Henry Fung
@henryfung.bsky.social
transit, gambling, and sustainable suburbanism
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This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
I regret to inform that this has come up again, with both the mayor and a different councilmember appealing the project. The mayor's appeal seems to be pro forma, but the councilmember appeal is literally about people parking next to the school and walking home. pomona.legistar.com/LegislationD...
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I regret to inform that this has come up again, with both the mayor and a different councilmember appealing the project. The mayor's appeal seems to be pro forma, but the councilmember appeal is literally about people parking next to the school and walking home. pomona.legistar.com/LegislationD...
I've been seeing digital billboards extolling the virtues of Clark County, Ohio (which is totally random, although it is the place where DJT infamously claimed Haitians were stealing and eating dogs) and apparently this is the reason. onehappylife.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I've been seeing digital billboards extolling the virtues of Clark County, Ohio (which is totally random, although it is the place where DJT infamously claimed Haitians were stealing and eating dogs) and apparently this is the reason. onehappylife.org
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
This is going to be a cluster if they are really charging $100 per person at the door. Are they really going to card every person in a vehicle? Seems like a ready made TikTok viral video. www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is going to be a cluster if they are really charging $100 per person at the door. Are they really going to card every person in a vehicle? Seems like a ready made TikTok viral video. www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
All life insurance companies suck to a certain extent but Northwestern Mutual is uniquely bad at sending people to a rabbit hole on whole life insurance. Even Edward Jones, with their 1-2% annual fees, would be a lot better, since they mostly offer term. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Friends end up blocking you’: Northwestern Mutual sold college grads a dream job. They left in ruin and debt
Expecting to be financial advisers at the Fortune 500 firm, some hires say they were ‘gaslit’ into peddling ‘terrible’ life insurance to all their contacts
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
All life insurance companies suck to a certain extent but Northwestern Mutual is uniquely bad at sending people to a rabbit hole on whole life insurance. Even Edward Jones, with their 1-2% annual fees, would be a lot better, since they mostly offer term. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
There are specific part(s) of Vegas they all want to move to though, since you can buy a condo a mile or two off the Strip for under $200k. Summerlin does get you all of Irvine except for the nice weather, for half the cost though.
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There are specific part(s) of Vegas they all want to move to though, since you can buy a condo a mile or two off the Strip for under $200k. Summerlin does get you all of Irvine except for the nice weather, for half the cost though.
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Republicans plan to challenge stop sign and building fire alarm mandates, declaring that these issues should be addressed by the free market
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Republicans plan to challenge stop sign and building fire alarm mandates, declaring that these issues should be addressed by the free market
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Stephen Cloobeck gets a clue apparently and realizes there are too many rich people in the race, although endorsing replacement-level White man Eric Swalwell while calling him the "most qualified man in the state" is a bit much abc7.com/post/billion...
Billionaire Stephen Cloobeck dropping out of CA gubernatorial race, endorsing Rep. Eric Swalwell
"I am dropping out of the race and supporting Eric Swalwell as the next governor of California, and he will be the greatest leader of this great state," Stephen Cloobeck said as both appeared on CNN.
abc7.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Stephen Cloobeck gets a clue apparently and realizes there are too many rich people in the race, although endorsing replacement-level White man Eric Swalwell while calling him the "most qualified man in the state" is a bit much abc7.com/post/billion...
Pasadena mayor decides to go head to head with state senator (and former Alhambra mayor) on SB 79, despite not getting support from the rest of the city council. www.sgvtribune.com/2025/11/25/f...
Formal debate over controversial, Newsom-backed housing bill? It’s coming, Pasadena’s Gordo vows.
At a recent Pasadena City Council meeting, the city’s mayor said newly signed SB79 overrides “local control.” He opened the door for a new debate on the City Council.
www.sgvtribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Pasadena mayor decides to go head to head with state senator (and former Alhambra mayor) on SB 79, despite not getting support from the rest of the city council. www.sgvtribune.com/2025/11/25/f...
