Nick Burns
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legalize apartments, desegregate schools, resettle refugees
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Nick Burns
@nkburns3.bsky.social
· Oct 11
"Shared experience is the foundation of a successful polity, and it is not a stretch to think that simply educating children in integrated schools would begin to close the divides that have paralyzed our politics."
Opinion | The Coronavirus and The Cities We Need - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Opinion | The Coronavirus and The Cities We Need - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
… all men are created equal…
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
… all men are created equal…
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I'm convinced that 75-85% of NIMBYism is simply "I am older now and I hate it and I want the places where I spent my younger days to look the same so I can pretend I'm not as old as I am."
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I'm convinced that 75-85% of NIMBYism is simply "I am older now and I hate it and I want the places where I spent my younger days to look the same so I can pretend I'm not as old as I am."
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"The measure’s first batch of affordable housing funds totaled $55.6 million. If all of that money went to labor — excluding land, building materials or other development costs — each of those 10,000 workers would have received $5,560. Is that enough to create a union job?"
Measure ULA supporters, including the oversight board, claimed that the transfer tax has already "created 10,000 union construction jobs."
UCLA professor Mike Manville looked at the basis for this number and found out that it's bullshit: each “job” represents 19 potential future work days.
UCLA professor Mike Manville looked at the basis for this number and found out that it's bullshit: each “job” represents 19 potential future work days.
How did an ‘implausible’ claim about jobs created by LA’s ‘mansion tax’ get cited by watchdogs?
A committee tasked with oversight of the city’s controversial tax said it has created 10,000 union construction jobs. LAist tracked down the claim’s origins.
laist.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"The measure’s first batch of affordable housing funds totaled $55.6 million. If all of that money went to labor — excluding land, building materials or other development costs — each of those 10,000 workers would have received $5,560. Is that enough to create a union job?"
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Because I’ve seen what HOA meetings do to a man. The lawns are too green, the souls too soft. I speak like this because the spirit of war died in a cul-de-sac, and I was there to bury it—alone, beneath the flicker of a Ring doorbell camera.
Why are you talking like an anime villain
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Because I’ve seen what HOA meetings do to a man. The lawns are too green, the souls too soft. I speak like this because the spirit of war died in a cul-de-sac, and I was there to bury it—alone, beneath the flicker of a Ring doorbell camera.
Contrarian opinion: Mamdani’s election actually does have national
Implications.
Not because it’s relevant to swing district D’s or whatever, but because it’s indicative of the way the sensibilities of big city Dems are changing. And big city Dems are the ones who run the party.
Implications.
Not because it’s relevant to swing district D’s or whatever, but because it’s indicative of the way the sensibilities of big city Dems are changing. And big city Dems are the ones who run the party.
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Contrarian opinion: Mamdani’s election actually does have national
Implications.
Not because it’s relevant to swing district D’s or whatever, but because it’s indicative of the way the sensibilities of big city Dems are changing. And big city Dems are the ones who run the party.
Implications.
Not because it’s relevant to swing district D’s or whatever, but because it’s indicative of the way the sensibilities of big city Dems are changing. And big city Dems are the ones who run the party.
This is the future California YIMBYs want.
I will, more likely than not, never live in California, but, if by some miracle, the YIMBYs go maximalist and it becomes attainable, I'll have to consider buying a condo
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is the future California YIMBYs want.
Abolish LA City Council.
On the eve of the Dodgers winning the World Series 😉, LA Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez introduced a resolution urging Metro to officially reject the Dodger Stadium gondola project.
It's signed by representatives of CD1, CD14, and CD13, all districts directly impacted by Dodger Stadium traffic
It's signed by representatives of CD1, CD14, and CD13, all districts directly impacted by Dodger Stadium traffic
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Abolish LA City Council.
