Raynell
@raynell.bsky.social
Still can’t believe my favorite sports team is playing in a playoff game on 9am on New Year’s Day. I don’t even have ESPN, I’m going to have to go to a bar for this.
December 31, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Still can’t believe my favorite sports team is playing in a playoff game on 9am on New Year’s Day. I don’t even have ESPN, I’m going to have to go to a bar for this.
Just had a buffalo chicken wrap as one of my last meals in DC, a delicacy that’s very near and dear to my heart but basically impossible to get in SF.
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Just had a buffalo chicken wrap as one of my last meals in DC, a delicacy that’s very near and dear to my heart but basically impossible to get in SF.
As a Bears fan, that game was misery. Happy for all of my Niners fan friends but good lord I am ill.
December 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
As a Bears fan, that game was misery. Happy for all of my Niners fan friends but good lord I am ill.
how can you not be romantic about college football
December 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
how can you not be romantic about college football
Wouldn’t wish being a Chargers fan on my worst enemy
December 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Wouldn’t wish being a Chargers fan on my worst enemy
the Snoop Dogg / Lainey Wilson / Andrea Bocelli / Kpop Demon Hunters halftime show was the Jeff Bridges / Zoe Saldaña / Druski T-Mobile commercial of halftime shows.
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
the Snoop Dogg / Lainey Wilson / Andrea Bocelli / Kpop Demon Hunters halftime show was the Jeff Bridges / Zoe Saldaña / Druski T-Mobile commercial of halftime shows.
Dunk the Halls broadcast is fully broken, love to see it.
December 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Dunk the Halls broadcast is fully broken, love to see it.
If you think of “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a sci-fi movie it’s actually pretty sloppy but if you think of “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a sci-fi movie you’re probably unwell
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If you think of “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a sci-fi movie it’s actually pretty sloppy but if you think of “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a sci-fi movie you’re probably unwell
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Happy Holidays from the D5 Fab 5! We hope your holidays are full of rest, joy and quality time with loved ones.
December 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Happy Holidays from the D5 Fab 5! We hope your holidays are full of rest, joy and quality time with loved ones.
would a regional branch of a paper company really have that many employees?
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
would a regional branch of a paper company really have that many employees?
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
love my annual tradition of dissociating at montgomery mall attempting to get last-minute gifts
December 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
love my annual tradition of dissociating at montgomery mall attempting to get last-minute gifts
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Openly pining for dictatorship.
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Openly pining for dictatorship.
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
It’s like Actual Cold, not San Francisco Cold, and I’m not here for it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It’s like Actual Cold, not San Francisco Cold, and I’m not here for it.
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One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
I was surprised that Stonestown Mall was doing so well without a traditional department store anchor until I realized that department stores kinda suck and have sucked for basically my whole life.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I was surprised that Stonestown Mall was doing so well without a traditional department store anchor until I realized that department stores kinda suck and have sucked for basically my whole life.
we did turkey biryani with a mix of thighs and tender pieces. very tasty! but the thighs didn’t cook through entirely so we had to extract them
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
we did turkey biryani with a mix of thighs and tender pieces. very tasty! but the thighs didn’t cook through entirely so we had to extract them
I love that there are so many catchy poppy Christmas songs and the only Thanksgiving song is 18-minute long anti-war folk ramble.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I love that there are so many catchy poppy Christmas songs and the only Thanksgiving song is 18-minute long anti-war folk ramble.
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Always blown away by how popular the ping pong tables on JFK Promenade are. Just biked by and it’s windy and just about as cold as it gets in SF during daylight hours and there were people playing it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Always blown away by how popular the ping pong tables on JFK Promenade are. Just biked by and it’s windy and just about as cold as it gets in SF during daylight hours and there were people playing it.
go dons
The Phoenix Suns are signing guard Jamaree Bouyea to a two-way NBA contract, sources tell ESPN. Bouyea has played parts of three NBA years and has averaged 20 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the G League this season.
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
go dons
Minor frustration of the day: the “format painter” tool on Google Docs doesn’t carry over line spacing, so I have to do that manually any time I’m updating pasted text to meet the format of the document.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Minor frustration of the day: the “format painter” tool on Google Docs doesn’t carry over line spacing, so I have to do that manually any time I’m updating pasted text to meet the format of the document.
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The price of housing is set by supply and demand. Building enough new homes keeps the price of existing older homes affordable. This is very straightforward.
When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win.
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin
When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...
bendbulletin.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The price of housing is set by supply and demand. Building enough new homes keeps the price of existing older homes affordable. This is very straightforward.