Klaus
@klausdor.bsky.social
Cargo bike Dad, Celtics fan, Actuary, Left-Liberal YIMBY per “Who's Who: The Dictionary of '-In My Backyard'”. Beyond lucky to live in Somerville MA.
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Klaus
@klausdor.bsky.social
· Jul 31
Winter Hill PTA
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Well I’m the treasurer of school PTA now and I have to make a budget and I realize, wow, we need money. We need to send the 8th graders on a field trip, we need to tell teachers how much PTA can reimburse them for classroom expenses. Point, help if you can! #Somerville
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Presidency-ending stuff if Congress had any moral decency.
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Presidency-ending stuff if Congress had any moral decency.
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Where Did the Demand Come From?
We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of…
We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of…
Where Did the Demand Come From?
We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of housing while similarly old and dense rust belt cities have stagnated?
somervilleyimby.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Where Did the Demand Come From?
We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of…
We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of…
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Selling ice cream for charity to celebrate our birthday today. Open at 2pm. While supplies last.
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Selling ice cream for charity to celebrate our birthday today. Open at 2pm. While supplies last.
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I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
I guess I wouldn’t characterize 60/40 as OVERWHELMING and if anything such a result would argue for building way more dense walkable housing stock since by most estimates less than 10% of US housing is in a walkable area.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I guess I wouldn’t characterize 60/40 as OVERWHELMING and if anything such a result would argue for building way more dense walkable housing stock since by most estimates less than 10% of US housing is in a walkable area.
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While everyone is still digesting how it feels to not see a Sept jobs report until late November, remember this feeling the next time folks complain about monthly revisions and suggest publishing data with a 2 or 3 month lag.
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
While everyone is still digesting how it feels to not see a Sept jobs report until late November, remember this feeling the next time folks complain about monthly revisions and suggest publishing data with a 2 or 3 month lag.
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Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser!
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WHCIS PTA Celtics Basketball Fundraiser
By Winter Hill PTA
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November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser!
givebutter.com/7b7fKv
givebutter.com/7b7fKv
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone
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AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.
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Bananas. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bananas. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Relatedly, local Democratic Party organizations in MA haven’t lifted a finger, to my knowledge, to support people losing SNAP benefits.
“I get emails from the New York State Democrats, and you look at the list of meetings, and all it is is fundraisers. There are no meetings. And who holds meetings? The Democratic Socialists of America holds meetings. The Working Families Party holds meetings. ”
The Dawn of a Better Day
Working-class New Yorkers topple a political dynasty and elect Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.
inthesetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Relatedly, local Democratic Party organizations in MA haven’t lifted a finger, to my knowledge, to support people losing SNAP benefits.
Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser!
givebutter.com/7b7fKv
givebutter.com/7b7fKv
WHCIS PTA Celtics Basketball Fundraiser
By Winter Hill PTA
givebutter.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser!
givebutter.com/7b7fKv
givebutter.com/7b7fKv
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What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
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Cambridge isn't a big city, but it's not *small*--120K people total
Last night 24K people voted (<50% of all voters)
It only took 2372 votes (~10% of the votes!) to get a seat on city council
Local elections turn on small margins. Go fight for one--or at least make the other side fight.
Last night 24K people voted (<50% of all voters)
It only took 2372 votes (~10% of the votes!) to get a seat on city council
Local elections turn on small margins. Go fight for one--or at least make the other side fight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Cambridge isn't a big city, but it's not *small*--120K people total
Last night 24K people voted (<50% of all voters)
It only took 2372 votes (~10% of the votes!) to get a seat on city council
Local elections turn on small margins. Go fight for one--or at least make the other side fight.
Last night 24K people voted (<50% of all voters)
It only took 2372 votes (~10% of the votes!) to get a seat on city council
Local elections turn on small margins. Go fight for one--or at least make the other side fight.
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The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
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whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
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NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Cities and Nonprofits Return to Court, Seeking Full Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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I am also ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 choice. I agree with everything Josh says. And I've also personally been really impressed with Burhan's amazing combination of commitment to Cambridge, deep thoughtfulness about the issues it faces and pragmatism and inclusiveness in his approach to them.
I'll shortly write a longer post, but I just wanted to say that I'm ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 City Council choice, largely because of his relentless and successful push to fix our city's housing policy (largely by eliminating zoning restrictions that drive up rents and sales prices).
For the first time in a generation, triple-deckers and affordable apartments are legal again in Cambridge.
Impossible? It wasn’t.
Inevitable? It’s wasn’t that either.
It was a choice.
Vote Burhan #1 on Nov 4th and keep choosing housing.
Impossible? It wasn’t.
Inevitable? It’s wasn’t that either.
It was a choice.
Vote Burhan #1 on Nov 4th and keep choosing housing.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I am also ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 choice. I agree with everything Josh says. And I've also personally been really impressed with Burhan's amazing combination of commitment to Cambridge, deep thoughtfulness about the issues it faces and pragmatism and inclusiveness in his approach to them.
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Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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CONJECTURE: Based on all tea leaves, most particularly a yet-to-be reported $100,000 contribution by Trump fanboy Jim Davis…
Marty Walsh is preparing to announce a run for Governor.
Walsh is free to give me a courtesy call, but I’m stealing his thunder as a petty move similar to his own in 2020.
Marty Walsh is preparing to announce a run for Governor.
Walsh is free to give me a courtesy call, but I’m stealing his thunder as a petty move similar to his own in 2020.
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
CONJECTURE: Based on all tea leaves, most particularly a yet-to-be reported $100,000 contribution by Trump fanboy Jim Davis…
Marty Walsh is preparing to announce a run for Governor.
Walsh is free to give me a courtesy call, but I’m stealing his thunder as a petty move similar to his own in 2020.
Marty Walsh is preparing to announce a run for Governor.
Walsh is free to give me a courtesy call, but I’m stealing his thunder as a petty move similar to his own in 2020.
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A middle school kid just came to the door dressed as "An AI Overlord." I asked if she was good or evil. "Evil, of course." I laughed and said the future was in good hands, to which she replied, "No, it's not."
Protect these kids at all costs.
Protect these kids at all costs.
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A middle school kid just came to the door dressed as "An AI Overlord." I asked if she was good or evil. "Evil, of course." I laughed and said the future was in good hands, to which she replied, "No, it's not."
Protect these kids at all costs.
Protect these kids at all costs.
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You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM