Erin
@infradigbosh.bsky.social
Littleton CO Resident. Interplanetary Spacecraft Engineer. Supporter of infill development and alternative transportation. Opinions my own.
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“People who claim to be progressives but resist efforts to solve the housing problem are hurting their own stated values—and risking their descent into political irrelevance.”
The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement
There’s nothing centrist or conservative about the push to lower housing costs.
www.theatlantic.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“People who claim to be progressives but resist efforts to solve the housing problem are hurting their own stated values—and risking their descent into political irrelevance.”
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"It should be noted that there is a relatively low chance that spending just ten minutes in a room with Vice President Vance is enough to cause someone to die—out of either a feeling of deep disappointment in humanity or, as online forums describe it, 'too much cringe.'"
Getting Ahead of It: JD Vance Almost Definitely Didn’t Kill the Pope
Let’s make one thing very clear: So far, there is almost no proof that JD Vance is directly responsible for the death of Pope Francis. All we know ...
buff.ly
April 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"It should be noted that there is a relatively low chance that spending just ten minutes in a room with Vice President Vance is enough to cause someone to die—out of either a feeling of deep disappointment in humanity or, as online forums describe it, 'too much cringe.'"
WHYYYYY
BREAKING: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block a judge's order requiring a Maryland man who was accidentally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador to return to the U.S.
Trump administration asks SCOTUS to block order to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal resident protected from deportation by a 2019 court order who has lived in the U.S. since 2011, was deported to a notorious El Salvadorian prison on March 15.
nbcnews.to
April 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
WHYYYYY
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Last week I spoke at the Good Roads conference in Toronto about car bloat – what it is, why it’s a problem, and what we can do about it.
Here are a few key lessons. 🧵
Here are a few key lessons. 🧵
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Last week I spoke at the Good Roads conference in Toronto about car bloat – what it is, why it’s a problem, and what we can do about it.
Here are a few key lessons. 🧵
Here are a few key lessons. 🧵
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"Emissions from cycling can be more than 30x lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10x lower than driving an electric one."
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Emissions from cycling can be more than 30x lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10x lower than driving an electric one."
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You think that absent unfair barriers to trade *every* trading partner would import exactly as much in American goods as it exports to America?
What fucking gibbering insanity could possibly lead you to that conclusion?
What fucking gibbering insanity could possibly lead you to that conclusion?
April 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
You think that absent unfair barriers to trade *every* trading partner would import exactly as much in American goods as it exports to America?
What fucking gibbering insanity could possibly lead you to that conclusion?
What fucking gibbering insanity could possibly lead you to that conclusion?
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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The emails are good, but it's also worth noting *Dudek admitted publicly that he was retaliating against Janet Mills.* in an interview with the New York Times!
April 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The emails are good, but it's also worth noting *Dudek admitted publicly that he was retaliating against Janet Mills.* in an interview with the New York Times!
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It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.
Please share it as much as you can.
Please share it as much as you can.
April 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.
Please share it as much as you can.
Please share it as much as you can.
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rebranding the 15 min city.
April 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
rebranding the 15 min city.
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“Humbly observe where people in the community struggle.” That’s the first step of the public investment process for a strong town.
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Humbly observe where people in the community struggle.” That’s the first step of the public investment process for a strong town.
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Unbelievable gargantuan fuckup. Waltz and Hegseth must resign or be fired, at a minimum. These Fox News posers will get our service members killed and probably already inspired a new gen of revenge suicide bombers. We’re all at risk w these fuckups in charge. 🎁🔗:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Unbelievable gargantuan fuckup. Waltz and Hegseth must resign or be fired, at a minimum. These Fox News posers will get our service members killed and probably already inspired a new gen of revenge suicide bombers. We’re all at risk w these fuckups in charge. 🎁🔗:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Read for yourself: Here are the attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Read for yourself: Here are the attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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James May: “Obviously I’ve spent a lot of time over the years writing about cars and making TV about them, and I love cars, but I do think in my bones they don’t really belong in towns.”
“It amazes me that people go to the shops a mile away in the car.”
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
“It amazes me that people go to the shops a mile away in the car.”
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May
TV star has idea for Hammersmith bridge - and calls anti-cycling council ‘tw*ts’
www.standard.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
James May: “Obviously I’ve spent a lot of time over the years writing about cars and making TV about them, and I love cars, but I do think in my bones they don’t really belong in towns.”
“It amazes me that people go to the shops a mile away in the car.”
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
“It amazes me that people go to the shops a mile away in the car.”
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
If you were mad at Hillary for mishandling classified information, this is next level apoplectic
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you were mad at Hillary for mishandling classified information, this is next level apoplectic
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“the most successful road safety intervention in modern times”
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“the most successful road safety intervention in modern times”
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Twitter has become a megaphone for the most dangerous man the world has seen since Adolf Hitler. But if I switch to Bluesky, I’ll be seen as having a liberal bias.
March 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Twitter has become a megaphone for the most dangerous man the world has seen since Adolf Hitler. But if I switch to Bluesky, I’ll be seen as having a liberal bias.
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"What percentage chance risk of dying must a woman assume before she and her doctor are not guilty of a felony?" Is a question that Republicans and Prolife people cannot answer. 40 years of advocacy and they can't answer it.
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"What percentage chance risk of dying must a woman assume before she and her doctor are not guilty of a felony?" Is a question that Republicans and Prolife people cannot answer. 40 years of advocacy and they can't answer it.
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"The ugly attitude towards elderly people is an inevitable result of the profoundly anti-human views and ideology of Musk.
"Musk complained, 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.'"
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
"Musk complained, 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.'"
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
"Vampires": Musk's war on Social Security is fueled by Republicans' view of retired people's value
Terms like "fraud," "scam," and "definitely dead" are how the DOGE leader demonizes elderly people
www.salon.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"The ugly attitude towards elderly people is an inevitable result of the profoundly anti-human views and ideology of Musk.
"Musk complained, 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.'"
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
"Musk complained, 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit.'"
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
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Housing really is a ‘decide if you want to win’ issue for the Democratic Party.
We're all going to be unbelievably fucked if blue states don't start immediately rolling back restrictions on new housing to create a construction boom and build millions of new multifamily homes as soon as possible
March 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Housing really is a ‘decide if you want to win’ issue for the Democratic Party.
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This feels contemptuous of individual interests to me. Like “why should we care if young people can afford to live somewhere other than Cleveland, when Cleveland was a thriving city just decades before they were born?”
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/17/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/17/a...
March 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This feels contemptuous of individual interests to me. Like “why should we care if young people can afford to live somewhere other than Cleveland, when Cleveland was a thriving city just decades before they were born?”
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/17/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/17/a...
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One of these is not like the others
March 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One of these is not like the others
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Because of tariffs and recession fears, Americans are more likely to buy a sedan instead of a pricey SUV or truck.
But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Only foreign automakers do.
In @fastcompany.com, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos. 🧵
But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Only foreign automakers do.
In @fastcompany.com, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos. 🧵
Detroit killed the sedan. Trump's trade war will make them wish they hadn’t
As Trump threatens tariffs and consumer confidence plummets, the lack of options from U.S. automakers could send buyers to foreign competitors.
www.fastcompany.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Because of tariffs and recession fears, Americans are more likely to buy a sedan instead of a pricey SUV or truck.
But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Only foreign automakers do.
In @fastcompany.com, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos. 🧵
But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Only foreign automakers do.
In @fastcompany.com, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos. 🧵