Andrew

Things I like:
- #P2P / #opensource
- #History (Rome/Greece/Egypt)
- #Transit / #urbanplanning
- #Soccer

☦️💻⚽🏥📷📈💪☕️🇺🇸🇪🇬

📍NYC

A thing I built:
Agora, an app that lets you follow peeps on Bluesky, Mastodon, and Nostr:
agorasocial.app

[bridged from andrew.bsky.social on Bluesky by Bridgy Fed]

Public Key

npub1jdc8nfqwfgp2fdrxqvynd2vfev9e6z4zpcd56wfzt5q6zvc0gu8qpzeumu

NIP-05 Address

andrew.bsky.social@bsky-brid-gy.mostr.pub

Profile Code

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Publishing to

ditto.pub/relay

relay.mostr.pub

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2025-05-30 12:12:43

- Since 2020, contractor bids have come in an average of 6% below professional estimates, saving the MTA $890 million so far. The MTA has also saved an additional $395 million on insurance costs and more than $800 million on in-house support services.

2025-05-30 12:12:43

#transit
MTA's Efficiency Drive: Projects Are Now Built Faster and Cheaper by limiting unnecessary customization, bringing more work in house, close oversight of construction contractors, and bundling work by geography and project type
Some examples of this in practice from @mta.info Capital Plan:
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2025-05-30 12:12:43

- From 2015-2019, MTA awarded 15 contracts to construct 16 stations. Since 2020, we’ve awarded 12 contracts to construct 52 stations.
- The report also highlights the 50% savings achieved by the MTA decision to fully replace old signals with modern signals, instead of overlaying new on top of old.

2025-05-16 08:25:19

www.chop.edu/news/worlds-...
World's First Patient Treated ...

2025-05-14 21:07:14

This is the kind of article a Middle Eastern dad would write
The Best Free Table Bread In N...

2025-05-06 15:48:05

#gtaVI
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2025-05-01 22:54:01

News like the @polygon.com acquisition + layoffs is a reminder: maybe it’s better to follow game devs and studios directly than feed ad money to media conglomerates rehashing/clickbait-ifying what they’re announcing.

2025-04-30 10:17:58

It’s called soccer now 🇺🇸 ⚽️
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2025-04-25 00:02:03

Fun fact: Kaplan, a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews, usually indicated descent from the priestly lineage. In the Russian empire, male Jews other than priests were required to join the army for 25 years, and many changed their surnames to Kaplan in hope of gaining exemption from military service.

2025-04-24 07:20:32

It's only romantic love if it comes from the Rome region of Italy, otherwise it's sparkling attraction

2025-04-21 08:56:47

www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Francis has died on Easte...

2025-04-17 13:42:29

Fun fact: the CIA has a venture capital fund called IQT (formerly In-Q-Tel) whose stated mission is “to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve United States national security interests”
www.iqt.org/portfolio#fu...
IQT | Portfolio

2025-04-07 21:54:41

GenZ fashion? I think you mean Ed, Edd, n Eddy-core
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2025-04-04 08:09:28

@beeper.com 6GB of avatar cache?!
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2025-03-27 09:56:08

This is super cool, an Egyptian musician released a music video 2 years ago with lyric subtitles in hieroglyphics
#neo-pharaonism
Abu - Enty Helwa | Official Mu...

2025-03-26 10:10:43

Nissan and INFINITI outline "bold new products", including a new third-generation Nissan LEAF reimagined as a family-friendly crossover
Nissan and INFINITI outline bo...

2025-03-25 22:10:04

The takeaway i like to get from this is to find the career that has as many of those qualities that you can, and then use the time outside of work to fulfill the rest of those with service/hobbies/volunteering/family/etc
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2025-03-25 17:49:41

Fun fact, if you select text from a website before sharing it on iMessage, the text is added as a quote within the thumbnail. For example:
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2025-03-25 10:40:55

www.gardenista.com/posts/shatta...
Shatta: A Recipe for the Easte...

2025-03-09 09:38:39

Not a crossover I ever expected! @alexisohanian.bsky.social @kevinrose.bsky.social
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2025-03-01 10:28:26

$390M to be invested in Bushwick to replace 3 miles of sewers and upgrade all storm drains in the surrounding area — expanding the local sewer system’s storm runoff capacity by more than 850%
@mayor.nyc.gov @nycwater.bsky.social
www.nyc.gov/office-of-th...
Mayor Adams Invests $390 Milli...

