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Felicity M. Maxwell

@cityjane.bsky.social
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>>Working to Expand Housing Access for All Texans Executive Director, Texans For Housing ~ https://www.texansforhousing.org AURA Board member ~ aura-atx.org Co-Chair, YIMBYtown 2024

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It was sad to see the South Lamar HPB location close, but the new S 1st spot seems even better and will give them long term stability in 78704: www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...
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When will Central Texas' newest Half Price Books open?
Central Texas' literary scene is about to get even more lit.
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
De-paving parking lots & eliminating local parking requirements is patriotic, pass it on 🇺🇸🎆🎇 🇺🇸
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026
The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.
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The Constitution Is On Life Support
Four justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it.
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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This one’s for you Professor Shoup!
Me and Don Shoup in his office at UCLA wearing parking matters hats.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2026
need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Cities that lift minimum parking requirements may find that the overall change in parking supply is modest, while the added flexibility can make new development more feasible and allow land to be used more efficiently." - UCLA Center for Parking Policy escholarship.org/uc/item/8df4...
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
BREAKING: On the 39th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP, protestors have shut down traffic outside Grand Central demanding “Money for AIDS and healthcare, not for ICE and warfare.”
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Let's keep arguing about parking spaces, everybody.
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YIMBY Action @yimbyaction.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🎉 HUGE YIMBY WIN! 🎉 The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act has officially passed Congress! This is the most significant federal housing legislation in more than 30 years, and reflects a growing national consensus: we cannot solve housing affordability without building more homes. 🏘️
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/06/2026
Begging news outlets to stop illustrating deadly heat waves with happy beach fun 🏖️😎 and life-saving vaccines with terrifying needle assaults 💉😭. Especially on social media (where many/most people get their news) the photo is the most prominent part of the story; these choices undermine it completely
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/06/2026
nobody in British politics seems to want to say it but the single biggest driver of their inability to keep a prime minister for any length of time is that Brexit was stupid and ruinous and made everyone’s lives worse
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I think maybe the next PM for the center left party in the UK should try pursuing some center left policies instead of right wing policies. Just an idea of what might work politically.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If you don't understand why Austin's Project Connect will be transformative for our city, then please do not vote in this highly scientific, very accurate local news poll: cbsaustin.com/news/polls/p...
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POLL: What impact will the Austin Light Rail project have?
Austin's long-awaited Light Rail project continues to take shape. City leaders will be meeting on Wednesday to try and move rail transit closer to reality.As th
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
social media that's bad for minors is obviously bad for adults too. crazy to me that the move seems to be to just accept that and ban minors rather than regulate the obvious design patterns that were put in there on purpose which make it harmful to its users
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
you, naive: seattle and NYC elect democratic socialist mayors and win championships me, wise: seattle and NYC elected pro-single stair mayors and win championships
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is *also* Elevators in North America: ✅ Bespoke, region specific standards ✅ Extremely limited marketplace competition ✅ Costly maintenance contracts with few alternatives In 2027 #txlege can follow the lead of WA+@sightline.org & address expensive elevator regs & help housing affordability.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/06/2026
Steve Hilton, a Republican from Britain who is running for California governor, was a public champion of Brexit. Has one reporter asked him about his support for this massive failure of a policy, and how it reflects on his political judgement? Not that I could find.
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Jason Cox @jasoncoxnc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
On ladder trucks: A Pierce (US) 100’ ladder is ~46’9” in length. A Rosenbauer (EU) 105’ turntable ladder is 33’9”. -13’ (28%) shorter -5’ MORE reach -articulates AROUND obstacles vs straight ladder -Cheaper -More nimble -Faster setup -Superior extraction for disabled or injured
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Another great housing affordability hack for the 90th #txlege session ⤵️
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Thrilled that @aura-atx.org will be hosting @nerd4cities.bsky.social in Austin this fall 🏙️ 🤠 Get your tickets NOW, since we're expecting a sellout 🎟️ 🙌
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 05/06/2026
for every graham platner, there's dozens of just as capable women you could be investing in who don't have nazi tattoos or abusive pasts you just don't want to expand your class analysis to encompass gender
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Texas public schools are falling off a financial cliff, and Austin ISD happens to be the Roadrunner looking down at all that empty air: www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/friday-nig...
