Ian
@iiiiiian.bsky.social
KS/MO Border dweller
Software Guy
Prairie Village, KS City Councilor
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Software Guy
Prairie Village, KS City Councilor
Personal account, views not my employer, orgs, etc.
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Ian
@iiiiiian.bsky.social
· Apr 8
If anybody's interested! Gave a talk a few years back. Most zoning heads won't find a whole lot new about this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCg...
Presentation on Affordable Housing with Ian Graves
YouTube video by Asbury UMC
www.youtube.com
Just reupping this from the time we made an attempted at single-family zoning reform in PV. It failed, but we learned a lot and so did neighboring cities.
Prairie Village definitely had a city council meeting last night
May 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Prairie Village definitely had a city council meeting last night
First round it was covid. Second round it's blast your GI Tract mega E.Coli. Hits keep coming under Trump admins.
These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
April 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
First round it was covid. Second round it's blast your GI Tract mega E.Coli. Hits keep coming under Trump admins.
Oh look another mailer in PV from a dark money 501c4 that says the city risks "becoming an urban core."
Guess we're doing dog whistles in PV again this election cycle.
Guess we're doing dog whistles in PV again this election cycle.
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oh look another mailer in PV from a dark money 501c4 that says the city risks "becoming an urban core."
Guess we're doing dog whistles in PV again this election cycle.
Guess we're doing dog whistles in PV again this election cycle.
Yo it's a good year to visit Disney world. Short lines!
NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Yo it's a good year to visit Disney world. Short lines!
BACK TO BUSINESS
Breaking News: U.S. stocks slid, with the S&P 500 falling 3.5% a day after its biggest gain since 2008, showing that tariffs fears were still alive.
Trump Tariff Live Updates: Stock Market Tumbles Again as Trade War With China Worsens
The S&P 500 fell 3.5 percent by the closing bell, erasing part of Wednesday’s recovery, as fears grew the worsening trade war with China will crimp growth.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
BACK TO BUSINESS
You guys. I'm crine
Tomorrow's daily guidance from the WH includes the tidbit that ZERO HEDGE is in the press pool as "new media"
April 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
You guys. I'm crine
So this administration is just a pump and dump scam, right?
April 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So this administration is just a pump and dump scam, right?
If you want some hope in the dark in the KC area, I think most of what happened in the Jackson County municipals is pretty good.
April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you want some hope in the dark in the KC area, I think most of what happened in the Jackson County municipals is pretty good.
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how will dukat make bajor pay to build a subspace graviton field
April 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
how will dukat make bajor pay to build a subspace graviton field
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“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
Just reupping this from the time we made an attempted at single-family zoning reform in PV. It failed, but we learned a lot and so did neighboring cities.
If anybody's interested! Gave a talk a few years back. Most zoning heads won't find a whole lot new about this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCg...
Presentation on Affordable Housing with Ian Graves
YouTube video by Asbury UMC
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just reupping this from the time we made an attempted at single-family zoning reform in PV. It failed, but we learned a lot and so did neighboring cities.
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Oh come on it can’t be that big of a drop in WHOA.
Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.
April 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh come on it can’t be that big of a drop in WHOA.
Same shit they did with gay people. Different year.
NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition
After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Same shit they did with gay people. Different year.
America First became Apartheid First in the span of 24 hours.
February 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
America First became Apartheid First in the span of 24 hours.
Watching the #ksleg House Health and Human Services committee debate the anti-trans bill today. The proponents have got to be some of the worst people I've seen deliberate a topic on a dais, ever. They shouldn't be deliberating anything, much less youth healthcare access.
January 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Watching the #ksleg House Health and Human Services committee debate the anti-trans bill today. The proponents have got to be some of the worst people I've seen deliberate a topic on a dais, ever. They shouldn't be deliberating anything, much less youth healthcare access.
We're very much through the looking glass
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We're very much through the looking glass
Capitalists are dumb as hell sometimes
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Is corporate America going Maga?
Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms
www.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Capitalists are dumb as hell sometimes
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Help me help YOU, Rhonda.
December 8, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Help me help YOU, Rhonda.
Measurements not based on reality for 500 Alex
US small-business optimism soars to three-year-high after Trump win finance.yahoo.com/news/us-smal... via @bloomberg.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Measurements not based on reality for 500 Alex
A big thing I've noticed in local politics is the willingness of toxic groups of people to abuse moderation tools on nearly even platform to shut down discussion they don't like. 1/
December 10, 2024 at 1:46 PM
A big thing I've noticed in local politics is the willingness of toxic groups of people to abuse moderation tools on nearly even platform to shut down discussion they don't like. 1/
I mean, put the crazy tax cuts your party did back on the table so we can get some semblance of revenue back
Rand Paul: I'm for looking at the entitlements, the waste, everything because it's such an enormous problem that if you put military off the table, you put entitlements off the table, all you have left is 16% of the budget. If you eliminate that, you don't get anywhere close..
December 7, 2024 at 12:34 AM
I mean, put the crazy tax cuts your party did back on the table so we can get some semblance of revenue back
Those left standing
will make millions
writing books
on the way it should have been
will make millions
writing books
on the way it should have been
What is your favourite lyric of all time?
December 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Those left standing
will make millions
writing books
on the way it should have been
will make millions
writing books
on the way it should have been
The reactionary politics that have emerged in Prairie Village post-zoning reform discussion are astounding. The anti-reform group (PV United) has morphed into a fairly reactionary group that is just opposed to any kind of public investment now. Very unfortunate.
December 6, 2024 at 1:59 PM
The reactionary politics that have emerged in Prairie Village post-zoning reform discussion are astounding. The anti-reform group (PV United) has morphed into a fairly reactionary group that is just opposed to any kind of public investment now. Very unfortunate.
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new favorite moment from the South Korea protests is when someone turned “Feliz Navidad” into a protest anthem
December 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
new favorite moment from the South Korea protests is when someone turned “Feliz Navidad” into a protest anthem
The broad response to the UHC CEO shooting online has me thinking that perhaps Americans aren't as divided as some would have it seem.
December 5, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The broad response to the UHC CEO shooting online has me thinking that perhaps Americans aren't as divided as some would have it seem.