policyfolk
@policyfolk.bsky.social
Policy: mostly urbanism, housing, mobility, but also economic, social, science, health, and technolog. Reluctant geopolitics observer, mostly internal western with a focus on Ukraine.
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Metrolinx: we'll need to do discontinuous electrification at Union Station because we can't touch the heritage canopy
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
Gare de Lausanne; la métamorphose expliquée.
YouTube video by SBB CFF FFS
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November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Metrolinx: we'll need to do discontinuous electrification at Union Station because we can't touch the heritage canopy
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
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Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
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On one side of my family we have zero knowledge of our lineage before my grandpa. There was just nobody left to ask. He wasn’t even sure if his last name was real or made up. And there’s a story like this in almost every Ukrainian household.
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
🕯 Eternal memory to all victims of Holodomor. A moment of silence.
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On one side of my family we have zero knowledge of our lineage before my grandpa. There was just nobody left to ask. He wasn’t even sure if his last name was real or made up. And there’s a story like this in almost every Ukrainian household.
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
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Just so you can visualize who’s being pressured to surrender, give up territory, dignity, and let the US get 50% monetization profits
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just so you can visualize who’s being pressured to surrender, give up territory, dignity, and let the US get 50% monetization profits
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Dear Americans
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dear Americans
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
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Artificial intelligence really is an oxymoron.
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Artificial intelligence really is an oxymoron.
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Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?
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Our new cover story is on the threat posed to German and Europe by China’s industrial model and its decision to exploit its stranglehold on chips/rare earths. Based on my reporting from Berlin and a trot around the Mittelstand in the Black Forest.
economist.com/briefing/202...
economist.com/briefing/202...
Chinese regulations and competition are panicking European manufacturers
Recent curbs on computer chips and rare earths are feeding broader fears about deindustrialisation
economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our new cover story is on the threat posed to German and Europe by China’s industrial model and its decision to exploit its stranglehold on chips/rare earths. Based on my reporting from Berlin and a trot around the Mittelstand in the Black Forest.
economist.com/briefing/202...
economist.com/briefing/202...
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If Ukraine is forced to cede territory and other surrenders that reward the illegal invader in order to achieve “peace,” nations that claim to believe in the rule of law and the sanctity of nations will have profoundly failed Ukraine, and greenlit the next invasions by dictators and war criminals.
🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If Ukraine is forced to cede territory and other surrenders that reward the illegal invader in order to achieve “peace,” nations that claim to believe in the rule of law and the sanctity of nations will have profoundly failed Ukraine, and greenlit the next invasions by dictators and war criminals.
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Country of morally bankrupt selfish self centered clowns
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Country of morally bankrupt selfish self centered clowns
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: Spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Mark expressed condolences in connection with the terrible Russian attack on Ternopil. 31 people died, including six children.
Ukrainians more than anyone in the world want an end to this war, an end to the killings and a dignified peace.
Mark expressed condolences in connection with the terrible Russian attack on Ternopil. 31 people died, including six children.
Ukrainians more than anyone in the world want an end to this war, an end to the killings and a dignified peace.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: Spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Mark expressed condolences in connection with the terrible Russian attack on Ternopil. 31 people died, including six children.
Ukrainians more than anyone in the world want an end to this war, an end to the killings and a dignified peace.
Mark expressed condolences in connection with the terrible Russian attack on Ternopil. 31 people died, including six children.
Ukrainians more than anyone in the world want an end to this war, an end to the killings and a dignified peace.
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Sad and pathetic.
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sad and pathetic.
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There are several Canadian housing price indicators available. Here is StatCan's, which is based on a survey of construction companies. It shows big and continuing declines since March 2022 in the CPI-adjusted prices of both land and the houses themselves. But there are wide geographical variations.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There are several Canadian housing price indicators available. Here is StatCan's, which is based on a survey of construction companies. It shows big and continuing declines since March 2022 in the CPI-adjusted prices of both land and the houses themselves. But there are wide geographical variations.
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SO WHATS IN THE PEACE PLAN?
The 28 point plan is basically the same as the 2022 Istanbul demands from Russia that in effect required Ukraine’s capitulation. Long range weapons banned, Army reduced to a rump, hand over all of Donbas, cede everything else already captured. Etc etc. the only
The 28 point plan is basically the same as the 2022 Istanbul demands from Russia that in effect required Ukraine’s capitulation. Long range weapons banned, Army reduced to a rump, hand over all of Donbas, cede everything else already captured. Etc etc. the only
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
SO WHATS IN THE PEACE PLAN?
The 28 point plan is basically the same as the 2022 Istanbul demands from Russia that in effect required Ukraine’s capitulation. Long range weapons banned, Army reduced to a rump, hand over all of Donbas, cede everything else already captured. Etc etc. the only
The 28 point plan is basically the same as the 2022 Istanbul demands from Russia that in effect required Ukraine’s capitulation. Long range weapons banned, Army reduced to a rump, hand over all of Donbas, cede everything else already captured. Etc etc. the only
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The U.S. is threatening to cut intelligence and weapons support to push Ukraine toward accepting the deal with Russia.- Reuters
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The U.S. is threatening to cut intelligence and weapons support to push Ukraine toward accepting the deal with Russia.- Reuters
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This is a great piece from David Cooper about how important the Canada Public Transit Fund is for predictability and maintaining a state of good repair
The Liberal government can reduce their cuts to the program
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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The Liberal government can reduce their cuts to the program
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Federal funding cut derails hopes for better public transit
At the very time when Canada’s economy is struggling, this transit funding cut will make things worse.
edmontonjournal.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is a great piece from David Cooper about how important the Canada Public Transit Fund is for predictability and maintaining a state of good repair
The Liberal government can reduce their cuts to the program
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
@eleanorolszewski.bsky.social
The Liberal government can reduce their cuts to the program
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
@eleanorolszewski.bsky.social