Eli Youngs
@water-ghosts.bsky.social
Seattle-area Data Analyst and YIMBY. What, really? On Bluesky???
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Eli Youngs
@water-ghosts.bsky.social
· Nov 26
YIMBY groups should start LLCs and build fourplexes.
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just saying @aoc.bsky.social tonight is the perfect time to announce a primary
SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
just saying @aoc.bsky.social tonight is the perfect time to announce a primary
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I'm persuaded: New York Democrats delenda est. We need leadership from state parties that have actually fought and won against the modern Right Wing political machine, not leaders from cozy fortress states.
March 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm persuaded: New York Democrats delenda est. We need leadership from state parties that have actually fought and won against the modern Right Wing political machine, not leaders from cozy fortress states.
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I just need every CM & nimby to understand how FUCKING hard it is to build accessible housing for disabled & aging family in this city & how the thing that is constantly making this EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT for my family is invisible arbitrary rules like lot coverage / setbacks / rear yard / etc
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I just need every CM & nimby to understand how FUCKING hard it is to build accessible housing for disabled & aging family in this city & how the thing that is constantly making this EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT for my family is invisible arbitrary rules like lot coverage / setbacks / rear yard / etc
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WA's historic landmarking reform bill, HB 1576, just passed the House 95 - 0!
Amazing to see unanimous bipartisan support for ending the abuse of landmarking to block homebuilding.
Amazing to see unanimous bipartisan support for ending the abuse of landmarking to block homebuilding.
I updated this article with info on WA's historic landmark reform companion bills, HB 1576 and SB 5554.
Two cases from the mid-teens illustrate how landmarking w/o consent accomplished absolutely nothing except to delay much needed new housing by a decade.
www.sightline.org/2017/12/19/w...
Two cases from the mid-teens illustrate how landmarking w/o consent accomplished absolutely nothing except to delay much needed new housing by a decade.
www.sightline.org/2017/12/19/w...
When Historic Preservation Clashes with Housing Affordability
When Historic Preservation Clashes with Housing Affordability
www.sightline.org
March 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
WA's historic landmarking reform bill, HB 1576, just passed the House 95 - 0!
Amazing to see unanimous bipartisan support for ending the abuse of landmarking to block homebuilding.
Amazing to see unanimous bipartisan support for ending the abuse of landmarking to block homebuilding.
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Again, two things that are true: there are genuine frustrations and legitimate criticisms of Dems out there, and there is an entire social media infrastructure trying to get you to be mad at Dems rather than the GOP for their own clicks and $
March 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Again, two things that are true: there are genuine frustrations and legitimate criticisms of Dems out there, and there is an entire social media infrastructure trying to get you to be mad at Dems rather than the GOP for their own clicks and $
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the Republican party benefits from the existence of self-censoring facts: things which, if true, would require the press to abandon partisan neutrality as immoral. as this would offend the publisher's sensibilities, they cannot be true.
As I’ve noted before, the press is unwilling to recognize that Musk and Vance are at the very least close to neo-Nazis because to do so would mean acknowledging that the press massively failed in promoting them for years
the vice president of the united states is a groyper who spends his online time following nazis and esoteric reactionary influencers is true and yet the press seems completely disinterested in it
March 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
the Republican party benefits from the existence of self-censoring facts: things which, if true, would require the press to abandon partisan neutrality as immoral. as this would offend the publisher's sensibilities, they cannot be true.
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Just go rip the fucking fence down and tell that unelected, random board of nobodies to kiss your ass
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just go rip the fucking fence down and tell that unelected, random board of nobodies to kiss your ass
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We went through this with zoning, and now we're going through it with building code: trillion dollar industries depend on these things, yet a bunch of precocious bloggers can swoop in and expose these institutions as full of pseudoscience. Does nobody do their job? @aarmlovi.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
We went through this with zoning, and now we're going through it with building code: trillion dollar industries depend on these things, yet a bunch of precocious bloggers can swoop in and expose these institutions as full of pseudoscience. Does nobody do their job? @aarmlovi.bsky.social
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Hey in retrospect maybe when Trump's former chief of staff said Trump was a fascist you could've covered it as heavily as you covered Biden's imaginary Parkinson's diagnosis instead of burying it on A14
Every president of both parties going back generations subscribed to the principle that a president doesn't pick the press corps that is allowed in the room to ask him questions. Trump has just declared that he will.
The message is clear. Given that the White House has already kicked one news organization out of the pool because of coverage it does not like, it is making certain everyone else knows that the rest of us can be barred too if the president does not like our questions or stories.
February 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hey in retrospect maybe when Trump's former chief of staff said Trump was a fascist you could've covered it as heavily as you covered Biden's imaginary Parkinson's diagnosis instead of burying it on A14
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We asked for urgency. We got it. We asked for big gestures. We literally got a man dragging himself out of his hospital bed and getting on a plane after a blood clot. We asked for theatrics. We literally got a mother bringing her newborn on the floor to vote. This is Dems doing the most they can.
February 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We asked for urgency. We got it. We asked for big gestures. We literally got a man dragging himself out of his hospital bed and getting on a plane after a blood clot. We asked for theatrics. We literally got a mother bringing her newborn on the floor to vote. This is Dems doing the most they can.
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Housing policies are popular. I’m grateful to my colleagues who supported this bipartisan bill and everyone who email and called their legislators in support. Let’s build more livable, walkable communities.🏘️🌸🌳
Passing parking reform out of the State Senate? That's a heavy lift.
Passing parking reform out of the State Senate in the middle of the Association of Washington Cities Lobby Days?
