Bruce Mastorovich
@bruce-mastorovich.bsky.social
Albany, NY. Bicycles. Cats. Apartments. Transit. Trails. Engineering.
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Please see a joint statement below from Assemblymember Gabriella A. Romero and I on the omission of our effort and legislation to redevelop the Harriman Campus as part of the Wadsworth Labs project in this year’s state budget.
May 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Please see a joint statement below from Assemblymember Gabriella A. Romero and I on the omission of our effort and legislation to redevelop the Harriman Campus as part of the Wadsworth Labs project in this year’s state budget.
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my grocery store has a massive trade deficit with me. I buy from them every week and they never buy anything from me. in order to correct this injustice, I’m going to self-impose a sales tax on groceries so that I can’t buy as many.
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
my grocery store has a massive trade deficit with me. I buy from them every week and they never buy anything from me. in order to correct this injustice, I’m going to self-impose a sales tax on groceries so that I can’t buy as many.
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It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
youtu.be/efbBiNWdpQg?...
Continuing housing advocacy in my new city! Pushing for improvements to the current ADU ordinance proposal. There are two more hearings coming before they vote. Show up!
Continuing housing advocacy in my new city! Pushing for improvements to the current ADU ordinance proposal. There are two more hearings coming before they vote. Show up!
March 25, 2025 | Planning, Economic Development & Land Use Committee Meeting
YouTube video by Albany Common Council
youtu.be
March 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
youtu.be/efbBiNWdpQg?...
Continuing housing advocacy in my new city! Pushing for improvements to the current ADU ordinance proposal. There are two more hearings coming before they vote. Show up!
Continuing housing advocacy in my new city! Pushing for improvements to the current ADU ordinance proposal. There are two more hearings coming before they vote. Show up!
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NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Why Your City Needs a Tool Library www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/15/o...
Op-Ed: Why Your City Needs a Tool Library - The Urbanist
# Nearly a dozen tool libraries are operating in the Puget Sound region and Kirkland is aiming to join the club. Here's what tool libraries add to communities.
www.theurbanist.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Why Your City Needs a Tool Library www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/15/o...
Minnewaska State Park with a giant snow cone! The map isn’t the trail I did, I just thought it was cool that you could touch wherever you want to go from the visitor center and it would highlight a trail option. Will be back when the snow melts! I ❤️ NY
March 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Minnewaska State Park with a giant snow cone! The map isn’t the trail I did, I just thought it was cool that you could touch wherever you want to go from the visitor center and it would highlight a trail option. Will be back when the snow melts! I ❤️ NY
To be fair, Trump having veto power at the UN isn't great. Silver lining?
With the House budget resolution passed by a whisker, Elise Stefanik's days representing the 21st CD are nearing their end — with a menagerie of candidates jostling for position in a special election. Lucy Hodgman reports. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
Stefanik's vote on House budget bill may clear way for U.N. exit
Stefanik’s final confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will likely be delayed until after two April 1 special elections in Florida.
www.timesunion.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
To be fair, Trump having veto power at the UN isn't great. Silver lining?
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With the House budget resolution passed by a whisker, Elise Stefanik's days representing the 21st CD are nearing their end — with a menagerie of candidates jostling for position in a special election. Lucy Hodgman reports. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
Stefanik's vote on House budget bill may clear way for U.N. exit
Stefanik’s final confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will likely be delayed until after two April 1 special elections in Florida.
www.timesunion.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
With the House budget resolution passed by a whisker, Elise Stefanik's days representing the 21st CD are nearing their end — with a menagerie of candidates jostling for position in a special election. Lucy Hodgman reports. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
Dearest microsoft, just trying to turn on my computer bro. Get this shit outta here!
February 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Dearest microsoft, just trying to turn on my computer bro. Get this shit outta here!
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If you need reliable health information, we got you.
updates are regular.
updates are regular.
For all our American neighbours who may be struggling to find accurate health information - thr Public Health Agency of Canada has a website you are more than welcome to use:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If you need reliable health information, we got you.
updates are regular.
updates are regular.
