speaking of mouthpieces - i'm reminded of the time in the 70s when the seattle times ed board whipped up white homeowners into a frenzy to kill scattered site affordable housing

People love to say we need a Philly Mamdani, but what we really need is someone like Baltimore's Brandon Scott. Scott skillfully balances accountability for past missteps with a data and research driven vision for Baltimore's future. Must be nice! www.inquirer.com/opinion/city...

"For the first time, New York City has a mayor who has made riding a bike a seemingly genuine part of his political identity." Yes, however, I think it's more that Mamdani has made *not driving* part of his political identity. This is a man who gets around like most New Yorkers do.

“One of the reasons so many younger people have flocked to the pro-housing “yes in my backyard” movement is because they can see perfectly clearly the way that the Marbleheads of the world have blocked their own economic prospects — & they resent it.” - @bostonglobe.com Ed. Board

Poverty and homelessness in society is a political choice.

It’s cool how Nigel Farrage was a proponent of Brexit, Brexit happened, people said Brexit would be a disaster economically, it was a disaster economically, and the main political beneficiary of this will be Nigel Farrage

Adding to this, Republican legislatures like to strip powers from Democrats who win elections to replace Republican governors before those Dems take office. Legislators can often gerrymander veto-proof majorities too. Just layers upon layers of a rotten system that needs wholesale transformation

And now: The second best argument I've heard for vaccines.

More housing must be built in places where housing is expensive.

Man With No Plans Just Too Exhausted To Go Out https://theonion.com/man-with-no-plans-just-too-exhausted-to-go-out-1819576368/

This is the context: youtu.be/dobFRbJ076I?... “We get to decide how big we want to be.” That is textbook NIMBYism, making decisions for people who aren’t here yet.

Dolan remains a mockery of the faith.

This is going to be met with a bunch of "that will never hold up in court" responses. Ok. So do it anyway. Force this administration to make its preposterous masking arguments in front of federal judges. Make them defend secret police on the record. Go on the offensive.

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

Isn't this an impeachable offense? I know, get in line, but I don't think a president should be able to destroy an industry just because he gets a lot of money from oil companies and he didn't like seeing wind turbines near his golf course in Scotland.

it's so weird to see a mayor who loves their city and wants to spend time with its residents and on its streets

Why is this overtime? Why isn't this just... part of the job?

1976 we had an actual Freedom Train with documents tootling around the country from town to town. In 2026 we get a performative trip with suits from Point A to Point B.

what’s extra fun about this is that everyone forgets Zendaya’s performance of 24K Magic right before it and it was stunning! would easily have won most episodes of the show and then Tom came out and did… that

At 1:56 this guy says, "These people have names and addresses," a clear threat to public staff. This is unacceptable and shameful.

Pique's summer just got a lot worse

NO MORE NOVEMBER NIGHT GAMES, ITS COLD

Encouraging more consumption during an oil crisis will surely keep the prices from skyrocketing :)

"we feel the proposed rezoning and accompanying development will jeopardize our quality of life and safety" These people are in your neighborhood group and they are the ones the alders take most seriously about zoning decisions blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/07/p...

Me to myself in the mirror when I need a pep talk

No one has deserved the Crassus treatment - on the grounds of personal decorative taste alone - as much as Trump

Nine Inch Nails: You’re learning to pretend that gardening is an adequate replacement for the sexual adventures of your youth.

Free propaganda for abolitionists: “the biggest asshole from you high school is making mid six figures to play candy crush in his cruiser”

let this guy be in charge of whatever he wants to be in charge of

Curtis Sliwa remains an enigma.

Rutgers (the university my grad degree is from) has always lacked a spine

This is NONE of my business and I feel for everyone involved. There's lots of lives ruined here, at least one career (should be two) in the shitter and kids that don't deserve any of this <Stephen A Smith voice> BUT This better be a Lifetime movie someday or YOU'RE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE

Well that’s a little on the nose. Message I just received from the New York City Bar Association:

The FBI is doing authoritarian shit. But also it is likely doing it to save Patel's skin.

There’s an analogy here to anti-”greedy developers” housing slopulism, where a populist campaign against the elites of one industry just ends up enriching other wealthy elites (in the housing case, rentiers) at the expense of everyone else.

If you loved the clip of the Marblehead town meeting guy, here's a great story identifying him and providing some more context. With quotes from @berkie1.bsky.social!

Fantastic article exploring different categories of Rent. IMO the beating heart of leftish political goals should be the elimination of Rents (AKA Georgism).

Could you cover how scofflaw drivers are just going off-road around the gates and driving on the Lakefront Trail to avoid paying? Or will we only discuss that once a driver kills somebody there?

As someone who worked in rental cars and car maintenance for 15 years @techconnectify.bsky.social is absolutely correct with this video. Once you need capacity for kids or things, the minivan is superior to all passenger vehicles.

BREAKING NEWS ON BLUESKY, THE OFFICIAL APP FOR SPORTS Dunno if the smarter basketball schedule people have already reported this, BUT JUST IN CASE THEY HAVEN'T, Wyoming MBB will play at North Carolina this season on Nov 11. $95K paycheck for the Cowboys

Once again, the Trump regime's concern regarding the negligent and potentially criminal behavior of an official is "How did people find out?"

Everyone has said the obvious things about this statement, but I also think it's worth mentioning that Democrats speak about **issues** that are more difficult for regular people to understand. "The rent is too high" requires a more complex explanation than "Foreigners ate your cat."

New from me: Turns out we can move parking meters en masse w/o violating the terms of a 2008 sale of our meters. The deal's terms are restrictive, loopholes are closed, and city council mismanagement has led to $161M in costs. I have a way to fix that. citythatworks.substack.com/p/lets-move-...

DAWKINS: You idiots believe in God? ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend

This passed today :) Up to eight stories, actually.

The examples of intercity rail with security checks are Spain (with its notoriously underutilized HSR network) and Brightline (which is about to go bankrupt due to its capital debt burden, in part from building airport terminal-style stations to accommodate airport-style security)

The West Chester Rail Restoration Committee gave an update to Borough Council recently -The middle stations have been consolidated to just Westtown/Cheyney at the Cheyney Station site as Westtown and WCU were too constrained -WCRR lease has been amended to allow 3rd party ops

Add him to the Philly news interview pantheon

Real estate mogul says "tax the rich" is hate speech, just like, um, "from the river to the sea." Also, the rich "should be praised and thanked." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...

Alito's response really is a hit dog hollering