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@problemochile people used to come to nyc to find themselves now they come here to buy

@questionableway In the *long* run, public ownership of a very large share of the housing supply is the best urban housing policy.

The problem with abundance is that it leans into being explicitly deregulatory, as opposed to the idea that the government itself should build things itself

A rent freeze is officially on the table, but not guaranteed! We can’t be complacent. Landlords are mobilizing NOW to influence the RGB and stop us. We need to show up and make it impossible to deny: New Yorkers Demand a Rent Freeze!

i’m not talking about basement which i also love and unlike our mayor have always gotten into

The crowd here - largely tenant advocates are not happy with vote chanting “freeze the rent” after the motion passes allowing a 0-2% increase. Again this is prelim vote - final vote held in June

New: Mamdani is facing mounting pressure from progressive elected leaders, including DSA allies like Julia Salazar, to enact stricter rules on how the NYPD can interact with ICE — the latest sign of a broadening rift between the mayor and his base. politico.com/news/2026/05/0…

🚨Just IN: If you've used ChatGPT for writing or brainstorming in the last 6 months, your creative ability may already be permanently damaged. A controlled experiment just proved the effect doesn't reverse when you stop using it. 3,302 creative ideas. 61 people. 30 days of tracking. Researchers split students into two groups. Half used ChatGPT for creative tasks. Half worked alone. For five days, the ChatGPT group outperformed on every metric. Higher scores. More ideas. Better output. AI was making them better. Then day 7. ChatGPT removed. Every creativity gain vanished overnight. Crashed to baseline. Zero lasting improvement. But that's not the bad part. ChatGPT users' ideas became increasingly identical to each other over time. Same content. Same structure. Same phrasing. The researchers called it homogenization. Everyone using ChatGPT started producing the same ideas wearing different clothes. When ChatGPT was removed, the creativity boost disappeared -- but the homogenization stayed. 30 days later, same result. Their creative range had been permanently compressed. Five days of use. Permanent damage 30 days later. A separate trial confirmed it. 120 students. 45-day surprise test. ChatGPT users scored 57.5%. Traditional learners scored 68.5%. AI reduces cognitive effort. Less effort means weaker encoding. Weaker encoding means less creative raw material. You're not renting a productivity boost. You're financing it with your originality. The interest rate is permanent.

it was revealed to me in an instagram follow suggestion

Looking into the Darializa-Espaillat race I hadn't realized how much Espaillat depends on AIPAC funding, and also, yes, this is winnable. I had thought of it as round 1 of two or three--and maybe it is--but with Democrats so fed up with their party, and with Espaillat having become the insider he once challenged, and so out of touch on real estate and the anger around Gaza and the American role.... maybe Chevalier can win this time? Definitely going to canvass for her. This can't be a coattails campaign, but that's actually good--I like it when candidates campaign on the merits. The one thing I learned from Mamdani's campaign that I still feel doesn't get enough air is that something like one in twenty of the people who voted for him volunteered for him. High density canvassing on real estate and foreign policy and anything can happen!

What did Mayor Mamdani get in return for his endorsement of Gov. Hochul? Genuinely asking, because between this and his admin struggling to fund critical parts of the agenda - what did he get in return?

NEW: Lindsey Boylan lost, and the headlines said the Mayor's brand took a drubbing. Now, ahead of June 23rd, the temptation will be to retreat. To play it safe. But he shouldn't. Because while Mamdani may not be on the ballot, his Movement is: open.substack.com/pub/michaellan…

This is Bed-Stuy not Bushwick. Iykyk

I think Lena Dunham should do another magazine/publishing venture.

Let a Latina leftist show you what real love is

Entering French Revolution territory

Audrey Hepburn by Richard Avedon, 1967

If you are a New Yorker and need money (aka everyone?) I highly recommend searching your name on the Office of Unclaimed Funds portal. NY might owe you. My friends and I have all collected unclaimed checks ranging from $200-6k. Not a scam, I assure you! osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds

Favorability rating in NYC: 🟢 Pope Leo — 56-20 (+36) 🟢 Tish James — 49-24 (+25) 🟢 Zohran Mamdani — 56-34 (+22) 🟢 Kathy Hochul — 46-37 (+9) 🟡 Tom DiNapoli — 16-16 (even) 🟡 Bruce Blakeman — 16-16 (even) 🔴 Chuck Schumer — 37-45 (-8) 🔴 Donald Trump — 26-71 (-45)

On fashion’s big night out, we turned the lens onto the garment, retail, warehouse, and delivery workers who make the fashion industry possible. Read the full piece: x.com/nycmayor/statu…