Sam
@samd.bsky.social
https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
this fills me with so much shame and embarrassment
North Korea speedrun
North Korea speedrun
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
this fills me with so much shame and embarrassment
North Korea speedrun
North Korea speedrun
every time I think about the Trump administration, my only reaction is rage and desire for justice against the leaders of this despicable movement
a house held by the democratic party may not be able to legally order people to go to prison, but they can sure run wall to wall hearings every day of 2027 demonstrating why these people *should* go to prison
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
every time I think about the Trump administration, my only reaction is rage and desire for justice against the leaders of this despicable movement
hahaha the White House deleted the fascist anti-immigrant slop video after Sabrina Carpenter ratioed them
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
hahaha the White House deleted the fascist anti-immigrant slop video after Sabrina Carpenter ratioed them
seriously why does the legislature keep sending Hochul these slop transportation bills
Gov Hochul should VETO the bill that carves out Co-op City from bus lane enforcement.
It slows buses and worsens pollution. The state Legislature should not be getting involved in local transit decisions.
buff.ly/01VdEUW
It slows buses and worsens pollution. The state Legislature should not be getting involved in local transit decisions.
buff.ly/01VdEUW
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
seriously why does the legislature keep sending Hochul these slop transportation bills
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This is a disgrace and it will cost lives.
Sec. Kennedy seems determined to rollback our progress fighting deadly diseases because he can’t look beyond his own ideological agenda.
He’s a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
Sec. Kennedy seems determined to rollback our progress fighting deadly diseases because he can’t look beyond his own ideological agenda.
He’s a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a disgrace and it will cost lives.
Sec. Kennedy seems determined to rollback our progress fighting deadly diseases because he can’t look beyond his own ideological agenda.
He’s a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
Sec. Kennedy seems determined to rollback our progress fighting deadly diseases because he can’t look beyond his own ideological agenda.
He’s a threat to our health and must be fired immediately.
RFK Jr. and Elon are in a battle to rack up the greatest kill count of any American in decades, and the next democratic president should promise to vigorously prosecute both for their crimes against humanity
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
RFK Jr. and Elon are in a battle to rack up the greatest kill count of any American in decades, and the next democratic president should promise to vigorously prosecute both for their crimes against humanity
oh no, tall buildings in the middle of a major city, the horror!
NIMBYs are fucking crazy
NIMBYs are fucking crazy
Plans to put a 25-story apartment complex on San Francisco’s Marina district sparked concerts about a future where the city’s waterfront is ringed by tall housing structures.
Marina’s reaction to Safeway tower plans: ‘Along comes this behemoth right on the waterfront’
Plans to put a 25-story apartment complex on San Francisco’s Marina district sparked concerts about a future where the city’s waterfront is ringed by tall housing structures.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
oh no, tall buildings in the middle of a major city, the horror!
NIMBYs are fucking crazy
NIMBYs are fucking crazy
we are lucky that these fascist war criminals are total morons who are clearly going to be unable to install a durable authoritarian regime.
however, if these fascist war criminals do not face serious legal consequences, we will likely not be as lucky with the next round of fascist war criminals
however, if these fascist war criminals do not face serious legal consequences, we will likely not be as lucky with the next round of fascist war criminals
I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
we are lucky that these fascist war criminals are total morons who are clearly going to be unable to install a durable authoritarian regime.
however, if these fascist war criminals do not face serious legal consequences, we will likely not be as lucky with the next round of fascist war criminals
however, if these fascist war criminals do not face serious legal consequences, we will likely not be as lucky with the next round of fascist war criminals
LA left-NIMBYs are the bane of my existence
“Housing for all” while opposing the construction of new housing, someone make it make sense
“Housing for all” while opposing the construction of new housing, someone make it make sense
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
LA left-NIMBYs are the bane of my existence
“Housing for all” while opposing the construction of new housing, someone make it make sense
“Housing for all” while opposing the construction of new housing, someone make it make sense
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
just a shot in the dark but here’s my hunch on how the 2026 senate map turns out next year
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
just a shot in the dark but here’s my hunch on how the 2026 senate map turns out next year
We need someone to primary Jo Anne Simon. It is outrageous that the heart of the Commie Corridor is represented in the assembly by a NIMBY boomer
My useless Assemblywoman wants to kill 9,000 units of new housing, including some to be built on a parking lot across the street from 9 subway lines and a LIRR station, unbelievable www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/l...
