Sam
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#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
it’s pretty disturbing how one of the least virtuous people on the planet is also the most powerful
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
it’s pretty disturbing how one of the least virtuous people on the planet is also the most powerful
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
What a stupid headline. Governments have a choice when building high speed rail, they can either
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What a stupid headline. Governments have a choice when building high speed rail, they can either
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
thank goodness the pro-housing ballot measures passed.
they will be our best enabler of Zohran passing progressive pro-housing policy now that the city council is being led by an outer borough conservative NIMBY coalition
they will be our best enabler of Zohran passing progressive pro-housing policy now that the city council is being led by an outer borough conservative NIMBY coalition
Council’s got two real powers: budget and (now reduced but still significant) upzoning/downzoning.
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
thank goodness the pro-housing ballot measures passed.
they will be our best enabler of Zohran passing progressive pro-housing policy now that the city council is being led by an outer borough conservative NIMBY coalition
they will be our best enabler of Zohran passing progressive pro-housing policy now that the city council is being led by an outer borough conservative NIMBY coalition
It’s worth noting that NYC’s labor unions were some of Menin’s strongest backers (and endorsed Cuomo in the primary).
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It’s worth noting that NYC’s labor unions were some of Menin’s strongest backers (and endorsed Cuomo in the primary).
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
it really makes me sad that so many unions in NYC are so conservative
sometimes you just need to take a step back and marvel at the absurdity that is the left-NIMBY mindset
these are not normal, rational people. they have descended into a bespoke form of madness
these are not normal, rational people. they have descended into a bespoke form of madness
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
sometimes you just need to take a step back and marvel at the absurdity that is the left-NIMBY mindset
these are not normal, rational people. they have descended into a bespoke form of madness
these are not normal, rational people. they have descended into a bespoke form of madness
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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this is wild. In her final act in office, Adrienne Adams has gone full NIMBY and now is putting parking over pedestrian safety.
call her office and your local councilmember to express support for Intro 1138!
call her office and your local councilmember to express support for Intro 1138!
Have you called Speaker Adams yet today? Tell her why we need universal daylighting, and urge her to bring Intro 1138 to a vote: 212-482-6731
We have just three weeks left to pass universal daylighting — and the biggest thing standing in the way? Daylighting obstructors.
Universal daylighting is simple: clear intersections so drivers, pedestrians, and people on bikes can actually see each other. It saves lives.
Universal daylighting is simple: clear intersections so drivers, pedestrians, and people on bikes can actually see each other. It saves lives.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
this is wild. In her final act in office, Adrienne Adams has gone full NIMBY and now is putting parking over pedestrian safety.
call her office and your local councilmember to express support for Intro 1138!
call her office and your local councilmember to express support for Intro 1138!
The first upzoning Zohran should push for is the Upper East & Upper West Side, two of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city with the least housing production.
things have gotten so bad on the UES that apartment buildings are being torn down and replaced by *smaller* buildings with fewer units
things have gotten so bad on the UES that apartment buildings are being torn down and replaced by *smaller* buildings with fewer units
![FIGURE 2
Percent Change in Housing Supply by New York City Neighborhood, 2010 to 2023
Total Percent Change in
Housing Stock
] 0.0% to 2.6%
2.6% to 5.0%
5.0% to 8.5%
8.5% to 15%
15% to 25%
25% or more
Note: "2010 to 2023" refers to the period between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2023.
Sources: New York City Department of City Planning, Housing Database, Unit Change Summary Files: OSC analysis](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreife56rbkigeaakviy7m3ao7pdhzytdsgaktyngyfaxc76jzwwnkt4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The first upzoning Zohran should push for is the Upper East & Upper West Side, two of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city with the least housing production.
things have gotten so bad on the UES that apartment buildings are being torn down and replaced by *smaller* buildings with fewer units
things have gotten so bad on the UES that apartment buildings are being torn down and replaced by *smaller* buildings with fewer units
one of my unique skills that I bring to the pro-housing movement is a strange ability to post relatively anodyne statements that, for some reason, drive NIMBYs to utter madness, which negatively polarizes normies in favor of pro-housing policies
Sometimes I’m like “maybe I can tell my wife about online” and then I realize some of online is like “the Netflix comedy lady’s villain origin story is being furious at Jeopardy Sam for supporting building more housing” and then I’m like nah.
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
one of my unique skills that I bring to the pro-housing movement is a strange ability to post relatively anodyne statements that, for some reason, drive NIMBYs to utter madness, which negatively polarizes normies in favor of pro-housing policies
also pretty wild how Paperboy Prince went from a mildly amusing joke candidate to unhinged anti-congestion pricing crank NIMBY
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
also pretty wild how Paperboy Prince went from a mildly amusing joke candidate to unhinged anti-congestion pricing crank NIMBY
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
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November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I’m a big fan of Liberal Currents, whose work I’ve found particularly invigorating over this last year.
