Bobby Garrity
@bobbygarrity.bsky.social
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📍Downtown Los Angeles
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At first I was shocked to see only 10% of Americans are more excited than concerned about AI with 50% being the opposite, seemed far too pessimistic. But now I see the question asked about use "in daily life" so this is fair. I.e. you consider chatbots but not drug discovery and scientific research
Finally, concern does seem to be rising, though that might also reflect growing awareness ("have heard nothing" went from 15% in 2022 to 5% in 2025)
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 AM
At first I was shocked to see only 10% of Americans are more excited than concerned about AI with 50% being the opposite, seemed far too pessimistic. But now I see the question asked about use "in daily life" so this is fair. I.e. you consider chatbots but not drug discovery and scientific research
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he should be impeached for this alone
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
he should be impeached for this alone
So excited for what this committee learns and accomplishes. Modular housing is an absolutely necessary piece to making housing affordable and abundant.
Thank you so much to Assemblymember @buffywicks.bsky.social for your leadership here!
Thank you so much to Assemblymember @buffywicks.bsky.social for your leadership here!
California has made real progress on land use and permitting — but we still aren’t building housing at the scale we need.
One reason: the way we build homes hasn’t kept pace with innovation. That’s what our new Select Committee is focused on.
One reason: the way we build homes hasn’t kept pace with innovation. That’s what our new Select Committee is focused on.
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
So excited for what this committee learns and accomplishes. Modular housing is an absolutely necessary piece to making housing affordable and abundant.
Thank you so much to Assemblymember @buffywicks.bsky.social for your leadership here!
Thank you so much to Assemblymember @buffywicks.bsky.social for your leadership here!
OMG Senator @scottwiener.bsky.social is doing the balcony solar thing I heard about on the @volts.wtf podcast!!!
I'm so excited to be introducing TWO new energy affordability bills today!
January 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
OMG Senator @scottwiener.bsky.social is doing the balcony solar thing I heard about on the @volts.wtf podcast!!!
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There should have been an effort to expel the ~140 reps who still voted against certifying the 2020 election results even after the failed coup under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. Dem. leadership's failure to treat the GOP as the domestic enemy that it is has doomed us for decades.
Five years ago today, the United States Capitol was attacked in a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States for one purpose: to overturn a free and fair election and cling to power in clear violation of the Constitution.
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
There should have been an effort to expel the ~140 reps who still voted against certifying the 2020 election results even after the failed coup under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. Dem. leadership's failure to treat the GOP as the domestic enemy that it is has doomed us for decades.
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Congestion pricing = policy miracle
Would work great around DTLA too
Would work great around DTLA too
The latest numbers are in: Congestion pricing cut 27M car trips in 2025.
Commutes got faster
Streets got safer
And business went up
See more exclusive analysis - and feedback from 600+readers - in our latest collab with @upshot.nytimes.com
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Commutes got faster
Streets got safer
And business went up
See more exclusive analysis - and feedback from 600+readers - in our latest collab with @upshot.nytimes.com
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Congestion pricing = policy miracle
Would work great around DTLA too
Would work great around DTLA too
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Los Angeles should congestion-price its freeways to maintain peak throughput at times of high demand.
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Los Angeles should congestion-price its freeways to maintain peak throughput at times of high demand.
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Want to reduce US reliance on oil? Fund transit and electrify our trains!
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Want to reduce US reliance on oil? Fund transit and electrify our trains!
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They are putting Americans’ safety in danger while destabilizing the region to enrich themselves.
Congress must act, and Trump must be impeached.
Congress must act, and Trump must be impeached.
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
They are putting Americans’ safety in danger while destabilizing the region to enrich themselves.
Congress must act, and Trump must be impeached.
Congress must act, and Trump must be impeached.
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Just an annoying reminder that the unquenchable American thirst for oil, and the conquest and subjugation of other nations in futile attempts to satiate it, is brought to you in large part by our land-use patterns
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Just an annoying reminder that the unquenchable American thirst for oil, and the conquest and subjugation of other nations in futile attempts to satiate it, is brought to you in large part by our land-use patterns
Just spent the past hour+ trying and failing to get some @steampowered.com games to do so much as run. I love the idea of PC gaming, but I totally understand why so many people don't go near it.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Just spent the past hour+ trying and failing to get some @steampowered.com games to do so much as run. I love the idea of PC gaming, but I totally understand why so many people don't go near it.
