Running out of data 5 days into my billing cycle...

Fact: I read my economics text book in the voice of Kai Ryssdal - makes it go so much better and I retain more info that way.

This Saturday, 2600 Puerto Rican families will be kicked out of FEMA funded temporary housing on Sat, many in Florida. The same program for those displaced by Hurricanes #Katrina & #Rita were extended to 26 months. PR victims have only been given 9 months. nbcnews.to/2IwstrH

Don’t let anyone silence you — make your voice heard this election season by registering to vote NOW. The registration deadline is this Friday! voting.nyc

I don’t believe Lin-Manuel Miranda is actually from The Heights... He would have NEVER written a song called “It’s Quiet Uptown.” Still trying to catch him in the NYCT Subway, though! 🧐

The politicisation of central banks could distort decision making during the next downturn econ.st/2UxjpgK

Hey CMO/CEOs, you have an opp./responsibility here. Publicly announce you will reduce spend on Facebook, and increase on platforms committed to sanctity of elections (e.g., Twitter). Marc Pritchard Alan Jope Mo Katibeh

This 1967 educational film strip was deemed “impossible” and “fantastical” by may observers at the time. With the input from scientists at Bell Labs it painted a future of 2020. It predicted elements of the technologies precisely. From e-commerce to social networks—in 1967:

Initially, someone was holding the doors on a 168 St-bound C train, which delayed trains on the local. Now, he/she is holding the doors on a 207 St-bound A train across the platform on the express. Do we know why that person is doing that? No, we do not know why.

BikeCo, Fuji's North American distributor, has made a full statement. Available here: instagram.com/fujibikes/

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Showing red vs. blue maps leads people to see America as more divided—and judge people more by their state's stereotypes. Data: purple maps of state proportions are more accurate, and reduce perceived polarization and stereotypes. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… purplestatesofamerica.org

Hello I am brand new to Twitter, what are you guys up to

1. Ripol’s name is actually Ripon – this was my mistake, please forgive freezing texting fingers!

12. In the mean time, Ripon will try opening a bank account to receive the money from a Go Fund Me campaign initiated by thread-reader Sebastian Hooker. Ripon is moving soon – turns out he’ll be living less than 10 blocks away☺

Giving neurotic passengers Purell wipes when they board a plane is hands down the best hack that the airline industry has come up with to offset higher cleaning costs.

.New York City 311 there’s a sink hole a woman just broke her leg in at 13th st. by the standard beer garden

It's time to ⚠️BeReal⚠️

I dreamed that I tweeted this viral hit: “the beach that makes you old but it’s a rent-controlled penthouse in Chelsea. do you stay?”