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Whitewater enthusiast 🌊🛶 Market rate and social housing are both good as long as there is cross ventilation 🏗️🏢
Had the idea to search for food content on here and typed in 'cooking'. I scrolled through a lot of cartoons of fat hairy men and ambiguously gendered animals fucking before I finally saw a potato salad.
March 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Had the idea to search for food content on here and typed in 'cooking'. I scrolled through a lot of cartoons of fat hairy men and ambiguously gendered animals fucking before I finally saw a potato salad.
Most people aren't paying attention. Will the DNC strategy be to stuff all this bad Trump news into annoying political ads in the runup to the election? Why not buy ad time right now when it's cheaper, and just share facts in a non-partisan way, and just keep doing that?
March 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Most people aren't paying attention. Will the DNC strategy be to stuff all this bad Trump news into annoying political ads in the runup to the election? Why not buy ad time right now when it's cheaper, and just share facts in a non-partisan way, and just keep doing that?
I definitely don't know anything special about what's going on in DC but it is also confusing to me why people are so sure that shutting down the govt would hinder rather than help Elon and Trump
I am stunned at this mass hysteria fueled by total ignorance of what's going on in DC
People genuinely seem to think Schumer wants to destroy the government
Yet when you ask them for the backward induction map of their gamed-out fight plan, their jaws go slack & their eyes go wide. Blue MAGA 🤷♂️
People genuinely seem to think Schumer wants to destroy the government
Yet when you ask them for the backward induction map of their gamed-out fight plan, their jaws go slack & their eyes go wide. Blue MAGA 🤷♂️
These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
March 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I definitely don't know anything special about what's going on in DC but it is also confusing to me why people are so sure that shutting down the govt would hinder rather than help Elon and Trump
This thread makes an obvious point that I hadn't quite thought through myself this clearly.
While I understand the desire to focus on the experience of the displaced, I find a lot of these academics fail to look at *where* the gentrifiers are coming from and *why.* They’re not materializing from thin air. They themselves couldn’t afford the areas they grew up in.
March 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This thread makes an obvious point that I hadn't quite thought through myself this clearly.
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the only moments of brilliance in the campaign were the first few weeks out of the gate.
then walz was muzzled and the campaign switched to courting republicans.
then walz was muzzled and the campaign switched to courting republicans.
Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign
Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign
Former vice-presidential candidate claims pair should have held more in-person events around the US
Tim Walz has said he and Kamala Harris were too “safe” during their 2024 election campaign, with the former vice-presidential candidate claiming they…
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
the only moments of brilliance in the campaign were the first few weeks out of the gate.
then walz was muzzled and the campaign switched to courting republicans.
then walz was muzzled and the campaign switched to courting republicans.
I had hoped that maybe by 2040 we could move past boomer do-nothing Democratic politics, but now that gen Z are voting I'm concerned that millennials were the high water mark for political literacy and now we will just slide into climate chaos and authoritarianism.
February 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I had hoped that maybe by 2040 we could move past boomer do-nothing Democratic politics, but now that gen Z are voting I'm concerned that millennials were the high water mark for political literacy and now we will just slide into climate chaos and authoritarianism.
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Please note, OR Lege. You don’t need a study or a committee. You can just legalize it, state wide. If you care about high quality multi-family housing, this is essential.
Austin single-stair update: we have a clean five-story legalization, all the poison pills have been taken out! services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume...
We will be working hard to get this to six stories, but take a look at this from the public engagement summary. That's you! That's us! We did that!
We will be working hard to get this to six stories, but take a look at this from the public engagement summary. That's you! That's us! We did that!
January 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Please note, OR Lege. You don’t need a study or a committee. You can just legalize it, state wide. If you care about high quality multi-family housing, this is essential.
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a functioning opposition party that represented the working class could spike this photo in the end zone basically forever
January 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
a functioning opposition party that represented the working class could spike this photo in the end zone basically forever
Biden failed at his two primary objectives: by running for a second term he revived Trumpism, and by providing weapons and political support for the genocide in Gaza he made a mockery of the 'rules based international order' that he claimed to champion.
From monumental legislative successes to steady leadership amid our nation’s greatest challenges, Joe Biden gave us 4 years of reunification, recovery, and revitalization. Trump will try to steal the credit, but it was Biden who delivered it for us. Thank you, President Biden.
