Danny Yoder
@dannyyoder.bsky.social
Just landed in Portland. Someone is scrolling ticktock videos without headphones on this light rail train but that falls a little short of terrorism.
Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.
October 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just landed in Portland. Someone is scrolling ticktock videos without headphones on this light rail train but that falls a little short of terrorism.
He’s never accompanied a child to a doctor’s appointment. That’s for sure.
Trump: "I think it has -- I think it's very bad. They're pumping, it looks like they're pumping into a horse. You have a little child, a little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess. 80 different blends. And they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won't take Tylenol."
September 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
He’s never accompanied a child to a doctor’s appointment. That’s for sure.
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“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”
September 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”
Seems like we could address our homelessness crisis and improve conditions for downtown businesses by building a lot of housing on the downtown mall.
September 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Seems like we could address our homelessness crisis and improve conditions for downtown businesses by building a lot of housing on the downtown mall.
I watched this whole discussion last night and it made me grateful for Cville’s council members. I’m also grateful for our at-large council system.
Very illuminating clip here: Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla criticizes SB 79 because it limits local elected officials’ power to block new housing, then @jonlovett.bsky.social reminds her that we have a massive housing shortage that is strangling our state’s growth.
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I watched this whole discussion last night and it made me grateful for Cville’s council members. I’m also grateful for our at-large council system.
War between the states?
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
War between the states?
The guy who oversaw the legal justification for W’s torture program is now high up at USDOT and is going on podcasts saying they are eliminating “unnecessary distractions” like “racial equity and environmental justice.” (His exact words). I knew Trump 2.0 would be bad but it’s really bad.
July 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The guy who oversaw the legal justification for W’s torture program is now high up at USDOT and is going on podcasts saying they are eliminating “unnecessary distractions” like “racial equity and environmental justice.” (His exact words). I knew Trump 2.0 would be bad but it’s really bad.
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also, “so woke you have walked backwards into supporting segregation” is definitely a thing online
July 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
also, “so woke you have walked backwards into supporting segregation” is definitely a thing online
New mantra unlocked. Thanks Obama. “I don’t want to know your ideology, because you can’t build anything. It does not matter.”
“‘I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build. And zoning prevents multifamily because of NIMBY,’ [Obama] said…‘I don’t want to know your ideology, because you can’t build anything. It does not matter.’”
Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ | CNN Politics
Former President Barack Obama issued a call to action for Democrats at a private fundraiser in New Jersey on Friday evening, urging those frustrated by the state of the country under President Donald ...
www.cnn.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New mantra unlocked. Thanks Obama. “I don’t want to know your ideology, because you can’t build anything. It does not matter.”
Thoughtful people can disagree about whether IZ is “good” but it’s important to be clear-eyed about the fact that it is effectively a tax on housing.
Inclusionary zoning is a targeted tax on the construction of new housing — the absolute worst way you could think of to raise money for investments in social housing projects.
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
Inclusionary zoning is a tax on housing
Sometimes, policies have unintended consequences or unforeseen downsides
www.slowboring.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thoughtful people can disagree about whether IZ is “good” but it’s important to be clear-eyed about the fact that it is effectively a tax on housing.
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The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
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it’s actually a genuinely insane feeling to sit on the patio listening to the military helicopter over my neighborhood because the genocide man is getting a private tour of our local plantation
July 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
it’s actually a genuinely insane feeling to sit on the patio listening to the military helicopter over my neighborhood because the genocide man is getting a private tour of our local plantation
I really appreciate the neighborhood fireworks launchers for spacing out the loud booms randomly so that each explosion triggered a fresh adrenaline rush that made it impossible to sleep until sometime after 1am last night.
July 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I really appreciate the neighborhood fireworks launchers for spacing out the loud booms randomly so that each explosion triggered a fresh adrenaline rush that made it impossible to sleep until sometime after 1am last night.
So, uh, are we having a planning commission meeting this month?
June 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So, uh, are we having a planning commission meeting this month?
I don’t think he’s going to get a Nobel peace prize.
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I don’t think he’s going to get a Nobel peace prize.
This video needs a trigger warning for exvangelicals.
June 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This video needs a trigger warning for exvangelicals.
Is our movement for safe streets served by sympathetic media that gets basic facts wrong? I’m not so sure.
Guerrilla crosswalks drive city officials crazy, but they're a remarkably effective street safety tactic.
Sympathetic media coverage is all but guaranteed -- esp when local leaders overreact.
Sympathetic media coverage is all but guaranteed -- esp when local leaders overreact.
Virginia activist charged with vandalism after drawing crosswalk at intersection
Charlottesville safety campaigner used chalk to draw crossing near intersection where woman was fatally hit by car
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Is our movement for safe streets served by sympathetic media that gets basic facts wrong? I’m not so sure.
I know this isn’t the worst thing about this but why is “law enforcement” dressed like this? Are they going to invade a desert fortress after this and need blend in?
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I know this isn’t the worst thing about this but why is “law enforcement” dressed like this? Are they going to invade a desert fortress after this and need blend in?
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The $400 million jet from Qatar would be worth 100 times more than every other presidential gift from a foreign nation combined since 2001
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The $400 million jet from Qatar would be worth 100 times more than every other presidential gift from a foreign nation combined since 2001
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US Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
ABC reports Trump to take “flying palace” from Qatar and use it as temporary Air Force 1 before converting it to a personal possession.
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
US Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
This week I helped a junior-level transportation planner return a picnic blanket that they received as a gift because it violated ethics rules for public sector workers.
ABC reports Trump to take “flying palace” from Qatar and use it as temporary Air Force 1 before converting it to a personal possession.
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This week I helped a junior-level transportation planner return a picnic blanket that they received as a gift because it violated ethics rules for public sector workers.
The next pope will be an AI chat bot trained on the writings of all previous popes.
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The next pope will be an AI chat bot trained on the writings of all previous popes.
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Just asked a California transit manager if the state's Zero Emission Bus mandate is causing them to run less service than they otherwise would.
He said: "Yes, definitely."
A diesel bus only has to get 4 ppl out of cars to be better for the planet than an electric bus.
Hmm.
He said: "Yes, definitely."
A diesel bus only has to get 4 ppl out of cars to be better for the planet than an electric bus.
Hmm.
May 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just asked a California transit manager if the state's Zero Emission Bus mandate is causing them to run less service than they otherwise would.
He said: "Yes, definitely."
A diesel bus only has to get 4 ppl out of cars to be better for the planet than an electric bus.
Hmm.
He said: "Yes, definitely."
A diesel bus only has to get 4 ppl out of cars to be better for the planet than an electric bus.
Hmm.
Didn’t think anything could make me not love the World Cup but seeing the trophy between these two is doing the trick.
VANCE: We'll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, they'll have to go home, otherwise they'll have to talk to Secretary Noem
AUDIENCE: 🦗😳🦗😳
AUDIENCE: 🦗😳🦗😳
May 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Didn’t think anything could make me not love the World Cup but seeing the trophy between these two is doing the trick.