Brandon
@childlessbrandino.bsky.social
Here for the spaceflight, transit & news takes || Former 🌐📐, 🙅🏼♂️ & ⬛️⬜️
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Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
Anybody who doesn’t like Thanksgiving turkey isn’t salting theirs 24 hours beforehand and cooking it to 145 degrees for 30 minutes w/ a solid rest afterwards
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Anybody who doesn’t like Thanksgiving turkey isn’t salting theirs 24 hours beforehand and cooking it to 145 degrees for 30 minutes w/ a solid rest afterwards
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
The little known sequel by Richard Greenberg
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The little known sequel by Richard Greenberg
Very odd to look at a 1971 scrapbook of a road trip through various small German towns and knowing (before even checking Maps) that the parking lot in front of some cathedral is now a packed pedestrianized plaza.
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Very odd to look at a 1971 scrapbook of a road trip through various small German towns and knowing (before even checking Maps) that the parking lot in front of some cathedral is now a packed pedestrianized plaza.
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
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Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
Quakebot’s gotta fix this rounding situation at some point lmao
#Earthquake Update: A magnitude 1.36720235285299 earthquake took place 4 km N of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA at 7:41:20 PM. #micro
For details from the USGS:
For details from the USGS:
M 1.4 - 4 km N of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA | 41127255
2025-11-26 03:11:20 (UTC) | -118.344°N 34.030°W | 3.4 km depth
earthquake.usgs.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Quakebot’s gotta fix this rounding situation at some point lmao
Not my fault apple knocked the 13 pro out of the park until maybe the current generation
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Not my fault apple knocked the 13 pro out of the park until maybe the current generation
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The alternative to an SRO isn't a larger apartment; the alternative is a tent.
Relegalize SROs. Relegalize single stair buildings to enable larger, family sized homes. Legalize townhomes everywhere. Legalize ADUs everywhere. Legalize apartment buildings in more places. Yes to all the homes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Single-Room Apartments
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The alternative to an SRO isn't a larger apartment; the alternative is a tent.
Marjorie rode one train to Georgia, got some time to reflect, and realized the last decade of her life has been based on lies
Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she will resign from Congress Jan 5 after an explosive fallout with Trump after supporting MAGA for years. Says she has no immediate political ambitions. Meanwhile Trump welcomed Mamdani calling him a fascist during their Oval Office meeting. Another insane day.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Marjorie rode one train to Georgia, got some time to reflect, and realized the last decade of her life has been based on lies
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I don't blame people for assuming there's no good, healthy version of online community. Anyone younger than me has probably never seen it. But it used to exist, I swear.
I've interacted with plenty of EU lawmakers recently, and it's not universally true (of course) but it is striking how many seem to take the fact that some companies are bad to mean the entire internet concept was bad. It doesn't need to be! We can build a better internet!
Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don't blame people for assuming there's no good, healthy version of online community. Anyone younger than me has probably never seen it. But it used to exist, I swear.
Yet somehow still everything between the 110, 105 and 405 are still forgotten!
It's hilarious that "Her" (2013) is a movie set in 2025 about an AI that included a future LA subway map that looks like it was designed by an AI in 2025.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Yet somehow still everything between the 110, 105 and 405 are still forgotten!
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My crazy idea for incorporating public feedback into city planning: You let residents vote for representatives in city government, and those people are empowered to implement the policies they promised while campaigning.
At Land Use (again) and it's literally all the same people it always is (myself included)...like who are we fooling that the same 75 people showing up every time is "the will of the people"? What a sham public process is sometimes, sadly
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My crazy idea for incorporating public feedback into city planning: You let residents vote for representatives in city government, and those people are empowered to implement the policies they promised while campaigning.
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if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
lol yeah, don’t need those entry level folks anymore! Hey how’s that anti aging technology going, are any of those existing workers going to stop getting older?
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
lol yeah, don’t need those entry level folks anymore! Hey how’s that anti aging technology going, are any of those existing workers going to stop getting older?
As somebody who spends hours trying to optimize between (effectively) two choices of employer-provided plans—I wouldn’t wish that level of hyper-focus on anybody
Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As somebody who spends hours trying to optimize between (effectively) two choices of employer-provided plans—I wouldn’t wish that level of hyper-focus on anybody
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i think vance is only interesting inasmuch as he extremely unprincipled and thus a good guide to where the GOP is going (gift link)
Opinion | JD Vance Is Idling at the Edges of American Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
i think vance is only interesting inasmuch as he extremely unprincipled and thus a good guide to where the GOP is going (gift link)
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Me any time I have to hear this guy’s opinions
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Me any time I have to hear this guy’s opinions
My most NIMBY position is, no new self storage buildings in town. As someone who did need it for a year after a move, I know it drives up costs—ours was 2 hours north of our house because of cost & availability!—but it’s a case of wanting to incentivize people to consider consuming less
How Self Storage Consumed America
YouTube video by Wendover Productions
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My most NIMBY position is, no new self storage buildings in town. As someone who did need it for a year after a move, I know it drives up costs—ours was 2 hours north of our house because of cost & availability!—but it’s a case of wanting to incentivize people to consider consuming less
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Man I bet the Cave Caucus would be so upset right now if they could read, or had been awake and paying any attention at all for the last decade
The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday on a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to keep blocking states from providing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, arguing the money might be needed elsewhere. https://to.pbs.org/4hTnTGb
Supreme Court expected to rule on whether full SNAP payments must resume
Resuming the program is a piece of the legislation adopted by the Senate and now headed to the House on to reopen the federal government.
to.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Man I bet the Cave Caucus would be so upset right now if they could read, or had been awake and paying any attention at all for the last decade
The burnout line in this is so real. I’ve spent almost all year essentially burned out from advocating for a single development in my city (not to mention the burnout from… *gestures broadly*, plus work). Perhaps soon I can get back to business here.
I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The burnout line in this is so real. I’ve spent almost all year essentially burned out from advocating for a single development in my city (not to mention the burnout from… *gestures broadly*, plus work). Perhaps soon I can get back to business here.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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On a panel at a Space Diplomacy Symposium, talking about civil space. 1 thing I’m struck by: the educational and inspirational work we do is critical and is largely not replaced by commercial or military space actors.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
On a panel at a Space Diplomacy Symposium, talking about civil space. 1 thing I’m struck by: the educational and inspirational work we do is critical and is largely not replaced by commercial or military space actors.