Eric Panzer
@ericpanzer.bsky.social
Arguing since birth. Urban planning, politics, weather, Drag Race, and photography are all fair game. Opinions are strictly my own—unless others agree. I assume that strings of emojis in people's bios are their washing instructions
I feel like I'm losing track of what we're even arguing about anymore
While places like NYC, SF, and LA may have the very worst housing affordability problems, pretty much all large cities with strong job markets have housing affordability problems relative to both rural areas and the past
While places like NYC, SF, and LA may have the very worst housing affordability problems, pretty much all large cities with strong job markets have housing affordability problems relative to both rural areas and the past
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I feel like I'm losing track of what we're even arguing about anymore
While places like NYC, SF, and LA may have the very worst housing affordability problems, pretty much all large cities with strong job markets have housing affordability problems relative to both rural areas and the past
While places like NYC, SF, and LA may have the very worst housing affordability problems, pretty much all large cities with strong job markets have housing affordability problems relative to both rural areas and the past
It's a deeply unpopular opinion here, but I am a lot more worried about how our media ecosystem has for decades elevated and rewarded people who are routinely this wrong than I am worried about the impacts of AI
The media are eager for a misinformation scapegoat to distract from their elite capture
The media are eager for a misinformation scapegoat to distract from their elite capture
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's a deeply unpopular opinion here, but I am a lot more worried about how our media ecosystem has for decades elevated and rewarded people who are routinely this wrong than I am worried about the impacts of AI
The media are eager for a misinformation scapegoat to distract from their elite capture
The media are eager for a misinformation scapegoat to distract from their elite capture
I can't fucking believe I have to say this, but...
No war with Venezuela!
Are we really this fucking stupid as a country? Are we actually going to let a liar drag us into another pointless overseas war less than 5 years after the last one truly ended?
No war with Venezuela!
Are we really this fucking stupid as a country? Are we actually going to let a liar drag us into another pointless overseas war less than 5 years after the last one truly ended?
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I can't fucking believe I have to say this, but...
No war with Venezuela!
Are we really this fucking stupid as a country? Are we actually going to let a liar drag us into another pointless overseas war less than 5 years after the last one truly ended?
No war with Venezuela!
Are we really this fucking stupid as a country? Are we actually going to let a liar drag us into another pointless overseas war less than 5 years after the last one truly ended?
The Iraq War
4,431 American service members killed and 31,994 wounded
66,081–210,296 estimated civilian deaths
460,000–654,965 excess deaths
$1.1 trillion in direct costs to US taxpayers
That's ~$3,500 for every single person in the US as of 2010
Warmongering plutocrats are monsters
4,431 American service members killed and 31,994 wounded
66,081–210,296 estimated civilian deaths
460,000–654,965 excess deaths
$1.1 trillion in direct costs to US taxpayers
That's ~$3,500 for every single person in the US as of 2010
Warmongering plutocrats are monsters
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Iraq War
4,431 American service members killed and 31,994 wounded
66,081–210,296 estimated civilian deaths
460,000–654,965 excess deaths
$1.1 trillion in direct costs to US taxpayers
That's ~$3,500 for every single person in the US as of 2010
Warmongering plutocrats are monsters
4,431 American service members killed and 31,994 wounded
66,081–210,296 estimated civilian deaths
460,000–654,965 excess deaths
$1.1 trillion in direct costs to US taxpayers
That's ~$3,500 for every single person in the US as of 2010
Warmongering plutocrats are monsters
That most people aren't perpetually furious and protesting over the fact that our public universities have literally been told that they can't use certain words or they will lose funding shows just how much we are frogs sitting in a boiling pot
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
That most people aren't perpetually furious and protesting over the fact that our public universities have literally been told that they can't use certain words or they will lose funding shows just how much we are frogs sitting in a boiling pot
Don't let the door hit ya were the good lord split ya, Marge
Also, you will never be able to be fully confident whether you made this decision for yourself or whether it was me, an apostate Jew who still has the password for spaced-based mind control laser, Maimonides Shalosh, who made it for you
Also, you will never be able to be fully confident whether you made this decision for yourself or whether it was me, an apostate Jew who still has the password for spaced-based mind control laser, Maimonides Shalosh, who made it for you
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Don't let the door hit ya were the good lord split ya, Marge
Also, you will never be able to be fully confident whether you made this decision for yourself or whether it was me, an apostate Jew who still has the password for spaced-based mind control laser, Maimonides Shalosh, who made it for you
Also, you will never be able to be fully confident whether you made this decision for yourself or whether it was me, an apostate Jew who still has the password for spaced-based mind control laser, Maimonides Shalosh, who made it for you
Reposted by Eric Panzer
Very fun and clever flash fiction piece debut by @chrishy.bsky.social that I just read! Would suggest it :3 electricliterature.com/flash-fictio...
