AbjectCube
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May I offer the cursed trajectories.
July 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
May I offer the cursed trajectories.
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The US in the 1960s: "if we get homeownership numbers really high we can create a reactionary class of anti communists invested in the home values"
Leftist in the 2020s: "we should go back to that"
Leftist in the 2020s: "we should go back to that"
July 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The US in the 1960s: "if we get homeownership numbers really high we can create a reactionary class of anti communists invested in the home values"
Leftist in the 2020s: "we should go back to that"
Leftist in the 2020s: "we should go back to that"
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Blue states: are we just gonna give let everybody who needs housing and opportunity - including queer people, poor people, POC - be forced to seek it in states that hate them? Do we have having electoral college votes so much?
Or are we gonna do what is proven to reduce rent, C02 emissions, etc?
Or are we gonna do what is proven to reduce rent, C02 emissions, etc?
🚨The North Carolina Legislature voted unanimously (107 to 0) to ban minimum parking requirements in new developments statewide.
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Blue states: are we just gonna give let everybody who needs housing and opportunity - including queer people, poor people, POC - be forced to seek it in states that hate them? Do we have having electoral college votes so much?
Or are we gonna do what is proven to reduce rent, C02 emissions, etc?
Or are we gonna do what is proven to reduce rent, C02 emissions, etc?
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at times like this I like to think about old Tom Malthus, who laid out a cogent case for inevitable and permanent human misery.
the counterargument to him and his intellectual descendants was “nuh uh” which has proven to be correct for the two and a quarter centuries since
the counterargument to him and his intellectual descendants was “nuh uh” which has proven to be correct for the two and a quarter centuries since
It’s a bad social media day (especially outside here) and it’s convincing me that we’re doomed to fascism. Maybe this time, maybe next, but it’s coming. As a population we are too in the thrall of our own prejudices and stoking them via salacious rumors to function as a democracy
October 5, 2024 at 2:04 AM
at times like this I like to think about old Tom Malthus, who laid out a cogent case for inevitable and permanent human misery.
the counterargument to him and his intellectual descendants was “nuh uh” which has proven to be correct for the two and a quarter centuries since
the counterargument to him and his intellectual descendants was “nuh uh” which has proven to be correct for the two and a quarter centuries since
First 10%! I never used twitter extensively so I can't really brag, but it is neat!
September 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
First 10%! I never used twitter extensively so I can't really brag, but it is neat!
glad I'm not the only one
August 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM
glad I'm not the only one
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Alrighty, City Council Forum @ the library hosted by Denton matters.
First question is "why do you want to do this?"
First question is "why do you want to do this?"
March 24, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Alrighty, City Council Forum @ the library hosted by Denton matters.
First question is "why do you want to do this?"
First question is "why do you want to do this?"
I have noticed even offline some people get unspeakably, irrationally angry at you when you start talking about practical ways to improve the housing situation. Its to the point where I think a large part of the left is not interested in anything but complaining.
Theres a certain kind of ideologically-linked illiteracy a lot of folks have
Hank's point was not related to "market consequences of housing homeless people" whatsoever, it was a straightforward claim that the statistic is false
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Hank's point was not related to "market consequences of housing homeless people" whatsoever, it was a straightforward claim that the statistic is false
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January 28, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I have noticed even offline some people get unspeakably, irrationally angry at you when you start talking about practical ways to improve the housing situation. Its to the point where I think a large part of the left is not interested in anything but complaining.
to this point, I spend a lot of time working with a lot of activists and it's consistently true that some of the most motivated, engaged, and capable of them almost universally grew up in conservative environments.
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
I came out of a very conservative Christian private school. wish I hadn't.
January 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
to this point, I spend a lot of time working with a lot of activists and it's consistently true that some of the most motivated, engaged, and capable of them almost universally grew up in conservative environments.
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
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I wish people would focus on things like this when criticizing Elon Musk/SpaceX. There are solid factual issues you can point to without resorting to caricature about their rockets exploding, or that what they've done is easy. A company can do impressive things while also being deeply problematic.
January 11, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I wish people would focus on things like this when criticizing Elon Musk/SpaceX. There are solid factual issues you can point to without resorting to caricature about their rockets exploding, or that what they've done is easy. A company can do impressive things while also being deeply problematic.
Space X represents the overwhelming majority of the US's launch capacity right now, and that's a huge problem actually. We need other launch providers to become at least somewhat competitive with space X, or get musk out of their leadership. He's too volatile to personally own our space program.
January 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Space X represents the overwhelming majority of the US's launch capacity right now, and that's a huge problem actually. We need other launch providers to become at least somewhat competitive with space X, or get musk out of their leadership. He's too volatile to personally own our space program.
January 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Been a minute, sorry! A minor medical issue got in the way lol
New ignition system locked up, testing soon!
New ignition system locked up, testing soon!
December 30, 2023 at 6:54 PM
Been a minute, sorry! A minor medical issue got in the way lol
New ignition system locked up, testing soon!
New ignition system locked up, testing soon!
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terminally online posters attend *1* city council meeting challenge
December 19, 2023 at 7:21 PM
terminally online posters attend *1* city council meeting challenge
Very interesting article. I feel like I need to do some more digging on the environmental laws cited, but this is absolutely worth reading.
Why can't we in the US seem to build the infrastructure, housing, transportation, and manufacturing capacity that we existentially need? I think the answer is in how we regulate environmental protection. We gotta do that, too! But it lets anyone with an interest exercise a vigilante veto.
If we want to keep America from collapsing, we have to do the unthinkable
My totally radical, completely sure-fire plan to blanket the country with affordable homes and clean energy and mass transit — fast
www.businessinsider.com
November 21, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Very interesting article. I feel like I need to do some more digging on the environmental laws cited, but this is absolutely worth reading.
@dtxtransitposts.bsky.social had me generate some ai images of a rave on a bus, and I've managed one better lol
Behold, a rave on a trolley (that I am currently attending)
Behold, a rave on a trolley (that I am currently attending)
November 18, 2023 at 2:13 AM
@dtxtransitposts.bsky.social had me generate some ai images of a rave on a bus, and I've managed one better lol
Behold, a rave on a trolley (that I am currently attending)
Behold, a rave on a trolley (that I am currently attending)
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Describe your city’s brand using only emojis
November 16, 2023 at 5:48 PM
@dtxtransitposts.bsky.social dewwit
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MY HOMIES ROCKING OUT ON MASTER AND COMMANDER DAY
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November 14, 2023 at 11:22 PM
MY HOMIES ROCKING OUT ON MASTER AND COMMANDER DAY
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@dtxtransitposts.bsky.social what do you think of this? CDL requirements match up with the risk profile?
I'm in favor of requiring a full CDL for any vehicle over 3500lb curb weight or 40 inches hood height. People keep saying they need vehicles that size for work? Okay, great, get the license that governs driving vehicles for work.
November 14, 2023 at 8:14 PM
@dtxtransitposts.bsky.social what do you think of this? CDL requirements match up with the risk profile?
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New IIHS study finds that trucks & SUVs with hoods > 40 inches tall are 45% more likely to kill pedestrians than cars with low hoods.
Vertical/blunt hoods make vehicles even more deadly.
Reminder: NHTSA and USDOT continue to ignore these risks.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Vertical/blunt hoods make vehicles even more deadly.
Reminder: NHTSA and USDOT continue to ignore these risks.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
November 14, 2023 at 5:12 PM