Eric Panzer
@ericpanzer.bsky.social
Arguing since birth. Urban planning, politics, weather, Drag Race, and photography are all fair game. Opinions are strictly my own—unless others agree. I assume that strings of emojis in people's bios are their washing instructions
If Musk truly becomes a trillionaire, that would mean he could give $100 to every single person on earth and still be a billionaire
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If Musk truly becomes a trillionaire, that would mean he could give $100 to every single person on earth and still be a billionaire
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
Now that we've seen that saturating a country with guns doesn't actually prevent tyranny and that countries with extremely tight gun laws can stop an attempted authoritarian coup (I see you, South Korea), I'm hoping we might someday actually make an effort to take all the guns away
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Now that we've seen that saturating a country with guns doesn't actually prevent tyranny and that countries with extremely tight gun laws can stop an attempted authoritarian coup (I see you, South Korea), I'm hoping we might someday actually make an effort to take all the guns away
Y'all, @chrishy.bsky.social and I just heard two Japanese people on the streets of Tokyo mostly speaking Japanese but clearly talking about Mamdani winning the New York mayoral
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Y'all, @chrishy.bsky.social and I just heard two Japanese people on the streets of Tokyo mostly speaking Japanese but clearly talking about Mamdani winning the New York mayoral
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
Just sitting here in an immaculate cafe in Seoul, where the all night buses come every 15–30 min and even public bathrooms often have bidets and thinking about how it costs $1 million to build a glorified porta potty in the US and LAPD is out tonight tear gassing and trying to horse trample people
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Just sitting here in an immaculate cafe in Seoul, where the all night buses come every 15–30 min and even public bathrooms often have bidets and thinking about how it costs $1 million to build a glorified porta potty in the US and LAPD is out tonight tear gassing and trying to horse trample people
Traveling in Asia, something that comes through strongly is that cities there remain driven by what they can be, while American cities are fixated on what they were and are
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Traveling in Asia, something that comes through strongly is that cities there remain driven by what they can be, while American cities are fixated on what they were and are
This is the energy I hope I have the chutzpah to bring if and when these Nazi pieces of shit come to town.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is the energy I hope I have the chutzpah to bring if and when these Nazi pieces of shit come to town.
There is no path to a better information environment that does not go completely around current corporate-owned media
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There is no path to a better information environment that does not go completely around current corporate-owned media
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Just a reminder that corporate media spent weeks on Hillary Clinton suggesting that some of Trump's supporters might be deplorable
Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just a reminder that corporate media spent weeks on Hillary Clinton suggesting that some of Trump's supporters might be deplorable
I feel like for years the GOP has been the aliens from Mars Attacks, pretending they're interested in cooperation. Dems are the scientists and electeds credulously going along, and saying "well maybe they attacked us because our dove offended them?"
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I feel like for years the GOP has been the aliens from Mars Attacks, pretending they're interested in cooperation. Dems are the scientists and electeds credulously going along, and saying "well maybe they attacked us because our dove offended them?"
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
The 51B should be the East Bay's first local underground metro line
Fight me
Fight me
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The 51B should be the East Bay's first local underground metro line
Fight me
Fight me
Maybe the Salesforce Tower jumbotron should just permanently display that Eye of Sauron they put up on Halloween
Some tech fascists are true believers, but Marc Benioff's MAGA conversion is also an audition for government contracts.
These craven men would bid to build the Death Star for Darth Vader.
Mr. “Dreamforce” begs to augment the Nightmare Force of fascism.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
These craven men would bid to build the Death Star for Darth Vader.
Mr. “Dreamforce” begs to augment the Nightmare Force of fascism.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Maybe the Salesforce Tower jumbotron should just permanently display that Eye of Sauron they put up on Halloween
Just once I'd like to see one of these prominent pundits telling the people who don't vote, don't knock on doors, don't protest, don't call their reps that *they* are the ones doing it wrong, instead of tsk-tsking those who us who ARE active, and in some cases have spent 100s of hours campaigning
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just once I'd like to see one of these prominent pundits telling the people who don't vote, don't knock on doors, don't protest, don't call their reps that *they* are the ones doing it wrong, instead of tsk-tsking those who us who ARE active, and in some cases have spent 100s of hours campaigning
At the risk of opening a YIMBY fault line, I think this plan is a bullshit techno-libertarian pipe dream with a thin urbanist veneer. It's dense sprawl, with NO current plans for public transit/rail connections, leaving residents at the mercy of private shuttles (at best) and taxpayers on the hook
Spent some time with the California Forever plans today and it's exciting. If they pull this off, I would absolutely consider moving. First off - they're really locking themselves into 30 du/acre, which is like triple San Francisco's (13 du/acre). That would be sick as hell.