A Taxonomy of Gay Animals - Electric Literature
A flash fiction debut by Christopher Hyun
electricliterature.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Very fun and clever flash fiction piece debut by @chrishy.bsky.social that I just read! Would suggest it :3 electricliterature.com/flash-fictio...
The fact that we have centrists and hack pundits arguing that democrats should campaign on throwing trans people under the bus instead of running on the fact that the President of the United States threatened to execute people who disagree with him shows a lack of not just strategy but moral fiber
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The fact that we have centrists and hack pundits arguing that democrats should campaign on throwing trans people under the bus instead of running on the fact that the President of the United States threatened to execute people who disagree with him shows a lack of not just strategy but moral fiber
Reposted by Eric Panzer
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
I struggle with whether or not to block this hack
On the one hand, I'm sometimes morbidly curious to know what idiocy he's spouting. On the other hand, I regret it pretty much every time I read something he writes, because these days it's often powerfully stupid and disingenuous
On the one hand, I'm sometimes morbidly curious to know what idiocy he's spouting. On the other hand, I regret it pretty much every time I read something he writes, because these days it's often powerfully stupid and disingenuous
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I struggle with whether or not to block this hack
On the one hand, I'm sometimes morbidly curious to know what idiocy he's spouting. On the other hand, I regret it pretty much every time I read something he writes, because these days it's often powerfully stupid and disingenuous
On the one hand, I'm sometimes morbidly curious to know what idiocy he's spouting. On the other hand, I regret it pretty much every time I read something he writes, because these days it's often powerfully stupid and disingenuous
The fact that the stock market keeps going up despite the constant avalanche of nonsense like this and ongoing attacks on science/research is what makes me think the American economy is like Wile E. Coyote and we've already gone over the cliff, but Wall Street types are assiduously not looking down.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The fact that the stock market keeps going up despite the constant avalanche of nonsense like this and ongoing attacks on science/research is what makes me think the American economy is like Wile E. Coyote and we've already gone over the cliff, but Wall Street types are assiduously not looking down.
If Musk truly becomes a trillionaire, that would mean he could give $100 to every single person on earth and still be a billionaire
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If Musk truly becomes a trillionaire, that would mean he could give $100 to every single person on earth and still be a billionaire
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
This is stolen value. Nothing Musk has done has provided $1 trillion worth of benefit to humanity. It's theft. It's obscene. And if there is a hell, he should go there
Now that we've seen that saturating a country with guns doesn't actually prevent tyranny and that countries with extremely tight gun laws can stop an attempted authoritarian coup (I see you, South Korea), I'm hoping we might someday actually make an effort to take all the guns away
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Now that we've seen that saturating a country with guns doesn't actually prevent tyranny and that countries with extremely tight gun laws can stop an attempted authoritarian coup (I see you, South Korea), I'm hoping we might someday actually make an effort to take all the guns away
Y'all, @chrishy.bsky.social and I just heard two Japanese people on the streets of Tokyo mostly speaking Japanese but clearly talking about Mamdani winning the New York mayoral
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Y'all, @chrishy.bsky.social and I just heard two Japanese people on the streets of Tokyo mostly speaking Japanese but clearly talking about Mamdani winning the New York mayoral
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
This was confirmed when I said "New York? Mamdani?"and they cheered with us
I think this Mamdani guy's got the juice!
