Why is a 76-year-old man doing all the hard work in this moment? Where are the Millennial/Gen Z artists (ahem, Taylor Swift) to shake their audiences into sobriety about what is going on? open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

do any religious texts mention golden idols anywhere

New homes next to transit, you love to see it 😊

I think if you deface your license plate your car should be confiscated and crushed into a cube, and your driver's license should be permanently revoked. This would constitute a balanced, compromise, reasonable, centrist approach

Hello my name is Alex Goldman and I used to host the Reply All podcast. A lot of people liked that show. Now I make @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social which if you liked reply all you’d probably like well. The thing is that a lot of people who liked Reply All don’t know my new show exists.

If I were in Congress, I would spend Easter calling other Congress members about impeachment...

Glad that this piece has received some attention. It addresses a substantial problem.

My name is Jack Pavia, and I’m running to be your next State Representative.

Trump wants you to believe he’s more powerful than he is - and that you have less power than you do. Tomorrow, millions of Americans will gather to remind one another where power actually resides in this democracy: with us, the people.

we could instead drive on electricity and save the corn for cool ranch doritos

based and yimbypilled

This argument from @leedrutman.bsky.social is exceptionally important. leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-democr...

Tycho has so much good design work - my favorite is probably Awake

100+ more Google employees have signed since yesterday

CBP has been turned into an enemy to the US constitution, law, and basic humanity. I signed as an alumnus but even if you did not attend BYU consider signing if any of your donations ultimately support the school.

Hey, everybody! As an alumnus & former contingent faculty of BYU, I signed this statement of concern regarding BYU hosting CBP—an agency that openly flouts the US Constitution & the rule of law—at their career fair tomorrow. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

BYU folks (I know there are dozens of you here) - there's a petition to get CBP un-invited from tomorrow's career fair. Share far and wide: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just had an absolutely fascinating exchange with @hikikomorphism.bsky.social on the use of generative AI in law, which resulted in me crafting a question designed to trip an AI up in numerous ways; the AI correctly identifying those traps; and then getting the answer spectacularly wrong anyway. 1/x

This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.

Decades of restrictive housing policies by liberal cities and states are finally coming back to bite us in a major way. If we can't create the conditions for a massive blue state housing construction boom as soon as possible, we're cooked.

"Enjoy your city" is a pretty good motto

More of this.

A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

post a random pic or else nothing will happen and everything will be fine

actually feels so fitting for the BYU guys to be dunking those mini poptarts over the coach lol it feels Mormon somehow

Young folks: friendly reminder to attend community events! @tanner.dev and I recently attended Norwalk Mayor-elect Barbara Smyth’s listening session — while we were some of the youngest people in the room, we made sure that our perspectives weren’t counted out. Communities are for all ages!

Concept: the entire federal transportation budget goes to Connecticut

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

My lifelong Republican dad went to his first protest today! In Lebanon, IN!

No Kings protest in Rhinebeck, NY (population 2500)

First time I've ever heard a song in 7/8 in a political campaign video (last ~10 seconds)

It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the official enviro position should be: “Maximize development of luxury housing near fixed transit.” A 🧵 on why.

Provo UT folks!

“No Kings” is one of the sharpest bits of political branding/rhetoric in a while. Extremely concise and in every headline, historically rooted, specific to the American tradition but also universalist, nails what’s exceptional about Trump in a way that almost all factions in opposition can endorse.

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

Congratulate people for being one of today’s lucky 10,000! xkcd.com/1053/

if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean

"Chicken in every pot & Waymo in every city" is also a backward-looking vision. Let's aim for every city to have high-frequency, reliable, accessible electric bus-and-train networks integrated with safe pedestrian & cyclist infrastructure. Also taco trucks on every corner.

In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him. Now, his visa is being revoked. Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe. www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...

Join us 4/19 @2pm on the Norwalk Green, 8 Park Pl. Norwalk, CT

Utah folks - are the retaliatory Chinese tariffs going to have an impact on alfalfa farmers? IIRC a bunch of Utah alfalfa gets exported to China

I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.

This is largely going to have pro-highway, anti-transit impacts - but a small silver lining could be that Utah, perhaps the most pro-transit red state, could move to the front of the funding line in time to build some real transit improvements for the 2034 Olympics www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.

You’ve certainly seen the controversy and cruelty over the last three minutes of this sermon. But watch the entire thing. It is less than 15 minutes. You'll be inspired and strengthened for theological and spiritual resistance. The First Sermon open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."

I had a wonderful experience at BYU as an undergrad, with great mentors and friends who prepared me to be an academic. I also know there are lots of phenomenal faculty there now attempting to blend professionalism with the faith’s mission. What Clark Gilbert and other admin are doing is tragic. /1