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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 12h

really enjoyed this discussion hitting on the 'international' code council (🫠) that touches on how US is outlier in denser buildings costing more per SF than detached houses

Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 14h

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 14h

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

www.lewis.ucla.edu

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in California, today is an excellent day to call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign SB 79. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 3d

This paragraph brings great joy to my heart. If only we should all be so fortunate.

cc: @resnikoff.bsky.social

Screenshot of text from Wikipedia: "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight[1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated town-county government.[2][3] Vestigial judicial and law enforcement districts still follow county boundaries even in the counties whose county-level government has been disestablished, and the counties are still generally recognized as geographic entities if not political ones.[4] Three counties (Hampshire, Barnstable, and Franklin) have formed new county regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance."

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4d

The regime’s playbook:

Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.

Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.

The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.

There is no justification for violence by anyone.

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 4d

Tag yourself I'm Mount Whoredom

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 5d

We force public employees to swear an oath to the constitution not because we're being cute, but because we're reminding them that consequences outlive presidents.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5d

On the other hand, if @gavinnewsom.bsky.social vetoes SB 79 he'll be entering the 2028 presidential primary as the guy who promised to fix California's housing crisis, mostly did nothing for 8 years, and then vetoed one of the most important pro-housing bills to ever reach his desk.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 6d

Ahoy, Boston

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7d

[email protected] has been doing the lord's work lately. First their analysis of SB 79 and its potential property tax revenue benefits, now this. Great work y'all. data.streetsforall.org/blog/ridersh...

It’s hard to use LA Metro’s ridership dashboard. We built a new one.

Visualize, filter, and download LA Metro ridership data with our new dashboard. We made it easy see how bus and rail lines have changed over time - a significant improvement over Metro's antiquated do...

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7d

As an example, it *seems* to me that issuing permanent loans is a poor use of limited agency funds (~$200MM for this NOFA). Couldn't banks do this, even if it's a bit more expensive? Wouldn't that money be tied up for decades? But I don't know if these are actually valid concerns.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7d

Is anyone reviewing and commenting on the LACAHSA draft NOFA from an outsider perspective? (Sorry, very LA-centric question.) I.e., not as a potential recipient of funds? It seems important but I don't know enough about this world to comment authoritatively. lacahsa.gov/wp-content/u...

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 8d

Like, you veto it and make a bunch of NIMBYs happy, then... what, exactly? The answer: every political opponent--left, right, and center--attacks you until the end of time for failing to solve our infamous housing and homelessness crises. And worse, you vetoed our best shot at fixing it. What? Why?

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 8d

I'm baffled that the governor could be considering a veto. If it isn't signed then there's no chance we turn around the state's housing crisis. If we don't fix the crisis then higher office is out of the question. The only path to the White House requires doing the right thing and signing it.

Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 8d

Three months ago, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social correctly warned us that failing to address our housing crisis would cost us people’s trust, and that the entire reputation of the State of California was on the line.

Call him now and urge him to follow through by signing #SB79! ☎️ (916) 445-2841

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 8d

Three months ago, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social correctly warned us that failing to address our housing crisis would cost us people’s trust, and that the entire reputation of the State of California was on the line.

Call him now and urge him to follow through by signing #SB79! ☎️ (916) 445-2841

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 8d

I'm not crying about it over here. You asserted it was good for customers and I'm saying that's not true for many.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 8d

Not arguing that cities *can't* do this by the way, but just because you can do something doesn't always mean you should.

Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 8d

Doesn't seem good for customers who like self check-out, including me. I think people underestimate the appeal of self check-out since, as with many things, opponents are much noisier than proponents.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 8d

Seems that way. I personally really like self check-out and would be frustrated to see it go. Another thing pushing folks toward more online orders and delivery TBH. The idea that it'd increase employment seems misguided, at least in the medium to long term.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 9d

This is bananas. It seems 100% like the kind of thing you don't need to regulate.

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 9d

Long Beach, CA, just passed a law requiring food and drug stores to assign one worker to every two self check-out kiosks. This sounds insane – the Brooklyn Navy Yard Wegman’s has over a dozen kiosks with one or two workers lbpost.com/news/self-ch...

Long Beach City Council votes to mandate more staffing at self-checkout lanes

The city will soon require grocery and drug stores to staff a minimum number of employees at self-checkout counters. They say the move will deter theft.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 9d

Fair enough, but by that definition I suspect a tiny share of debaters could be described as good-faith. It's just not the purpose of debate in any kind of public setting.