montreal is what happens when north america forgets to finish americanizing a city. terraces everywhere, wine at the corner store, a subway on rubber tires, and people drinking outside at 3pm on a tuesday without anyone calling it a crisis
Just a slight tick of a rebound for Republicans on the generic ballot and Trump approval. Gas prices are down 15c from the recent peak, though oil futures are up again, so we'll see if that holds.
Study shows New Yorkers outlive the rest of America by four years
According to NYC Health Department data, life expectancy in the city reached a record 83.2 years in 2024, compared to 79 years nationwide.
📷:Getty
The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty
The Big Ugly Bill adds $3.4 TRILLION to the national debt.
Not to fund schools. Not to fix roads. Not to lower your grocery bill.
To pad the wallets of people who already own most of the country.
Your grandkids get the bill. The donor class gets the breaks.
transit is about ten times safer per mile than driving and the guy in the lifted f-250 with the tinted windows is worried about "who rides the bus." the most dangerous thing on his commute is the f-250
We're putting the “park” in Park Avenue.
Today we released the final concept for the redesign of Park Avenue from 46th Street to 57th Street. This project will transform the stretch of Park Avenue to make it safer, greener, and more welcoming.
Intuit paid $0 in taxes on $6 billion in profits.
They're the same company that lobbied Congress to kill the FREE IRS Direct File program (the one that let regular people file for free).
They fought to keep you paying them to do your taxes.
And they don't even pay their own.