Sewer Socialism
@sewersocialism.bsky.social
Whose streets? OUR STREETS!
Like they're literally our streets with our infrastructure.
PhD in Urban Socialism Studies from THE Ohio State University
Like they're literally our streets with our infrastructure.
PhD in Urban Socialism Studies from THE Ohio State University
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What are city committees and why should YOU be on one?
Many cities maintain an array of committees on different topics - from (A)nimal Advisory to (Z)oning Board of Adjustment. Most are low commitment, low stress, but they offer you insight and impact on YOUR government.
Many cities maintain an array of committees on different topics - from (A)nimal Advisory to (Z)oning Board of Adjustment. Most are low commitment, low stress, but they offer you insight and impact on YOUR government.
Dismayed about the 2024 election?
Local gov plays a crucial role in democracy, deliver vital services, and are the easiest level of government to score wins in. They're where we can build the experience, knowledge, and coalitions to do Big Things.
So let's get going.
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Local gov plays a crucial role in democracy, deliver vital services, and are the easiest level of government to score wins in. They're where we can build the experience, knowledge, and coalitions to do Big Things.
So let's get going.
bsky.app/profile/sewe...
Sorry y'all been homeless and not doing much for posting on this account.
I am noticing an overarching trend of "urban planning just doesn't care about how capital flows through cities or how planning decisions actually impact finances" and am thinking of becoming really annoying about it
I am noticing an overarching trend of "urban planning just doesn't care about how capital flows through cities or how planning decisions actually impact finances" and am thinking of becoming really annoying about it
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Sorry y'all been homeless and not doing much for posting on this account.
I am noticing an overarching trend of "urban planning just doesn't care about how capital flows through cities or how planning decisions actually impact finances" and am thinking of becoming really annoying about it
I am noticing an overarching trend of "urban planning just doesn't care about how capital flows through cities or how planning decisions actually impact finances" and am thinking of becoming really annoying about it
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I keep thinking about the bus driver who told that ICE agent to gargle his balls and how we need an army of bus drivers.
January 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I keep thinking about the bus driver who told that ICE agent to gargle his balls and how we need an army of bus drivers.
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“MTA Chair Janno Lieber said the reduction in traffic has allowed some of the agency’s buses to move faster than their schedules account for. Lieber said he’s considering boosting bus service as a result.”
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Manhattan traffic moves way faster since congestion pricing launched, MTA says
The MTA says faster travel times should ease the pain drivers feel from the $9 toll.
gothamist.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“MTA Chair Janno Lieber said the reduction in traffic has allowed some of the agency’s buses to move faster than their schedules account for. Lieber said he’s considering boosting bus service as a result.”
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If you are queer and think you might like to buy a gun at some point, I would up the urgency of that consideration. It is entirely possible queerness will be used as a disqualification for gun rights by the trump admin.
Still be safe, balance your concerns of gun ownership, but just factor that in
Still be safe, balance your concerns of gun ownership, but just factor that in
January 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you are queer and think you might like to buy a gun at some point, I would up the urgency of that consideration. It is entirely possible queerness will be used as a disqualification for gun rights by the trump admin.
Still be safe, balance your concerns of gun ownership, but just factor that in
Still be safe, balance your concerns of gun ownership, but just factor that in
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I just dropped a big, deep update to my story on the last remaining house from Nashville's first exclusive streetcar suburb.
It relies on over 100 sources and excavates critical context to the origins of city planning and zoning in Nashville—some unearthed after more than a century.
Preview 🧵🧵
It relies on over 100 sources and excavates critical context to the origins of city planning and zoning in Nashville—some unearthed after more than a century.
Preview 🧵🧵
The Last Single-Family House in the Murphy Addition — Yellowbrick Urban
The first of Nashville's grand, turn-of-the-century streetcar suburbs is lost to history—but one house tells its story.
www.yellowbrickurban.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I just dropped a big, deep update to my story on the last remaining house from Nashville's first exclusive streetcar suburb.
It relies on over 100 sources and excavates critical context to the origins of city planning and zoning in Nashville—some unearthed after more than a century.
Preview 🧵🧵
It relies on over 100 sources and excavates critical context to the origins of city planning and zoning in Nashville—some unearthed after more than a century.
Preview 🧵🧵
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SCOTUS announces it will hear whether or not LGBTQ inclusive education is unconstitutional.
