Zain
@zaindevshi.bsky.social
WashULaw ‘24. Tax law. Fan of: NBA, Survivor, Broadway, Chess, & Journalism. Former auditor & financial analyst. AOC stan. He/him.
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Zain
@zaindevshi.bsky.social
· Nov 13
People I need to follow once they create an account On Here:
Daniel Dale, Dara Lind, Sarah Kliff, Paul Kiel, Nicole Hannah-Jones, Hamed Aleaziz, Hannah Dreier, Matt Gertz, Kathryn Schulz, David Shor, Derek Thompson, Isaac Chotiner, Caitlin Dickerson, Franklin Foer, Lomi Kriel, & David Fahrenthold.
Daniel Dale, Dara Lind, Sarah Kliff, Paul Kiel, Nicole Hannah-Jones, Hamed Aleaziz, Hannah Dreier, Matt Gertz, Kathryn Schulz, David Shor, Derek Thompson, Isaac Chotiner, Caitlin Dickerson, Franklin Foer, Lomi Kriel, & David Fahrenthold.
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Inclusionary zoning is a targeted tax on the construction of new housing — the absolute worst way you could think of to raise money for investments in social housing projects.
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
Inclusionary zoning is a tax on housing
Sometimes, policies have unintended consequences or unforeseen downsides
www.slowboring.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Inclusionary zoning is a targeted tax on the construction of new housing — the absolute worst way you could think of to raise money for investments in social housing projects.
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
All anyone in the replies seems to be interested in is jumping down MJS’ throat for using the word “renowned.”
An extremely tense exchange at the Supreme Court this morning in a case about school disability accommodations: Renowned advocate Lisa Blatt accused her opponents of “lying,” prompting Justice Gorsuch to scold her from the bench. But she was indignant and unrepentant. Here’s the first part:
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
All anyone in the replies seems to be interested in is jumping down MJS’ throat for using the word “renowned.”
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Whatever you think of Ezra's ideological commitments, he deserves praise for using plain language in the heart of a media machine that actively discourages it. He even evinces some *emotion* about all this, which is the ultimate sin in savvy commentary. I hope it sends a strong social signal.
Opinion | The Emergency Is Here
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Whatever you think of Ezra's ideological commitments, he deserves praise for using plain language in the heart of a media machine that actively discourages it. He even evinces some *emotion* about all this, which is the ultimate sin in savvy commentary. I hope it sends a strong social signal.
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I’m not sure I could have even imagined something this dumb
WH has now confirmed: this is insane nypost.com/2025/04/02/u...
April 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I’m not sure I could have even imagined something this dumb
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Read this for context when you hear that The Overlord is cutting half of the staff at the IRS 🎁 wapo.st/41ivtSA
Opinion | Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria.
This is the antiquated system the IRS uses to process millions of tax returns each year.
wapo.st
March 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Read this for context when you hear that The Overlord is cutting half of the staff at the IRS 🎁 wapo.st/41ivtSA
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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition
As DOGE continues it’s federal government wilding spree, purportedly searching for examples...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
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new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink
After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.
www.rollingstone.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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From @theathletic.bsky.social: The baseball player Derek Bender was accused of selling out his own team to deliberately lose a game. When the story went viral on ESPN in September, he declined to comment. But now he's ready to talk about it.
Accused of giving away his team’s pitches, Derek Bender reckons with the world’s mistrust
In September, the Twins minor league catcher was accused of giving pitches to his opponents. Now he breaks his silence about that day.
nyti.ms
February 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The baseball player Derek Bender was accused of selling out his own team to deliberately lose a game. When the story went viral on ESPN in September, he declined to comment. But now he's ready to talk about it.
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there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie
February 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie
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When individuals and publications labor to construct the intellectual and moral justifications for genocide, I think they should be treated like people doing that.
February 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When individuals and publications labor to construct the intellectual and moral justifications for genocide, I think they should be treated like people doing that.
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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This is WSJ edit board’s second piece in a week raising escalating alarm about RFK Jr’s groundless & lethal anti-vax predilections and now policies (firing CDC vax experts) — and it pull punches in portraying him as no more & no less than a treacherous corrupt killer
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr. Makes His First Anti-Vaccine Move
The HHS secretary targets members of a CDC committee that plays a key role in vaccine approvals.
www.wsj.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is WSJ edit board’s second piece in a week raising escalating alarm about RFK Jr’s groundless & lethal anti-vax predilections and now policies (firing CDC vax experts) — and it pull punches in portraying him as no more & no less than a treacherous corrupt killer
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
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Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal.
X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers.
That’s extortion.
X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers.
That’s extortion.
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal.
X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers.
That’s extortion.
X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers.
That’s extortion.
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Texans have been poking holes in West Texas for generations, extracting oil and gas while injecting toxic wastewater. After a million wells, the Permian Basin is increasingly unstable with serious repercussions: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com
West Texas earthquake, pipeline explosion under investigation. Are they linked?
The earthquake struck an area where the Texas Railroad Commission has worked to curb wastewater injection -- a practice it links to a rash of earthquakes there.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Texans have been poking holes in West Texas for generations, extracting oil and gas while injecting toxic wastewater. After a million wells, the Permian Basin is increasingly unstable with serious repercussions: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.
February 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.
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Heads up: Paramount+ now has a decent selection of old MTV Unplugged performances available. Nirvana, AiC, Cranberries, Tori Amos, REM, Pearl Jam, and a bunch more. It's not a complete library but way better than the 3 or 4 they used to have.
February 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Heads up: Paramount+ now has a decent selection of old MTV Unplugged performances available. Nirvana, AiC, Cranberries, Tori Amos, REM, Pearl Jam, and a bunch more. It's not a complete library but way better than the 3 or 4 they used to have.
Can someone audit their audit?
TRUMP: US TO INSPECT, ENSURE FORT KNOX GOLD SUPPLY ACCURACY
February 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Can someone audit their audit?
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Just adding “the US joins the axis of evil” to my growing list of unprecedented moments in history Millennials have had to live through but Boomers never had to spend one moment of their life’s thinking about, for the next time I get into an argument with my dad about house prices.
February 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Just adding “the US joins the axis of evil” to my growing list of unprecedented moments in history Millennials have had to live through but Boomers never had to spend one moment of their life’s thinking about, for the next time I get into an argument with my dad about house prices.
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I think it’s kinda a big deal that it’s not a treated as a bigger deal that vast majority of Australia’s intelligence agency’s terror caseload is teens
at @thesizzle.com.au
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at @thesizzle.com.au
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February 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I think it’s kinda a big deal that it’s not a treated as a bigger deal that vast majority of Australia’s intelligence agency’s terror caseload is teens
at @thesizzle.com.au
thesizzle.com.au/p/iphone-16e...
at @thesizzle.com.au
thesizzle.com.au/p/iphone-16e...
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President Trump on Tuesday appeared to blame Ukraine for Russia’s invasion. "You should have never started it," he said, referring to Ukraine’s leaders.
Here’s what to know about how the war began, the state of the peace talks and Ukraine’s election record.
Here’s what to know about how the war began, the state of the peace talks and Ukraine’s election record.
Trump Falsely Suggests Ukraine Is to Blame for the War: What to Know
A look at how the war in Ukraine began, the state of the peace talks and why the country isn’t holding elections.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
President Trump on Tuesday appeared to blame Ukraine for Russia’s invasion. "You should have never started it," he said, referring to Ukraine’s leaders.
Here’s what to know about how the war began, the state of the peace talks and Ukraine’s election record.
Here’s what to know about how the war began, the state of the peace talks and Ukraine’s election record.