etc.)

As for proactive things you can do... honestly, learn to cook delicious vegan food that appeals to omnivores, and then serve it to them. Bonus points if they don't know it's vegan until you tell them. There's this thing in teaching called a discrepant event, which is when you shock someone out of their preconceptions by presenting them suddenly with a surprising situation which challenges their assumptions. In this case, the assumption would be "vegan food is boring and gross" or "a meal doesn't feel complete without animal products in it". So don't give them a salad. Learn to make an awesome, delicious curry with some vegan naan, something hearty and filling... serve it to them, let them give you accolades about how great your cooking is... and then tell them casually that it's vegan. Surprise them into learning that eating vegan doesn't have to be a sacrifice.

Soldiers on food stamps is because they use their money to take out loans for cars. Another perfect example of government incompetence

i still call that parkway the interborough parkway

Another reason is we hire politician with no practical skills or business experience. They in turn hire consultants to recommend courses of action, and hire other consultants to oversee the work being done. The delegation of authority helps inoculate the decision maker, but comes with a price.

It’s not the aim. It’s the core problem. Why work for a do nothing government entity when you can do real work in private industry

I remember reading years ago that NYC transit actually gets relatively little of its funding from the federal government compared to other global cities.

Supposedly other global cities have national governments that recognize how much of a return on investment their largest cities generate economically and so they support their infrastructure more. And other countries are more likely to have their seat of government in their largest city so the lawmakers are more keenly aware of its infrastructure.

But our federal government is sharply skewed in favor of rural states who don’t want to support big cities while taking huge subsidies for themselves.

Absolutely. Why is the federal taxpayer paying for roads in Brooklyn.

Try Craigslist, NYC, lost and found.

At as cost of $250,000 per

“You had one job ta do!”

Your terms are agreeable! 🤝