You'd think that Hegseth, as someone who spends more time than most in front of a mirror, would understand the concept of a mirror image.

It is important to know that Taiwan is not, nor ever has been, a part of communist China. Taiwan is all which remains of the previous version of China, before the communist revolution. Communist China has no claim on Taiwan, as it was never theirs. If anything, Taiwan has claim on mainland China.

The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.

The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸

If you want larger homes in urban areas to be available and affordable to young families then you need to build a LOT of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Otherwise, groups of adult roommates will outbid them for the 2- and 3-bedroom units in walkable neighborhoods.

Urbanism—the notion that cities are good, that we should build housing in the dense walkable neighborhoods where people want to live, and that urban governance should prioritize city residents’ quality of life over suburban drivers’ convenience—remains a radical political program in America.

Amazing capture by Brad Dennis

6⁵ = 7777 – 1

Streets of Kherson covered with anti-drone nets.

Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand. If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers. If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers. Spread the word.

My most woke opinion is that all law abiding people who are respectful of the rights of others and act in a civil way should be able to live and work anywhere they want, anywhere around the world.

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Insurance is one of around six financial inventions that make the modern world possible. It is a solution to unlikely but catastrophic risks that cannot be self insured or mitigated.

I just learned that when you put a library book on the reshelving cart, the librarians record that the book has been read. Putting a book on the reshelving cart is a vote for that book and a vote for your library. Don't make my mistake. Don't diligently put them back on the shelf. #booksky

I always though the point was that you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

This is especially true for medical care. Virtually any - any - type of cancer was a death sentence. The 5y survival rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1960 was roughly 14%. Today it is roughly 95%.

One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.

“Cities are good, people want to live in dense walkable neighborhoods, and urban governance should prioritize city residents’ quality of life over suburban drivers’ convenience” remains a genuinely radical political program in America.

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.

Elevators are a form of public transit. A very successful form.

A great report by the Grattan Institute on Australian Housing. #yimby #urbanism #urbanism+

'Housing in Australia’s cities is now among the least affordable in the world. At the heart of the problem is the fact we just haven’t built enough homes to meet rising demand.' Catch our latest op-ed in The New Daily:

This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now. 100% serious here.

Housing in Australia is both too scarce and too expensive. Yet our major cities are among the least dense of their size in the world. Our latest Grattan report show how we can reform our urban planning rules to allow for more homes and better cities. 🧵

Great to see the Grattan Institute's report on Austrailan Housing out today. grattan.edu.au/report/more-... #yimby #urbanism #urbanism+

If you ever feel like you're bad at your job, just remember that the password to access the Louvre's video surveillance system was "Louvre"

The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani. The president and his allies came after him. Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute. He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters. His politics can win anywhere.

It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.

on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people

The goal of urban policy should be abundant housing, not abundant parking. #urbanism #yimby

Trump having decadent Gatsby themed parties with showgirls while building a golden ballroom as he cuts off food aid to poor families sounds like fiction, and yet not a single word of what I just wrote is false. He and the GOP should be hammered on it for the next 50+ years.

what I love about e-bikes and the world of small electric mobility is that it is a full scale transportation revolution no one saw coming but that nonetheless has the power to address air pollution death & illness, climate change, traffic violence, affordability, and also social isolation & anxiety

This video is wrong. It's premise is that it is wrong for a city government to use eminent domain to purchase a farm that has been in a family for 175 years. It finishes with the question: "If a government can just take what it wants, when it wants, what do you really own?" #yimby #urbanism 1/6

I've had a Creality Ender 3 for the better part of the last five years. It's been a reliable workhorse. But now I've upgraded to an a Creality K2 Max and holy cow, it's light years ahead. So much easier to use, much better quality, so much easier to print anythingb ut PLA, so automatic. #3dprinting

Classic framing of an authoritarian leader: the leader becomes the source of all achievement, the regime becomes the owner of every success.

Is Andrew still in the line of secession?

Zoran Mamdani caught lying that he had once seen the Aurora Australis when in fact he saw the Aurora Borealis.

Bike infrastructure should be safe enough for all ages and abilities… including very young kids on balance bikes. 🚲 ❤️

As a yimby, standing against the wanto weaponisation of heritage by nimbys, it absolutely has its place — the White House is clearly in the top 0.01% of worthiness for preservation. Moreover, while development rules and procedures are often weaponised as well, they also have a place.

An idea for 3D printers —measure the speed of the filament, the printer knows when it's jammed.

When Trump is gone, they should confiscate Mar-A-Lago and do something like what they did to Robert Lee's house in Arlington — turn it into a cemetery that nobody could ever live there again. Any ideas for what they could do to Mar-A-Largo? Turn it into a graveyard? Affordable housing?

Let’s not

AND ANOTHER THING. WHY WOULD YOU TEAR DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPLACE IT? It only takes a couple of days to do the demo! Even for cynical political reasons, having gash on one side and a crater on the other is going to look terrible.

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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

I know I’ve said this more than once, and I know it’s really obvious, but taking the train between cities in Europe is just fantastic. So easy. One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.

The best protest sign I saw today wasn’t a sign at all.

“Paris is changing. There is a new attitude of green and sustainable ideals that are permeating the City of Light. Mayor Hidalgo has led its urgent and radical greening by introducing initiatives to reduce traffic and projects to reinvent the cityscape in a way that was undreamt of a few years ago.”

Derek is a rock star. #Urbanism #yimby