Luis Osta Lugo
@ostalugo.com
CoA Zoning & Platting Commissioner
Democracy + Housing + Transportation + Justice
@aura-atx.org Board Member
Democracy + Housing + Transportation + Justice
@aura-atx.org Board Member
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GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.
www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...
www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...
Donate to US Flood Relief Fundraisers
Help those affected by flooding across the US. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer flood relief to individuals & their families.
www.gofundme.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.
www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...
www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...
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Hey BlueSky
@austinmonthly.bsky.social has put together an incredible resource of all of the ways you can donate / help folks in the wake of the recent, devastating floods
You can view those in their article here:
@austinmonthly.bsky.social has put together an incredible resource of all of the ways you can donate / help folks in the wake of the recent, devastating floods
You can view those in their article here:
How Austinites Can Donate to Those Affected by the Central Texas Floods
These local organizations are raising funds and resources to help victims of the devastating Kerr County flooding.
www.austinmonthly.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hey BlueSky
@austinmonthly.bsky.social has put together an incredible resource of all of the ways you can donate / help folks in the wake of the recent, devastating floods
You can view those in their article here:
@austinmonthly.bsky.social has put together an incredible resource of all of the ways you can donate / help folks in the wake of the recent, devastating floods
You can view those in their article here:
It's honestly kind of insane to me that the people who decry subsidies and how things like first time homebuyer programs just increase prices line up straight behind one of the most insane ways to waste public money while getting worse outcomes.
New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears ncnewsline.com/2025/06/12/n... (audio commentary)
New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears • NC Newsline
School vouchers in our state have nothing to do with quote “opportunity” and everything to do with undermining and privatizing public education.
ncnewsline.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
It's honestly kind of insane to me that the people who decry subsidies and how things like first time homebuyer programs just increase prices line up straight behind one of the most insane ways to waste public money while getting worse outcomes.
Biggest upzoning in American history for now
Quite possibly the biggest upzoning in American history
May 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Biggest upzoning in American history for now
The biggest failure of Texas is that of focus. If we, as a people, just focussed for a few years on really committing to a strong vision of the future we'd leave any other competition in the dust. Half measures and culture war distractions have been so extraordinarily damaging to the state
Even when they discuss the dangerous and radical things some in the state they to do they miss why and how it happens. And they miss all of the great and wonderful things that happen at every level every year.
May 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The biggest failure of Texas is that of focus. If we, as a people, just focussed for a few years on really committing to a strong vision of the future we'd leave any other competition in the dust. Half measures and culture war distractions have been so extraordinarily damaging to the state
I continue to be somewhat amazed and confounded by the role Texas plays in political discussions. Less a real place where real people live and more a metaphysical object to be rebuked or idolized by people who know less than nothing of the state
It’s kind of maddening that there are 32 million people in this state and yet Texas politics remains totally illegible to people living on the coasts because we have no prestige media ecosystem.
Texas making things “easy to build” is not a singular lever that we switched on one day
Texas making things “easy to build” is not a singular lever that we switched on one day
Feel like I’m missing something about the political/factional pitch of abundance. If Texas is an example of a place where it’s easy to build and live, then why have decades of that being the case not turned the state blue? If anything it’s become a laboratory for the right’s most heinous policies
May 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I continue to be somewhat amazed and confounded by the role Texas plays in political discussions. Less a real place where real people live and more a metaphysical object to be rebuked or idolized by people who know less than nothing of the state
I don't know how we could even start to fix this problem but the current system of low cost and subsidized housing is way too hard to navigate and biased towards people with insider connections
A heartbreaking aspect of running a housing advocacy organization is the sheer number of requests you get for direct help with locating low-cost housing from people who desperately need it.
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I don't know how we could even start to fix this problem but the current system of low cost and subsidized housing is way too hard to navigate and biased towards people with insider connections
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“I never thought I’d have a pope like this in my lifetime,” a priest I know told me. “It must be divine providence, I can’t think of any other explanation.”
I wrote about Pope Francis.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
I wrote about Pope Francis.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
Pope Francis, 88, Is Dead
Considered dogmatic as a young priest, the Argentinian Jesuit emerged during his papacy as an advocate of mercy, humility, and hope.
www.vanityfair.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“I never thought I’d have a pope like this in my lifetime,” a priest I know told me. “It must be divine providence, I can’t think of any other explanation.”
