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1/ If you're interested in housing and the debates within the Democratic party about how much is needed and how to get it built, you need to read this profile of CA NIMBY slayer @scottwiener.bsky.social by @jetjocko.bsky.social.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1/ If you're interested in housing and the debates within the Democratic party about how much is needed and how to get it built, you need to read this profile of CA NIMBY slayer @scottwiener.bsky.social by @jetjocko.bsky.social.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm reading "Saturn Run" by John Standford. It is a good sci-fi novel. The concept of how to reduce the chance of conflict is fascinating.
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm reading "Saturn Run" by John Standford. It is a good sci-fi novel. The concept of how to reduce the chance of conflict is fascinating.
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Breaking News: The New York City Council overwhelmingly approved a rezoning on Wednesday that could transform an industrial stretch of Queens into thousands of apartments — private development aimed at addressing the city’s affordable housing crisis. nyti.ms/4p71Cqv
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Breaking News: The New York City Council overwhelmingly approved a rezoning on Wednesday that could transform an industrial stretch of Queens into thousands of apartments — private development aimed at addressing the city’s affordable housing crisis. nyti.ms/4p71Cqv
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Your period remember that public golf courses in cities are a massive waste of public land, and places like this one should be public parks
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Your period remember that public golf courses in cities are a massive waste of public land, and places like this one should be public parks
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they're going to try to build almost 15,000 units of housing on the land that amazon wanted to have for a campus 🥲 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/n...
City Council Approves Plan That Could Bring 14,700 Homes to Queens
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
they're going to try to build almost 15,000 units of housing on the land that amazon wanted to have for a campus 🥲 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/n...
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Geometry!!!!!
"These positions are rooted in incompatible spatial logics. Los Angeles is sometimes described as among the densest U.S. urbanized areas, largely due to traffic congestion. But the perception conflates vehicular congestion with urban population density." commonedge.org/los-angeles-...
"These positions are rooted in incompatible spatial logics. Los Angeles is sometimes described as among the densest U.S. urbanized areas, largely due to traffic congestion. But the perception conflates vehicular congestion with urban population density." commonedge.org/los-angeles-...
Los Angeles and the Density Paradox
The city is already overloaded with cars, yet it lacks the density needed for transit to work effectively. Moving beyond this stalemate is essential.
commonedge.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Geometry!!!!!
"These positions are rooted in incompatible spatial logics. Los Angeles is sometimes described as among the densest U.S. urbanized areas, largely due to traffic congestion. But the perception conflates vehicular congestion with urban population density." commonedge.org/los-angeles-...
"These positions are rooted in incompatible spatial logics. Los Angeles is sometimes described as among the densest U.S. urbanized areas, largely due to traffic congestion. But the perception conflates vehicular congestion with urban population density." commonedge.org/los-angeles-...
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In Trump’s second term, the need for congressional action against corruption has never been clearer. Our latest report offers recommendations for strengthening the vital anti-corruption safeguards in the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses: bit.ly/3XdgCaq
Codifying the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses
To prevent corruption, the Constitution prohibits the president and other officials from receiving untoward benefits. Congress, however, must take action to enable enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In Trump’s second term, the need for congressional action against corruption has never been clearer. Our latest report offers recommendations for strengthening the vital anti-corruption safeguards in the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses: bit.ly/3XdgCaq
I've been reading "Against Intellectual Monopoly"
super interesting: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.nakamotoinstitute.org/docs/against-intellectual-monopoly.pdf
super interesting: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.nakamotoinstitute.org/docs/against-intellectual-monopoly.pdf
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I've been reading "Against Intellectual Monopoly"
super interesting: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.nakamotoinstitute.org/docs/against-intellectual-monopoly.pdf
super interesting: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.nakamotoinstitute.org/docs/against-intellectual-monopoly.pdf
This is criminal behavior
Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, based on hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is criminal behavior
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Corruption is hardly a new problem, but the abuses taking place now are unlike anything seen in generations. Here’s what Congress can do about it: bit.ly/43MmpHM
How Congress Can Rein in Surging Political Corruption
Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest anticorruption safeguards.
www.brennancenter.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Corruption is hardly a new problem, but the abuses taking place now are unlike anything seen in generations. Here’s what Congress can do about it: bit.ly/43MmpHM
I like this idea, but why not charge producers for the amount of packaging that they produce?
