Steven L. Johnson
@stevenljohnson.org
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YIMBY Co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social 🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽🦽🌎
More at: https://stevenljohnson.org
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YIMBY Co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social 🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽🦽🌎
More at: https://stevenljohnson.org
Disclaimer: Personal account. Does not reflect my employer
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Is your Holiday Season calendar starting to fill up? Well, here's something to add while you still have room! The monthly Livable Cville social is a welcoming drop-in occasion—no agenda or hurry—and all are welcome. See you Thursday, December 11, from 5-7 (and then some) at Ix Brazos Tacos
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Albemarle County drives up development costs at every step along the home building process. It doesn’t take a genius to understand why developers stay away. The demand for housing is there. The process to provide it is an expensive quagmire. www.29news.com/2025/11/25/w...
Well starts to run dry on interested housing developers for Albemarle
High costs and lengthy approval processes are deterring builders as job growth brings more residents, housing observers say.
www.29news.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Albemarle County drives up development costs at every step along the home building process. It doesn’t take a genius to understand why developers stay away. The demand for housing is there. The process to provide it is an expensive quagmire. www.29news.com/2025/11/25/w...
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This is wild!
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is wild!
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
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Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
Good morning from a scenic sunrise view
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Good morning from a scenic sunrise view
exciting to see @cvillecityhall.bsky.social taking tangible steps towards its climate action goals!
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
City of Charlottesville and Charlottesville City Schools Complete Solar System Installation at CATEC
City of Charlottesville and Charlottesville City Schools complete installation of 262.9 kW solar system on CATEC.
www.charlottesville.gov
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
exciting to see @cvillecityhall.bsky.social taking tangible steps towards its climate action goals!
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
Status update: Thanksgiving vacation underway
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Status update: Thanksgiving vacation underway
I often say if we can’t figure out how to get to a more just and equitable future for everyone here in Charlottesville where can we? I’m grateful for @emily.gorcen.ski and many others working towards that aspiration
yep. this town building something, I see it in so many different ongoing threads here. wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else in these times my own self.
She's been around the world over the last year — but came back to Charlottesville because she sees people ready to lead
Emily Gorcenski sees a growing rejection of hopelessness over national politics. It's being replaced by active learning and participation in local issues, she writes.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I often say if we can’t figure out how to get to a more just and equitable future for everyone here in Charlottesville where can we? I’m grateful for @emily.gorcen.ski and many others working towards that aspiration
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yep. this town building something, I see it in so many different ongoing threads here. wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else in these times my own self.
She's been around the world over the last year — but came back to Charlottesville because she sees people ready to lead
Emily Gorcenski sees a growing rejection of hopelessness over national politics. It's being replaced by active learning and participation in local issues, she writes.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
yep. this town building something, I see it in so many different ongoing threads here. wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else in these times my own self.
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Will Virginia’s legislature finally step up and pass some good housing bills? If there ever was a time, it’s now.
dailyprogress.com/news/state-r...
dailyprogress.com/news/state-r...
Affordable housing to be a key issue in Virginia's next legislative session
Virginia housing advocates say now is the time to change how cities and counties exert control over developments.
dailyprogress.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Will Virginia’s legislature finally step up and pass some good housing bills? If there ever was a time, it’s now.
dailyprogress.com/news/state-r...
dailyprogress.com/news/state-r...
I'm reading a book on the end of the world as we know it,
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
I'm reading a book on automated vehicles. it's driving me crazy
I’m reading a book on anti gravity. It’s impossible to put down
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm reading a book on the end of the world as we know it,
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
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This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I'm reading a book on automated vehicles. it's driving me crazy
I’m reading a book on anti gravity. It’s impossible to put down
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I'm reading a book on automated vehicles. it's driving me crazy
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Well put. The agreement this week was a very bitter pill.
Two billion kids would REALLY appreciate it if we did more about this than just make a few non-binding promises every year & then instantly forget about them.
#COP30
#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Well put. The agreement this week was a very bitter pill.
For the love of humanity, don't buy kids in your life toys that require a cloud connection, much less anything with AI-powered chat ability.
"...powered by Wi-Fi, powered by artificial intelligence, those types of things are red flags that a lot of children’s data might be collected here.”
"...powered by Wi-Fi, powered by artificial intelligence, those types of things are red flags that a lot of children’s data might be collected here.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For the love of humanity, don't buy kids in your life toys that require a cloud connection, much less anything with AI-powered chat ability.
"...powered by Wi-Fi, powered by artificial intelligence, those types of things are red flags that a lot of children’s data might be collected here.”
"...powered by Wi-Fi, powered by artificial intelligence, those types of things are red flags that a lot of children’s data might be collected here.”
Good morning from Cville. May the light of the blazing sun provide you with warmth and sustenance
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Good morning from Cville. May the light of the blazing sun provide you with warmth and sustenance
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Today was the busiest distribution day of the year so far at Nelson County Pantry. It was quite rainy, so we got to see a spectacular double rainbow ✨🌈✨
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today was the busiest distribution day of the year so far at Nelson County Pantry. It was quite rainy, so we got to see a spectacular double rainbow ✨🌈✨
I don't know if the AI bubble burst / major market correction will happen within weeks or months, but my best guess is 3-6 months—definitely within a year from now.
We are all so screwed because the entire global economy has bet on an industry that can’t make money.
Read about the massive fraud:
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
Read about the massive fraud:
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I don't know if the AI bubble burst / major market correction will happen within weeks or months, but my best guess is 3-6 months—definitely within a year from now.
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Put it in The Louvre of US political history. The look on Mamdani's face is priceless.
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Put it in The Louvre of US political history. The look on Mamdani's face is priceless.
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I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed.
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed.
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Virginia lawmakers and University of Virginia faculty are raising alarm bells about ongoing patterns of secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding former UVA President Jim Ryan's resignation in June.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
Questions remain in dispute over Jim Ryan's exit at UVA
"It's a public university. This information should be available."
www.vpm.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Virginia lawmakers and University of Virginia faculty are raising alarm bells about ongoing patterns of secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding former UVA President Jim Ryan's resignation in June.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
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very glad to live in a town where groups like Queer Liberation Front and Indivisible are able collaborate like this, and so grateful to the people who have been building the foundation of solidarity that makes it possible.
Community marches for Trans Day of Remembrance
Community marches for Trans Day of Remembrance
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, and the Queer Liberation Front, along with Indivisible Charlottesville, brought the community together to make their voices heard.
www.cbs19news.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
very glad to live in a town where groups like Queer Liberation Front and Indivisible are able collaborate like this, and so grateful to the people who have been building the foundation of solidarity that makes it possible.
Current me is thanking past me for blocking off the entire week ahead for vacation. Now I just need to get through this day on not-nearly-at-all-not-even-close-to-enough sleep last night
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Current me is thanking past me for blocking off the entire week ahead for vacation. Now I just need to get through this day on not-nearly-at-all-not-even-close-to-enough sleep last night
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This is really good and thoughtful
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is really good and thoughtful