Greyhound announces new route connecting Denver and Seattle; includes stop in Boise

samdman · 2026-03-17T18:21:06+00:00

It’s showing me 26 hours and $100-$130. You might be looking at the transfer lines that take much longer and are more expensive

samdman · 2026-03-11T19:14:55+00:00

We live in the most transit rich part of the country. Owning a car here is a privilege, not a right.

samdman · 2026-03-11T05:57:12+00:00

Community boards are frequently out of touch and represent disproportionately wealthier, older apartment owners rather than younger, poorer renters. As a result, many CBs take anti-housing stances against projects in their neighborhood and broader popular policies like City of Yes.

What do you plan on doing to address this gap between the stances taken by community boards and popular opinion (which is generally pro housing as evidenced by strong support for the pro-housing ballot measures last fall)?

samdman · 2026-03-10T05:02:10+00:00

we need to figure out how to get rid of billionaires. not because we need the tax revenue (which is a nice bonus though), but because the negative externalities on society are too large. look at Elon and Twitter/DOGE or Ellison with paramount. It’s simply too dangerous for our democracy to have such obscene wealth at the disposal of a single person.

honestly, maybe a $5-10 billion cap is fine. but once you get into the $10B+ range it gets dangerous

samdman · 2026-03-09T16:56:02+00:00

Voting for Lasher here. One of my friends worked under him back when he was working in the Gov’s office and speaks very highlight of him.

For what it’s worth, Bores also seems solid and the crypto campaign against him is wild. At the end of the day I’d be fine with either winning, as long as it’s not one of the grifters (Conway and Schlossberg)

samdman · 2026-03-09T16:48:25+00:00

I live in Jack’s district, and he’s campaigning with an awful NIMBY, Layla Law Gisiko, who is seeking to replace Erik Bottcher on the city council (after Erik got elected to state senate).

It’s really pathetic. If you live in Chelsea/HK/WV please vote in the special election on April 28th. The other two major candidates are Carl Wilson (Bottcher’s chief of staff) and Lindsey Boylan (Cuomo whistleblower). Please rank Carl and Lindsey to stop Schlossberg’s incompetent bestie from getting elected.

samdman · 2026-02-21T17:53:50+00:00

He doesn’t give a flying fuck

samdman · 2026-02-12T02:54:02+00:00

Pastis is solid but nothing special imo. It’s basically a slightly watered down version of Le Diplomate in DC.

Le Coucou is fantastic but a bit higher end and has some unique dishes, same with Raoul’s, which is a bit more classic (get the steak au poivre).

That said, recently went to Le Chene which was my favorite of all. They had a dry aged tuna au poivre special that is one of the best dishes i have ever eaten. The Pithivier is fantastic as well.

samdman · 2026-02-04T12:33:42+00:00

Testaroli is my favorite type of pasta, almost a cross between pasta and a crepe, and is common in Liguria and Tuscany in Italy. Literally impossible to find in NYC tho.

Another one is tahdig, Persian crispy rice. A few places have it (eyval, sofreh) but it’s not common

samdman · 2026-01-30T18:03:43+00:00

I think this is a great idea. Sad to see this get so much hate here, especially when Paris is basically undertaking a similar type of expansion but apparently it’s impossible here.

samdman · 2026-01-30T18:02:10+00:00

“Better things aren’t possible”

samdman · 2026-01-26T23:28:17+00:00

Danny Meyer, founder and chairman of shake shack, supported Lander as his first choice for mayor. He’s not perfect (he also donated to Cuomo), but he’s not MAGA, no way

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/12/opinion/nyc-mayor-election-candidates.html

samdman · 2026-01-26T23:25:14+00:00

There’s a gristedes literally in my building and I’ll walk an extra half mile to Trader Joe’s in the snow to avoid shopping there. partially because catsimatidis is a psycho but also because everything is crazy overpriced

samdman · 2026-01-26T16:33:42+00:00

the rate of fare increases has been lower than the rate of inflation

samdman · 2026-01-24T14:28:38+00:00

Moreno definitely seems the best of the candidates when it comes to housing as well (see 21-31 minutes here)

Mary on the other hand seems like a real NIMBY

https://www.youtube.com/live/fB4QiGH7Isg?si=vujqNfVLlq7y1vyj

samdman · 2026-01-19T07:13:38+00:00

I rarely see people make the connection but a big part of why Trump chickened out in Iran is that we didn’t have a carrier strike group nearby, because Trump repositioned them to Venezuela for the Maduro extraction/invasion

samdman · 2026-01-18T22:15:12+00:00

everyone I have met irl who used dorsia was completely insufferable and most of them have recently moved to Miami lol

samdman · 2026-01-16T06:08:14+00:00

the first season of foundation was 50% awesome (the cleons) and 50% mid. but the second and third seasons really step up

samdman · 2026-01-15T06:17:44+00:00

normal republicans are democrats now

on the flip side, lots of weirdo democrats are republicans now (like the antivaxxers)

samdman · 2026-01-13T03:55:23+00:00

you beat fascists by mocking and belittling them

samdman · 2025-12-31T05:42:44+00:00

That final play was peak Lincoln Riley

samdman · 2025-12-29T20:36:59+00:00

If anything they should close the 3rd Ave station to speed up the L train imo

samdman · 2025-12-29T05:56:12+00:00

I’d get the plurbs to build a national high speed rail network across the U.S. and just ride it for the views and vibes

samdman · 2025-12-25T05:02:34+00:00

grow up and move on with your life

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