weird Twitter leftists be like
repeatedly stripping copper wiring from the subway, causing delays for millions of people and risking a derailment? not a big deal
calling for the person who stripped copper to go to jail? a month in prison for you
repeatedly stripping copper wiring from the subway, causing delays for millions of people and risking a derailment? not a big deal
calling for the person who stripped copper to go to jail? a month in prison for you
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
weird Twitter leftists be like
repeatedly stripping copper wiring from the subway, causing delays for millions of people and risking a derailment? not a big deal
calling for the person who stripped copper to go to jail? a month in prison for you
repeatedly stripping copper wiring from the subway, causing delays for millions of people and risking a derailment? not a big deal
calling for the person who stripped copper to go to jail? a month in prison for you
RFK Jr. is one of the most evil men on the planet and anyone who has supported or enabled him should never be able to live it down
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
RFK Jr. is one of the most evil men on the planet and anyone who has supported or enabled him should never be able to live it down
if your first reaction to Zohran’s meeting with Trump is to relitigate the 2016 primary you seriously need to touch grass
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
if your first reaction to Zohran’s meeting with Trump is to relitigate the 2016 primary you seriously need to touch grass
It’s funny how a lot of folks were worried that Zohran was the Trojan horse YIMBY candidate who would have a anti-urbanist heel turn but it actually ended up being Adrienne Adams
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s funny how a lot of folks were worried that Zohran was the Trojan horse YIMBY candidate who would have a anti-urbanist heel turn but it actually ended up being Adrienne Adams
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
call me a “carceral urbanist” or whatever but I think that the guy who stole copper out of the subway and fucked up millions of commutes should go to prison for a long long time
“MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays” gothamist.com/news/mta-bla...
MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays
The MTA said the vandal singlehandedly delayed 755 subway trains over the course of three days in October.
gothamist.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
call me a “carceral urbanist” or whatever but I think that the guy who stole copper out of the subway and fucked up millions of commutes should go to prison for a long long time
it’s nice to live in NYC now where almost all of our progressive politicians recognize the importance of building more housing
SF politics sucks because NIMBY conservatives are constantly trying to gaslight you into thinking that anti-transit politicians like Connie Chan are actually progressive
SF politics sucks because NIMBY conservatives are constantly trying to gaslight you into thinking that anti-transit politicians like Connie Chan are actually progressive
In a city full of NIMBYs, Connie Chan is one of the biggest. she’s also super anti-transit and opposed measure RR that saved Caltrain during the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Scott has led the cause for almost every pro-housing and transit bill
Scott vs. Connie is the definition of good governance vs. bad
Meanwhile, Scott has led the cause for almost every pro-housing and transit bill
Scott vs. Connie is the definition of good governance vs. bad
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
it’s nice to live in NYC now where almost all of our progressive politicians recognize the importance of building more housing
SF politics sucks because NIMBY conservatives are constantly trying to gaslight you into thinking that anti-transit politicians like Connie Chan are actually progressive
SF politics sucks because NIMBY conservatives are constantly trying to gaslight you into thinking that anti-transit politicians like Connie Chan are actually progressive
El Paso is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
El Paso is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston
In a city full of NIMBYs, Connie Chan is one of the biggest. she’s also super anti-transit and opposed measure RR that saved Caltrain during the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Scott has led the cause for almost every pro-housing and transit bill
Scott vs. Connie is the definition of good governance vs. bad
Meanwhile, Scott has led the cause for almost every pro-housing and transit bill
Scott vs. Connie is the definition of good governance vs. bad
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In a city full of NIMBYs, Connie Chan is one of the biggest. she’s also super anti-transit and opposed measure RR that saved Caltrain during the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Scott has led the cause for almost every pro-housing and transit bill
Scott vs. Connie is the definition of good governance vs. bad
Meanwhile, Scott has led the cause for almost every pro-housing and transit bill
Scott vs. Connie is the definition of good governance vs. bad
he is also copying policies from some other campaign, referring to my Manhattan district as “the American Southwest”.
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
he is also copying policies from some other campaign, referring to my Manhattan district as “the American Southwest”.
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
antivaxx bullshit pisses me off more than anything else on earth just because of the pure stupidity.
it is the definition of a luxury belief. we invented miracles that halt the spread of the deadliest diseases known to man but that has made us so comfortable that some morons turn against them
it is the definition of a luxury belief. we invented miracles that halt the spread of the deadliest diseases known to man but that has made us so comfortable that some morons turn against them
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
antivaxx bullshit pisses me off more than anything else on earth just because of the pure stupidity.
it is the definition of a luxury belief. we invented miracles that halt the spread of the deadliest diseases known to man but that has made us so comfortable that some morons turn against them
it is the definition of a luxury belief. we invented miracles that halt the spread of the deadliest diseases known to man but that has made us so comfortable that some morons turn against them
the Silicon Valley VC morons who think that “work ethic” is even an important thing to debate when it comes to the man who killed hundreds of thousands of the global poor in an attempt to validate his own deranged conspiracy theories are disgusting
insane brainworms
insane brainworms
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
the Silicon Valley VC morons who think that “work ethic” is even an important thing to debate when it comes to the man who killed hundreds of thousands of the global poor in an attempt to validate his own deranged conspiracy theories are disgusting
insane brainworms
insane brainworms