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Will Thorne @wbthorne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This graph is a good reason to introduce my new paper: By Generation and by Design: A Review of the Empirical Rent Control Literature. This paints a (somewhat) misleading picture of rent control evidence because it groups all rent control together regardless of design feature.

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YMS (Adum) @yms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

it is funny how many leftists, particularly internationally, are waving the Zohran flag while fundamentally misunderstanding why Zohran is as popular as he is (he actually gives a shit about making housing more affordable and combatting crime, not just LARPing as a authoritarian communist)

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know this is unpopular but I actually think Backrooms was my second favorite horror movie of the year. I've liked it better than most any other horror movie before or since then (only exception is Bone Temple, but I love love love the new 28 Year Later movies. What a delightful surprise).

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Singling out Newsom doesn't seem fair. Not a single state achieved any of these items. They're all easier said then done, and not at all controlled by governors.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Really great chart! Thank you so much. Who are the Common Ground Collective and Urban Center Action?

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Frank Calabrese @frankcalabrese.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I made a matrix to keep track of endorsements in the 2026 Chicago School Board elections, including CTU, SEIU, the Chicago Federation of Labor, Common Ground Collective and Urban Center Action.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I mean it always was incredibly stupid to rely on a vehicle that is so sensitive to price shocks. Even regardless of their specific political misgivings, what did they thing would happen? Gas would be cheap forever?

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Trese Brothers Games | Strategy RPGs @tresebrothers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Now celebrating our 100th free update!! 🎉🎉🎉 Major expansion with a new end-game retirement storyline, brand new maps, and more. store.steampowered.com/app/1021210/... Have you retired a team yet, or do you prefer to keep heisting for as long as you can stay alive? #TacticalRPG #Gaming #Steam

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint capsule art, showing a squad of cyberpunk mercenaries on top of turn-based tactical gameplay in the style of XCOM 2 / Star Wars Zero Company.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

BuT oNlY AfFoRdAbLe UnItS aNd ReNt CoNtRoL dRiVe DoWn PrIcEs

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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 06/09/2026

Could be Chicago if we had the courage

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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 04/09/2026

The developers are willing to fork over pallets of cash to invest into our grid, which is filled with amortized assets at end of life. Idk how we can afford to say no. I'm basically at the point now where I think anything that increases utilization of the grid is defacto Good.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026

The most obvious solution in the world: make data centers pay for the bigger, more sophisticated grid we're going to need regardless.

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How to Get Data Centers to Fund the Grid of the Future

A new policy proposal argues that large load tariffs on their own aren’t enough.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Joe Biden passed the biggest climate change legislation ever and it has been crickets. Environmental groups gave him little credit for it (and many seem to be focused on Israel rather than the environment now?) and discussion of climate issues has moved from view. Did it ever really matter to them?

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

*factory closes in small town* “We need tax base for our declining town!” *company tries to build factory* “No, they’re polluters, not like that” *company tries to build data center* “No, you remind us of the factory that closed, not like that” *first responders and teachers all get fired*

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In my defense, I had never heard of Elmhurst University before.

My results for Pin Drop Chicago #154. I was really off with Elmhurt University, IL.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I got a poll text and one question was "What is your opinion of charter schools and selective enrollment scools?" I have very different opinions on those two things. Way to spoil your own poll question bozos. I put "No opinion" because I refuse to let either one push me to rate improperly.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Her platform focuses on technocratic solutions like the theoretically best possible zoning policies rather than building power for the working-class by challenging capital." Good thing LA's zoning status quo is not devastating the city's working class or anything.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Also DSA's pretentions of uniting the working class is maximum LARP. Who does the working class usually end up supporting? Not the DSA or far left candidates.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yeah, not saying these issues aren't solveable, but they have a really bad rep at the moment and the focus should be on solving these issues to alleviate reasonable people's concerns.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I mean as long as we have ways to offset their impacts I am down.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Correct! You just walk up and get the signal, at least in the denser parts of the city. No beg buttons.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is what we have in Chicago and it is glorious.

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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 20/08/2026

found another new type of guy

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yeah, doing it at the State level is probably the best way to dilute rage enough away to get things done. Really disappointed the current housing bill stalled out.

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r o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Average rents in Lincoln Square have gone up 25-35% in the last five years. As of 2023, 44% of renters pay over 30% of income on rent. Lincoln Square+North Center have lost 12% of affordable units due to conversions and lack of building. These are policy failures unaddressed by Ald. Matt Martin.

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Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I sympathize w/ this renter, but there's a structural imbalance: we will never get a Block Club article about the Chicagoans who benefit from these 26 new housing units. It's hard to tell a news-y story about the benefits, even when legit externalities exist... blockclubchicago.org/2026/08/18/a...

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A Room Without A View: New Building Goes Up Just Inches From Woman’s Window

Lucia Whalen knew the lot next door to her Wicker Park rental would become a garage. But now, she can't even put an air conditioner in her window.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I mean, I agree with you there. Especially with Codepink's funding sources...

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So what is the steel man case against the Quantum Center being built on the South Side? Like there does seem to be some antagonism towards it, that I am quick to dismiss as NIMBY bs towards a genuinely good project, but what is the most good faith argument for what they are trying to accomplish?

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Disgusting. The sample is WAY too small.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

10 years ago today

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

She disqualified herself so fast. I honestly hoped for better from her.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I don't honestly know. It could just be a reflection of the small number of voters in those districts being more progressive, or a reflection of the open primary process.

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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 05/08/2026

Who gave mayoral hopeful Susana Mendoza the idea to trash the Archer protected bike lanes on WBEZ? Let's wrangle over that question for a spell. 🤠

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Who gave mayoral hopeful Susana Mendoza the idea to trash the Archer protected lanes on WBEZ? - Streetsblog Chicago

Let's wrangle over that question for a spell.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Anyone heard anything about someone running vs. the incumbents in the 40th or 47th ward?

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I am curious how he is going to do the general. Is he going to tack to the center, and potentially annoy his base? Or is he going to lean into his base and hope that goving full leftist and running hard against AIPAC will get him entusiasm to win in a more conservative electorate. Exciting to see!

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I would be surprised if Johnson is not #2 or #3. Like who are the progressive/DSA-aligned groups going to consolidate around besides him? Mendoza looks like she is taking the Vallas lane though maybe Giannoulias will push her out of that? It is going to be interesting gaming this one out.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I just think the CTU's actions over the last four years has not put them in the best light, and they don't deserve power over the city any more than the FOP does.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It may not even be what is best for the students considering our outcomes/$ spent. (And trying to gut the selective enrollment schools seems extremely short-sighted). Now I am not a charter school guy, and don't want them in charge of the school district either.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

But the CTU's instincts seem to try to maximize their power/money at the expense of the city. Which is fair, I mean that is what they should be doing for their union members. However, what is good for the union members and the union isn't neccessarily what is best for the rest of the city.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oh, the FOP is absolutely worse. I voted for Johnson over Vallas for a reason and I don't regret my vote at all even if Johnson has sucked. And yeah, I am definitely going to try to get a non-CTU candidate elected in my district, though I suspect that won't succeed with where I am in the city.

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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brought to you by city council being asleep at the wheel when it comes to housing policy — $2300/mo in Lakeview for a 1 bed is crazy — expect rents to be 7% higher by the time we have elections in February.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yeah, I was concerned by his plan to expand the police force, but I am willing to give him a chance to make his case. If he is just another crypto-Republican then I will vote accordingly. (I doubt that at this point though, as he doesn't have the... history Vallas did).

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Public sector unions can end up in elected positions where they are both management and the workers, leading to disasters like the new Chicago Schools budget or the cancer that are the FOP in Chicago and other cities. I don't really want public sector unions busted, but this can't continue.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The CTU is going to war with the rest of the residents of the city with their repeated excessively bad decisions regarding school district finances. If they would stop, it wouldn't be neccessary.

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I have become increasingly skeptical of public sector unions since I moved to Chicago, but I think private sector unions are great!

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Senior Feline Facility Manager @doubtofbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yes, both of these organizations should not have the power they do in the city. If we can get a center-left candidate who can work to keep them both in line while generally being competent they will have my vote for sure. I am hopeful that Alexi Giannoulias can be this guy, but we will see.

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