John Infranca
@johninfranca.bsky.social
Law professor | Property, land use, urban law & policy, law & religion, election law | Scholarship at http://ssrn.com/author=730171 & https://t.co/qs5Z62JpiK
Shocking. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shocking. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
My first academic talk was at an Air Force Academy Conference, while in college. Spoke on the case for recognizing selective conscientious objector. Met Hugh Thompson, the helicopter pilot who halted My Lai massacre. Wonder, were he alive, if he'd be able to speak there today.
... or a war crime. "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program...."
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My first academic talk was at an Air Force Academy Conference, while in college. Spoke on the case for recognizing selective conscientious objector. Met Hugh Thompson, the helicopter pilot who halted My Lai massacre. Wonder, were he alive, if he'd be able to speak there today.
I learned for the first time during Thanksgiving Dinner of the movie KPop Demon Hunters, confirming that I live in a pop culture vacuum. I thought at first it was called Cape Cod Demon Hunters, which could be a decent movie premise. I submit this movie poster is the best possible use of AI.
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I learned for the first time during Thanksgiving Dinner of the movie KPop Demon Hunters, confirming that I live in a pop culture vacuum. I thought at first it was called Cape Cod Demon Hunters, which could be a decent movie premise. I submit this movie poster is the best possible use of AI.
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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From @theathletic.com: When the camera shows Father Pete, the Notre Dame student section loses its collective mind. The invitation to Mass doesn’t interrupt the football game; it’s organically become part of the ceremony.
What makes Notre Dame students go wild during home games? Father Pete’s call to Mass
From the confessional to the DJ booth, he seems to be everywhere all the time, exactly when he’s needed.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From @theathletic.com: When the camera shows Father Pete, the Notre Dame student section loses its collective mind. The invitation to Mass doesn’t interrupt the football game; it’s organically become part of the ceremony.
Excellent & detailed report from Pioneer Institute & Andrew Mikula offering specific policy, legislative, and financing reforms providing "opportunities for Massachusetts localities and state officials to make ADU construction faster and more extensive . . . ." pioneerinstitute.org/economic_opp...
Study: Accessory Dwelling Units Now Legal Statewide, but Construction Still Lags
Learn all about Study: Accessory Dwelling Units Now Legal Statewide, but Construction Still Lags and other public policy research within Economic Opportunity from Pioneer Institute.
pioneerinstitute.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Excellent & detailed report from Pioneer Institute & Andrew Mikula offering specific policy, legislative, and financing reforms providing "opportunities for Massachusetts localities and state officials to make ADU construction faster and more extensive . . . ." pioneerinstitute.org/economic_opp...
This great story is a testament to the invaluable work of @cselmendorf.bsky.social on California's builders remedy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner
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November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This great story is a testament to the invaluable work of @cselmendorf.bsky.social on California's builders remedy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
"If this month is any indication, artificial intelligence has disrupted yet another part of American life: electoral politics."
The latest from @drtedj.bsky.social:
The latest from @drtedj.bsky.social:
Opinion | The local affordability issue driving elections
Data centers are spiking electricity rates and angering voters.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Tonight, APPAM President Ingrid Gould Ellen shared an important message with #2025APPAM attendees: Going Local: The Value of Research on Local Government Policies & Programs. As she passed the gavel to President-Elect, Kosali Simon, we toasted her service over the past two years.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Tonight, APPAM President Ingrid Gould Ellen shared an important message with #2025APPAM attendees: Going Local: The Value of Research on Local Government Policies & Programs. As she passed the gavel to President-Elect, Kosali Simon, we toasted her service over the past two years.
AI: it's like your friend who drinks too much.
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Video: Reveal of Russian A.I. Humanoid Robot Goes Awry
AIDOL, Russia’s first artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot, collapsed onstage moments after it was revealed at a technology event in Moscow on Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
AI: it's like your friend who drinks too much.
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The neighbors did this, but if @boston.gov, @wutrain.bsky.social, @ben4district6.bsky.social and others were serious about affordable housing in Boston they would do more to not let it happen.
People in my "progressive" neighborhood NIMBY'd a *senior affordable housing development* into reducing its units from 71 to 41. Just an absolute moral travesty. (Rogerson/Beaufort project in JP)
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The neighbors did this, but if @boston.gov, @wutrain.bsky.social, @ben4district6.bsky.social and others were serious about affordable housing in Boston they would do more to not let it happen.
