Mishka
@mishkaa.bsky.social
Tolerating gerontocracy, housing theory of everything understander, abundant housing, abundant transit.
Also computer and math stuff
Also computer and math stuff
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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Having polluted air is a policy choice that is made at the municipal level. And likewise having clean air is a policy choice.
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Having polluted air is a policy choice that is made at the municipal level. And likewise having clean air is a policy choice.
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Great accomplishments often involve risk.
Thus, meaningful progress requires learning to live with the right kinds of risk.
I think of it as pursuing the real-world projections of our ideals, even when the path is uncertain.
nikolai.slavovlab.net/Idealism/
Thus, meaningful progress requires learning to live with the right kinds of risk.
I think of it as pursuing the real-world projections of our ideals, even when the path is uncertain.
nikolai.slavovlab.net/Idealism/
Idealism and realism in academia
Academia is a meeting place of lofty ideas and prosaic reality.
nikolai.slavovlab.net
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Great accomplishments often involve risk.
Thus, meaningful progress requires learning to live with the right kinds of risk.
I think of it as pursuing the real-world projections of our ideals, even when the path is uncertain.
nikolai.slavovlab.net/Idealism/
Thus, meaningful progress requires learning to live with the right kinds of risk.
I think of it as pursuing the real-world projections of our ideals, even when the path is uncertain.
nikolai.slavovlab.net/Idealism/
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The abject failure of Vision Zero in America, the dangers of conflating ebikes and e-motorbikes, and Calbike unveils their 2026 agenda: bikinginla.com/2025/12/05/t... #bikeLA
The abject failure of Vision Zero in America, the dangers of conflating ebikes and e-motos, and Calbike's 2026 agenda - BikinginLA
...takes a hard-hitting and heartbreaking deep dive into the abject failure of Vision Zero in the United States, with a focus on Los Angeles.
bikinginla.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The abject failure of Vision Zero in America, the dangers of conflating ebikes and e-motorbikes, and Calbike unveils their 2026 agenda: bikinginla.com/2025/12/05/t... #bikeLA
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Check out these property tax bills in Silicon Valley. 1/35! The best part was this applies to all properties you own - including commercial. And up until 2020, it was fully INHERITABLE!
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Check out these property tax bills in Silicon Valley. 1/35! The best part was this applies to all properties you own - including commercial. And up until 2020, it was fully INHERITABLE!
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For anybody unfamiliar with the last 10+ years of housing politics in America, San Francisco legalizing 8-story apartments in most of the city including its wealthy neighborhoods (and up to 65 stories in some places!) is like PETA opening a steakhouse.
Holy shit San Francisco!
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
For anybody unfamiliar with the last 10+ years of housing politics in America, San Francisco legalizing 8-story apartments in most of the city including its wealthy neighborhoods (and up to 65 stories in some places!) is like PETA opening a steakhouse.
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again, this is a Europe regulations vs U.S. regulations thing! there are a total of five pages discussing the different beam strength at different wavelengths in the european standard, whereas the DOT says headlights must be "white."
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
again, this is a Europe regulations vs U.S. regulations thing! there are a total of five pages discussing the different beam strength at different wavelengths in the european standard, whereas the DOT says headlights must be "white."
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“Rental deserts have not developed accidentally; they are the result of deliberate policy decisions. Addressing rental scarcity through zoning reform, investment, and regional planning is essential to creating a more equitable and abundant housing landscape …”
NO PLACE FOR RENTERS: THE PREVALENCE OF RENTAL DESERTS IN CONNECTICUT AND THE IMPACT ON HOUSING CHOICE – Partnership for Strong Communities
Connecticut faces a significant and uneven shortage of rental housing, with profound implications for housing equity, affordability, and mobility. This report introduces and analyzes the concept…
pschousing.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Rental deserts have not developed accidentally; they are the result of deliberate policy decisions. Addressing rental scarcity through zoning reform, investment, and regional planning is essential to creating a more equitable and abundant housing landscape …”
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You're invited to the online event "If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective High-Speed Rail Advocacy" hosted by @hsrail.bsky.social next month. Check it out and help spread the word
www.hsrail.org/events/if-yo...
www.hsrail.org/events/if-yo...
If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective High-Speed Rail Advocacy | High Speed Rail Alliance
Speaker: Carter Lavin, author and activist Whether you’re pushing for high-speed rail, better buses, or safer streets, transportation advocate Carter […]
www.hsrail.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
You're invited to the online event "If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective High-Speed Rail Advocacy" hosted by @hsrail.bsky.social next month. Check it out and help spread the word
www.hsrail.org/events/if-yo...
www.hsrail.org/events/if-yo...
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New from me for Inside Philanthropy: California foundations need to decide whether they genuinely want to improve housing affordability or would rather keep funding NIMBY obstructionism in Sacramento. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New from me for Inside Philanthropy: California foundations need to decide whether they genuinely want to improve housing affordability or would rather keep funding NIMBY obstructionism in Sacramento. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
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The SPEED Act passed House Natural Resources today.
It reforms NEPA to, among other things, add new "shot clocks" (2 years for an EIS), ensure agency roles are clearer, and limit the scope of agency review to only issues within their purview.
NEPA reform might finally be happening! 🎉 🎊
It reforms NEPA to, among other things, add new "shot clocks" (2 years for an EIS), ensure agency roles are clearer, and limit the scope of agency review to only issues within their purview.
