Ben Vaught
@benvaught.bsky.social
Carly Rae Jepsen nano-influencer. Plutophobic.
Nashville
Nashville
Vast swaths of Nashville’s zoning code are incompatible with the intent (if not the letter) of the Fair Housing Act of 1968
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Vast swaths of Nashville’s zoning code are incompatible with the intent (if not the letter) of the Fair Housing Act of 1968
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"So Wiener’s more than just an interesting lawmaker from America’s third-weirdest city. His nose-to-grindstone, hardcore policy approach could be a key to a political realignment—a long-overdue recognition that addressing housing is necessary for the survival of the Democratic Party."
Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress?
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"So Wiener’s more than just an interesting lawmaker from America’s third-weirdest city. His nose-to-grindstone, hardcore policy approach could be a key to a political realignment—a long-overdue recognition that addressing housing is necessary for the survival of the Democratic Party."
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"What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround. Few parents are giving up driving completely, but a lot of shuttling children around comprises journeys of one to three miles —too far for a toddler to walk, fiddly by public transport, but efficient on a bike."
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround. Few parents are giving up driving completely, but a lot of shuttling children around comprises journeys of one to three miles —too far for a toddler to walk, fiddly by public transport, but efficient on a bike."
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Here’s your annual reminder that the housing crisis is a women’s issue.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here’s your annual reminder that the housing crisis is a women’s issue.
If you’re in line to Post, STAY IN LINE podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you’re in line to Post, STAY IN LINE podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
Great episode, with thoughtful questions and substantive answers. Love to hear public officials acknowledging policy tradeoffs
Sabrina Sussman seems like a huge get - I’m excited to see what she accomplishes, and I hope NDOT and council members will support her podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Sabrina Sussman seems like a huge get - I’m excited to see what she accomplishes, and I hope NDOT and council members will support her podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Great episode, with thoughtful questions and substantive answers. Love to hear public officials acknowledging policy tradeoffs
Sabrina Sussman seems like a huge get - I’m excited to see what she accomplishes, and I hope NDOT and council members will support her podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Sabrina Sussman seems like a huge get - I’m excited to see what she accomplishes, and I hope NDOT and council members will support her podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
Deep in enemy territory for the first snow ride of the season
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Deep in enemy territory for the first snow ride of the season
Lovely evening for a little bike ride
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Lovely evening for a little bike ride
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Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
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Everyone in the entire world connect headphones to your devices when they are emitting sounds in public again challenge
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Everyone in the entire world connect headphones to your devices when they are emitting sounds in public again challenge
Old building, new building, changing leaves, train, greenway. Can’t beat that with a stick
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Old building, new building, changing leaves, train, greenway. Can’t beat that with a stick
I will not rest until we have an urban Costco
And the thing that breaks many a brains - a Costco underneath a building right in the neighbourhood (terrible picture but you can look it up)
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I will not rest until we have an urban Costco
We don’t actually care about context, but it’s endlessly fascinating *where* we claim to care about it, and what we use it to prevent
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We don’t actually care about context, but it’s endlessly fascinating *where* we claim to care about it, and what we use it to prevent
Myth: Exercise makes you healthier
Reality: I’m constantly hearing of professional athletes with some sort of injury
builttothink.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
Reality: I’m constantly hearing of professional athletes with some sort of injury
builttothink.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Myth: Exercise makes you healthier
Reality: I’m constantly hearing of professional athletes with some sort of injury
builttothink.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
Reality: I’m constantly hearing of professional athletes with some sort of injury
builttothink.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
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There is truly nothing new under the sun.
Brendan Gill doing the “ I don’t even think anyone lives in these new apartments“ song and dance, 38 years ago
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There is truly nothing new under the sun.
While we fret over felling individual trees to build quadplexes (that would come down when a McMansion got built anyways), the exurbs are churning out projects like this with abandon
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
While we fret over felling individual trees to build quadplexes (that would come down when a McMansion got built anyways), the exurbs are churning out projects like this with abandon
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My local transgender coffee shop did this but it was a Henry George shrine
mood at the transgender coffee shop jubilant this morning as we *all* donned our burqas and left offerings at the shrine to Marx
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My local transgender coffee shop did this but it was a Henry George shrine
I have a feeling all those NIMBYs bemoaning the lack of “truly affordable” housing last night were not being entirely honest 🧐
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I have a feeling all those NIMBYs bemoaning the lack of “truly affordable” housing last night were not being entirely honest 🧐
“The fire marshal told us to park here” lol k
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“The fire marshal told us to park here” lol k
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If you want more democracy, you need fewer cars.
The transit riders vs drivers election.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you want more democracy, you need fewer cars.
. @sandrafornash.bsky.social explicitly speaking for the renters/young people/multigenerational households that couldn’t come support a bill that would help them by legalizing more DADUs
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
. @sandrafornash.bsky.social explicitly speaking for the renters/young people/multigenerational households that couldn’t come support a bill that would help them by legalizing more DADUs