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(DIR) Post #B2RgF8C8DIGfRyEFyC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-19T14:27:44Z
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Zohran is expanding the number of public toilets in NYC and improving how the existing ones are cleaned and maintained. If this is a big enough initiative it will have a huge impact on quality of life for new yorkers. I don't know if it is big enough. Nonetheless *this* is the way to address the things that make people feel like the city is a dump. It's also just... civilized. IDK. How do you call it a city and you have no bathrooms?Anyway welcome to communism.
(DIR) Post #B2RgqD9SkL9tXRf5UW by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T14:34:23Z
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@futurebird And he's gonna force the public schools to teach ARABIC NUMBERS!!!!111
(DIR) Post #B2Rgr1df2L1W7aAuVE by LappenjammerDieZweite@social.vivaldi.net
2026-01-19T14:34:24Z
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@futurebird I cannot stress enough how public toilets are necessary for the non cis male public. Whenever I travel, or even when I just leave home for a few hours it is an issue. Especially for those who can't afford cafés and such. Shops used to have toilets over here whenever they had a seated area. Now you're lucky to find one and not pay a Euro for it.
(DIR) Post #B2Rh2xmnBe1TeC8eTQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-19T14:36:44Z
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@LappenjammerDieZweite No one wants to walk past or smell the works of those who can do without a facility either. Regardless.
(DIR) Post #B2RhR2K1yP8AfLAGQK by floppyplopper@todon.nl
2026-01-19T14:40:44Z
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@futurebird it's massive and keys into active travel as well.i've tooted in the past about how my city keeps chatting about active travel. on my 5 mile pedestrian corridor into town there is one (1) toilet. and it usually isn't open. how is that meant to work?
(DIR) Post #B2RhRXoasozwL6hbrk by LappenjammerDieZweite@social.vivaldi.net
2026-01-19T14:41:09Z
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@futurebird I recently stayed in a decent hotel. The people working at reception (open about 12 hours a day) had to go to a cafe across the street every. single. day. Seriously the working conditions have eroded badly these past years and politicians still frame everyone of being work shy.
(DIR) Post #B2RiO1LvDmZKkDAuae by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-19T14:51:41Z
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@futurebird In Wisconsin, that is called "sewer socialism" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_socialism
(DIR) Post #B2RiRTwVNezGHdw9K4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-19T14:52:22Z
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@michael_w_busch remarkable branding on that one
(DIR) Post #B2RiXSi8sAwKCX4PwW by Lyle@cville.online
2026-01-19T14:53:24Z
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@futurebird When describing NYC I always praise the food, culture, parks, interesting architecture, and the transit system but I always end with “but the smell, especially in summer.” I’m guessing residents get used to it, but it’s really powerful
(DIR) Post #B2RiqlqhwS1n3jHeym by ShiitakeToast@beige.party
2026-01-19T14:56:53Z
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@futurebird This is a huge leap forward for public health in NYC. A coup for human rights for the poor. And also pretty good for me, personally. The cycle of “I need to pee so I will buy a caffeinated or alcoholic beverage” is such a pain.
(DIR) Post #B2RjMCa6bNoEwdVQBs by Guillotine_Jones@beige.party
2026-01-19T15:02:35Z
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@futurebird Paying attention to the people on the street?The horror!
(DIR) Post #B2RjxZH5ByJW2bQRii by Flo_Rian@norden.social
2026-01-19T15:05:31Z
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@lemgandi Non-binary ones!!!!@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B2Rjxagzv6daRGYeki by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-19T15:09:20Z
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@Flo_Rian @lemgandi Some of the books are full of radicals.
(DIR) Post #B2RkBME8V0yzd3cfKa by asakiyume@wandering.shop
2026-01-19T15:11:50Z
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@futurebird So agree; the lack of public toilets in the US is insane.
(DIR) Post #B2RkrSn8TznO9Q4TFA by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2026-01-19T15:19:25Z
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@futurebird Big Coffee is not going to like this.(I haven't been to the US since the 90s but when I was in NYC it was a minor source of amusement/irritation to me that the only easy place to go to the loo was a cafe but ofc you had to buy something to use it... like a coffee. Which meant that you needed to go to the loo again quite soon after... at another cafe.)