Long-Stalled Atlantic Yards Project Could Be Revived in New Plan
A joint venture called the Brooklyn Ascending Land Company is proposing 9,000 apartments in total for the Prospect Heights site.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We need someone to primary Jo Anne Simon. It is outrageous that the heart of the Commie Corridor is represented in the assembly by a NIMBY boomer
Trump is so debasing to republicans that their only way to deal with him is by playing stupid. this shit is so embarrassing, honestly
Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Trump is so debasing to republicans that their only way to deal with him is by playing stupid. this shit is so embarrassing, honestly
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
tonight’s combo of
-2022-level turnout
-unexceptional Dem candidate
-Dems outspent
simultaneously means that Behn was unlikely to ever pull it off *and* that her single-digit loss is *even worse* for republicans than it looks at first glance. this result indicates the senate is in play imo
-2022-level turnout
-unexceptional Dem candidate
-Dems outspent
simultaneously means that Behn was unlikely to ever pull it off *and* that her single-digit loss is *even worse* for republicans than it looks at first glance. this result indicates the senate is in play imo
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
tonight’s combo of
-2022-level turnout
-unexceptional Dem candidate
-Dems outspent
simultaneously means that Behn was unlikely to ever pull it off *and* that her single-digit loss is *even worse* for republicans than it looks at first glance. this result indicates the senate is in play imo
-2022-level turnout
-unexceptional Dem candidate
-Dems outspent
simultaneously means that Behn was unlikely to ever pull it off *and* that her single-digit loss is *even worse* for republicans than it looks at first glance. this result indicates the senate is in play imo
someone needs to alert Jake Tapper about the declining mental state of the president
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
someone needs to alert Jake Tapper about the declining mental state of the president
pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
“is the problem in America that Trump has installed a bunch of incompetent morons to carry out his illegal orders?
no, it’s that a democrat criticized that while referencing an old TV show”
that’s ken brain for ya
no, it’s that a democrat criticized that while referencing an old TV show”
that’s ken brain for ya
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“is the problem in America that Trump has installed a bunch of incompetent morons to carry out his illegal orders?
no, it’s that a democrat criticized that while referencing an old TV show”
that’s ken brain for ya
no, it’s that a democrat criticized that while referencing an old TV show”
that’s ken brain for ya
it’s pretty cool that this unhinged left-NIMBY got primaried by a progressive YIMBY
How long before YIMBY zealots say if you don’t want the military deployed in your city you are a NIMBY?
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
it’s pretty cool that this unhinged left-NIMBY got primaried by a progressive YIMBY
tbt to the time I got death threats from left-NIMBYs for supporting congestion pricing
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
tbt to the time I got death threats from left-NIMBYs for supporting congestion pricing
me and the boys deploying to Caracas because theo von convinced our friends who dropped out of high school to vote for Trump
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
me and the boys deploying to Caracas because theo von convinced our friends who dropped out of high school to vote for Trump
at this point the overwhelming majority of the Trump administration is going to have to be prosecuted for a mix of corruption, treason, and war crimes
At some point in the future, Witkoff should be prosecuted for this.
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
at this point the overwhelming majority of the Trump administration is going to have to be prosecuted for a mix of corruption, treason, and war crimes
my very first job was on the outskirts of LA and after 18 months of the 45-75 minute drive each way I just snapped, quit my job, moved to SF, sold my car, and made a promise to myself that I would never do that again
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 3:57 AM
my very first job was on the outskirts of LA and after 18 months of the 45-75 minute drive each way I just snapped, quit my job, moved to SF, sold my car, and made a promise to myself that I would never do that again
Democrats need to develop a strategy to prosecute the war criminals in the Trump administration regardless of the inevitable blanket pardons that Trump will give out
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Democrats need to develop a strategy to prosecute the war criminals in the Trump administration regardless of the inevitable blanket pardons that Trump will give out