Not great for LGBTQ people, and could be disastrous to teaching that we have a history and have existed alongside everyone else for centuries.
Not great for LGBTQ people, and could be disastrous to teaching that we have a history and have existed alongside everyone else for centuries.
January 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
SCOTUS announces it will hear whether or not LGBTQ inclusive education is unconstitutional.
Not great for LGBTQ people, and could be disastrous to teaching that we have a history and have existed alongside everyone else for centuries.
Not great for LGBTQ people, and could be disastrous to teaching that we have a history and have existed alongside everyone else for centuries.
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Ever since congestion pricing went into effect, school buses have been moving faster and getting more kids to school on time, one bus company told Streetsblog.
Congestion Pricing Gets Kids To School On Time, Data Shows - Streetsblog New York City
Data shared with Streetsblog shows school buses traveling faster and being late less since congestion pricing began.
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January 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ever since congestion pricing went into effect, school buses have been moving faster and getting more kids to school on time, one bus company told Streetsblog.
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Really need folks to understand that when Trump does his next coup and we take to the streets, it'll be Democratic governors calling out the National Guard and Democratic mayors calling out the cops to violently suppress us.
They'll be calling for law and order and "violence is never the answer".
They'll be calling for law and order and "violence is never the answer".
January 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Really need folks to understand that when Trump does his next coup and we take to the streets, it'll be Democratic governors calling out the National Guard and Democratic mayors calling out the cops to violently suppress us.
They'll be calling for law and order and "violence is never the answer".
They'll be calling for law and order and "violence is never the answer".
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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bingo
It’s incredible how people don’t seem to realize that having cheap affordable housing and having housing meant to appreciate far faster than inflation to build generational wealth are completely contradictory goals.
January 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
bingo
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we see the same thing playing out in seattle.
younger residents today do not have the ability to amass generational wealth that previous generations have seen
the price of a home today is pushing $1m.
the downpayment in most cases is higher than the *total* mortgage of our most vocal NIMBYs
younger residents today do not have the ability to amass generational wealth that previous generations have seen
the price of a home today is pushing $1m.
the downpayment in most cases is higher than the *total* mortgage of our most vocal NIMBYs
She says she wants older homes "to be more affordable and help families build intergenerational wealth."
Sorry, the only way to put those goals together is to let old families cash in on site value by selling to developer who'll erect a ton of new, more affordable homes.
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Sorry, the only way to put those goals together is to let old families cash in on site value by selling to developer who'll erect a ton of new, more affordable homes.
3/3
January 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
we see the same thing playing out in seattle.
younger residents today do not have the ability to amass generational wealth that previous generations have seen
the price of a home today is pushing $1m.
the downpayment in most cases is higher than the *total* mortgage of our most vocal NIMBYs
younger residents today do not have the ability to amass generational wealth that previous generations have seen
the price of a home today is pushing $1m.
the downpayment in most cases is higher than the *total* mortgage of our most vocal NIMBYs
Love the strong mix between "lol it's a rectangle," "this state has this religion" and then just filthy reads
January 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Love the strong mix between "lol it's a rectangle," "this state has this religion" and then just filthy reads
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this cooperative is illegal to build in 100% of the US
open space. space for kids to play. community rooms. guest room. ample bike parking. homes ranging in size from studio to 6BR (cluster apts).
www.archdaily.com/1023460/hueb...
open space. space for kids to play. community rooms. guest room. ample bike parking. homes ranging in size from studio to 6BR (cluster apts).
www.archdaily.com/1023460/hueb...
Huebergass and District Park Bern Housing / GWJ Architektur
Completed in 2024 in Bern, Switzerland. Images by Susanne Goldschmid, Damian Poffet. The "Huebergass": this is how inclusivity, affordability – and sustainability work - The residential project H...
www.archdaily.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:27 PM
this cooperative is illegal to build in 100% of the US
open space. space for kids to play. community rooms. guest room. ample bike parking. homes ranging in size from studio to 6BR (cluster apts).
www.archdaily.com/1023460/hueb...
open space. space for kids to play. community rooms. guest room. ample bike parking. homes ranging in size from studio to 6BR (cluster apts).
www.archdaily.com/1023460/hueb...
I'll admit I make like $20/hr not $200/hr but idk doesn't seem like a good move as a Dem consultant to shit on a transgender person for saying they don't want to live in a rural area because they have nearly been shot just for being trans in rural areas before.
