JarekFA

JarekFA

@jarekfa.bsky.social

#BikeNYC #YNWA Married father of 2 living in Brooklyn. I’m not a “cyclist” - we just use cargo e-bikes instead of cars since it’s much more convenient to get around with kids.

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I ride my ebike on the sidewalk here & will continue. It’s either (I) wait at dangerous intersection at Chambers & West Side Hwy, (II) get my ass lit up (not in a good way) by cobblestones or (III) ride slow and safe on sidewalk. I requested DOT to add smooth stones so I can #BikeNYC in street.

Self described socialist-libertarian (who is really just a liberal but refuses to acknowledge it to himself for Gen-X cringe reasons) mistakes capitalism for liberalism. One of the defining features of liberalism is its opposition to fascism!

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Watching The Exorcist while getting chemo felt like an appropriate choice.

Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social

Just arrived for day 1 of chemo, sporting my fly Eagles chapeau. Just out of frame: a man boldly adorned in a Cowboys tee. We made eye contact; a fragile, tacit cancer truce was declared.

We got a zipcar Sunday for our Apple picking and fall foliage daytrip. And since we had the car for a day, we embraced suburban living to see if there were any Cheesecake Factories near our route, so we could dine at a better restaurant located near it, which is how we ended up atLegal Sea Foods!

Jim Swift@jimswift.bsky.social

As a Cheesecake Factory appreciator, the RWNJs claiming Obama’s (correct) burn will offend voters are dead wrong. If it were as popular as they imagine, it would have more locations.

If it was closer to dinner time, it would’ve been Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse! Thank you Cheesecake Factory location planners for helping me locate better restaurants with my limited time.

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So, this is still going on. If you can evade being caught on-the-scene, it is perfectly legal in New York City to ram someone with a car. The police will treat you, the victim, like you're a pain in the ass.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org

A pedestrian who was nearly killed by a hit-and-run driver in Midtown this summer only learned later — after weeks of silence — that the NYPD had closed the 'open-and-shut case' without finding the perpetrator. buff.ly/Otq7uXf

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America is choosing to become dependent on Moscow in the field of energy, in violation of its own sanctions regime and against the values and interests of its allies, by allowing a major Russian company, Novatek, to supply technology to, and acquire a stake in, a gas extraction project in Alaska.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

So the 1st book in the Elliot Kane series (a Shadow Intelligence, 2019) focused on Russian trying to foment unrest in nearby former Soviet republics as a pretext to invade and annex (before the Ukraine invasion!). And his 2nd one (2021) starts from this background: cables under the strait of Hormuz!

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I don't know how many of you are up on this news, but Brazil is undergoing massive election campaign manipulation by META. It's not even being hidden anymore. They're openly censoring messaging by President Lula's party to help the Trump-backed Bolsonaro.

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Getting sick of this degenerate political movement ngl

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump calls for Ilhan Omar to immediately resign & says, "please inform our great Speaker, James Michael Johnson that the Democrat Party has conceded her seat ... she will not be allowed to me a member of that body any longer" Trump's crowd in Iowa then starts chanting "Lock her up! Lock her up!"

Predictions: Israel extends the right of return to converts who are drawn to Israel for the goal of subjugating Palestinians while restricting it away from libs like Brad Lander. Because let’s be honest - Israel would rather have those “Jewish” Afrikanners than Brad Lander as citizens.

Also, recently learned that a big reason why pork is such a staple of the Spanish diet dates back to the Inquisition so that you could prove you weren’t a Jew or Muslim.

This could’ve been a yellow and a pen. Like it’s so low effort

CBS Sports Golazo@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social

Mike Maignan sees red for shoving Tyler Adams in the face 😳 Marcus Tavernier steps up and converts the penalty for the Cherries 🍒

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Bernie Sanders' ability to endorse the most dead end NIMBYs remains unparalleled. Jane Kim used to work for his 2020 campaign; now he's endorsing her for a job that she doesn't even understand. It pains me to urge people to vote for NIMBY Ben Allen, but he actually understands insurance markets.

heatmap.newsThe Surprisingly Exciting Race to Be California’s Next Insurance CommissionerBen Allen wants to reform the existing market. Jane Kim wants a revolution.

Interesting to see where the Republican (Pro-democracy, anti-fascist, socialist and communist) soldiers who ended up in France after losing the Spanish Civil War ended up. Argentina prioritized Basques.

It’s so embarrassing. This is the base of the Brooklyn bridge and right next to city hall The light is set for a “pedestrian scramble”. Meaning only pedestrians can pass (bikes can go but must yield). And it’s just full of SUVs! Oh, did my bike touch your giant SUV. They just don’t enforce it!

