Important update: Like Kai Winn, at the end Boomers finally saw the light and did the "My God, what have I done!" thing.
The real reckoning we need in 2029 is a National Conversation (TM) about Gen X nihilism.
The real reckoning we need in 2029 is a National Conversation (TM) about Gen X nihilism.
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Important update: Like Kai Winn, at the end Boomers finally saw the light and did the "My God, what have I done!" thing.
The real reckoning we need in 2029 is a National Conversation (TM) about Gen X nihilism.
The real reckoning we need in 2029 is a National Conversation (TM) about Gen X nihilism.
Hoisted from the archives: @smotus.bsky.social on JFK being an overrated president (fair enough), but still being great in another way: psmag.com/news/revisit...
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hoisted from the archives: @smotus.bsky.social on JFK being an overrated president (fair enough), but still being great in another way: psmag.com/news/revisit...
We need a AI video of the Senator and Governor doing the "Larry David Stare Down Thing" and then @williamadler78.bsky.social needs to go on TV and say "This is a good start, but Gallego needs to be eating more hot dogs and tortas in the pictures, and drinking like five Goose Islands"
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
We need a AI video of the Senator and Governor doing the "Larry David Stare Down Thing" and then @williamadler78.bsky.social needs to go on TV and say "This is a good start, but Gallego needs to be eating more hot dogs and tortas in the pictures, and drinking like five Goose Islands"
[The episode remains a key text on the perils of the "populist" approach]
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
[The episode remains a key text on the perils of the "populist" approach]
. @princetonyimby.bsky.social "Ah yes, it's all going according to plan, accept for you Sea Girt, you're MAKING US LOOK BAD!"
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
. @princetonyimby.bsky.social "Ah yes, it's all going according to plan, accept for you Sea Girt, you're MAKING US LOOK BAD!"
Great counterfactual about the GOP 2016 nom and Epstein here from @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumpepstein
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Great counterfactual about the GOP 2016 nom and Epstein here from @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumpepstein
Really good advice for Mamdani right here, a Tale of Two Mayors as it were www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/zoh...
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Really good advice for Mamdani right here, a Tale of Two Mayors as it were www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/zoh...
The median American voter
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The median American voter
In which @princetonyimby.bsky.social is furiously riding his bike around and shouting at people to go vote, not very polite but it seems to be working
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In which @princetonyimby.bsky.social is furiously riding his bike around and shouting at people to go vote, not very polite but it seems to be working
I don't care if it kills us all, this technology remains awesome cc @princetonyimby.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't care if it kills us all, this technology remains awesome cc @princetonyimby.bsky.social
Hill I'm willing to die on: the Obama Library seems fine (for people who have never been, tall buildings are actually quite common in Chicago)
Also lefty NIMBYs really are the most annoying kind.
Also lefty NIMBYs really are the most annoying kind.
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hill I'm willing to die on: the Obama Library seems fine (for people who have never been, tall buildings are actually quite common in Chicago)
Also lefty NIMBYs really are the most annoying kind.
Also lefty NIMBYs really are the most annoying kind.
Great summery of the different map projections right here: the correct answer is 1. Globe 2. Winkel Tripple 3. Goode Homolosine
Gall-Peters is trash, just go Dymaxion is land mass size i so important to you.
Gall-Peters is trash, just go Dymaxion is land mass size i so important to you.
September 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Great summery of the different map projections right here: the correct answer is 1. Globe 2. Winkel Tripple 3. Goode Homolosine
Gall-Peters is trash, just go Dymaxion is land mass size i so important to you.
Gall-Peters is trash, just go Dymaxion is land mass size i so important to you.
[Turns to @princetonyimby.bsky.social] Just topped off the new dorm in Berkley at "People Park"....it's okay if you want to cry, strong men also cry
September 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
[Turns to @princetonyimby.bsky.social] Just topped off the new dorm in Berkley at "People Park"....it's okay if you want to cry, strong men also cry
Good reminder that even in the urban center of a socialist utopia people still like cars, I'm sorry @princetonyimby.bsky.social but it's true (Zagreb, 1985)
September 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Good reminder that even in the urban center of a socialist utopia people still like cars, I'm sorry @princetonyimby.bsky.social but it's true (Zagreb, 1985)
He addresses his worst professional take, which he says was glib and insensitive but still correct on the substance:
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
He addresses his worst professional take, which he says was glib and insensitive but still correct on the substance:
I'm sorry but Bernie running again is totally ridiculous and kind of pathetic:
August 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I'm sorry but Bernie running again is totally ridiculous and kind of pathetic:
Oh yeah it's happening, get ready:
August 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh yeah it's happening, get ready:
I know a lot of people on here really dislike Yglesias (often on a personal level) but this is a really good post about urban politics:
June 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I know a lot of people on here really dislike Yglesias (often on a personal level) but this is a really good post about urban politics:
Everyone is like "AI is so woke!" but it seems pretty mellow to me:
June 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Everyone is like "AI is so woke!" but it seems pretty mellow to me:
Sure seems like low turn out is good for the Dems
June 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sure seems like low turn out is good for the Dems
It's kind of sad that everyone just wants to fight about Ezra and Jakes' boring books over at the Other Site when there are all these glorious other Discourse opportunities available (like below)
It's like flying to Rome to eat at Pizza Hut
It's like flying to Rome to eat at Pizza Hut
May 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's kind of sad that everyone just wants to fight about Ezra and Jakes' boring books over at the Other Site when there are all these glorious other Discourse opportunities available (like below)
It's like flying to Rome to eat at Pizza Hut
It's like flying to Rome to eat at Pizza Hut
Meanwhile the average British person has four friends
May 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Meanwhile the average British person has four friends
The average American has three friends
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The average American has three friends