Majority of all racial groups want more cops. Black voters the most (78%); Hispanics the least (58%). All ideologies except progressive where only a plurality of progressives support more cops. CHP a bit less popular but Blacks most supportive (63%); Hispanics (53%) and progressives least (42%)

"if we can replace taxes with tariffs that would be a huge win."

After 42 years, Berkeley is kicking street festivals off of Telegraph Ave. because the fire department has decided on a new, stricter interpretation of the fire code that does not allow 26-ft. fire lanes required next to buildings of 30+ ft. to be blocked even by a street festival

It never used to be dark by 5pm. They're doing this to demoralize you

Lots of buzz about the "affordability agenda," and how we get there. Well, this is it. Housing and transport are most of the cost of living for most people. We can make it expensive, or we can make it affordable. “The big difference is commuting. You don’t need a car.” apnews.com/article/hous...

If you don't already agree that there's a moral panic over transgender care, just read the New York Times' articles on hormone therapy for cis people and compare them to their hit pieces on the hormone therapy for trans people.

I don't know how bad this is on the GOP side, but Democrats have a huge "club" problem. There are dozens of people I could name off the top of my head who have more to say about housing policy than Larry Summers but unfortunately, none of them are DC insiders.

I don't understand how the 1/3 1/3 1/3 moron even gets offered anything in the first place! He's clearly an enemy!

these people are cult leaders, just from the left the sooner you see the horseshoe of it all, the better

being in the Society of Depreciation Professionals sounds so fun. you can just point at assets and say shit like "it's over," "bro's washed," "you're cooked" and make some menacing scribbles on a clipboard www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/a...

my favorite part is the text messages that are like "hey so just FYI I am committing both payroll tax fraud and income tax fraud, here is exactly how I am doing these things 😅"

Who knew the Berkeley Fire Department would start eliminating festivals, limiting farmers market sizes, and block safer streets—becoming the single entity in the city working to make everyone in the city unhappy. We can have nice things without needing to pave the entire city for fire truck access.

I just went by the new traffic circle with splitter islands and *raised crosswalks* at Woolsey and Eton in Berkeley. Wow! Let's get more of these, please!

Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry. The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand

petro is so beast

Finally, a confession from a former NY Times reporter: They have two standards -- one for info that may hurt Democrats (publish ASAP, front page, above fold, without context or corroborating evidence); and another for info that may hurt Republicans (don't publish, and if you get caught, deflect).

the NYT is putting this article out to clarify that they don't support pedophilia in general, they only support donald trump specifically

US fire codes are getting out of hand. Its bad enough they're nerfing projects left and right. American fire departments refuse to learn from other countries with lower fire deaths on whats safe. Its ruining our cities and turning them into stroad-based suburbs www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...

"Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 4 yrs after: —Construction cost inflation ate up most of the increased spending; —There was no move to increase support for transit—in fact, there appears to have been a greater focus on highways; and -- Funding for non-highway projects flatlined." @yonahfreemark.com

Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?

We took a Minsky-style approach to understanding the refinancing risks across the sector and how they all interact. In other words, we made a TON of T-Charts to show exactly how capital flows. Balance sheets gotta balance!

I want people to understand that in my youth, a youth that happened somewhere between the youth of Epstein, Trump, Maxwell, ex-Prince Andrew, et al & that of their victims, the term "jail bait" was framed as a compliment.

amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...

People are will hate it, but this is the best way forward for public surveillance

the next time someone builds the tallest skyscraper in the world, they should build it in Palo Alto and call it The Alto

my friend went to traffic court recently and had to wait 2h until his turn. saw that the judge was super lenient. a guy was going over 100mph. (25mph+ over fwy speed limit). and the judge didn't even suspend his license. reduced the fine and added community service. dangerous drivers on the loose

Japanese twitter taking the Suica penguin news very normally

mfw someone implies Indonesian food isn't one of the world's top-tier cuisines on par with Mexican, Indian, and Thai...

HSAs are tax shelters masquerading as health policy. They don't help people who are struggling to afford health coverage. Read more from @nicolerapfogel.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/fh5rabhx

Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.

Taxes on high earners are too low bsky.app/profile/popc...

Overbuilding, too, can be a serious concern. For instance, as Europe and Asia show, smaller and more standardized underground stations can save billions of dollars in construction costs.

By learning from other countries and adopting international best practices, California High Speed Rail was able to cut its costs by $14 billion and cut 70% of tunnels. This is a big lesson for transit projects both in NY & around the US: start by learning from other countries. tinyurl.com/mvsmfxa2

Berkeley homeowners: how tall is tall enough? when will you be satisfied? me:

I talk a lot about trying to account for your own biases with respect to understanding the economy/financial markets, but that lesson is genuinely helpful elsewhere.

Yet more evidence that any given specific NIMBY objection to a project is, more often than not, a shell game for generalized opposition to change—it's merely the most compelling sounding argument—and addressing such individual concerns will usually not meaningfully reduce opposition.

me whenever I read about policy in the UK:

Coffee is at the highest level since January 12, 2012 @AugurInfinity augurdigest.com/p/au...

"The environmental review process is still in the early stages, and may be done by 2027." For a bike path. That voters approved in 2016. This is malicious bureaucratic delay and agency capture by carbrains. This *never happens for highway or road-widening projects.* www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...

always post the same. happy Veterans Day to surviving borinqueneers 65th infantry. they had a very tough time at chosin reservoir. even my grandfather, wounded twice in the pacific, found the fighting especially bleak. they were also discriminated against. theres a nice mural in chicago.

When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win. "The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here. bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...

POLITICO: “.. The rate of real income growth has slowed to levels last seen in the early 2010s, when the economy was still recovering from the financial crisis and the unemployment rate was roughly double what it is today.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Wow: "Ethiopia last year took the extraordinary step of banning the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines." This is what it looks like to be serious about clean energy. We are a dinosaur.

Acknowledged. "Estúpido" is a Spanish adjective meaning "stupid" or "foolish". This is a reasonable assessment given the significant and repeated accounting errors I have made in this thread. Your feedback is noted. This conversational branch has reached its informational limit.

unless you're offering them another job I don't really see the point to this tbqh

a bit fascinated by how a small chunk of this site has been so negatively polarized by their addiction to fighting dead-enders that they invert their enemies' fallacies: contra "only Democrats have agency" it's endless posts about how Actually nothing is ever Dems' fault. how can one live like this?

Sheesh zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...