I wrote about Pope Francis.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
I wrote about Pope Francis.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
Big fan of the new episode of @jackcraver.bsky.social's podcast ft. @vanessaforatx.bsky.social - urban-affairs.simplecast.com/episodes/van.... Especially loved the discussion around how she engages with her constituents and why Republicans have been gaining ground with Latinos
Urban Affairs
Jack Craver grills politicians, policy wonks and activists about how to make American cities better places to live.
urban-affairs.simplecast.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Big fan of the new episode of @jackcraver.bsky.social's podcast ft. @vanessaforatx.bsky.social - urban-affairs.simplecast.com/episodes/van.... Especially loved the discussion around how she engages with her constituents and why Republicans have been gaining ground with Latinos
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and fwiw, there is a pretty easy path to feeling like a "hero" if a given man wants to take it — it is being a responsible member of your community, a provider for your family and being a good role model for the younger men around you.
February 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
and fwiw, there is a pretty easy path to feeling like a "hero" if a given man wants to take it — it is being a responsible member of your community, a provider for your family and being a good role model for the younger men around you.
What Cambridge has done here is outline an incredible middle path where we can build Parisian missing middle density city wide. I think Austin can learn a lot from this, building out starter home friendly units in a way that fits easily into existing neighborhoods
Cambridge is 6.4 sq mi. The Austin equivalent would be bounded by Lamar and I-35 from the river to 290, all 6 stories.
Are we gonna let Cambridge beat us at the housing game? Or do we have the guts to beat them too?
Are we gonna let Cambridge beat us at the housing game? Or do we have the guts to beat them too?
I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
What Cambridge has done here is outline an incredible middle path where we can build Parisian missing middle density city wide. I think Austin can learn a lot from this, building out starter home friendly units in a way that fits easily into existing neighborhoods
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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
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NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
NEW: Trump says he's letting "lifesaving" foreign aid continue, but sources tell WIRED that DOGE is still blocking HIV/AIDS relief.
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
Musk brags he's "feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
A USAID worker tell us: “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do."
By @knibbs.bsky.social
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We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness
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Drake waited until Kendrick dropped his next album to sue so that Kendrick couldn't make fun of him suing on it
November 26, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Drake waited until Kendrick dropped his next album to sue so that Kendrick couldn't make fun of him suing on it
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Any Urbanists have the “progress” graph handy? It shows how ppl complain when projects are implemented but over time get used to it and then can’t imagine a time before the project was there. Thanks!
November 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Any Urbanists have the “progress” graph handy? It shows how ppl complain when projects are implemented but over time get used to it and then can’t imagine a time before the project was there. Thanks!
@safestreetsaustin.bsky.social Has been doing incredibly work and continues to lead on safety and mobility in Austin. Please come through on Thursday to hangout and support their work!
It's finally here!
Our big annual Safe Streets For All Party is TONIGHT, 6-9pm.
Come enjoy one of the most exciting nights of the year! 🥳
Celebration, community, food & drink, live piano music, and more... it's all just a ticket away.
Get yours now: www.safestreetsaustin.org/party-2024
Our big annual Safe Streets For All Party is TONIGHT, 6-9pm.
Come enjoy one of the most exciting nights of the year! 🥳
Celebration, community, food & drink, live piano music, and more... it's all just a ticket away.
Get yours now: www.safestreetsaustin.org/party-2024
Safe Streets For All Party — Safe Streets Austin
www.safestreetsaustin.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
@safestreetsaustin.bsky.social Has been doing incredibly work and continues to lead on safety and mobility in Austin. Please come through on Thursday to hangout and support their work!
Completed agreed, though in addition to this for broader "democracy" reform I think we have to implement random ballot order. So no candidate gets the advantage of being first in all ballots
In the future we really ought to amend the charter to switch to approval voting. That way we can avoid unnecessary runoffs & not force the electorate to worry about candidates splitting the vote.
We wouldn't even need to change how the ballots look!
We wouldn't even need to change how the ballots look!
Kirk Watson appears to have been re-elected for another term as Mayor.
Williamson County reported its final 53 votes, he won 36% of them. Final margin versus a runoff was 14 votes.
Williamson County reported its final 53 votes, he won 36% of them. Final margin versus a runoff was 14 votes.
November 16, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Completed agreed, though in addition to this for broader "democracy" reform I think we have to implement random ballot order. So no candidate gets the advantage of being first in all ballots
From my experience especially talking to the more working class or entrepreneurial members of my family, I think also talking about the housing can reinvigorate/improve existing commercial spaces can be a easy foot in the door to helping them see the value of pro housing policies
Thanksgiving is soon! Want to convince your conservative uncle to be a super based YIMBY like you??
Here’s the conservative YIMBY pitch:
Here’s the conservative YIMBY pitch:
November 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM
From my experience especially talking to the more working class or entrepreneurial members of my family, I think also talking about the housing can reinvigorate/improve existing commercial spaces can be a easy foot in the door to helping them see the value of pro housing policies