What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Trash #Waste
grist.org/accountabili...
#Trash #Waste
What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash
The small town Plympton, Massachusetts, eliminated 305 tons of garbage a year by making everyone pay for what they toss.
grist.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I like this idea, but why not charge producers for the amount of packaging that they produce?
Interesting article on corporate behavior: policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
Canada must mandate corporate accountability
Companies need to be forced to prevent human rights abuses and environmental destruction throughout their supply chains.
policyoptions.irpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Interesting article on corporate behavior: policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
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Americans are sick of the two-party system, but what can we do to break out of it? @leedrutman.bsky.social went on @cbsmornings.bsky.social to explain how proportional representation can revitalize democracy in America.
What would a viable 3rd political party look like? We asked voters to try to build one.
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Americans are sick of the two-party system, but what can we do to break out of it? @leedrutman.bsky.social went on @cbsmornings.bsky.social to explain how proportional representation can revitalize democracy in America.
Maybe if we all keep praying without making any policy changes, that will solve it.
“Together we really are going to make the Great Salt Lake great again” Gov. Cox
NEW from me and others at @greatsaltlakenews.bsky.social: Gov. Cox set a goal — so what's it really going to take to get the Great Salt Lake to 4,198? www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Maybe if we all keep praying without making any policy changes, that will solve it.
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Like UBI and providing long-term contraception to teenagers, this will be repeated a billion times and never believed, but yes, reducing parking requirements encourages affordable housing.
Analysis: Denver Study Shows Removing Parking Requirements Results in More Affordable Housing Being Built
"We find that eliminating parking minimums creates more options for developers and renters."
www.westword.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Like UBI and providing long-term contraception to teenagers, this will be repeated a billion times and never believed, but yes, reducing parking requirements encourages affordable housing.
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Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers.
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers.
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
I want my phone to buzz and beep like it does for an amber alerts anytime there is any sort of eclipse, possible aurora borealis sighting, or any other astronomical event.
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I want my phone to buzz and beep like it does for an amber alerts anytime there is any sort of eclipse, possible aurora borealis sighting, or any other astronomical event.
Go get it Scott!!
Breaking News: The California state senator Scott Wiener is expected to run for the U.S. House seat held by Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker who has not yet said whether she will run again.
Top San Francisco Lawmaker Expected to Challenge Nancy Pelosi in Primary
Ms. Pelosi, 85, has not yet said whether she will run again. The challenge would be the latest example of the Democratic Party facing a push for generational change.
nyti.ms
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Go get it Scott!!
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The main value of a public library is that you are not the product.
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The main value of a public library is that you are not the product.
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SB 195 in Utah, designed to halt street safety projects in SLC in the name of the mighty car, was founded on a false premise. Traffic hasn’t gotten worse and people’s perceptions of safety projects are positive and neutral. Hope this study puts an end to the state interfering with our streets
UDOT finds Salt Lake road projects created little impact; mayor still promises 'change'
A much-anticipated study of recent Salt Lake City road projects found little impact to this point, but the city plans to make adjustments to other findings.
www.ksl.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SB 195 in Utah, designed to halt street safety projects in SLC in the name of the mighty car, was founded on a false premise. Traffic hasn’t gotten worse and people’s perceptions of safety projects are positive and neutral. Hope this study puts an end to the state interfering with our streets
The case for open borders by John Washington is amazing. Read it!
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The case for open borders by John Washington is amazing. Read it!
AI is overhyped and is a bubble.
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
AI is overhyped and is a bubble.
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"Mandela’s South Africa rejected the mechanics of exclusion [first past the post elections] and replaced them with a structure that values every voice [proportional representation]."
How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa @electoralreform.bsky.social
How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa @electoralreform.bsky.social
How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa
South Africa’s history shows how an electoral system can change everything. Sometimes, democracy’s biggest dangers aren’t coups or revolutions, but the quiet impact of the rules th
electoral-reform.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Mandela’s South Africa rejected the mechanics of exclusion [first past the post elections] and replaced them with a structure that values every voice [proportional representation]."
How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa @electoralreform.bsky.social
How First Past the Post helped apartheid take hold in South Africa @electoralreform.bsky.social