David Welton
@davidwelton.bsky.social
Computers, startups, bikes, Italy (lived in Padova for about 15 years), Bend YIMBY
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If the climate models are inaccurate for some properties, that’s one thing (and should require some evidence in support!)
But the real estate industry is gonna need better arguments than “when people see the underlying climate risk of a property, they are less interested in buying it”
But the real estate industry is gonna need better arguments than “when people see the underlying climate risk of a property, they are less interested in buying it”
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If the climate models are inaccurate for some properties, that’s one thing (and should require some evidence in support!)
But the real estate industry is gonna need better arguments than “when people see the underlying climate risk of a property, they are less interested in buying it”
But the real estate industry is gonna need better arguments than “when people see the underlying climate risk of a property, they are less interested in buying it”
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An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
Street safety advocates are butting heads with fire officials. Swift fire response does not have to come at the cost of lives on the roadway.
darrellowens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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But how will we remove snow from that curb-separated bike lane? 🤷♂️
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
But how will we remove snow from that curb-separated bike lane? 🤷♂️
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
A timeless classic when you see someone complaining about the new housing and how it's not perfect. They're probably right in some ways, but none of it ever is! If you stopped all of it we'd have an even worse housing shortage
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A timeless classic when you see someone complaining about the new housing and how it's not perfect. They're probably right in some ways, but none of it ever is! If you stopped all of it we'd have an even worse housing shortage
Not all regulations are good, and not all of them are bad. It's a good idea to think hard about the tradeoffs involved in them, and even reevaluate those as technology and society change.
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Not all regulations are good, and not all of them are bad. It's a good idea to think hard about the tradeoffs involved in them, and even reevaluate those as technology and society change.
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I feel like the two dimensional political compass for local elected democrats are:
1. Mod or Prog
2. Interested in solving any local problems whatsoever vs deferring to local gatekeeper assholes.
1. Mod or Prog
2. Interested in solving any local problems whatsoever vs deferring to local gatekeeper assholes.
It’s incredibly funny people flipped out about a guy running the most standard ass municipal government policy playbook imaginable.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I feel like the two dimensional political compass for local elected democrats are:
1. Mod or Prog
2. Interested in solving any local problems whatsoever vs deferring to local gatekeeper assholes.
1. Mod or Prog
2. Interested in solving any local problems whatsoever vs deferring to local gatekeeper assholes.
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Liveable Kirkland, an Eastside advocacy group, this year purchased a bike lane sweeper that attaches to the back of bikes. Eastside Urbanism, another group, also contributed to buying the sweeper.
Cleaning leaf-clogged bikes lanes on Seattle’s Eastside — using bike power
Slippery, soggy leaves can be dangerous on two wheels. Now, volunteers in Kirkland have a clever, new tool to clean bike lanes from the seat of a bike.
www.opb.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Liveable Kirkland, an Eastside advocacy group, this year purchased a bike lane sweeper that attaches to the back of bikes. Eastside Urbanism, another group, also contributed to buying the sweeper.
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This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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I wonder if this could give a different demographic a view into how dangerous ginormous trucks are? Probably wishful thinking
Umatilla County could become the next rural government to allow all-terrain vehicles on public roads, as its Board of Commissioners considered a proposal that would open up dozens of county roads to ATVs at a Tuesday meeting.
Umatilla could join Oregon counties opening up roads to ATVs
Under a recent proposal, all-terrain vehicles could only drive on designated two-lane gravel roads with a posted speed limit of 40 miles per hour. All of those roads exist on the east side of the county.
www.opb.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I wonder if this could give a different demographic a view into how dangerous ginormous trucks are? Probably wishful thinking
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There is One Simple Trick for JB Pritzker and Kathy Hochul to punish Columbia and Northwestern:
Since both schools have committed to end academic freedom, their land is no longer used for education.
Revoke their property tax exemptions and redistribute millions to public schools like CUNY or UIC.
Since both schools have committed to end academic freedom, their land is no longer used for education.
Revoke their property tax exemptions and redistribute millions to public schools like CUNY or UIC.
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
There is One Simple Trick for JB Pritzker and Kathy Hochul to punish Columbia and Northwestern:
Since both schools have committed to end academic freedom, their land is no longer used for education.
Revoke their property tax exemptions and redistribute millions to public schools like CUNY or UIC.
Since both schools have committed to end academic freedom, their land is no longer used for education.
Revoke their property tax exemptions and redistribute millions to public schools like CUNY or UIC.
This is cool - Lakewood, CO did some 'Oregon style' zoning reform but also added re-legalization of small shops
housingforwardco.org/a-closer-loo...
housingforwardco.org/a-closer-loo...
From Growth Caps Toward Housing Abundance: Lakewood’s Zoning Overhaul to Legalize Middle Housing
A closer look at how Lakewood modernized its zoning to meet today’s housing and environmental challenges
housingforwardco.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is cool - Lakewood, CO did some 'Oregon style' zoning reform but also added re-legalization of small shops
housingforwardco.org/a-closer-loo...
housingforwardco.org/a-closer-loo...
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Average folks kettled ICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Average folks kettled ICE
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at this point the overwhelming majority of the Trump administration is going to have to be prosecuted for a mix of corruption, treason, and war crimes
At some point in the future, Witkoff should be prosecuted for this.
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
at this point the overwhelming majority of the Trump administration is going to have to be prosecuted for a mix of corruption, treason, and war crimes
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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This is one advantage of having the historical memory of authoritarianism, as I have from Brazil: you know that, when the regime is gone, the people who collaborated and acquiesced look terrible in retrospect. It may look reasonable and justifiable now, but believe me, it will age like milk.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is one advantage of having the historical memory of authoritarianism, as I have from Brazil: you know that, when the regime is gone, the people who collaborated and acquiesced look terrible in retrospect. It may look reasonable and justifiable now, but believe me, it will age like milk.
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The president is mentally unwell and just says things. He is going to arrest Biden for perjury! He is going to invade Nigeria! He is going to abolish income tax!
The press just ignores this because it isn't serious. But it robs the public of a chance to see how broken everything is.
The press just ignores this because it isn't serious. But it robs the public of a chance to see how broken everything is.
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
Might be kicking off.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The president is mentally unwell and just says things. He is going to arrest Biden for perjury! He is going to invade Nigeria! He is going to abolish income tax!
The press just ignores this because it isn't serious. But it robs the public of a chance to see how broken everything is.
The press just ignores this because it isn't serious. But it robs the public of a chance to see how broken everything is.
Zoning didn't allow enough housing, so we have a housing shortage.
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
Bend's biggest developing neighborhoods lament loss of commercial land - The Bulletin
Carolyn Schott moved from Colorado to Bend in 2021 after buying a townhome in a freshly-platted neighborhood in the northeast corner of the city. As home building continued around her, the 20 acres ne...
bendbulletin.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Zoning didn't allow enough housing, so we have a housing shortage.
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...