NEPA reform might finally be happening! 🎉 🎊
What’s in the SPEED Act?
Unpacking Chair Westerman and Rep. Golden’s bipartisan permitting reform bill that proposes significant changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA is a federal environmental law ena...
bipartisanpolicy.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The SPEED Act passed House Natural Resources today.
It reforms NEPA to, among other things, add new "shot clocks" (2 years for an EIS), ensure agency roles are clearer, and limit the scope of agency review to only issues within their purview.
NEPA reform might finally be happening! 🎉 🎊
It reforms NEPA to, among other things, add new "shot clocks" (2 years for an EIS), ensure agency roles are clearer, and limit the scope of agency review to only issues within their purview.
NEPA reform might finally be happening! 🎉 🎊
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Our video of today's meeting of the Charter Reform Commission's Government Structure Committee is now up at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Sv...
Government Structure Committee - LA City Charter Reform Commission (Meeting 6) November 19, 2025
YouTube video by Fair Rep LA
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Our video of today's meeting of the Charter Reform Commission's Government Structure Committee is now up at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Sv...
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LA City Charter Reform Commission just voted to recommend expanding the Los Angeles City Council from 15 to 23-31 seats!!
This will be HUGE for reducing the influence of money in our local politics.
This will be HUGE for reducing the influence of money in our local politics.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
LA City Charter Reform Commission just voted to recommend expanding the Los Angeles City Council from 15 to 23-31 seats!!
This will be HUGE for reducing the influence of money in our local politics.
This will be HUGE for reducing the influence of money in our local politics.
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Headline sort of says it all. Big win for affordable housing and zoning reform In Santa Fe www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
City Council approves first major update of land use code since 1987
The first major update in four decades, the code changes include affordability incentives and reduced parking requirements.
www.santafenewmexican.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Headline sort of says it all. Big win for affordable housing and zoning reform In Santa Fe www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
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The most destructive number in America isn’t inflation or interest rates.
It’s the housing multiplier,the ratio of home price to full-time income.
When it jumped from 3× to 8×, we didn’t get richer.
We just transferred our kids’ futures to banks and landowners.
It’s the housing multiplier,the ratio of home price to full-time income.
When it jumped from 3× to 8×, we didn’t get richer.
We just transferred our kids’ futures to banks and landowners.
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The most destructive number in America isn’t inflation or interest rates.
It’s the housing multiplier,the ratio of home price to full-time income.
When it jumped from 3× to 8×, we didn’t get richer.
We just transferred our kids’ futures to banks and landowners.
It’s the housing multiplier,the ratio of home price to full-time income.
When it jumped from 3× to 8×, we didn’t get richer.
We just transferred our kids’ futures to banks and landowners.
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Between light and shadow. Central Nice. #photography #streetphotography #blackandwhite #fujifilm #France
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Between light and shadow. Central Nice. #photography #streetphotography #blackandwhite #fujifilm #France
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This perspective is a near consensus position across the political spectrum in this country.
Moderate democrats, socialists, conservatives, and Nazis agree that urban professional class renters are not deserving of political representation.
Moderate democrats, socialists, conservatives, and Nazis agree that urban professional class renters are not deserving of political representation.
These people do not believe that the middle and professional classes have moral standing to do politics in their material self interest.
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This perspective is a near consensus position across the political spectrum in this country.
Moderate democrats, socialists, conservatives, and Nazis agree that urban professional class renters are not deserving of political representation.
Moderate democrats, socialists, conservatives, and Nazis agree that urban professional class renters are not deserving of political representation.
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But what about China? We can't until China! Look at China!
[realizes mistake]
Slowly tries to crawl unnoticed back into own shell.
[realizes mistake]
Slowly tries to crawl unnoticed back into own shell.
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
But what about China? We can't until China! Look at China!
[realizes mistake]
Slowly tries to crawl unnoticed back into own shell.
[realizes mistake]
Slowly tries to crawl unnoticed back into own shell.
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The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
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the presence of proletarianized class of rich people who mostly rent is probably high on the list of reasons why SF’s housing politics are improving and LA’s arent
many YIMBYs i know are actually quite explicit about working against their own financial interest
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
the presence of proletarianized class of rich people who mostly rent is probably high on the list of reasons why SF’s housing politics are improving and LA’s arent
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Left anti YIMBYism starts from the assumption that middle class people do not have moral standing to make policy demands of urban governments and do not have the right to engage in political action to improve their material circumstances.
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Left anti YIMBYism starts from the assumption that middle class people do not have moral standing to make policy demands of urban governments and do not have the right to engage in political action to improve their material circumstances.
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It was great to finally see a Hoopoe for the first time, I caught this one flicking up cockroaches to swallow!
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It was great to finally see a Hoopoe for the first time, I caught this one flicking up cockroaches to swallow!
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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It's wild that the city in the US making the most significant investments in public transit expansion is also the city with the deepest, most unwaivering commitment to the principle that as few people as possible should be allowed to leave near transit stops.
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Los Angeles failed to defeat a major housing law, so it's turning to Plan B: Delay, delay, delay
A report from the city planning department outlines strategies for pushing off many of the effects of SB 79 through 2030.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's wild that the city in the US making the most significant investments in public transit expansion is also the city with the deepest, most unwaivering commitment to the principle that as few people as possible should be allowed to leave near transit stops.