Chris O'Leary

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Transit nerd, traveler, marketer, possibly the first beer writer on Bluesky (@brewyork.bsky.social)
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Weirdest night of my trip but so far the best night of my trip. Stay weird, Zagreb.

I always get a little creeped out when I hear “Winds of Change” at a bar in a city that was behind the Iron Curtain.

If you had to ask me what a Fascist French party leader would look like, this is pretty much exactly what I’d picture in my head.

Bahahahaha. I doubt they were getting a ton of engagement on Threads to drive subscriptions and traffic, but the fact that they’re willing to sacrifice any of that because they were getting bullied for their coverage makes it pretty clear they’re not operating in good faith.

Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate. Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

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"RETRUTH IF YOU WANT TELEVISED MILITARY TRIBUNALS" is, to me, a deranged and instantly disqualifying thing for a presidential candidate to say, but on the other hand joe biden looks and sounds very old

In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

Bonus football, again, this time in a mostly empty beer bar in an office building basement in the suburbs of Zagreb.

Not sure I remember noticing this on Euros broadcasts in the US, but Hisense has a sideline ad that cycles through “No. 1 in China / No. 2 globally / Never settle for No. 2 globally.” Aren’t they literally saying we shouldn’t settle for a Hisense product?

Putting the fun in funicular again

You love to see it

NY Press: “The 5-3, 10-inning defeat to the hated rival #RedSox before a sellout crowd at the Stadium on Friday is a new low point in a gathering storm” for #Yankees.

Annoyed by the framing of this. Plenty of people who don’t own a bike and rarely even get on one support Congestion Pricing and are at the forefront of the protests against Hochul.

Cyclists in NYC are leading the fight for one of the most consequential fights for the future of our https://www.cyclingeu.com/314914/cyclists-in-nyc-are-leading-the-fight-for-one-of-the-most-consequential-fights-for-the-future-of-our-cities-the-fight-for-congestion-pricing-this-is-our-story/ …

Cyclists in NYC are leading the fight for one of the most consequential fights for the future of our cities. The fight for Congestion Pricing. This is our storywww.cyclingeu.com Cyclists in NYC are leading the fight for one of the most consequential fights for the future of our cities. The fight for Congestion Pricing. This is our storyby Miser

Night markets are great.

Every single time.

It will never cease to amaze me how little business owners understand how their customers reach their business

Is this real life?

We have our first Count Binface sighting!!!

I really prefer watching UK election results 5 hours behind than 1 hour ahead.

Opinion | Why I Don’t Play Connections Connections Puzzle #389 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

How did you do in Connections today? Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. www.nytimes.com/games/connec...

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Don't print lies in the newspaper

Lmao they just changed the title of the piece from “Why I don’t vote” to “Why I won’t vote” rather than tell readers that the guy actually does vote

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After killing congestion pricing and then wearing an MTA shirt at Pride, Governor Kathy Hochul continues to demonstrate her contempt for New Yorkers. Her profile pic on X is now her riding the subway.

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I think @mtsw.bsky.social said, "don't print lies in the newspaper" is an infallible moral heuristic, and he's right, and it is one that the New York Times opinion page manages to fail on an almost-weekly basis.

he voted in 2020 and 2022 voteref.com/voters/MI/vi...

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The @nytimes.com continues to go out of their way to give me new reasons to feel good about canceling my subscription. You should cancel yours, too.

Quote and give your followers 4 random-ish images as a timeline cleanse A neat building I just saw A goat I met in Norway named Ferdinand Brooklyn from above at night My favorite clam shack in the world

Quote and give your followers 4 random-ish images as a timeline cleanse Mt. Rainier from above Totem pole in a park in Ketchikan, AK (the same pole is depicted on p. 23 of all but the most recent US passports) Rhododendron blossoms A big glass of mint lemonade

Had to take a bus from Terminal 2F to Terminal 2G at CDG to board from a bus gate that took us to our plane… which was parked at a jet bridge at Terminal 2F. Astounded by the inefficiency of the French.

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seems newsworthy, can’t wait to hear about it showing up in paragraph 47 of another piece about how biden is old

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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I have been saying since February that major media are 100% devoted to But Her Emails 2, but I didnt imagine it would get this bad. The day after SCOTUS stops the law applying to Trump, we have to scroll thru 4 fucking top stories on “Biden old” & an ad before getting to anything on SCOTUS decision

The idea that these are the top stories when the Supreme Court blew up the constitution yesterday makes me want to scream and cry forever.

How the fuck does Terminal 1 at JFK STILL not have TSA Precheck? (A good reminder why I avoid this hellhole like the plague.)

It would just be the icing on the shitcake of a day for our nation if the USMNT doesn’t advance to the knockout stage of the Copa America we’re hosting.

Probably one of the most consequential moments for the future of our democracy and the @nytimes.com still does this. Fuck them every way to Sunday.

What the actual fuck, NYT?

Anyone at DOT want to explain how cyclists are supposed to get from the east side of 6th Ave to the west side of 6th Ave at Houston Street? Teleportation?

Sixth Avenue, Lispenard Street to West 14th Street - presented to Manhattan Community Board 2 in June 2024

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If they lower the fee to 5 or 8 bucks or something, it won’t reduce congestion and that will doom it to failure not just here but everywhere. People will point to New York and say, “It didn’t even work there!”

Funny how the Port Authority justifies Airtrain fare hikes each year by saying they're mandated by inflationary increases, but then can just magically cut fares in half for the summer. It's almost as if this completely unaccountable agency that shrouds everything they do in secrecy is lying to us.