January 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I'll admit I make like $20/hr not $200/hr but idk doesn't seem like a good move as a Dem consultant to shit on a transgender person for saying they don't want to live in a rural area because they have nearly been shot just for being trans in rural areas before.
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i’ll be honest, i think equating land use reform with neoliberal deregulation and building code reform with tenements is a clear indication that the anti-YIMBYs are not particularly interested in solving the problem of high housing costs
What I would've rebutted in this ending paragraph is that no society, even the USSR, abolished the housing market. As @unlearnecon.bsky.social argues, it's a waste trying to abolish markets rather than expanding public capacity. If you want to focus on that, good but its not impeded by zoning reform
January 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
i’ll be honest, i think equating land use reform with neoliberal deregulation and building code reform with tenements is a clear indication that the anti-YIMBYs are not particularly interested in solving the problem of high housing costs
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We cannot socialize the costs of fucking stupid development decisions, it is too immense. We have to just stop doing it. Build functioning cities. Allow more neighbors. Build quality public services. Fund public housing off of market growth.
For the love of God don't fast track redevelopment of WUI
For the love of God don't fast track redevelopment of WUI
Note to anyone unfamiliar with the industry and freaking out about this:
This is not unusual in concentrated claim events like this. The insurers are, in turn, covered by “reinsurance” provided by other entities.
But: this is why insurers are declaring these areas uninsurable. It’s just untenable.
This is not unusual in concentrated claim events like this. The insurers are, in turn, covered by “reinsurance” provided by other entities.
But: this is why insurers are declaring these areas uninsurable. It’s just untenable.
January 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
We cannot socialize the costs of fucking stupid development decisions, it is too immense. We have to just stop doing it. Build functioning cities. Allow more neighbors. Build quality public services. Fund public housing off of market growth.
For the love of God don't fast track redevelopment of WUI
For the love of God don't fast track redevelopment of WUI
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Can’t get enough of these congestion pricing anecdotes via @dodai.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/01/11/nyregion/new-york-congestion-pricing-reaction.html
January 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can’t get enough of these congestion pricing anecdotes via @dodai.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/01/11/nyregion/new-york-congestion-pricing-reaction.html
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Genuinely, if there is queer media that is maintained digitally, whether it's fanfics or articles or streaming only media, back it up now.
There are a billion warning signs that there's gonna be a brutal culling of it in the near future and this is the only way to keep that flame lit, folks.
There are a billion warning signs that there's gonna be a brutal culling of it in the near future and this is the only way to keep that flame lit, folks.
Did I spend several hours last night downloading and archiving over 300 queer fics because I am not confident AO3 will survive the next year?
What are you, a cop? Leave me alone
What are you, a cop? Leave me alone
January 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Genuinely, if there is queer media that is maintained digitally, whether it's fanfics or articles or streaming only media, back it up now.
There are a billion warning signs that there's gonna be a brutal culling of it in the near future and this is the only way to keep that flame lit, folks.
There are a billion warning signs that there's gonna be a brutal culling of it in the near future and this is the only way to keep that flame lit, folks.
I love zines that are just compilations of little known primary sources because where else am I going to find out that the Young Lords lifted an X-Ray from the hospital system and then tested 2.3x as many people for tuberculosis in 3 days as the hospital would have?
January 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I love zines that are just compilations of little known primary sources because where else am I going to find out that the Young Lords lifted an X-Ray from the hospital system and then tested 2.3x as many people for tuberculosis in 3 days as the hospital would have?
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Put this into the Hall of Fame, fellow transportation folks who've lived the hyperbolic pushback to hey I like it to what was the big deal timeline.
(note to aspiring planners and engineers - this cycle can take *years*, not hours as in this case, but in my experience it DOES happen. Stay strong.)
(note to aspiring planners and engineers - this cycle can take *years*, not hours as in this case, but in my experience it DOES happen. Stay strong.)
January 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Put this into the Hall of Fame, fellow transportation folks who've lived the hyperbolic pushback to hey I like it to what was the big deal timeline.
(note to aspiring planners and engineers - this cycle can take *years*, not hours as in this case, but in my experience it DOES happen. Stay strong.)
(note to aspiring planners and engineers - this cycle can take *years*, not hours as in this case, but in my experience it DOES happen. Stay strong.)