Chris
@chrisbybikes.bsky.social
Los Angeles. Dad of 3. Bike commuter. Bike dad. Yimby. Union teacher.
In this house we believe in transit oriented Minecraft
February 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In this house we believe in transit oriented Minecraft
The other left candidate for LA mayor, besides Nithya, is digging her heels into left NIMBYism arguing that reforming measure ULA is a right wing conspiracy and not something our most progressive councilwoman is fighting for. She’s watching what Mamdani is doing & sticking her fingers in her ears. 🙉
February 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The other left candidate for LA mayor, besides Nithya, is digging her heels into left NIMBYism arguing that reforming measure ULA is a right wing conspiracy and not something our most progressive councilwoman is fighting for. She’s watching what Mamdani is doing & sticking her fingers in her ears. 🙉
When my kids ask where all the Halloween candy went…
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
When my kids ask where all the Halloween candy went…
MAGA is a degrowth agenda.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
MAGA is a degrowth agenda.
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Kids used to play and walk around in the street. The ability to be outside in their city was largely *taken* from them
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Kids used to play and walk around in the street. The ability to be outside in their city was largely *taken* from them
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These subhuman freaks are utterly unable to handle dissent and activism.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These subhuman freaks are utterly unable to handle dissent and activism.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
For teenagers such as Ben Boucher, 16, ebikes have become a source of independence. Boucher bought his in late 2025 with savings from a part-time job. Most of his grade has started riding to school, cutting commutes to just 10 minutes, he says.
“It’s just easier to get around"
“It’s just easier to get around"
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
For teenagers such as Ben Boucher, 16, ebikes have become a source of independence. Boucher bought his in late 2025 with savings from a part-time job. Most of his grade has started riding to school, cutting commutes to just 10 minutes, he says.
“It’s just easier to get around"
“It’s just easier to get around"
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in a sane world we would be doing everything possible to make e/bikes a default mode of travel for short distance journeys.
It really annoys me that the moral panic over e-bikes obscures the incredible impact they have had for disabled people.
This. For the disabled they are a vital tool, and without mine, I am housebound. The inherent ableism infuriates me, especially since I am a careful rider. In every incident I have been in, and there are very few, I was the victim not the cause. Every time.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
in a sane world we would be doing everything possible to make e/bikes a default mode of travel for short distance journeys.
Well we know whose side Arellano from the LA Times is on. JFC: "Raman would have to....Appeal to homeowners who won’t like Raman’s ties to YIMBY-minded folks seeking to shove multistory units anywhere and everywhere."
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Well we know whose side Arellano from the LA Times is on. JFC: "Raman would have to....Appeal to homeowners who won’t like Raman’s ties to YIMBY-minded folks seeking to shove multistory units anywhere and everywhere."
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Immigrants save Americans' lives: "...a 25% increase in the steady state flow of immigrants to the US would result in 5,000 fewer deaths nationwide. We identify reduced use of nursing homes as a key mechanism driving this result."
www.nber.org/papers/w34791
www.nber.org/papers/w34791
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Immigrants save Americans' lives: "...a 25% increase in the steady state flow of immigrants to the US would result in 5,000 fewer deaths nationwide. We identify reduced use of nursing homes as a key mechanism driving this result."
www.nber.org/papers/w34791
www.nber.org/papers/w34791
Nithya's office had a booth at the trick or treating spot in our neighborhood. I stopped by to tell them how much I love all her pro housing videos. And I asked if there was someone in the office who's leading the charge on her shift on housing and they said, "It's all her."
I don't know what her chances are, but the possibility of Nithya Raman becoming a pro-housing Los Angeles mayor feels too good to be true. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass
Raman would immediately pose a formidable challenge to Bass. She was the first council member to be elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America.
www.latimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Nithya's office had a booth at the trick or treating spot in our neighborhood. I stopped by to tell them how much I love all her pro housing videos. And I asked if there was someone in the office who's leading the charge on her shift on housing and they said, "It's all her."
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As a bicyclist what I would really like more than anything else is to not be treated like someone on foot and also not treated as if I am encased in a half ton of safety measures and a big ass engine
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
As a bicyclist what I would really like more than anything else is to not be treated like someone on foot and also not treated as if I am encased in a half ton of safety measures and a big ass engine
My favorite nimby preservationist always find the funniest angle on a big LA story.
