Kevin DeGood
@kdegood.bsky.social
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Kevin DeGood
@kdegood.bsky.social
· Dec 6
1/ I'm trying to understand why the modernist vision for urban renewal after WWII was so powerful. I think a small part of it is how people respond to models/visuals. And this got me thinking about art. I dig this painting by Camille Pissarro of Rue Saint Lazare, 1893.
Was it money? I’ll bet it was money.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Was it money? I’ll bet it was money.
No, WaPo, the pedestrian fatality crisis is not a result of a lack of investment. In fact, just the opposite.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
No, WaPo, the pedestrian fatality crisis is not a result of a lack of investment. In fact, just the opposite.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
The New Yorker and the Atlantic often provide the option of listening to an article.
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The New Yorker and the Atlantic often provide the option of listening to an article.
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
When I see the button, I think: “Wait, I’m supposed to be able to read this one in 9 minutes?”
Then I feel like Kramer in the Vandalay Industries episode: “No, no you’re waaaay off!”
I’m legit shocked this is a serious proposal. This thing is a serpentine pile of awful.
LA is building a new $1.5 billion freeway into LAX.
The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away
The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away
Air traffic control
The LAX-pressway must be stopped
www.torched.la
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’m legit shocked this is a serious proposal. This thing is a serpentine pile of awful.
From LA NIMBYs:
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
From LA NIMBYs:
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
1. Water & power may be strained but no more/less than growth outside transit corridors.
2. That’s what the transit is for.
3. Density allow for more open space. Height improves privacy. Light…have you been to sunny CA?
4. New housing ⬇️ displacement & ⬇️ prices.
This is a really well done piece by John Cassidy. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How to Survive the A.I. Revolution
The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?
www.newyorker.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is a really well done piece by John Cassidy. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
There is a difference between housing investment and housing transactions. Transactions just change ownership. Investment either expands supply or recapitalizes existing assets. We shouldn’t confuse one for the other.
May 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There is a difference between housing investment and housing transactions. Transactions just change ownership. Investment either expands supply or recapitalizes existing assets. We shouldn’t confuse one for the other.
It should be for the things that the donors signed legally binding agreements for with the university. It’s not a slush fund.
April 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It should be for the things that the donors signed legally binding agreements for with the university. It’s not a slush fund.
Every time then run an article that lists the starting salaries for BIG LAW they should have to include a photo of an associate doing discovery file review at 3AM.
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Every time then run an article that lists the starting salaries for BIG LAW they should have to include a photo of an associate doing discovery file review at 3AM.
This is beyond dysfunctional.
April 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is beyond dysfunctional.
This is really good. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/m...
Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is really good. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/m...
The stats in this piece are incredible. "Huawei...has just opened in Shanghai a research center for 35,000 engineers that has 10 times as much space for offices and labs as Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
‘The Tsunami Is Coming’: China’s Global Exports Are Just Getting Started
A staggering $1.9 trillion in extra industrial lending is fueling a continued flood of exports that could be spread even wider across the world by the Trump tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The stats in this piece are incredible. "Huawei...has just opened in Shanghai a research center for 35,000 engineers that has 10 times as much space for offices and labs as Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
Not enough steaks in the freezer. The bank is worth the risk.
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Not enough steaks in the freezer. The bank is worth the risk.
1/2 Let's talk about the BUILD program NOFO. The ENTIRE goal is to "build eligible projects" (duh) that will have a "significant local or regional impact" (duh) & "improve transportation infrastructure." (again, duh).
Ok...but to what end?
Ok...but to what end?
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
1/2 Let's talk about the BUILD program NOFO. The ENTIRE goal is to "build eligible projects" (duh) that will have a "significant local or regional impact" (duh) & "improve transportation infrastructure." (again, duh).
Ok...but to what end?
Ok...but to what end?
It's easy to tell what this USDOT cares about: moving vehicles. The Safe Streets program (SS4A) just flat out says don't bother applying if you intend to reduce lane capacity for vehicles.
April 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's easy to tell what this USDOT cares about: moving vehicles. The Safe Streets program (SS4A) just flat out says don't bother applying if you intend to reduce lane capacity for vehicles.
“Rail is a 19th century technology.”
Yeah, well let’s see your vaporware hyerloop erector set do this.
Yeah, well let’s see your vaporware hyerloop erector set do this.
March 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Rail is a 19th century technology.”
Yeah, well let’s see your vaporware hyerloop erector set do this.
Yeah, well let’s see your vaporware hyerloop erector set do this.
True. The question is how do we get the scale and cost benefits found in Houston without the ecological catastrophe and intense geographic segregation. Finding the balance between abundance and everything bagel constraints ain’t nothing.
March 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
True. The question is how do we get the scale and cost benefits found in Houston without the ecological catastrophe and intense geographic segregation. Finding the balance between abundance and everything bagel constraints ain’t nothing.
1. Maxing out market delivery in no way precludes gov. subsidies. It makes the unit con better.
2. An example of failed abundance is CA high-speed rail. 100% public.
3. Trump’s win has multiple causes. But gov’s inability to deliver things both small & large is a massive problem & a GOP tailwind.
2. An example of failed abundance is CA high-speed rail. 100% public.
3. Trump’s win has multiple causes. But gov’s inability to deliver things both small & large is a massive problem & a GOP tailwind.
March 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
1. Maxing out market delivery in no way precludes gov. subsidies. It makes the unit con better.
2. An example of failed abundance is CA high-speed rail. 100% public.
3. Trump’s win has multiple causes. But gov’s inability to deliver things both small & large is a massive problem & a GOP tailwind.
2. An example of failed abundance is CA high-speed rail. 100% public.
3. Trump’s win has multiple causes. But gov’s inability to deliver things both small & large is a massive problem & a GOP tailwind.
When Republicans sue the federal government, it’s principled leadership, but when NYC refuses to end congestion pricing after it went through a brutal/exhaustive approval process, it’s “open disrespect towards the federal government.” Gotcha.
March 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When Republicans sue the federal government, it’s principled leadership, but when NYC refuses to end congestion pricing after it went through a brutal/exhaustive approval process, it’s “open disrespect towards the federal government.” Gotcha.