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We’re just as the affordable housing development portion and my god the NIMBYs! Just demanding what people can do with their property. They want to make a profit while building homes! And the woke speak my god. We can do better. Who’s the “we”.

If you would like to signal your support for this needed lane before Mr. Martin hires a disgraced lawyer to waste your time and money, the meeting is tonight at 6:30pm, on Zoom or in person at the CB7 office at 4201 4th Avenue in Sunset Park karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2026/10/comm...

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“This is about the Catholic Church trying to make money”. So fucking what! These white people smarmy white knighting. “They want to gentrify the neighborhood.” Oh, thank you white lady living in Sunset Park.

“The bike lane will be underused” motherfucker, you’re bitching about losing a lane on a 4 lane road that is empty 90% of the day!

We’re just as the affordable housing development portion and my god the NIMBYs! Just demanding what people can do with their property. They want to make a profit while building homes! And the woke speak my god. We can do better. Who’s the “we”.

If you would like to signal your support for this needed lane before Mr. Martin hires a disgraced lawyer to waste your time and money, the meeting is tonight at 6:30pm, on Zoom or in person at the CB7 office at 4201 4th Avenue in Sunset Park karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2026/10/comm...

How can people have such strong feelings about fucking apartments buildings that aren’t even here yet. Oh, this developer is bad. Then you fucking build it. “Oh no, the archdiocese just wants to make money”. So fucking what! “Flawed proposal that doesn’t meet the needs of the community” STFU!

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If you would like to signal your support for this needed lane before Mr. Martin hires a disgraced lawyer to waste your time and money, the meeting is tonight at 6:30pm, on Zoom or in person at the CB7 office at 4201 4th Avenue in Sunset Park karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2026/10/comm...

karmabrooklyn.blogspot.comCOMMUNITY BOARD 7'S OCTOBER 2026 MEETING, COVERING WINDSOR TERRACE, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS, SOUTH SLOPE, AND SUNSET PARKCommunity Board 7 Meeting Wednesday, October 21st 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.    The monthly meeting of Community Board 7 will be held on Wedn...

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This dude was just roasting a whole hog over coals outside the weed store next to a set of equipment someome was doing dips on behind me as i took the shot, right off Delancey street by the bridge

Was able to stream today’s game via Amazon Prime (UK). Sucks that LFC is losing 2-0 but I’d rather they lose by ten than have to listen to Alan Shearer doing the color commentary.

JarekFA@jarekfa.bsky.social

I don’t understand streaming digital rights. I’ve got 2 Spanish language options to watch LFC in the champions league. But no English language ones.

I don’t go down the tunnel of “what does the sociopath truly think” because each second my brain goes there, is a second where they’re commanding my brain to go where it need not. It’s an extension of their manipulation and I do not consent. “Does Turnp know he’s lying”? —> jerk off gesture.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

I love the people who are congratulating themselves for not falling for the witch-queen temptress Holmes while being taken hook, line, and sinker by the much bigger lie: that powerful and important men are uniquely insightful, not mere mortals who can be tricked by clumsy lies like everyone else

I think we lean on her lying to investors thing since thst was a bright line for which she was convicted. But to this very day, her knowingly and fraudulently violating the bodily integrity of thousands if not millions of people still remains my number 1 for “What a fucking sociopath”.

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Fake it til you make it. Ok, so in 2 quarters, these folks wouldn’t be pricking their skin for no fucking reason because then the tests will be reliable. All from someone who once claimed she invented this product for people who are afraid of blood pricks and needles!

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Does it make sense to deport a man who overstayed a visa but otherwise has no criminal record when his deportation means shutting down a food pantry that serves meals to 7,000-8,000 needy people a month? Does choosing not to exercise discretion in his case make America greater?

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There’s now no Verizon service at my home subway station, the two stops after it, and in half the tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan. This system is falling apart and nobody seems to care.

I actually love being an American and part of that is literally just our rights and freedoms and when those freedoms are taken away because of racial animus - we all fucking suffer. This is a war on our country and our way of life. Bin Laden couldn’t have harmed us as much as the Republicans did!

JarekFA@jarekfa.bsky.social

I don’t care if it’s not healthy for me - this shit fills me up with boiling hot rage! How the fuck does this happen! The humanity! It’s so fucked up. I absolutely hate every single person who voted for Mr Mass Deportation Now. This harms my country’s social fabric in service of racism.

I don’t care if it’s not healthy for me - this shit fills me up with boiling hot rage! How the fuck does this happen! The humanity! It’s so fucked up. I absolutely hate every single person who voted for Mr Mass Deportation Now. This harms my country’s social fabric in service of racism.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?