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therealzenz.bsky.social
Madison Plan Commission started tonight with approval of shorter (5ft) rear setbacks for properties mixed-use, employment, and downtown zoning districts near the capital city trail. Staff hopes this allows for more activation of trail space.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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reedonly.bsky.social
If you show regularly to transportation planning or zoning meetings you will have outsized influence but it will also turn you into Col Kurtz
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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holz-bau.bsky.social
a zee-shaped 13-plex single stair (3 stories + penthouse) w/ just 6 plumbing drops. @pipedreaming.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com

homes from 1- to 4-bedrooms. every home w/ private outdoor space. daylight on 2 or 3 sides

passivhaus + 2000W society

www.swiss-architects.com/de/zach-and-...
floorplan w/ 2- to 4-bedroom homes and bathrooms w/ windows
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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therealzenz.bsky.social
Madison Plan Commission is tonight! Quite the agenda. Two big apartment buildings and some Housing Forward ordinances changes in TODs.
- 4 unit buildings
- close the drive-through loophole
- ban stand alone parking lot\car-wash\car sales-rentals
- Some zoning changes around the city in TOD.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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maaloufmd.bsky.social
My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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madisonforppl.bsky.social
Mark your calendars for Madison Housing Week! Lots of interesting topics, and there is still time to submit your designs to the ADU competition.
madisonhousingweek.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
willochowicz.bsky.social
I can't believe this is how I find out Kai Ryssdal is on Bluesky
kairyssdal.bsky.social Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 28
No words.

This is…
a) …laughable
b) …dangerous
c) …damaging
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 28
Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow  bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."
August 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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therealzenz.bsky.social
At Madison Plan Commission tonight, they are revising the changes to the city tree protection ordinance from 5 ft for all trees to 1f/inch tree diameter.
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therealzenz.bsky.social Zenz @therealzenz.bsky.social · Aug 11
Oh no I'm late for Madison Plan Commission. But yes lots of discussion of TREES tonight. A proposed ordinance will extend the "tree protection zone" from 5 ft to 1 ft/inch trunk diameter. Also 73 unit apartment approved at 121 N Butler on the consent agenda.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
willochowicz.bsky.social
A monadnock is just a monoidnock in the category of endofunctors.
moreorloess.bsky.social Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · Jul 31
10. Wisconsin has both water gaps and monadnocks, and some pretty good ones at that.
August 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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moreorloess.bsky.social
1."Potentially controversial": Door County is overrated.
moreorloess.bsky.social Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · Jul 30
One cranky Wisconsin geography opinion for one like. Until I get tired of it.
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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geekyjp.bsky.social
Even the major enterprise [software-as-a-service] companies like Anysphere, which makes [Al code editor] Cursor — they're deeply unprofitable and they just had to increase their prices, and change their product materially, to the point where it's completely different and you can do so much less with it. They got to $500 million in [annual recurring revenue] selling a product that they can't actually sell. So you've got this giant industry where everybody's just saying "Al, Al, Al," and yet it doesn't make any money. Another thing is that the products themselves are not that useful. A lot of it is being sold on what people wish it would do rather than what it actually does. [Editor's note: Anthropic, OpenAl and Anysphere did not respond to request for comment from MarketWatch.]
July 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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therealzenz.bsky.social
Tonight at Madison Plan Commission, several new apartment buildings with 290 units were approved on the consent agenda:
At 709 Northport 2 buildings adjacent to a church (lot was recently split), At 2222 City View several buildings of various sizes.
July 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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yimbyland.com
My friend who runs a restaurant in Austin sent me this video of the ads that are playing on Pandora Spanish radio stations. Every commercial kitchen in America is hearing this.

Straight out of a dystopian horror film.
July 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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therealzenz.bsky.social
Tonight is Madison Plan Commission. The most controversial issue tonight a 93 unit apartment/mixed use building in a commercial district at 4506 Verona Rd. Staff have expressed concerns in its report that this location is general commercial in comp plan, may be inconsistent with residential.
June 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
willochowicz.bsky.social
It's pathetic to pretend like these people are being prosecuted or intimidated when they're really just unpopular and keep losing elections
jnap9.bsky.social Josh Napravnik @jnap9.bsky.social · Jun 17
I also really want any proof on intimidation. The meetings still have people speaking against it in public comment. NextDoor is 80% people against development. Fanlund writes his piece whenever he wants. It seems like Paul is actually insecure that maybe he isn't as progressive as he labels himself
June 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
willochowicz.bsky.social
I have heard similar stories from people in Madison (not as bad), but what I as a policy maker need is an understanding of what factors are within my control and what's outside of it. Which parts of our RFP process/funding process are going to cause issues? If
maxdubler.com Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · Jun 6
A publicly funded affordable housing project with 100 one-bedroom apartments came in at $800,000 per unit.

