Jeff Byrnes 🚰 🏙️
@thejeffbyrnes.com
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👨🏻💻 SRE manager @ athenahealth
🏗️ Steering Committee member & co-founder of Somerville YIMBY
🎮 video gamer
👔 snappy dresser
📚 avid reader
🗺️ Somerville, MA, USA
👨🏻💻 SRE manager @ athenahealth
🏗️ Steering Committee member & co-founder of Somerville YIMBY
🎮 video gamer
👔 snappy dresser
📚 avid reader
🗺️ Somerville, MA, USA
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Jeff Byrnes 🚰 🏙️
@thejeffbyrnes.com
· Nov 12
Co-founder & steering committee member of @somervilleyimby.org, member of Abundant Housing MA, trying to foster housing abundance to bring down prices & make our cities & towns more welcoming! #MApoli #VilleMA #SomerPoli #YIMBY
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It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
Society broke down and all, but you really still need to stop at red lights
I can't believe we need to explain this one, but it seems that we really do
nygroove.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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I think it's the "saving up for braces" part of this story that adds a whole new level of ick. Like... that's a kid, man
The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think it's the "saving up for braces" part of this story that adds a whole new level of ick. Like... that's a kid, man
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🏡 Help us get more housing on the 2026 ballot!
Join AHMA, Cambridge City Councilor Burhan Azeem, and the Legalize Starter Homes Ballot Initiative for a Day of Action this weekend!
tinyurl.com/2sk34xt9
Join AHMA, Cambridge City Councilor Burhan Azeem, and the Legalize Starter Homes Ballot Initiative for a Day of Action this weekend!
tinyurl.com/2sk34xt9
Legalize Starter Homes Day of Action
Cambridge City Councillor Burhan Azeem, Abundant Housing Massachusetts, and the Legalize Starter Homes Ballot Campaign are organizing a coordinated Day of Action to rally support for legalizing…
tinyurl.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
🏡 Help us get more housing on the 2026 ballot!
Join AHMA, Cambridge City Councilor Burhan Azeem, and the Legalize Starter Homes Ballot Initiative for a Day of Action this weekend!
tinyurl.com/2sk34xt9
Join AHMA, Cambridge City Councilor Burhan Azeem, and the Legalize Starter Homes Ballot Initiative for a Day of Action this weekend!
tinyurl.com/2sk34xt9
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We have to turn the Growth Machine back on until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are below 4x median annual household income.
amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We have to turn the Growth Machine back on until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are below 4x median annual household income.
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
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Lawrence Summers is a scumbag who should be shunned wherever he shows his face.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lawrence Summers is a scumbag who should be shunned wherever he shows his face.
I cannot encourage reading this essay enough. The title will make sense once you’re partway through, and this set of grafs stood out in a huge way.
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I cannot encourage reading this essay enough. The title will make sense once you’re partway through, and this set of grafs stood out in a huge way.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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On November 11, 1887, amid the fight for the eight-hour workday, four anarchists were executed as scapegoats for the Haymarket riot—establishing May Day as a day of labor struggle.
"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today." -August Spies
"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today." -August Spies
The May Days: Stories of Courage and Resistance
A century and a half of rebellions, uprisings, daring escapes, and adventures celebrating May Day and our collective capacity for freedom and self-determination.
crimethinc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On November 11, 1887, amid the fight for the eight-hour workday, four anarchists were executed as scapegoats for the Haymarket riot—establishing May Day as a day of labor struggle.
"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today." -August Spies
"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today." -August Spies
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A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
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The police should be broken up into like four forces each with different responsibilities and applicant pools.
My take as well: We need everything from "social worker who can dodge a punch" to "SWAT team" because sometimes someone's having a psychotic break in public and sometimes someone has a gun and hostages. The police being our one-size-fits-all solution is pretty stupid in that light.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The police should be broken up into like four forces each with different responsibilities and applicant pools.
Trump take pasta
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Trump take pasta
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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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 3:25 PM
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...
Y’all, I am very much not a fan of AIPAC.
AND
Claiming AIPAC controls the Dems or caused the Senate Dems to cave on the shutdown is straight-up “Jews control the world” antisemitism.
Fucking quit it with that bigotry.
AND
Claiming AIPAC controls the Dems or caused the Senate Dems to cave on the shutdown is straight-up “Jews control the world” antisemitism.
Fucking quit it with that bigotry.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Y’all, I am very much not a fan of AIPAC.
AND
Claiming AIPAC controls the Dems or caused the Senate Dems to cave on the shutdown is straight-up “Jews control the world” antisemitism.
Fucking quit it with that bigotry.
AND
Claiming AIPAC controls the Dems or caused the Senate Dems to cave on the shutdown is straight-up “Jews control the world” antisemitism.
Fucking quit it with that bigotry.
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Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
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Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
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Massachusetts Republicans are so cooked that they're trying to attack Michelle Wu for "wasting" taxpayer money by visiting Nova Scotia to pick up Boston’s annual Christmas tree.
Now who's waging a War on Christmas, huh?
Now who's waging a War on Christmas, huh?
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Massachusetts Republicans are so cooked that they're trying to attack Michelle Wu for "wasting" taxpayer money by visiting Nova Scotia to pick up Boston’s annual Christmas tree.
Now who's waging a War on Christmas, huh?
Now who's waging a War on Christmas, huh?
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Generic drug manufacturing is going to be difficult to (re)establish in the US:
Making Pills. But Not Making Them Here.
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Generic drug manufacturing is going to be difficult to (re)establish in the US:
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Housing is popular. Who knew?
Californians strongly support the Governor’s strategy to create more housing | Governor of California
Official website of the State of California
www.gov.ca.gov
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Housing is popular. Who knew?
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Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.