Kirsten Bladh
@kerstanley.bsky.social
Policy @ Open New York. She/her. Cargo bike mom. Bassist for Leggy in my former life. NYC via LA via Cincinnati. Left urbanist 🏙️🚆🌹 Lamentably, a Bengals fan 🐅
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Wow. While neighbors marched for safety, CM Joann Ariola chose to drive on Freedom Dr through the rally. Her message to families in the area and kids who attend school 2 blocks away? Their safety matters less than a 0.3 mile shortcut for a few. 🎥: Safer Streets Richmond Hilll
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Wow. While neighbors marched for safety, CM Joann Ariola chose to drive on Freedom Dr through the rally. Her message to families in the area and kids who attend school 2 blocks away? Their safety matters less than a 0.3 mile shortcut for a few. 🎥: Safer Streets Richmond Hilll
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The bad news: our amazing Chief of Staff and Policy Director @andrewdfine.bsky.social is leaving.
The good news: He’s joining the Mamdani administration as Senior Advisor for Policy & Regulatory Reform to Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg! 🥳
Exciting news: We’re hiring a new policy director ⬇️
The good news: He’s joining the Mamdani administration as Senior Advisor for Policy & Regulatory Reform to Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg! 🥳
Exciting news: We’re hiring a new policy director ⬇️
Importantly, it also means we are hiring for a new Policy Director - job posting is here, please share far and wide!
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
Policy Director at Open New York
About Open New York
Open New York (ONY) is a grassroots, non-profit organization advocating for abundant homes and lower rent. With a rapidly growing staff and hundreds of active volunteer members acr...
open-new-york.breezy.hr
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The bad news: our amazing Chief of Staff and Policy Director @andrewdfine.bsky.social is leaving.
The good news: He’s joining the Mamdani administration as Senior Advisor for Policy & Regulatory Reform to Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg! 🥳
Exciting news: We’re hiring a new policy director ⬇️
The good news: He’s joining the Mamdani administration as Senior Advisor for Policy & Regulatory Reform to Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg! 🥳
Exciting news: We’re hiring a new policy director ⬇️
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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Importantly, it also means we are hiring for a new Policy Director - job posting is here, please share far and wide!
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
Policy Director at Open New York
About Open New York
Open New York (ONY) is a grassroots, non-profit organization advocating for abundant homes and lower rent. With a rapidly growing staff and hundreds of active volunteer members acr...
open-new-york.breezy.hr
February 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Importantly, it also means we are hiring for a new Policy Director - job posting is here, please share far and wide!
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
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Some exciting (& bittersweet) news: our Chief of Staff & Policy Director @andrewdfine.bsky.social will be leaving Open New York to join the Mamdani admin, where he will be a senior advisor to DM Bozorg overseeing housing policy 🧵
February 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Some exciting (& bittersweet) news: our Chief of Staff & Policy Director @andrewdfine.bsky.social will be leaving Open New York to join the Mamdani admin, where he will be a senior advisor to DM Bozorg overseeing housing policy 🧵
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America: where the alignments of $100B transportation projects are chosen based on whether a chain store would have to be relocated.
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
America: where the alignments of $100B transportation projects are chosen based on whether a chain store would have to be relocated.
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dawg the pedophiles are unionizing
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
dawg the pedophiles are unionizing
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This I think is a big part of the appeal of AI to the oligarchs. Not that it will replace labor or raise profits in general, but that it will specifically replace the labor whose autonomy impinges on them personally.
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This I think is a big part of the appeal of AI to the oligarchs. Not that it will replace labor or raise profits in general, but that it will specifically replace the labor whose autonomy impinges on them personally.
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There's a weird amount of Newsom glazing that comes from people who are unfamiliar with California politics and I can assure you that a hypothetical President Newsom would be the American Keir Starmer
Gavin Newsom is enough of a charmless dolt without the righteous hatred in his heart that he doesn't have much hope of surviving a primary. He'll eat shit in a debate with some mealy-mouthed bullshit that misreads the public hatred of the right and that's how we get someone better.
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's a weird amount of Newsom glazing that comes from people who are unfamiliar with California politics and I can assure you that a hypothetical President Newsom would be the American Keir Starmer
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It's pretty simple, you can care about preserving free curbside parking or you can care about housing costs, homelessness and climate change.
