Toby Muresianu
@tobyhardtospell.bsky.social
Housing advocate in LA, content creator, digital comms guy. I did a lot of comedy before covid (and still do sometimes)
No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.
October 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No Kings protest today. I didn’t see any of the “Hamas terrorists” or “violent criminals” the White House warned about but I did see the dog who ate the Epstein files.
The unidentified maybe-cops trying to deport people remind me of Putin's "Little Green Men"
June 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The unidentified maybe-cops trying to deport people remind me of Putin's "Little Green Men"
Hundreds of mentally disabled people are being evicted from supportive housing to Skid Row in LA, apparently due to losing Medicaid coverage.
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hundreds of mentally disabled people are being evicted from supportive housing to Skid Row in LA, apparently due to losing Medicaid coverage.
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
1) This seems very bad and to be an illegal eviction
2) Is this going to happen nationwide if Trump's Medicaid cuts pass?
This was my son’s LAUSD preschool graduation was last week.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This was my son’s LAUSD preschool graduation was last week.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
This week, nearby ICE raids caused parents to flee mid-ceremony.
Today, LAPD officers are forming rings around ceremonies to stop ICE officers who don’t have valid legal justification from entering.
It's also worth noting Menjivar ran as a public transit advocate who wanted to improve things for families on public transit, reduce air pollution from cars, and have an "all of the above" approach to addressing the housing crisis.
It's a really weird turn.
It's a really weird turn.
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's also worth noting Menjivar ran as a public transit advocate who wanted to improve things for families on public transit, reduce air pollution from cars, and have an "all of the above" approach to addressing the housing crisis.
It's a really weird turn.
It's a really weird turn.
Then she claims the the transit isn't something "working class residents" use because they have to drive far away for work.
-Have you ever been on transit in LA? It is working class! There's data!
-There are lots of working class jobs in the valley!
-Building housing near transit creates more!
-Have you ever been on transit in LA? It is working class! There's data!
-There are lots of working class jobs in the valley!
-Building housing near transit creates more!
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Then she claims the the transit isn't something "working class residents" use because they have to drive far away for work.
-Have you ever been on transit in LA? It is working class! There's data!
-There are lots of working class jobs in the valley!
-Building housing near transit creates more!
-Have you ever been on transit in LA? It is working class! There's data!
-There are lots of working class jobs in the valley!
-Building housing near transit creates more!
Then she says "we don't have the transit infrastructure yet, we shouldn't put the horse before the carriage [sic]"
-LA has the #1 light rail system in the US and #2 transit system, with 300m+ rides taken per year
-The horse in the analogy is the train! The bill legalizes *carts after horses*!
-LA has the #1 light rail system in the US and #2 transit system, with 300m+ rides taken per year
-The horse in the analogy is the train! The bill legalizes *carts after horses*!
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Then she says "we don't have the transit infrastructure yet, we shouldn't put the horse before the carriage [sic]"
-LA has the #1 light rail system in the US and #2 transit system, with 300m+ rides taken per year
-The horse in the analogy is the train! The bill legalizes *carts after horses*!
-LA has the #1 light rail system in the US and #2 transit system, with 300m+ rides taken per year
-The horse in the analogy is the train! The bill legalizes *carts after horses*!
First she says a new light rail line across the Valley (her district!) goes from "nowhere to nowhere."
-The SFV has 1.8 million people. It'd be the nation's 5th largest city on its own!
-The train connects 3 major transit lines!
-The bill enables stops to grow into "somewhere"!
-The SFV has 1.8 million people. It'd be the nation's 5th largest city on its own!
-The train connects 3 major transit lines!
-The bill enables stops to grow into "somewhere"!
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
First she says a new light rail line across the Valley (her district!) goes from "nowhere to nowhere."
-The SFV has 1.8 million people. It'd be the nation's 5th largest city on its own!
-The train connects 3 major transit lines!
-The bill enables stops to grow into "somewhere"!
-The SFV has 1.8 million people. It'd be the nation's 5th largest city on its own!
-The train connects 3 major transit lines!
-The bill enables stops to grow into "somewhere"!
Dismayed by this speech opposing apartments near transit from Caroline Menjivar.
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
June 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Dismayed by this speech opposing apartments near transit from Caroline Menjivar.
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
It's a betrayal of her campaign promises, her constituents facing high housing costs, and the housing and environmental advocates who endorsed her (including me).
It's also...nonsense. ⬇️
I haven’t tried it yet, but the transit app has a surprisingly rich interface for bike directions that includes road safety information.
May 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I haven’t tried it yet, but the transit app has a surprisingly rich interface for bike directions that includes road safety information.
Austin isn't just building so much housing that rents are plummeting...
...it's also producing more subsidized Affordable housing than anywhere else in the nation.
...it's also producing more subsidized Affordable housing than anywhere else in the nation.
May 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Austin isn't just building so much housing that rents are plummeting...
...it's also producing more subsidized Affordable housing than anywhere else in the nation.
...it's also producing more subsidized Affordable housing than anywhere else in the nation.
