@mixedusezoning.bsky.social
Mostly my deranged thoughts with some insightful analysis on occasion.
Pro-YIMBY, progressive, urbanist.
Pro-YIMBY, progressive, urbanist.
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Very clear return to private debt growth over the last few months. It's all for homes / property obviously - I mean, what else would you invest in? [🧵 1/n]
March 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Very clear return to private debt growth over the last few months. It's all for homes / property obviously - I mean, what else would you invest in? [🧵 1/n]
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Choosing between private finance for infra at 8% and public at 4% might seem like a no-brainer. But if your objective is hiding public debt and helping rentiers to suckle on the public teat, things look different I guess. Hell, get the pricks together for a champers and canapés conference.
March 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Choosing between private finance for infra at 8% and public at 4% might seem like a no-brainer. But if your objective is hiding public debt and helping rentiers to suckle on the public teat, things look different I guess. Hell, get the pricks together for a champers and canapés conference.
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getting what done? he's not doing anything.
KATIE COURIC: Do you think the Democratic Party has become too progressive?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I think it's important for us to be the party of common sense solutions and getting it done.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: I think it's important for us to be the party of common sense solutions and getting it done.
March 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
getting what done? he's not doing anything.
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Few mortgage graph weekend out-takes [🧵1/n]
Mortgage payments hit a ridiculous $25bn in the fourth quarter of 2024. That's about 60% of total NZ wages earned. We currently have $370bn of housing loans (do the math on the fortnightly payment!)
Mortgage payments hit a ridiculous $25bn in the fourth quarter of 2024. That's about 60% of total NZ wages earned. We currently have $370bn of housing loans (do the math on the fortnightly payment!)
March 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Few mortgage graph weekend out-takes [🧵1/n]
Mortgage payments hit a ridiculous $25bn in the fourth quarter of 2024. That's about 60% of total NZ wages earned. We currently have $370bn of housing loans (do the math on the fortnightly payment!)
Mortgage payments hit a ridiculous $25bn in the fourth quarter of 2024. That's about 60% of total NZ wages earned. We currently have $370bn of housing loans (do the math on the fortnightly payment!)
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The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
March 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
Why are small businesses ok? These people are one of the most pro trump voting groups, the literal vanguard of fascism.
February 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Why are small businesses ok? These people are one of the most pro trump voting groups, the literal vanguard of fascism.
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Weekly jobs 🧵
We are starting to get a decent picture of how the jobs year started. We are tracking around 30,000 below last year's job numbers (pretty close to 2023 levels). That's despite an increase of around 35,000 in the working-age population. [1/n]
We are starting to get a decent picture of how the jobs year started. We are tracking around 30,000 below last year's job numbers (pretty close to 2023 levels). That's despite an increase of around 35,000 in the working-age population. [1/n]
February 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Weekly jobs 🧵
We are starting to get a decent picture of how the jobs year started. We are tracking around 30,000 below last year's job numbers (pretty close to 2023 levels). That's despite an increase of around 35,000 in the working-age population. [1/n]
We are starting to get a decent picture of how the jobs year started. We are tracking around 30,000 below last year's job numbers (pretty close to 2023 levels). That's despite an increase of around 35,000 in the working-age population. [1/n]
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Bloomberg: "The number of land parcels that sold for at least 20% above the asking price accounted for 37% of deals this year, compared to just 14% for all of last year and 4.6% in 2023. Seven out of the 10 transactions this year involved state buyers."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Developers Buy Land at 20% Premium in Bet on Market Bottom
Chinese state-backed developers are starting to buy land at a premium again after the government eased limits on home prices to revive a slumping market that’s been a drag on the economy for more than...
www.bloomberg.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bloomberg: "The number of land parcels that sold for at least 20% above the asking price accounted for 37% of deals this year, compared to just 14% for all of last year and 4.6% in 2023. Seven out of the 10 transactions this year involved state buyers."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Good morning. Someone is always going to make money on housing. I would rather see developers get rich building new places for people to live than the status quo, in which property owners accumulate massive amounts of unearned wealth from housing scarcity.
February 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Good morning. Someone is always going to make money on housing. I would rather see developers get rich building new places for people to live than the status quo, in which property owners accumulate massive amounts of unearned wealth from housing scarcity.
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Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!
Trump: "If you notice, every country that has the death penalty has no drug problem. They execute drug dealers. And when you think about it, it's very humane, because every drug dealer on average they say kills at least 500 people ... I don't know if our country is ready for it. I am ready for it."
February 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!
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Govt are getting excited about lower interest rates and publishing some truly misleading nonsense. My adjusted design is messy, but the numbers and text better reflect the reality. Couple more importants things on this subject... [🧵 1/3]
February 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Govt are getting excited about lower interest rates and publishing some truly misleading nonsense. My adjusted design is messy, but the numbers and text better reflect the reality. Couple more importants things on this subject... [🧵 1/3]
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TikTokers are filming women without their knowledge because Meta designed glasses to look inconspicuous so people will make content for Facebook, and I think that sucks but there’s no going back
read full edition at @thesizzle.com.au
thesizzle.com.au/p/it-s-elect...
read full edition at @thesizzle.com.au
thesizzle.com.au/p/it-s-elect...
February 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
TikTokers are filming women without their knowledge because Meta designed glasses to look inconspicuous so people will make content for Facebook, and I think that sucks but there’s no going back
read full edition at @thesizzle.com.au
thesizzle.com.au/p/it-s-elect...
read full edition at @thesizzle.com.au
thesizzle.com.au/p/it-s-elect...
