@RMedia communicator. Biracial, queer. Tweet about equity, politics, abortion, climate justice, NYC. Into travel, cooking, rum, music, culture. She/her works.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined June 2009
- Tweets30.2K
- Following3.9K
- Followers1.6K
- Likes62.1K
Marla retweeted
CNN passenger in an interview: "I'm making the best of it. I just shared a Xanax with a new friend."
Marla retweeted
do the ppl visiting nyc normally walk like 6 ppl across when they’re home in Iowa or what
Marla retweeted
NEW: Most of the people whose lives changed when the Flatbush apartment building tumbled were immigrants.
The collapse of the building captivated the world, in part, because it reflected the world.
Colombia, Ecuador, Guinea.
Their stories w/ @La__Ley:
nytimes.com/2026/11/14/nyreg…
Marla retweeted
Every other building surrounding the Flatbush construction site had sturdy steel buttresses supporting them during excavation … except the 94-year-old structure atop a rubble foundation that collapsed Wednesday, per city-approved plans
City-approved excavation plans at the site of Wednesday’s fatal apartment building collapse in Brooklyn did not require construction crews to install additional bracing to support the adjacent structure, according to a review of building records.
The plans instead called for cutting into the soil at a 45-degree angle away from the three-story apartment building’s foundation to a depth of roughly 15 feet. Every other building around the perimeter of the construction site was required to have reinforcing steel buttresses known as rakers, according to the plans.
gothamist.visitlink.me/XDsUO…
Marla retweeted
Not people flying to weddings or funerals or to get home to their kids. Got it.
NOW: @SecDuffy says college football charter planes will get priority as airspace is restored to normal.
Marla retweeted
New: In addition to announcing plans to disband the Strategic Response Group, Mayor Zohran Mamdani will announce his support of City Council Member Chi Ossé's CURB Act, which would place severe limits on the NYPD's policing of protests. W/ @petersterne
cityandstateny.com/politics/…
Marla retweeted
DOGE laid off approximately 400 FAA employees, including technicians responsible for maintaining and upgrading critical navigational systems, which raised concerns about aviation safety and operational efficiency within the agency
apnews.com/article/faa-firin…
Marla retweeted
Air traffic controllers told me that they believe FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford is approaching agency management entirely backward, treating a federal safety agency like a corporate balance sheet by trying to squeeze out every ounce of productivity from controllers. Critics say he is running the FAA like a capitalist businessman, prioritizing cost-effectiveness as he did at his former company, regional Republic Airways, while treating public safety as a secondary concern.
One controller from the New York Center who retired in August said he chose to leave after more than two decades due to the deteriorating culture.
“With the administration that’s in now, the morale in that building is at an all-time low,” he said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
The retired controller stated that management at his facility focused heavily on keeping controllers on shift longer, a move he says actively endangers the public.
washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
Marla retweeted
quick reminder that they literally made an MTV Real World character the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Chuck Schumer voted to confirm him
Chris Van Hollen voted against confirming him
Marla retweeted
Stop firing experts. Stop trying to replace humans. Stop making everything shittier. Stop forcing us to buy the shittier things.
