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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7h

Dunno boss, but all the ones that get built end up leased so maybe the fact that you're not interested doesn't actually mean much?

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 16h

WE DID IT!!!

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7h

Welcome!

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 8h

Dangerous in in so many ways, not least of all is potentially turning any minor disagreement between people in an airport into a full blown fight. Probably not what airline employees want given how tense things have been for years already.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7h

What the fuck news is he watching? How can you be so completely and consistently wrong about the state of an American city?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7h

The owner's gotta pay property taxes on those units whether they're vacant or not. But, of course, they won't be.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15h

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 17h

September data was released today. The drop in absolute number of travellers is a bit lower than in the (higher volume) summer months, but year over year percentage change drop held fairly steady.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 16h

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you, Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social!

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 17h

[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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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 17h

[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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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

The Administration

- raised taxes on clean energy with one big beautiful bill

- is stopping or making clean energy projects harder to be built

- is raising prices on materials with tariffs

- all while AI is spiking electricity demand

They are stopping supply while demand goes up

It’s a crisis

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 2d

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

www.lewis.ucla.edu

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 2d

really enjoyed this discussion hitting on the 'international' code council (🫠) that touches on how US is outlier in denser buildings costing more per SF than detached houses

Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 2d

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

www.lewis.ucla.edu

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 2d

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

www.lewis.ucla.edu

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4d

If you live in California, today is an excellent day to call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign SB 79. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

publiccomment.blog

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 5d

This paragraph brings great joy to my heart. If only we should all be so fortunate.

cc: @resnikoff.bsky.social

Screenshot of text from Wikipedia: "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight[1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated town-county government.[2][3] Vestigial judicial and law enforcement districts still follow county boundaries even in the counties whose county-level government has been disestablished, and the counties are still generally recognized as geographic entities if not political ones.[4] Three counties (Hampshire, Barnstable, and Franklin) have formed new county regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance."

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 6d

The regime’s playbook:

Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.

Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.

The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.

There is no justification for violence by anyone.

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 6d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 6d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 6d

Tag yourself I'm Mount Whoredom

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 7d

We force public employees to swear an oath to the constitution not because we're being cute, but because we're reminding them that consequences outlive presidents.

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