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Friday Night Lights Out
How Texas Defunded Its Neighborhood Schools
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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A great reminder that we can't solve the climate crisis without completely reorienting land-use policy in this country. Car-dependence is a choice. If you're an environmentalist and you aren't working on supporting urban densification, you're literally and figuratively spinning your wheels.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
♥️🗞️goodbye for now to @thebarbedwire.com — it’s been an honor, and any newsroom would be stupid not to hire @carakelly.bsky.social @briangaar.bsky.social @iamleslierangel.bsky.social and @candibolden.bsky.social
THE BARBED WIRE
Date: May 29, 2026
From: Editor in Chief, Olivia Messer Subject:
Goodbye for Now
Hello dear readers,
June 1 would have been my two-year anniversary as an employee of The Barbed Wire. In that time, we've pitched, researched, reported, written, edited, built, published, emailed, and socialed more than 725 stories. We previously shared that our financial runway was measured in weeks, not months. Unfortunately, as of this Friday, we've hit the end of the road for full-time staff, including myself.
We told The Barbed Wire team and halted freelance spending a few months ago, yet we still held out hope that our outstanding committed pledges, project proposals, investor presentations, and grant applications would convert. You all know it's a turbulent time for our industry — more so for independent outlets that rely on reader support (and aren't owned by billionaires). I consider myself the world's greatest living expert on what we should have done differently and when we should have done it — but frankly, I'll need some time before I can articulate those thoughts.
I am stepping down, but Brian Gaar will continue writing the Wild Texas newsletter on a freelance basis, and thanks to the generosity of KIND Clinic, which funds our queer Texas vertical, Kit O'Connell will continue to write stories in the coming months, as showcased in their Big & Bright newsletter.
We had many more plans, including events, myriad investigations, frothy podcasts, and verticals. So if you're interested in making a home for any of those, or for acquisition more broadly, contact me (olivia(@thebarbedwire.com) or our CEO, David Cohen (david@thebarbedwire.com).
This also means that my talented, full-time team of swiss-army-knife journalists will be looking for opportunities. If you're in the industry, I urge you to get connected to:
Our managing editor, Cara Kelly, whose reporting has uncovered institutional sexual harassment and violence in massage schools, ride-share companies, and …Our deputy managing editor, Leslie Rangel, is a first generation daughter of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants whose award-winning journalism is focused on issues of health, mental wellness, race, gender and social justice. She wrote our two most-read stories of all time at The Barbed Wire, the latter of which was on the front page of Apple News as the day's no. 4 top story, in addition to having demonstrable real-world impact. Leslie was previously morning anchor for the Good Day Austin morning news show. She has also worked at KAN in Austin, was founding evening anchor at KWKT in Waco, reported for KFOR in Oklahoma City and KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. Follow her on Threads and Instagram.
Our senior editor Brian Gaar writes our clever, thoughtful newsletter, which maintains a far-above-industry-average open rate — even as it has grown in size. In many ways, Brian has been "the voice of The Barbed Wire." He cemented that position with quick-turn, hilarious, and deeply sentimental stories that our loyal readers routinely shower in praise. He is a longtime Texas journalist who has written for the Austin American-Statesman, The Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas Monthly, and many other publications. He was also a writer and producer at the beloved Austin production company, Rooster Teeth. Follow Brian on Bluesky and Instagram.
Our social media manager, Candi Bolden, is a marvel at short-form video. Candi is based in Dallas-Fort Worth and has previously run social media accounts for The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. As part of her journalism career, she worked the Republican National Convention for CNN, covered swatting threats in Wichita, Kansas, and photographed 2020 unrest in Fort Worth, Texas. Follow her on Bluesky or Instagram.
(Friendly reminder that previous The Barbed Wire employees have gone on to full-time journalism positions at Politico, The Seattle Times, and Community Impact - Dallas, as well as a communications role at the fitness app Strava.)
I'll be looking for work t…
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Dan Mauler 🎃 @meelar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A good and important summary of why transit struggles to compete with highways. This is why we need more partisanship in transportation; there's no appetite to challenge this paradigm on either side of the aisle. www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/highway-ro...
