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This is a good checklist for having policy influence in general.
One big takeaway from Mamdani bringing YIMBYs into his transition is that advocates can often gain a lot of power by
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
December 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is a good checklist for having policy influence in general.
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You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
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These people combine the competence of a concussed ferret with the ethics of a rabid one.
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
These people combine the competence of a concussed ferret with the ethics of a rabid one.
Just for fun, I wanted to see what would happen if we Prop-50ed the Senate by dividing California into three states. Each of these new states has 13 million people, the same as Pennsylvania.
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just for fun, I wanted to see what would happen if we Prop-50ed the Senate by dividing California into three states. Each of these new states has 13 million people, the same as Pennsylvania.
My boss just told me "I got some feedback from ChatGPT about your proposal."
*cries in tech literacy*
*cries in tech literacy*
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My boss just told me "I got some feedback from ChatGPT about your proposal."
*cries in tech literacy*
*cries in tech literacy*
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The irony is that Prop 13 is an obstacle to solving the housing shortage, so it's indirectly raising your property taxes if you bought a home in California in the 21st century.
Fascinating to learn that even with Prop 13 in place, Angelenos pay nearly twice the national median in property taxes simply because their homes are so expensive. www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/citi...
www.consumeraffairs.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The irony is that Prop 13 is an obstacle to solving the housing shortage, so it's indirectly raising your property taxes if you bought a home in California in the 21st century.
Back when I was a kid, reading the news would make me feel informed. Now it somehow makes me feel even stupider.
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Back when I was a kid, reading the news would make me feel informed. Now it somehow makes me feel even stupider.
"When you forget that things had to be built, you risk inheriting them without gratitude" is a quote that goes ridiculously hard considering I heard it in a YouTube video about stop signs in video games.
August 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"When you forget that things had to be built, you risk inheriting them without gratitude" is a quote that goes ridiculously hard considering I heard it in a YouTube video about stop signs in video games.
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now this is SUPER cool www.science.org/content/arti...
Mysterious pre-Islamic script from Oman finally deciphered
Cracking the main subtype of the Dhofari script could reveal “an entirely new page of the history of Arabia”
www.science.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
now this is SUPER cool www.science.org/content/arti...
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amazing Caddo word of the day. no notes
July 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
amazing Caddo word of the day. no notes
I didn’t realize that Hello Kitty was so metal.
July 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I didn’t realize that Hello Kitty was so metal.
The greatest crime in the history of humanity is that I need to use light mode at work.
July 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The greatest crime in the history of humanity is that I need to use light mode at work.
I love how delulu people on Reddit are. There was a guy earlier today trying to recruit a team of developers to make his dream game by offering to pay them 5 USD per month.
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I love how delulu people on Reddit are. There was a guy earlier today trying to recruit a team of developers to make his dream game by offering to pay them 5 USD per month.
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give it a week until we find out Ea Nasir rented out a large office space in Trump Tower
🔴 ⚠️ BREAKING: Trump: Imposing a 50% tariff on copper.
July 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
give it a week until we find out Ea Nasir rented out a large office space in Trump Tower
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Oh, this is a good topic!
There is an element of 'consent' to pitched battles, but it's not the old myth of generals agreeing to have a battle before tea time.
And to the question - a better Roman general would presumably have refused battle at a place like Cannae.
But let's talk about it. 1/
There is an element of 'consent' to pitched battles, but it's not the old myth of generals agreeing to have a battle before tea time.
And to the question - a better Roman general would presumably have refused battle at a place like Cannae.
But let's talk about it. 1/
I don't think I really understand "pitched battle." It was once common that opposing armies agreed upon, or knowingly converged upon, a specified battleground?
Polybius says the Romans engaged at Cannae because of inexperience. Would experienced leaders ever agree to the same battle conditions?
Polybius says the Romans engaged at Cannae because of inexperience. Would experienced leaders ever agree to the same battle conditions?
July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oh, this is a good topic!
There is an element of 'consent' to pitched battles, but it's not the old myth of generals agreeing to have a battle before tea time.
And to the question - a better Roman general would presumably have refused battle at a place like Cannae.
But let's talk about it. 1/
There is an element of 'consent' to pitched battles, but it's not the old myth of generals agreeing to have a battle before tea time.
And to the question - a better Roman general would presumably have refused battle at a place like Cannae.
But let's talk about it. 1/
I have to look through Trump's stupid reconciliation bill so I can update a tax calculator on our website, and this thing is even dumber than the TCJA of 2017. It has, by my count, three separate provisions (so far) which all do the exact same thing.
July 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have to look through Trump's stupid reconciliation bill so I can update a tax calculator on our website, and this thing is even dumber than the TCJA of 2017. It has, by my count, three separate provisions (so far) which all do the exact same thing.
Today I learned that, in GDScript, 0.0 != -0.0. That sure was a fun bug.
July 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today I learned that, in GDScript, 0.0 != -0.0. That sure was a fun bug.
You know it's a good vacation when you're ready to go to bed at 8:30.
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You know it's a good vacation when you're ready to go to bed at 8:30.
After a truly herculean amount of work, I've finally managed to create a function that fuses the vertices in my icosphere together. It turns out that I was forgetting to update the normals array, which broke the resulting mesh.
Now I just need to remember why I needed this in the first place.
Now I just need to remember why I needed this in the first place.
July 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
After a truly herculean amount of work, I've finally managed to create a function that fuses the vertices in my icosphere together. It turns out that I was forgetting to update the normals array, which broke the resulting mesh.
Now I just need to remember why I needed this in the first place.
Now I just need to remember why I needed this in the first place.
Hallelujah!
A truly historic day in California: a clean CEQA exemption for environmentally friendly infill housing has just passed the California legislature via the budget bill!
No other way to put it: this is the most transformative positive shift in land use policy in this state of the last 50 years!
No other way to put it: this is the most transformative positive shift in land use policy in this state of the last 50 years!
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hallelujah!
There was a Reddit thread where people shared their game ideas, and my game has the most upvotes by a massive margin (almost twice a many as the runner up). I’m not used to this level of validation.
June 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There was a Reddit thread where people shared their game ideas, and my game has the most upvotes by a massive margin (almost twice a many as the runner up). I’m not used to this level of validation.
One of the weird things about weightlifting is that I can actively feel my butt getting stronger. It had never occurred to me that my butt was out of shape.
June 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One of the weird things about weightlifting is that I can actively feel my butt getting stronger. It had never occurred to me that my butt was out of shape.
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11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls