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MA Env Policy Energy & Sustainability. Climate Hawk. YIMBY.

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I've definitely heard the "Developers are bad because they're Jews" thing. The Left NIMBY/anti semite thing is pretty real.

12.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden.

The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite.

The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.

11.03.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 497 πŸ” 243 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16
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β€œthe federal government is an insurance company with an army" … on the nose today.

03.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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We are a very stupid country

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

09.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 789 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 26

The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill herβ€”and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?

09.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 8481 πŸ” 3130 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 119

No.

08.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How Women Change Housing Policy | YIMBY Denver Podcast
How Women Change Housing Policy | YIMBY Denver Podcast YouTube video by YIMBY Denver

Check out the next episode of the YIMBY Denver podcast. Anna and Lee talk to Sophia Mayott-Guerrero who's leading the campaign in nearby Lakewood to protect their new middle housing code. Check it out on Spotify or on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/WHZEG60tYAY?...

06.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfunded inclusionary zoning mandates are de-facto taxes on new housing that worsen the housing shortage because they require homebuilders to rent or sell a percentage of their new homes at a loss.

Funded inclusionary zoning, on the other hand, is a great tool to economically integrate new housing.

06.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Traffic Engineering: 2026 Edition πŸ“–

05.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Winners: The people of Oklahoma.

05.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17216 πŸ” 6004 πŸ’¬ 516 πŸ“Œ 493

My brother hiked the AT in 2004 I think. Never done it myself but have done Katahdin and the Knife's edge with him

05.03.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Tinder-ization of the job market Why nobody's getting hired in a "good" economy

I have a new piece in The Argument.

We haven't (yet?) seen AI affect the labor market by increasing number of people who are unemployed - but there's reason to believe it's contributing to a stagnant labor market by making firms less willing to hire.

www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-tinder...

04.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

At some point in the last two years, probably before, he realized he had no chance to ever win a Democratic Presidential primary

04.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The bombings will continue until the morale improves.

03.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember what I said about how, when Trump is flailing, they start inserting a fake, fictional Trump into their stories, who is acting rationally and sanely?

02.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 3686 πŸ” 827 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 5

Shoutout to everyone in the national media who has spent months glazing this guy and treating people who suspect he’s a legit ideological antisemite like they’re hysterical

01.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 423 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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Amazing how many people are so determined to deny that Republicans have any power or agency that they will just tweet out that they would fail a junior high civics class

28.02.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 699 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 8
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This is Buddy. He does hydrotherapy to stay strong and live forever as all good boys should. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: doggiesbeautysalon)

28.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 6621 πŸ” 545 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 22
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Platner vs. Stratton Do we want progressive policy or anti-establishment branding?

wrote about the very different progressive media approaches to Platner and Stratton, and how anti-establishment branding tends to overwhelm all other issuesβ€”which is bad for advancing progressive policy and tends to hurt candidates who aren't white men. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/platner-vs...

28.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Denver's had more 60Β° days this winter than Myrtle Beach. Yes, you read that right.

60-degree days since Dec. 1:

Denver: 40 (average: 12)
Huntsville, AL: 35 (avg: 32)
Nashville: 31 (avg: 24)
Myrtle Beach, SC: 31 (avg: 40)
Charlotte: 26 (avg: 26)

Bonkers.

#COwx

27.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

This is murder. ICE routinely deposits released detainees far from their home just to be cruel. It’s standard practice. To do this to a blind man on a wet cold winter day in Buffalo is to know you are potentially sending him to his death.

27.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 4661 πŸ” 1794 πŸ’¬ 252 πŸ“Œ 83
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Opinion | Don’t Look Now, but the Green Transition Is Still Happening

"The project of greening the world’s energy systems certainly feels as if it has been thrown into reverse. But by the most straightforward measures, that’s simply wrong. There is more green stuff being installed than ever"

25.02.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learnedβ€”and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up."

If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2070...

25.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 5322 πŸ” 2367 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 130

I had a lot of fun getting to ask Senator Bennett and Attorney General Weiser questions about housing policy this past weekend. See where your future Governor stands on housing.

24.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, it was a different time, all the way back in (checks notes) 2021.

24.02.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 9

Is it 1995?

24.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you read Part One of @ketanjoshi.co's two-part series unpacking the collapsing core case for gas?

Don’t miss it – read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tMX4sE

23.02.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

According to Kristi Noem, when you name-call government officials like this, you are encouraging other people to assassinate themβ€”and that is treason.

20.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 3718 πŸ” 1119 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 27