"Local officials worry that building more apartments around transit centers could change the character of their communities with the potential for more traffic and less parking." 🙃 calmatters.org/politics/202...
A loophole in last year’s major housing law splits Democrats on local zoning
California Democrats are still divided over a controversial law the governor signed last year to build more housing near major transportation hubs.
calmatters.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's pretty simple, you can care about preserving free curbside parking or you can care about housing costs, homelessness and climate change.
One day NYC will catch up to the urbanism of Missoula, MT
Last night, Missoula, Montana notched a HUGE zoning reform win. They achieved:
1️⃣ Shifted single-family only zones to 4 to 12 homes per lot (depending on zone)
2️⃣ Reduced minimum lot sizes
3️⃣Eliminated (❗) parking mandates citywide (‼️)
...And more!
1️⃣ Shifted single-family only zones to 4 to 12 homes per lot (depending on zone)
2️⃣ Reduced minimum lot sizes
3️⃣Eliminated (❗) parking mandates citywide (‼️)
...And more!
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 AM
One day NYC will catch up to the urbanism of Missoula, MT
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"I know Kid Rock's real name" is an amazing negative flex, good job JD
February 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"I know Kid Rock's real name" is an amazing negative flex, good job JD
Every person running for local office should be asked, “Are you brave enough to undermine the sanctity of a parking space?”
Encourage folks to read the Jordan’s full thread for context.
Bike backlash is happening in cities throughout the country so a similar meeting could have happened nearly anywhere.
We need to elect more folks ready to lead on addressing climate and health, including when that impacts parking.
Bike backlash is happening in cities throughout the country so a similar meeting could have happened nearly anywhere.
We need to elect more folks ready to lead on addressing climate and health, including when that impacts parking.
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Every person running for local office should be asked, “Are you brave enough to undermine the sanctity of a parking space?”
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That money could buy 200,000 e bikes
California has decided that if the U.S. government is going to slash electric-vehicle incentives, it will keep the momentum going with $200 million to promote cleaner cars.
insideevs.com/news/786197/...
insideevs.com/news/786197/...
California's New EV Rebate Is Only For First-Time Electric Car Buyers
California's $200 million EV incentive program will help fill the gap left by the federal EV tax credit's early expiration.
insideevs.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
That money could buy 200,000 e bikes
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Tragedy in Playa Del Rey, as a 7-months-pregnant mother was killed by a driver while biking with her family. The baby was delivered by C-section but died in the NICU. The crash took place on Pershing Ave., where safety measures were removed in 2017 after NIMBY backlash. Donate here:
Donate to Support for Matt and the Kids After Regan's Tragic Loss, organized by Carter Fondon
Regan Cole-Graham was tragically killed on January 31, 2026 whil… Carter Fondon needs your support for Support for Matt and the Kids After Regan's Tragic Loss
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February 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Tragedy in Playa Del Rey, as a 7-months-pregnant mother was killed by a driver while biking with her family. The baby was delivered by C-section but died in the NICU. The crash took place on Pershing Ave., where safety measures were removed in 2017 after NIMBY backlash. Donate here:
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The problem with Prop 13 vis-a-vis the state budget isn't just that it cratered property tax revenue, either. It's that a budget so heavily dependent on taxing income and financial asset wealth is inherently volatile. We have a system designed to make long term fiscal planning extremely difficult.
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The problem with Prop 13 vis-a-vis the state budget isn't just that it cratered property tax revenue, either. It's that a budget so heavily dependent on taxing income and financial asset wealth is inherently volatile. We have a system designed to make long term fiscal planning extremely difficult.
“Catholic schoolgirl” was an extremely normalized trope sexualizing underage girls. A common punchline.
I never received more sexual harassment from grown men, in my life, than when I was walking to school in my uniform as a 14 year-old. Mostly suburban men catcalling from their cars.
I never received more sexual harassment from grown men, in my life, than when I was walking to school in my uniform as a 14 year-old. Mostly suburban men catcalling from their cars.
It's hard to overstate how NORMAL it was to sexualize teen girls when I was growing up.
"Jailbait" jokes were everywhere, I was constantly sexually harassed by men in cars when walking to school in 6th grade.
Epstein is of an cohort where it was GENERALLY maybe a little edgy but not extreme.
"Jailbait" jokes were everywhere, I was constantly sexually harassed by men in cars when walking to school in 6th grade.
