@brianhibbs.bsky.social
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Spokane passed a bunch of housing reforms recently—eliminating parking minimums, increasing height maximums, reducing lot minimums, allowing more missing middle, & expanding property tax exemptions for new multifamily projects—and now they're building record amounts of housing
December 31, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Spokane passed a bunch of housing reforms recently—eliminating parking minimums, increasing height maximums, reducing lot minimums, allowing more missing middle, & expanding property tax exemptions for new multifamily projects—and now they're building record amounts of housing
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A LOT of extremely online leftism comes from the exact same place as extremely online rightism: the internet propping up a permission structure for adherents to indulge in whatever makes them angry, which, wouldn't you know it, is often "Things were better in the good old days and we must retvrn"
it’s fascinating to see supposed “leftists” exhibit the exact same reactionary nostalgia as conservative boomers
(these trains are 50 years old and on their last legs, the new trains have slightly less seating so they can hold more people and have more wheelchair space)
(these trains are 50 years old and on their last legs, the new trains have slightly less seating so they can hold more people and have more wheelchair space)
December 31, 2024 at 5:55 AM
A LOT of extremely online leftism comes from the exact same place as extremely online rightism: the internet propping up a permission structure for adherents to indulge in whatever makes them angry, which, wouldn't you know it, is often "Things were better in the good old days and we must retvrn"
We're all fucked
The third-most popular podcast on Spotify is entirely about telling parents their kids are not autistic – they're telepathic.
www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-telepa...
www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-telepa...
"The Telepathy Tapes" is Taking America by Storm. But it Has its Roots in Old Autism Controversies.
"The Telepathy Tapes" is a very well-produced podcast. But even the top expert it relies on has her doubts.
www.theamericansaga.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:19 AM
We're all fucked
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the fact that cops and the military always top lists of institutions Americans trust the most should kinda disabuse you of this notion
You want to know why people don't trust institutions? It's not because they've been poisoned by bad information. It's because they've watched these same institutions repeatedly fail while claiming infallibility.
December 5, 2024 at 1:33 PM
the fact that cops and the military always top lists of institutions Americans trust the most should kinda disabuse you of this notion
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Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to confirm Pete Hegseth
The think tank president believes opponents to Hegseth are “out of step” with Trump’s agenda www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The think tank president believes opponents to Hegseth are “out of step” with Trump’s agenda www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to back Hegseth
The think tank president believes opponents to Hegseth are “out of step” with Trump’s agenda
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to confirm Pete Hegseth
The think tank president believes opponents to Hegseth are “out of step” with Trump’s agenda www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The think tank president believes opponents to Hegseth are “out of step” with Trump’s agenda www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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They had their chance to get off this train and now they have to ride it out
November 27, 2024 at 11:22 PM
They had their chance to get off this train and now they have to ride it out
Having an econ degree has made me really hate people.
November 30, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Having an econ degree has made me really hate people.
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it's not that I don't think that grey areas exist on social issues, it's that I don't see the point in engaging with on them with right-wingers, because their actual intent, regardless of what they say, is clearly just being an asshole to some group of people they consider subhuman
Honestly, gender politics aside, I feel bad for the kids who are the only trans person in like 90 miles because it’s got to feel like a personal “fuck you in particular” type thing.
Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students
requires schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” of either males and females, based on one’s gender assigned at or near birth
apnews.com/article/tran...
requires schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” of either males and females, based on one’s gender assigned at or near birth
apnews.com/article/tran...
November 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM
it's not that I don't think that grey areas exist on social issues, it's that I don't see the point in engaging with on them with right-wingers, because their actual intent, regardless of what they say, is clearly just being an asshole to some group of people they consider subhuman
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The fact that China doesn't like people switching to Bluesky seems like another sign that it's a great thing
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
The fact that China doesn't like people switching to Bluesky seems like another sign that it's a great thing
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One of the weirder parts of the election post-mortem media has been the shared assumption—held by seemingly everyone issuing prescriptions to the Democrats—that the electorate is engaged with reality, and that everyone’s reality is the same.