2025-02-20 09:52:04

Fun fact: the Chief Justice of Egypt's Supreme Court is a Coptic Orthodox Christian, the first Christian to serve in that role and the highest ranking Copt in the Egyptian government!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulos_...
Boulos Fahmy - Wikipedia

2025-02-19 14:46:16

Presidential action to expand access to in-vitro fertilization announced. Thoughts?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Expanding Access to In Vitro F...

2025-02-06 21:28:29

lol 1985 was 40 years ago

2025-01-29 16:29:29

Glad we finally stopped beating around the bush and made it official!
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2025-01-21 11:26:17

If you'd like to be kept up to date on White House Presidential Actions directly from the source, here's the RSS Feed:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

2025-01-19 13:40:03

As much as I don’t want to give them credit, insurance companies may end up being the ones to push home builders to switch to ICF, rather than wood frame, which is garbage and outdated in comparison. There’s even a nursery rhyme about 3 little pigs that teaches that!
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2025-01-18 15:45:54

We’re way overdue to stop building with wood. It’s barely cheaper than Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) nowadays, takes longer than ICF to build with, and sucks ass at handling things like hurricanes. Wood is garbage, steel reinforced ICF is the future.
www.fastcompany.com/91260499/no-...
No shrubs and lots of concrete...

2025-01-17 18:19:44

"Yale scientists have developed a treatment approach that simultaneously targets multiple immune-suppressing genes and inhibits growth in four types of cancer."
news.yale.edu/2025/01/16/m...
Multi-target approach counters...

2025-01-16 19:24:31

When a school district has budget issues despite residents paying high property taxes, the cause almost always comes down to either/both of two things:
1) High cost of benefits like pensions or health insurance (that industry needs to burn in hell)
2) High administrative bloat

2025-01-16 10:16:34

Well done Blue Origin, another team of world class American engineers taking it to the stars with New Glenn safely reaching orbit!
www.youtube.com/live/KXysNxb...
YouTube

2025-01-15 02:48:13

Toyota sucks
electrek.co/2025/01/14/t...
Toyota the largest auto indust...

2025-01-14 09:11:53

If you're looking to custom-add loyalty cards that Apple Wallet doesn't support, just came across Barcodes, solid privacy-friendly app.
trybarcodes.com
Barcodes - Loyalty Card Wallet...

2025-01-13 15:48:54

Great to see. Both the CEQA and Coastal Act are worthless in actually protecting the environment, and instead just slow down development of new housing. The key is to rebuild quickly and with higher quality-building standards.
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Newsom issues executive order ...

2025-01-12 22:58:09

The best flight search tool I've used that also isn't owned by the "Booking Holdings" and "Trip.com" behemoths is hopper.com
Hopper | Book Hotels, Flights,...

2025-01-11 12:52:01

Every Chinese EV company to each other: “Hey, Can I Copy Your Homework?”
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2025-01-09 11:34:34

"A $70 million initiative will deploy 30,000 electric heat pumps to bring climate-friendly comfort to residents of NYC’s aging public-housing units."
Window heat pumps will help el...

2025-01-08 13:52:14

@mcuban.bsky.social your next project in the healthcare space should be a non-profit health insurance carrier. Being un-encumbered by profit margin = you can undercut the incumbent health insurances while still negotiating fair reimbursement with providers.

2025-01-08 10:44:19

"The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will ban the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports.
Americans with medical debt on their credit reports could see their credit scores rise by an average of 20 points."
www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...
CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove ...

2025-01-08 10:06:36

"Delta Air Lines announced plans to install new 4K HDR QLED screens and Bluetooth capabilities in all cabins so travelers can pair their personal wireless devices"
#CES
Delta unveils onboard: YouTube...

2025-01-04 19:21:58

www.caranddriver.com/news/g299943...
Future EVs: Every Electric Veh...

2025-01-03 09:25:36

uBO Quick Filters list being stolen by team behind Honey browser extension (Pie Adblock extension)
reddit.com/r/uBlockOrig...
From the uBlockOrigin communit...

