Fastmole
fastmole.bsky.social
Fastmole
@fastmole.bsky.social
Pedestrian Commuter, P-Hacker. Austin, TX.
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Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill ran campaigns rooted in lowering costs, protecting health care, and improving public schools. And they won.

If last night is any indication of what’s to come, 2026 could be a wave year driven by voters fed up with corruption and high prices.
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Zoning in theory: we need land use regulation to keep homes away from sources of pollution.

Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.
“Transit Oriented Development” in the US is so dire
February 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A standard tool of the privileged is to convert public resources for their private use. Here, nimby #atxcouncil Marc Duchen argues that the City Attorneys should pay for the lawyers his rich constituents hire to fight new housing in their neighborhoods. #austin

theaustinbulldog.org/neighborhood...
Neighborhoods must litigate to defend deed restrictions, and not all can afford it - The Austin Bulldog
Allan McMurtry first got involved in 1977, when the since-relocated Allendale Baptist Church wanted to expand. They began buying up houses around their property and tearing them down, while also petit...
theaustinbulldog.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Good night room
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM