"If Los Angeles wants to end homelessness and make life affordable again, it must allow homes near the transit that residents have already paid for. The best way to end homelessness is also the simplest: build homes for our neighbors."

The ways this paraphrases the Declaration of Independence is a nice touch.

I have been informed that it is Black Cat Appreciation Day. However, Gesshoku says you should appreciate him EVERY day.

"A single, unique, most-perfect 'how it started / how it's going' photo set does not exi--"

“No one rides transit anymore, it’s too crowded!”

The original report this is from is a great deep dive explaining why CEQA needed reform, and why "environmental" groups that fought against the infill exemption should be ashamed of themselves. Subjecting infill to this kind of abusive legal gauntlet is climate arson. issuu.com/hollandknigh...

What Trump is doing in LA is awful and dangerous and deserves resistance. If _anyone_ can be grabbed off the street and deported to a foreign gulag just because some ICE agent says they suspect that person of being an illegal immigrant, then _nobody_ has rights. 1/N

@newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1967... Well this is some BS. In a world where we're at full employment and facing inflationary pressure, automation is good. Freeing people up from driving cars means they can take other jobs elsewhere.

crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable

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

Wow.

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

Accurate: The musical “Redwood,” which opened on Thursday at the Nederlander Theater, features two great stars. One is an awe-inspiring force of nature. The other is a tree.

With the Superb Owl fast approaching, it's important we all bear in mind that the owls are not what they seem. Stay alert!

to the plane, the pilot is tiny to the reservoir, the plane is tiny to the fire, the reservoir is tiny and still— the pilot brings the plane to the reservoir the reservoir to the fire and the fire turns we were born shouting our petitions to the bigness only one demand: let me stay a little longer

I’m old enough to remember when “he’s a rapist” would’ve meant unanimous opposition from both parties.

Pixel is the greatest of the current generation of meme cats. All hail Pixel. All praise to his batdemon grin.

I have decided that posts here are not "skeets". They're bleats. You're welcome. 🐐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpO...

There is currently a rush by California officials, all the way up to the governor's office, to enable rebuilding in a manner that will GUARANTEE a repeat of this disaster. We need to be a lot smarter about this.

This map is a huge part of why lower-income folks in urban areas turned against Democrats. If "the system" -- institutions in cities, largely run by Dems -- doesn't deliver a decent life for the average voter, the average voter is going to vote for people promising to burn down the system.

This account followed me... This is a very elaborate crypto scam, right? Account has a bunch of posts that look like dups of Kamala HQ or the official VP account, and then a pinned post asking people to send crypto to some random addresses...

Good question.

Trump: They are doing the worst job on a hurricane (He went golfing during a hurricane, suggested nuking hurricanes, blocked disaster aid, and threw paper towels at hurricane victims)

I really want to know what @weratedogs.bsky.social thinks of this.

How is Trump going to recover from that performance and get back into the race, you ask? Well, he has concepts of a plan! You're going to hear the details _very_ soon. It will be the best plan, the best people are working on it.

That was my reaction, too. All of them seem to have variants of the same reaction: "We didn't change anything on Kremlin instructions; the Russians loved what I was doing so much they paid me huge amounts of money to keep doing it!"

Our highlights reel is up! See some of the best moments of our YIMBYsForHarris rally at yimbysforharris.com. 🏗️🏘️🌇🎉

We have two sitting Governors and a Senator lined up, among many other amazing speakers. LFG! www.semafor.com/article/08/2...

@yimbysforharris.bsky.social @kamalahqrepeater.bsky.social Thrilled to see VP Harris proposing to build millions of new homes, and work with cities to take down the barriers that block construction of housing. YIMBY policies are working in the cities where they're tried, let's do this everywhere!

Jon Rosenberg's humor is surreal and unexpected in the way Douglas Adams' was back when he first released The Hitchhiker's Guide. If you've never read Goats, I recommend getting the entire thing and reading from the start. Dungeon Divers is pretty great too.