Joe Winter
@joeventures.bsky.social
Atlanta-ish. BBA Business. BS Urban Policy Studies. Now in Software. Random thoughts are my own and not necessarily my opinions, or yours.
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Joe Winter
@joeventures.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I'm pretty sure I'm not the first to think of this, but posting on Bluesky is not "tweeting." It's BSing.
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I have never seen such a complete repudiation of the concept of means testing in a single article.
Happy Thanksgiving and buckle up, things are about to get worse
Happy Thanksgiving and buckle up, things are about to get worse
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I have never seen such a complete repudiation of the concept of means testing in a single article.
Happy Thanksgiving and buckle up, things are about to get worse
Happy Thanksgiving and buckle up, things are about to get worse
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Baltimore’s zoning bill would allow up to 4 units on SFH lots.
This op-ed is really good…she counters the “every neighborhood is different” justification well: if zoning’s purpose is to protect health and wellbeing, why would different neighborhood histories justify different laws today
This op-ed is really good…she counters the “every neighborhood is different” justification well: if zoning’s purpose is to protect health and wellbeing, why would different neighborhood histories justify different laws today
"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning | Baltimore Brew
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Baltimore’s zoning bill would allow up to 4 units on SFH lots.
This op-ed is really good…she counters the “every neighborhood is different” justification well: if zoning’s purpose is to protect health and wellbeing, why would different neighborhood histories justify different laws today
This op-ed is really good…she counters the “every neighborhood is different” justification well: if zoning’s purpose is to protect health and wellbeing, why would different neighborhood histories justify different laws today
They may not realize it, but front line Costco employees are local celebrities.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
They may not realize it, but front line Costco employees are local celebrities.
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Heck, this Corporate Welfare Promotion Committee makes a mockery of City Council itself. They've delegated their responsibility - or at least their platform - to representatives of Big Money special interests.
It is immensely disappointing that @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social lost his election, as I was hoping he would be the check on these unaccountable power structures that make a mockery of our entire NPU/neighborhood governance system.
Committee for Corporate Welfare - no oversight at all.
Atlanta Ctee for Progress & MACC never saw a corporate handout they didn't shill for.
Arthur Blank pockets $30M/yr of our hotel-motel tax & has 2 votes!
Invest Atlanta board members rarely look critically at TAD cost-effectiveness.
Just say No!
Atlanta Ctee for Progress & MACC never saw a corporate handout they didn't shill for.
Arthur Blank pockets $30M/yr of our hotel-motel tax & has 2 votes!
Invest Atlanta board members rarely look critically at TAD cost-effectiveness.
Just say No!
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Heck, this Corporate Welfare Promotion Committee makes a mockery of City Council itself. They've delegated their responsibility - or at least their platform - to representatives of Big Money special interests.
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Just incredibly sad that the Atlanta City Council appears ready to rubber stamp a catastrophic city policy whose ramifications will last 3 decades.
And much of Atlanta seems to be cheering, or yawning.
(See my comment below on article from Linked In.)
www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
And much of Atlanta seems to be cheering, or yawning.
(See my comment below on article from Linked In.)
www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Just incredibly sad that the Atlanta City Council appears ready to rubber stamp a catastrophic city policy whose ramifications will last 3 decades.
And much of Atlanta seems to be cheering, or yawning.
(See my comment below on article from Linked In.)
www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
And much of Atlanta seems to be cheering, or yawning.
(See my comment below on article from Linked In.)
www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
BESSENT: That's what my analysts tell me, but really I think it could start as early as the fifth quarter of this year.
BARTIROMO: When do you think the public is really gonna feel an impact from your moves to rein in the cost of living?
BESSENT: I think we're gonna see a substantial acceleration in the economy in the first, second quarter
BESSENT: I think we're gonna see a substantial acceleration in the economy in the first, second quarter
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
BESSENT: That's what my analysts tell me, but really I think it could start as early as the fifth quarter of this year.
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Hi I would like everyone to please absorb the lesson that echoing & amplifying GOP framing of *any issue* will always fail voters, policymakers, and progressives. Take the “border crisis”—there hasn’t been anything near a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border since 1916. It’s a racist dog whistle.
Yes because republicans keep telling them that Dems are running on defund when they’re not and appallingly centrist Dems believe it because they don’t bother to find out what progressives believe!
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hi I would like everyone to please absorb the lesson that echoing & amplifying GOP framing of *any issue* will always fail voters, policymakers, and progressives. Take the “border crisis”—there hasn’t been anything near a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border since 1916. It’s a racist dog whistle.
This thread, in a big way. So little investment in the south, and so much incompetence.
