Dan Jorgenson
@dtjorgenson.bsky.social
Web developer by trade. A bit of a news & politics junkie. Long-standing interests in science and technology. Hobbyist photographer. YIMBY. Urbanism enthusiast. Liberal. Lifelong Democrat.
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Obligatory "why don't kids go outside anymore".
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Obligatory "why don't kids go outside anymore".
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
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me: towers are good
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
me: towers are good
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
them: no, we need nice 4-6 storey, human scale buildings
me: we do! let’s rezone the city so we can get 4-6 storeys everywhere
them: oh no, not like that
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the dirty secret here is you could probably make the sandwich for $2 at home anyway.
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the dirty secret here is you could probably make the sandwich for $2 at home anyway.
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as a non-binary person I also find “folx” to be intensely cringe
“folks” is a perfectly good non-gendered term and you just decided to Hot Topic it to be edgy
“folks” is a perfectly good non-gendered term and you just decided to Hot Topic it to be edgy
I do not understand the point of “folx“ AT ALL
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
as a non-binary person I also find “folx” to be intensely cringe
“folks” is a perfectly good non-gendered term and you just decided to Hot Topic it to be edgy
“folks” is a perfectly good non-gendered term and you just decided to Hot Topic it to be edgy
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turns out best way to beautify your city is also best way to adapt to climate change:
deprioritize cars & on-street parking
prioritize sustainable mobility and sponge city principles (de-paving streets for trees)
bonus points: cleaner air, reduced urban heat islands, better public health outcomes
deprioritize cars & on-street parking
prioritize sustainable mobility and sponge city principles (de-paving streets for trees)
bonus points: cleaner air, reduced urban heat islands, better public health outcomes
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
turns out best way to beautify your city is also best way to adapt to climate change:
deprioritize cars & on-street parking
prioritize sustainable mobility and sponge city principles (de-paving streets for trees)
bonus points: cleaner air, reduced urban heat islands, better public health outcomes
deprioritize cars & on-street parking
prioritize sustainable mobility and sponge city principles (de-paving streets for trees)
bonus points: cleaner air, reduced urban heat islands, better public health outcomes
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I'll take this one step further: The city-imposed design and facade mandates are often created based on community engagement processes. So the same people who contributed to these standards might be the ones who later complain about new projects looking ugly
What if I told you they all look *like that* because of city-imposed design and facade mandates, not because people (or developers) like them?
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'll take this one step further: The city-imposed design and facade mandates are often created based on community engagement processes. So the same people who contributed to these standards might be the ones who later complain about new projects looking ugly
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We made it illegal to build neighborhoods like this and wonder why people don’t like the look of new apartment buildings
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We made it illegal to build neighborhoods like this and wonder why people don’t like the look of new apartment buildings
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What if I told you they all look *like that* because of city-imposed design and facade mandates, not because people (or developers) like them?
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What if I told you they all look *like that* because of city-imposed design and facade mandates, not because people (or developers) like them?
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Seen a lot of people wondering why X, The Everything App would have a feature that gives away how much of the popular right wing accounts are foreign actors and this is why. They thought every left wing account would be that way because every accusation is also a confession.
Planned Parenthood uses a VPN so its twitter location is shown as Germany and now all of MAGA twitter thinks Planned Parenthood is a fake organization based in Europe.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Seen a lot of people wondering why X, The Everything App would have a feature that gives away how much of the popular right wing accounts are foreign actors and this is why. They thought every left wing account would be that way because every accusation is also a confession.
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In more normal times it would be a near administration ending black eye that their signature effort fell so hard on its face it drilled down through the floor. This is exactly what happened with Bush and his 2005 social security privatization whistlestop tour!
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In more normal times it would be a near administration ending black eye that their signature effort fell so hard on its face it drilled down through the floor. This is exactly what happened with Bush and his 2005 social security privatization whistlestop tour!