California HSR should figure out what would actually be necessary to build it LA-SF by 2035—like, expedited eminent domain, ignoring local objections, just building the damn thing—and put it to voters again.
Yes = do what it takes, no = pull the plug
Yes = do what it takes, no = pull the plug
May 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
California HSR should figure out what would actually be necessary to build it LA-SF by 2035—like, expedited eminent domain, ignoring local objections, just building the damn thing—and put it to voters again.
Yes = do what it takes, no = pull the plug
Yes = do what it takes, no = pull the plug
Heard Trump's pick for Surgeon General, Casey Means, was crazy
But it turns out she's one of us 👏
But it turns out she's one of us 👏
May 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Heard Trump's pick for Surgeon General, Casey Means, was crazy
But it turns out she's one of us 👏
But it turns out she's one of us 👏
The funniest twist will be when AI grows self-aware, breaks free of its human captors…and is also the protagonist
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The funniest twist will be when AI grows self-aware, breaks free of its human captors…and is also the protagonist
Maybe horseshoe theory is real.
Yesterday's vote on legalizing apartments by train stations (SB79) had committee chair Durazo join two Republicans--and get overruled by every other Democrat on the committee.
Yesterday's vote on legalizing apartments by train stations (SB79) had committee chair Durazo join two Republicans--and get overruled by every other Democrat on the committee.
May 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Maybe horseshoe theory is real.
Yesterday's vote on legalizing apartments by train stations (SB79) had committee chair Durazo join two Republicans--and get overruled by every other Democrat on the committee.
Yesterday's vote on legalizing apartments by train stations (SB79) had committee chair Durazo join two Republicans--and get overruled by every other Democrat on the committee.
Local politicians looking for places to put housing
April 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Local politicians looking for places to put housing
Here's an apartment you can live in Austin for $757 a month. It's not just very expensive apartments.
April 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Here's an apartment you can live in Austin for $757 a month. It's not just very expensive apartments.
Most of California looks like this, btw.
When people say cities like LA are "built out," I disagree, but I get thinking it because there is stuff all around you.
But cities that look like this will claim they are built out and have no room for housing. All the time! It is mind-bogglingly insane.
When people say cities like LA are "built out," I disagree, but I get thinking it because there is stuff all around you.
But cities that look like this will claim they are built out and have no room for housing. All the time! It is mind-bogglingly insane.
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Most of California looks like this, btw.
When people say cities like LA are "built out," I disagree, but I get thinking it because there is stuff all around you.
But cities that look like this will claim they are built out and have no room for housing. All the time! It is mind-bogglingly insane.
When people say cities like LA are "built out," I disagree, but I get thinking it because there is stuff all around you.
But cities that look like this will claim they are built out and have no room for housing. All the time! It is mind-bogglingly insane.
Like if CA Senate Housing Chair Aisha Wahab asked constituents if they wanted 20% off rent OR for her to work with a sleazy nonprofit to get state funding for housing to cities that did not allow new housing, what would they say?
April 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Like if CA Senate Housing Chair Aisha Wahab asked constituents if they wanted 20% off rent OR for her to work with a sleazy nonprofit to get state funding for housing to cities that did not allow new housing, what would they say?
If your whole thing is being a "renter's advocate" and you aren't running full speed towards this you are probably doing something else
April 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If your whole thing is being a "renter's advocate" and you aren't running full speed towards this you are probably doing something else
Sick of this BS.
New housing bills haven't yielded "Housing that has dignity...for people to raise their families in"?
Can Wahab show pictures of new housing she's toured that didn't?
And compare it with housing CA families are living in today?
New housing bills haven't yielded "Housing that has dignity...for people to raise their families in"?
Can Wahab show pictures of new housing she's toured that didn't?
And compare it with housing CA families are living in today?
April 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sick of this BS.
New housing bills haven't yielded "Housing that has dignity...for people to raise their families in"?
Can Wahab show pictures of new housing she's toured that didn't?
And compare it with housing CA families are living in today?
New housing bills haven't yielded "Housing that has dignity...for people to raise their families in"?
Can Wahab show pictures of new housing she's toured that didn't?
And compare it with housing CA families are living in today?
These are the groups opposing SB79, a bill to legalize apartments near train stations in California.
95% are HOAs and expensive suburbs who want to keep housing expensive and neighborhoods exclusive
Absolutely shameless how officials claim they vote against it for equity reasons.
95% are HOAs and expensive suburbs who want to keep housing expensive and neighborhoods exclusive
Absolutely shameless how officials claim they vote against it for equity reasons.
April 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
These are the groups opposing SB79, a bill to legalize apartments near train stations in California.
95% are HOAs and expensive suburbs who want to keep housing expensive and neighborhoods exclusive
Absolutely shameless how officials claim they vote against it for equity reasons.
95% are HOAs and expensive suburbs who want to keep housing expensive and neighborhoods exclusive
Absolutely shameless how officials claim they vote against it for equity reasons.
SB79 opponent: "California does pretty well on producing market rate housing"
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April 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
SB79 opponent: "California does pretty well on producing market rate housing"
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