Josh Krahn
@joshkrahn.bsky.social
Left-liberal YIMBY. Anti-fascist. Dreaming of trains across the sea. Avid fietser. 15-minute everything. Legalize Flavortown. A muter not a blocker. (he/him)
Bitch, they were *building* the houses
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Bitch, they were *building* the houses
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Rush hour on the coolest infrastructure in town!
📍 Dafne Schippersbrug, Utrecht
📍 Dafne Schippersbrug, Utrecht
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rush hour on the coolest infrastructure in town!
📍 Dafne Schippersbrug, Utrecht
📍 Dafne Schippersbrug, Utrecht
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Hello President-in-Prison Lula, I am Noam Chomsky. Now let me call my random pedophile millionaire friend
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hello President-in-Prison Lula, I am Noam Chomsky. Now let me call my random pedophile millionaire friend
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This has been a banner week for bond—5 new requests have come in since Monday totaling over $20K. Our funds are dwindling. You can help! Attend next week’s film screening (see below) or make a direct contribution: secure.actblue.com/donate/ccfre...
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This has been a banner week for bond—5 new requests have come in since Monday totaling over $20K. Our funds are dwindling. You can help! Attend next week’s film screening (see below) or make a direct contribution: secure.actblue.com/donate/ccfre...
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The Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics
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Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.
they did Tim dirty with that hair light (he deserves it)
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
they did Tim dirty with that hair light (he deserves it)
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More of this. It’s time the world took a stand.
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break — 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 ...
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
More of this. It’s time the world took a stand.
Apparently the traffic engineers in my city think that traffic enforcement cameras are "big brother watching" "your freedoms." I disagree!
Let's install traffic enforcement cameras to automatically generate violation notices! They work 24/7 and don't endanger enforcement officers!
#Enforcement #TrafficCameras #SafeStreets
#Enforcement #TrafficCameras #SafeStreets
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Apparently the traffic engineers in my city think that traffic enforcement cameras are "big brother watching" "your freedoms." I disagree!
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Surprised the Paris fire marshal didn’t step in and stop this project
One wonders: how did Haussmann get his variances for stormwater, stepbacks and parking?
#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Surprised the Paris fire marshal didn’t step in and stop this project
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One wonders: how did Haussmann get his variances for stormwater, stepbacks and parking?
#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One wonders: how did Haussmann get his variances for stormwater, stepbacks and parking?
#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
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It is incredible how much fire marshalls hate housing.
The good news: Portland is opting into Oregon's optional 4-story single-stair code section.
The bad news: Portland's fire marshal has managed to insert a poison pill into what appeared to be a take-it-or-leave-it appendix text, likely making it unusable in most cases.
djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...
The bad news: Portland's fire marshal has managed to insert a poison pill into what appeared to be a take-it-or-leave-it appendix text, likely making it unusable in most cases.
djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...
Portland’s new single-staircase rule faces big hurdles
The city now allows single-staircase buildings as tall as four stories, but a fire access rule may make most projects unbuildable, one designer warns.
djcoregon.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It is incredible how much fire marshalls hate housing.
Do planners actually read this busybody shit? The ones I know are pretty cool, not neurotic dorks
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Do planners actually read this busybody shit? The ones I know are pretty cool, not neurotic dorks
I, uh, hmm, I don’t think that’s a real thing. Such nice things can’t be real. But what a fun thing to lie about
Trump on Newsom: "He did something even worse than that. He's now taking a big section of Palisades or some area and he's gonna build low income income where they used to have luxury housing."
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I, uh, hmm, I don’t think that’s a real thing. Such nice things can’t be real. But what a fun thing to lie about
I swear to god 🤦🏻♂️
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I swear to god 🤦🏻♂️
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Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Anyway, fuck the filibuster. Let them nuke it and keep it nuked. Senate institutionalists can get bent.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Anyway, fuck the filibuster. Let them nuke it and keep it nuked. Senate institutionalists can get bent.
I used to schlep so much stuff from this home depot! I’m begging US retail chains to be cool and invest in urbanism in places that aren’t Manhattan.
I remember, years ago, in Manhattan coming across a Home Depot. It doesn’t have to be in a car dependent straw all of endless parking lots. It could just be your neighbourhood hardware store.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I used to schlep so much stuff from this home depot! I’m begging US retail chains to be cool and invest in urbanism in places that aren’t Manhattan.
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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This week a friend was reading a staff report and asked me what the problems are with stepbacks. I mentioned a few things (cost, often look bad).
I then said, “they’re often coupled with the non-sense description/justifier ‘human scale.’”
They said “yep, that’s in the report.”
I then said, “they’re often coupled with the non-sense description/justifier ‘human scale.’”
They said “yep, that’s in the report.”
One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This week a friend was reading a staff report and asked me what the problems are with stepbacks. I mentioned a few things (cost, often look bad).
I then said, “they’re often coupled with the non-sense description/justifier ‘human scale.’”
They said “yep, that’s in the report.”
I then said, “they’re often coupled with the non-sense description/justifier ‘human scale.’”
They said “yep, that’s in the report.”
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"gentrifiers are anyone who moved in after me" remains the only definition of "gentrifiers" i've ever seen
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"gentrifiers are anyone who moved in after me" remains the only definition of "gentrifiers" i've ever seen
One thing I notice in street design conversations is that everyone agrees that Induced Demand is real and bad when it comes to car traffic. But it’s very hard to get people to admit that the opposite (anything that reduces vehicle throughput) is also true and good.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
One thing I notice in street design conversations is that everyone agrees that Induced Demand is real and bad when it comes to car traffic. But it’s very hard to get people to admit that the opposite (anything that reduces vehicle throughput) is also true and good.
Continuous sidewalks: a simple change that makes a HUGE difference
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Continuous sidewalks: a simple change that makes a HUGE difference
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@mcdotnow.bsky.social Continuous sidewalks, please!
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@mcdotnow.bsky.social Continuous sidewalks, please!