(DIR) Post #B2RlcSp0Bkjhr3M6iW by jacobyaudio@techhub.social
2026-01-19T15:27:56Z
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@futurebird It might be nice to travel into NYC and not have to plan bathroom breaks as carefully as I need to.
(DIR) Post #B2RlkBGVLYkriltowq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-19T15:29:21Z
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@jacobyaudio Well lets see if this is a big enough program. Doing things in NYC means go big or go home. For this to have an impact it will need to have a secure funding source and it should take about a year or two to spin up. I will be watching.
(DIR) Post #B2RmqGH9jMJux7fRU8 by sovietfish@todon.eu
2026-01-19T15:41:37Z
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@futurebird Brb gonna' set up a photobooth on the sidewalk in which I present the Wim Wenders film about a Japanese man who cleans toilets and lock people in until they've watched the entire movie.This is my supervillain origin story
(DIR) Post #B2RnIsDGH5HiilUNhw by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2026-01-19T15:46:44Z
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@futurebird @jacobyaudio > Doing things in NYC means go big or go homeReading this in the context of toilets is... interesting
(DIR) Post #B2RnNuhWS2sLsy2xBw by LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T15:47:43Z
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The homeless and drug users will ruin the new bathrooms. Without addressing that issue first, this is just a waste of time.
(DIR) Post #B2RnaNk4IrDPQiBOym by carrideen@c18.masto.host
2026-01-19T15:49:57Z
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@futurebird One of the hardest things for my mom when she has tried to visit me in New York has been toilet access. If you are not used to just holding it for hours, which most of us are, the city is totally inaccessible. I showed her that most hotels will not stop you from using a lobby toilet if you look like you know what you are doing, and she was convinced the city has made me insane. And then you visit a place like Tokyo and have a luxury bidet toilet experience in a subway station...
(DIR) Post #B2RoCZmlyQP1mpezxI by deirdrebeth@mas.to
2026-01-19T15:56:52Z
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@futurebird @jacobyaudio I was reading an interview with Mamdami where he was commenting that the funding for a lot of these programs had already been secured years ago, just never implemented. I don't know if this is one of them, but I know they've been talking about installing public toilets in NYC since I lived there in the 90s!
(DIR) Post #B2RodQPyuUUAYIno5g by numodular@c.im
2026-01-19T16:01:43Z
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@futurebird Aside from Kahn Academies and some Montessori schools; the US educational system doesn't teach Root Cause Analysis, anywhere near the range needed to effectively reconstruct sustainable root infrastructure.A nice, brief breath of fresh air though.
(DIR) Post #B2RofKFmngRa0qwKa8 by nguarracino@techhub.social
2026-01-19T16:02:05Z
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@futurebird How is he doing this, logistically speaking? Toilets have to physically sit somewhere, be hooked up to plumbing, lighting, etc. Not the easiest task in a crowded place like NYC.
(DIR) Post #B2RomyBwi50xuCmxP6 by Ox1de@cyberplace.social
2026-01-19T16:03:26Z
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@futurebird I hope other cities take notice, wood privacy improve tourism. Before I go to any events if there’s no bathroom, I go bye bye,
(DIR) Post #B2RorfqmKXaGT78Awy by mrjunge@raru.re
2026-01-19T16:04:12Z
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@futurebird Tbf I kind of skimmed through the comments, but haven't noticed a single person explicitly mention how beneficial this is to unhoused New Yorkers (granted there shouldn't be anybody unhoused to begin with). I guess it's kind of needless to be said though.
(DIR) Post #B2RpCM0LJMyb01SuqO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-19T16:08:04Z
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@nguarracino This is one of the easier parts of doing this for the city. The city has the parks, sidewalks, streets and many buildings and other places that it can use rent free. Likewise there are many existing toilets that are just... closed. Taking up space and no one can use them. For the plumbing there is a RFP for ideas and some copying of what they are doing in other cities. My major concern is long term funding.
(DIR) Post #B2RpPnhNelMAej0Y4m by beckett@triangletoot.party
2026-01-19T16:10:27Z
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@futurebird @donaldball Kinda the inverse of “broken windows.”
(DIR) Post #B2RpVYjsBoTPzpv51c by nguarracino@techhub.social
2026-01-19T16:11:31Z
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@futurebird I hope it succeeds! Seems like a no-brainer... if there is one thing everybody has in common, it's a need to use the toilet.
