Urban Futurist Democrat
@urbfuturistdem.bsky.social
The future is urban. It's here, if we want it.
East Bay, CA
East Bay, CA
People are always sorry. Sorry they did what they did, sorry they're doing what they're doing, sorry they're going to do what they're going to do; but they still do whatever it is, Charlie Brown.
A man chooses, a slave obeys, Charlie Brown."
This twisted game needs to be reset, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
People are always sorry. Sorry they did what they did, sorry they're doing what they're doing, sorry they're going to do what they're going to do; but they still do whatever it is, Charlie Brown.
This is what people mean by "Go and be a Calvinist already and don't project total depravity onto technology & policy"
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is what people mean by "Go and be a Calvinist already and don't project total depravity onto technology & policy"
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Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
UNDERCOVER TAXMAN FOR MOTHER BEAR
So here for it.
So here for it.
They're hiding them from CalRev's Revenue Enforcement Division. Door gets busted down by the Rojos with a warrant, none of the incriminating data is ever stored on their machines. It's all in the air, moving through The Glass, transmitting back and forth with their operations in The Republic.
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
UNDERCOVER TAXMAN FOR MOTHER BEAR
So here for it.
So here for it.
In Myanmar I gather the new capital idea wasn't so much "our capital city is unsustainable" as it was "we want a place designed for less & better controlled rabble, so we're less at risk of overthrow."
Makes me wonder how much that's in the mix in Indonesia and Iran.
Makes me wonder how much that's in the mix in Indonesia and Iran.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In Myanmar I gather the new capital idea wasn't so much "our capital city is unsustainable" as it was "we want a place designed for less & better controlled rabble, so we're less at risk of overthrow."
Makes me wonder how much that's in the mix in Indonesia and Iran.
Makes me wonder how much that's in the mix in Indonesia and Iran.
Where do we get the phrase "six ways to Sunday" (or "from", or other variations) meaning thoroughly or completely?
Years ago I used Google Books to study its variants & origin, & eventually connected it to strabismus, of all things.
Years ago I used Google Books to study its variants & origin, & eventually connected it to strabismus, of all things.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Where do we get the phrase "six ways to Sunday" (or "from", or other variations) meaning thoroughly or completely?
Years ago I used Google Books to study its variants & origin, & eventually connected it to strabismus, of all things.
Years ago I used Google Books to study its variants & origin, & eventually connected it to strabismus, of all things.
Thought: if 15 were a more standard minimum city council size, the Brown Act (CA) would hinder deliberation and discussion much less.
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Thought: if 15 were a more standard minimum city council size, the Brown Act (CA) would hinder deliberation and discussion much less.
"Correct answer: (C) Pass the buck."
I am studying for the American Planning Association's professional certification exam and I am kind of blown away by the planning profession's lack of faith in itself and confidence in its own judgment.
We know that building more lanes does not fix traffic congestion. We've known this for 75 years!
We know that building more lanes does not fix traffic congestion. We've known this for 75 years!
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"Correct answer: (C) Pass the buck."
For all our extremely justified grievances against Garland, he did not do this. Trump was prosecuted on his watch. Just not hard enough for the circumstances.
The ship is turning, whether fast enough is the question
The ship is turning, whether fast enough is the question
Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
For all our extremely justified grievances against Garland, he did not do this. Trump was prosecuted on his watch. Just not hard enough for the circumstances.
The ship is turning, whether fast enough is the question
The ship is turning, whether fast enough is the question
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Being an American trying to exist among developed world nations is like trying to do the Tour de France on one of these.
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Being an American trying to exist among developed world nations is like trying to do the Tour de France on one of these.
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JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone.
Nobody Scores! by BBolt never quote took off, but it's still online & worth going through. nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com
I still have a hard time believing this one is from 2006.
I still have a hard time believing this one is from 2006.
![Comic title: Citizen Biff.
Two bros in a bar watching TV.
Unnamed bro: Whine, whine, whine. Our society's gone so soft. Makes me sick.
Biff: I'm telling you, a few simple changes and this'll be a country of men again!
Illustration of "Liberal Democwacy" with labels.
Vaguely hippie-ish person walking down the street in art print t-shirt. - "'Citizens' express trhemselves - like pussies!"
Political billboard with a smiling face. "Bob Gelding for Guvner - What 'U' Deserve" - "Leaders want you to 'like them'!
Car with bumper sticker 'Question Authority' - "Frivolous luxuries!"
White and blue police car with policewoman in blue uniform driving - "Police 'follow regulations'!"
