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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 19h

While I believe the YIMBY movement has succeeded in large part because we have good policy ideas and skilled political champions, we have also been very lucky to have completely bonkers, self-discrediting opposition.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

TIL that making the buses faster is “ruining the city”

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sam is the east coast version of armand domalewski: he's well connected and wealthy; he's desperate to align with power, marketing himself as "just a smol bean guy;" and he's hellbent on ruining the city in which he *currently* lives for other, long term residents
Sam
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just a couple of guys talking about how we can speed up our buses

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 18h

she’s part of this family so more likely distantly related by marriage lol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_...

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 18h

she is part of the Murray family featured in this book lol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_...

Golden Clan - Wikipedia

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 18h

I have always supported progressive politicians who support building more housing and transit, I oppose faux-progressive NIMBYs

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 20h

it was good. pushed him on building housing near the IBX and he was fully on board

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 20h

no lol Jerque is agreeing with fuelgrannie and insulting me as a nepo baby lol

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

~3 minutes, we talked about

1) importance of fast buses, he agreed

2) the absurdity of free parking in Manhattan and double parked cars blocking bus lanes, he highlighted automatic enforcement bill he supported

3) importance of building housing near the IBX, he fully agreed

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

the funniest part of all is that she is a descendent of the Vanderbilt family lol

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

apparently I am a neoliberal shill because my dad was

*checks notes*

Bernie’s lawyer

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

TIL that making the buses faster is “ruining the city”

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.

Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Landmark Law To Build More Homes Near Public Transit

Official website of Senator Scott Wiener, representing California Senate District 11.

sd11.senate.ca.gov

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

gotta say it’s just fascinating how normie libs have reacted to Trump with “this man is destroying the very fabric of our nation; we will need to pack the courts and hold truth and reconciliation commissions”

while billionaire libs have been like “ya know what this guy actually seems cool”

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 1d

Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

WE DID IT!!!

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

not only that, but when Dems do get organized and pay creators who are pushing aligned content, all of a sudden it becomes an attack line against them. meanwhile Russia literally pays conservative commentators and they are cool with it

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

thank you, king 🫡

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

let’s… fucking… GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

walkable towns with restaurants and grocery stores are actually communism

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

republicans are NIMBYs who want your rents to go up

this is why I have zero time for democratic NIMBYs. We need to forcefully embrace more housing to lower the rents, increase walkability, and boost economic growth

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

as someone who has actually worked extensively with well-liked, successful corporate execs, it’s pretty funny to see how Bari is following the Elon playbook of “be an arrogant dickhead to cosplay as big boss” to cover up the total lack of any management skills

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been pretty horrifying to see how one of the two major political parties has so quickly embraced fascism

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

lol the degrowth “left” is praising Trump for killing solar projects

hard to think of a more embarrassing ideology tbh

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This just in: The Esmeralda 7 Solar Project — which would have generated a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power — has been canceled, the

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 2d

where are the maga abundance bros when you need them. Thomas hochman bat signal please save us

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 2d

Dems really need to fix permitting so that we can actually build stuff while we are in charge and prevent this bullshit from happening

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 2d

my favorite pizza is now $68 thanks to Donald Trump’s tariffs

ceres.nyc • 6h
NDUJA IS BACK
Limited to 15 pies per day!
Starting at 11:30
ou to the ongoing triff
situation we had to increase the price to $68
Thank you for understanding!

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