Andrew Knuppel
@andrewknuppel.bsky.social
let’s try this again
recovering bureaucrat / urban planner / houstonian
recovering bureaucrat / urban planner / houstonian
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youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
And there need to be hearings on what Youngkin did with the DOJ. Get that tall shitass under oath.
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
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Governor Youngkin, Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares won't acknowledge it but the media sees what's happening to the NOVA economy which is 42% of the states General Fund
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
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The next governor will face an unusual challenge: Rebuild the economy of Northern Virginia
A new report by the Brookings Institution warns that venture capital flowing into the Washington area has dropped dramatically. That’s bad for the whole state’s economy.
cardinalnews.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Governor Youngkin, Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares won't acknowledge it but the media sees what's happening to the NOVA economy which is 42% of the states General Fund
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
cardinalnews.org/2025/10/01/t...
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
cardinalnews.org/2025/10/01/t...
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For @thenation.com i wrote about how I think Trump’s ballroom is vaporware and also about the 80s lore behind his choice of architect www.thenation.com?post_type=ar...
No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension
But Trump’s doomed proposal does give us a revealing glimpse into his state of mind.
www.thenation.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For @thenation.com i wrote about how I think Trump’s ballroom is vaporware and also about the 80s lore behind his choice of architect www.thenation.com?post_type=ar...
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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The latest on TS Chantal today, but more importantly, we take a deep dive into the causes and forecasts leading up to the horrific flooding tragedy in Texas. A lot to unpack today. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...
Making sense of the weather that led to a horrible Texas flooding tragedy, plus Tropical Storm Chantal
In brief: Invest 92L became Tropical Depression 3 yesterday and is now Tropical Storm Chantal.
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The latest on TS Chantal today, but more importantly, we take a deep dive into the causes and forecasts leading up to the horrific flooding tragedy in Texas. A lot to unpack today. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...
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the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
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what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
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The direction of the administration re: emergency management is becoming clear. Let us tour the changes to the hazard mitigation plan process.
#1 - no longer need to document engagement with representatives of NGOs or CBOs working with underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations.
#1 - no longer need to document engagement with representatives of NGOs or CBOs working with underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations.
April 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The direction of the administration re: emergency management is becoming clear. Let us tour the changes to the hazard mitigation plan process.
#1 - no longer need to document engagement with representatives of NGOs or CBOs working with underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations.
#1 - no longer need to document engagement with representatives of NGOs or CBOs working with underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations.
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Should go without saying, but nearly 800,000 Houstonians now face taxation without representation because of Greg Abbott.
April 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Should go without saying, but nearly 800,000 Houstonians now face taxation without representation because of Greg Abbott.
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Talked to Tim Walz as he campaigned in Wisconsin. Thought his answer to one Q I'd had for Dems - if you come back in 2028, do you rebuild everything DOGE broke? - was interesting.
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Talked to Tim Walz as he campaigned in Wisconsin. Thought his answer to one Q I'd had for Dems - if you come back in 2028, do you rebuild everything DOGE broke? - was interesting.
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
"I think it's an opportunity."
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
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The DOGE crew are such fine engineers they just launched a website template to a live .gov domain. Only the best for the US of A.
February 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The DOGE crew are such fine engineers they just launched a website template to a live .gov domain. Only the best for the US of A.
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"We've got too many people here. They're up against the barricade. We're losing the barricade"-- phllly pd scanner rn and also les mis, victor hugo, 1862
February 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"We've got too many people here. They're up against the barricade. We're losing the barricade"-- phllly pd scanner rn and also les mis, victor hugo, 1862
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Spending my Friday night writing up explainers for how research grants work is becoming normal now, I guess.
My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated.
www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...
My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated.
www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...
The Hidden Backbone of Research: How a 15% Cap on Indirect Costs Will Devastate Universities
So, if we’re serious about keeping research alive, it’s time to push back. Because 15% isn’t just a cut—it’s a death sentence for academic institutions as we know them.
www.kateringland.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Spending my Friday night writing up explainers for how research grants work is becoming normal now, I guess.
My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated.
www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...
My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated.
www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...
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We lost a legend today. Rest in peace, Professor Shoup.
Rest in peace, Professor Shoup (1938-2025)
We will keep up the good work.
Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup
We will keep up the good work.
Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup
February 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
We lost a legend today. Rest in peace, Professor Shoup.
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“there is an entire literature* that disagrees”
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
Something is embarrassing but the call is coming from inside the house. I’m sorry, but it’s bad. Sometimes it’s okay to say “no” in defense of the constitutional order and our most valued traditions. We don’t need to entertain all ideas as having equal merit or pretend by going through the motions.
January 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“there is an entire literature* that disagrees”
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
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The firm I work at is looking for a summer planning intern! If you or someone you know in an undergrad or grad planning program that has a passion for walking, biking, and transit, please encourage them to apply! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions. ☺️
teiconnects.com/career/plann...
teiconnects.com/career/plann...
Transportation Planning Intern
teiconnects.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The firm I work at is looking for a summer planning intern! If you or someone you know in an undergrad or grad planning program that has a passion for walking, biking, and transit, please encourage them to apply! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions. ☺️
teiconnects.com/career/plann...
teiconnects.com/career/plann...
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Under no circumstances is it OK to root for SMU. -OS
December 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Under no circumstances is it OK to root for SMU. -OS
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Every week Peter Norton hits a home run with these news clippings, showing how we have undone our cities to accommodate drivers and highways.
Then these news clippings show up for 2 weeks on every other urbanism influencer account. Remember to give @norton.bsky.social a shout-out!!
Then these news clippings show up for 2 weeks on every other urbanism influencer account. Remember to give @norton.bsky.social a shout-out!!
The National Conference on Street and Highway Safety met in Washington 100 years ago, from December 15 to 17, 1924.
The cartoon in this story reflects the conventional wisdom of the era, when traffic safety meant protecting pedestrians from motorists.
The cartoon in this story reflects the conventional wisdom of the era, when traffic safety meant protecting pedestrians from motorists.
December 11, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Every week Peter Norton hits a home run with these news clippings, showing how we have undone our cities to accommodate drivers and highways.
Then these news clippings show up for 2 weeks on every other urbanism influencer account. Remember to give @norton.bsky.social a shout-out!!
Then these news clippings show up for 2 weeks on every other urbanism influencer account. Remember to give @norton.bsky.social a shout-out!!
the way this would have changed my life when I was commuting from Montrose to Clear Lake
We must rebuild it
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 AM
the way this would have changed my life when I was commuting from Montrose to Clear Lake
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Sanborn detail of Shreveport, LA 1963: Two annotations, "ALL BLDG'S IN THIS BLOCK REMOVED", record the destruction of a neighborhood in progress. This area, now beneath the interchange of I-20 and I-49, once contained over a hundred dwellings (marked "D" on the maps). It now has almost zero.
November 26, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Sanborn detail of Shreveport, LA 1963: Two annotations, "ALL BLDG'S IN THIS BLOCK REMOVED", record the destruction of a neighborhood in progress. This area, now beneath the interchange of I-20 and I-49, once contained over a hundred dwellings (marked "D" on the maps). It now has almost zero.