Scripting News: Sunday, June 29, 2025
Sunday, June 29, 2025 A case study in APIs . Creating a new post via Bluesky's API. # A tough place to govern # Benjamin Wittes : "It's remarkable how many non-New Yorkers seem to care who the mayor of New York City is." # They do and they're right to, the same way we were concerned how the Governor of California and Mayor of Los Angeles would react to the invasion of the Marines and hijacking of the National Guard. # Right now the NYC mayor is a hostage of the US govt. Not in a position to help. An inexperienced first term NY mayor, have we seen that before? How does the NYPD respond to that? # Then there was the snowstorm that derailed John V Lindsay, a heroic and transformative mayor. NY is a tough place to govern even when the US government isn't aiming to regime change the place. # NY is a tough place to govern even when the US government isn't aiming to regime change the place. # Local governme...