Noah Heller
@noahheller.bsky.social
I am curious, would you always support a prevailing wage? Even if it was set at $200 and hour .. how about $300? What if it lead to half as many affordable homes being built at those rates?
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I am curious, would you always support a prevailing wage? Even if it was set at $200 and hour .. how about $300? What if it lead to half as many affordable homes being built at those rates?
Silly me, I thought the goal was to help the working class find affordable housing.
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Silly me, I thought the goal was to help the working class find affordable housing.
Housing that is affordable for working class people seems pretty progressive.
Not sure why it is fair to deny someone who makes $19 an hour a home, so a prevailing wage electrician can make $95 an hour in wage/benefits.
Not sure why it is fair to deny someone who makes $19 an hour a home, so a prevailing wage electrician can make $95 an hour in wage/benefits.
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Housing that is affordable for working class people seems pretty progressive.
Not sure why it is fair to deny someone who makes $19 an hour a home, so a prevailing wage electrician can make $95 an hour in wage/benefits.
Not sure why it is fair to deny someone who makes $19 an hour a home, so a prevailing wage electrician can make $95 an hour in wage/benefits.
Don’t worry, Bitcoin can still be used for sex trafficking.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Don’t worry, Bitcoin can still be used for sex trafficking.
“These findings appear to support the idea that judicial mandates can provide an opportunity for offenders with SUDs to access and benefit from needed treatment.”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15857721/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15857721/
Substance use disorder patients who are mandated to treatment: characteristics, treatment process, and 1- and 5-year outcomes - PubMed
A substantial number of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) are mandated to treatment by the justice system. However, little is known about their characteristics and how they fare during treatment and in the longer term compared with nonmandated, justice-system-involved patients and patient …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“These findings appear to support the idea that judicial mandates can provide an opportunity for offenders with SUDs to access and benefit from needed treatment.”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15857721/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15857721/
I don’t think it is the substance. There are a lot of middle-class folks who are addicted to booze and many of them are essentially forced into getting treatment by their social network. But if you don’t have such a network it is the government that must force treatment.
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I don’t think it is the substance. There are a lot of middle-class folks who are addicted to booze and many of them are essentially forced into getting treatment by their social network. But if you don’t have such a network it is the government that must force treatment.
Mandatory treatment that gives people their good judgment back is a restoration of their autonomy, not a violation of it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Mandatory treatment that gives people their good judgment back is a restoration of their autonomy, not a violation of it.
People seek help with mental conditions (including addiction) when others intervene. In a national sample more than nine in 10 reported being pressured to quit or change their drinking by their family, spouse or partner, friends or others.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24431479/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24431479/
Pressure to Reduce Drinking and Reasons for Seeking Treatment - PubMed
A primary reason for seeking alcohol treatment is drinking-related legal problems or feeling forced. However, legal problems/feeling forced occurs along with a variety of additional reasons. Future research should assess pathways between receipt of pressure from different sources, recognition of dif …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
People seek help with mental conditions (including addiction) when others intervene. In a national sample more than nine in 10 reported being pressured to quit or change their drinking by their family, spouse or partner, friends or others.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24431479/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24431479/
"A billion dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A trillion"?
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"A billion dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A trillion"?
(2/2) But I would say loneliness is what is fueling increased suicide. It is never been easier to be alone and if you want to prevent this outcome the best thing you can do is to reach out to the person so they feel they have value. Only human outreach reverses the self-thoughts of worthlessness.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
(2/2) But I would say loneliness is what is fueling increased suicide. It is never been easier to be alone and if you want to prevent this outcome the best thing you can do is to reach out to the person so they feel they have value. Only human outreach reverses the self-thoughts of worthlessness.
(1/2) Absolutely disgusting. However the truth is loved ones often don’t provide much support to the suicidal even they reach out. I get why, folks often do know what to say or do and it can be exhausting to try to help those with chronic depression.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(1/2) Absolutely disgusting. However the truth is loved ones often don’t provide much support to the suicidal even they reach out. I get why, folks often do know what to say or do and it can be exhausting to try to help those with chronic depression.
Is that a Jesus reference?
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Is that a Jesus reference?
I think you should start by apologizing for calling me a monster and suggesting that I want cops to beat the homeless.
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think you should start by apologizing for calling me a monster and suggesting that I want cops to beat the homeless.
Calling me a monster and lying about what I support is not a helpful way to have a policy discussion.
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Calling me a monster and lying about what I support is not a helpful way to have a policy discussion.
Please answer my question.
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please answer my question.
Can you answer my question please?
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Can you answer my question please?
I do wonder (honestly!) do you think people should be able to live on the street no matter what? At what point (if any) would you allow enforcement and by what means?
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I do wonder (honestly!) do you think people should be able to live on the street no matter what? At what point (if any) would you allow enforcement and by what means?
There are enough, in fact more than enough, for current demand. If demand increases I hope more are built. This will take time.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There are enough, in fact more than enough, for current demand. If demand increases I hope more are built. This will take time.
These are the words you are trying to put in my mouth. I never suggested there were as many shelter beds as homeless people as of today.
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
These are the words you are trying to put in my mouth. I never suggested there were as many shelter beds as homeless people as of today.