Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd 🐘 @nerd4cities
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Picking on America’s nicest™️ city, real fucking alpha males right
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Picking on America’s nicest™️ city, real fucking alpha males right
Man people are digging through the wayback machine
@nerd4cities.bsky.social (City Nerd) has already made this great video about basically how college towns simulate good urbanism.
Smaller Cities With Great Transit: 10 Metro Areas Under a Million Population With High Ridership
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January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Man people are digging through the wayback machine
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The @nerd4cities.bsky.social seal of approval for Life After Cars.
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The @nerd4cities.bsky.social seal of approval for Life After Cars.
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Nice to see @nerd4cities.bsky.social rocking a @betterstreetschicago.org T-shirt!
January 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Nice to see @nerd4cities.bsky.social rocking a @betterstreetschicago.org T-shirt!
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If a city is getting visits from @holz-bau.bsky.social *and* @nerd4cities.bsky.social, it must be doing something right. I don't think those of us in eastern/central Canada give Edmonton enough credit for what they've been accomplishing in the last decade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAV...
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If a city is getting visits from @holz-bau.bsky.social *and* @nerd4cities.bsky.social, it must be doing something right. I don't think those of us in eastern/central Canada give Edmonton enough credit for what they've been accomplishing in the last decade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAV...
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I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
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Landed in Las Vegas, about to get in an Uber and feeling immediately judged by @nerd4cities.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Landed in Las Vegas, about to get in an Uber and feeling immediately judged by @nerd4cities.bsky.social
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I'm involved in this project, if it takes off it would be huge. If you have money to donate / spend on results to change Canada / North America for the better I think this is the place
I'm funding Paige via Canadian Civil at the $10/month level because no one else is doing nuanced Canadian technocratic journalism like he is.
site.canadiancivil.com/projects/
site.canadiancivil.com/projects/
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I'm involved in this project, if it takes off it would be huge. If you have money to donate / spend on results to change Canada / North America for the better I think this is the place
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I have replicated your study and I can confirm your hypothesis.
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I have replicated your study and I can confirm your hypothesis.
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Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.
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why is cbs talking to me like i'm carol sturka
January 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
why is cbs talking to me like i'm carol sturka
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"A city that values the pursuits that create beauty and community, whether or not they ever turn into careers. A city that thinks you should have time to read a book and lay on the grass looking up at the clouds." -Katie Wilson
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
"A city that values the pursuits that create beauty and community, whether or not they ever turn into careers. A city that thinks you should have time to read a book and lay on the grass looking up at the clouds." -Katie Wilson
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A 1965 report predicting BART ridership at Berkeley's stations. The estimates are way high, primarily because they assumed population densification and a seamless transfer from AC Transit to BART.
North Berkeley: 8,700 predicted (4100 actual)
Ashby: 16,400 (5,165)
Downtown Berk: 24,000 (11,000)
North Berkeley: 8,700 predicted (4100 actual)
Ashby: 16,400 (5,165)
Downtown Berk: 24,000 (11,000)
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
A 1965 report predicting BART ridership at Berkeley's stations. The estimates are way high, primarily because they assumed population densification and a seamless transfer from AC Transit to BART.
North Berkeley: 8,700 predicted (4100 actual)
Ashby: 16,400 (5,165)
Downtown Berk: 24,000 (11,000)
North Berkeley: 8,700 predicted (4100 actual)
Ashby: 16,400 (5,165)
Downtown Berk: 24,000 (11,000)
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And people are quote-posting the illegal material. I still find it aggravating to be obsessed with "dunk-quoting" because it only spreads misinformation and awful material even further.
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
And people are quote-posting the illegal material. I still find it aggravating to be obsessed with "dunk-quoting" because it only spreads misinformation and awful material even further.
Like I needed another reason not to do short-form
My YouTube shorts got 662,000 views last year and the ad revenue from them was $140 lol
A couple of Youtubers I watch have done videos now about how their views are way down, and how Youtube is prioritizing short form, clickbait titles/thumbnails, and "videos that start in the midst of the action" and *my god* all I hate all three of these.
This is the opposite of what I like.
This is the opposite of what I like.
January 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Like I needed another reason not to do short-form
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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You — yes, you! — are invited to my inauguration on Friday at 10 am at City Hall! Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a coworker! I’ll be joined by Ifrah Abshir, John Burbank, Jarvis Capucion, and Cynthia Green. Program will be from 10-10:45 with a reception line after! #thisisyourcity #seattle
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
You — yes, you! — are invited to my inauguration on Friday at 10 am at City Hall! Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a coworker! I’ll be joined by Ifrah Abshir, John Burbank, Jarvis Capucion, and Cynthia Green. Program will be from 10-10:45 with a reception line after! #thisisyourcity #seattle
I’m almost certain it’s their business plan. I categorize it as “stoner food”
Insomnia : Mrs. Fields
Cheba Hut : Jimmy John’s
Gonna make a whole video about this
Insomnia : Mrs. Fields
Cheba Hut : Jimmy John’s
Gonna make a whole video about this
Insomnia Cookies is a good proxy for what is and isn't a college town.
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’m almost certain it’s their business plan. I categorize it as “stoner food”
Insomnia : Mrs. Fields
Cheba Hut : Jimmy John’s
Gonna make a whole video about this
Insomnia : Mrs. Fields
Cheba Hut : Jimmy John’s
Gonna make a whole video about this
Man. There are videos I pour like 100+ hours into and that struggle to creep over six digit views weeks later, and then there’s…whatever this is. Look for more low-effort dunk videos in 2026, I guess
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Man. There are videos I pour like 100+ hours into and that struggle to creep over six digit views weeks later, and then there’s…whatever this is. Look for more low-effort dunk videos in 2026, I guess
Every Pretty Good is a banger
the only other time i’ve heard of troy was in this banger episode of pretty good
Troy State 253, DeVry 141 | Pretty Good, Episode 12
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December 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Every Pretty Good is a banger
Positivity is my contrarianism
Your positivity continues to be on another level.
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Positivity is my contrarianism
People need to get over themselves
December 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
People need to get over themselves
Nebula subscribers, please go watch if you haven’t already. @legaleagle.tv is a scourge on the Top Videos rail, and must be stopped
December 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nebula subscribers, please go watch if you haven’t already. @legaleagle.tv is a scourge on the Top Videos rail, and must be stopped