Vanna Orecchio
@vannaorecchio.bsky.social
real housewives scholar and municipal politics enjoyer
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Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
Gov. Lamont signs much-debated CT affordable housing bill after vetoing previous version
The bill is Connecticut's most significant housing legislation in decades.
www.ctinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
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Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
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oh it’s like this was designed for me specifically
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
oh it’s like this was designed for me specifically
as one does 🫶
In case you’re wondering:
The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands
The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands
Leaders of Canada’s Newest Convoy Worry Police Are Trying to Sabotage a Nationwide Protest Avenging a Flock of Dead Ostriches
Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
pressprogress.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
as one does 🫶
Democrats seem metaphysically allergic to hiring anyone under 60 years old and aren’t in the Epstein emails.
It’s a club and you’re not in it!
It’s a club and you’re not in it!
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Democrats seem metaphysically allergic to hiring anyone under 60 years old and aren’t in the Epstein emails.
It’s a club and you’re not in it!
It’s a club and you’re not in it!
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I'm a single-issue voter who is willing to support any politician who will pass a law requiring the restaurant to remove the tails off shrimp.
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm a single-issue voter who is willing to support any politician who will pass a law requiring the restaurant to remove the tails off shrimp.
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As the Sound Transit Board of Directors approach the point of grappling with how to rebalance the entire Sound Transit 3 package, transit advocates are urging them to look for new solutions outside of project delays or cancellations.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/b...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/b...
‘Build the Damn Trains’ Campaign Pushes Sound Transit Toward Creative Solutions » The Urbanist
# As the Sound Transit board approaches the point of grappling with how to rebalance the entire Sound Transit 3 package, transit advocates are urging them to look for new solutions outside of project ...
www.theurbanist.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
As the Sound Transit Board of Directors approach the point of grappling with how to rebalance the entire Sound Transit 3 package, transit advocates are urging them to look for new solutions outside of project delays or cancellations.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/b...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/b...
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Kind of surreal listening to the fire department and Library pitching their successful approaches to revenue generation.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Kind of surreal listening to the fire department and Library pitching their successful approaches to revenue generation.
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Fantastic article by @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social in @Sightline.org
What I am most struck by is that ALL of my favourite buildings in Vancouver's residential neighbourhoods are ~4-6 storey apartments! Beautiful - I wish we would embrace heritage zoning laws!
www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
What I am most struck by is that ALL of my favourite buildings in Vancouver's residential neighbourhoods are ~4-6 storey apartments! Beautiful - I wish we would embrace heritage zoning laws!
www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
To Build Fast, Think Small | Sightline Institute
How re-legalizing small apartment buildings would spur the homes city dwellers need now.
www.sightline.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fantastic article by @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social in @Sightline.org
What I am most struck by is that ALL of my favourite buildings in Vancouver's residential neighbourhoods are ~4-6 storey apartments! Beautiful - I wish we would embrace heritage zoning laws!
www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
What I am most struck by is that ALL of my favourite buildings in Vancouver's residential neighbourhoods are ~4-6 storey apartments! Beautiful - I wish we would embrace heritage zoning laws!
www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
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Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
stressing about ballot curing in an old craftsman house with five earth tone glassybabies on the mantle is so seattle-core 🥰
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
stressing about ballot curing in an old craftsman house with five earth tone glassybabies on the mantle is so seattle-core 🥰
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Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate & sustainability dept. This would spell an end to the city's national leadership in urban climate policy.
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate & sustainability dept. This would spell an end to the city's national leadership in urban climate policy.
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social
If you disagree...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Say what you want about Nancy, but she ran that shit like the Navy. If you can’t control your meagre caucus — babe you gotta GO.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Say what you want about Nancy, but she ran that shit like the Navy. If you can’t control your meagre caucus — babe you gotta GO.
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tremendous public broadcasting happening right now
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
tremendous public broadcasting happening right now
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I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
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Say no to drugs, kids
October 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Say no to drugs, kids
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New Orwellianism just dropped
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New Orwellianism just dropped
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We have reached levels of cringe previously thought unattainable
April 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We have reached levels of cringe previously thought unattainable
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Dear god let this man cook.
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear god let this man cook.