The same developer built a mostly market rate building NEXT DOOR for $350,000/unit. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Another tax-credit project in Southeast Washington, the Ethel, cost nearly $800,000 per unit, all 100 of which are one-bedrooms. Bowser has claimed it as a signature accomplishment. The architect touts the detailing of its facade and the developers are set to walk away with an $8.5-million fee, records show. The Ethel, a project in Southeast Washington, was funded almost entirely by taxpayers at a cost of nearly $800,000 per unit. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) Next door, the same developers built the Park Kennedy, for mostly market-rate tenants, at a per-unit cost of about $350,000, records show.
June 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
willochowicz.bsky.social
We must destroy the internet
jdcmedlock.bsky.social James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · May 15
We live in such strange times
May 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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mattbinder.bsky.social
very weird thing happening with Grok on Twitter/X lol

Elon Musk's AI chatbot can't stop talking about South Africa and is replying to completely unrelated tweets on there about "white genocide" and "kill the boer"
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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dell.bsky.social
This seems to have only been a “protest” in the sense that he appeared personally to conduct an inspection, was denied entry & refused to accept that, which is why members of Congress came, because they can’t be lawfully turned away.

This wasn’t Laura Loomer handcuffing herself to Twitter HQ.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 9
Breaking News: Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka, was arrested while he and three members of Congress from New Jersey were protesting at an immigration detention center in the city. He was taken to an ICE facility in Newark, his aides said. nyti.ms/3Z680Un
Mayor Ras Baraka is wearing an orange tie and a black hat. The text reads: "Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center." Photo by Dave Sanders for The New York Times.
May 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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rarohde.bsky.social
~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.

That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.

Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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chalipittman.bsky.social
She unexpectedly won her re-election after suspending her campaign.

Today, @dinaninaxo.bsky.social said she's made the decision to return as District 15 alder. It came with caveats.

— for @wortnews.bsky.social

www.wortfm.org/after-electi...
After Election Twist, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford Says She'll Accept Alder Seat - WORT-FM 89.9
One lingering question from last Tuesday's spring election has been answered. Madison Alder Dina Nina Martinez Rutherford will accept a second term on the Madison Common Council.
www.wortfm.org
April 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
mims.bsky.social Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · Apr 9
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”

Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.

The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: The ACLU has filed a sworn declaration from a Venezuelan woman who ICE sought to turn over to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, who declares that "I heard two US government officials talking and they said 'there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.'"
Declaration of S.Z.F.R. 1. I am a woman from Venezuela and I am in detention at Webb County Detention Center in Laredo Texas. My initials are S.Z.F.R. 2. On March 9 at 7 a.m. I was in my dorm in El Paso and was told to get my things together and I was being transferred to another facility. There was one other woman and 14 men who were also transferred with me. 3. I was supposed to have a merits hearing for my asylum claims on March 10th. 4. They took me to the airport in El Paso and I was put on a plane. Already on the plane were many Venezuelan men and three other Venezuelan women. We flew to Laredo. 5. When we got to Laredo we met up with another group of Venezuelan men. 6. There were at least 10 Venezuelan women on the plane. We arrived March 9 in Laredo and were taken to Webb County Detention Center. 7. Thursday of last week, March13th, we were told to gather our belongings and we were driven toward the airport for about an hour. We were told we were being deported to Venezuela. We never made it to the airport. We were sent back to Webb and told it was because of a plane malfunction. 8. On Friday again we were told to gather our belongings and put on the bus at Webb and sat on the bus for about 15 minutes and then were taken back to Webb. 9. Saturday morning we were again told to gather our belongings and get on the bus. We went to the airport and 8 women were put on the plane with me. When we got on the plane there were already over 50 men on the plane. I could see other migrants walking to the plane but we took off before any additional people boarded. 11. Within a couple of minutes of take off I heard two US government officials talking and they said “there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.” 12. I asked where we were going and we were told that we were going to Venezuela. 13. Several other people on the plane told me they were in immigration proceedings and awaiting court hearings in immigration court. 14. We were not allowed to open our window shades. 15. We landed somewhere for refueling. We were there for many hours. We were arm and leg shackled the whole time. 16. We took off again and landed fairly quickly. I was then told we were in El Salvador. 17. While on the plane the government officials were asking the men to sign a document and they didn’t want to. The government officials were pushing them to sign the documents and threatening them. I heard them discussing the documents and they were about the men admitting they were members of TdA. 18. After we landed but were still on the plane a woman opened the shade. An officer rushed to shut the shade and pushed her down by her shoulders to try and stop her from looking out. The person that pushed her down had HOU-02 on his sleeve. 19. I saw out the window for a minute and I saw men in military uniforms and another plane. I saw men being led off the plane. Since I’ve been back in the U.S. I have seen news coverage and the plane I saw looks like the one I’ve seen on TV with migrants from the U.S. being delivered to El Salvador. 20. All the men got off the plane. The remaining women asked what happens to us? I was told that the President of El Salvador would not accept women. I was also told that we were going back to detention in the U.S. 21. We left in the middle of the night and landed in the early morning in Laredo. The 8 women who were on the plane were all returned back to the U.S. /s/ S.Z.F.R. S.Z.F.R.
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
willochowicz.bsky.social
This is literally slave labor. The US government is selling people who come here to seek refuge as slaves abroad.
March 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM