BlueGeorgist
@bluegeorgist.bsky.social
Urbanism, progressive liberalism, occasional dinosaurs.
No NIMBYs in my backyard!
The pro housing sicko formerly known as "CryptoGeorgist"
No NIMBYs in my backyard!
The pro housing sicko formerly known as "CryptoGeorgist"
No Kings in Beaverton was a great success.
October 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No Kings in Beaverton was a great success.
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top two, very smart
September 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
top two, very smart
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some of the greatest New Yorkers, including Brad Lander, David Dinkins and Zohran Mamdani are transplants!
And some of the worst New Yorkers like Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, and Eric Adams are natives!
And some of the worst New Yorkers like Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, and Eric Adams are natives!
August 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
some of the greatest New Yorkers, including Brad Lander, David Dinkins and Zohran Mamdani are transplants!
And some of the worst New Yorkers like Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, and Eric Adams are natives!
And some of the worst New Yorkers like Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, and Eric Adams are natives!
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anti-transplant rhetoric is basically just fancy xenophobia for self-hating gentrifiers
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
anti-transplant rhetoric is basically just fancy xenophobia for self-hating gentrifiers
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people got mad at me when i called the subway takes guy reactionary but "transplants don't assimilate" is straight reactionary bullshit with a red coat of paint on them
anti-transplant rhetoric is basically just fancy xenophobia for self-hating gentrifiers
August 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
people got mad at me when i called the subway takes guy reactionary but "transplants don't assimilate" is straight reactionary bullshit with a red coat of paint on them
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The Democratic Party and the Left generally are responsible for every over-sensitive person on the Internet, but the GOP isn't responsible for its *party leaders.*
Today, I wrote about the Syndey Sweeney controversy. More specifically, the fact that the Democratic party is apparently responsible for every oversensitive lady on TikTok, but the Republican party isn't responsible for their own fringe. Link in replies.
August 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Democratic Party and the Left generally are responsible for every over-sensitive person on the Internet, but the GOP isn't responsible for its *party leaders.*
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… why would they admit this?
yeah I'll bet
*LEAVITT: TRUMP UNDERWENT MEDICAL EXAM OVER LEG SWELLING
*LEAVITT: TRUMP UNDERWENT MEDICAL EXAM OVER LEG SWELLING
July 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
… why would they admit this?
The new OBBB is the start of an American sovereign debt crisis.
June 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The new OBBB is the start of an American sovereign debt crisis.
From a scale of 1-10, how at war with Iran are we?
June 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
From a scale of 1-10, how at war with Iran are we?
Is Iran and the US at war now?
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Is Iran and the US at war now?
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🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: We won our tariff lawsuit!
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: We won our tariff lawsuit!
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You almost never hear a driver complain that EZ-Pass is an arm of the surveillance state, but you almost always hear that about speed cameras. I wonder what the difference is!
I think I underestimated how many people on here are both anti-car *and* pro-surveillance (as long as it's only for the 95% of americans who drive) bsky.app/profile/vita...
May 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
You almost never hear a driver complain that EZ-Pass is an arm of the surveillance state, but you almost always hear that about speed cameras. I wonder what the difference is!
So how are we feeling about the Abundance Movement here on Bluesky?
May 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
So how are we feeling about the Abundance Movement here on Bluesky?
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Turns out that traffic modeling is kind of voodoo, and that predicted increase in traffic in the Bronx that a lot of congestion pricing opponents hung their hats on did not come to pass
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Turns out that traffic modeling is kind of voodoo, and that predicted increase in traffic in the Bronx that a lot of congestion pricing opponents hung their hats on did not come to pass
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One of the dumbest aspects of the Trump administration is that once he says something idiotic, none of them will walk it back.
So they spend days telling girls why they can’t have dolls.
Or talking up Alcatraz as a great prison.
Or attacking Canada.
It’s all so damn stupid!
So they spend days telling girls why they can’t have dolls.
Or talking up Alcatraz as a great prison.
Or attacking Canada.
It’s all so damn stupid!
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
One of the dumbest aspects of the Trump administration is that once he says something idiotic, none of them will walk it back.
So they spend days telling girls why they can’t have dolls.
Or talking up Alcatraz as a great prison.
Or attacking Canada.
It’s all so damn stupid!
So they spend days telling girls why they can’t have dolls.
Or talking up Alcatraz as a great prison.
Or attacking Canada.
It’s all so damn stupid!
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I have in general become way less tolerant of ‘crunchy’ bullshit since ascension of people like RFK jr. to actual power. Sorry but the obnoxious Reddit science and logic guys were right, you should be scorned for believing objectively wrong things about consequential issues.
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have in general become way less tolerant of ‘crunchy’ bullshit since ascension of people like RFK jr. to actual power. Sorry but the obnoxious Reddit science and logic guys were right, you should be scorned for believing objectively wrong things about consequential issues.
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A lot of people are ageing into being a reactionary grandparent but because they don't want to lose clout they dress it up as like the inherent wisdom of the earth that they shouldn't pay taxes
'Reactionary views but leftistly' is becoming a more and more common trope online.
May 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A lot of people are ageing into being a reactionary grandparent but because they don't want to lose clout they dress it up as like the inherent wisdom of the earth that they shouldn't pay taxes
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Very narrowly lost the vote on this. This was a chance for the Senate to put American businesses, farmers, workers and producers first. Most Republicans chose Trump. I’m not done, I will keep at this until we repeal Trump’s disastrous tariffs.
Later today the Senate will vote on my bipartisan legislation to end Trump’s tariffs. This has a real chance of passing. I encourage everyone to make your voices heard with your Senators if you feel strongly about this issue. I’ll be working to get it across the finish line. More soon.
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Very narrowly lost the vote on this. This was a chance for the Senate to put American businesses, farmers, workers and producers first. Most Republicans chose Trump. I’m not done, I will keep at this until we repeal Trump’s disastrous tariffs.
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It is *very* funny that Trump put up tariffs on China so high that even if he backs down in the most utterly humiliating way, they could still be economically ruinous. Totally checkmated himself
“In China’s policymaking circles, Trump’s comments Tuesday were viewed as a sign of him folding.”
Free link ⤵️
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Exclusive | White House Considers Slashing China Tariffs to De-Escalate Trade War
Levies could be cut by more than half in some cases although President Trump hasn’t yet made a final decision.
www.wsj.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It is *very* funny that Trump put up tariffs on China so high that even if he backs down in the most utterly humiliating way, they could still be economically ruinous. Totally checkmated himself
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Tom Homan on ABC does not deny that the administration's position is they have a right to grab people off the street and deport them without a hearing
April 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tom Homan on ABC does not deny that the administration's position is they have a right to grab people off the street and deport them without a hearing
They had no plan for the fallout from this, did they?
Trump reacts to Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador
April 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They had no plan for the fallout from this, did they?
I think I have to cancel a trip to Canada I was really looking forward to. I was born in America, but I'm not White. I don't trust border security not to.... like actually send me to a gulag.
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I think I have to cancel a trip to Canada I was really looking forward to. I was born in America, but I'm not White. I don't trust border security not to.... like actually send me to a gulag.
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The Trump administration is laser-focused on making harder for you to file your taxes while making it easier for the super rich to cheat on their taxes
BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing your tax returns for free.
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Trump administration is laser-focused on making harder for you to file your taxes while making it easier for the super rich to cheat on their taxes
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“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
www.politico.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...