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
At the risk of opening a YIMBY fault line, I think this plan is a bullshit techno-libertarian pipe dream with a thin urbanist veneer. It's dense sprawl, with NO current plans for public transit/rail connections, leaving residents at the mercy of private shuttles (at best) and taxpayers on the hook
I'm going to get myself in trouble, but I'm bone tired of hearing mostly wealthy, older, white, property-owning folks talk about how years of public process and multiple public meetings and workshops constitute insufficient notice and a lack of opportunity for public input
The privilege, it burns
The privilege, it burns
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I'm going to get myself in trouble, but I'm bone tired of hearing mostly wealthy, older, white, property-owning folks talk about how years of public process and multiple public meetings and workshops constitute insufficient notice and a lack of opportunity for public input
The privilege, it burns
The privilege, it burns
Literally toxic masculinity 🙃
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Literally toxic masculinity 🙃
Heaven forbid I ever see something like this happening, but if and when I do, I hope I can summon the courage in that moment to physically put myself in the way of the monsters trying to kidnap the child, to do the thing I always wonder why others do not
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Heaven forbid I ever see something like this happening, but if and when I do, I hope I can summon the courage in that moment to physically put myself in the way of the monsters trying to kidnap the child, to do the thing I always wonder why others do not
One of my least popular opinions on this site is that AI water use is actually not a big deal
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
(and that the media manufactured this story for clicks and because they fear that AI threatens their already creaky business model)
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
(and that the media manufactured this story for clicks and because they fear that AI threatens their already creaky business model)
The AI water issue is fake
On the national, local, and personal level
andymasley.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One of my least popular opinions on this site is that AI water use is actually not a big deal
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
(and that the media manufactured this story for clicks and because they fear that AI threatens their already creaky business model)
andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...
(and that the media manufactured this story for clicks and because they fear that AI threatens their already creaky business model)
I know it's off topic, but it's fascinating that "who is paying you?" is also the most common thing that housing advocates hear from left NIMBYs
"Who is paying you": the refrain of people whose mindsets don't allow them to imagine someone could look at the evidence and reach a different conclusion
"Who is paying you": the refrain of people whose mindsets don't allow them to imagine someone could look at the evidence and reach a different conclusion
As someone who protests regularly, the most common right wing heckling is “who is paying you?” Because they don’t understand doing anything without some personal remuneration.
October 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I know it's off topic, but it's fascinating that "who is paying you?" is also the most common thing that housing advocates hear from left NIMBYs
"Who is paying you": the refrain of people whose mindsets don't allow them to imagine someone could look at the evidence and reach a different conclusion
"Who is paying you": the refrain of people whose mindsets don't allow them to imagine someone could look at the evidence and reach a different conclusion
You know how we look back at things like the Great Leap Forward and the famines of the USSR and wonder, how could they let that happen?
Our country is letting that happen right now. If another pandemic comes along, millions may die needlessly. And the media will act like it was some inevitability
Our country is letting that happen right now. If another pandemic comes along, millions may die needlessly. And the media will act like it was some inevitability
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
You know how we look back at things like the Great Leap Forward and the famines of the USSR and wonder, how could they let that happen?
Our country is letting that happen right now. If another pandemic comes along, millions may die needlessly. And the media will act like it was some inevitability
Our country is letting that happen right now. If another pandemic comes along, millions may die needlessly. And the media will act like it was some inevitability
Sometimes I just take a moment to be grateful for living in a time and place where this is what I get when I take a picture of the sky on most days
Cerulean is too often something we take for granted
Cerulean is too often something we take for granted
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sometimes I just take a moment to be grateful for living in a time and place where this is what I get when I take a picture of the sky on most days
Cerulean is too often something we take for granted
Cerulean is too often something we take for granted
It feels like every day there's some dumb centrist or "never-Trump" Republican who slithers online or into a newspaper column to say "Well, actually, it's not technically fascism..."
And the Trump regime is like "God damn it! What did we miss?! WHAT WILL IT TAKE??"
And the Trump regime is like "God damn it! What did we miss?! WHAT WILL IT TAKE??"
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It feels like every day there's some dumb centrist or "never-Trump" Republican who slithers online or into a newspaper column to say "Well, actually, it's not technically fascism..."
And the Trump regime is like "God damn it! What did we miss?! WHAT WILL IT TAKE??"
And the Trump regime is like "God damn it! What did we miss?! WHAT WILL IT TAKE??"
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 by Norman Frogwell
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 by Norman Frogwell
Most mainstream media are allowing the obvious, shameless lies of the Trump regime to go virtually unchallenged
Journalism is utterly broken. Maybe it was never not broken (remember Satanic Panic?) and most people just let it go because leaders still had some sense of shame about telling lies
Journalism is utterly broken. Maybe it was never not broken (remember Satanic Panic?) and most people just let it go because leaders still had some sense of shame about telling lies
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Most mainstream media are allowing the obvious, shameless lies of the Trump regime to go virtually unchallenged
Journalism is utterly broken. Maybe it was never not broken (remember Satanic Panic?) and most people just let it go because leaders still had some sense of shame about telling lies
Journalism is utterly broken. Maybe it was never not broken (remember Satanic Panic?) and most people just let it go because leaders still had some sense of shame about telling lies
Can we PLEASE get a Portlandia sketch where Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein reprise, like, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 recurring character from the show, but they're all gearing up for "war" in ridiculous ways, and then they run around being crazy in otherwise calm streets where people are just doing Portland things?
October 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Can we PLEASE get a Portlandia sketch where Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein reprise, like, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 recurring character from the show, but they're all gearing up for "war" in ridiculous ways, and then they run around being crazy in otherwise calm streets where people are just doing Portland things?