Judah
@judahfromtexas.bsky.social
21 • lefty urbanist • Texan • past work w/ zoforaustin.bsky.social, jasmineforus.bsky.social, others • city of austin historic landmark commissioner • 🏳️🌈
currently: judahricephoto.com
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This job isn’t about titles - it’s about who stands with our community when it counts.
We’ve made progress, but the stakes for Austin are only growing.
I’m running for re-election so we don’t lose the momentum we’ve built.
Join us: zoforaustin.com
We’ve made progress, but the stakes for Austin are only growing.
I’m running for re-election so we don’t lose the momentum we’ve built.
Join us: zoforaustin.com
Donate to Zo Qadri's Re-Election
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zoforaustin.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This job isn’t about titles - it’s about who stands with our community when it counts.
We’ve made progress, but the stakes for Austin are only growing.
I’m running for re-election so we don’t lose the momentum we’ve built.
Join us: zoforaustin.com
We’ve made progress, but the stakes for Austin are only growing.
I’m running for re-election so we don’t lose the momentum we’ve built.
Join us: zoforaustin.com
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cool neighborhood-specific campaign graphics for @zoforaustin.bsky.social's district 9 city council re-election campaign
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
cool neighborhood-specific campaign graphics for @zoforaustin.bsky.social's district 9 city council re-election campaign
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
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Long Beach (opened 1941), by W Horace Austin and Kenneth Wing. #airportarchitecture
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December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Long Beach (opened 1941), by W Horace Austin and Kenneth Wing. #airportarchitecture
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Let's go! Proud to support @zoforaustin.bsky.social for re-election!
Three years ago, Austin elected me to fight for a more affordable, more just Austin.
We’ve delivered real change – even when the state pushed back.
I’m running for re-election to keep fighting for our future. zoforaustin.com
We’ve delivered real change – even when the state pushed back.
I’m running for re-election to keep fighting for our future. zoforaustin.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Let's go! Proud to support @zoforaustin.bsky.social for re-election!
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
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Yeah man we got together and all decided it’s worth finishing off the planet’s climate and society in general to make badass images like this
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Yeah man we got together and all decided it’s worth finishing off the planet’s climate and society in general to make badass images like this
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not the main thing that's wrong with this video but jesus christ guys buy a light or bounce board or something
Tucker Carlson describes Israeli PM Netanyahu as Western civilization’s “main enemy.”
He says Zionism and other forms of tribalism are “an attack on Western civilization.”
(via Shawn Ryan show)
He says Zionism and other forms of tribalism are “an attack on Western civilization.”
(via Shawn Ryan show)
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
not the main thing that's wrong with this video but jesus christ guys buy a light or bounce board or something
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well the vast majority of Americans are legally allowed to eat pierogi so obviously Alan Dershowitz does not represent us
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
well the vast majority of Americans are legally allowed to eat pierogi so obviously Alan Dershowitz does not represent us
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
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As always, good idea for college towns, but it's not a model for big cities
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As always, good idea for college towns, but it's not a model for big cities
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Ventilation was one of the original public health measures featured in early building codes in London and New York City. While contaminated water supplies were the real cause of cholera and typhoid outbreaks, airborne disease spread and high CO2 levels continue to plague modern buildings today.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ventilation was one of the original public health measures featured in early building codes in London and New York City. While contaminated water supplies were the real cause of cholera and typhoid outbreaks, airborne disease spread and high CO2 levels continue to plague modern buildings today.
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Just read this story about what some people have to do today to fly because of the inaccessible lavatories:
www.afar.com/magazine/u-s...
www.afar.com/magazine/u-s...
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Just read this story about what some people have to do today to fly because of the inaccessible lavatories:
www.afar.com/magazine/u-s...
www.afar.com/magazine/u-s...
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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NEW: You've heard SCOTUS could soon upend the balance in power in Congress by gutting the VRA. But that'd also be a huge blow to Black voting power in *local* governments.
In west Tennessee, Black residents just won a new county map this year—but those gains now look very fragile.
Great reporting:
In west Tennessee, Black residents just won a new county map this year—but those gains now look very fragile.
Great reporting:
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW: You've heard SCOTUS could soon upend the balance in power in Congress by gutting the VRA. But that'd also be a huge blow to Black voting power in *local* governments.
In west Tennessee, Black residents just won a new county map this year—but those gains now look very fragile.
Great reporting:
In west Tennessee, Black residents just won a new county map this year—but those gains now look very fragile.
Great reporting:
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People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
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Amtrak ridership went up 5 percent in the past year while revenue grew 10 percent, a win for an agency that has been fighting to preserve support for passenger rail under an administration skeptical of public transit.
In a tumultuous year, Amtrak got more riders at higher prices
Flight cancellations during the government shutdown gave Amtrak a boost, while more customers are choosing pricier business-class seats.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Amtrak ridership went up 5 percent in the past year while revenue grew 10 percent, a win for an agency that has been fighting to preserve support for passenger rail under an administration skeptical of public transit.
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The San Francisco "progressive" playbook:
1) Oppose new state housing laws
2) Demonize the people who write and advocate for them
3) Take credit for the affordable housing projects those laws create
4) Repeat
1) Oppose new state housing laws
2) Demonize the people who write and advocate for them
3) Take credit for the affordable housing projects those laws create
4) Repeat
This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.”
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The San Francisco "progressive" playbook:
1) Oppose new state housing laws
2) Demonize the people who write and advocate for them
3) Take credit for the affordable housing projects those laws create
4) Repeat
1) Oppose new state housing laws
2) Demonize the people who write and advocate for them
3) Take credit for the affordable housing projects those laws create
4) Repeat
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They’re taking the Texas local preemption program national huh
TAKE ACTION: Trump wants Congress to override state and local AI laws. That would make Elon and his buddies the sheriffs of AI, and Elon could roll out his Robotaxis anywhere, any time. Write your Senators and Representative NOW and tell them HELL NO! #teslatakedown actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Stop Congress from deregulating AI
Should Elon Musk be allowed to deploy dangerous Robotaxis anywhere he wants without oversight or rules? That's a real possibility—and it gets worse. Tech broligarchs want AI to be completely unregula...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
They’re taking the Texas local preemption program national huh
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you ever think about how where we'd be today if we hadn't started gradually legalizing fraud in the Reagan years
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
you ever think about how where we'd be today if we hadn't started gradually legalizing fraud in the Reagan years
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You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them...
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them...
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
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i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying