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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We do love Europe's human-scaled, transit-centred, car-lite urbanism, don't we?
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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Thousands of duplex, triplex, fourplex, & cottage homes have been built in Oregon since its 2019 statewide upzone - but they’re unevenly distributed. Let's dive into two things: 1. What we can learn from the places it's working 2. Why @govtinakotek.bsky.social's follow-up bill would help
bar chart showing rapid growth in middle housing in Beaverton, Eugene and Portland, but a decline everywhere else
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P. Y. Mund @pymundgenealogy.com · 26/05/2025
AKA "non-hard vodka"
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collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Yeah I’m not surprised the Pentagon is mad, the signal groupchat alone could have gotten pilots killed
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
NEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…” Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Law Student Firm Pledge
This pledge is being organized by law students collaborating across several law schools to counter the lawlessness of the Trump administration and major firms' cowardice in responding. We are the fut...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Pittsburgh-based aerospace company, which sells parts to the major aviation companies, has declared a force majeure in the wake of Trump's tariffs so it can break contract obligations www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Exclusive: Aircraft supplier Howmet may halt orders if hit by Trump tariffs, letter says
Howmet Aerospace , which supplies parts for planes built by Airbus and Boeing , may halt some shipments if they are impacted by tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
In this moment, with so many of our institutions - economic, social, educational - being actively undermined, when I think of what my role as a historian is, my mind goes to my favorite passage from The Lord of the Rings. For I also am a steward. Did you not know?
A screenshot of text from The Return of the King, with the following passage undermined (Gandalf speaking), "And for my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task, though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in the days to come.  For I also am a steward.  Did you not know?"
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Britta Shoot @brittashoot.com · 30/03/2025
do people #flowerreport here? here’s a basically perfect Mojave mound cactus with no filter besides a few clouds 🌤️
A pale green Mojave mound cactus on sandy ground with bright red buds like tiny lipsticks and a few cup-shaped flowers open between long thin cacti needles
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Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I have been considering treasury bonds a good hedge for the current chaos, based on my inflation expectations, but I just had a horrible thought. It would be totally in character for Trump to start talking about defaulting on the debt out of the blue.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Muro preferred Trump over Kamala Harris because of primarily one issue: the border. He now has deep misgivings about his vote because of Trump’s slapdash cuts to the government. — "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party."
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He Served His Country And Voted For Trump. Now He Has Regrets.
Anthony Muro helped other vets through his dream job at the VA. Now he frets over the future of veteran health care as Trump cuts government agencies.
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🔥 David Hell 🔥 @davidl206.city · 12/03/2025
If you argue with them on the intarwubs, it's just amazing how many of them have completely convinced themselves that he knows how bad tariffs are and is just deploying them as a high-pressure negotiating tactic. It's like, have you ever actually listened to a word this guy says?
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
You’re a gutless weirdo. Some things are worth standing and fighting for. Can you imagine FDR or Lincoln saying “No, I won’t defend this free nation of laws, because it might risk an economic downturn”?
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I’m sorry but this made me laugh. Everything else is so stupid and so grim. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The National Science Foundation, for one, is trying to reinstate 84 employees it fired as part of OPM's directive. One of those 84 people told HuffPost on Monday that he and several of his colleagues learned they were getting their jobs back not from NSF but from other co-workers and via the press.

"What a joke, fuding out from colleagues and online — and not directly," said the employee, who requested anonymity so he doesn't get fired again.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 02/03/2025
I don't think most people will fully comprehend how badly you have to mess up to make Erdogan look like the good guy.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Every Democratic member of Congress loudly boos him and chants "No Kings" or something like that until Trump either leaves the podium or security starts pulling people out.
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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Alden doing the moral calculus as to how high their sales would spike if they supplied him with a pair of color 8 tassel loafers
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a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it
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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Preceding that in the thread - talk about Pitchbot material. The NYT leadership needs to do penance for 100 years, or clear mines out of Ukraine when this is all over. bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
the first Trump impeachment was for illegally halting aid to Ukraine because Zelensky refused to comply with an illegal request from Trump
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Fun fact - on Windows, if you press WIN + Period(.), it includes ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ to make it easy if you want to put it in a message, and I'm the one that added it
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 26/02/2025
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?
Pete Hegseth on FOX NEWS with headline chyron that reads: Tracking Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
“The process for permitting residential housing construction in Massachusetts is contributing to the state's lack of housing production and increasing costs because it is "too lengthy, complex and discretionary," according to a new study.” www.berkshireeagle.com/news/state/s...
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Study: Permitting process contributes to rise in Massachusetts housing prices
The process for permitting residential housing construction in Massachusetts is contributing to the state's lack of housing production and increasing costs because it is "too lengthy, complex and disc...
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This is our city. We’re going to continue following & enforcing the laws to keep all Bostonians safe. And it goes without saying that our police commissioner has my complete confidence & support.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If America didn't have an archaic, poorly designed and democratically illegitimate constitution, Donald Trump would be the buffoonish leader of a sideshow party holding 10% of seats at most and popular in only the most bombed-out parts of the Midwest and South.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The strong desire that nobody be hurt by Trump vs. the awful thought that a large number of people cannot understand the stakes unless they personally suffer concrete harms.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/02/2025
Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies
Senator Tina Smith said: This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

That was in response to Musk saying “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

Musk responded @SenTinaSmith “What did you get done last week?”
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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
LMAO OPM RESPONDED TO THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, I DIDN'T BOTHER CHECKING
OPM responded with "Tread lightly," which is both a Breaking Bad reference *and* a threat by a federal agent directed at me for simply exercising my free speech rights
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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 21/02/2025
trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything
Googling for “bees in my computer”.

Google AI Overview: “Bees can be present in desktop computers built after the l mid-2000s, but only at a microscopic  level. These bees are a special breed of Apis Arithmeticam that perform basic computations in the CPU.”
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/02/2025
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.
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Adrián @elenoam.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The peak of unnecessary local bureaucracy is Mexico’s municipal lucha libre regulation. Hopefully, there is some massive nerd out there willing to compare how restrictive Monterrey’s lucha libre ordinances are compared to Merida’s.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21/02/2025
Federal career workers: We appreciate you and your work. You don't deserve this mistreatment. Here's a file with lots of resources if you are facing illegal termination. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Fed Resource Directory
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 19/02/2025
When American planners say new infill buildings “aren’t feasible” without land assembly, it usually means: 1️⃣ Our city imposes minimum parking mandates. 2️⃣ Our state building code bans the kind of modern, fire-safe single-stair apartments that are routinely built in the rest of the world.
A floor plan of a parking garage labeled “poor parking efficiency”
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
You know? I still find it remarkably easy to remain patriotic throughout this administration. Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.
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Angie Schmitt @schmangee.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This is what we gave up for free parking 😭
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Ana Unruh Cohen, PhD @anauc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
📧 If you have been fired and are willing to share your story with me, please send a message to MyFedServiceStory@pm.me Please only send what you are willing to have shared publicly. ⏭️ For everyone else, please share this message or send stories you have seen posted publicly to the email above. 2
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/02/2025
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
oftentimes at his companies, musk thought he was making things better when he was worsening them & racking up costs. this 2018 story here says how. (took me months to report out & chats w/ dozens of tesla workers then) www.cnbc.com/2018/10/19/t...
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Elon Musk's extreme micromanagement has wasted time and money at Tesla, insiders say
Even though Tesla is producing more electric vehicles than ever before, its debt and recent SEC fraud charges have left investors asking if CEO Elon Musk is good or bad for the company. Conversations ...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/02/2025
Remember when we found out that Russian intelligence services are funding several prominent right-wing media figures and then the story just blew away like a feather in the wind and no one ever talked about it again?
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 08/02/2025
The entire American experiment is at risk and if you are an elected official you have a duty to stand up for all of us.
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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Ceej @ceejoyner.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
BREAKING: Elon has ordered the Superbowl to be played with a basketball. Not much we can do, said both teams
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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
lmao GS: "These announcements have come as a shock to many investors who expected tariffs would only be imposed if trade negotiations failed." suggest downside of 5% n/t SPX
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