2025-01-01 11:25:00

The GTA III port for the Sega Dreamcast has been released!
dca3.net
DCA3 - Experience Liberty City...

2024-12-31 10:44:08

"Expands the U.S.-flag international fleet by 250 ships in 10 years by creating the Strategic Commercial Fleet Program, facilitating the development of a fleet of commercially operated, U.S.-flagged, American crewed, domestically built merchant vessels."
garamendi.house.gov/media/press-...
Garamendi, Kelly, Senators You...

2024-12-30 22:10:59

@mta.info What’s up with this? Incredibly unsafe to have commuters essentially walking on the edge of a cliff. Do better.
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2024-12-27 14:36:04

Super handy tool for planning/researching electrifying your home's heating/cooling/etc
homes.rewiringamerica.org/personal-ele...
Plan your next electric upgrad...

2024-12-20 13:59:40

“A team of researchers from the U. S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory developed a magnetocaloric heat pump that matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost, and performance.”
www.ameslab.gov/news/the-fut...
@iea.org
The future of more sustainable...

2024-12-20 09:57:57

"Let’s make open, local, and private voice assistants a reality"
www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/12...
The era of open voice assistan...

2024-12-19 18:23:24

Has anyone built a tool that allows you to type in a topic category you want muted from your bluesky feed, and then generates a list of words related to that topic and adds them all to your mute list automatically?
If not, i’m gonna build it myself!

2024-12-18 19:59:10

The still got it
open.spotify.com/track/4YcXfN...

2024-12-16 20:55:39

How I imagine gun control in the age of 3D printed guns
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2024-12-16 01:06:03

Clean energy home starter pack:
- Cold weather electric heat pump for heating/cooling/hot water
- Electric induction stove
- Solar panels + battery backup
- Insulated concrete form frame + roof

2024-12-14 07:53:49

"US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from app stores Jan. 19"
Letters to CEOs of TikTok, App...

2024-12-12 10:55:39

The migration routes that formed the Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi Jewish groups
#maps
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2024-12-12 10:00:18

Both the goal and assist by Americans, AND against Man City? Spectacular.
streamff.live/v/19af0c9a
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2024-12-11 17:33:50

It's amusing that the Mastodon creator is German, as the user experience feels strikingly similar to labyrinthine European bureaucracy.
Both present as an open and decentralized structure, promising freedom and community-led participation, yet are riddled with complexities that bewilder newcomers.

2024-12-10 22:31:02

Fun fact: One of @vox.com ‘s funders is The National Institute of Health Care Management, which has a board made almost entirely of Health Insurance executives. Think about that the next time you read a Vox article blaming doctors for health costs
www.vox.com/pages/funding
nihcm.org/about-us/boa...
How we make money | Vox

2024-12-10 09:17:37

"Florida has installed the second most solar power capacity in the country in 2024, only trailing Texas."
The Sunshine State Projected t...

2024-12-09 23:38:13

"First, Willow can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits.Second, Willow performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion. years
blog.google/technology/r...
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-...

2024-12-09 22:43:26

Looks like someone forgot to use their TrueCar company wellness stipend!
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2024-12-09 09:29:48

If @leezeldin.bsky.social is serious when he says he prioritizes "ensuring access to clean air and water", then he needs to tackle this as upcoming head of the EPA.
gizmodo.com/formaldehyde...
Formaldehyde Causes More Cance...

2024-12-06 09:30:08

#NYC Council passes historic citywide #zoning reforms estimated to create over 82,000 new homes, together with an agreement to invest $5 billion to support home ownership and #infrastructure improvements.
council.nyc.gov/press/2024/1...
New York City Council Passes H...

2024-12-06 08:28:51

Believe it or not, physician pay makes up only ~8% of total healthcare costs. These are the more substantial causes:
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2024-12-05 15:51:38

I just know someone’s working on a “health insurance hit” Liberty City mod for GTA IV

2024-12-04 09:29:10

House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concludes that the coronavirus most likely emerged from a laboratory related accident in Wuhan, China.
oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...

2024-12-02 08:29:44

"Stellantis N.V. announces that the Company’s Board of Directors, under the Chairmanship of John Elkann, accepted Carlos Tavares’ resignation today from his role as CEO"
#cars #jeep #dodge #fiat #alfaromeo #ram #maserati
www.stellantis.com/en/news/pres...
Board Accepts Carlos Tavares’ ...