Grass and flowers in foreground - "'Urban beautification' -- protects us from what?"
Alternative illustration of "POLCIE STATE!", title decorated with electric guitar and powerful gun.
Background has golden statue of guy doing wheelie on motorcycle, throwing horns, subsidiary woman clutching behind him - "Leaders do what they want--when they want! Like men1"
Two cops in mall ninja gear with huge guns they are brandishing while running - "Cops shoot first & ask questions never!"
Man in civilian clothes is dead in the street with bullet holes & in several pools of blood - "Dissendents die for their beliefs-- like men!"
Blonde woman in foreground is throwing horns & waving Texas [actually Chilean] flag, with happily-ignorant grin & stars painted on her cheeks - "Citizenship is earned by supporting the team!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqojanpjaudedi3fmypttdue/bafkreib3irq5zynyvnqwdkmjcc6ykpjk35ypjf7xj2ztdd4p6mwzzpretm@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Nobody Scores! by BBolt never quote took off, but it's still online & worth going through. nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com
I still have a hard time believing this one is from 2006.
I still have a hard time believing this one is from 2006.
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don't worry Team Zohran got the boot in
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
don't worry Team Zohran got the boot in
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this is a post where you (yes, YOU) can and should reply with underrated comic strips or other comic-y jokes. could be an unheralded entry from a classic strip or maybe a lesser-known strip altogether.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
this is a post where you (yes, YOU) can and should reply with underrated comic strips or other comic-y jokes. could be an unheralded entry from a classic strip or maybe a lesser-known strip altogether.
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The Scooby Doo Theory of Housing states that we can arrest housing price inflation if we only some clever kids are able to unmask the evil villain responsible for making rent go up.
I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software.
My pre trends are incredible!
My pre trends are incredible!
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Scooby Doo Theory of Housing states that we can arrest housing price inflation if we only some clever kids are able to unmask the evil villain responsible for making rent go up.
Goatse & tubgirl are the millennial "drank from the garden hose"
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Goatse & tubgirl are the millennial "drank from the garden hose"
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"Trump develops real estate so he must know how high rents have gotten in New York" fucking listen to yourself
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Trump develops real estate so he must know how high rents have gotten in New York" fucking listen to yourself
By my calculation, for 5 years of service, MTG will get a pension of about $15k (1.7% of income per year). More lucrative than most have access to but far from a jackpot
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
By my calculation, for 5 years of service, MTG will get a pension of about $15k (1.7% of income per year). More lucrative than most have access to but far from a jackpot
TIL Tom Cruise pronounces "Georgian" like "Georgie-an"
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
TIL Tom Cruise pronounces "Georgian" like "Georgie-an"
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okay. so you need this explained to you. okay. one, "capital" is not the reason we got donald trump. two, yes, certain wealthy men are allying with donald trump. but they're not doing it because of anything to do with climate change. they're doing it because their brains are cooked on status threat.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
okay. so you need this explained to you. okay. one, "capital" is not the reason we got donald trump. two, yes, certain wealthy men are allying with donald trump. but they're not doing it because of anything to do with climate change. they're doing it because their brains are cooked on status threat.
Yeah, if I were quitting a job with scheduled holidays but no PTO bank, I too would time out my resignation to maximize salary and minimize work
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Yeah, if I were quitting a job with scheduled holidays but no PTO bank, I too would time out my resignation to maximize salary and minimize work
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Whoa. CA DMV expanded Waymo's approved operating area to cover a lot of territory. Yesterday it was just the darker area.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Whoa. CA DMV expanded Waymo's approved operating area to cover a lot of territory. Yesterday it was just the darker area.
If Trump offered to resign in exchange for people pretending he's someone else when in a hat and fake mustache, "Donny Somali" or something, at this point I'd take it
In a closed-door White House meeting, Mamdani reminds Trump that it's way more fun to be a freewheeling urbane millionaire than deal with the drudgery of backstabbing politics.
No one actually witnesses Trump leave the White House, but his suitcase is discovered missing the next morning
No one actually witnesses Trump leave the White House, but his suitcase is discovered missing the next morning
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If Trump offered to resign in exchange for people pretending he's someone else when in a hat and fake mustache, "Donny Somali" or something, at this point I'd take it
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Trump: He said some things that were very interesting and very interesting as to housing construction and he wants to see houses go up and apartments created. People would be shocked. I want to see the same thing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump: He said some things that were very interesting and very interesting as to housing construction and he wants to see houses go up and apartments created. People would be shocked. I want to see the same thing.
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a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now