That's legend status for @jessdbateman.bsky.social
Passing parking reform out of the State Senate in the middle of the Association of Washington Cities Lobby Days?
That's legend status for @jessdbateman.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Housing policies are popular. I’m grateful to my colleagues who supported this bipartisan bill and everyone who email and called their legislators in support. Let’s build more livable, walkable communities.🏘️🌸🌳
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The number one imperative of our time is to be friendly and welcoming rather than snarky to anyone who wants to get off the Trump Train, regardless of how we feel about their prior decision-making.
Arab-Americans For Trump is changing its name to Arab-Americans For Peace because it turns out that Trump is bad.
apnews.com/article/arab...
apnews.com/article/arab...
Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president's Gaza 'Riviera' comments
The group Arab Americans for Trump is renaming itself Arab Americans for Peace after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.
apnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The number one imperative of our time is to be friendly and welcoming rather than snarky to anyone who wants to get off the Trump Train, regardless of how we feel about their prior decision-making.
I called both my senators and my representative today. I encourage anyone who reads this to do the same!
February 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I called both my senators and my representative today. I encourage anyone who reads this to do the same!
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An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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In 2022, every single Democratic senator and all but one Democratic representative voted to codify the Obergefell decision and guarantee same-sex marriage nationwide.
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In 2022, every single Democratic senator and all but one Democratic representative voted to codify the Obergefell decision and guarantee same-sex marriage nationwide.
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One month ago, Trump was demanding Congress go into recess so he could completely bypass Senate confirmation hearings for Matt Gaetz. He didn't get his way & Chuck Schumer screaming threats in John Thune's face would not have helped.
February 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
One month ago, Trump was demanding Congress go into recess so he could completely bypass Senate confirmation hearings for Matt Gaetz. He didn't get his way & Chuck Schumer screaming threats in John Thune's face would not have helped.
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This is feedback I had for the Dem operative out of the town in PA I canvassed:
You guys need a comms channel which is not polluted by fundraising spam. Like.. not ever. It needs to be an organizing/mobilization channel and *that's it*.
You guys need a comms channel which is not polluted by fundraising spam. Like.. not ever. It needs to be an organizing/mobilization channel and *that's it*.
February 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is feedback I had for the Dem operative out of the town in PA I canvassed:
You guys need a comms channel which is not polluted by fundraising spam. Like.. not ever. It needs to be an organizing/mobilization channel and *that's it*.
You guys need a comms channel which is not polluted by fundraising spam. Like.. not ever. It needs to be an organizing/mobilization channel and *that's it*.
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this is more or less what conservatism represents in 2025: a decadent collective rejection of the entire concept of virtue
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
this is more or less what conservatism represents in 2025: a decadent collective rejection of the entire concept of virtue
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Honest suggestion for @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social #dncchair meeting - tear up the agenda tomorrow. Don't cancel the vote but hold a press conference on the shit that's going down. Don't wait on Jeffries and Schumer. The media isn't going to cover it until someone treats it like an emergency.
February 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Honest suggestion for @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social #dncchair meeting - tear up the agenda tomorrow. Don't cancel the vote but hold a press conference on the shit that's going down. Don't wait on Jeffries and Schumer. The media isn't going to cover it until someone treats it like an emergency.
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Historic Seattle's January newsletter tells how they've just nominated for landmark status a structurally obsolete apartment building owned by YWCA, which will stall YWCA's plans to redevelop it into 83 new homes.
This is why the state needs to pass the landmarking reform bill HB 1443 / SB 5332.
This is why the state needs to pass the landmarking reform bill HB 1443 / SB 5332.
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Historic Seattle's January newsletter tells how they've just nominated for landmark status a structurally obsolete apartment building owned by YWCA, which will stall YWCA's plans to redevelop it into 83 new homes.
This is why the state needs to pass the landmarking reform bill HB 1443 / SB 5332.
This is why the state needs to pass the landmarking reform bill HB 1443 / SB 5332.
National politics can be brutal and demoralizing. When I see WA state representatives credit groups like @sngreenways.bsky.social and @seattleyimby.bsky.social for raising local issues, and write awesome bills to fix unsexy but important problems, it gives me hope. Local advocacy works.
January 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
National politics can be brutal and demoralizing. When I see WA state representatives credit groups like @sngreenways.bsky.social and @seattleyimby.bsky.social for raising local issues, and write awesome bills to fix unsexy but important problems, it gives me hope. Local advocacy works.
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The idea for this bill came to me from @sngreenways.bsky.social /Ballard Fremont Greenways, and the many instances I've seen of cyclists injured by reckless driving -- many of which are catalogued here by @typewriteralley.bsky.social. #waleg #Bikes #Seattle
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The idea for this bill came to me from @sngreenways.bsky.social /Ballard Fremont Greenways, and the many instances I've seen of cyclists injured by reckless driving -- many of which are catalogued here by @typewriteralley.bsky.social. #waleg #Bikes #Seattle
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This empty lot in Magnolia costs $1.6M. Even if you made a building appear for free, the only way to sell something here for less than $500K would be to build a fourplex/sixplex/etc and spread the cost of the land across several units. Right now, that's illegal!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
2415 Montavista Place W, Seattle, WA 98199 | MLS #2302728 | Zillow
This is a 0 square foot, Vacant Land. It is located at 2415 Montavista Place W, Seattle, WA.
www.zillow.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This empty lot in Magnolia costs $1.6M. Even if you made a building appear for free, the only way to sell something here for less than $500K would be to build a fourplex/sixplex/etc and spread the cost of the land across several units. Right now, that's illegal!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...