Jim Moyer
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Modern apartments have lower fire death rates than houses.
Yet codes require fourplexes to install commercial sprinklers, build dual staircases, and hire architects—while similar-sized single-family houses are exempt.
These costs block building smaller apartment buildings.
Yet codes require fourplexes to install commercial sprinklers, build dual staircases, and hire architects—while similar-sized single-family houses are exempt.
These costs block building smaller apartment buildings.
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard? www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The hidden double standards driving our housing crisis
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard?
www.vox.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Modern apartments have lower fire death rates than houses.
Yet codes require fourplexes to install commercial sprinklers, build dual staircases, and hire architects—while similar-sized single-family houses are exempt.
These costs block building smaller apartment buildings.
Yet codes require fourplexes to install commercial sprinklers, build dual staircases, and hire architects—while similar-sized single-family houses are exempt.
These costs block building smaller apartment buildings.
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Here's a synergy you weren't expecting: Denmark sold pedophile island to the US in exchange for Greenland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
January 31, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Here's a synergy you weren't expecting: Denmark sold pedophile island to the US in exchange for Greenland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
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Americans must have the right to bear arms so that they can resist tyranny. But if they exercise that right in a time of tyranny, they should expect to be shot and killed.
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Americans must have the right to bear arms so that they can resist tyranny. But if they exercise that right in a time of tyranny, they should expect to be shot and killed.
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Opinion | If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would give his Nobel peace prize to Donald Trump
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Opinion | If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would give his Nobel peace prize to Donald Trump
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Trump proposed UBI with his HSA plan and no one realized it.
It's say $3k every year, direct to lower income ACA plan holders who qualified for subsidies.
Most don't pay income taxes. Under HSA, they can pay a 20 pct penalty to take the cash out. So they net $200 per month.
Thats UBI
It's say $3k every year, direct to lower income ACA plan holders who qualified for subsidies.
Most don't pay income taxes. Under HSA, they can pay a 20 pct penalty to take the cash out. So they net $200 per month.
Thats UBI
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump proposed UBI with his HSA plan and no one realized it.
It's say $3k every year, direct to lower income ACA plan holders who qualified for subsidies.
Most don't pay income taxes. Under HSA, they can pay a 20 pct penalty to take the cash out. So they net $200 per month.
Thats UBI
It's say $3k every year, direct to lower income ACA plan holders who qualified for subsidies.
Most don't pay income taxes. Under HSA, they can pay a 20 pct penalty to take the cash out. So they net $200 per month.
Thats UBI
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Trump's bellicosity toward Venezuela is a betrayal of everything that the FIFA Peace Prize stands for.
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Trump's bellicosity toward Venezuela is a betrayal of everything that the FIFA Peace Prize stands for.
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If Joseph and Mary had wanted to stay at an inn in Bethlehem, they should have carried Real ID.
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If Joseph and Mary had wanted to stay at an inn in Bethlehem, they should have carried Real ID.
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Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.
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I am already the Joker, I am now in the process of becoming the Absolute Batman Joker
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am already the Joker, I am now in the process of becoming the Absolute Batman Joker
I guess everyone will have their moment when the regime went too far
Trump is rescinding road safety grants all over the country, in blue states and red ones.
The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...
www.bloomberg.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I guess everyone will have their moment when the regime went too far
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Better toss my cellphone since I don’t charge it while out of the house!
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Better toss my cellphone since I don’t charge it while out of the house!
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NEW: Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy.
Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy...
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy.
Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
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About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
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Celebrating Lee Corso's final show with the full length "ah, f*** it"
August 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Celebrating Lee Corso's final show with the full length "ah, f*** it"
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NEW RESEARCH: Parked cars can account for 10 percent of the surface areas of some cities. It turns out that their albedo (reflectivity) can significantly contribute to the urban heat island effect.
Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road.
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Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW RESEARCH: Parked cars can account for 10 percent of the surface areas of some cities. It turns out that their albedo (reflectivity) can significantly contribute to the urban heat island effect.
Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road.
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Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road.
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Corporations aren't the reason your rent is too high
Corporations aren't the reason your rent is too high
The antitrust progressives are just wrong about this one.
www.noahpinion.blog
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Corporations aren't the reason your rent is too high
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Dennis Anderson, the guy who writes the Strib’s “outdoors” column, founded Pheasants Forever back in the early 1980s
Great column on the struggle to keep farmers from shaving Minnesota’s roadsides to within an inch of their lives (no paywall)
Great column on the struggle to keep farmers from shaving Minnesota’s roadsides to within an inch of their lives (no paywall)
Anderson: Stop mowing roadsides and hurting our wildlife
‘Naturalized’ roadways have benefits. But the issue is politically charged.
www.startribune.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Dennis Anderson, the guy who writes the Strib’s “outdoors” column, founded Pheasants Forever back in the early 1980s
Great column on the struggle to keep farmers from shaving Minnesota’s roadsides to within an inch of their lives (no paywall)
Great column on the struggle to keep farmers from shaving Minnesota’s roadsides to within an inch of their lives (no paywall)
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Trump has settled on the perfect way to end the Epstein scandal: have Merrick Garland pretend to investigate it.
July 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trump has settled on the perfect way to end the Epstein scandal: have Merrick Garland pretend to investigate it.
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Rents in Spokane are down 12% as a result of pro-housing legislation, like removing parking minimums, incentivizing housing on former parking lots, and upzoning all residential parcels.
reason.com/2025/07/22/r...
reason.com/2025/07/22/r...
Rent prices are falling fast in America’s most pro-housing cities
Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data.
reason.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Rents in Spokane are down 12% as a result of pro-housing legislation, like removing parking minimums, incentivizing housing on former parking lots, and upzoning all residential parcels.
reason.com/2025/07/22/r...
reason.com/2025/07/22/r...
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“I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build. And zoning prevents multifamily structures because of NIMBY,” [Obama] said. www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/p...
Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ | CNN Politics
Former President Barack Obama issued a call to action for Democrats at a private fundraiser in New Jersey on Friday evening, urging those frustrated by the state of the country under President Donald ...
www.cnn.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build. And zoning prevents multifamily structures because of NIMBY,” [Obama] said. www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/p...
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...
www.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@sickoscommittee.org all of the pitches on the reds diamondbacks game are sub 50 mph right now. Backup catcher is pitching. Sicko ball
June 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@sickoscommittee.org all of the pitches on the reds diamondbacks game are sub 50 mph right now. Backup catcher is pitching. Sicko ball
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It's impossible to make sense of American zoning, historically or today, without understanding that it has almost nothing to do with separating residential and classic nuisance. It's a mechanism of segregation, that's it.
Peak NIMBY brain is trying to keep a neighboring airport open, even though the planes that land there are literally spraying toxins over your home, because if the airport closes then they're going to build affordable housing there. lapublicpress.org/2025/06/sant...
Santa Monica's elite are using an airport to block affordable housing
A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development.
lapublicpress.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's impossible to make sense of American zoning, historically or today, without understanding that it has almost nothing to do with separating residential and classic nuisance. It's a mechanism of segregation, that's it.