@kenhatesladders.bsky.social
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DSA SF: YIMBYs hate progressive socialists! We will NEVER have common ground.
*A progressive socialist runs for NYC mayor on a pro-housing platform.*
YIMBYs: We are ALL IN!
DSA SF:
*A progressive socialist runs for NYC mayor on a pro-housing platform.*
YIMBYs: We are ALL IN!
DSA SF:
a picture of darth vader with the words nooo on it
ALT: a picture of darth vader with the words nooo on it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
DSA SF: YIMBYs hate progressive socialists! We will NEVER have common ground.
*A progressive socialist runs for NYC mayor on a pro-housing platform.*
YIMBYs: We are ALL IN!
DSA SF:
*A progressive socialist runs for NYC mayor on a pro-housing platform.*
YIMBYs: We are ALL IN!
DSA SF:
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Me: I want Starbucks to fail and small cafes to thrive.
Also me: NOT LIKE THAT!
Also me: NOT LIKE THAT!
After spending a few days in the car sprawl of Louisville I can see how Starbucks sales are in decline.
These little drivethrus have popped up everywhere in a matter of months
These little drivethrus have popped up everywhere in a matter of months
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Me: I want Starbucks to fail and small cafes to thrive.
Also me: NOT LIKE THAT!
Also me: NOT LIKE THAT!
Excellent thread. Fully endorse all of these thoughts.
Yesterday on my way to the gym I hit 500 miles on my ebike. Before I got it, I basically never biked, so almost all of those trips would have been by car. It was ~40 degrees out and I was on my way to swim when I hit 500 miles. Absolutely life changing.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excellent thread. Fully endorse all of these thoughts.
Makes me so happy man :)
Just opened, new section of the Met Branch trail, from Maple Ave to Blair in DC.
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Makes me so happy man :)
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
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Miles, we remember you. 💜
Cw: suicide
This article is devastating.
Earlier this month, a 15-year-old died by suicide the day after posting about a substitute teacher insisting on misgendering him.
Suicide can have many contributing factors. His family is speaking out about bullying and misgendering as two.
This article is devastating.
Earlier this month, a 15-year-old died by suicide the day after posting about a substitute teacher insisting on misgendering him.
Suicide can have many contributing factors. His family is speaking out about bullying and misgendering as two.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Miles, we remember you. 💜
Holy shit man. We must demand better from the county. This is completely unacceptable.
Stop sign doesn’t work? Fine, then put in speed bumps, narrowing measures, or other traffic calming infrastructure.
“We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” ass shit.
Stop sign doesn’t work? Fine, then put in speed bumps, narrowing measures, or other traffic calming infrastructure.
“We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” ass shit.
for months my neighbors have been fighting @mcdotnow.bsky.social for stop signs at intersections where drivers hit an 11yo, as well as my dog and I. Michael Paylor, #2 at MCDOT, literally said the best thing the county can do is “nothing”
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Holy shit man. We must demand better from the county. This is completely unacceptable.
Stop sign doesn’t work? Fine, then put in speed bumps, narrowing measures, or other traffic calming infrastructure.
“We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” ass shit.
Stop sign doesn’t work? Fine, then put in speed bumps, narrowing measures, or other traffic calming infrastructure.
“We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” ass shit.
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Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
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I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.
Because a lot of leftists/progressives have pseudo conspiratorial models of reality where they think the only reason Americans live in suburbs is bc GM tore up the streetcar lines in LA etc.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.
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Good morning to everyone who has had a lovely trip due to a #TransitDog.
Had a lovely commute on the train this morning. All due to THIS GUY! (Other passengers blurred for privacy)
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning to everyone who has had a lovely trip due to a #TransitDog.
Clearest evidence that Will genuinely just wading into all of this based on instinct…
I am extremely skeptical of this - in my experience real people, as opposed to internet weirdos, are generally much more concerned with size than location. Also the location tradeoffs are exaggerated. “You can’t get an affordable unit within 30 minutes of downtown” or whatever is almost always wrong
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Clearest evidence that Will genuinely just wading into all of this based on instinct…
This whole exchange is super funny but this has to be the most hilarious part. I would absolutely love it if we could upzone the Montgomery county suburbs. That is basically the dream of every YIMBY in the county lol
YIMBYs often absolutely cannot admit this because it suggests that you can only achieve so much by upzoning the city. In fact some of the biggest gains from upzoning, I’d argue, are to be found in UPZONING THE SUBURBS, allowing low-density burbs to become moderate-density burbs.
The level of denial in the replies is amazing. Lots of people like living in the suburbs. That’s just all there is to it.
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This whole exchange is super funny but this has to be the most hilarious part. I would absolutely love it if we could upzone the Montgomery county suburbs. That is basically the dream of every YIMBY in the county lol
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Declaring by statute that 'no one shall be eligible for or serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court who has not cleared the highest ethical and professional standard' set by this body seems like an attractive way to restore trust in the institution (ahem)...(& could perhaps be applied retroactively).
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Declaring by statute that 'no one shall be eligible for or serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court who has not cleared the highest ethical and professional standard' set by this body seems like an attractive way to restore trust in the institution (ahem)...(& could perhaps be applied retroactively).
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Missouri's child welfare agency won't give families any money to help with housing so they can keep their children. But it does give foster families money to cover housing when kids are removed and placed with them.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Missouri's child welfare agency won't give families any money to help with housing so they can keep their children. But it does give foster families money to cover housing when kids are removed and placed with them.
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With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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Important to remember in DC “housing policy” means cheaper mortgages. There’s a reason that oversight of housing is in financial services in the house. Technical issues like zoning, building codes, and fire safety features have been ignored on the national level.
DC is so funny. What housing policy expertise does Summers possess exactly? Lmao
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
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prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Important to remember in DC “housing policy” means cheaper mortgages. There’s a reason that oversight of housing is in financial services in the house. Technical issues like zoning, building codes, and fire safety features have been ignored on the national level.
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whispers: this is the path to abundance.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
whispers: this is the path to abundance.
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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Ironically you can see this very dynamic in the Epstein emails themselves, where the power elite all email each other absurd rumors and semi-literate political scuttlebutt and theorizing. The boys’ club exposed in those messages is the same one that controls the brains of the top Times editors.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ironically you can see this very dynamic in the Epstein emails themselves, where the power elite all email each other absurd rumors and semi-literate political scuttlebutt and theorizing. The boys’ club exposed in those messages is the same one that controls the brains of the top Times editors.