Trader Joe's is kind of an outdated bougie stereotype, a lot of their staples are often cheaper nowadays than stuff I find at Safeway or whatever.

paul lukasiak@paul-lukasiak.bsky.social · last mo.

2/ and you are forced to sell --- you'll get a good price, but you'll have to start all over in a new neighhborhood.. and it takes a massive level of racist privilege to think that working class and poor people are flocking to Harlem Trader Joe's. By the time Trader Joe's moves in, gentrification

I appreciate @agounardes.bsky.social standing strong as the ONLY Dem in the entire New York State legislature to do the right thing and vote against enshrining operational inefficiency on the NYC Subway by banning OPTO expansion. If this bill becomes law, it’ll make IBX significantly less useful

Subway staffing: State Senate and Assembly pass transit union-backed bill to make two-person crews permanent | amNewYork

The state Senate and Assembly this week passed a measure that would require the MTA to maintain two-person train crews on every subway line that currently has

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this photo makes me look like an anime character

I did not realize San Mateo County made such crazy modifications to its codes. All non-single-fam must have a 50-sq. ft. fire control room accessible via the exterior, placed at the FD’s discretion. NFPA 13R sprinklers are banned entirely, everything must be full 13. California’s gotta rein this in.

randomperson Fire Alarms@randompersonfire.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks for the detail. I just checked East Palo Alto's ordinances for any code amendments... and they incorporate the Menlo Park Fire Protection District's amendments, which contain a similar ban on NFPA 13R systems, along with questionable justifications: www.menlofire.gov/media/News/2...

Here’s an idea for Zohran Mamdani to create more jobs in NYC: he could ask Julie Menin and City Council to relegalize the construction of new hotels, which Bill de Blasio banned citywide as a parting gift to the hotel workers union on his way out of office in 2021 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...

Mamdani Is Under Pressure to Act Amid Slowing Job Growth in New York

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As someone who visits NYC a couple times a year to see friends and family, I cannot pretend to be a disinterested observer here. Hotels in the city have gotten stupid expensive over the past few years and it’s nuts that more of them aren’t coming online.

Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com · 2mo ago

Here’s an idea for Zohran Mamdani to create more jobs in NYC: he could ask Julie Menin and City Council to relegalize the construction of new hotels, which Bill de Blasio banned citywide as a parting gift to the hotel workers union on his way out of office in 2021 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...

Real prisoners dilemma with locally-generated traffic modeling and cost estimates under a consultant-dominated system. Either strategically misrepresent traffic & costs that will create problems later Or Be upfront and never get traction relative to projects that do strategically misrepresent.

and his opponent, Natalie Gee, is running on a platform claiming Alan Wong isn’t pro-car ENOUGH and that only she will truly put the sinister bike cabal in its place

Mark Hogan@markasaurus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meanwhile in San Francisco my district Supervisor Alan Wong sends out endless emails about how his top priorities are to provide more parking and to rescind tree planting requirements

Say what you want about AI and there’s certainly a lot of negatives, but Jesus every day there’s some “granola” ass post about data centers takes 5 points off my IQ. Like no, paper mills are actually a beautiful illustration of how people don’t understand scale when complaining about like water use

I wonder if this is the crane placing this prefabricated escalator that Schindler was posting about on its LinkedIn? In America, the union contract would require this to be taken apart on the mountaintop and put back together, to preserve work for the mechanics www.linkedin.com/posts/travel...

#traveltuesday #traveltuesday #switzerland #testagrigia #alps #europeanprojects #escalators #verticaltransportation #engineeringexcellence #schindler #schindlerelevator #schindlerelevatorcorporation… ...

Today’s #traveltuesday takes us to the Swiss Alps! 🌍🇨🇭🏔️ At the summit station on Testa Grigia, four Schindler escalators operate at more than 11,400 feet above sea level, connecting Zermatt, Switzer...

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Jason Rabinowitz@airlineflyer.net · 2mo ago

12,740 feet up on top of the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. Tower crane.

I get that social media hype can trick people into thinking this way, but the truth is polarization is so potent a force that even the most right wing Democrat votes wayyyy to the left of even the most left wing Republican nowadays

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dear Maine, The only person worse than Susan Collins is John Fetterman.

“There is a larger principle here. States should not outsource their housing policy to local governments that tend to have a bias toward the status quo. States should assert more control over lot sizes, multifamily zoning, permitting processes and more.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...

