"The chemical, called 6PPD-Q, is formed when fine tire particles meet ozone. That happens anytime new chunks of tire are exposed to the air, meaning the particle may be nearly ubiquitous in car-heavy environments."

I think this an underrated YIMBY angle: absent a lot more (revenue-generating) infill development, there's about to be a tidal wave of suburban bankruptcies and/or significant service scalebacks in the coming decades.

Choosing to mourn the loss of a human being’s last chance at redemption. Imagine being in the perfect place at the perfect time to fight against a generationally bad American tyrant and instead choosing to tear it all down with him just to be in close proximity to power

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

the horror

Someone is running an attack ad against John Rose that says he doesn’t care about China buying our farmland. It has a cut screen transitioning from him to Xi Xinping. Insane stuff

this is the most amazing quote tweet thread ever

If Sean Duffy became the Connect Downtown director, would we be able to tell

Tonight I’m thankful for all the people doing good work in this city that resist the angry, knee-jerk calls to remove good changes. It’s not easy

We have been loving these bulb-outs! They're beautiful, really high-quality, and make the streets safer for everyone.

fuck u dad-ism

Downzoning in Chicago, like in many areas, resulted in: —Less housing —Higher housing costs —Higher white population share

Now that we’ve abandoned the precedent of notifying all affected property owners of text based zoning changes, this could be us

Couldn't fit this into the piece, but the belief that the left needs its own oaf means that Trump is still dictating the rules of engagement. Believing 1) white working class men are the voters that matter and 2) that they will only vote for themselves is just MAGA with a different coat of paint.

The Marsha Blackburn fortune cookie ad is worse than I thought it would be ngl “Trump True” when he wouldn’t endorse ……. lmao

Mayor O’Connell Publicly Supports Metro-Wide Zoning Reform Without Notification to Property Owners (laudatory)

Hi, Mechanical engineer here Columns only do this when they are very stressed

Phone was dead so no pictures, but I saw multiple sewer manhole covers on First Avenue blown off from the storm. No sign of an overflow, so it must have just been air? Crazy

If you spend enough time in the housing policy world, you inevitably come across people who say that Americans simply don't want to live in apartments and that detached single family just reflects people's preference. Then, the very moment segregationist zoning is removed, this happens.

Ride in a car? Never

Going to Montreal for the first time next week if anyone has recs (sicko or normal)

One thing about a bartender: they can spot a Type

has there ever been a man so effective at demolishing the vibe. historic scarer of the hoes

(smugly) oh, your humiliation took a whole century?

The Germantown Highway working as designed

suboptimal, in my opinion

Guy who understands what a short is but didn’t realize the #$TRUMP memecoin was a pump and dump scam

Rode my bike to 12 South while it was shady and now the sun is out and I’m afraid to leave McDougal’s

When people make up something to get mad about we can actually just ignore it

Animals can be queer. Here are Tennessee critters that show love is love: wpln.org/post/animals...

They neither understand nor deserve the country they inherited

soy boy, but in a different and more unique way than the rest of yall

Packing the court is the moderate option IMO

The concept of a Mamdani style constitutional conservative

I am going to become the joker

“There’s a correct way to be queer” is itself homophobic

30 second John Rose ad and he manages to name drop Trump, who declined to endorse anyone, five (5) times. Pathetic lmao

isn’t there a parking garage somewhere we could use for thi ah damn nvm

“Data centers need permission from the neighborhood association to play basketball!” while a data center windmill dunks on the neighborhood association in the background

John Rose is, to borrow a phrase from Jamelle Bouie, a contemptible little pig man

I think there's actually a useful difference we can draw here. Namely: there is incrementalism that comes from pushing wherever possible (and with whatever levels possible) to make progress toward a maximalist demand, versus incrementalism that's positioned as an excuse for setting minor goals

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The best way to face this, IMHO, isn't to try to argue with this preference. It's just to say, "Fine, but you have to pay full freight". There's nothing wrong with liking suburbia, you're free to put up an SFH anywhere you like; the sin is trying to stop your neighbor from putting up a sixplex.

“This game glamorizes life in Florida to such an outrageous extent that it’s easy to see how young minds could be fooled into thinking that relocating to the Sunshine State wouldn’t be the worst decision they ever made,” said activist Marcie Escobedo

new Carli, new Charli, new Phoebe. Happy pride

Gang, it is a delightful evening for a little bike ride

People fleeing Nashville for lower taxes in ring counties are in for a rude awakening: those places have property taxes too