It's also just illiterate when it comes to the issues at hand. A central part of the YIMBY argument is that building more homes undermines the power of incumbent landlords and REITs.

The fact that they can do a journalism when they want is why it's so aggravating when they choose not to

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Denver Single-Stair Housing Challenge (2025) Challenge: Envision a way to boost housing, lower costs, & allow more light-filled, family-friendly units on small Denver lots Result: 230+ creative submissions from designers and architects around the world architecturecompetitions.com/pointaccessb...

Oh yeah Epstein and Bannon used to be tight until Epstein threw Bannon off the island because Bannon ignored the dress code and kept dissolving hobos in acid in the hot tub in the Amy Fisher Lounge.

Why so few IT guys transition to medicine...

I know more YIMBY groups that support social housing than those who do not. But it's convenient for some people to just spread misinformation about this. See the CA YIMBY example: cayimby.org/legislation/...

Local Seattle Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson (@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social) refuses to go on the local Sinclair station after the right wing company banned a comedian for giving our dim, mad king a sad nice job, Katie!

Donald Trump is trying to destroy dissent and protest and build a censorship state. But he won’t win. The people have enough political and commercial power to stop him.

Sunset yesterday evening

The right to criticize our government, including with adjectives that public servants don't like, is in the bedrock of American democracy. This person is stating that the President can and will suspend our Constitution. That is not a Conservative or Liberal policy position. It's poison for us all.

In the US, even a “cheap” transit bus costs 2-3x more than in Asia or Europe -- and one agency may pay twice as much as another for nearly identical vehicles. In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms. 🧵

Peak corporate media

The cure to the male loneliness epidemic is YIMBY happy hours

Remember that the Trump Administration demands you idolize these agents and not condemn them. But they’re Gestapo trash.

Appreciate @vanfirerescue.bsky.social and @cityofvancouver.bsky.social staff collaborating to create rules for #SingleStair buildings (up to 6 storeys, max 30 units). These aren’t a silver bullet for all our housing challenges but they are a ‘Silver Key’ for unlocking small lot accessible housing

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll: Overall approval: 38-54 Approval on economy: 39-56 Approval on trade: 39-54 On National Guard into cities: 42-55 On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55 Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

The Atlantic: not liking noise pollution is gentrification. Me, a housing policy person, sobbing: you can’t just say everything you don’t like is gentrification. The Guardian: turning a jazz club into single room occupancy housing in a neighborhood where 1br apartments cost $3200? Gentrification.

Any distance is walkable as long as it's from a parked car.

“Acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up.” Strongly seconded. I’d third it too if possible.

Saw this book via the market urbanism blog. Looks interesting and I requested it from the local library islandpress.org/books/unfini...

Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming

Democrats need to completely jettison NIMBYs like this. The fact that these anti-progress loons have infiltrated our party is an embarrassment

the first admin certainly had some of this, but this time around, it’s just this fucking whiny crybaby bitch shit from every member of the cabinet all goddamned day long. fucking loser ass presidency.

Single-stair reform has garnered a lot of attention and advocacy, and for good reason. The next step, in my mind, is elevator reform. This conversation with @stephenjacobsmith.com is a great primer on why, and on what needs to change. Give it a listen! www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/09/24/9...

It has been a minor source of irritation not being able to get all the Bend YIMBY materials to our meetups on my eBike. I think I have something figured out now! Join us this (24th) evening: Wildwood @ The Box Factor (upstairs) @ 5:30 PM onwards. @jheylin.bsky.social and Ian will talk YIMBYTown

One of the reasons why the FBI is supposed to be apolitical is because Americans need to have trust that investigations into atrocities like this morning are competent and removed from politics. Instead, now that the FBI is highly politicized, half the country will not trust anything they say.

Destroy car dealerships and you save US democracy

They told me if I voted for Kamala Harris, we would have a literal socialist economy within eight months.

“If it is to succeed, abundance needs to resist the gravitational pull to turn the whole movement into a platform for moderate Democrats.“ @jerusalem.bsky.social is correct, and I would reiterate that fascists can also have no place in the coalition. www.theargumentmag.com/p/dont-make-...

saw the kimmel bit and am mostly just struck that it’s a very specific, brief moment in a country’s history when a comedian targeted by the president both is yanked off the air and returns to antagonize him again. eventually only half of that scenario is going to win the day. we will decide which

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

"But the bike lanes made my drive 31 seconds slower" 😵‍💫

The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration. First H-1B visas. Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation. I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

I’m beyond bored with forced car dependency. Forced car dependency is bad and we really need to interrogate & fix it. Designing our cities around cars is unsafe, expensive, bad for the climate & our own health. We can do better.

Holy shit 🤣🤣🤣

Oh cool just Chloe Dygert out there at worlds with “I stand with Charlie Kirk” on her bike. Nothing like standing with a noted racist while competing at the first African world championships

“Straight talk.” The “unvarnished truth.” Bullshit. Every other word Trump delivered to the U.N. today was a lie. Look, Thune supposedly isn’t a MAGA crazy, so this is yet one more reminder that the ENTIRE Republican Party is gone.

And it drives some people to move to neighboring states, pushing up our prices in Oregon because we don't build enough either

Check out chapter lead Ian on KTVZ! ktvz.com/news/bend/20... Speaking in support of an ADU design library

Our latest news roundup from Bend, Oregon and elsewhere, including details about our latest meetup tomorrow (Wednesday) bendyimby.substack.com/p/bend-yimby...

a liberalism that treats procedure and process as more important than respecting and maintaining the fundamental rights of individuals is not liberalism imho.

In fact, enforcing basic social norms is absolutely essential in a democracy. I don’t understand why so many people in positions of influence believe the opposite to be true: that enforcing basic social norms erodes democracy. Every opinion section now proceeds from that assumption.

Ouch, that's not a good look for Pete

Another very good column by @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/legacy-med...

Watching a third of the country beclown and degrade themselves in cultish devotion to this stumbling turnip makes me want to puke.

Don't let the fact that these people are incredibly dangerous fool you into believing this is all some fait accompli. These people are dangerous but they're also stupid, inept, impulsive, and utter clowns.

Starting Wednesday, Oregon cities can legalize the one on the right 😃 But it'll be a walk-up! 🙁 U.S. elevators are oversized & overpriced, so developers avoid them. To get age-friendly cities, the state should allow: • the one on the left • 5'x5' "wheelchair+1" elevators 🛗

New research is constantly confirming variations of the same basic fact: bicycling for transportation is an incredible way to fit a little bit of low intensity exercise into your daily routine (oh, and also to save a ton of money, and reduce carbon emissions, and improve your mental health).

A team of Italian physicists won the satirical Ig Nobel Prize in Physics last week for their phase diagram of the notoriously tricky cacio e pepe pasta sauce. The team varied the amount of cornstarch and the cooking temperature to find the “scientifically optimized recipe” to avoid clumping.