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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 22h

hey i said it was good for ME not the city

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 22h

environmental defence has had a real face turn on zoning

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

ya i think that's a fair point bsky.app/profile/mdno...

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

i think they still lose on having children/marriage/owning a car because those are right-coded but i think they bring some of the others to a draw

and if you threw in questions that AREN'T right-coded - like, 'living a long and healthy life' - i think there's a big advantage there too

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

dude just came into my mentions then blocked me for suggesting that you can trust a properly conducted poll irrespective of the source.

like sorry anti-intellectualism is bad whether it comes from the left or the right

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

why do people on this site block you for respectfully offering a differing opinion lol

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

if there's a right wing slant to this it's that the ambitions they chose are right-coded

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

polls are polls, if the poll is conducted well then you can trust the results

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23h

i think they still lose on having children/marriage/owning a car because those are right-coded but i think they bring some of the others to a draw

and if you threw in questions that AREN'T right-coded - like, 'living a long and healthy life' - i think there's a big advantage there too

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

this is downstream of the dems not really having centering political values or ideology imo. 'ideology' is just another way to say 'the world we want to build'

if you asked the same question about AOC or Bernie you wouldn't get these results

Searchlight Institute @searchlightinst.bsky.social · 2d

We checked in on what voters think Democrats and Republicans want for them. The good news for Democrats is that they’re narrowly winning on “feeling stable in your personal life.” The bad news for them is that Republicans dominate on everything else: wealth, marriage, kids, and more.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

the thing is they can literally do this. no one is forcing them to sell their home. it will now be worth MORE, -AND- they'll have way more shops and stuff in a stone's throw from their house.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

damn i cant believe i'll have to look at an apartment building. smdh

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

won't anyone think of the uhhhh sales executives who will be harmed by transit-oriented development in California

Gerisch, a 46-year-old sales executive, isn’t sure whether he and his family will stay put. SB 79 would allow five-story residential buildings on his and other nearby streets, which sit within a half-mile of a Metro K Line light rail station.

“I feel like I’ve been blindsided,” he said. “A lot of us were.”

Under SB 79, developers would be permitted to build up to nine-story residential buildings adjacent to subway stops, seven stories within a quarter-mile of them and six stories within a half-mile — overriding local planning and zoning rules.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

congrats for catching up to BC friends

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

ayyyyyyy

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 1d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!

Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...

cayimby.org

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 1d

"[Councillor Caradonna] added Vancouver should look at the lessons learned from Victoria.

'It’s not fiscally prudent to do these sorts of things,' he said. 'It’s what we call electoral math.'"

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Short-term gain’: Victoria city councillor cautions against Vancouver’s 0% property tax push

A Victoria city councillor says Vancouver’s city council’s direction to staff to pursue a zero per cent property tax increase for 2026 could backfire.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

If you were woke you’d know the park board is lit

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 1d

Ken Sim's stunt of a motion has put the City Manager in the difficult position of delivering against an unreasonable ask, with an unreasonable timeline. The process is so rushed that we will have NO details when we vote in November.

Ken Sim won't know what he's voting to cut. And neither will you.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 1d

this is amazing news for weirdos who LOVE elections and campaigns

(i'm weirdos)

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.

Buckle your seatbelts, folks.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Canada’s pastime now

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 2d

Ken Sim's property tax stunt starts with an arbitrary, politically-motivated number and asks staff to cut until they meet it.

We should be asking what it will take to meet the expectations of the people we serve.

I oppose Ken Sim's cuts.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 2d

why on earth would you glaze gavin newsom when the Great Khan is right there

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 2d

every time a right wing government tries this the result is always: there is no fat to trim, to cut budget you have to cut services.

rob ford tried this in 2010 and called in kpmg to audit city hall. we'll see where the new city manager decides to cut.

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 2d

we should for sure fix whatever forces people to fill out 38 page applications for christmas lights (does anyone actually fill it out? if not, are we spending money on processing?) but fixing that doesn't save $100M lmao

Pete Fry @ptfry.bsky.social · 2d

Inside joke at #vanpoli
Zero means zero

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 2d

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 3d

@kennedystewart.bsky.social this is why wards are awful fyi. random ass councillors can make poor decisions targeting parts of the city that cannot hold them accountable.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 3d

why does a councillor in etobicoke want to kill traffic lights in scarborough (outside A CHURCH)

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 3d

Councillor Stephen Holyday wants to vote against new traffic signals at an intersection in Scarborough. Okay then. Signals are APPROVED 22-1. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Agenda Item History 2025.SC25.9

secure.toronto.ca

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