like, powerful elites publicly breaking from the regime is Good, Actually. It is a consequential thing in a hybrid regime. you need to think in those terms if you want to understand what is going on. we are here and this is happening. sorry if you think it's cringe, I guess.

And... scene! That was my impression of the internet but instead of the term "porn brained" we said "Tom and Jerry brained" instead. Thank you

issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the group effective altruism. you perhaps occasionally, under certain circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"

This is a great thread that touches on the fact that it really is a zero sum game between sprawl and infill dev and sprawl contains huge costs to the public. Something I’d add though is that is that homes built at the far end of the commute shed does little to affect prices in the urban core.

Fronting for not just a prosperity gospel televangelist, but one whose gimmick is NUMEROLOGY 💀

Yimby except for whatever this is, it is an abomination.

Burhan would be a great state senator. The zoning changes he helped institute in Cambridge are the kind of policies that we need statewide. Excited to see how this campaign progresses and to support his election.

American planning in a nutshell: building apartments in a wealthy neighborhood? You need special permission and must rent 20% of them at a loss to poor people. Combining 10 apartments into a mansion for one extremely rich family? By-right process, no subsidized housing requirement, and a tax break.

I don't believe in federalism or centralism, state control or local control. I want the decision loci where I get the best results out of them—as I suspect deep down everyone does

I was excited to ride @rideact.bsky.social to @wcctc.bsky.social meeting today. But the 72L I was going to take was canceled so I’m in a Lyft to get there on time to chair the meeting. If 72R still existed with 15 min headways I would have taken the next bus. Please AC Transit, bring back 72R.

Has anyone reported on what tariffs are being collected day to day since the Supreme Court decision?

Culminator-General of the Massed Zygentomoid Invasion Fleet: "WE SHALL SWEEP ASIDE YOUR CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS AND USHER IN A REIGN OF BLOOD, MAN SHALL BE FODDER FOR OUR LARVAE" Bernie: I don't agree with him but he's absolutely correct about how our current system is corrupt and unsustainable

Considering a financial investment that would basically be betting on the end of Trumpism - more specifically, only works if we return to prior levels of international tourism

no one is buying the shit they are selling anymore. people are believing their eyes.

Why did no one ever tell me about the albino turkey of Albany?

Digging further into the Starter Home Revitalization Act amendments proposed (SB 1116 amending 684/1123): Doesn't (2) below effectively let the density be up to 36/acre regardless of the county's Mullin density, which was the previous maximum?

Fascinating

Wait, did he really bring Trump a Daily News mockup to grin over

Normatively, either "an FAQ" or "a FAQ" is fine. But which do you prefer and why?

"unlock" It unlocks nothing, as described it would be a coup, just so we're all clear

"WHADdup guys, it's ya boy Mr Beast here with the craziest challenge yet. We've got the book written by him that sits upon the throne, sealed with seven seals. Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?"

He also performed well above replacement value as lieutenant governor by using his clout to put all the pieces together for marijuana legalization to win on the ballot in 2016. Contrast Eleni, who has managed nothing on that scale

yeah what he did at the time was extremely courageous and was correctly seen as wildly progressive. my issue is that in his recent interviews he seems to be saying it was the wrong thing to have done.

I am not a Newsom stan but it is actually unfair to say that giving marriage licenses to gay folks in 2004 was "the least you could do" since it was a) a major ask of activists, b) quickly ruled illegal, and c) wildly controversial at the time en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fra...

apparently the brits are fighting about something called “gorton and denton” today, which i assume is a late-night comedy show that did something controversial. won’t be looking into this

Historic neighborhoods with iron preservation mandates don't stop change. They accelerate change. Historic preservation turns units for renters into mansions for billionaires www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

every god damn day

Without checking, what is the expected value of number of fics on AO3 tagged with the combination of Michael Burnham and Sybok? (& as well as /, if any)

So I don't know if I fully follow the economics of CS2 child gambling. You pay for the lootbox on the game proper, you resell your wins on shady third party sites, but those sales trace back to what demand? Those willing to pay for loot to actually play the game with?

We need to stop reinventing the wheel we know how to build stacked, larger, family sized homes on a single lot. No need to get more creative, or overthink this. Just build what we always have. They’ll sell, they are beloved, they need to be allowed again

What the hell is wrong with leginfo.legislature.ca.gov today?

Huh: I wasn't sure if this would pan out re Newsom, who does have decent approvals (the idea that CA Dems hate him is wrong) but Shapiro does outperform him by subgroup Shapiro (reg. voters): Dems +87, Inds +19, Rs -34 Newsom (all adults): +64, -7, -82 Newsom (likely voters): +73, +1, -84

Hosting a Calgarian for a few days. That accent!

Ah, the 1990s, before private equity purchasing practices created homelessness

London meets Oakland

It drives me crazy that most people think that COVID-19 vaccines don't reduce transmission. They don't bring Reff <1, but the difference between spreading an infection to 2 people vs 1 person is huge at the scale of the population.

Great 1945 ad for a Devil's Harvest-themed burlesque show I just found in a San Francisco newspaper.

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

In general, yes, people need to let politicians politician as long as their glonzo hunt doesn't hurt policy. But I don't see a way out of the housing problem without breaking the exact attitude and power structures "stop PE from buying housing" reinforces.

Guy who keeps making up new kinds of guy all the time to post about

Clipper 2 was delayed 3 years, and it could take years to complete implementation. Unacceptable that <10% of cards have been upgraded. And folks with upgraded cards are experiencing major problems. MTC must hold Cubic accountable. And ultimately may need to pull out of this disastrous contract.

This new housing, which I do NOT support,

electrek.co/2026/02/24/a... Looks better than the competing license plate bill.

Zero base zoning

SB 1123 (684) follow-on improvements from Caballero! Let's take a look

Some good news from @bart.gov! Thanks to software upgrades, trains no longer have to run so slowly in the rain! www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Nazi Germany prosecuted several Communist leaders alongside Marinus van der Lubbe for the Reichstag fire, but after a lengthy trial they were all acquitted for lack of evidence. (Judiciary wasn't captured as fast as the rest of government.)

The Netherlands banned investor ownership of housing in 2022. It did not reduce home prices. New homeowners had higher incomes, were more often Dutch-born, moved shorter distances, and stayed longer than the renters whom they replaces. I do not think this was an equitable outcome.

I feel a lot more productive when my keyboard makes more noise.

But yeah sure let's end the mortgage interest deduction for investors in housing. *Touches earpiece* I'm getting reports that affluent homeowners are also investors in their own, owner-occupied, housing.