Strategic Butter Reserve
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former philosopher. current astorian. future smart person. health care engineer, just some dude. he/they. go big red.
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
I walk by this all the time and I'm so mad, the street is dangerous as is and even the little changes they did before the first stay were improvements. I hate every business that backed this and will never shop at any of them again. Fucking criminal.
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I walk by this all the time and I'm so mad, the street is dangerous as is and even the little changes they did before the first stay were improvements. I hate every business that backed this and will never shop at any of them again. Fucking criminal.
Three options: 1. He believes this is what The People want. 2. Even if they don't appreciate it now they will in the future. 3. The 1000 year Trumpenreich is here
I think he believes 2, mostly
I think he believes 2, mostly
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Three options: 1. He believes this is what The People want. 2. Even if they don't appreciate it now they will in the future. 3. The 1000 year Trumpenreich is here
I think he believes 2, mostly
I think he believes 2, mostly
Our long national nightmare (Iowa winning) continues
Iowa-Nebraska appears to be being playing in Helheim
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Our long national nightmare (Iowa winning) continues
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Middle class / professional YIMBYs priced out of their own communities are speaking from their own lived experience, and have more legitimacy than college-educated, white shoe lawyers claiming to speak on behalf of "communities in greatest need of housing affordability."
Yes, this is famously why YIMBYs are definitely representative of the communities in greatest need of housing affordability. /s A number of YIMBY groups have even changed strategies around urban housing to be better partners... that was because this is still a very real issue!
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Middle class / professional YIMBYs priced out of their own communities are speaking from their own lived experience, and have more legitimacy than college-educated, white shoe lawyers claiming to speak on behalf of "communities in greatest need of housing affordability."
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JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
All the AI in tech discourse, you know what? I don't use it. I don't believe it improves productivity, and I see what it does to the work others produce. I don't care if you use it if it doesn't create more work for me. Don't expect me to use it. The end.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
All the AI in tech discourse, you know what? I don't use it. I don't believe it improves productivity, and I see what it does to the work others produce. I don't care if you use it if it doesn't create more work for me. Don't expect me to use it. The end.
tfw your journalism is based entirely on vibes you got from facebook parent groups
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
tfw your journalism is based entirely on vibes you got from facebook parent groups
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BIG TIME PLAYER IN A BIG TIME MOMENT.
ROSE LAVELLE GETS GOTHAM UP 1-0!
#NWSLChampionship | Google Pixel
ROSE LAVELLE GETS GOTHAM UP 1-0!
#NWSLChampionship | Google Pixel
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
BIG TIME PLAYER IN A BIG TIME MOMENT.
ROSE LAVELLE GETS GOTHAM UP 1-0!
#NWSLChampionship | Google Pixel
ROSE LAVELLE GETS GOTHAM UP 1-0!
#NWSLChampionship | Google Pixel
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If you can't correctly gender people whose opinions you don't like you are just a fucking gutter transphobe. Hope that helps!
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If you can't correctly gender people whose opinions you don't like you are just a fucking gutter transphobe. Hope that helps!
Spicy golden pickle crossing the bridge noodle soup! Delicious #gohanclub
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Spicy golden pickle crossing the bridge noodle soup! Delicious #gohanclub
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
This is every alma mater tbh
"There is no place like Nebraska" (derogatory)
"There is no place like Nebraska" (derogatory)
WVUs Alma mater was written on the back of a napkin in nineteen dickity two by someone who forgot it was his assignment until the morning it was due
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is every alma mater tbh
"There is no place like Nebraska" (derogatory)
"There is no place like Nebraska" (derogatory)
Brb becoming religious so I can condemn this as blasphemous and heretical
A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God.
Meet chatbot Jesus: Churches tap AI to save souls and time as pews get more empty
Chatbots answer prayers and algorithms write sermons.
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Brb becoming religious so I can condemn this as blasphemous and heretical
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There's... a section from Harvey Milk's Hope Speech I feel a bit apt for my thoughts as an answer on this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
There's... a section from Harvey Milk's Hope Speech I feel a bit apt for my thoughts as an answer on this.
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I legitimately think one of the absolute poisons of American political discourse is how “but will this matter electorally” has become the only metric used by basically the entire non-partisan media for assessing a story’s importance
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I legitimately think one of the absolute poisons of American political discourse is how “but will this matter electorally” has become the only metric used by basically the entire non-partisan media for assessing a story’s importance
it is ok to not have a take, it is ok to not have an interesting take, it is ok to not post a take. not everything is that important or interesting.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
it is ok to not have a take, it is ok to not have an interesting take, it is ok to not post a take. not everything is that important or interesting.
sometimes nobody wins, but sometimes someone loses way worse than the other guy loses
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
sometimes nobody wins, but sometimes someone loses way worse than the other guy loses
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I think this was the underlying problem all along; Dems were negotiating with a political suicide bomber
what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think this was the underlying problem all along; Dems were negotiating with a political suicide bomber
Hard to deal with people that gleefully take a shotgun to their balls and scream about how they are winning while reloading the shotgun despite all your best efforts to get them to stop
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hard to deal with people that gleefully take a shotgun to their balls and scream about how they are winning while reloading the shotgun despite all your best efforts to get them to stop
See the trick is that the Senate works like The King in Yellow
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
See the trick is that the Senate works like The King in Yellow
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the primary problem facing this country is the continued existence of the Republican Party
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
the primary problem facing this country is the continued existence of the Republican Party
If you use the word "kayfabe" to describe politics I can safely ignore everything you say about anything
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you use the word "kayfabe" to describe politics I can safely ignore everything you say about anything
If you thought that the freelancers had any sort of institutional endorsement I suppose this should disabuse you of that notion but I bet most of them can't read
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
If you thought that the freelancers had any sort of institutional endorsement I suppose this should disabuse you of that notion but I bet most of them can't read