Opinion | How to Stop the Affluent from Rigging the Housing Market

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The biggest problem that ULA defenders have is that they do not understand the studies showing the tax is killing apartment construction, they have no one in their orbit who can produce a study to refute the claim, and most of all, do not care about empirical evidence because vibes conquer all.

Liam Dillon@liamjdillon.com · 2mo ago

LA Council Committee reviewing the city's mansion tax/Measure ULA decides NOT to recommend a November ballot measure to make changes. Chair Ysabel Jurado says it's too early to evaluate the tax's long-term effects.

"Most European countries allow single-stair buildings to reach eight stories or more – even without sprinkler requirements. South American cities are full of single-stair, mid-rise buildings and towers. Asian cities and Australian ones as well." America is beginning to catch up to our peers.😊

Why single-stair reform leads to more livable, adaptable infill

Allowing more single-stair buildings in the US will positively affect quality of life, public health, infill flexibility, family-friendly units, costs, and even climate adaptation.

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Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com · 2mo ago

E24-24, my proposal to raise the IBC’s single-stair apartment building height limit from three stories to four, has passed the final membership vote, and will now officially make it into the 2027 IBC 🎉

The median credit card balance is not $6,715. The median credit card balance is $0. Most Americans do not *have* credit card debt. The Transunion report is reporting the average (not median!!!) balance *among those who have balances*. www.transunion.com/content/dam/...

E24-24, my proposal to raise the IBC’s single-stair apartment building height limit from three stories to four, has passed the final membership vote, and will now officially make it into the 2027 IBC 🎉

datacenters use trivial amounts of water but huge amounts of electricity, and closed-loop systems -- because they have to use air chilllers -- use much more electricity, so Meta is essentially committing to waste huge amounts of power and generate carbon because people are hysterical

Mitchell Volk@mvolk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Utilities cost SO much more per kWh. It used to be $0.16 in my town and has since increased…despite Xcel Energy building a dedicated substation for the Meta data center in my town. And there’s empty promises of Meta being “water positive” by replacing water used for cooling…but that won’t happen

AB 2074 is a win-win-win: let's build lots of housing, revitalize our downtowns, and create union jobs! The revolving loan is the keystone—let's get it passed.

California YIMBY@cayimby.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The downtown office vacancy is over 30% in some California cities. Meanwhile, the people who work downtown can’t afford to live there. Asm Mark Gonazalez breaks down how AB 2074 would increase downtown housing in LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, and Long Beach.

By nominating Ken Paxton, a strong rightwinger who will mobilize the base, rather than falling for the RINO myth that swing voters exist who he might alienate, Republicans have set themselves up perfectly to retain the Texas senate seat.

I look like I’m in the scene in a 2000s romcom here

Mayor Mamdani has announced the Affordable & Efficient Code Reform task force, to convene later this year. The housing plan says that among other things, elevator and plumbing reform will be considered. www.nyc.gov/content/dam/... (pgs. 98-99)

Ikebukoro days

I love Japan so much. What a wonderful country full of wonderful people

Keep ICE out of Dublin, CA. Anyone anywhere in the US can file a comment. June 1 deadline. More info & easy tools: tinyurl.com/IOD-EA-Toolkit @buffywicks.bsky.social @replsimon.bsky.social pls re-share.

ICE Out of Dublin's Toolkit - Environmental Assessment

TOOLKIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: KEEP FCI DUBLIN CLOSED, KEEP ICE OUT OF DUBLIN! Thank you for participating in our campaign to make sure that the notorious FCI Dublin prison remains closed and cannot be...

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Unfortunately this would also require the Democratic Party being more popular and they are barely even trying that so…

Because Albany will prioritize anything above housing. They wanted high affordability requirements – they got them. But development was still profitable, so the building trades looked for their pound of flesh too, and state legislators were all too happy to give it to them.

Rachel Holliday Smith@rachelholliday.bsky.social · 3mo ago

a REALLY good development story from @smaldo.bsky.social that every NYC renter should know about why have 150+ apartments projects proposed in the past two years had exactly 99 units — no more, no less?

Going to be in Tokyo May 17-May 28. Any recommendations?

If you're an architect or code enthusiast in NYC, please email robin.cheung@mail.house.gov at Dan Goldman's office and trenity.hughes@mail.house.gov at Jerry Nadler's to say you oppose the Pro Codes Act! It would reassert the ICC's copyright on the IBC (even amended version), making UpCodes illegal.

Kinda seems silly Governor Not-Hochul can’t toss her buddy Daredevil a pardon after he saved her life