Russell Richie 🔰🌐🏗🚲♿🏳️🌈
@drussellmrichie.bsky.social
Associate Director of Cognitive Science @PennMindCORE. Treasurer @5thsq, Board Vice-President @pandpinst. he/him. Cancer survivor and ADHD haver. I sell land value tax, and land value tax accessories.
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Interested in why assessment, maybe the biggest objection to Land Value Tax – the least bad tax – might not be such a problem?
Check out my new working paper: Land values can be estimated more accurately than property values in parameter recovery simulations.
Thread!
github.com/drussellmric...
Check out my new working paper: Land values can be estimated more accurately than property values in parameter recovery simulations.
Thread!
github.com/drussellmric...
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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One of the most damaging, braindead decisions in US urban history—especially given just how long the deal is.
Giving up control of curb space alone should've been a nonstarter. Doing it for pennies on the dollar is even worse.
Giving up control of curb space alone should've been a nonstarter. Doing it for pennies on the dollar is even worse.
Today in Chicago History: Mayor Richard M. Daley strikes lopsided parking meter deal
Today in Chicago History: Mayor Richard M. Daley strikes lopsided parking meter deal
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One of the most damaging, braindead decisions in US urban history—especially given just how long the deal is.
Giving up control of curb space alone should've been a nonstarter. Doing it for pennies on the dollar is even worse.
Giving up control of curb space alone should've been a nonstarter. Doing it for pennies on the dollar is even worse.
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Our 50% off print sale is over BUT...
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
New book day is a good day. Three new books from @wesmars.bsky.social @humantransit.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social courtesy of @islandpress.bsky.social sale
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our 50% off print sale is over BUT...
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
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If I was the Dem president in 2029, I would open up the market to Chinese vehicles out of pure vindictiveness.
you mean to tell me the ceo of the ford motor company is comfortable with open white nationalism in the white house
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If I was the Dem president in 2029, I would open up the market to Chinese vehicles out of pure vindictiveness.
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Apparently the White House is freaking out as people are posting this photo of beloved character actor Richard Kind to all platforms just doing my part feel free to do yours.
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Apparently the White House is freaking out as people are posting this photo of beloved character actor Richard Kind to all platforms just doing my part feel free to do yours.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com is intellectually serious, philosophically pluralistic, and politically responsible. Above all it is a voice for liberal principles, at a time when that is urgently needed but frustratingly difficult to find.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com is intellectually serious, philosophically pluralistic, and politically responsible. Above all it is a voice for liberal principles, at a time when that is urgently needed but frustratingly difficult to find.
www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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New Yorkers: read this piece, makes total sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
New Yorkers: read this piece, makes total sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
I hate this. To me, the whole point of AV's is that they can actually follow the rules of the road!
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies
Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I hate this. To me, the whole point of AV's is that they can actually follow the rules of the road!
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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I Think Her Party Should Be Making Statements In Her Defense And The Greater Somali Community
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I Think Her Party Should Be Making Statements In Her Defense And The Greater Somali Community
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Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
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Amazon launching 30 minute delivery in Philly without any cargo bikes like in NY means that the PPA fines aren't anywhere high enough!
Amazon launches 30-minute delivery in Philadelphia. Plus, Krasner cries poor, Annie McCormick bids farewell, and an Eagles house is egged after lousy loss.
Philly Today: Amazon Launches 30-Minute Delivery In City
Plus, Krasner cries poor and Annie McCormick bids farewell to 6ABC.
www.phillymag.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Amazon launching 30 minute delivery in Philly without any cargo bikes like in NY means that the PPA fines aren't anywhere high enough!
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I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Honestly to improve people’s lives in American cities you will have to piss off: merchant associations, some labor unions, neighborhood associations and some liberal nonprofits.
If you’re unwilling to piss all of these people off at different junctures you’re not fit for public office imo
If you’re unwilling to piss all of these people off at different junctures you’re not fit for public office imo
November 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Honestly to improve people’s lives in American cities you will have to piss off: merchant associations, some labor unions, neighborhood associations and some liberal nonprofits.
If you’re unwilling to piss all of these people off at different junctures you’re not fit for public office imo
If you’re unwilling to piss all of these people off at different junctures you’re not fit for public office imo
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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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Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
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The Atlantic is perceived nationally as being a liberal publication. But the below is hardly out of character for them. @liberalcurrents.com will never pull stunts like this. But we need your help for that commitment to matter, in terms of who it reaches. Help us meet our goal gofund.me/9a6239587
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Atlantic is perceived nationally as being a liberal publication. But the below is hardly out of character for them. @liberalcurrents.com will never pull stunts like this. But we need your help for that commitment to matter, in terms of who it reaches. Help us meet our goal gofund.me/9a6239587
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
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Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
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When the new bike lane is protected:
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When the new bike lane is protected:
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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While NY is considering mandating two-person trains, the DC Metro not only already operates with one person, but recently reactivated its automatic train operation system.
Now, continuing to follow best practices, Metro has announced plans to move towards driverless trains.
tinyurl.com/yft73mru
Now, continuing to follow best practices, Metro has announced plans to move towards driverless trains.
tinyurl.com/yft73mru
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
While NY is considering mandating two-person trains, the DC Metro not only already operates with one person, but recently reactivated its automatic train operation system.
Now, continuing to follow best practices, Metro has announced plans to move towards driverless trains.
tinyurl.com/yft73mru
Now, continuing to follow best practices, Metro has announced plans to move towards driverless trains.
tinyurl.com/yft73mru
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
Op-ed: Waymo May Finally Teach Americans the Speed Limit - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/o...
Op-ed: Waymo May Finally Teach Americans the Speed Limit - Streetsblog San Francisco
Do Americans even understand that posted speed limits aren't advisory?
sf.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Op-ed: Waymo May Finally Teach Americans the Speed Limit - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/o...