Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw
@amoralorealis.bsky.social
Game dev, pro-housing activist. she/her
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One reason I left Twitter was because of the nonstop (in-) fighting between the centre/centre left and the left in housing circles. In an effort to build a bridge early on here, I’m going to talk about my experience, both lived, and as an academic/activist. To kick things off: zoning is racist.
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I will never understand why townhouses, aka row houses aka brownstones aka the kind of single family home common in many cities, are classified as multi family homes. The new build single family houses have maybe six feet between them, space that could be INSIDE those houses if they were connected.
It’s honestly wild how few townhomes exist that aren’t right near a highway. We force every bit of density right next to noise and pollution, and keep the quiet areas reserved for the rich who can afford detached houses.
I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is
I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I will never understand why townhouses, aka row houses aka brownstones aka the kind of single family home common in many cities, are classified as multi family homes. The new build single family houses have maybe six feet between them, space that could be INSIDE those houses if they were connected.
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Baby’s first streetcar trip
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Baby’s first streetcar trip
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When house owners talk about how they bought houses due to the "small neighborhood feel" what they mean is "a place where I don't have to see or tolerate renters" because renters are relegated to busy, filthy arterials outside those "small," "quaint" neighborhoods where they own property.
September 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When house owners talk about how they bought houses due to the "small neighborhood feel" what they mean is "a place where I don't have to see or tolerate renters" because renters are relegated to busy, filthy arterials outside those "small," "quaint" neighborhoods where they own property.
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Same offer from me:
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2025/09...
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2025/09...
Condonomics Debunked: A review of Patrick Condon’s ‘Broken City’
In Broken City, landscape architect Patrick Condon presents a diagnosis of the housing crisis. Condon claims to be a pragmatic empiricist, but he actually relies on extreme theoretical scenarios. He t...
michaelwiebe.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Same offer from me:
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2025/09...
michaelwiebe.com/blog/2025/09...
It’s honestly wild how few townhomes exist that aren’t right near a highway. We force every bit of density right next to noise and pollution, and keep the quiet areas reserved for the rich who can afford detached houses.
I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is
I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s honestly wild how few townhomes exist that aren’t right near a highway. We force every bit of density right next to noise and pollution, and keep the quiet areas reserved for the rich who can afford detached houses.
I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is
I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is
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I wish there was a way to convey how much of a big deal this is to me, I wish you could feel it.
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Opening Doors | Publications | Carrefour Vivre en Ville
Consultez notre publication « Opening Doors ». Carrefour Vivre en Ville
carrefour.vivreenville.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wish there was a way to convey how much of a big deal this is to me, I wish you could feel it.
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
I can get a really nice condo for $900k-1.2M, but a good townhouse is $1.3M+ 😭 if I want to stay in Vancouver or Burnaby near my work
I’ve been saving a down payment for 10+ years, skipping even a honeymoon vacation, but anything but a condo is huge stretch 🙃
First-time homebuyer problems
I’ve been saving a down payment for 10+ years, skipping even a honeymoon vacation, but anything but a condo is huge stretch 🙃
First-time homebuyer problems
October 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I can get a really nice condo for $900k-1.2M, but a good townhouse is $1.3M+ 😭 if I want to stay in Vancouver or Burnaby near my work
I’ve been saving a down payment for 10+ years, skipping even a honeymoon vacation, but anything but a condo is huge stretch 🙃
First-time homebuyer problems
I’ve been saving a down payment for 10+ years, skipping even a honeymoon vacation, but anything but a condo is huge stretch 🙃
First-time homebuyer problems
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The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
First homebuyer problems in Van… it’s pretty sad that about 70% of the housing options I can afford would basically require me to also get a car to commute to work 🙃 and it’s allegedly a buyer’s market! I have more options than usual…
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
First homebuyer problems in Van… it’s pretty sad that about 70% of the housing options I can afford would basically require me to also get a car to commute to work 🙃 and it’s allegedly a buyer’s market! I have more options than usual…
This is so disappointing. This means us poorer folks that can’t afford luxury detached housing is still artificially blocked from nice quiet streets by archaic city zoning.
Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is so disappointing. This means us poorer folks that can’t afford luxury detached housing is still artificially blocked from nice quiet streets by archaic city zoning.
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The Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) at the University of Chicago is seeking postdoctoral researchers interested in marine carbon dioxide removal to start in a year. 🌊🧪
Annual salary: $90,000/year
Research and travel funding: $10,000/year
Relation assistance: $3,000
Annual salary: $90,000/year
Research and travel funding: $10,000/year
Relation assistance: $3,000
CSEi Postdoctoral Researchers Position
climateengineering.uchicago.edu
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) at the University of Chicago is seeking postdoctoral researchers interested in marine carbon dioxide removal to start in a year. 🌊🧪
Annual salary: $90,000/year
Research and travel funding: $10,000/year
Relation assistance: $3,000
Annual salary: $90,000/year
Research and travel funding: $10,000/year
Relation assistance: $3,000
I really hate the “housing prices are disconnected from local incomes” framing because people immediately jump to “must be NON-LOCALS with more wealth that’s the problem.”
When the problem is largely that we haven’t built enough. Higher local/regional income households are outbidding you.
When the problem is largely that we haven’t built enough. Higher local/regional income households are outbidding you.
August 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I really hate the “housing prices are disconnected from local incomes” framing because people immediately jump to “must be NON-LOCALS with more wealth that’s the problem.”
When the problem is largely that we haven’t built enough. Higher local/regional income households are outbidding you.
When the problem is largely that we haven’t built enough. Higher local/regional income households are outbidding you.
Just a general reminder that homelessness is hard to solve at the best of times, and basically impossible during a housing supply shortage.
August 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just a general reminder that homelessness is hard to solve at the best of times, and basically impossible during a housing supply shortage.
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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Knowing it needed to adapt to survive the challenges of the 21st century, Alkmaar’s main shopping street of De Laat has undergone an extraordinary revitalisation; engaging the community in a reimagining process that introduced lush vegetation, water features, pedestrian priority, and ample seating.🧵
August 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Knowing it needed to adapt to survive the challenges of the 21st century, Alkmaar’s main shopping street of De Laat has undergone an extraordinary revitalisation; engaging the community in a reimagining process that introduced lush vegetation, water features, pedestrian priority, and ample seating.🧵
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oh my god in whom i don't believe THIS IS HUGE
WOW
WOW
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
oh my god in whom i don't believe THIS IS HUGE
WOW
WOW
Wow. This is extremely suspicious behaviour by VPD leadership. And excellent persistent reporting. Give it a read, and also does anyone know how to apply public pressure onto them to comply with FOIs? Write to police board and AG?
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wow. This is extremely suspicious behaviour by VPD leadership. And excellent persistent reporting. Give it a read, and also does anyone know how to apply public pressure onto them to comply with FOIs? Write to police board and AG?
It really grates my gears when high income people living in luxury homes at the top of this graph call small condos luxury and pretend those are the problem.
For some reason they’re very often fucking landscape architects??? Wtaf is happening at UBC SCARP.
For some reason they’re very often fucking landscape architects??? Wtaf is happening at UBC SCARP.
August 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It really grates my gears when high income people living in luxury homes at the top of this graph call small condos luxury and pretend those are the problem.
For some reason they’re very often fucking landscape architects??? Wtaf is happening at UBC SCARP.
For some reason they’re very often fucking landscape architects??? Wtaf is happening at UBC SCARP.
I truly believe in everyone having access to adequate housing, but I often wonder how difficult it must be for frontline workers of SROs and shelters.
My apartment has had a few “hard-to-house” folks living in it. One fellow had a trash collection problem and caused constant cockroach infestations.
My apartment has had a few “hard-to-house” folks living in it. One fellow had a trash collection problem and caused constant cockroach infestations.
August 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I truly believe in everyone having access to adequate housing, but I often wonder how difficult it must be for frontline workers of SROs and shelters.
