I want housing yes I do, I want housing how ‘bout YOU!

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If not guilty why guilty shaped?

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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.

“We’re excited to start on the next chapter of housing reform, which should include the launch of Zoning for Housing’s promised second phase” - me

The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.

Tell the County Board to create a vibrant, diverse, sustainable, and inclusive Arlington where housing is abundant and nobody has to depend on a car!

The first memorable experience I had after moving to the DC area in 2015 was walking by the Supreme Court building and seeing the plaintiffs leaving Court after a day of arguments. Such beautiful families. Love is love. Glad to hear SCOTUS isn't undoing this important decision (for now).

The fear of having to fight leading us to unconditional surrender.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

The good news is that Trump is very unpopular and his actions are wildly unpopular but the bad news is that a lot of craven people were willing to go along with a lot of really bad stuff that will and has hurt a lot of people. Also a lot of billionaires proved themselves to be huge cowards.

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

Carve it on your heart: when they say they hate "liberal feminists", they mean they hate women

@abigailspanberger.com: "Virginia voters made our choice tonight, and that choice was loud and clear. We are going to work to lower costs of renting, buying, or staying in your home. We are going to cut red tape and build homes families can actually afford."

Let's help Gov Spanberger bring housing abundance to Virginia! Join yimbysofnova.org and share your voice with our new elected leaders. youtu.be/TbzQLkv5QbE?...

Democrats notched big wins around the country in yesterday’s election – but another trend, nationally and locally, is that pro-homes candidates also prevailed.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

YIMBY-endorsed housing champion wins!

📆 It's ELECTION DAY in @arlingtonva.us ! 🗳️Cast your vote for #Virginia's future TODAY! 💡Then share your input on Arlington's #TransportationFuture TOMORROW! ow.ly/pNnP50XmAgF 🛑 Drop by the Bozman Center Open House 🕖 Wednesday, November 5 / 4-7 PM ow.ly/bK5w50XmAgH @ArlingtonDES #VisionZero

Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's what they've been doing. And that's the reason they refuse to swear in Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva."

You're invited to help us make the future of Arlington transportation a reality! Attend an event near you to learn more, meet the team, and share your feedback. The next event is Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Bozman Government Center--see you there! 🚗🚌🚲👣 www.arlingtonva.us/Government/P...

Kids are in bed, let the Standard Time games begin

Ghazala Hashmi is an American name. Pass it on.

Halloween mood

The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.

"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"

Every state with a Democratic AG or governor is suing Trump over the SNAP pause starting on November 1. It’s a really good reminder of the importance of democratic attorneys general and governors. I don’t think it’s been as clear before this year of the importance of the AG office.

It seems like there have been a lot more flyovers in the past few months.

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

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Virginia's lack of housing is a crisis that affects everyone in our community. Let's make 2026 the year we make real state-level change! #yimbysofnova #HomesforAll www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-9S...

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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why. They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit. The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.

He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house. Remove him from office.

“We will rebuild the White House as it was and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, the Trump Organization, and his family.”

Republicans: our reich will reign for 1,000 years Democrats: I, personally, will reign for 1,000 years

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

Today I spoke at VOICE’s Homes for All Assembly about the urgency of our housing shortage. We must build homes for all incomes, ensure every level of government plays its part, and use our power to unlock housing and protect stability for everyone in Alexandria.

Proud to join 22 elected officials and 44 organizations and congregations at the packed house for VOICE’s Housing Forum. #homesforall

Kicking off the Homes for All rally by VOICE w/ #YIMBYsOfNOVA to make sure #housing is the top priority for local and state elected officials. @takiskarantonis.bsky.social, @jdspainsr.bsky.social, @maureencoffeyva.bsky.social, @hopeforvirginia.bsky.social on stage as Arlington electeds!

YIMBYs showing up for bold state level housing reform! #yimbysofniva @yimbyaction.bsky.social

Nothing that any elected Democrat has ever said about Republican voters is ever as crass or as cruel as what Trump says about Democratic constituencies every single day, and the media just treats it as background noise.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.