David Mendelsohn
@mendelshanks.bsky.social
Born in Berkeley. YIMBY. Cars ruin cities.
Also, too, Jackal.
Also, too, Jackal.
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I have some fresh questions about how Wolff got almost 18 months of unrestricted access to both the Trump campaign and, later, the West Wing to write his book (that curiously doesn't mention this at all to my knowledge)
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have some fresh questions about how Wolff got almost 18 months of unrestricted access to both the Trump campaign and, later, the West Wing to write his book (that curiously doesn't mention this at all to my knowledge)
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For political hacks like myself, 'put it in the curriculum' is the oldest and hattiest of old hat policy ideas.
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Schools cannot solve all our problems
The limits of ‘put it in the curriculum’ politics
howtorunacountry.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For political hacks like myself, 'put it in the curriculum' is the oldest and hattiest of old hat policy ideas.
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
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There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.
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Mamdani's hero is LaGuardia. He just mentioned him again. And I maintain he has more in common with New Dealers than socialists. But you can't responsibly write about him without writing about the Milwaukee "sewer socialists" of 1910-60. Nothing he says is new, only the applications.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani's hero is LaGuardia. He just mentioned him again. And I maintain he has more in common with New Dealers than socialists. But you can't responsibly write about him without writing about the Milwaukee "sewer socialists" of 1910-60. Nothing he says is new, only the applications.
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The way you do this is to stop dwelling on the arguments and talk about the people who are making them. The argument is wrong and absurd, someone who raises or persistently is a traitor trying to undermine the constitutional order. The problem is media won’t take this second step.
I don’t know how you do it, but we have to be a filter of “come on, you don’t really believe that” on these arguments. Nobody believes that the 22nd amendment contained a hidden path to reward the diligent seeker with more than two terms. Shut up.
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The way you do this is to stop dwelling on the arguments and talk about the people who are making them. The argument is wrong and absurd, someone who raises or persistently is a traitor trying to undermine the constitutional order. The problem is media won’t take this second step.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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It really sucks to realize that Bernie Sanders would have made a terrible president, because despite having a lot of integrity himself, he is an abysmal judge of character. Just fuckup after fuckup with the candidates who only get traction from his endorsement. His appointees would have been awful.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It really sucks to realize that Bernie Sanders would have made a terrible president, because despite having a lot of integrity himself, he is an abysmal judge of character. Just fuckup after fuckup with the candidates who only get traction from his endorsement. His appointees would have been awful.
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"Do you like my LLM?"
I do not like it Sam Altman
I do not like your LLM
I would not like it here or there
I would not like it anywhere
I do not like you Sam Altman
I will not use your LLM
I will not use it in a car
I will not use it with a mouse
I will not use it in a tree
Sam Altman you let me be
I do not like it Sam Altman
I do not like your LLM
I would not like it here or there
I would not like it anywhere
I do not like you Sam Altman
I will not use your LLM
I will not use it in a car
I will not use it with a mouse
I will not use it in a tree
Sam Altman you let me be
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Do you like my LLM?"
I do not like it Sam Altman
I do not like your LLM
I would not like it here or there
I would not like it anywhere
I do not like you Sam Altman
I will not use your LLM
I will not use it in a car
I will not use it with a mouse
I will not use it in a tree
Sam Altman you let me be
I do not like it Sam Altman
I do not like your LLM
I would not like it here or there
I would not like it anywhere
I do not like you Sam Altman
I will not use your LLM
I will not use it in a car
I will not use it with a mouse
I will not use it in a tree
Sam Altman you let me be
Will the new systems be set up to favor the needs of a city's residents? Or will they be set up to favor the needs of the auto industry? I wish I could be more optimistic.
I've been thinking a lot about the future and one thing that I think is nearly inevitable is a lot more automated vehicles. I think this can be a positive thing, but cities *really* need to prepare.
October 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Will the new systems be set up to favor the needs of a city's residents? Or will they be set up to favor the needs of the auto industry? I wish I could be more optimistic.
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My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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Internet good. Broadband bad. Speed kills, let’s take it down to 3kb/s so the literate rule the earth.
October 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Internet good. Broadband bad. Speed kills, let’s take it down to 3kb/s so the literate rule the earth.
John Roberts, here's a sneak peek at your future.
I found it pretty charming to learn that after Roger Taney died, sitting lawmakers called his death a "victory for liberty and the Constitution," suggested that he was probably burning in hell, and joked (?) that they'd rather hang him in effigy than do literally anything to honor his memory
Roger Taney’s Contemporaries Hated Him As Much As You Probably Do
Ordinarily, members of Congress do not publicly suggest that recently deceased Supreme Court justices are burning in hell. But Roger Taney was no ordinary Supreme Court justice.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
John Roberts, here's a sneak peek at your future.
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So, there's this plan called California Forever, financed by a bunch of tech billionaires, to build a brand new city of 400,000 an hour from SF on ranching land. They just released their plans. It's seductively well designed.
But the more I think about it, the less I like it. (Long 🧵 coming) 1/
But the more I think about it, the less I like it. (Long 🧵 coming) 1/
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So, there's this plan called California Forever, financed by a bunch of tech billionaires, to build a brand new city of 400,000 an hour from SF on ranching land. They just released their plans. It's seductively well designed.
But the more I think about it, the less I like it. (Long 🧵 coming) 1/
But the more I think about it, the less I like it. (Long 🧵 coming) 1/
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it happened again, so it’s time for a reminder:
Drivers, please do not wave pedestrians and cyclists into situations on the road when they do not have the right way. I know it feels like the polite thing to do, but it is incredibly dangerous
Drivers, please do not wave pedestrians and cyclists into situations on the road when they do not have the right way. I know it feels like the polite thing to do, but it is incredibly dangerous
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
it happened again, so it’s time for a reminder:
Drivers, please do not wave pedestrians and cyclists into situations on the road when they do not have the right way. I know it feels like the polite thing to do, but it is incredibly dangerous
Drivers, please do not wave pedestrians and cyclists into situations on the road when they do not have the right way. I know it feels like the polite thing to do, but it is incredibly dangerous
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
That's a funny lookin' bike.
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
That's a funny lookin' bike.
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This is what Democratic mayors should be doing to the streets in front of ICE facilities. Can't have a facility if no one can bring a car into it!
Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is what Democratic mayors should be doing to the streets in front of ICE facilities. Can't have a facility if no one can bring a car into it!
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i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
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From the Western Railway Museum, the 12th Street Dam.
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
From the Western Railway Museum, the 12th Street Dam.
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12. Braxy the Waxed (CN dwarf thief) is an ex-criminal and roadie for The Bristles, a band of dwarf bards that sings songs about how great having facial hair is. Was hired despite his past because he had a great moustache and refused to shave it even when the Watch put it on a wanted poster. Respect
Dwarf thief
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
12. Braxy the Waxed (CN dwarf thief) is an ex-criminal and roadie for The Bristles, a band of dwarf bards that sings songs about how great having facial hair is. Was hired despite his past because he had a great moustache and refused to shave it even when the Watch put it on a wanted poster. Respect
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We All Want The Same Thing.
original version of the Unity posters spotted recently.
original version of the Unity posters spotted recently.
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We All Want The Same Thing.
original version of the Unity posters spotted recently.
original version of the Unity posters spotted recently.
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luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.
September 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.