My apartment has had a few “hard-to-house” folks living in it. One fellow had a trash collection problem and caused constant cockroach infestations.
My apartment has had a few “hard-to-house” folks living in it. One fellow had a trash collection problem and caused constant cockroach infestations.
At best, inclusionary zoning is a tax on housing to pay for subsidized housing (that would still be better as a subsidy from a general tax pool since it would be less susceptible to market cycles)
At worst it’s a really regressive tax on the poor~middle income folks who live in higher density homes
At worst it’s a really regressive tax on the poor~middle income folks who live in higher density homes
August 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At best, inclusionary zoning is a tax on housing to pay for subsidized housing (that would still be better as a subsidy from a general tax pool since it would be less susceptible to market cycles)
At worst it’s a really regressive tax on the poor~middle income folks who live in higher density homes
At worst it’s a really regressive tax on the poor~middle income folks who live in higher density homes
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You wonder why it's so hard to build actual, capital-A affordable housing, and then you realize this kind of story is repeated many times per day across the country. Many people-regular folks-who claim to value it, when push comes to shove, simply do not. www.newhavenindependent.org/article/cons...
19 New Affordable Homes Delayed
The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) pumped the brakes on an Elicker administration plan to build 15 owner-occupied homes and four rentals in Newhallville --…
www.newhavenindependent.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You wonder why it's so hard to build actual, capital-A affordable housing, and then you realize this kind of story is repeated many times per day across the country. Many people-regular folks-who claim to value it, when push comes to shove, simply do not. www.newhavenindependent.org/article/cons...
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i want to see as many people calling as loudly for the elimination of SUVs, which are literally physically destroying the planet, as call for regulation of e-bikes
E-bikes are the SUVs of the bike world. Big, heavy, fast, and ridden recklessly by the cycling population with the least amount of bike handling skills. The bike paths are not built for vehicles at these specs and safety legislation has not kept pace with the fad.
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
i want to see as many people calling as loudly for the elimination of SUVs, which are literally physically destroying the planet, as call for regulation of e-bikes
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The Federal government needs to demand much better zoning or their pre-fab investments will be a waste.
Even the TOAs in Metro Van allow only small, 200m circles @ >12 storeys, and BC does not require zoning proactively even within those small areas.
Even the TOAs in Metro Van allow only small, 200m circles @ >12 storeys, and BC does not require zoning proactively even within those small areas.
UBC Brock Commons:
- Attractive and flexible architecture
- 18 storeys (not permitted by right almost anywhere in Canadian cities)
- 300 homes (so perhaps 1500 needed in Toronto, similar in Vancouver) www.naturallywood.com/projects/bro...
- Attractive and flexible architecture
- 18 storeys (not permitted by right almost anywhere in Canadian cities)
- 300 homes (so perhaps 1500 needed in Toronto, similar in Vancouver) www.naturallywood.com/projects/bro...
Brock Commons Tallwood House | Education (Post-secondary) Wood Design + Construction | naturally:wood
Brock Commons Tallwood House is an 18-storey mass timber hybrid at UBC, showcasing sustainable prefabricated high-rise wood construction.
www.naturallywood.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Federal government needs to demand much better zoning or their pre-fab investments will be a waste.
Even the TOAs in Metro Van allow only small, 200m circles @ >12 storeys, and BC does not require zoning proactively even within those small areas.
Even the TOAs in Metro Van allow only small, 200m circles @ >12 storeys, and BC does not require zoning proactively even within those small areas.
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I get very sick of people saying that local governments can’t do anything about global problems. Most car trips in cities are under 3 miles - we could absolutely get more people using bikes or riding transit at the local level!
"Progressives" who are believers in things like climate change and oppose what's happening in DC, but fight any kind of local change like bike lanes or reduced parked are just the most frustrating people ever. Because they generally 'get it' and are good people but: local stuff is important!
August 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I get very sick of people saying that local governments can’t do anything about global problems. Most car trips in cities are under 3 miles - we could absolutely get more people using bikes or riding transit at the local level!