The next labour government needs to empower the commerce commission to prosecute people like this.
Man, people admitting they've blown more than the average person's entire financial worth on litigation to make it harder for other people to have a home is not the dunk they think it is www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Auckland resident’s 8-year, $1m battle with council over building heights
The 8-year fight became “like a mission“ for Franco Belgiorno-Nettis.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The next labour government needs to empower the commerce commission to prosecute people like this.
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Violent religious sectarians force entry to local government facility
Police must charge them as a deterrent and provide future such events with security. It should not fall to librarians to physically defend themselves
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Police must charge them as a deterrent and provide future such events with security. It should not fall to librarians to physically defend themselves
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Mayor Wayne Brown slams Destiny Church ‘thuggery’ after protest at Auckland pride event
Video showed Destiny Church members pushing past library staff at a stairwell, despite requests for them not to enter the drag king story time event.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Violent religious sectarians force entry to local government facility
Police must charge them as a deterrent and provide future such events with security. It should not fall to librarians to physically defend themselves
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Police must charge them as a deterrent and provide future such events with security. It should not fall to librarians to physically defend themselves
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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"Oil and gas companies are the most active acquirers of climate tech startups. According to research by Sightline Climate, Shell made the most acquisitions globally between 2020 and 2024, buying up 8 companies. That was followed by BP, which snapped up 7"
sifted.eu/articles/cli...
sifted.eu/articles/cli...
February 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Oil and gas companies are the most active acquirers of climate tech startups. According to research by Sightline Climate, Shell made the most acquisitions globally between 2020 and 2024, buying up 8 companies. That was followed by BP, which snapped up 7"
sifted.eu/articles/cli...
sifted.eu/articles/cli...
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Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
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This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
Chinese exporters brace for 'rat race' in shift away from US
Jeremy Fang, a sales officer at a Chinese aluminium products maker, is trying to export more to markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America to offset the U.S. tariffs' impact. The problem, he says, is that his competitors have the same idea.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
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We made an OIA request to understand why some councillors were excluded from voting on Plan Change 14. Turns out, some of them weren't! So upzoning of Sydenham is back on the cards next week!
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
'For the sake of democracy': Sydenham rezoning vote back with council
A block of prime industrial land on the edge of central Christchurch might be opened up for residential development, after new information came to light.
www.thepress.co.nz
February 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We made an OIA request to understand why some councillors were excluded from voting on Plan Change 14. Turns out, some of them weren't! So upzoning of Sydenham is back on the cards next week!
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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New Fox chyron is excellent.
Team names: huge.
Score: huge.
Logos: none. Colors say enough.
Needless chrome: none.
Timeouts remaining: prominent but not distracting.
Down and yards to go indicator: conveys which team has the ball.
Typography: classic, legible, bold, timeless.
Outstanding design.
Team names: huge.
Score: huge.
Logos: none. Colors say enough.
Needless chrome: none.
Timeouts remaining: prominent but not distracting.
Down and yards to go indicator: conveys which team has the ball.
Typography: classic, legible, bold, timeless.
Outstanding design.
February 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New Fox chyron is excellent.
Team names: huge.
Score: huge.
Logos: none. Colors say enough.
Needless chrome: none.
Timeouts remaining: prominent but not distracting.
Down and yards to go indicator: conveys which team has the ball.
Typography: classic, legible, bold, timeless.
Outstanding design.
Team names: huge.
Score: huge.
Logos: none. Colors say enough.
Needless chrome: none.
Timeouts remaining: prominent but not distracting.
Down and yards to go indicator: conveys which team has the ball.
Typography: classic, legible, bold, timeless.
Outstanding design.
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This will surprise many Americans:
According to a new study, gigantic SUVs are no safer for occupants than merely big SUVs.
"For vehicles that weigh more than [~4,000 lbs, the fleet avg], there’s hardly any decrease in risk for occupants associated with additional poundage."
According to a new study, gigantic SUVs are no safer for occupants than merely big SUVs.
"For vehicles that weigh more than [~4,000 lbs, the fleet avg], there’s hardly any decrease in risk for occupants associated with additional poundage."
Supersizing vehicles offers minimal safety benefits — but substantial dangers
The safety benefits of larger vehicles top out quickly once curb weights exceed the fleet average, a new IIHS study shows.
www.iihs.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This will surprise many Americans:
According to a new study, gigantic SUVs are no safer for occupants than merely big SUVs.
"For vehicles that weigh more than [~4,000 lbs, the fleet avg], there’s hardly any decrease in risk for occupants associated with additional poundage."
According to a new study, gigantic SUVs are no safer for occupants than merely big SUVs.
"For vehicles that weigh more than [~4,000 lbs, the fleet avg], there’s hardly any decrease in risk for occupants associated with additional poundage."
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What will happen: Musk will use control of the federal payments system to deny money to blue states, creating budget crises and austerity in them. They will then say the problems caused by this represent the failure of profligate Democrats and the media will parrot these lies.
February 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What will happen: Musk will use control of the federal payments system to deny money to blue states, creating budget crises and austerity in them. They will then say the problems caused by this represent the failure of profligate Democrats and the media will parrot these lies.
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The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk’s DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
The Collapse of USAID Is Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
wrd.cm
February 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk’s DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.