January 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Biden failed at his two primary objectives: by running for a second term he revived Trumpism, and by providing weapons and political support for the genocide in Gaza he made a mockery of the 'rules based international order' that he claimed to champion.
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This policy brief highlights 20+ newer single stair projects in Seattle
www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
The Seattle Special: A US City’s Unique Approach to Small Infill Lots
www.mercatus.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:23 AM
This policy brief highlights 20+ newer single stair projects in Seattle
www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
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I cannot get enough of these sob stories. The woman who has to walk a short way to her exercise class! The man who can no longer drive to his kids' home, 18 blocks away!
January 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I cannot get enough of these sob stories. The woman who has to walk a short way to her exercise class! The man who can no longer drive to his kids' home, 18 blocks away!
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If you’re feeling lost after the last US election, confused by the results and actions on both sides, I highly recommend this video from @adamconover.net.
It perfectly captures how I’m feeling and offers a solid explanation for why things might be this way.
It perfectly captures how I’m feeling and offers a solid explanation for why things might be this way.
The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing
YouTube video by Adam Conover
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If you’re feeling lost after the last US election, confused by the results and actions on both sides, I highly recommend this video from @adamconover.net.
It perfectly captures how I’m feeling and offers a solid explanation for why things might be this way.
It perfectly captures how I’m feeling and offers a solid explanation for why things might be this way.
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The US Census has classified Irish people as White since 1790
December 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The US Census has classified Irish people as White since 1790
Most good ideas can be taken too far. There are certain cases where the purpose of the sentence is justice, not rehabilitation. People need to believe that they live in a just society. Imo the judge should have served life or at least as many years as the total time served by the kids.
reaction to the Biden pardon of the corrupt judge confirming some of my more cynical views about people who proclaim a belief in abolition, decarceration etc: that there's a giant asterisk of "but, like, not for things that *I* think are really bad"
December 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Most good ideas can be taken too far. There are certain cases where the purpose of the sentence is justice, not rehabilitation. People need to believe that they live in a just society. Imo the judge should have served life or at least as many years as the total time served by the kids.
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Free transit does not reduce driving.
Good transit does.
Good transit does.
Fare-free transit is not an environmental policy. The reason is simple: It doesn't reduce driving.
"We find no evidence that low-cost or free-of-charge public transportation financing schemes have improved air quality."
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
"We find no evidence that low-cost or free-of-charge public transportation financing schemes have improved air quality."
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
December 12, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Free transit does not reduce driving.
Good transit does.
Good transit does.
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very, very sympathetic to this argument from @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/politics/202...
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War
The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.
prospect.org
December 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
very, very sympathetic to this argument from @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/politics/202...
Liberate the west coast
The jihadist who liberated Syria is a Yimby by the way
December 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Liberate the west coast
It looks even worse when they write it in German
December 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM
It looks even worse when they write it in German
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Single stair 12 plex (w elevator) on a 50x122 lot.
50% site coverage with a shared backyard.
(6x) 3br+Den
(6x) 2Br
Replacing a single fam home.
50% site coverage with a shared backyard.
(6x) 3br+Den
(6x) 2Br
Replacing a single fam home.
December 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Single stair 12 plex (w elevator) on a 50x122 lot.
50% site coverage with a shared backyard.
(6x) 3br+Den
(6x) 2Br
Replacing a single fam home.
50% site coverage with a shared backyard.
(6x) 3br+Den
(6x) 2Br
Replacing a single fam home.
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Yet more proof that engineering students should be required to take more classes on writing.
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Yet more proof that engineering students should be required to take more classes on writing.
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Bashar al-Assad to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Bashar al-Assad to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
Housing regs are so sinister it's always worse than you would've thought
i read a planning master's thesis from the late 70s or early 80s that stated it was intro'd in toronto to stop apartments from spreading outside of the downtown core and off arterials. it was also related to a movement that was opposed to women's liberation and letting them live on their own iirc.
December 7, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Housing regs are so sinister it's always worse than you would've thought
Blue cities have a duty to build more housing so that they can once again fulfill their traditional function as a refuge for the young queer people of middle america.
red states are not safe for trans or queer people anymore in a way that i don't think has reached the general public
December 4, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Blue cities have a duty to build more housing so that they can once again fulfill their traditional function as a refuge for the young queer people of middle america.
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"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:51 PM
"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...