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one of my unique skills that I bring to the pro-housing movement is a strange ability to post relatively anodyne statements that, for some reason, drive NIMBYs to utter madness, which negatively polarizes normies in favor of pro-housing policies
Sometimes I’m like “maybe I can tell my wife about online” and then I realize some of online is like “the Netflix comedy lady’s villain origin story is being furious at Jeopardy Sam for supporting building more housing” and then I’m like nah.
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
one of my unique skills that I bring to the pro-housing movement is a strange ability to post relatively anodyne statements that, for some reason, drive NIMBYs to utter madness, which negatively polarizes normies in favor of pro-housing policies
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Rolling Stone recently ran a really terrible headline that lets a huge environmental bad guy off the hook for giving people cancer. I'm already ratioing them on Twitter but would appreciate some eyes here as well
You absolutely need to change this headline. It's unacceptable and disrespectful to the people harmed by the pollution.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Rolling Stone recently ran a really terrible headline that lets a huge environmental bad guy off the hook for giving people cancer. I'm already ratioing them on Twitter but would appreciate some eyes here as well
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Yeah he sees polling numbers and knows there will be elections
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yeah he sees polling numbers and knows there will be elections
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I know none of the left nimbys have thought about their logic this much but I really wonder if they understand the implication of supporting immigration and refugees but also not wanting to build any housing
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I know none of the left nimbys have thought about their logic this much but I really wonder if they understand the implication of supporting immigration and refugees but also not wanting to build any housing
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goodness gracious
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November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
goodness gracious
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The weird thing is with Donald Trump just said about Zohran Mandani is what every Democrat should’ve said about Zohran Mamdani the moment he secured the Democratic nomination.
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The weird thing is with Donald Trump just said about Zohran Mandani is what every Democrat should’ve said about Zohran Mamdani the moment he secured the Democratic nomination.
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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People who don’t ride public transit love to be like “look, this small Midwestern city where the bus doesn’t run at all on Sundays and public transit has a zero point two percent mode share PROVES that you can make buses free! If you don’t support this then you are a neoliberal ghoul.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
People who don’t ride public transit love to be like “look, this small Midwestern city where the bus doesn’t run at all on Sundays and public transit has a zero point two percent mode share PROVES that you can make buses free! If you don’t support this then you are a neoliberal ghoul.”
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Someone is using EMMA, which I always forget about. The late, lamented @numble.bsky.social used EMMA because while agencies can delay disclosing public documents, the bondholders get mad when they don't know material information about their investments.
“Staff from city agencies directed LINXS to repair faulty equipment in a metering cabinet, according to a summary of the dispute and findings by a third-party evaluator. While the type of equipment isn’t specified, it’s likely related to measuring the power distributed throughout the system”
What’s behind the latest LAX People Mover delay?
Public documents reviewed by LAist reveal an ongoing dispute between the city and its contractors.
laist.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Someone is using EMMA, which I always forget about. The late, lamented @numble.bsky.social used EMMA because while agencies can delay disclosing public documents, the bondholders get mad when they don't know material information about their investments.
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Iowa City eliminating transit fares might be a useful case study for other college towns, but no, NYC should not be looking at the 5th biggest municipality in Iowa for how to run and finance transit in a real city.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Iowa City eliminating transit fares might be a useful case study for other college towns, but no, NYC should not be looking at the 5th biggest municipality in Iowa for how to run and finance transit in a real city.
Someone rode public transit from Seattle to Portland and got the newspaper to write about it. www.columbian.com/news/2025/no...
Seattle to Portland: What a 12-hour public transit trip looks like
There are many ways to go from Seattle to Portland.
www.columbian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Someone rode public transit from Seattle to Portland and got the newspaper to write about it. www.columbian.com/news/2025/no...
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I love how the firefighters union, when confronted with data about the safety of single stair, argue “Well New York and Seattle have good firefighters, unlike here in California where we suck ass at our jobs”
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I love how the firefighters union, when confronted with data about the safety of single stair, argue “Well New York and Seattle have good firefighters, unlike here in California where we suck ass at our jobs”