this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

#oldfadedsigns Dogtown, St Louis edition.

Arguably I give it too much thought.

This man is an American hero.

In fairness the DOGE cuts decimated the FBI's staff of mollusk interpreters.

Equivalent of an urbanist tweet in the early 1900s

I am deep into researching and writing my first monograph (tentatively titled Zones of Exclusion: A History of Single-Family Zoning and the Police Power), under contract with Yale University Press.

This was once a publication.

Back in the day you could connect to Glasgow, Scotland from the train in Boston.

From The Survey magazine in 1912, bemoaning inaction in Boston on housing.

Classes done. Enroute to Chicago for some book research in the archives.

No one does titles quite like this any more. Wonder how this would fly in a law review submission.

@scholasticalr.bsky.social is there any data on the number of law review submissions that are actually opened by journals? My sense from responses this cycle is that 90% of "open" journals never even read a submission.

Teaching exactions again and have decided to release the newest album of my non-existent indie rock band: The Exactions. In order of release:

Join the National Zoning Atlas (NZA) for a webinar on "Zoning Report: Massachusetts," analyzing how land is zoned across the Commonwealth. We will highlight key statewide and registration here: zoningatlas.org/massachusetts

Next he is going to move on to critiquing gouda.

"[W]e need to see something happen." Here's an idea, @mayorwu.boston.gov, why not see some real zoning reform to increase supply happen? Might require expending political capital, but give it a try. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/m...

Strikes me as correct.

Does anyone claim this? Why do people who say this not get asked whose view they are referencing? “You can’t just build, build, build and think it’s going to work out for everybody in the end,” said Lelaine Bigelow. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...

“We had the 1975 Islanders down 3-0 against the Penguins after three games …And every time a new game was played, they just magically whittled away until the lead was lost…It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove that? No.”

@mbta.com can you try to figure out a way to coordinate the 39 bus with Amtrak arrivals. It's 10.28 pm and an empty 39 drove off right after a train pulled in but before people could get on board. Seems like it would not be hard to wait a few minutes. Not like you otherwise stick to a schedule.

An Armada? Are we sending galleons? How many doubloons will this cost the American taxpayer?

I wish in a few years we can stop wasting breath on baseless claims of voter fraud. (Although I suppose I won't know if that was, in fact, automatically granted).

Great news. And this is before even leaning how horrible the public transportation/parking situation is at Gillette.

Wow, they put him in time out.

Narrator: Bessent was protesting the removal of caviar from the menu at the Yale Club.

A simplistic take on a complex legal question. It depends. But it should be subject to exactions analysis. And it can be differentiated from setback requirements, which do not appropriate anything.

Embarrassing FIFA is a particularly remarkable accomplishment.

PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it

Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

My opinion piece in @cwbeacon.bsky.social on Boston's broken land use system.

But for Wales?

Obviously all the people making money from AI will just freely redistribute it @pbump.com. I do hope this nonsense bubble bursts soon.

Five years ago.

"The 5th Amendment's guarantee that private property shall not be taken for a public use without just compensation was designed to bar Government from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens which, in all fairness and justice, should be borne by the public as a whole."

I submit that 2018 Grinch film may be the most pro density and pro public transportation of Christmas films.

This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!! Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!

It also seems they've kind of ignored that word "memorial" is in there.

Some reading given the Court’s docket papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Jumping into some research today.

FIFA giving the soccer peace prize to a guy who basically skipped the handshake line in 2020 is very on brand.

Also, most importantly: It was an attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States.

Both/and strikes me as likeliest scenario. www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...

Shocking. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My first academic talk was at an Air Force Academy Conference, while in college. Spoke on the case for recognizing selective conscientious objector. Met Hugh Thompson, the helicopter pilot who halted My Lai massacre. Wonder, were he alive, if he'd be able to speak there today.

I learned for the first time during Thanksgiving Dinner of the movie KPop Demon Hunters, confirming that I live in a pop culture vacuum. I thought at first it was called Cape Cod Demon Hunters, which could be a decent movie premise. I submit this movie poster is the best possible use of AI.

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

From @theathletic.com: When the camera shows Father Pete, the Notre Dame student section loses its collective mind. The invitation to Mass doesn’t interrupt the football game; it’s organically become part of the ceremony.

Excellent & detailed report from Pioneer Institute & Andrew Mikula offering specific policy, legislative, and financing reforms providing "opportunities for Massachusetts localities and state officials to make ADU construction faster and more extensive . . . ." pioneerinstitute.org/economic_opp...

This great story is a testament to the invaluable work of @cselmendorf.bsky.social on California's builders remedy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...