Austin Wu
@austwu.bsky.social
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I really wish lay people understood that there is nothing intrinsically faster in at-grade, on-street rail compared to buses. If anything, it has a number of constraints that can make it potentially slower. It's the quality of priority that determines its performance, not the rail.
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I really wish lay people understood that there is nothing intrinsically faster in at-grade, on-street rail compared to buses. If anything, it has a number of constraints that can make it potentially slower. It's the quality of priority that determines its performance, not the rail.
common NYT L
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
common NYT L
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Big truck abundance is commuting for up to 4 hours a day in an F-150 Texas edition.
If you think this is an unrealistic commute for DFW, here’s one my old manager who moved to DFW from Iowa does every single day
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Big truck abundance is commuting for up to 4 hours a day in an F-150 Texas edition.
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Every time I assume that my audience is actually capable of understanding complex ideas and interested in learning more, I’m told I think I’m better than they are & need to stop Sounding So Judgmental. Good judgement & intellectual curiosity are now personality flaws, amongst we trained Consumers.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Every time I assume that my audience is actually capable of understanding complex ideas and interested in learning more, I’m told I think I’m better than they are & need to stop Sounding So Judgmental. Good judgement & intellectual curiosity are now personality flaws, amongst we trained Consumers.
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I don't think we could plausibly get this through, but yeah "federally insured mortgages are not available for property that does not meet certain zoning requirements" is a nuke
tie to construction funding, sure. tie it to mortgage financing? NOW WE'RE COOKING
elaborating on "construction funds tied to abolishing zoning"
the 21 year old drinking age is a patchwork of state laws created by tying federal highway funds to a mandate
we do this, but for "municipalities get $x in construction subsidies only if they have no more than x% single family zoning"
the 21 year old drinking age is a patchwork of state laws created by tying federal highway funds to a mandate
we do this, but for "municipalities get $x in construction subsidies only if they have no more than x% single family zoning"
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I don't think we could plausibly get this through, but yeah "federally insured mortgages are not available for property that does not meet certain zoning requirements" is a nuke
Attack of the Woke
They call it Woke 2, revenge of the Woke
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Attack of the Woke
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Woke II is going to hit with the speed and force of a Cat 5 hurricane, and it's going to come together and intensify just as suddenly yet move just as predictably as one, too.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Woke II is going to hit with the speed and force of a Cat 5 hurricane, and it's going to come together and intensify just as suddenly yet move just as predictably as one, too.
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i don't think the pipeline is what we need right now, but it's essentially become a totem for Alberta's inability to think beyond O&G
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
i don't think the pipeline is what we need right now, but it's essentially become a totem for Alberta's inability to think beyond O&G
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Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
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We are a rich country. We can afford to do better for the poorest amongst us.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We are a rich country. We can afford to do better for the poorest amongst us.
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The Christkindlmarkt thing is so funny top to bottom. America so starved for vibrant public spaces and events that this winter craft fair gets Disneyland-level regional demand, and this is seen as a problem to be solved with cops and security
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Christkindlmarkt thing is so funny top to bottom. America so starved for vibrant public spaces and events that this winter craft fair gets Disneyland-level regional demand, and this is seen as a problem to be solved with cops and security
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More people need to discover the joys of shitty photoshops tbh
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
More people need to discover the joys of shitty photoshops tbh
inshallah "they shall reap the whirlwind" (Woke 2/Third Reconstruction)
given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
inshallah "they shall reap the whirlwind" (Woke 2/Third Reconstruction)
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Abraham Lincoln, 1838
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1838
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
also a common tendency throughout the midwest (here's looking at you, iowa)
Thing that I didn't realize until I was an adult is that a lot of people live nowhere near real nature so think that farms are nature. It's a bizarre phenomenon, but it makes sense in places like Ireland or the UK
Haven’t tweeted in like a year and still doing the numbers
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
also a common tendency throughout the midwest (here's looking at you, iowa)
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As a civil (and not religious) holiday, Thanksgiving opens the door to a lot of new Americans to be able to participate in a broader America in their own way. No other public holiday comes close to the assimilating force of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
As a civil (and not religious) holiday, Thanksgiving opens the door to a lot of new Americans to be able to participate in a broader America in their own way. No other public holiday comes close to the assimilating force of Thanksgiving
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"Scots-Irish Estado Novo," the four most terrifying words in human language
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Scots-Irish Estado Novo," the four most terrifying words in human language
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It's almost time 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“ Det doftar halm i luften och julkänslan gör entré. Movember ut, bockember in! ✨🐐
You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's almost time 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
even in a car-dependent society, there is a spatial and material difference between "everyone's driving 2002 honda civics and volvo station wagons" and the default cars on the streets being crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks with poorer front visibility and a longer body than an M4 medium tank
The "firmly-middle-class white-collar people buying a big-ass truck every 4 years" thing is a very different problem, tbf.
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
even in a car-dependent society, there is a spatial and material difference between "everyone's driving 2002 honda civics and volvo station wagons" and the default cars on the streets being crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks with poorer front visibility and a longer body than an M4 medium tank
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i think a lot about how the job of local newspapers even 15 years ago was largely to go to town meetings, events, etc and record what happens there. people in any town in the country could keep track of what their local government and reps are doing, and that pipeline's been all but cut
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i think a lot about how the job of local newspapers even 15 years ago was largely to go to town meetings, events, etc and record what happens there. people in any town in the country could keep track of what their local government and reps are doing, and that pipeline's been all but cut
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people need a much richer conception of performance and authenticity than what we currently have
I've seen people scoffing at this as a "photo op." And I think it might be a photo op. It's a chance for people who need these services to see their new mayor and make eye contact, they can take photos. They can hear his promises and hold him to account too.
I think it's a good kind of "photo op."
I think it's a good kind of "photo op."
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
people need a much richer conception of performance and authenticity than what we currently have
and yet half-decent public transit, intercity passenger trains, and protected bicycle lanes are deemed as fiscally irresponsible --
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
and yet half-decent public transit, intercity passenger trains, and protected bicycle lanes are deemed as fiscally irresponsible --
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i like how the one example we have of mass scale homeschooling was the pandemic and it was a complete disaster that burnt out every parent on earth and resulted in half a generation being socially and intellectually stunted forever
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
i like how the one example we have of mass scale homeschooling was the pandemic and it was a complete disaster that burnt out every parent on earth and resulted in half a generation being socially and intellectually stunted forever
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Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!