Ian Christian Myers
@iancmyers.com
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Yesterday, 7 million people gathered to make it clear: America has no kings. 🇺🇸
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yesterday, 7 million people gathered to make it clear: America has no kings. 🇺🇸
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On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
August 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
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Great work by the Aaron Peskins of the world driving people out of California and into disenfranchisement by not just refusing to build housing but actively blocking it.
It’s past time we built more homes in California. We are all paying the price for NIMBYism
It’s past time we built more homes in California. We are all paying the price for NIMBYism
Texas is a majority-minority state, yet Republicans drew maps that make white votes carry 2-3 times more political power than Black or Hispanic votes.
That’s what gerrymandering does: it cracks and packs communities of color so their growing numbers translate into less representation.
That’s what gerrymandering does: it cracks and packs communities of color so their growing numbers translate into less representation.
August 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Great work by the Aaron Peskins of the world driving people out of California and into disenfranchisement by not just refusing to build housing but actively blocking it.
It’s past time we built more homes in California. We are all paying the price for NIMBYism
It’s past time we built more homes in California. We are all paying the price for NIMBYism
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A leader who blames everyone else is a coward.
August 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A leader who blames everyone else is a coward.
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The price of housing is set by supply and demand.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
They started building a bunch of apartments in Bozeman. You'll never guess what happened next.
Has Bozeman’s rental market finally flipped?
A glut of new ‘upscale’ developments is driving prices down from pandemic highs; city officials hope the surplus will have far-reaching effects in one of the state’s most expensive places to live.
montanafreepress.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The price of housing is set by supply and demand.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
I don’t think this is how elected leaders should treat their constituents.
May 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I don’t think this is how elected leaders should treat their constituents.
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The part of the left that believes that the housing crisis is unrelated to supply is no different than MAGA types who refuse to believe in climate change.
i haven't been flamed much on tiktok but the worst instance happened when i insisted, with evidence, that lack of supply drove the housing crisis
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The part of the left that believes that the housing crisis is unrelated to supply is no different than MAGA types who refuse to believe in climate change.
I’m not allowed to accept gifts worth more than $200 at my job as a middle manager at a medium-sized tech company with very little influence over any budget.
Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’m not allowed to accept gifts worth more than $200 at my job as a middle manager at a medium-sized tech company with very little influence over any budget.
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Protesters in San Francisco formed an “Impeach & Remove” human banner on Ocean Beach during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday.
📸: Stephen Lam
📸: Stephen Lam
April 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Protesters in San Francisco formed an “Impeach & Remove” human banner on Ocean Beach during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday.
📸: Stephen Lam
📸: Stephen Lam
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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I knew I shouldn’t have used that @!*$# AI!
A classic example of how Google's AI is garbage, it doesn't understand that the Underground Railroad wasn't a literal railroad
March 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I knew I shouldn’t have used that @!*$# AI!
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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
February 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
This seems like a good year to cheat on your taxes, if it’s something you’re inclined to do. Probably the best year in decades, really.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday
The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This seems like a good year to cheat on your taxes, if it’s something you’re inclined to do. Probably the best year in decades, really.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
San Francisco is back, baby!
What the duck? 🦆 This SF shop only sells one thing — and business is booming.
Fake ducks, real money: Novelty shop is an unlikely hit
Two former coworkers banded together to start a “completely silly” store.
sfstandard.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
San Francisco is back, baby!
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i’ll be honest, i think equating land use reform with neoliberal deregulation and building code reform with tenements is a clear indication that the anti-YIMBYs are not particularly interested in solving the problem of high housing costs
What I would've rebutted in this ending paragraph is that no society, even the USSR, abolished the housing market. As @unlearnecon.bsky.social argues, it's a waste trying to abolish markets rather than expanding public capacity. If you want to focus on that, good but its not impeded by zoning reform
January 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
i’ll be honest, i think equating land use reform with neoliberal deregulation and building code reform with tenements is a clear indication that the anti-YIMBYs are not particularly interested in solving the problem of high housing costs
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Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.
December 3, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.
So are we pronouncing it “Blue Sky,” “Blew-ski,” or “Blues, Kentucky?”
August 7, 2023 at 12:48 AM
So are we pronouncing it “Blue Sky,” “Blew-ski,” or “Blues, Kentucky?”