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Big snow plows are cool, but so are small snow plows. Here’s one from Ottawa.
February 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Big snow plows are cool, but so are small snow plows. Here’s one from Ottawa.
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To all the people in eastern North America in the path of this snowstorm:
You can and should expect your city to plow sidewalks (and bike lanes) like they do for roads.
The technology exists, many cities do it (including Montreal & Ottawa). Choosing not to is a middle finger to pedestrians.
You can and should expect your city to plow sidewalks (and bike lanes) like they do for roads.
The technology exists, many cities do it (including Montreal & Ottawa). Choosing not to is a middle finger to pedestrians.
February 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
To all the people in eastern North America in the path of this snowstorm:
You can and should expect your city to plow sidewalks (and bike lanes) like they do for roads.
The technology exists, many cities do it (including Montreal & Ottawa). Choosing not to is a middle finger to pedestrians.
You can and should expect your city to plow sidewalks (and bike lanes) like they do for roads.
The technology exists, many cities do it (including Montreal & Ottawa). Choosing not to is a middle finger to pedestrians.
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I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
Rival castles across from each other on Union Street in Schenectady. I can only imagine the blood feud between the north and south neighborhoods that necessitated these fortifications.
February 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Rival castles across from each other on Union Street in Schenectady. I can only imagine the blood feud between the north and south neighborhoods that necessitated these fortifications.
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This shows that "doxxing" has become a meaningless, catch-all phrase for anything these guys do not like reported. @klong.bsky.social is an impressive reporter, who simply connected the anonymous postings of a self-declared racist to the public identity of someone directly altering government.
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This shows that "doxxing" has become a meaningless, catch-all phrase for anything these guys do not like reported. @klong.bsky.social is an impressive reporter, who simply connected the anonymous postings of a self-declared racist to the public identity of someone directly altering government.
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Timberborn Update 7 is now LIVE on the experimental branch on all platforms. 😎
Featuring: 3D Terrain ⛰️, Tubeways 🚇, and… ZIPLINES?! 🚡 🦫
Patch notes ⤵️⤵️⤵️
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1062090/view/545599869129064472
Featuring: 3D Terrain ⛰️, Tubeways 🚇, and… ZIPLINES?! 🚡 🦫
Patch notes ⤵️⤵️⤵️
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1062090/view/545599869129064472
February 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Timberborn Update 7 is now LIVE on the experimental branch on all platforms. 😎
Featuring: 3D Terrain ⛰️, Tubeways 🚇, and… ZIPLINES?! 🚡 🦫
Patch notes ⤵️⤵️⤵️
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1062090/view/545599869129064472
Featuring: 3D Terrain ⛰️, Tubeways 🚇, and… ZIPLINES?! 🚡 🦫
Patch notes ⤵️⤵️⤵️
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1062090/view/545599869129064472
Me: “I think I’m too tall for this bed…”
Museum guide: “Oh you definitely are, the average man in the 1800s was about 5’6.”
😮
California State Railroad Museum is awesome, btw.
Museum guide: “Oh you definitely are, the average man in the 1800s was about 5’6.”
😮
California State Railroad Museum is awesome, btw.
January 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Me: “I think I’m too tall for this bed…”
Museum guide: “Oh you definitely are, the average man in the 1800s was about 5’6.”
😮
California State Railroad Museum is awesome, btw.
Museum guide: “Oh you definitely are, the average man in the 1800s was about 5’6.”
😮
California State Railroad Museum is awesome, btw.
Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor is pretty alright!
January 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor is pretty alright!
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Denver: “The average rent of an apartment in the 4th quarter was nearly $1850—about $70 less than…the same period in 2023. For apartment owners, however, vacancies climbed as developers delivered some 20,000 units last year leading to more competition which means dropping prices to attract renters.”
Denver metro apartment rents fell $70, largest recorded drop ‘ever’ for region
Good news, renters.
denvergazette.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Denver: “The average rent of an apartment in the 4th quarter was nearly $1850—about $70 less than…the same period in 2023. For apartment owners, however, vacancies climbed as developers delivered some 20,000 units last year leading to more competition which means dropping prices to attract renters.”