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It's unquestionable that young people today are richer than their 1960s counterparts, but the big difference in precarity. A good job requires living in a metro area with a housing shortage. A child requires an even more expensive home in a functional school district. A college degree requires debt.
These Young Adults Make Good Money. But Life, They Say, Is Unaffordable.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's unquestionable that young people today are richer than their 1960s counterparts, but the big difference in precarity. A good job requires living in a metro area with a housing shortage. A child requires an even more expensive home in a functional school district. A college degree requires debt.
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"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
Why does nationality matter, anyway?
Deciding someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is a bit weird
www.newstatesman.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
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As nations KEEP FAILING on #ClimateAction, cities must DOUBLE their efforts & actions on #ClimateChange mitigation though the SIGNIFICANT power of land-use and transportation decisions, which are within the power of cities and are TRANSFORMATIVE in addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
Further & faster.
Further & faster.
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As nations KEEP FAILING on #ClimateAction, cities must DOUBLE their efforts & actions on #ClimateChange mitigation though the SIGNIFICANT power of land-use and transportation decisions, which are within the power of cities and are TRANSFORMATIVE in addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
Further & faster.
Further & faster.
Incomplete take.
Allowing housing and overcrowding in NYC in 1900 allowed people to make their own tough trade-offs rather than car dependent suburbs being your only option.
All else being equal, this is better than the alternative of taking away bad options. But not good.
Allowing housing and overcrowding in NYC in 1900 allowed people to make their own tough trade-offs rather than car dependent suburbs being your only option.
All else being equal, this is better than the alternative of taking away bad options. But not good.
The free market kept manhattan affordable in the late 1800s and early 1900s
A fun thing about YIMBY dorks is that they are incapable of scrutinizing the hyper capitalist economic model that treats housing as a service that can only be solved via free market principles rather than a human right that may be at odds with endless profit and rent seeking
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Incomplete take.
Allowing housing and overcrowding in NYC in 1900 allowed people to make their own tough trade-offs rather than car dependent suburbs being your only option.
All else being equal, this is better than the alternative of taking away bad options. But not good.
Allowing housing and overcrowding in NYC in 1900 allowed people to make their own tough trade-offs rather than car dependent suburbs being your only option.
All else being equal, this is better than the alternative of taking away bad options. But not good.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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A great point that exposes the obvious. Historic preservation is a complete farce designed to stop development. If Trump proposed housing it would have been used
The inability of historic preservation to prevent the White House's facade from being torn down seems like it should prompt a discussion about historic preservation
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A great point that exposes the obvious. Historic preservation is a complete farce designed to stop development. If Trump proposed housing it would have been used
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radical sincerity is the only way to defeat weaponized irony
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
radical sincerity is the only way to defeat weaponized irony
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YIMBYism as a project of Dem elite political persuasion in blue cities in blue states: pretty sensible
Abundance: unnecessarily muddying the waters about what you even want, largely a project to hijack momentum for deregulation writ large now that YIMBYism has mild purchase on the left
Abundance: unnecessarily muddying the waters about what you even want, largely a project to hijack momentum for deregulation writ large now that YIMBYism has mild purchase on the left
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
YIMBYism as a project of Dem elite political persuasion in blue cities in blue states: pretty sensible
Abundance: unnecessarily muddying the waters about what you even want, largely a project to hijack momentum for deregulation writ large now that YIMBYism has mild purchase on the left
Abundance: unnecessarily muddying the waters about what you even want, largely a project to hijack momentum for deregulation writ large now that YIMBYism has mild purchase on the left
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That’s one of the founding planning policies of fire codes. Shove all restrictions on apartments, none on SFHs, people can’t argue against building safety
April 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
That’s one of the founding planning policies of fire codes. Shove all restrictions on apartments, none on SFHs, people can’t argue against building safety
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thank you donald trump for your diligent work as you make the US a stagnant, backwater pariah state and playground for sociopathic tech oligarchs
April 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
thank you donald trump for your diligent work as you make the US a stagnant, backwater pariah state and playground for sociopathic tech oligarchs
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the worker’s president who understands the concerns of the common man
Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
April 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
the worker’s president who understands the concerns of the common man
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Jus humani or bust
The terms "jus sanguinis" and "jus solis" are both super creepy. There's a good reason for liberal immigration policy right there--we don't want a society that's jus sanguinis or jus solis.
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Jus humani or bust
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Dear New York Times. Hating towers for aesthetic reasons is not environmentalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
March 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Dear New York Times. Hating towers for aesthetic reasons is not environmentalism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
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Planners want density to be ugly to keep the public opposed to it like they are
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Planners want density to be ugly to keep the public opposed to it like they are
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If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.
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We know the vast majority of Massachusetts outmigration is among its workforce, 25-44 year olds, with most citing cost of housing as the primary reason for leaving.
We know how to solve this.
Now we need to be willing to meet the moment and act.
We know how to solve this.
Now we need to be willing to meet the moment and act.
March 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We know the vast majority of Massachusetts outmigration is among its workforce, 25-44 year olds, with most citing cost of housing as the primary reason for leaving.
We know how to solve this.
Now we need to be willing to meet the moment and act.
We know how to solve this.
Now we need to be willing to meet the moment and act.
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Everyone in #medfordma who supports upzoning, supports abolishing COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, supports housing abundance -- you all need to show up to City Council Tuesday at 7 p.m.
March 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Everyone in #medfordma who supports upzoning, supports abolishing COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, supports housing abundance -- you all need to show up to City Council Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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As expected, public approval of congestion pricing in New York is following the same trajectory it followed in London, Stockholm and everywhere else it was tried. One would hope we could learn a lesson from such things!
"More NYC residents now support the program than oppose it. About 42% said the toll should remain while 35% want it eliminated, according to Siena’s latest poll. That’s a reversal from December, when only 32% supported the $9 fee while 56% were against it."
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC Congestion Pricing Toll Gains Support Among City Residents
New York City’s controversial congestion pricing initiative is gradually gaining support, although the new toll has yet to win over a majority of voters.
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As expected, public approval of congestion pricing in New York is following the same trajectory it followed in London, Stockholm and everywhere else it was tried. One would hope we could learn a lesson from such things!
Everyone in #medfordma who supports upzoning, supports abolishing COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, supports housing abundance -- you all need to show up to City Council Tuesday at 7 p.m.
March 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Everyone in #medfordma who supports upzoning, supports abolishing COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, supports housing abundance -- you all need to show up to City Council Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Everyone in #medfordma who supports upzoning, supports abolishing COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, supports housing abundance -- you all need to show up to City Council Tuesday at 7 p.m.
March 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Everyone in #medfordma who supports upzoning, supports abolishing COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, supports housing abundance -- you all need to show up to City Council Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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I'd like to bring this video to your attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'd like to bring this video to your attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
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Voting. Is. Not. Social. Signaling!
In its purest sense it's about allocating power and the authority to commit state violence
In its purest sense it's about allocating power and the authority to commit state violence
February 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Voting. Is. Not. Social. Signaling!
In its purest sense it's about allocating power and the authority to commit state violence
In its purest sense it's about allocating power and the authority to commit state violence
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In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing.
Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.
The cameras are staying on!
Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.
The cameras are staying on!
February 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing.
Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.
The cameras are staying on!
Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.
The cameras are staying on!
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president