Not 100% sure but I think it started this way. What I have heard about the meetings is not encouraging but someone else probably knows more about this issue.

leaving out a Bible and a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy on the table for the reporter to notice is like the scene in Dodgeball when Ben Stiller pretends to be reading the dictionary and goes "oh, you caught me"

Like, is it possible under certain circumstances? Sure, probably. But in many, many neighborhoods--like mine--gentrification starts with wealthier people trickling in of their own initiative in fits and starts--and indeed, accelerating unaffordability by then choosing to *suffocate* development.

It directed the state fire Marshall to do a study and write a report and they can just say "nope"

No not really

But then when you get into higher education there’s a bit of a divergence. If you study engineering, you’re still in the first mode. Understanding how to make a computer program, or the structural forces in a bridge intuitively seems hard, but you can learn how to do it!

Think about archaeology: hundreds of people can spend decades cataloguing pot sherds across dozens of sites as a prerequisite to knowing things, and even then there’s no self-evident answer to the kinds of questions you might want to ask. Knowing things is so hard!

Immediate builder's remedy!!

Oof that driving time estimate is a total crapshoot, I used to drive to Toronto a lot when I lived in Buffalo. So much less stress to know the train timetable

and @markasaurus.bsky.social did a study for SF w/ his firm openscope studio

openscopestudio.com/single-stair...

BUILD IT

The bizarre media narrative that Dems must choose between anti-Trump and affordability politics reflects a broad reluctance to accept that Trump is really unpopular. The way forward is a fusion of the two. They are often one and the same. 8/

(h/t @jamellebouie.net)

newrepublic.com/article/2027...

IDK people sure build a lot of podium buildings in expensive places

I mean type V should do that too

It's really hard to bury a freeway and it doesn't feel like a serious solution when we see how it's actually been implemented

I am taking a botany class right now and this fact was not covered