Just sitting here in an immaculate cafe in Seoul, where the all night buses come every 15–30 min and even public bathrooms often have bidets and thinking about how it costs $1 million to build a glorified porta potty in the US and LAPD is out tonight tear gassing and trying to horse trample people
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Just sitting here in an immaculate cafe in Seoul, where the all night buses come every 15–30 min and even public bathrooms often have bidets and thinking about how it costs $1 million to build a glorified porta potty in the US and LAPD is out tonight tear gassing and trying to horse trample people
Traveling in Asia, something that comes through strongly is that cities there remain driven by what they can be, while American cities are fixated on what they were and are
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Traveling in Asia, something that comes through strongly is that cities there remain driven by what they can be, while American cities are fixated on what they were and are
This is the energy I hope I have the chutzpah to bring if and when these Nazi pieces of shit come to town.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is the energy I hope I have the chutzpah to bring if and when these Nazi pieces of shit come to town.
There is no path to a better information environment that does not go completely around current corporate-owned media
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There is no path to a better information environment that does not go completely around current corporate-owned media
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Individual reporters may be consummate professionals with great intentions, but they work for organizations geared to serve the personal and class interests of those who own them
Just a reminder that corporate media spent weeks on Hillary Clinton suggesting that some of Trump's supporters might be deplorable
Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just a reminder that corporate media spent weeks on Hillary Clinton suggesting that some of Trump's supporters might be deplorable
I feel like for years the GOP has been the aliens from Mars Attacks, pretending they're interested in cooperation. Dems are the scientists and electeds credulously going along, and saying "well maybe they attacked us because our dove offended them?"
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I feel like for years the GOP has been the aliens from Mars Attacks, pretending they're interested in cooperation. Dems are the scientists and electeds credulously going along, and saying "well maybe they attacked us because our dove offended them?"
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
The right only wants power, and we must deny them
The 51B should be the East Bay's first local underground metro line
Fight me
Fight me
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The 51B should be the East Bay's first local underground metro line
Fight me
Fight me
Maybe the Salesforce Tower jumbotron should just permanently display that Eye of Sauron they put up on Halloween
Some tech fascists are true believers, but Marc Benioff's MAGA conversion is also an audition for government contracts.
These craven men would bid to build the Death Star for Darth Vader.
Mr. “Dreamforce” begs to augment the Nightmare Force of fascism.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
These craven men would bid to build the Death Star for Darth Vader.
Mr. “Dreamforce” begs to augment the Nightmare Force of fascism.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Maybe the Salesforce Tower jumbotron should just permanently display that Eye of Sauron they put up on Halloween
Just once I'd like to see one of these prominent pundits telling the people who don't vote, don't knock on doors, don't protest, don't call their reps that *they* are the ones doing it wrong, instead of tsk-tsking those who us who ARE active, and in some cases have spent 100s of hours campaigning
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just once I'd like to see one of these prominent pundits telling the people who don't vote, don't knock on doors, don't protest, don't call their reps that *they* are the ones doing it wrong, instead of tsk-tsking those who us who ARE active, and in some cases have spent 100s of hours campaigning
At the risk of opening a YIMBY fault line, I think this plan is a bullshit techno-libertarian pipe dream with a thin urbanist veneer. It's dense sprawl, with NO current plans for public transit/rail connections, leaving residents at the mercy of private shuttles (at best) and taxpayers on the hook
Spent some time with the California Forever plans today and it's exciting. If they pull this off, I would absolutely consider moving. First off - they're really locking themselves into 30 du/acre, which is like triple San Francisco's (13 du/acre). That would be sick as hell.
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
At the risk of opening a YIMBY fault line, I think this plan is a bullshit techno-libertarian pipe dream with a thin urbanist veneer. It's dense sprawl, with NO current plans for public transit/rail connections, leaving residents at the mercy of private shuttles (at best) and taxpayers on the hook