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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

Look with all due respect Trump is very unpopular and most Americans do not approve of pretty much anything he’s doing. Our political and media institutions are pathetic, filled with cowards looking for a boot to crawl under, but even despite pressure to comply Americans broadly do not condone this

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

@mnolangray.bsky.social can I build a MF complex next to the train station 🚉 in Napa now? 😁🥑

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 1d

Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing.

This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

💪 🗽 🇺🇸
Love your essays, keep em coming!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

And, as he will never say, Poland in 1939 declined to invade the USSR as a German ally. And then the USSR agreed to invade Poland as a German ally. Details in my book "Black Earth"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9d

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution:

Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

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

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of excitement over SB 79—understandably. I would add, every single bill California YIMBY sent to the governor was signed today. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

The Napa area had almost zero STRs available for rent this weekend. I assume that means they don't have a housing crisis 🥑

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

The Bay Bridge 🌉 has digital speed display devices for bikes 😯

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Parker Welch @parkerwelch.bsky.social · 2d

Now I’m no map expert, but I think I spot a difference between the east and west here

dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 2d

People Powered Media report on SF housing production 2015-2022

Key Finding 3, p. 6: "developers are building multi-unit throughout SF contrary to the common narrative that SF has not built housing outside of the eastern areas of the City"

Figure 3, p. 13:
www.peoplepowermedia.org/ppm-report

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

You guys should have been reading [checks notes] Liberal Currents, who have been on top of this issue,

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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 1d

Legalizing "small" gets big results if we do it at scale.

Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 3d

We don’t just need to build more, we need to embrace building small again.

Our zoning, building codes, permitting & financial systems wiped out the small-scale builders who once shaped great American neighborhoods.

It’s time to rethink how we make “small” possible again.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

republicans are NIMBYs who want your rents to go up

this is why I have zero time for democratic NIMBYs. We need to forcefully embrace more housing to lower the rents, increase walkability, and boost economic growth

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

"If your government is for sale to any billionaire willing to pay, you do not have a democracy." www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 4d

we as liberals don't actually need to cede the idea of military effectiveness to the right. we should point out that these meathead morons are going to lose us a fucking war.

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 3d

I'd previously never watched Metallica's music video for 'One'.

It's intense!

"For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son"

https://youtu.be/WM8bTdBs-cw?si=4B1EENIm5sC-wpAF

turn will you want me to go for
democracy any man would give his

Al Overview
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The phrase "For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son" is a line from the song
"One" by the band Metallica, spoken by a character in the movie Johnny Got His Gun. The song,
and the movie it uses clips from, is about a WWI soldier, Joe Bonham, who loses his arms, legs, and
face in an artillery shell and is trapped as a prisoner in his own body, unable to communicate except
through Morse code. The line expresses the profound sacrifice that some people believe is justified
for a political cause, in this case, democracy.
Here's a breakdown of the quote's context within the song:
• Source: The line is spoken by the character's father in the 1971 film adaptation of Johnny Got His
Gun.
• Usage in "One": The music video for Metallica's song "One" features clips from Johnny Got His
Gun, including this dialogue.
• Meaning: The quote is presented in the song as a justification for the war that led to Joe
Bonham's devastating injuries. It highlights the immense cost of war and the sometimes
unquestioned sacrifices made in the name of democracy.
• Themes of "One": The song, in general, is widely interpreted as an anti-war song, exploring
themes of war, its psychological effects, and the neglect of veterans' mental health.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 3d

Bumped into @paige-ellis.bsky.social at Parks foundation fundraiser!

Great night celebrating and fundraising for Austin's most important public spaces!

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 4d

I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk

Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 4d

Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 5d

Trump 2.0 has really exposed how brittle and broken the West Coast states' tax systems are. WA, OR, and CA all have a 1% property tax cap. WA has a sales tax but no income tax; OR has an income tax but no sales tax. It is not possible to effectively resist Trump without fixing these tax systems.

CalMatters @calmatters.org · 5d

The news has sent counties throughout California into a panic. The state is bracing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars for permanent housing, which is the one thing experts agree on as the most effective way to solve homelessness. https://cal.news/4nBKuZI

📷 Fred Greaves

A person walks past a homeless encampment along X Street under State Route 99 in Sacramento on Oct. 25, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters

HED: California braces for ‘devastating’ expected cuts to federal homeless housing funds

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 6d

One of the underrated funniest demographics is “people who aren’t going to vote for the Democrat regardless but for some reason think their views on Democratic politicking should be valued”

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Austin FC @austinfootballclub.bsky.social · 6d

Next stop: The postseason. 🛻

With San Jose’s loss to Vancouver, we’ve clinched our spot in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs!

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