The idea that America isn’t for everyone who wants to be an American is something that makes my blood boil. Posting a photo of yourself as a Congressman smiling next to these words is wicked. It’s antithetical to the concept of America.
Mamdani is considering ending free street parking in NYC. This would be another huge boost to NYC residents' quality of life, reducing traffic in ways that would be comparable to congestion pricing. And it would be another step in ending suburban free-riding on NYC.
The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane.
its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s.
And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.
your strategy of building yuppie containment towers pales in comparison to mine, erecting internal borders or shaming yuppies into not moving to my city
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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"The City of Castlegar has more parking spaces than it needs according to a recent report commissioned by the city.... Occupancy surveys done in May, August, and November 2025 found overall downtown parking utilization at 42%."
Same old story! Minimum parking mandates lead to unused asphalt.
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
Massively expanding demand without doing anything on supply would only turbocharge housing crisis. A handful of incumbents owners would win big, many other incumbent owners would see property taxes rise, and few new homeowners would be created.
www.wccsradio.com/2026/01/27/t...
Apartment floor plate comparison.
Standard double-loaded corridor with single-aspect units on the left.
Seattle single-stair project, with triple-aspect units on the right.
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
🌡️Heat pumps convert 1 kilowatt hour into 3-5 kilowatt hours of heating / cooling power.
🏗️ Plant-based building materials absorb almost 4 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per 1 kg of carbon, stored useful as buildings.
🪙 1 Euro invested in climate protection yields a return of ~ 5 Euros.
Invest.
This person is right, but it reminds me of how Republicans associated with January 6th clearly thought that they would go to jail for what they did, and then didn't because Democrats by and large chose not to pursue it to that extent.
HELL NO. This is a clear violation of the Constitution and a chilling look into the Administration’s plans to terrorize our communities.
Kristi Noem has to go. Now.
In #Detroit, “The ordinance would allow for more types of multi-family housing, accessory dwelling units and apartments in commercial corridors, loosen requirements on how far homes must sit from property lines and decrease minimum parking requirements.“
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
"what if the next administration will be democratic and they cut all the contracts with us?"
maybe a something all these corporations that decided to throw themselves whole-hog into trumpism should have thought about!
HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
"Upzoning is destroying LA neighborhoods"
Oh yea? Here's the 1930 zoning map for this lot. It was zoned "B" aka "R4"
What did R4 allow in 1930? Any residential use "without limitation on the height or area"
This area has actually been DOWNZONED
This is superb analysis of facts.
They had to make every single square inch of the facade of this modular affordable apartment building in Marin County different, just to make sure to not recognize too many efficiencies or cost savings from building it modularly sfyimby.com/2026/01/modu...
You read things like this and you can only hope that when the time comes, if it comes, when it is your community's turn to be tested, that you acquit yourselves half as well.
👏 Yesterday on @citycastpgh.bsky.social -- Mayor O'Connor discussed building off of Pittsburgh's #VisionZero efforts
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i don't want to jump down anyone's throat but there's a reason everyone should read HOW THE WORLD BECAME RICH
afterwards, you will understand why "how the fuck did we lift ourselves out of the primordial mud" is the central question of economic history
and "law" is one of the going answers!
Imagine! How could wind and solar ever compete with fossil fuel electricity across an entire year, across an entire block of 450 million people!?😉
Secret police keep their identities secret, and they operate by secret procedures that override ordinary law.
This is a secret police force.
Rows and rows of the backs of people's heads. They are seated in the pews of a Presbyterian church.
Absolutely massive turnout at the ICE Rapid Response training in Pittsburgh tonight, hosted by Frontline Dignity. Over 500 people showed up, including dozens from out of county & out of state.
I know it's not the full story but part of what keeps me going is knowing that enabling people to move to cities is key to removing prejudices
Good lord.
If Trump seizes Greenland, he will have launched an unprovoked attack on a treaty ally, a true knife in the back of an old friend who bled for us in Afghanistan.
THAT, not healthcare, not anything else, is the story.
Trump proposes to rob and murder our old friends, are we to let him?
land value tax would solve this
Where they are already required, yes.
Legalizing single stairs doesn't change anything about other fire safety laws.