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my paternal great grandparents got off a boat in Newark and were americans from the moment they touched american soil. my only objection to that pattern is that i think we should send a plane to pick up anyone who declares themselves an american.
blood-and-soil nativism repels me on a cellular level
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
my paternal great grandparents got off a boat in Newark and were americans from the moment they touched american soil. my only objection to that pattern is that i think we should send a plane to pick up anyone who declares themselves an american.
Who’s your favorite Jedi? (right answers only)
Loden Greatstorm and Bell Zettifar
Art by @jakebartok.bsky.social
Loden Greatstorm and Bell Zettifar
Art by @jakebartok.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Who’s your favorite Jedi? (right answers only)
Loden Greatstorm and Bell Zettifar
Art by @jakebartok.bsky.social
Loden Greatstorm and Bell Zettifar
Art by @jakebartok.bsky.social
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my favorite part of this project was realizing a short 24/7 bus lane though the Los Angeles Country Club qualifies and the 1/2 mile catchment will upzone a ton of mansions in Holmby Hills (falling just short of the Playboy Mansion)
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
my favorite part of this project was realizing a short 24/7 bus lane though the Los Angeles Country Club qualifies and the 1/2 mile catchment will upzone a ton of mansions in Holmby Hills (falling just short of the Playboy Mansion)
Maine is like if the San Fernando Valley got to elect two senators, it would be crazy if a candidate for that office *didn’t* know everyone in the state.
she did this because she is arguably the best Republican retail politician in the entire country. she ran a fully, 100% shoe-leather campaign and absolutely blew through every expectation that had been set for her. she is very very VERY good at campaigning, y'all.
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Maine is like if the San Fernando Valley got to elect two senators, it would be crazy if a candidate for that office *didn’t* know everyone in the state.
SB 79 solves this.
Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
SB 79 solves this.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
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Say what you will about the rise of the far right in recent US/European history and whether one is worse or not, the US is indisputably better positioned to fight and beat ours back because we're kinda the only ones left with a liberal/left-leaning party that isn't utterly moribund at this point.
October 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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man, the Expo TNP upzoning around Expo Bundy is really resulting in huge results - was at the station yesterday and saw 4 buildings under construction, and now this
la.urbanize.city/post/eight-s...
la.urbanize.city/post/eight-s...
Eight-story, 42-unit development planned at 2219 S. Wellsely Avenue
In a familiar tale, single-family homes located just south of Metro's Expo/Bundy Station in Sawtelle are set to give way to apartments, according to a recent application to the Los Angeles Department ...
la.urbanize.city
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
man, the Expo TNP upzoning around Expo Bundy is really resulting in huge results - was at the station yesterday and saw 4 buildings under construction, and now this
la.urbanize.city/post/eight-s...
la.urbanize.city/post/eight-s...
Blessed to live in a city where the newspaper still works.
October 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Blessed to live in a city where the newspaper still works.
Why is this person getting ratioed? G&T programs for kindergartners are self-evidently absurd.
But it’s not. We’re not talking about AP calculus here. We’re talking about kindergarten. Are we teaching kids to not eat their boogers using better vocabulary in the G&T class?
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Why is this person getting ratioed? G&T programs for kindergartners are self-evidently absurd.
I left a message asking Governor Newsom to sign SB 79 and so can you.
A bunch of toxic LA NIMBYs are whining about SB 79, the amazing housing bill the CA legislature passed recently.
It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.
It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.
Homeowners denounce SB 79 vote - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News
Legislation awaits governor’s signature
beverlypress.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I left a message asking Governor Newsom to sign SB 79 and so can you.
Ezra Klein seems like the kinda guy who’d blame Democrats for Trump because they voted for Obama instead of Romney.
Klein vs TNC is such a fascinating example of how Ezra views the world:
September 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ezra Klein seems like the kinda guy who’d blame Democrats for Trump because they voted for Obama instead of Romney.
The Los Angeles Times is the newspaper everyone wishes the New York Times would be.
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Los Angeles Times is the newspaper everyone wishes the New York Times would be.
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