Sadly, based on tonight's meeting, local NIMBYs got the number of units cut nearly in half and @boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov are unwilling to push back in support of needed affordable housing. www.universalhub.com/2024/135-aff...
135 affordable apartments for seniors planned for Jamaicaway site
Rogerson Communities says it will soon file detailed plans to expand its existing assisted-living and day programs for seniors with memory problems on Beaufort Road off the the Jamaicaway in Jamaica P...
www.universalhub.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sadly, based on tonight's meeting, local NIMBYs got the number of units cut nearly in half and @boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov are unwilling to push back in support of needed affordable housing. www.universalhub.com/2024/135-aff...
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More Bovino-led horror in Little Village today. Matt is a reliable leader in the community.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
More Bovino-led horror in Little Village today. Matt is a reliable leader in the community.
www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-d...
www.linkedin.com/posts/matt-d...
Today's edition of early twentieth century anti-apartment fear mongering.
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today's edition of early twentieth century anti-apartment fear mongering.
Came across this in report from 1915 and now plan to place "A Serious Presentation for Thoughtful People" on any future slides.
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Came across this in report from 1915 and now plan to place "A Serious Presentation for Thoughtful People" on any future slides.
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Next week in Cambridge, Mass, catch NZA geospatial analyst Jake Gilbert alongside MA housing heavy-hitters Amy Dain, @vincent-rollet.bsky.social, & @johninfranca.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation about the ins & outs of multi-family housing for better affordability
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Next week in Cambridge, Mass, catch NZA geospatial analyst Jake Gilbert alongside MA housing heavy-hitters Amy Dain, @vincent-rollet.bsky.social, & @johninfranca.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation about the ins & outs of multi-family housing for better affordability
Decided to make my own professional website. Tell me if you think there is anything worth adding or changing: sites.google.com/view/profess...
September 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Decided to make my own professional website. Tell me if you think there is anything worth adding or changing: sites.google.com/view/profess...
Searching for buried treasure I suppose.
September 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Searching for buried treasure I suppose.
Legal academics: I am trying to decide whether it is worth the effort to develop and maintain a personal academic website. Questions: 1. do you have one?; 2. why do you think it valuable; 3. examples of sites you think are great; 4. services for creating/hosting/whatever you recommend?
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Legal academics: I am trying to decide whether it is worth the effort to develop and maintain a personal academic website. Questions: 1. do you have one?; 2. why do you think it valuable; 3. examples of sites you think are great; 4. services for creating/hosting/whatever you recommend?
Came across this article from 1948 defending zoning on Martha's Vineyard: vineyardgazette.com/news/1948/01...
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Came across this article from 1948 defending zoning on Martha's Vineyard: vineyardgazette.com/news/1948/01...
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
"The New Englander dislikes change almost more than he dislikes regulation. Therefore the fact that each community must make its own zoning laws, . . .
This is fantastic. @boston.gov can we get this?
Just noticed this on the checkout notification I get from the Chicago Public Library. I think it’s new and I love it!
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is fantastic. @boston.gov can we get this?
As the history of January 6th is rewritten, a reminder of Republican Senator (then Congressman) Markwayne Mullin's account, the next day, of what occured: "Mullin said police 'showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could.'" www.foxnews.com/politics/cap...
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As the history of January 6th is rewritten, a reminder of Republican Senator (then Congressman) Markwayne Mullin's account, the next day, of what occured: "Mullin said police 'showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could.'" www.foxnews.com/politics/cap...
Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones
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August 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Why do sentences like this keep getting written @bostonglobe.com : "Developers and planners often argue that new supply will ease the housing crunch, but Lees isn’t convinced unit counts alone will solve the problem." The words "ease" & "solve" differ in meaning. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/r...
High hopes: How Boston could rise to become an urban utopia - The Boston Globe
Red tape and NIMBY neighbors are keeping the city from adding housing. But when it comes to accepting density, the future is now.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Why do sentences like this keep getting written @bostonglobe.com : "Developers and planners often argue that new supply will ease the housing crunch, but Lees isn’t convinced unit counts alone will solve the problem." The words "ease" & "solve" differ in meaning. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/r...