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Gasoline cars are so gross what do you mean we're burning fossil fuels right where people are standing and walking and breathing
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Gasoline cars are so gross what do you mean we're burning fossil fuels right where people are standing and walking and breathing
I love being a girl dad
January 2, 2026 at 7:12 AM
I love being a girl dad
Was at an event today that was unrelated to housing or politics, when a woman came up to me having known about my involvement in the YIMBY movement.
She shared with me the all too familiar story of having no choice but to leave LA because of the rent and move to Bakersfield.
She shared with me the all too familiar story of having no choice but to leave LA because of the rent and move to Bakersfield.
January 2, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Was at an event today that was unrelated to housing or politics, when a woman came up to me having known about my involvement in the YIMBY movement.
She shared with me the all too familiar story of having no choice but to leave LA because of the rent and move to Bakersfield.
She shared with me the all too familiar story of having no choice but to leave LA because of the rent and move to Bakersfield.
Living close to Union Station is so clutch. 10/10 would recommend.
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Living close to Union Station is so clutch. 10/10 would recommend.
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Economies of scale are real. Replacing the current patchwork of standards with a single set of rigorous, science-based rules to protect people's health and safety in new buildings would do a lot to help end the housing shortage.
Prefab would take off if we had uniform building regulations vs a regional hodge-podge which clearly gives the advantage to local specialists. And I mean local specialists like Weyerhauser which sells engineered products nationally through a hodge-podge of regional regs
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Economies of scale are real. Replacing the current patchwork of standards with a single set of rigorous, science-based rules to protect people's health and safety in new buildings would do a lot to help end the housing shortage.
First time on the Antelope Valley @metrolinksocal.bsky.social line and if nothing else I like the bike setup!
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
First time on the Antelope Valley @metrolinksocal.bsky.social line and if nothing else I like the bike setup!
This. Following the horrors of ICE and the Trump administration, Democrats must be the party that is explicitly and unapologetically PRO-immigration.
Immigrants Make America Great!
Immigrants Make America Great!
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This. Following the horrors of ICE and the Trump administration, Democrats must be the party that is explicitly and unapologetically PRO-immigration.
Immigrants Make America Great!
Immigrants Make America Great!
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And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
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The idea that we need to deport 100 million people - almost one out of every three Americans! - was, a year ago, a deranged claim you’d hear from neo-Nazis to give themselves permission for limitless mass violence. Now it’s coming directly from this horrific agency’s horrific press office
January 1, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The idea that we need to deport 100 million people - almost one out of every three Americans! - was, a year ago, a deranged claim you’d hear from neo-Nazis to give themselves permission for limitless mass violence. Now it’s coming directly from this horrific agency’s horrific press office
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About time Donald Trump admitted defeat.
We've said it from day one: the federal takeover of California's National Guard is illegal.
We've said it from day one: the federal takeover of California's National Guard is illegal.
President Donald Trump has announced that he’s withdrawing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland but left the door open to sending federal forces “in a much different and stronger form.” https://cnn.it/3N6FPBG
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
About time Donald Trump admitted defeat.
We've said it from day one: the federal takeover of California's National Guard is illegal.
We've said it from day one: the federal takeover of California's National Guard is illegal.
2025 was one of the- if not the- biggest years of my life.
This year I had my second cat, became an Angelino, began my car-free life, helped pass one of the biggest housing bills in the history of California, and set a few other personal records.
2026 is going to be a year of building and growth.
This year I had my second cat, became an Angelino, began my car-free life, helped pass one of the biggest housing bills in the history of California, and set a few other personal records.
2026 is going to be a year of building and growth.
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2025 was one of the- if not the- biggest years of my life.
This year I had my second cat, became an Angelino, began my car-free life, helped pass one of the biggest housing bills in the history of California, and set a few other personal records.
2026 is going to be a year of building and growth.
This year I had my second cat, became an Angelino, began my car-free life, helped pass one of the biggest housing bills in the history of California, and set a few other personal records.
2026 is going to be a year of building and growth.
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A lot of Blueskiers are going to dismiss this observation because of the source, but it is correct. I'll just add that I don't think there's anything special about single-family homes that means they should never be rentals, any more than there's a rule that multifamily units should never be condos.
"America’s Housing Crunch Has the Wrong Villain" www.aei.org/economics/am...
"Institutional investors aren’t the cause of housing distortions but a response to them."
"Institutional investors aren’t the cause of housing distortions but a response to them."
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A lot of Blueskiers are going to dismiss this observation because of the source, but it is correct. I'll just add that I don't think there's anything special about single-family homes that means they should never be rentals, any more than there's a rule that multifamily units should never be condos.