Ned Resnikoff
@resnikoff.bsky.social
Newsletter: http://publiccomment.blog/
Urban policy consultant: http://resnikoffconsulting.com/
Roosevelt Institute Fellow, CA FWD Fellow
Working on a book about cities for Island Press.
ned at resnikoffconsulting dot com
Urban policy consultant: http://resnikoffconsulting.com/
Roosevelt Institute Fellow, CA FWD Fellow
Working on a book about cities for Island Press.
ned at resnikoffconsulting dot com
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Ned Resnikoff
@resnikoff.bsky.social
· Dec 11
I can't tell you how excited I am to work with Heather Boyer and the Island Press team, which really gets what I'm trying to do with this projects and has published more than a few of my favorite books on urbanism.
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The late stages of writing a book are like this endlessly receding horizon where there's always just a few more edits you need to make, and then you hit deadline.
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The late stages of writing a book are like this endlessly receding horizon where there's always just a few more edits you need to make, and then you hit deadline.
Reposted by Ned Resnikoff
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
Dunno what else there is to say about pedocon theory when X, the global far right's most important social media megaphone, is on track to rapidly become the world's largest CSAM manufacturer and distributor.
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Dunno what else there is to say about pedocon theory when X, the global far right's most important social media megaphone, is on track to rapidly become the world's largest CSAM manufacturer and distributor.
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Mamdani is cutting red tape and unleashing the market, from the left
January 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Mamdani is cutting red tape and unleashing the market, from the left
This is my version of the "T'Challah looked into the camera and said he's the exact same kind of Communist as me" meme. (laudatory) donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...
Understanding Mamdani's Vision
His inauguration speech challenges the left to govern
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This is my version of the "T'Challah looked into the camera and said he's the exact same kind of Communist as me" meme. (laudatory) donmoynihan.substack.com/p/understand...
I hate it when people complain about transplants, but I am making exactly one exception for people who correctly note that the Post should stay out of California.
This ugly NY Post article about RV encampments in Los Angeles interviews exactly one local, who the author fails to identify as a regular op-ed contributor to the local news site that she founded. nypost.com/2026/01/01/u...
Homeless drivers off the hook in California as RV encampments spread in Los Angeles
California’s new parking law is colliding head-on with life on the ground in Los Angeles, where RV encampments have already turned blocks into long-term nuisances.
nypost.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I hate it when people complain about transplants, but I am making exactly one exception for people who correctly note that the Post should stay out of California.
This ugly NY Post article about RV encampments in Los Angeles interviews exactly one local, who the author fails to identify as a regular op-ed contributor to the local news site that she founded. nypost.com/2026/01/01/u...
Homeless drivers off the hook in California as RV encampments spread in Los Angeles
California’s new parking law is colliding head-on with life on the ground in Los Angeles, where RV encampments have already turned blocks into long-term nuisances.
nypost.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This ugly NY Post article about RV encampments in Los Angeles interviews exactly one local, who the author fails to identify as a regular op-ed contributor to the local news site that she founded. nypost.com/2026/01/01/u...
January 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Back in 2005, Donald Shoup estimated that we probably spend about as much as a society on subsidizing free parking as we do on paying for Medicare. I don't think a little congestion charge is that unreasonable in comparison.
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Back in 2005, Donald Shoup estimated that we probably spend about as much as a society on subsidizing free parking as we do on paying for Medicare. I don't think a little congestion charge is that unreasonable in comparison.
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It was not free to drive through the Holland Tunnel prior to congestion pricing because there was already a much larger Port Authority toll that was payable.
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It was not free to drive through the Holland Tunnel prior to congestion pricing because there was already a much larger Port Authority toll that was payable.
The thing about congestion pricing is that it just puts a dollar value on a cost that everyone in the city, including drivers, would otherwise absorb to their detriment.
little unclear on why we're doing congestion pricing discourse to close out 2025 but for what it's worth the largest benefits of congestion pricing accrue to drivers whose saved time from decongestion is more valuable than the congestion charge they pay, which turns out to be most of them
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The thing about congestion pricing is that it just puts a dollar value on a cost that everyone in the city, including drivers, would otherwise absorb to their detriment.
Terminally juiceless fascist coup
NEW: Trump backs off National Guard deployments in Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland
Trump withdraws National Guard from major cities amid legal challenges
"We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form," Trump said.
www.axios.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Terminally juiceless fascist coup
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An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
A lot of Blueskiers are going to dismiss this observation because of the source, but it is correct. I'll just add that I don't think there's anything special about single-family homes that means they should never be rentals, any more than there's a rule that multifamily units should never be condos.
"America’s Housing Crunch Has the Wrong Villain" www.aei.org/economics/am...
"Institutional investors aren’t the cause of housing distortions but a response to them."
"Institutional investors aren’t the cause of housing distortions but a response to them."
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A lot of Blueskiers are going to dismiss this observation because of the source, but it is correct. I'll just add that I don't think there's anything special about single-family homes that means they should never be rentals, any more than there's a rule that multifamily units should never be condos.
I have a completed book manuscript. Still some editing to do before I send everything off to the publisher, but I'm feeling good.
December 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have a completed book manuscript. Still some editing to do before I send everything off to the publisher, but I'm feeling good.
This is overall a decent rundown of the evidence on Housing First, but it’s noteworthy that the only anti-HF “experts” they could find are ideologues who share the tech fascist Joe Lonsdale as a patron. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is overall a decent rundown of the evidence on Housing First, but it’s noteworthy that the only anti-HF “experts” they could find are ideologues who share the tech fascist Joe Lonsdale as a patron. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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This vision of California is the vision of America that's going to win and everyone who wants to stop it from happening is cordially invited to die mad.
I love the east Bay Area. People of different races and religions live and work together to build the American Dream. We in liberal society take this for granted but the national rise of extremism stemming from online content seeks to take this away from us.
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-americ...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-americ...
The American Beauty of the East Bay
Americanism is facing its biggest challenge from extremism. The people of the Bay Area show why its worth fighting for.
darrellowens.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This vision of California is the vision of America that's going to win and everyone who wants to stop it from happening is cordially invited to die mad.
Tomorrow I’m going on a little four day solo writers’ retreat to try and wrap up this book manuscript. I am not allowed to post during that time. If you see me posting during that time, tell me to go away. Only exception is if It happens.
December 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tomorrow I’m going on a little four day solo writers’ retreat to try and wrap up this book manuscript. I am not allowed to post during that time. If you see me posting during that time, tell me to go away. Only exception is if It happens.
This is one of my favorite novels that I read in 2025. One of the funniest things I've read in recent memory and razor sharp.
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is one of my favorite novels that I read in 2025. One of the funniest things I've read in recent memory and razor sharp.
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
TCW is sort of the paradigmatic example of why you should pursue excellence in your craft over wealth and acclaim, because if you get the latter without the former, odds are you’ll still be miserable.
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
TCW is sort of the paradigmatic example of why you should pursue excellence in your craft over wealth and acclaim, because if you get the latter without the former, odds are you’ll still be miserable.
You learn a lot about people’s relationships with their families by how soon it will take them to crash out on Bluesky in the next 48 hours
December 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
You learn a lot about people’s relationships with their families by how soon it will take them to crash out on Bluesky in the next 48 hours
That counts! Vince Guaraldi is an underrated hero of West Coast jazz
Honorable mention to Charlie Brown Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
That counts! Vince Guaraldi is an underrated hero of West Coast jazz