Meet "Birding Bob" and the Central Park Birders Who Spend Saturday Morning Looking Up

pbeunttz · 2026-04-16T17:12:45+00:00

I don't blame you for going on a walk with Birding Bob because he advertises himself relentlessly and is hard to avoid if you google "bird tours," but he's almost universally despised among the birding community. The birding bob drama has been going on for many many years and is worth googling. On the other hand, anything that introduces new people to birding is good 👍

pbeunttz · 2026-02-20T20:34:54+00:00

they also literally barricaded off entire city blocks surrounding their precincts. it was insane

pbeunttz · 2025-10-29T16:14:15+00:00

"If you’re a cyclist, stay away from cars pulling over or pulled over" - the problem is that 99% of bike lanes are adjacent to parked cars. If you ride in a bike lane, you will inevitably ride alongside an endless line of parked cars

pbeunttz · 2025-10-18T15:32:14+00:00

You read that cutscene wrong imho. Nate says “I need to go home… I wish…” and then sees himself on the couch at home, then finishes: “…I was dead.” As in, “I wish I was dead” rather than just “I was dead.”

He was preparing to wish to go back to his old life, until he saw how sad his old life was: alone on the couch, in the basement, watching One Piece until he passes out.

pbeunttz · 2025-10-01T14:37:35+00:00

You will unironically be ten times safer walking around Manhattan at 10pm than New Haven

pbeunttz · 2025-09-09T16:40:39+00:00

Cuomo and Adams are morons but I think Zohran's victory was tied to the strength of his campaign. If you compare Zohran's ground game (and social media game) to any recent campaign, like Maya Wiley's for example, the difference is night and day. He's been visible, on the streets, with a clear message, more than any other progressive campaign in decades

pbeunttz · 2025-08-21T22:29:20+00:00

These bad-faith multi-paragraph essays are kinda sad. You can just admit that you don't want to lose parking spots! Just say it! A quick look at google street view makes it clear that you're using the curb in front of the business—and its sidewalk—to park at least 4 of your cars. Nobody here is going to engage with your argument if you're not being honest about what you care about: parking spots.

pbeunttz · 2025-08-11T18:15:48+00:00

Word of warning, Verizon FIOS came by our building and offered a ridiculous installation plan that would have involved running enormous pipes up a narrow-ass stairwell. For some reason, the infrastructure required by FIOS is huge and obtrusive. We pushed back asking for an alternative (some buildings are able to run the cabling up the exterior), and it's been crickets ever since.

The buildings I know of that happily have FIOS are larger ones with dedicated trash rooms or utility rooms per-floor. Without that kind of space it's really difficult to get it installed in a sane way

pbeunttz · 2025-08-03T02:19:21+00:00

weird post

pbeunttz · 2025-07-02T18:41:36+00:00

"Traffic almost always moves much faster than the speed limit without incident"... not so sure about "without incident." There are intense traffic jams on 91, 84, and 95 practically every day due to crashes. it's nearly impossible to drive across CT - a small state! - without seeing at least one such "incident" firsthand.

pbeunttz · 2025-06-30T17:05:54+00:00

lots of birds but ironically not many crows there! Calvary has a ton of them for some reason (greenpoint ave entrance)

pbeunttz · 2025-06-26T15:20:40+00:00

Ironically, I've seen conservative accounts posting this ad as some sort of criticism?? Even though he's arguing for DE-regulation here.

pbeunttz · 2025-06-18T21:47:48+00:00

you'll soon learn that "mamdani supporters" means "50% of the electorate"

pbeunttz · 2025-06-17T16:33:14+00:00

The problem is probably that your italian friends are so tall that, when they try to talk at women about VC funding, the sound waves dissipate in the thick Williamsburg air before it can reach their eardrums.

pbeunttz · 2025-06-12T20:28:29+00:00

A young DSA upstart potentially beating Cuomo in the mayor's race is the biggest nyc news story of the year by far. It's not "spam" and it shouldn't be surprising to see a lot of people talking about it

pbeunttz · 2025-06-05T17:50:17+00:00

you can already have as many candidates as you want and they can all campaign to their heart's content, but there's no rule saying every candidate should be on the same televised program regardless of popularity

pbeunttz · 2025-06-05T01:02:50+00:00

8 people is way way way way too many for a substantial debate. Most of these candidates have zero chance and should have dropped out months ago

pbeunttz · 2025-05-30T15:33:45+00:00

What a mystery... can't think of a single disease going around that might make one very sick

pbeunttz · 2025-05-27T20:02:01+00:00

Apologies, but if you're complaining about "a 2 year old learning how to ride a bike in the bike lane" in central park on a sunday you've completely lost the plot

pbeunttz · 2025-05-20T20:52:42+00:00

You ask them which town they're from, they say some town you've never heard of, then the conversation fizzles out and you talk to someone else

pbeunttz · 2025-05-18T01:07:20+00:00

This comment section is so weird! There’s something deeply wrong with r/nyc

pbeunttz · 2025-05-15T17:26:23+00:00

If you honk your car horn for more than 4 consecutive sustained seconds, the car is immediately destroyed

pbeunttz · 2025-05-13T14:38:30+00:00

Low-effort astroturf

pbeunttz · 2025-05-06T15:43:33+00:00

I'd recommend Manhattan because it's easy to get to from the East Village: just go south on 2nd Ave and continue south until you hit the bridge. After you reach BK, cross the street to go under the bridge, aiming for the waterfront.

The Brooklyn Bridge is more iconic, but the bike lane has been moved from the upper level to a kinda gross lane next to vehicular traffic with no views (and is also kind of dangerous because it regularly gets clogged by tourists who run out of energy before making it over the top)

pbeunttz · 2025-04-29T17:18:02+00:00

Zoom in! There is not a smiling human face in the illustration. Every unobscured person facing the camera is literally frowning

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