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LMAO. From Doucet's review of Mike Bird's book THE LAND TRAP
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November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
LMAO. From Doucet's review of Mike Bird's book THE LAND TRAP
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#OnThisDay in 1879, the first bicycle in Washington Territory arrived in Seattle aboard a steamer from San Francisco. historylink.org/File/250
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OnThisDay in 1879, the first bicycle in Washington Territory arrived in Seattle aboard a steamer from San Francisco. historylink.org/File/250
Geeze that's an enormous lead
🇮🇳🗳️ Elections au Bihar (130 millions d'habs) : on en est encore au début du dépouillement, mais on se dirige vers un triomphe pour la NDA, l'alliance entre le BJP du Premier ministre Narendra Modi et le JD(U) du Ministre-en-Chef de l'Etat Nitish Kumar.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Geeze that's an enormous lead
We're going to get a "Mission Accomplished" banner before the mission is ever explained
Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're going to get a "Mission Accomplished" banner before the mission is ever explained
The water view vs valleys setup in Seattle is quite old now. McGinn (left/The Stranger) vs Mallahan (mod/Seattle Times) had a pretty similar shape in 2009
(screenshot from cap hill blog b/c the Times down their map)
(screenshot from cap hill blog b/c the Times down their map)
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The water view vs valleys setup in Seattle is quite old now. McGinn (left/The Stranger) vs Mallahan (mod/Seattle Times) had a pretty similar shape in 2009
(screenshot from cap hill blog b/c the Times down their map)
(screenshot from cap hill blog b/c the Times down their map)
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I never realised how much Honoré de Balzac looks like Fak from The Bear
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I never realised how much Honoré de Balzac looks like Fak from The Bear
Interesting to see Fulop confirm this interpretation of his time at Jersey City.
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Interesting to see Fulop confirm this interpretation of his time at Jersey City.
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My latest at CSY. How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?
petesaunders.substack.com/p/gary-india...
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Gary, Indiana And Urban Existentialism
How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My latest at CSY. How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?
petesaunders.substack.com/p/gary-india...
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i suppose yes to the extent that their preference is 'no new legislation'
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
i suppose yes to the extent that their preference is 'no new legislation'
In the 10s there were state leg.s that were controlled by breakaway mod Dems voting w/ Reps. The NY IDC caucus is the famous one, but WA had one, a few others IIRC. All filibuster less. Does the filibuster actually help the most moderate D and R senator have legislation reflect their prefs?
MattY writes a bit more about the thinking in his newsletter, where he says that the cavers caved to preserve the filibuster (which he thinks was bad). But I'm not actually sure the filibuster helps mods. In a filibuster less world, wouldn't they get to pass more mode legislation?
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In the 10s there were state leg.s that were controlled by breakaway mod Dems voting w/ Reps. The NY IDC caucus is the famous one, but WA had one, a few others IIRC. All filibuster less. Does the filibuster actually help the most moderate D and R senator have legislation reflect their prefs?
I didn't understand Indra's Net before I realized it's the same idea as the xkcd infinite grid of 1 ohm resistors. I still don't understand it, but I didn't before as well.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I didn't understand Indra's Net before I realized it's the same idea as the xkcd infinite grid of 1 ohm resistors. I still don't understand it, but I didn't before as well.
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Pedestrian Observations: High-Speed Rail is not for Tourists pedestrianobservations.com/2025/11/09/h...
High-Speed Rail is not for Tourists
Foreigners to a country often get a warped idea of what its infrastructure is like. Most infrastructure is used for day-to-day domestic travel, for commuting to work or school, for visits to family…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pedestrian Observations: High-Speed Rail is not for Tourists pedestrianobservations.com/2025/11/09/h...
Had any legislature self abolished? Like, Charles I did not call parliament or sought to end them quickly. The current US house is just not meeting, it's not even clear Trump has asked them to.
Maybe the szlachta of Poland Lithuania?
Maybe the szlachta of Poland Lithuania?
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Had any legislature self abolished? Like, Charles I did not call parliament or sought to end them quickly. The current US house is just not meeting, it's not even clear Trump has asked them to.
Maybe the szlachta of Poland Lithuania?
Maybe the szlachta of Poland Lithuania?
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Toronto consolidation was a provincial act to weaken city libs. The equivalent move in say St. Louis would be to add suburban voters until repa can win, but those voters hate St. Louis and so the state is simply taking control of police and forcing the city to pay a police budget w/out oversight
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Toronto consolidation was a provincial act to weaken city libs. The equivalent move in say St. Louis would be to add suburban voters until repa can win, but those voters hate St. Louis and so the state is simply taking control of police and forcing the city to pay a police budget w/out oversight
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Toronto adaptation is an interesting contrast. Nothing stops a US state from consolidating a city like Toronto. Yet, generally RW US govs prefer to strip power from cities instead of adding more RW voters. I think the diff is that RW US voters hate cities and view not being in one as a privilege!
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Toronto adaptation is an interesting contrast. Nothing stops a US state from consolidating a city like Toronto. Yet, generally RW US govs prefer to strip power from cities instead of adding more RW voters. I think the diff is that RW US voters hate cities and view not being in one as a privilege!
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Across the developed world, big city conservative mayors and council majorities are quite common—except in the US. Why are Republicans are so much less relevant in cities than their peers in every other developed country? My latest:
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Why Are Republicans So Irrelevant In Big City Politics?
A little armchair political science among friends.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Across the developed world, big city conservative mayors and council majorities are quite common—except in the US. Why are Republicans are so much less relevant in cities than their peers in every other developed country? My latest:
mnolangray.substack.com/p/why-are-re...
mnolangray.substack.com/p/why-are-re...
If Wilson wins all Seattle urbanists better become 100% more tolerable on here. No dooming. Thank you.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
If Wilson wins all Seattle urbanists better become 100% more tolerable on here. No dooming. Thank you.
I wish Trump a very happy Biden I Administration
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I wish Trump a very happy Biden I Administration
Hopefully an adaptation of Watts' story THE THINGS, taking the perspective of how The Thing is creeped out by all of us discrete entities
John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'
"We'll see"
"We'll see"
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hopefully an adaptation of Watts' story THE THINGS, taking the perspective of how The Thing is creeped out by all of us discrete entities
Trump is about Trump to some extent, but there has to be some larger connective tissue between the rise of Trump and the rise of the far right in every developed country. LePen is about Le Pen, but there's something bigger as well. Even when Trump goes will see something similar.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trump is about Trump to some extent, but there has to be some larger connective tissue between the rise of Trump and the rise of the far right in every developed country. LePen is about Le Pen, but there's something bigger as well. Even when Trump goes will see something similar.
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We lost something when Kevin Drum passed... He was the only YIMBY critic who would just write "I hate looking for parking -> noone should build housing" which is like the median position and also never written down for debate
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We lost something when Kevin Drum passed... He was the only YIMBY critic who would just write "I hate looking for parking -> noone should build housing" which is like the median position and also never written down for debate
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oh wow New Jersey was mostly won on persuasion not turnout www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oh wow New Jersey was mostly won on persuasion not turnout www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Very hard to imagine a win in ME-02 w/out Golden. Bad, even if you disagree with him as a dem.
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Very hard to imagine a win in ME-02 w/out Golden. Bad, even if you disagree with him as a dem.