2024-12-01 17:28:44

trying to figure out which team I’m supposed to root for in this Syrian Rebels vs Syrian gov thing
a man in a blue shirt and tie ...

2024-11-28 12:24:09

Some notable official government accounts that recently joined:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams: @mayor.nyc.gov
CA Governor Gavin Newsom: @governor.ca.gov
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: @mayorwu.boston.gov
BART: @bart.gov
FDA: @fda.gov

2024-11-26 13:06:47

The DOE announced a conditional loan to Rivian of up to $6.57 billion to finance the development and construction of Project Horizon, an EV manufacturing facility located in Stanton Springs North, Georgia.
www.energy.gov/lpo/articles...
LPO Announces Conditional Comm...

2024-11-26 10:49:54

Boston's MBTA announces the Red Line is Now Slow Zone-Free for the First Time in At Least 20 Years
www.mbta.com/news/2024-11...
Red Line Now Slow Zone-Free fo...

2024-11-25 10:31:00

Some topic-related feeds I made recently:
Green Energy: bsky.app/profile/andr...
Infrastructure/Transit: bsky.app/profile/andr...
Soccer/Football: bsky.app/profile/andr...

2024-11-25 10:01:58

#cleanenergy #solar #solarpower #windpower
www.canarymedia.com/articles/can...
This chart will cheer you up

2024-11-23 12:04:07

Mastodon users shouldn't talk. Their Instances are fiefdoms where admins have full control over which other instances their users can see content from, and they can shut down the instance at any point and their users posts/follows/etc are gone just like that.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4hawmtgzjx3vclfyphbhfn7v/post/3lbmaexafep2f
#nevent1q…t6up

2024-11-23 11:49:14

Perhaps the biggest outcome of a Coptic doctor being picked to head the FDA is that Egyptian parents will now be telling their kids "you **only** want to go to medical school? why not cabinet member?"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/h...
Dr Martin Makary Chosen to Hea...

2024-11-22 13:50:04

The scene I think about every time someone says she wants a spouse to be the leader of the family 😂
youtu.be/IMnJYDUlmwg?...
Lead me... when I'm in the moo...

2024-11-21 09:22:25

Super interesting deep dive into the state of America's road network #infrastructure
www.construction-physics.com/p/how-good-a...
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2024-11-20 10:48:41

Ironically, the best counterweight the Democrats could have against this breed of Republicans is the kind of politically savvy, mob-boss tough persona of guys like Andrew Cuomo www.thedailybeast.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo: The Ten Truths D...

2024-11-20 10:26:57

Whattup gang, here are some of the topics I find joy in:
- History (lately interested in the Antiquity -> Middle Ages transition)
- Soccer
- Video Games (Huge GTA fan)
- Solar Power + Nuclear Energy
- EVs
- FOSS
- Transit + YIMBY
- Space
- Gadgets and tech in general

2024-11-14 18:30:46

A Christian progressive representative from Texas with the speaking charisma of Obama, who calls out Christian nationalism? James Talarico for President 2028
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2024-11-14 10:02:30

PSA to New Yorkers: Thanks to the NY state Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), a family of 4 (for example) making all the way up to $108k can qualify for subsidized child care costing them only $60/month:
hs.ocfs.ny.gov/CCAPsignup/i...
#NewYork #NYC #LongIsland
Invitation for the CCAA

2024-11-13 22:59:53

New York City Council Votes to End Broker Fees, requires landlords pay agents they hire
council.nyc.gov/press/2024/1...
Continuing Focus on Affordabil...

2024-11-13 19:26:39

~70% of the US Dept of Ed budget goes towards backing the vast majority of student loans. Elon Musk + Vivek Ramaswamy wanting to gut the Dept of Ed ironically means colleges like Liberty University will lose that blank check and a TON of income. Let's see this play out...
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2024-11-13 13:36:41

These Senate/House members are the top recipients of “donations” from pro-Israel lobbies. As long as this is the case, unconditional support for Israel will continue to be one of the few things both major parties agree on.
www.opensecrets.org/industries/s...
www.opensecrets.org/industries/s...
Pro-Israel Recipients

2024-11-12 18:04:18

Just for the hilarity/chaos, I want to see a Democratic candidate propose an "only single Latinas" immigration policy. Probably gonna win over some Republican dudes with that one.

