Raynell
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Openly pining for dictatorship.
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Openly pining for dictatorship.
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
It’s like Actual Cold, not San Francisco Cold, and I’m not here for it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It’s like Actual Cold, not San Francisco Cold, and I’m not here for it.
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One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
I was surprised that Stonestown Mall was doing so well without a traditional department store anchor until I realized that department stores kinda suck and have sucked for basically my whole life.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I was surprised that Stonestown Mall was doing so well without a traditional department store anchor until I realized that department stores kinda suck and have sucked for basically my whole life.
we did turkey biryani with a mix of thighs and tender pieces. very tasty! but the thighs didn’t cook through entirely so we had to extract them
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
we did turkey biryani with a mix of thighs and tender pieces. very tasty! but the thighs didn’t cook through entirely so we had to extract them
I love that there are so many catchy poppy Christmas songs and the only Thanksgiving song is 18-minute long anti-war folk ramble.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I love that there are so many catchy poppy Christmas songs and the only Thanksgiving song is 18-minute long anti-war folk ramble.
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Always blown away by how popular the ping pong tables on JFK Promenade are. Just biked by and it’s windy and just about as cold as it gets in SF during daylight hours and there were people playing it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Always blown away by how popular the ping pong tables on JFK Promenade are. Just biked by and it’s windy and just about as cold as it gets in SF during daylight hours and there were people playing it.
go dons
The Phoenix Suns are signing guard Jamaree Bouyea to a two-way NBA contract, sources tell ESPN. Bouyea has played parts of three NBA years and has averaged 20 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the G League this season.
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
go dons
Minor frustration of the day: the “format painter” tool on Google Docs doesn’t carry over line spacing, so I have to do that manually any time I’m updating pasted text to meet the format of the document.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Minor frustration of the day: the “format painter” tool on Google Docs doesn’t carry over line spacing, so I have to do that manually any time I’m updating pasted text to meet the format of the document.
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The price of housing is set by supply and demand. Building enough new homes keeps the price of existing older homes affordable. This is very straightforward.
When we build enough supply of homes so that landlords must compete, renters win.
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
"The more properties there are, it drives all of us to lower rents and offer concessions" says the property manager pictured here.
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...
Bend's surge of apartment construction flattens rent hikes - The Bulletin
When Ian Gray looked for an apartment to rent in Bend earlier this year, he had something not available only a few years ago: a choice. Gray, who moved to Bend for a job as the city’s first-ever urban...
bendbulletin.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The price of housing is set by supply and demand. Building enough new homes keeps the price of existing older homes affordable. This is very straightforward.
I was on a Baywheels e-bike just now in a bike lane behind an e-scooter, a skateboard, and a traditional bike. Looked like a scene out of a Richard Scarry book about sustainable transportation.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I was on a Baywheels e-bike just now in a bike lane behind an e-scooter, a skateboard, and a traditional bike. Looked like a scene out of a Richard Scarry book about sustainable transportation.
Watching the ducks game on a phone from the stands
I’m here btw. With @raynell.bsky.social and @wafoli.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Watching the ducks game on a phone from the stands
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
My mom’s going to wear a Aaron Rodgers Packers jersey to the Ravens/Bears game, which is a great bit.
October 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My mom’s going to wear a Aaron Rodgers Packers jersey to the Ravens/Bears game, which is a great bit.
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On the one hand, your health care, electricity, and grocery bills are going through the roof as your neighborhood is invaded by goon squads and your neighbors deported, but, on the other hand, the president gets to destroy public property at will
Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.
Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On the one hand, your health care, electricity, and grocery bills are going through the roof as your neighborhood is invaded by goon squads and your neighbors deported, but, on the other hand, the president gets to destroy public property at will
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Two preventable causes of death that we have chosen to do nothing about. Two preventable causes of death with evidence-based solutions that we have chosen to ignore.
Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.
Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds
The researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings.
www.opb.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Two preventable causes of death that we have chosen to do nothing about. Two preventable causes of death with evidence-based solutions that we have chosen to ignore.
Santa Barbara is the Los Angeles of Madison, Wisconsins.
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Santa Barbara is the Los Angeles of Madison, Wisconsins.
can’t believe the MLB gets rid of the ghost runner just in time for spooky season
October 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
can’t believe the MLB gets rid of the ghost runner just in time for spooky season
At the point in this Taylor Swift album cycle where the songs are stuck in my head but I don’t know all of the words yet. My brain is generating so many phrases that rhyme with “opalite.”
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
At the point in this Taylor Swift album cycle where the songs are stuck in my head but I don’t know all of the words yet. My brain is generating so many phrases that rhyme with “opalite.”
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Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756
I love that when you search “Twitter” on an iPhone you can still get to X but when you search “Timer” on an iPhone you do not get the clock app
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I love that when you search “Twitter” on an iPhone you can still get to X but when you search “Timer” on an iPhone you do not get the clock app
Grateful that San Francisco no longer has several military bases.
JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Grateful that San Francisco no longer has several military bases.