@tmark512.bsky.social
By right permits to build buildings that are already on the block
Boston's zoning code is broken.
You shouldn't need a slew of variances to build a triple-decker, particularly in a neighborhood where the street already has multiple triple-deckers with identical dimensions.
99% of Boston's residential lots do not comply with current zoning.
You shouldn't need a slew of variances to build a triple-decker, particularly in a neighborhood where the street already has multiple triple-deckers with identical dimensions.
99% of Boston's residential lots do not comply with current zoning.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
By right permits to build buildings that are already on the block
My (very) conservative parents love the e-bikes they got after retiring. And we usually agree about road redesign to improve bike/ped safety.
There's a persistent reflex to assume that projects like this are liberally coded, only popular in progressive enclaves. But the actual evidence goes the other way. Liberals aren't the only ones who like to cross the street safely. Conservatives also ride bikes and like to do so without dying.
Utah, a leader in bike infrastructure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My (very) conservative parents love the e-bikes they got after retiring. And we usually agree about road redesign to improve bike/ped safety.
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When you're in the market for an ebike, make sure it meets the UL 2849 (entire electrical system) and/or UL 2271 (just the battery) standards and you'll be good!
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When you're in the market for an ebike, make sure it meets the UL 2849 (entire electrical system) and/or UL 2271 (just the battery) standards and you'll be good!
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A bus driver and lunchroom workers were also detained.
ICE detains 5 Austin ISD employees, including 5th-grade teacher
A bus driver and lunchroom workers were also detained.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A bus driver and lunchroom workers were also detained.
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For a fun GIS project I mapped the highest transit mode share census tract in every state to examine transit dependent neighborhoods across the country, particularly in less urban states. The national peak tract map is below with individual maps in this thread from highest to lowest.
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
For a fun GIS project I mapped the highest transit mode share census tract in every state to examine transit dependent neighborhoods across the country, particularly in less urban states. The national peak tract map is below with individual maps in this thread from highest to lowest.
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of course there is a long list of prosecutions that need to happen after 2028 but i think a very high priority if not the highest should be a thorough investigation into every single death in ICE custody
criminal or civil penalties i don't care, there needs to be accountability here
criminal or civil penalties i don't care, there needs to be accountability here
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
of course there is a long list of prosecutions that need to happen after 2028 but i think a very high priority if not the highest should be a thorough investigation into every single death in ICE custody
criminal or civil penalties i don't care, there needs to be accountability here
criminal or civil penalties i don't care, there needs to be accountability here
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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This is incredible stuff. Should be the focus of transit agencies nationwide.
Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is incredible stuff. Should be the focus of transit agencies nationwide.
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“At 17 sites across the Chicago area and around Illinois, roughly 1000 attendees of the demonstrations called on members of the public to not buy or upgrade any AT&T products or plans this holiday season until AT&T drops these contracts.”
Demonstrations Blanket AT&T Storefronts Across Chicago and Illinois Due to Contracts with DHS, CBP, and ICE - The People's Lobby
Chicago, Illinois – Customers, churches and community organizations across Greater Chicago and Illinois, including The People’s Lobby, ONE People’s Campaign, People’s Action, and the Unitarian Univers...
thepeopleslobbyusa.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“At 17 sites across the Chicago area and around Illinois, roughly 1000 attendees of the demonstrations called on members of the public to not buy or upgrade any AT&T products or plans this holiday season until AT&T drops these contracts.”
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uhhh yes please come for the dangerous and uneccesary 0-60mph times
China has banned calling your car self-driving when it isn't, a ban on slick door handles that don't work in emergencies is in the works, and now it's coming for rapid 0-60 times, as it seeks to destroy every last one of Tesla's "innovations."
carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/c...
carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/c...
China proposes 5-second 0-100 km/h acceleration limit on vehicles to enhance road safety
China moves to curb "too fast" cars with new 5-second acceleration requirement.
carnewschina.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
uhhh yes please come for the dangerous and uneccesary 0-60mph times
Get you a mayor that stands on the picket line
Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Get you a mayor that stands on the picket line
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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Big win for KCMO! Right-on-red banned in school zones. Thank you @mayorq.bsky.social
#VisionZeroKC #VisionZero
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
#VisionZeroKC #VisionZero
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
Kansas City, Missouri, prohibits right turns on red traffic signals in school zones
Soon, drivers in Kansas City, Missouri, will no longer be able to make right-hand turns on red traffic lights in school zones during school zone hours.
www.kshb.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Big win for KCMO! Right-on-red banned in school zones. Thank you @mayorq.bsky.social
#VisionZeroKC #VisionZero
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
#VisionZeroKC #VisionZero
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
What a nice video
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What a nice video
My partner is a program manager at Austin Asian Community Health initiative.
100’s of their clients rely on SNAP and they are raising money to support them as benefits are on hold this month.
Please consider donating at aachi.app.neoncrm.com/forms/aachi-...
100’s of their clients rely on SNAP and they are raising money to support them as benefits are on hold this month.
Please consider donating at aachi.app.neoncrm.com/forms/aachi-...
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My partner is a program manager at Austin Asian Community Health initiative.
100’s of their clients rely on SNAP and they are raising money to support them as benefits are on hold this month.
Please consider donating at aachi.app.neoncrm.com/forms/aachi-...
100’s of their clients rely on SNAP and they are raising money to support them as benefits are on hold this month.
Please consider donating at aachi.app.neoncrm.com/forms/aachi-...
Waiting on an Austin politician to bring this type of energy
For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Waiting on an Austin politician to bring this type of energy
Do your part today to take advantage of negative prices on ERCOT 😏
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do your part today to take advantage of negative prices on ERCOT 😏
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FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
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Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."
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Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again.
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again.
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
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Congratulations to Dallas for opening a brand new 26-mile rail line today, connecting DFW airport all the way to Plano!
This is the largest expansion to the DART rail network in more than a decade, adding 10 new stations and connections to the Red, Orange, & Green lines
This is the largest expansion to the DART rail network in more than a decade, adding 10 new stations and connections to the Red, Orange, & Green lines
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations to Dallas for opening a brand new 26-mile rail line today, connecting DFW airport all the way to Plano!
This is the largest expansion to the DART rail network in more than a decade, adding 10 new stations and connections to the Red, Orange, & Green lines
This is the largest expansion to the DART rail network in more than a decade, adding 10 new stations and connections to the Red, Orange, & Green lines