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Municipal gov is good. Frontage roads are bad.
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This is your annual reminder that (canonically) Casablanca (1942) takes place in the wee small hours of December 7, 1941.
A ★★★★★ review of Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca is the movie that everyone claims to have seen and hand waves away any discussion of it as a serious film, or if they’ve actually seen it and don’t have a strong opinion about it, then they...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is your annual reminder that (canonically) Casablanca (1942) takes place in the wee small hours of December 7, 1941.
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
I recall an article from a few years back about how Tory governance introduced a number of American electoral/political structures including a powerful high court and termed governance to a parliamentary system and how that was probably dumb and well here we are.
I don't know how you see poll after poll like this and not think "hm, maybe we should change our strategy a bit"
📊 Seat estimate | Labour wipeout
➡️ REF: 360 (+355)
🟢 GRN: 79 (+75)
🟠 LD: 72 (-)
🔵 CON: 48 (-73)
🟡 SNP: 45 (+36)
🟢 PLAID: 7 (+3)
🔴 LAB: 4 (-407)
Based on @findoutnowUK poll, 3 Dec (+/- vs GE24)
➡️ REF: 360 (+355)
🟢 GRN: 79 (+75)
🟠 LD: 72 (-)
🔵 CON: 48 (-73)
🟡 SNP: 45 (+36)
🟢 PLAID: 7 (+3)
🔴 LAB: 4 (-407)
Based on @findoutnowUK poll, 3 Dec (+/- vs GE24)
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I recall an article from a few years back about how Tory governance introduced a number of American electoral/political structures including a powerful high court and termed governance to a parliamentary system and how that was probably dumb and well here we are.
Dayton, assuming this is the epicenter, isn't all that close to the Nevada Test Site.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dayton, assuming this is the epicenter, isn't all that close to the Nevada Test Site.
can you imagine it being a thousand years ago and discovering LAKE SUPERIOR.
its kinda not fair to the rest of the world and tbh country that the Great Lakes exist.
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
can you imagine it being a thousand years ago and discovering LAKE SUPERIOR.
its kinda not fair to the rest of the world and tbh country that the Great Lakes exist.
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
its kinda not fair to the rest of the world and tbh country that the Great Lakes exist.
there's a young person who's become a regular at council meetings. I'm both glad they're interested in local government, and horrified that they seem to see sitting at council meetings as the way to be involved.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
there's a young person who's become a regular at council meetings. I'm both glad they're interested in local government, and horrified that they seem to see sitting at council meetings as the way to be involved.
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Current* conditions near Silver Lake, MI:
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Current* conditions near Silver Lake, MI:
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we're not angry enough about the Insular Cases.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
we're not angry enough about the Insular Cases.
the brits have it nailed. be a declining global power unable to maintain the international bases for empire, so just have the US pay for your continued use of them. ahh sorry US we just can't afford to maintain Diego Garcia...
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
the brits have it nailed. be a declining global power unable to maintain the international bases for empire, so just have the US pay for your continued use of them. ahh sorry US we just can't afford to maintain Diego Garcia...
I just realized that Sabrina Carpenter looks a lot like 2011 Hayden Panettiere
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I just realized that Sabrina Carpenter looks a lot like 2011 Hayden Panettiere
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There's no question in my mind that Woke Bill Kristol would be the most effective Democratic House leader of my lifetime. I take no pleasure, etc.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
There's no question in my mind that Woke Bill Kristol would be the most effective Democratic House leader of my lifetime. I take no pleasure, etc.
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This is what I wrote them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is what I wrote them.
I've been sleeping on Waxahatchee and for that, I am sorry.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I've been sleeping on Waxahatchee and for that, I am sorry.
they made a podcast specifically for me. its just guys talking about new jersey place names podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
EPISODE 10: Obsessed with NJ place names
Podcast Episode · The Jersey Angle · 11/28/2025 · 55m
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December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
they made a podcast specifically for me. its just guys talking about new jersey place names podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Not to give him any ideas, but kinda wild Trump hasn’t retroactively pardoned Eddie Antar.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Not to give him any ideas, but kinda wild Trump hasn’t retroactively pardoned Eddie Antar.
deeply disturbing otherizing going on from the gadfly.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
deeply disturbing otherizing going on from the gadfly.
Curious why climatically pretty moderate New Jersey (outside the shore) is seeing such issues.
Keys & Mulder build dataset to study homeowners insurance using over 74 million premiums from 2014–2024 inferred from mortgage escrow payments. Premium increases are capitalized into home values, reducing home price growth by over $40,000 in the most exposed zip codes. www.nber.org/papers/w32579
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Curious why climatically pretty moderate New Jersey (outside the shore) is seeing such issues.
Build baby build!!! urbanland.uli.org/development-...
Abundance Agenda: States Adding the Most New Homes in 2025
A new report by the construction scheduling platform Planera shows which U.S. states are adding the most new housing in 2025.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Build baby build!!! urbanland.uli.org/development-...
In a city less than 1.5 square miles in area, stack makes sure to host 5 separate Thanksgiving dinners, on top of giving away thousands of turkeys.
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In a city less than 1.5 square miles in area, stack makes sure to host 5 separate Thanksgiving dinners, on top of giving away thousands of turkeys.
I'm watching a show from the early 2010s where a celebrities career is supposedly on the rocks over a shoplifting incident and it's laughable how little we would care today.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm watching a show from the early 2010s where a celebrities career is supposedly on the rocks over a shoplifting incident and it's laughable how little we would care today.
look I didn't have the architect of Chris Christie's two terms as Governor of New Jersey serving in the Sherrill transition on my bingo card but can anything so mundane be surprising these days?
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
look I didn't have the architect of Chris Christie's two terms as Governor of New Jersey serving in the Sherrill transition on my bingo card but can anything so mundane be surprising these days?