Brandon
@childlessbrandino.bsky.social
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It seems Not Great that the bureaucracies in charge of California’s streets at ~every level of government are lawless rogue agencies that are not subject to any real public oversight.
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
LA has stopped repaving our streets
The reason why is probably illegal
futureis.la
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It seems Not Great that the bureaucracies in charge of California’s streets at ~every level of government are lawless rogue agencies that are not subject to any real public oversight.
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It's going to be incredible when World Cup travelers from developed nations with modern infrastructure, like Korea and Colombia and China and Turkey, land in Los Angeles/LAX and realize they've left civilization and it's not possible for them to arrive anywhere in less than two hours.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's going to be incredible when World Cup travelers from developed nations with modern infrastructure, like Korea and Colombia and China and Turkey, land in Los Angeles/LAX and realize they've left civilization and it's not possible for them to arrive anywhere in less than two hours.
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The owners of the apartment building across from me painted it black. I was not consulted, and I personally dislike the color. But then I remembered that it's not my property and none of my business, so I just went on with my life.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The owners of the apartment building across from me painted it black. I was not consulted, and I personally dislike the color. But then I remembered that it's not my property and none of my business, so I just went on with my life.
Incredible that you’d just come out firstname-lastname-photo like this to say you’re in favor of extrajudicial murder on the high seas
Nearly all of these people revealed themselves to be monsters.
6 Republican Voters on U.S. Strikes on Boats Suspected of Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Incredible that you’d just come out firstname-lastname-photo like this to say you’re in favor of extrajudicial murder on the high seas
Unspeakably common Hank W
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Unspeakably common Hank W
Like clockwork
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Like clockwork
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Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
This is actually super exciting to see, sounds like the writing on the wall a decade or so ago was noticed and things course corrected accordingly
I have a kid in the Boy Scouts and despite the name of the org and its problematic legacy, it's easily one of the most welcoming organization of its type around right now. Boys, girls, NB. Trans or Cis. The guiding principals of the BSA are now "come as you are" and "every kid deserves to belong"
I'm sure it's all well intentioned by Girl Guides, but it's transphobic to say "if someone's biologically female they can join".
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is actually super exciting to see, sounds like the writing on the wall a decade or so ago was noticed and things course corrected accordingly
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Very funny that Rockler’s closest store in Orange, CA leads to emails sounding like they’re referring to the local big box store
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Very funny that Rockler’s closest store in Orange, CA leads to emails sounding like they’re referring to the local big box store
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Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
Anybody who doesn’t like Thanksgiving turkey isn’t salting theirs 24 hours beforehand and cooking it to 145 degrees for 30 minutes w/ a solid rest afterwards
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Anybody who doesn’t like Thanksgiving turkey isn’t salting theirs 24 hours beforehand and cooking it to 145 degrees for 30 minutes w/ a solid rest afterwards
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
Pre-salting meat a day+ beforehand was the simplest, biggest unlock I ever learned about cooking
The little known sequel by Richard Greenberg
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The little known sequel by Richard Greenberg
Very odd to look at a 1971 scrapbook of a road trip through various small German towns and knowing (before even checking Maps) that the parking lot in front of some cathedral is now a packed pedestrianized plaza.
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Very odd to look at a 1971 scrapbook of a road trip through various small German towns and knowing (before even checking Maps) that the parking lot in front of some cathedral is now a packed pedestrianized plaza.
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
Because all these countries knew the parking was unsustainable!
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Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
Quakebot’s gotta fix this rounding situation at some point lmao
#Earthquake Update: A magnitude 1.36720235285299 earthquake took place 4 km N of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA at 7:41:20 PM. #micro
For details from the USGS:
For details from the USGS:
M 1.4 - 4 km N of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA | 41127255
2025-11-26 03:11:20 (UTC) | -118.344°N 34.030°W | 3.4 km depth
earthquake.usgs.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Quakebot’s gotta fix this rounding situation at some point lmao
Not my fault apple knocked the 13 pro out of the park until maybe the current generation
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Not my fault apple knocked the 13 pro out of the park until maybe the current generation
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The alternative to an SRO isn't a larger apartment; the alternative is a tent.
Relegalize SROs. Relegalize single stair buildings to enable larger, family sized homes. Legalize townhomes everywhere. Legalize ADUs everywhere. Legalize apartment buildings in more places. Yes to all the homes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Single-Room Apartments
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The alternative to an SRO isn't a larger apartment; the alternative is a tent.
Marjorie rode one train to Georgia, got some time to reflect, and realized the last decade of her life has been based on lies
Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she will resign from Congress Jan 5 after an explosive fallout with Trump after supporting MAGA for years. Says she has no immediate political ambitions. Meanwhile Trump welcomed Mamdani calling him a fascist during their Oval Office meeting. Another insane day.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Marjorie rode one train to Georgia, got some time to reflect, and realized the last decade of her life has been based on lies
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I don't blame people for assuming there's no good, healthy version of online community. Anyone younger than me has probably never seen it. But it used to exist, I swear.
I've interacted with plenty of EU lawmakers recently, and it's not universally true (of course) but it is striking how many seem to take the fact that some companies are bad to mean the entire internet concept was bad. It doesn't need to be! We can build a better internet!
Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don't blame people for assuming there's no good, healthy version of online community. Anyone younger than me has probably never seen it. But it used to exist, I swear.
Yet somehow still everything between the 110, 105 and 405 are still forgotten!
It's hilarious that "Her" (2013) is a movie set in 2025 about an AI that included a future LA subway map that looks like it was designed by an AI in 2025.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Yet somehow still everything between the 110, 105 and 405 are still forgotten!
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My crazy idea for incorporating public feedback into city planning: You let residents vote for representatives in city government, and those people are empowered to implement the policies they promised while campaigning.
At Land Use (again) and it's literally all the same people it always is (myself included)...like who are we fooling that the same 75 people showing up every time is "the will of the people"? What a sham public process is sometimes, sadly
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My crazy idea for incorporating public feedback into city planning: You let residents vote for representatives in city government, and those people are empowered to implement the policies they promised while campaigning.
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if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
lol yeah, don’t need those entry level folks anymore! Hey how’s that anti aging technology going, are any of those existing workers going to stop getting older?
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
lol yeah, don’t need those entry level folks anymore! Hey how’s that anti aging technology going, are any of those existing workers going to stop getting older?