I understand why a lot of white liberals are like, fuck the south, because they think about the people in power who are mostly white conservatives. But that is only because of Jim Crow, voter suppression, a lack of real funding for Dems there
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This thread, in a big way. So little investment in the south, and so much incompetence.
What to say to the person who takes my Eggo logo Lego set? 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What to say to the person who takes my Eggo logo Lego set? 🤔
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Dear god.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dear god.
The arguments in favor of the party having a big umbrella make sense to me. That's one thing. But it's a whole 'nother thing to place people widely despised by the base in high-profile/high-impact positions in the party.
What is so terribly broken about the Democratic policy world that anyone thought tapping *Larry Summers* for future economic policy was a reasonable thing to do, rather than completely unhinged?
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The arguments in favor of the party having a big umbrella make sense to me. That's one thing. But it's a whole 'nother thing to place people widely despised by the base in high-profile/high-impact positions in the party.
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Prediction: He kills the case and replaces Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Prediction: He kills the case and replaces Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
Feeling this op-ed pretty hard. "When tech is the villain instead of the hero, the future feels leaderless. And a country that stops believing its innovators can make the world better stops believing in much else, too."
Opinion | I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Feeling this op-ed pretty hard. "When tech is the villain instead of the hero, the future feels leaderless. And a country that stops believing its innovators can make the world better stops believing in much else, too."
To me, the problem with the argument about the cost of rail on the Beltline is that the citizens were given an opportunity to vote on funding this through a sales tax, and it was approved. That's the voters saying, "Yes, we know it's expensive, but it's worth it."
☝️Our polling data shows that district 2 voters are 2/3 in favor of rail, which lines up very neatly with our election results
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
To me, the problem with the argument about the cost of rail on the Beltline is that the citizens were given an opportunity to vote on funding this through a sales tax, and it was approved. That's the voters saying, "Yes, we know it's expensive, but it's worth it."
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☝️Our polling data shows that district 2 voters are 2/3 in favor of rail, which lines up very neatly with our election results
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
☝️Our polling data shows that district 2 voters are 2/3 in favor of rail, which lines up very neatly with our election results
So how much can a lower fed rate help to stem these job losses?
Layoffs soared in October to their highest for the month in 22 years, report says
Employers have slashed nearly 1.1 million jobs through October this year, up 65% from a year ago, new labor data shows.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So how much can a lower fed rate help to stem these job losses?
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Reminder: these dumb pods are going to cost $200 per trip, so the economics is basically impossible that they are cost feasible. City leaders are basically spending money to subsidize a tech company.
Atlanta’s age of the electric minibus is almost here, according to AV provider Beep and partners
Beep Beep! ATL autonomous vehicles to roll out for 2026 World Cup
Atlanta’s age of the electric minibus is almost here, according to AV provider Beep and partners
atlanta.urbanize.city
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Reminder: these dumb pods are going to cost $200 per trip, so the economics is basically impossible that they are cost feasible. City leaders are basically spending money to subsidize a tech company.
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This is what true public service looks like: Fighting like hell with every tool in the toolbox to return money but also power and dignity to people, and to hold a abusers to account. Bravo.
At our convening on the future of government on Monday, @pkryan.bsky.social shared how he pushed for accountability—and won—after a massive utility’s billing errors cost residents in his district millions of dollars.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is what true public service looks like: Fighting like hell with every tool in the toolbox to return money but also power and dignity to people, and to hold a abusers to account. Bravo.
"Internally, the club’s commitment to a progressive workplace curdled into a culture of allegations and investigations." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Internally, the club’s commitment to a progressive workplace curdled into a culture of allegations and investigations." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
I'd make a crudité joke here...
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I'd make a crudité joke here...
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Math is hard.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Math is hard.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
The U.S. population is 347,930,963.
135 billion pounds would mean an average of 388 pounds lost by every American.
If you watch the video prior to this moment, you'll see he was clearly struggling to stay awake. And here, while standing, he's still struggling to stay awake.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If you watch the video prior to this moment, you'll see he was clearly struggling to stay awake. And here, while standing, he's still struggling to stay awake.
Can any headline that ends in a question mark be answered by the word "no"?
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "no".
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Can any headline that ends in a question mark be answered by the word "no"?
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CW: Suicide ryanbigg.com/2025/10/rub...
Ruby Community Reflections
Ruby Community Reflections
ryanbigg.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
CW: Suicide ryanbigg.com/2025/10/rub...
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11. Importantly, the city is and has always been a much less controllable space for the far right than the countryside. It is less in thrall to traditional hierarchies and better able to mobilise: the sheer number of people provides a counterweight to oligarchic power.
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
11. Importantly, the city is and has always been a much less controllable space for the far right than the countryside. It is less in thrall to traditional hierarchies and better able to mobilise: the sheer number of people provides a counterweight to oligarchic power.