Misswhatsis
@misswhatsis.bsky.social
Tiny town planner on a red bicycle. Often accompanied by an even tinier dog. Don’t DM unless you have a specific question related to housing.
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Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER
www.law.cornell.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
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I find the discussion about the poverty line and why a family of four needs greater than $140k income per year very plausible based on our own family spending cc: @lsweeneymiran.bsky.social
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I find the discussion about the poverty line and why a family of four needs greater than $140k income per year very plausible based on our own family spending cc: @lsweeneymiran.bsky.social
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Dear Democrats: As you prepare for the 2026 election...
America doesn't need a strong Republican party.
You are under no obligation to reach across the aisle to people who have tried to destroy democracy.
I want you to demonstrate that the rule of law applies to congress.
OK?
America doesn't need a strong Republican party.
You are under no obligation to reach across the aisle to people who have tried to destroy democracy.
I want you to demonstrate that the rule of law applies to congress.
OK?
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Dear Democrats: As you prepare for the 2026 election...
America doesn't need a strong Republican party.
You are under no obligation to reach across the aisle to people who have tried to destroy democracy.
I want you to demonstrate that the rule of law applies to congress.
OK?
America doesn't need a strong Republican party.
You are under no obligation to reach across the aisle to people who have tried to destroy democracy.
I want you to demonstrate that the rule of law applies to congress.
OK?
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Lifelong Republican, former NH Supreme Court justice, former judge advocate general Chuck Douglas: “Just because an order is issued does not make it always lawful…For members of Congress to point this out is not sedition, it is the law.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Lifelong Republican, former NH Supreme Court justice, former judge advocate general Chuck Douglas: “Just because an order is issued does not make it always lawful…For members of Congress to point this out is not sedition, it is the law.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...
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Short, funny, and, at this point, sad to read. It was Jan. 19, 2017, and Trump was about to be inaugurated. So we wrote him a Constitution in tweets and hashtags. Starts out this way: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Short, funny, and, at this point, sad to read. It was Jan. 19, 2017, and Trump was about to be inaugurated. So we wrote him a Constitution in tweets and hashtags. Starts out this way: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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> Kentucky's health department said [it had] "confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 months had been vaccinated, nor had their mothers."
Here's what whooping cough sounds like. Horrific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3oZ...
Here's what whooping cough sounds like. Horrific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3oZ...
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
> Kentucky's health department said [it had] "confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 months had been vaccinated, nor had their mothers."
Here's what whooping cough sounds like. Horrific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3oZ...
Here's what whooping cough sounds like. Horrific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3oZ...
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Randall Munroe created a beautiful thing today, and now I'm writing this with tears in my eyes. Thanks, @xkcd.com.
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Randall Munroe created a beautiful thing today, and now I'm writing this with tears in my eyes. Thanks, @xkcd.com.
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reminder to cis male writers:
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
reminder to cis male writers:
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
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So - it's becoming clear that the endgame for our zoning advocacy should be a "kit of parts" for both buildings + zoning rules. A toolbox that works on all lot sizes (including small lots).
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So - it's becoming clear that the endgame for our zoning advocacy should be a "kit of parts" for both buildings + zoning rules. A toolbox that works on all lot sizes (including small lots).
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
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“Zohran Mamdani wants people to prosper, even those who didn’t vote for him. Donald Trump wants to execute everyone who disagrees with him. Could this represent a new coalition in American politics?”
ME, AFTER SUFFERING A MASSIVE CONCUSSION
ME, AFTER SUFFERING A MASSIVE CONCUSSION
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Zohran Mamdani wants people to prosper, even those who didn’t vote for him. Donald Trump wants to execute everyone who disagrees with him. Could this represent a new coalition in American politics?”
ME, AFTER SUFFERING A MASSIVE CONCUSSION
ME, AFTER SUFFERING A MASSIVE CONCUSSION
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So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
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Fallen leaves reveal a desire boulevard.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fallen leaves reveal a desire boulevard.
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I'm back, because you need to see this. A tiger cub with a binky.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm back, because you need to see this. A tiger cub with a binky.
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Is he posting his DMs to Bondi again?
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Is he posting his DMs to Bondi again?
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Locker room talk? Explain your relaxed approach
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Locker room talk? Explain your relaxed approach
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every traffic death is a policy choice
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
every traffic death is a policy choice
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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The way blocking affects knitted fabric is magical – suddenly crooked stitches become uniform, uneven edges straighten out, and your knitted creation gets a beautiful finished look.
tenrowsaday.com/blocking/
#knitting #knitsky #beginnerknitter
#showmeyourknits #knitwear
#sweaterweather #handmade
tenrowsaday.com/blocking/
#knitting #knitsky #beginnerknitter
#showmeyourknits #knitwear
#sweaterweather #handmade
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The way blocking affects knitted fabric is magical – suddenly crooked stitches become uniform, uneven edges straighten out, and your knitted creation gets a beautiful finished look.
tenrowsaday.com/blocking/
#knitting #knitsky #beginnerknitter
#showmeyourknits #knitwear
#sweaterweather #handmade
tenrowsaday.com/blocking/
#knitting #knitsky #beginnerknitter
#showmeyourknits #knitwear
#sweaterweather #handmade
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"The worst timeline isn’t just the one where governments dismantle the systems that sustain us. It’s the one where the rest of us stop believing we can do anything about it." -Jennifer Alexander buff.ly/ZJWRCbS
A Sunday Night Note
Oct 5 2025
theetobicokevoice.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"The worst timeline isn’t just the one where governments dismantle the systems that sustain us. It’s the one where the rest of us stop believing we can do anything about it." -Jennifer Alexander buff.ly/ZJWRCbS
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Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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Trump called for members of Congress to be hung for stating that members of the military & the intelligence community shouldn’t follow illegal orders. Read on for details & a discussion of why it’s essential we discuss this, not just push it aside as “politics.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hung Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Trump called for members of Congress to be hung for stating that members of the military & the intelligence community shouldn’t follow illegal orders. Read on for details & a discussion of why it’s essential we discuss this, not just push it aside as “politics.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Trump on AI: "You can't go through 50 states. You have to get one approval. 50 is a disaster. Because you'll have one woke state and you'll have to do all woke. You'll be back in the woke business. We don't have woke anymore in this country. It's virtually illegal. You'll have a couple of wokesters"
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump on AI: "You can't go through 50 states. You have to get one approval. 50 is a disaster. Because you'll have one woke state and you'll have to do all woke. You'll be back in the woke business. We don't have woke anymore in this country. It's virtually illegal. You'll have a couple of wokesters"
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I. Would. Rather. Die.
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I. Would. Rather. Die.
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"They're all playing pass the parcel!"
"Can you blame them, when you can hear it ticking?"
Sounds like Johnson thought Thune would kill this in the Senate and the Senate opts not to jump on the grenade for him.
"Can you blame them, when you can hear it ticking?"
Sounds like Johnson thought Thune would kill this in the Senate and the Senate opts not to jump on the grenade for him.
holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"They're all playing pass the parcel!"
"Can you blame them, when you can hear it ticking?"
Sounds like Johnson thought Thune would kill this in the Senate and the Senate opts not to jump on the grenade for him.
"Can you blame them, when you can hear it ticking?"
Sounds like Johnson thought Thune would kill this in the Senate and the Senate opts not to jump on the grenade for him.