Samuel

I remember reading the urban growth machine paper in grad school and thinking “wow, these people have never been to Austin, Texas”

Consequences.

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Would you say Montreal’s 2/3-bedroom abundance is b/c of zoning? (ie, requiring developments to provide 2 or 3-br units). Or something else?

This is ubiquitous in US zoning.

Zoning is about power. Wednesday night in Albuquerque proved it. Local control is how “one size fits all” zoning survives

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People could build. You didn’t have to get approval from your neighbors to do it.

I see this a lot in historic preservation. Immigrants of the past are celebrated for the buildings they built. But the rules preserving that physical form mean nothing like it could be built again. (Tall building in a smaller neighborhood, for instance).

Still from Jon Bois’ “fool time” part 2. A router has been sealed behind a drywall. https://youtu.be/WmC9fmEOwus?si=tGbZmEMzJWRPTDCE

Reminds me of this:

This tracks

The Research All Points in the Same Direction: Adding More Homes Curbs Rents for Low-Income Tenants - Metropolitan Abundance Project The Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law made a surprising and contrarian argument in a new paper: adding more homes does not benefit low-income tenants. Three recent separate analyses o...

“when homes are scarce, high and middle-income earners can trade down into lower-income neighborhoods to find housing, but low-income households have nowhere to turn, so they end up having to compete for their own homes and wind up paying higher rents.”
www.metroabundance.org/adding-more-...

In the current moral panic about e-bikes, it is frustrating that data on e-bike-related injuries and fatalities is threatened

I can't find an update to this story, but this data was key to the CPSC's last look at e-bike safety www.bicycleretailer.com/sites/defaul...

Aesthetics is just a pre-text for a variety of noxious policy goals. But it is an effective one. It resonates with people.

Historic preservation, sadly, seems all often to be laundering bigotry.

Plaque took five years, for whatever reason

Does this cover historic preservation design-review? If so, sweet!

Living on Earth: The Law and Environmental Justice The National Academy of Sciences has found black people are exposed to 66 percent more pollution than they produce, while white people are exposed to 17 percent less pollution than they create. In honor of Black History Month Special we highlight some of the voices that stood up against environmental injustice including Civil rights activist the Rev. Dr. Ben Chavis, and Dr. Robert Bullard who’s been deemed the “Father of Environmental Justice,” And in a conversation with Living on Earth’s Paloma Beltran we also look back and look forward at prospects for breaking the chains of environmental...

🎧 Headphones on.

From Living on Earth, The Law and Environmental Justice podcast breaks down the data behind environmental racism.

This #BHM episode centers Dr. Robert D. Bullard. He reflects on decades of research, frontline organizing, and paths toward accountability. https://ow.ly/OAwN50YaQg0

Yeah but do you sleep in a race car?

The fact that the three ICE/CBP agents involved in the two Minnesota shootings have nearly 40 years of combined experience should be the nail in the coffin of any "training" rhetoric

The abductions and violence/murders are horrific and need to stop.

AND we also need to be talking more about the suffering of neighbors across Minneapolis and MN who have been forced to hide in their homes for 2 MONTHS, unable to work, feed their families and get medical care.

Complete and utter weaksauce

The Great Unbuckling: American’s Growing Hunger for Life Without a Car For decades, the "American Dream" has been synonymous with a two-car garage and a wide suburban driveway. But a new study from Arizona State University reveals a massive shift in what we actually want...

New research shows 1 in 5 car owners want to live car-free, and a majority are open to it. The issue isn’t demand... it’s policy. Outdated zoning rules make walkable neighborhoods scarce, expensive, and often illegal to build across most communities.
www.remainplaces.com/post/the-gre...

There is video, do not seek it out, it clearly shows an execution.

😍😍😍

Multi-acre minimum lot sizes play a role in this (in CT at least—likely the other states, as well)

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty is the final nail in the coffin of left-NIMBYism.

progressive pro-housing politics is the future

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.

I can’t speak for Lisa, but I’m pretty sure the direction is to say yes to more housing and local businesses.
You can look at Say Yes Shawnee’s mission statement and values here:

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Logo: Blue and yellow sunflower logo with wording "Say YES Shawnee" Title: City Government 101 with special guest Lisa Larson-Bunnell! Body: Join Say YES Shawnee and Lisa Larson-Bunnell for an informative overview of municipal government. Topics will include how city ordinances get passed, the purpose of policy statements, and a zoning primer. There will also be opportunities to answer your questions about city government! January 19, 2026 Address listed Refreshments served at 6:30 Presentation begins at 7:00 Picture of women in white blazer and blue dress standing in a library.

Join Say YES Shawnee and Lisa Larson-Bunnell for an informative overview of municipal government. Topics will include how city ordinances get passed, the purpose of policy statements, and a zoning primer. #ShawneeKS #KSgov #JoCoKS

Refreshments served at 6:30

Presentation begins at 7p

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.