Adam Florek 🏳️🌈
@planningadam.bsky.social
Urbanist with a soft spot for legacy cities, maps, and housing. OCD survivor.
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So, a personal update: I'm detransitioning and going by Adam.
Thank you to the unreasonable towns that keep fighting their Fair Share obligations, leading me to write more reports and rack up those sweet billable hours.
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Thank you to the unreasonable towns that keep fighting their Fair Share obligations, leading me to write more reports and rack up those sweet billable hours.
I tried to console my Patriots-supporting friend, but I couldn't help myself.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I tried to console my Patriots-supporting friend, but I couldn't help myself.
Halftime show in Spanish and a dominant defense overseen by an Englishman. America!
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Halftime show in Spanish and a dominant defense overseen by an Englishman. America!
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Support your gay friends as they decide short length for the upcoming summer season.
February 7, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Support your gay friends as they decide short length for the upcoming summer season.
Leaving aside the backlash to Trump's enforcement strategy, I suspect local opposition to detention centers has a lot to do with NIMBYism.
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Leaving aside the backlash to Trump's enforcement strategy, I suspect local opposition to detention centers has a lot to do with NIMBYism.
This post took quite a turn.
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This post took quite a turn.
I like watching UConn blow out Tennessee.
February 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I like watching UConn blow out Tennessee.
Of course, they're shouting down someone who is Jewish. The fact that Klein has been critical of Israel doesn't matter, apparently.
Sarah Lawrence kids shouting down Ezra Klein.
Because when you're facing a fascist takeover, shouting down a liberal at a college talk is definitely the way.
Because when you're facing a fascist takeover, shouting down a liberal at a college talk is definitely the way.
January 30, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Of course, they're shouting down someone who is Jewish. The fact that Klein has been critical of Israel doesn't matter, apparently.
Hartford draw FC Motown in the 1st round of the Open Cup and looking forward to bashing Morristown (and whatever part of Morris or Essex County they actually represent).
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Hartford draw FC Motown in the 1st round of the Open Cup and looking forward to bashing Morristown (and whatever part of Morris or Essex County they actually represent).
Gotta say, I'm pretty livid about ICE right now.
January 25, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Gotta say, I'm pretty livid about ICE right now.
I am constitutionally unable of watching a Bears game and not saying 'Da Bears'.
January 19, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I am constitutionally unable of watching a Bears game and not saying 'Da Bears'.
My right-wing/far right mutuals on West Ham Twitter really do not like the US right now.
January 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM
My right-wing/far right mutuals on West Ham Twitter really do not like the US right now.
Thank you, Dr. Tottenham
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Thank you, Dr. Tottenham
Just totally lost his humanity
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Just totally lost his humanity
Nothing makes me feel like a Bluesky hardliner more than seeing a Wanye tweet.
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Nothing makes me feel like a Bluesky hardliner more than seeing a Wanye tweet.
*Kent Brockman voice*
And I, for one, welcome our new Hoosier overlords.
And I, for one, welcome our new Hoosier overlords.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
*Kent Brockman voice*
And I, for one, welcome our new Hoosier overlords.
And I, for one, welcome our new Hoosier overlords.
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Just gonna say yeah I think it's antisemitic to protest outside of a synagogue and chant "we support Hamas here," like that is in fact a threat of murderous violence.
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Just gonna say yeah I think it's antisemitic to protest outside of a synagogue and chant "we support Hamas here," like that is in fact a threat of murderous violence.
It really pisses me off that the Free Palestine movement is ignoring the protests in Iran.
January 8, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It really pisses me off that the Free Palestine movement is ignoring the protests in Iran.
Cheer for West Ham, I said.
This is the team for you, I said.
It will distract you from your worries, I said.
This is the team for you, I said.
It will distract you from your worries, I said.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Cheer for West Ham, I said.
This is the team for you, I said.
It will distract you from your worries, I said.
This is the team for you, I said.
It will distract you from your worries, I said.
I just started The Beast in Me and I'm worried that they're using the Matthew Rhys character to tar developers as evil.
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I just started The Beast in Me and I'm worried that they're using the Matthew Rhys character to tar developers as evil.
I know it's The End Times because Indiana has the best college football team in the country and is clobbering Alabama.
January 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I know it's The End Times because Indiana has the best college football team in the country and is clobbering Alabama.
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Buried deep in the otherwise triumphant election night for Dems in NJ is a concerning backsliding with Jewish voters.
And it’s not just the Orthodox, towns like Livingston, Millburn, and Tenafly defied political gravity and slid rightward.
Thanks to Nj Globe’s Joey Fox for the map.
And it’s not just the Orthodox, towns like Livingston, Millburn, and Tenafly defied political gravity and slid rightward.
Thanks to Nj Globe’s Joey Fox for the map.
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Buried deep in the otherwise triumphant election night for Dems in NJ is a concerning backsliding with Jewish voters.
And it’s not just the Orthodox, towns like Livingston, Millburn, and Tenafly defied political gravity and slid rightward.
Thanks to Nj Globe’s Joey Fox for the map.
And it’s not just the Orthodox, towns like Livingston, Millburn, and Tenafly defied political gravity and slid rightward.
Thanks to Nj Globe’s Joey Fox for the map.