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Highway Robbery
When Transit Gets Run Off the Road
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Great recap of Austin's HD49 race which pitted a former CM against up & coming labor organizer @montserratgaribay.bsky.social. Even in a low turnout, runoff May election, a coalition of Labor+teachers+UT students+urbanists (@aura-atx.org) got the job done: www.austinchronicle.com/news/austini...
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Austinites Elect Montserrat Garibay to Represent Central Austin • The Austin Chronicle
Austinites Elect Montserrat Garibay to Represent Central Austin
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Bass (center-NIMBY) is puffing up Pratt (right-NIMBY) as a way to lock Raman (left-YIMBY) out of the race, meanwhile Huang (left-NIMBY) is acting as a spoiler to divide the left vote. 3/4 candidates functionally collaborating to shut out the only one who would do something about LA's housing crisis.
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Whoop! Austinites + HD-49 residents won a big one tonight! Congrats to all the TX primary winners, but particularly @montserratgaribay.bsky.social, who reminded us this evening: "When we fight, we win". #txlege #hd49
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
✅ Afternoon reminder! You have until 7pm TODAY to vote for @montserratgaribay.bsky.social in HD-49. 🗳️ Find your nearest polling location here: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hope our friends at the #txlege are watching. Let's make sure Texas gets these reforms done in the 90th session and sets the example for NYC.
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🎉It's Election Day in HD-49! Polls are open until 7pm, and TODAY is your chance to vote for @montserratgaribay.bsky.social to represent Austin.🎉 Not sure if you live in HD-49? Map below ⬇️ And you can find your polling location here: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This is the first day in a world without CBS News Radio, which had been broadcasting since 1927. Through eighteen presidential administrations, nine popes, five British monarchs, and numerous wars. Nearly 100 years of journalism, gone like that. Bari Weiss killed it.
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Lunchtime reminder to go support @montserratgaribay.bsky.social in HD-49! Today is the last chance to early vote in the TX Primary runoffs. Polls are open until 7pm and there is currently NO WAIT anywhere in Travis County! 🗳️🗳️
Early voting locations - no wait at noon across Travis County!
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🗳️🗳️ Austin: Today is last day to EARLY VOTE in the HD-49 Runoff! @aura-atx.org has endorsed @montserratgaribay.bsky.social who will be a fantastic representative for Central Texas. 🗳️🗳️ Find your polling location here: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I helped start an alternative neighborhood association 🫡
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
May 6th: Austin ISD will cut 215 educator salaries for next school year as it faces a $181 million deficit. May 21st: Council delays zoning case on Austin ISD parcel until September, preventing $26 million cash infusion for financially strapped district. Great job @mikesiegeltx.bsky.social
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Austin friends: Please consider signing up in support of Item 76, the Rosedale rezoning, being heard at City Council tomorrow 5/21. Details from @aura-atx.org: aura-atx.org/apartment-op...
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Apartment Opposition Could Cost AISD Millions. Support Austin Schools: Let AISD Build
Austin ISD is facing a $181 million budget deficit, forcing closures and cuts to our schools, teachers, and staff. Letting AISD build housing on closed school sites is one of the most direct things Au...
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Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 18/05/2026
Federal gas tax is 18.4¢/gallon. Average new non-electric/hybrid car is 25.6 mpg. Average driver drives 13,476 miles a year. That means they spend $97 in federal gas tax/year. Congressional leaders want EV owners to pay 50% more a year to the federal government to drive less polluting vehicles.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is the situation I refer to the most when trying to explain a the state of book bans right now. Utah has state mandated book destruction for books like Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, and Damsel by Elana K Arnold. The vast majority of the books are written by women.
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is excellent news & hopefully provides a path forward on much needed Federal-level housing reforms!
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Austin rents enters the chat 💪💪
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
When we talk about making ADUs affordable & accessible to homeowners and lower income communities, THIS is the sort of program that should be widely available ⬇️⬇️ #txlege
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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It’s easy to take Austin’s housing success for granted, but we are so lucky to have Council members, staff & advocates who constantly push our housing work forward. Feeling thankful tonight 💚
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