Electric car dependency still sucks shit

I'm not sure if she's aware of it but this 2022 @rebeccajtiffany.bsky.social tweet is basically an article of faith at @liberalcurrents.com ( @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com quoted it in www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit... and I've referenced it countless times ever since)

It’s true

Waldo Jaquith@waldo.net · last wk.

Walking around the residential neighborhoods of greater Charlottesville, it is frustrating how far it's necessary to walk to find a store. In some newer quasi-new-urbanist developments, their absence is striking. Everybody is worse off for this zoning prohibition.

Hahahaha. No but seriously: abolish college football.

“housing doesn’t get cheaper by distributing scarcity. It gets cheaper by ending it.” I agree with Jose.

Sam@samd.bsky.social · last wk.

Jose Andres is the absolute GOAT. turbolib who has brought meals to disaster zones after the Haiti earthquake & to war-stricken families in Ukraine and Gaza and now he’s YIMBYposting in the face of Spain’s severe housing shortage

I think this is the first time I've lived walking distance from a grocery store and I'm out of my mind about it. I'll walk there several times a day. Oh did I forget to grab something? No big deal I'll simply Walk To The Store

This is why I'm so in favor of accessory commercial units. Just getting people in the US used to **walking** for a cup of coffee or a sandwich in the neighborhood may finally do something to rid Americans of our terminal car brain.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · last yr.

I think this is the first time I've lived walking distance from a grocery store and I'm out of my mind about it. I'll walk there several times a day. Oh did I forget to grab something? No big deal I'll simply Walk To The Store

They should make phones for dogs those guys would love instagramn

The Leftovers “International Assassin”

­­　­　­　the­　­­　­　­ ghostes@rem.bsjky.team · last wk.

whats your favorite episode of a television show

Ep 8 Twin Peaks the Return

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

Gothamist@gothamist.com · 2w ago

NYC has a plan to stop homeless people from cycling between hospitals and the streets gothamist.com/news/nyc-has...

“Some of us will be asleep, some of us will just be confused, but know this: We will be crashing our cars into the side of a financial institution downtown.” — Leonard Kircher

Nation’s 93-Year-Olds Announce Plan To Crash Car Into Side Of Bank

WASHINGTON—In a joint statement outlining the mission shared by hundreds of thousands of elderly American citizens, the nation’s 93-year-olds announced a new plan this week to crash their cars into th...

theonion.com

renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid

it is quite confusing that “inclusionary zoning” is not the opposite of “exclusionary zoning”, but actually functions as a tool of exclusionary zoning

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 2w ago

So-called “inclusionary zoning,” the practice of requiring home builders to rent new apartments at a loss to low-income tenants, is a tax on new housing that worsens the housing shortage and raises rents overall in exchange for a handful of means-tested units. It’s bad policy!

NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute

Lucky for me, I don’t hear songs

talent is a lie

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

On the list of top things I don’t give a shit about, bringing beverages to a job interview is really high up there. Why, sweet jesus, would anyone care about that? Y’all will do a Discourse about literally anything lmao

Correct!

Sally Duncan@sallyforsupervisor.bsky.social · 3w ago

BOS and SB need to be paid more; BOS should be paid a full-time wage and be a full-time job.

Twin Peaks: Happy Birthday Leo.

But the evidence is clear: high-end demand can raise low-end rents, and high-end supply can lower them. If you care about low-end affordability, your strategy must include high-end supply to create vacancy chains and prevent demand cascades. www.buildingabundance.ca/p/housing-la... 2/

Housing ladder spillovers

Rich newcomers can raise low-end rents, and adding high-end homes can lower them

buildingabundance.ca

"let's stop pretending to be so clever and just produce used cars."

Michael Wiebe@michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 3w ago

Strange article from Strong Towns on "filtering". Fundamentally, they do not believe in indirect spillover effects, where adding high-end supply can reduce low-end rents. Instead, we have to intentionally and directly target the low-end. 1/

31% of libs surveyed publicly told a pollster they would feel positive if Trump was popped during a speech lol

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 3w ago

"We asked 683 Democratic voters who they might support in the presidential primary that seems set to start any month now, whether Democratic senators should end the filibuster, and how they would feel if Trump died overnight, plus dozens of other questions." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-are-dem...

some idiot pundit: wow, libs hate him this much but they don't want him to die, this must be a sign they're interested in healing *Evelyn Normielib leaning into the mic* I want him to suffer

I really think the US would be better if we hadn’t designed almost all of it in the last century like the only people who walk are poor people and iconoclasts

Honestly surprised “died in his sleep” didn’t poll higher

Jack@jtenroon.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is frying me

Exciting new project for housing policy wonks & data scientists! Want to create a tool to help state policymakers develop rough estimates of how much housing could be unlocked with different policy reforms? Sure you do! housingchallenge.turnout.rocks