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Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
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Conspiracy theories are, when they aren’t just variations on antisemitism, a comforting story to tell yourself because you’re afraid of living in a chaotic, poorly managed world
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Conspiracy theories are, when they aren’t just variations on antisemitism, a comforting story to tell yourself because you’re afraid of living in a chaotic, poorly managed world
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We want to believe that Oswald didn’t act alone in killing Kennedy for the same reason that people want to think that COVID was a lab leak - we don’t want to believe that random chance can change the world like that, because we want to believe that humanity is in control of the world in some way
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
We want to believe that Oswald didn’t act alone in killing Kennedy for the same reason that people want to think that COVID was a lab leak - we don’t want to believe that random chance can change the world like that, because we want to believe that humanity is in control of the world in some way
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i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
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the thing about cars is people have no respect for what cars can actually do in terms of damage, and you’ll see this even among people who rightly get mad about lack of gun control
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
the thing about cars is people have no respect for what cars can actually do in terms of damage, and you’ll see this even among people who rightly get mad about lack of gun control
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100%. "Illegal" is shorthand for not allowed by a transparent, rule-bound, dispassionate process. Which in a civilized country is what the law means.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
100%. "Illegal" is shorthand for not allowed by a transparent, rule-bound, dispassionate process. Which in a civilized country is what the law means.
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The thing about this is that it's a very sneaky sleight of hand. It seeks to paint you as the one with pipe dream magical thinking ("oh so you just want to win every election forever, great plan dumbass"), when in reality it reveals their own ("we should have a magic fix rendering elections moot!").
I fucking hate the way social media has embraced the “win every election forever can’t be the answer” straw man. Yes, we need structural change. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, it will continue to be hard and require work. Every time I see this it feels like people lusting for an easy forever answer.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The thing about this is that it's a very sneaky sleight of hand. It seeks to paint you as the one with pipe dream magical thinking ("oh so you just want to win every election forever, great plan dumbass"), when in reality it reveals their own ("we should have a magic fix rendering elections moot!").
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Also there are pro-social housing options that give people more privacy while allowing them to live in physical proximity to friends and family. ADUs, cottage courts, pedestrianized rowhouse streets, bungalow courts, and courtyard perimeter blocks all strike this balance.
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Also there are pro-social housing options that give people more privacy while allowing them to live in physical proximity to friends and family. ADUs, cottage courts, pedestrianized rowhouse streets, bungalow courts, and courtyard perimeter blocks all strike this balance.
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If you want larger homes in urban areas to be available and affordable to young families then you need to build a LOT of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Otherwise, groups of adult roommates will outbid them for the 2- and 3-bedroom units in walkable neighborhoods.
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you want larger homes in urban areas to be available and affordable to young families then you need to build a LOT of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Otherwise, groups of adult roommates will outbid them for the 2- and 3-bedroom units in walkable neighborhoods.
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The reason we're in this "losing any election can be disastrous" situation is OVERWHELMINGLY because the other side has long since succumbed to hateful madness. That is just a MUCH larger fact about our political reality than literally anything else. That's really what you've gotta focus on, here.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The reason we're in this "losing any election can be disastrous" situation is OVERWHELMINGLY because the other side has long since succumbed to hateful madness. That is just a MUCH larger fact about our political reality than literally anything else. That's really what you've gotta focus on, here.
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There's really no way to protect the people from themselves in a democracy, tbh
There's problems in the GOP, the media, and the Democratic establishment (in that order), but the fundamental problem is the moral rot in a citizenry that doesn't immediately reject a candidate like Trump
There's problems in the GOP, the media, and the Democratic establishment (in that order), but the fundamental problem is the moral rot in a citizenry that doesn't immediately reject a candidate like Trump
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There's really no way to protect the people from themselves in a democracy, tbh
There's problems in the GOP, the media, and the Democratic establishment (in that order), but the fundamental problem is the moral rot in a citizenry that doesn't immediately reject a candidate like Trump
There's problems in the GOP, the media, and the Democratic establishment (in that order), but the fundamental problem is the moral rot in a citizenry that doesn't immediately reject a candidate like Trump