(DIR) Post #B2RpjdgWb5W5OG4EVc by crazyeddie@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T16:14:03Z
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@futurebird Visitors too.You can't see it in all the video and stuff, but the whole downtown area smells like piss. Then it got humid.That was the one thing that really struck me when I went there for a job interview. The constant sense I was in a bathroom...and not a clean one.Surprised the rich want to live in that. I guess they're kinda up above it though.Imagine what it was like in the horse days. Though I do prefer the smell of horse shit to car shit. Healthier too?
(DIR) Post #B2Rq7YACmDpvDTLrWa by regalone1@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T16:18:22Z
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@futurebird I don’t know having all the shit on the street in New York made it feel more cosmopolitan
(DIR) Post #B2RrZm9aSJCOfU5MCe by venitamathias@masto.ai
2026-01-19T16:34:37Z
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@futurebird There will always be reasons why a basic idea is not big enough. Cheers to him for doing and moving to the next thing.
(DIR) Post #B2RsgV9w8eI3wU1Ip6 by sleet01@fosstodon.org
2026-01-19T16:47:06Z
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@futurebird Ironically, this problem only exists because each of us owns the means of "production".
(DIR) Post #B2Rskb6A00BxWKCsCW by ahltorp@mastodon.nu
2026-01-19T16:47:50Z
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@futurebird @Flo_Rian @lemgandi Especially chemistry books.
(DIR) Post #B2Ru1jvAY83NlDnspc by GGMcBG@mstdn.plus
2026-01-19T17:02:07Z
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@futurebird Can he please come fix my plumbing? I need some serious socialism in my life now. 😞
(DIR) Post #B2RvflSsKUDg5NDc00 by ddetmer@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T17:20:33Z
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@futurebird Communism? To offer tourists and locals the opportunity denied to nonshoppers? Some stores have restrooms for their shoppers but folks with housing difficulties and people just popping around looking 👀 must dive into any available facility ( or buy something they don’t need). Honestly I cannot find “ clean restrooms “ anywhere in Karl Mark’s manifesto!
(DIR) Post #B2RxTKgAI9oJRddOXA by utf_7@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T17:40:44Z
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@futurebird more toilets mean i can place more often... some... big apples?
(DIR) Post #B2RzOwRieCiF2NuZcG by pattykimura@beige.party
2026-01-19T18:02:20Z
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@futurebird This is about human dignity and basic human decency. The opposite of Trumpism.
(DIR) Post #B2S2ULvTdmgDNA6P3I by noodlemaz@mstdn.games
2026-01-19T18:36:56Z
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@futurebird man, yepI was there one whole weekend and the toilet situation was one of my top complaints. Good man!
(DIR) Post #B2S4tA0RIOZpYFNdg0 by fishsauce@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T19:03:47Z
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@futurebird Public bathroom infrastructure is a huge, positive thing. As a Torontonian, I am extremely jealous of how seriously Mamdani is taking these very basic issues.
(DIR) Post #B2S7HNurQieTYDRwsC by gbargoud@masto.nyc
2026-01-19T19:30:37Z
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@futurebird There are a couple of playgrounds here which do have bathrooms but whether or not they are open is pretty hit and miss.A friend had to take their daughter to the nearest bar to use the bathroom to make sure she didn't have an accident in early potty training days.Luckily it's the kind of neighborhood place which is very ok with that but having to leave the playground to go to a bar for that is not a sign of a healthy city.
(DIR) Post #B2SE4Vb8G0yZI31s6C by tatus_ua@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T20:46:43Z
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@futurebird , toilets are good. Communism is not. Damn SSSR...