2024-11-12 10:31:42

@aoc.bsky.social lemme know if I'm missing any important peeps!

2024-11-12 09:04:06

Summary: Anna’s Archive stresses the need to preserve knowledge digitally and distribute it globally before restrictions make access difficult. They foresee falling storage costs and OCR advances aiding this mission, but warn that a 5-10 year window is critical.
annas-archive.org/blog/critica...
The critical window of shadow ...

2024-11-12 00:50:39

Looking back, this feels like the inflection point when Elon started down the politics rabbit hole
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:l7gqjn6bcl7mlqddhs6ovhw4&cid=bafkreih3v6tt3yuyzb7h7axfeiwrgtkhv5tq7xfiy2uckddpxh7lzegg3e

2024-11-09 10:58:04

Something tells me this labeler is going to bring much peace to my bluesky experience
"You can use this labeler to hide US politics, including by topic or politician."
bsky.app/profile/uspo...

2024-11-09 10:37:16

If you find your iPhone randomly rebooting, this may be why
www.404media.co/apple-quietl...
Apple Quietly Introduced iPhon...

2024-11-09 10:30:53

Great tool for browsing Bluesky starter packs
blueview.app/starter-packs
BlueView

2024-11-07 18:39:43

Republican business owners when all their cheap labor gets deported
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:l7gqjn6bcl7mlqddhs6ovhw4&cid=bafkreifralqztf4jfntknbc2zfinujlyph5m6kyxv5cvdtieebwshnh5ma

2024-11-04 09:16:31

@snarfed.org What are your thoughts on the "opt in" requirement for BridgyFed being exempted when it comes to accounts that are on:
- bird.makeup : since those are mirrors of Twitter accounts and they can't receive DMs
- threads.net : while they aren't mirrors, can't receive fediverse DMs either

2024-11-03 21:42:22

Not gonna lie, the fact that I need 3 forms of ID to enter a Costco but I can vote without photo ID is just silly. Yes we don't want unreasonable barriers to voting, but photo ID is NOT an unreasonable barrier, GTFO with that. Hopefully President Kamala fixes that

2024-11-03 16:03:08

the fact that with @bsky.app / @atproto.com you don’t need to rely on your current PDS’ cooperating or continuing to exist in order to move to another PDS is a HUGE advantage over Mastodon. If anything, that makes Bluesky more decentralized, Mastodon instances have full control over your data.
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:l7gqjn6bcl7mlqddhs6ovhw4&cid=bafkreie7wqfuqa3pb3jowzb3dhy5oa7ikdq5kbtfag563shof6nvj7lvhe

2024-11-03 15:59:17

just like bluesky, I can switch my email service to outlook and move my custom domain email to there, and my email address would still be andrew@pizzaworld.com but with a dif provider storing my stuff.

2024-11-03 15:20:28

Re: the yearly daylight savings vs standard time debate, i say we split the difference. When we go back to daylight savings time in march, we spring the clocks forward a half hour, and leave it like that forever.
Side bonus: it inconveniences the rest of the world

2024-10-30 07:14:49

Commentary from the co-creator of ActivityPub, the protocol that Mastodon/Fediverse uses.
@pfrazee.com @bnewbold.net @jay.bsky.team thoughts?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ics2en32qho7u5vttyvmanvb/post/3l7ohfaam6ud2
#note14um…cg9v

2024-10-30 07:06:29

Co-creator of ActivityPub, the protocol that Mastodon/Fediverse uses:
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ics2en32qho7u5vttyvmanvb/post/3l7ohfaam6ud2
#note14um…cg9v

2024-10-26 12:12:58

Figured I'd make a little update to this
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:l7gqjn6bcl7mlqddhs6ovhw4&cid=bafkreiduykdhph7lpmndwql7uloblcu75ifavsma3s24a656gn54qcmj74

2024-10-25 09:46:29

@kawamataryo.bsky.social When I try using Sky Follower Bridge on my /following page, I get a rate limit exceeded error, even though this is my first time using it
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:l7gqjn6bcl7mlqddhs6ovhw4&cid=bafkreiapvd7uzoauixqo5vbjzhfwhnjv55g7ano3xhlguy5qrmlczqwkcq