Epstein is of an cohort where it was GENERALLY maybe a little edgy but not extreme.
I need people to understand that it’s not just Epstein, it’s the entire rape culture that existed before and after him at every socioeconomic level. That’s why Epstein, who I’ve never thought was particularly smart or interesting, was able to pull this all off—he recognized how abuse functions
February 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“Catholic schoolgirl” was an extremely normalized trope sexualizing underage girls. A common punchline.
I never received more sexual harassment from grown men, in my life, than when I was walking to school in my uniform as a 14 year-old. Mostly suburban men catcalling from their cars.
I never received more sexual harassment from grown men, in my life, than when I was walking to school in my uniform as a 14 year-old. Mostly suburban men catcalling from their cars.
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WSDOT: Hi SEPA we want to build a massive "diverging diamond" interchange on I-90 at SR-18 to facilitate additional sprawl is that cool?
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
WSDOT: Hi SEPA we want to build a massive "diverging diamond" interchange on I-90 at SR-18 to facilitate additional sprawl is that cool?
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
SEPA: Sounds fine to me
City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city
SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella
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When NY and California are literally losing congressional seats to red states I really don't give a shit what "the community" wants. build housing.
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
When NY and California are literally losing congressional seats to red states I really don't give a shit what "the community" wants. build housing.
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there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
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"Democrats can't abolish ICE right now so don't ask for it."
Republicans spent decades screaming "End abortion." Then, when they had the power to do it, they basically did!
Repeating out loud what you want to happen even though it can't right now is good politics!
Republicans spent decades screaming "End abortion." Then, when they had the power to do it, they basically did!
Repeating out loud what you want to happen even though it can't right now is good politics!
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
"Democrats can't abolish ICE right now so don't ask for it."
Republicans spent decades screaming "End abortion." Then, when they had the power to do it, they basically did!
Repeating out loud what you want to happen even though it can't right now is good politics!
Republicans spent decades screaming "End abortion." Then, when they had the power to do it, they basically did!
Repeating out loud what you want to happen even though it can't right now is good politics!
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Why is the Dept of Transportation trying to torpedo NYC congestion pricing? Why - in God’s name - is Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on TV smearing the Minnesotans killed by ICE? For @newrepublic.com, I show Trump has turned USDOT into an authoritarian weapon. newrepublic.com/article/2051...
How Trump Weaponized the Department of Transportation
The policies that govern how we get from place to place are usually immune to partisanship. This administration is using them to advance Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Why is the Dept of Transportation trying to torpedo NYC congestion pricing? Why - in God’s name - is Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on TV smearing the Minnesotans killed by ICE? For @newrepublic.com, I show Trump has turned USDOT into an authoritarian weapon. newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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Leading democratic politicians should make plans to be in Springfield on February 4th
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Leading democratic politicians should make plans to be in Springfield on February 4th
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We're looking for translators in French, Spanish and ASL
Springfield, Ohio is bracing to protect our neighbors and keep Haitian children from being swept up in our foster care or youth incarceration systems
www.haitiancss.org
Springfield, Ohio is bracing to protect our neighbors and keep Haitian children from being swept up in our foster care or youth incarceration systems
www.haitiancss.org
Haitian Community Solidarity and Support - Springfield, OH Charity
Founded in 2024, this non-profit organization stands in solidarity with Haitian immigrants located in Springfield, Ohio and throughout Clark County. Our goal is assisting immigrants, especially nation...
www.haitiancss.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
We're looking for translators in French, Spanish and ASL
Springfield, Ohio is bracing to protect our neighbors and keep Haitian children from being swept up in our foster care or youth incarceration systems
www.haitiancss.org
Springfield, Ohio is bracing to protect our neighbors and keep Haitian children from being swept up in our foster care or youth incarceration systems
www.haitiancss.org
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There’s still 2 weeks or so until the filing deadline. Any Zohrans out there want to jump in? Anyone?
From the LosAngeles community on Reddit: New FM3 Poll Shows Mayor Bass at 61% Disapproval Rating; Only 27% of Voters Would Vote to Re-Elect Bass
Explore this post and more from the LosAngeles community
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January 29, 2026 at 2:08 AM
There’s still 2 weeks or so until the filing deadline. Any Zohrans out there want to jump in? Anyone?