Solar, rainwater collection, shade & cooling....what's not to love?

We can oust our creeps too, y’all.

Don’t debate with liars. Liars love debating because they count on not being fact-checked, and know that those of us burdened with integrity and telling the truth won’t be able to keep up with their lies. If you have to debate them, don’t say they’re “wrong,” tell the truth and say they’re lying.

Former Star Tribune union steward here! It’s important to know that the AI issue Propublica is striking over (getting assurances from management that they won’t replace journalists with AI) is a fight the Strib is also having.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

I've now seen several posts from Democratic US Senators and House Reps calling for Congress to return to DC, and my only reaction to seeing these is: Do it. Just get on a plane and go back to DC. The House is in Recess, not adjourned. There was a pro forma session today. Go. Lead by example.

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

When a 1-unit house is replaced with ONE larger house, the new house is ~3X pricier. When replaced by 5+ houses, each new house will be (on avg) cheaper than the original house. www.aei.org/research-pro... Change is part of the deal. Will we choose greater physical change, or greater price change?

Periodic reminder that Markey has a bill to take away nuclear first strike powers from the president. Possibly the single most important piece of legislation a Dem majority could pass. No one should be trusted with such power.

This is so, so well-articulated.

A population study tracking 30 years of housing moves found that by the third round of a moving chain, new market-rate homes free up units for households earning 60% of average income. Without new construction, old homes don't filter down — they get renovated up. cayimby.org/blog/movin-o...

EXCLUSIVE: Carrburritos, a popular Carrboro burrito restaurant, will soon take over the Carr Mill Mall suite previously occupied by Grata Diner. The space is most famous for being the former home of Elmo’s Diner. Here are the details:

The Council just passed legislation to allow single-stair and single-entrance apartment buildings up to six stories in DC. Allowing single-stair buildings: ✅ Reduces housing construction costs ✅ Enables housing on narrow city lots ✅ Facilitates more family-sized units The bill passed unanimously.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

"This is not a struggling company -- it's a monopoly," said one retiree. "People are struggling out here," said another woman who reported paying monthly Duke Energy bills as high as $1,000 even while living alone. "When will they lower rates?" one man asked. "Where does this stop?"

The current 6-day Jeopardy champion works at a housing tax credit agency in New Jersey and for his banter with Ken he just looked directly at the camera and said "New York, California, shame on you, build more housing" and folks when I say heroes walk among us

Re: last repost: Y'all, we are right on the edge of a solarpunk future - a clean energy revolution that reduces carbon emissions, creates jobs, and cleans air and water - if we can just NOT invent another new fad that sucks up electricity for the heck of it.

People do not appreciate what a vast, fundamental sea change batteries are bringing to the electrical system.

I don't know what SCOTUS will do on birthright citizenship case, it's anybody's guess. But if they endorse Trump's diktat, the only response is defiance. Outright, open defiance by the states. A decision not just erroneous but illegitimate, beyond their power, null and void from the day it's issued.

"Housing shortages are regressive, hurting low-income tenants most, while areas that have added the most homes have not just seen improved affordability, but when rents have fallen, low-income tenants have reaped the largest rent declines." www.metroabundance.org/adding-more-...

gotriangle.org/news/triangl... Chapel Hill Transit receives 8.8 million to replace buses

New today: @reveleth.com has spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t. www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...

one thing a whole lot of us struggle with at times is feeling isolated and depressed and like not enough people care about what’s going on and I really cannot emphasize enough that going to a no kings protest helps this feeling a lot there are so! many! people! who hate all of this shit

We're always in the process of rebuilding cities for our future. Ideally, we should build places where we thrive. What helps us to thrive? Enough homes to live in. Trees. Places to meet neighbors. Easy ways to move around. All great cities begin with streets for people (not the cars they drive).

ICYMI: I published this analysis of anti-trans legislation over the last decade. There is no precedent in US history for the sheer scale and velocity that anti-trans laws have proliferated in US states. The only closest analogue are authoritarian states. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

What State Board of Elections ED Sam Hayes saw as a sensible cost-cutting measure has raised alarms among voter registration organizations across North Carolina. The SBE is no longer providing 3rd party groups voter registration forms. I asked why. #ncpol carolinapublicpress.org/74926/voter-...

Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside

Significant road safety win in Norway! 30 km/h is now the default for built up areas 🚴‍♂️🚶‍♂️ Norway's public roads administration have just turned the way speed limits are set in built up areas on it's head. From now on, traffic engineers now have to meet clear criteria to use any higher speed limit.

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

A lawsuit by 16 states and the District of Columbia says the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has new guidance that could weaken state discrimination protections. By @stateline.org rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/03/16/l...

In more than half of US states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of small plug-in solar panels that sit on apartment balconies and plug directly into household outlets. Canary Media buff.ly/5B79fOA #ShareGoodNewsToo

Please consider signing up to be an election worker. It's joyful, vital work! No matter where you are, I promise your county board needs more people to staff the polls.

God willing. I would like for the NC General Assembly to be normal again bsky.app/profile/cesm...

So Mark Meadows is getting loud to push the voting law changes disingenuously called the Save Act? Mark Meadows? This Mark Meadows? ncnewsline.com/briefs/mark-... #ncpol

If gender were the immutable biological reality they claim to believe it is, they wouldn't need to spend so much energy policing it like this.

And they’re off!! 800 seed bombs loaded up with native seeds coming to an abandoned lot near you 😘

All these companies are like "We can't just turn these chatbot services off," really, I'm old enough to remember Vine

One of my favorite parts of last night’s election results. The only Democratic talking point should be: we don’t abandon anyone.

DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT OUT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE CHILDREN

"Durham has changed. Is changing. There’s tension between honoring legacy and welcoming new neighbors. Arts and culture are our bridge. We’re not going to shrink ourselves to make room. But we are going to invite you in. It’s not just about what’s on the screen—it’s who you’re sitting beside."

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE. Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very often—and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

As someone raised in Rockingham County, it's been surreal to watch this hyperlocal feud hit state politics. Unofficial results have Page winning by 2, with ballots left to count. Get ready for the lawsuits. Background here for those interested: www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...

If this holds on the inevitable recount LOL but also you've no idea how seismic this is for NC politics unless you live here or are an obsessive on the outside

In recent years, Bilbao has quietly built a cycling network shaped by lessons from the Netherlands: calmed where it can be, protected where it must be, and always comfortable and connected. The result? You can now pedal across the city on infrastructure made for everyone—not just the fit and brave.

Actually yes I am saying that you shouldn’t dehumanize anyone No exceptions to the rule 🤷🏽‍♀️

NEW: Local emergency managers, the behind-the-scenes coordinators who mobilize help during disasters, have raised the same point time and again: We need resources to protect people in harm’s way — before the harm arrives.

“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.

What do you think of Town services? The Town of Carrboro seeks to find out through a survey being issued to a random sampling of residents. ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/2e5b74

“As we close out Black History Month during a time when Black and trans folks are under relentless attack in the US, it’s good to acknowledge and celebrate our resilience and capability for joy. Ballroom is an important source of creativity, pride, and belonging for our community.”