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
One of the weirder parts of the election post-mortem media has been the shared assumption—held by seemingly everyone issuing prescriptions to the Democrats—that the electorate is engaged with reality, and that everyone’s reality is the same.
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"Trump: Mexico is 'effectively closing our southern border.' Mexico: 'no plan to close border.'"
Critics mock 'Donny deals' after Trump met with brutal fact check from Mexico's president
Social media critics collectively laughed at Donald Trump on Wednesday night after the president-elect appeared to get a brutal fact-check from the president of Mexico.Trump bragged earlier in the day...
ow.ly
November 28, 2024 at 3:56 AM
"Trump: Mexico is 'effectively closing our southern border.' Mexico: 'no plan to close border.'"
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lol the Biden admin already started this with IRS Direct File. I see we’ve reached the “steal other people’s ideas and pretend they’re your own” part of the Musk “innovation cycle”
Intuit’s shares fell 5% while H&R Block’s stock dropped 8% after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency floated the idea of a free tax-filing app.
Elon Musk’s idea to simplify tax filings hits Intuit and H&R Block stocks | Semafor
Intuit’s shares fell 5% while H&R Block’s stock dropped 8% after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency floated the idea of a free tax-filing app.
www.semafor.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
lol the Biden admin already started this with IRS Direct File. I see we’ve reached the “steal other people’s ideas and pretend they’re your own” part of the Musk “innovation cycle”
I just learned I got suspended from twitter for what was an obvious joke so I told twitter support they're loathsome subhuman garbage.
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I just learned I got suspended from twitter for what was an obvious joke so I told twitter support they're loathsome subhuman garbage.
Corruption through the roof
SO, basically found out the reason why Freightwaves (major trucking industry publication) is putting out so many pro-tariff pieces this week is because the CEO is shamelessly campaigning to be appointed Secretary of Transportation.
November 16, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Corruption through the roof
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The Bible-thumping Speaker of the House is working overtime to cover up credible allegations that Trump’s unqualified AG nominee committed sexual misconduct. We’re already plumbing new depths of depravity.
Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
An attorney tells ABC News that one of his clients told the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed then-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor.
abcnews.go.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:34 PM
The Bible-thumping Speaker of the House is working overtime to cover up credible allegations that Trump’s unqualified AG nominee committed sexual misconduct. We’re already plumbing new depths of depravity.
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This is what happens when you actually let developers build housing.
In Austin, rent has dropped 15% from its peak and buildings are offering multiple months FREE! 🤯
In Austin, rent has dropped 15% from its peak and buildings are offering multiple months FREE! 🤯
November 15, 2024 at 2:54 AM
This is what happens when you actually let developers build housing.
In Austin, rent has dropped 15% from its peak and buildings are offering multiple months FREE! 🤯
In Austin, rent has dropped 15% from its peak and buildings are offering multiple months FREE! 🤯
How do you unblock someone here?
November 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
How do you unblock someone here?
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Hot take: sometimes markets are good/work and sometimes markets are not good/don't work.
::ducks::
::ducks::
adding: i would like a safe space for guys who are Third Way in the actual traditional sense rather than the clintonian/blairist sense and think markets are fine for some stuff and government-run is fine for other stuff where we don’t really hate libs or leftists lol
November 14, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Hot take: sometimes markets are good/work and sometimes markets are not good/don't work.
::ducks::
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Folks if you want to halt the economy to prevent climate change just say that. I've already seen someone claiming "true prosperity" only happens when gdp stops growing for vague degrowth reasons.
It's my first day here.
It's my first day here.
November 14, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Folks if you want to halt the economy to prevent climate change just say that. I've already seen someone claiming "true prosperity" only happens when gdp stops growing for vague degrowth reasons.
It's my first day here.
It's my first day here.
I won't use this account to constantly argue with people like Twitter I swear.
November 13, 2024 at 11:17 PM
I won't use this account to constantly argue with people like Twitter I swear.