[cough] Charlottesville [cough]

You want a social program to survive and thrive? Get rich people to rely on it.

It's the inconvenience that I enjoy.

Reporting for duty 🫡

The United States should abolish the presidency and become a parliamentary democracy

In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.

Cracking down on single family rentals will exclude poor and working people from desirable neighborhoods. It is profoundly inequitable.

The Universal Law Of Cities — The more car-friendly a place is, the shittier it is to be there. Via #NotJustBikes. Watch his new video below.

When I see this meme I repost it

Heather Cox Richardson has a larger audience than almost any dudefluencer. More informed. Better values & policy preferences. And yet there are no profiles, no elevation or lionization, because there's *nothing* US media is less interested in than middle-aged lib women. No diner interviews for them.

And what’s worse is how often American progressives align themselves with car owners.

The way to stay safe on or near an ebike is to stay away from people driving cars, who kill nearly 40k people annually in the US, and well over 1 million people worldwide.

TRUMP RUINED BAD TASTE John Waters at #NoKings in Provincetown (Pic via petermarietoto on X)

Y'know what, I'm still with it "War don't sex" that's right brother, peace fucks

Right-NIMBYism is the generally correct belief that you can keep your city exclusive by blocking new housing. Left-NIMBYism is the mistaken idea that you can keep your city affordable and attainable by blocking new housing.

What did you think land back meant? Papers? Essays? Vibes? Losers. It means building skyscrapers in single family neighborhoods while the rich NIMBYs cope and seethe

this sort of extreme dichotomy is neither historically accurate, or useful liberalism has always had an ambivalent relationship with capitalism

Apartments are 100% homes, lady

I agree and everyone should subscribe to TPM

Contemporary French socialists seem cool as hell. And by “cool” I mean they actually get shit done. In the material world. For material girls.

Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

If people didn't want to live in dense, multifamily housing where amenities were accessible without a car, the government wouldn't need to invest so much energy into making it illegal.

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A 55/45 split on this question when public policy has provided 90% sprawl and like 10% walkable density is an opportunity for urban places if we'd just get the hell out of our own way.

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In two weeks from now my teenagers and I will be on a flight to Paris. Feeling incredibly privileged and extremely hyped.

"USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025." did the US Navy post a profit last year?

Ladies and gentlemen, maybe it will happen over the weekend

Good morning to college sports abolishers

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I conscientiously object to this thread.

Trains across the sea

Austin’s surge of new housing supply drove down housing prices across the board, with the largest benefit going to renters in the lowest cost buildings: “Rents declined about 11% in older non-luxury buildings that cater to lower-income renters, known as Class C buildings.”

Remember:

When drivers smash into stores, police departments make puns. When kids ride bikes in the road, they brag about confiscating them.

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

Thank goodness they put the oscars on tv elsewise I’d have no way to ascertain what movies are good

Everything I read about this guy makes him seem like even more of a shithead

Hey locals, my band is playing tonight, along with 2 other great bands from Richmond and DC. Will be loud and fun!

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The secretary of defense saying we almost have cnn in our grasp is some dark, dark shit

"Americans prefer a car-dependent lifestyle." I can't tell you how much I hate this glib sentiment. The only way to determine someone's true, enduring preference is to give them full familiarity with their options. Americans have no familiarity with their options! They've only seen sprawl!

the reason he wants to bomb iran is because its penis to bomb things and vagina to be against bombing things, i know its stupid but it really is that simple

Was just saying this - good to hear it from a professional.

When it comes to the likelihood of car crashes, or the deadly consequences of car crashes, speed is ALWAYS a factor. #UrbanTruth

"The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use Big Penis"

When I think of "sprawl" I think of 2 distinct things, and both lock people into car dependency: 1) physical distance between developments, and 2) car-centric land use over short distances. Even if you can afford to live a mile from stuff, most new housing in the US requires a car to get from A->B

I'm wearing the Trump shoes, but ironically

true, true, true... and true!