(DIR) Post #B2SGjoEU4vdUrkG0DQ by dresstokilt@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T21:16:30Z
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@futurebird *Public* toilets? Well how do we make money off of that?!/s
(DIR) Post #B2SHkvcuApCs2cmG2a by BinChicken@rants.au
2026-01-19T21:28:00Z
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@futurebird This is an issue that gets little consideration or political glamour, but is actually a really big deal for the livability of a city. It's up there with public transport and libraries, in my opinion. NYC has so many residents and people commuting for work, and it's such an important travel destination that it should be a priority.Too many times, politicians (particularly conservative and "economic rationalist" types) want to cut costs, or invoke the ick-factor against a group they hate (I've lived in places where closing public toilets was cited in the war against drugs or to keep kids safe from LGBTQIA+ people), or do outrageous hostile social-engineering against homeless people, and so they proudly choose to under-fund or close public toilets. It's a short-sighted move because it degrades public amenity and sanitation, and has flow-on effects for restaurants, bars, and other local businesses.On the other hand, good accessibility and around-the-clock availability of public toilets makes life safer, easier to plan for, and more comfortable for minorities, women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. And, yes, homeless people, because they're a fact of life that cannot be solved by hoping they'll simply disappear if you're cruel enough to them. I'm seeing this announcement by Zohran Mamdani as a sign that he treats people and their basic needs with respect.
(DIR) Post #B2SIfSODY34Fs3rWGO by Energetic_Nova@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T21:38:13Z
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@futurebird Feels most cities (all) on the west coast are no bathrooms anywhere sorts of places.
(DIR) Post #B2SIwCbvT0nJrAG7k0 by tsyum@thepit.social
2026-01-19T21:41:15Z
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@futurebird man Boston could learn from this. I can’t recommend anyone visit these days unless I’m able to show them around. City government has essentially allowed our public bathrooms be hidden from view, so visitors won’t know they exist
(DIR) Post #B2SK3PtgZBdb2qZOfA by evan@cosocial.ca
2026-01-19T21:53:45Z
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@futurebird I love this. Public toilets are essential urban infrastructure.
(DIR) Post #B2SSyEykdGILK1Xuca by stevenray@sfba.social
2026-01-19T23:33:41Z
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@futurebird thank you for this update, comrade. 👍🏻
(DIR) Post #B2SUBoKib4bygqr6no by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2026-01-19T23:47:17Z
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@futurebird NZ seems to always have public toilets everywhere. Very civilized.
(DIR) Post #B2SX4xwKmTHmJusTyK by VCP@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T15:54:41Z
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@carrideen @futurebird right. the other tricks i know are pretty clustered around midtown: museum memberships, making to the mall at columbus circle, NYPL branches. Used to be Crate & Barrel, which had a set of maybe 4 stalls in 2 bathrooms. but then it moved downtown, and now there's one stall that's harder to access.
(DIR) Post #B2SX4ygQ189IcqRHns by VCP@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T15:56:14Z
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@carrideen @futurebird in Queens, where we have all the big-box retail, it's a little easier. but then you gotta be at big box retail. sigh.
(DIR) Post #B2SX4zK7dVuMbz0zgm by adardis@mstdn.social
2026-01-19T16:14:59Z
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@VCP @carrideen @futurebird an NYC puzzle: posh person on the 4-5-6 or Q with a large water bottle (one of those half-gallon things). What do they do when they drink the water?A different and more universal puzzle: people with water bottles at the pool.
(DIR) Post #B2SX4zxTHDNqa1QQ1Q by carrideen@c18.masto.host
2026-01-19T16:17:04Z
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@adardis @VCP @futurebird Conspicuous hydration is such a flex in a toiletless city!
(DIR) Post #B2SXEvtXEuFesCJyPQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-20T00:21:33Z
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@carrideen @adardis @VCP Drinking water in two bridges like I have cafe muffin money.Yeah I'll buy a bagel.I'll even buy a coffee.Just give me the damn key. I'm a hy hy hy hydrated roller.
(DIR) Post #B2SXcswNsFtKf44iWG by adardis@mstdn.social
2026-01-20T00:25:51Z
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@futurebird @carrideen @VCP I'm still thinking about your base-4 puzzle and what I want to do with it.
(DIR) Post #B2SYW8QG0xrWbXOR5k by kevinrns@mstdn.social
2026-01-20T00:35:49Z
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@futurebird "Communism is enough clean toilets."John Lennon.
(DIR) Post #B2SZzbZunECFNiWiye by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-20T00:52:24Z
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@adardis @carrideen @VCP Did you see the webapp from @c9a? Neat stuff.And I posted a photo of the actual cards. https://sauropods.win/@c9a@cathode.church/115901985742487400
(DIR) Post #B2TQnrMBb8dgPhODb6 by BashStKid@mastodon.online
2026-01-20T10:44:05Z
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@futurebird Come on in, it’s lovely.