Media- Woah Raman takes on Bass!
Esotouric- will Raman still remodel her house?
Media- Woah Raman takes on Bass!
Esotouric- will Raman still remodel her house?
February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
My favorite nimby preservationist always find the funniest angle on a big LA story.
Media- Woah Raman takes on Bass!
Esotouric- will Raman still remodel her house?
Media- Woah Raman takes on Bass!
Esotouric- will Raman still remodel her house?
I’m ready to knock on some f$&@ing doors. Let’s go!!!
“I have deep respect for Mayor Bass. But over the last few months in particular, I’ve really begun to feel like unless we have some big changes in how we do things in Los Angeles, that the things we count on are not going to function anymore.”
Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass
Raman would immediately pose a formidable challenge to Bass. She was the first council member to be elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America.
www.latimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I’m ready to knock on some f$&@ing doors. Let’s go!!!
I haven’t stop thinking about the death of Regan Cole-Graham since I heard. As a parent who rides kids around, this one hit close to home. What I learned today is that she was killed on Pershing in Playa Del Rey where Mike Bonin had ripped out a road diet. That fucking coward.
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I haven’t stop thinking about the death of Regan Cole-Graham since I heard. As a parent who rides kids around, this one hit close to home. What I learned today is that she was killed on Pershing in Playa Del Rey where Mike Bonin had ripped out a road diet. That fucking coward.
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There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.
2 dead, 5 injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood
2 dead, 5 injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood
Two people were killed and five injured after a car crashed into the 99 Ranch Market in Westwood on Thursday.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.
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For those objecting to comparisons between Germany then & the U.S. now:
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.”
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.”
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
For those objecting to comparisons between Germany then & the U.S. now:
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.”
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.”
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
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Research shows that biking is very, very healthy for people 65+.
Findings after reviewing 28 prior studies:
"Cycling in later life links to improved mobility [and] balance."
"Older cyclists often report psychosocial health, life satisfaction, and well-being improvements."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Findings after reviewing 28 prior studies:
"Cycling in later life links to improved mobility [and] balance."
"Older cyclists often report psychosocial health, life satisfaction, and well-being improvements."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Research shows that biking is very, very healthy for people 65+.
Findings after reviewing 28 prior studies:
"Cycling in later life links to improved mobility [and] balance."
"Older cyclists often report psychosocial health, life satisfaction, and well-being improvements."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Findings after reviewing 28 prior studies:
"Cycling in later life links to improved mobility [and] balance."
"Older cyclists often report psychosocial health, life satisfaction, and well-being improvements."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
We’re taking a car less trip (bus-train-foot) to see some model trains in Ventura. And our train was delayed because of a car (auto) caught on fire. You just can’t escape it. Anyway, we’re on the train now and it’s fantastic.
February 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
We’re taking a car less trip (bus-train-foot) to see some model trains in Ventura. And our train was delayed because of a car (auto) caught on fire. You just can’t escape it. Anyway, we’re on the train now and it’s fantastic.
Is it the position of tenant activists that housing shortages don’t cause homelessness?
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Is it the position of tenant activists that housing shortages don’t cause homelessness?
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“You don’t have to put in the gas line to the building. You don’t have to do all of the pipe in the building. You don’t have to do all the vents to get all the pollution out of the building. You’re just immediately saving money...”
NYT gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
NYT gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
Why a New Mexico Developer Quit Natural Gas
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
“You don’t have to put in the gas line to the building. You don’t have to do all of the pipe in the building. You don’t have to do all the vents to get all the pollution out of the building. You’re just immediately saving money...”
NYT gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
NYT gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
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I don't think there's any plausible scenario in which a big spurt in homebuilding wipes out the wealth of incumbent homeowners, but that's not really what Trump is talking about when says he wants to protect property values. It's a segregationist dog whistle, always has been.
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I don't think there's any plausible scenario in which a big spurt in homebuilding wipes out the wealth of incumbent homeowners, but that's not really what Trump is talking about when says he wants to protect property values. It's a segregationist dog whistle, always has been.
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Every suburban segregationist and "No Housing Until the Revolution" left-NIMBY is just an unpaid intern of the Republican Party.
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026).
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
January 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every suburban segregationist and "No Housing Until the Revolution" left-NIMBY is just an unpaid intern of the Republican Party.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.