@nextdoorsv.bsky.social This one's for you. In answer to a question about whether pro-housing laws are popular in California: "Nextdoor is the voice of the community."

@nextdoorsv.bsky.social This is an actual human being, not ChatGPT, extolling the scenic beauty of ... a parking lot? Other similar asphalt-kissers laud parking lots as "public lane" in need of protection.

The San Jose City Council is considering an appeal of a 12 townhouse project. The appellants say there is not enough parking. The project provides 3.5 spaces per townhouse! (Sitting in Council chambers waiting for the item about citywide upzoning of all SFH zones.)

Drivers only respond to risks they view as credible. Killing people by way of dangerous or distracted driving is not considered credible, as they are all great drivers. But fear of tickets & of scratching their cars work wonders in terms of modifying their near constant lawlessness and risk-taking.

The moderator, who despite appearances is not a car, is here describing an open-air marketplace crammed with pedestrians walking around. I feel like the mystery would be enhanced if pedestrians too were allow to wield deadly weapons, that might at any moment kill a driver.

Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 2w ago

The moderator launches into a mini-lecture. Says restricting cars eliminates the “sense of theater, mystery and surprise…the visual and aural stimulation” that makes the market special.

Driver: I keep getting parking tickets because I park illegally. This is not my fault and I should be allowed to dump my car anywhere I want. @nextdoorsv.bsky.social

Listening to an approval hearing for a Builder's Remedy project in Los Altos. It's just venting. The Planning Commissioners are sad the applicant didn't comply with the city's standards. Maybe it has something to do with the applicants unsuccessfully trying to move the project forward since 2015.

My blog post on building code reform went up on YIMBY Action's main blog. yimbyaction.org/blog/beyond-... Many thanks to @kevinrmatthews.bsky.social, @robertagreer.bsky.social, and @stephenjacobsmith.com for your assistance on this!

You can't have government subsidized street parking AND safe streets. You can't have government subsidized street parking AND affordable housing. You can't have government subsidized street parking AND solve climate change. But drivers, of course, view street parking as their social security:

NEW BLOG POST! Some thoughts on Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, the historical context of the Bronze Age Collapse, the Sea Peoples, and the legends of the Trojan War, and whether Nolan's movie is "historically accurate" or not, and what that even means.

Did Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?

We were all set for The Odyssey to be our summer discourse. Battle lines had been drawn, takes had been prepared. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 8th century BCE epic poem was…

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ICE, scanning domestic violence arrest records to find new recruits.

✅Parking ✅Neighborhood character ✅Not enough engagement with locals ✅Height ✅Traffic ✅"I'm not a NIMBY; I'm just don't want this in my back yard."

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is a funny and very typical op-ed in that the author repeatedly emphasizes he is NOT a NIMBY while checking off the full gamut of standard NIMBY talking points one by one. www.aol.com/news/not-nim...

“You don’t have to scream, lady, you could just let me hit you.”

Jillian@bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“You don’t have to scream, lady” is a thing a driver had the gall to say when I yelled “hey!” as he was about to make a left turn across the path of a pedestrian, a scooter user & me. I doubt asking nicely would’ve gotten him to stop.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

President Trump is actually jealous of Belgium for at least getting a tie against Iran.

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Manager at Trump’s N.J. Golf Club Helped Plan Reflecting Pool Repairs

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After the tarp went up to try and stop the “Berlin Wall” moment, Cliff Owen of the AP got the iconic 📸 shot. 🇺🇸

Get rid of the grand jurors who refuse to indict, now you have a majority to indict. How can anyone think that's legal? How????

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here's the part where the prosecutors identify the grand jurors who won't vote to indict, then dismiss them one by one so they can secure an indictment from those who remain (you need a minimum of 16) www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Yep! If you're seeing news about that raw milk farm that keeps starting outbreaks, I covered how the farm is gross... like... a year ago.

Emily J@emexastris.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The guy in the latest propublica headline sounded familiar to me - @sarahtaber.bsky.social covered how sketchy and gross Mark McAfee is last year youtu.be/piB_DdO2D6I?...

(Sure,)You Can Walk to the World Cup in New Jersey. But Should You? A few tips from the Gray Lady... And one from me... DON'T DO IT!!! #newjersey #newyork #fifa #worldcup #metlife #bikeped #argyleUSA #pafc www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/o...

Opinion | You Can Walk to the World Cup in New Jersey. But Should You?

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Reminder: Early-reported votes in California are from older, more conservative voters. Expect some results to change as more votes come in.

ICE goons push protestor under an 18-wheeler. They're psychopaths.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

JUST NOW from @statuscoupnews.bsky.social livestream — ICE agents outside Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ pushed a protester into an 18-wheeler causing the truck to run over his leg. They then pinned him on the ground and carried him away.

Genuinely funny letter from YIMBY Law accusing Tiburon (reasonably it sounds) of subverting state law to block housing on a parking lot. townoftiburon.granicus.com/MetaViewer.p...

my pilot’s license is 95% done. the remaining 5% is focused on learning to fly a plane.

Ol' Chef Dan@olchefdan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

The fruits of a system that makes affordable parking mandatory and affordable housing illegal. Means-tested free parking -- the vehicle owner can't use it unless they also own a house. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/u...

In Homeless Crisis, California ‘Is Waging a War on R.V.s’

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A city allowed a new shiny expensive apartment tower to be built, and through six levels of moving chain, a mother got to move out of a shelter into her own cheaper apartment, and regained custody of her son. More Housing, Faster. So kids get out of foster care and back to their moms.

Jim Gleeson@geographyjim.bsky.social · 3mo ago

youtu.be/QQYMUMTI7fk?... Economic research shows that building new market-rate homes can start chains of moves that ultimately free up much cheaper ones. Here, Pew trace a real-life chain starting with a luxury building and ending with a low-income family being able to reunite in a home of their own

On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.

Also, this is a universal truth we should all really wrap our heads around: if people are trying to do bad-faith reading of your words to find material to get angry about, THEY WILL SUCCEED. You cannot ever communicate in a way that prevents this. Defensive writing is a fools' errand.

whenever I play golf I like to shout “four!” to remind everyone how many multifamily housing complexes could be built on each hole