Townerr @itp7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Shit be expensive but America is not poor and we can afford to have nice things 020
Reposted by TownerrMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 01/10/2026People are going to clown on this but we need to remember that planning for local context is important: a city with Los Angeles, California’s semi-arid Mediterranean climate only gets sunshine ~300 days a year; so it’s important to make sure you can never ever find shade in the middle of the day. 19657109
Reposted by TownerrPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison. 7879031407
Reposted by TownerrGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347861234
Reposted by TownerrSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 19/09/2026trump being like "i prefer to think of AI as 'superior intelligence' is the best proof yet that he's totally lost whatever political instincts he had 3465360
Reposted by TownerrDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The baseline level of Dumb Guy Pretending To Be Even Dumber in our culture is incredibly high at the moment, but this is an all-time performance in that category. Hall of Fame work in any era. 1081632255
Reposted by Townerrellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 15/09/2026I understand that you have tons of people screaming that if they just repeat that the elites are bad and the rich are taking from the poor that the conservative rurals are just going to eventually wake up and realize they want socialism, but that isn't actually a thing that will happen 2425
Reposted by Townerreb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia 323274494
Reposted by TownerrAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you tell me this is necessary to win in Texas you are wrong. It alienates supporters who become less likely to talk positively to friends and family about your campaign, even if they still hold their nose and vote for you. 757665
Reposted by TownerrAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026democrats, literally the only thing you should be talking about for the next 3 days is donald trump lying about being a 9/11 hero. i dont care if the question is about the economy or gas prices or about how sexually attractive you are, you steer that answer to trump lying about being a 9/11 hero 592510627
Reposted by TownerrMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026America is a rich country that can afford to have a good welfare state. 41023
Reposted by TownerrMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026do any of you know what words mean or do you think "backfire" is when the expected and intended result occurs? 847337
Reposted by Townerrbrie skull emoji @brie-skull-emoji.bsky.social · 31/08/2026the Male-Grievance Grift-o Sphere going after popular stuff might seem like a tactical error at first but it's designed to put vulnerable/stupid men into a siege mentality by making it seem like all of pop culture is out to get them. it's an attempt to isolate 171262240
Reposted by Townerrmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Again by analogizing it to seatbelts you are *not engaging* with the actual substance of the argument which centers around: A) helmet mandates provably deter cycling B) safety in numbers provably makes cycling safer therefore helmet mandates make cycling more dangerous bsky.app/profile/conn... 131464
Reposted by TownerrAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I find the discourse around "wokeness" to be dishonest and tedious, but this is what I wrote about it a couple of years ago and I think it remains correct: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 13828190
Townerr @itp7.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Horse race election coverage is really dumb, why people do it 000
Reposted by TownerrChicago 🏳️⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The origin of the housing crisis isn't a lack of investor desire to build housing (even affordable housing, thanks to LIHTC and so forth), its your neighbor jan, who believes it will cause noise pollution (people living their lives), and your neighbor Tim, who believes [vile racism] working together 11039
Reposted by TownerrBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better 430124471643
Reposted by TownerrSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Unfortunately it seems these environmentalists forgot to consider the most important habitat. Some subspecies of influencer simply require a vast territory to properly align their Wallet Chakra with the Earth's vibrations What about HER habitat needs? Why is nobody thinking about this??? 140650
Reposted by TownerrJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026it’s not “tax relief” when the working class writ large doesn’t pay into the system, it’s disenfranchisement 51098
Reposted by TownerrPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It’s certifiable at this point that dense housing growth is - Good for the environment - Good for diversity - Good for business - Good for affordability If you continue giving environmental appeals to housing and refuse upzones you are going against the environment, diversity and equity 1399
Reposted by TownerrAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026the reason we dont have medicare for all is bc corporations need employer based healthcare to keep you chained to your desk in a job you hate that doesnt pay you what youre worth 15570552203
Reposted by TownerrDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/06/2026Limit the number of cars in your city, save lives. The relationship is direct & incontrovertible.theguardian.comDeaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimatesHowever, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understood 319067
Reposted by TownerrGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It is absolutely true that Dems need to win swing voters to win elections. The misdiagnosis is that swing voters are “moderates.” They are not. They have almost entirely incoherent politics. You don’t win them from the middle. You appeal to your base with conviction and hope swings like the vibes. 663939770
Reposted by TownerrSam @samd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I do think that lots of people fail to realize that Zohran didn’t win because he magically got a ton of communist non-voters to the polls. rather, he worked hard to assemble a coalition of the left, normie liberals, apathetic cynics and progressive young people 836334
Reposted by Townerrmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Still wild that the media covers Epstein like a True Crime curio that the President is sometimes asked to comment on and not the biggest scandal in Presidential history 252228450
Reposted by TownerrJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/05/2026It's true that ICE neo-nazis putting out job listings for other neo-nazis is a leading cause of neo-nazis seeking to join ICE. 11347138
Reposted by Townerrmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/05/2026one of the least-discussed things that happened in the 2020s is that the GOP sacrificed hundreds of thousands of their own voters' lives during the Delta wave in an attempt to restart the pandemic in order to hurt Biden and the Dems. 171037203
Reposted by TownerrWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It really is inexcusable that the NYT maintains a "free speech on campus" reporter who DOESN'T COVER OFFICIAL, POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED CENSORSHIP OF SPEECH ON CAMPUS. At some point you're actively deceiving the public, no? 201318222
Reposted by TownerrWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/04/2026The only acceptable posture is unrelenting hostility to Trump and his army of federal thugs and if you haven’t figured out that out by now, get out of the way for the people that have. 338539
Reposted by TownerrBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 11/08/2025All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days 6086411553
Reposted by TownerrSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15/04/2026it's almost as if there's an international right-wing conspiracy to foist illiberalism on an unsuspecting public 8619144
Reposted by Townerronion person @junlper.beer · 13/04/2026is trump healing jeffery epstein with his hand 722117143
Reposted by TownerrHenry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 10/04/2026its endlessly wild how people claim to want fight and how imaginary centrists can't be trusted and then fall behind candidates who propose holding Trump voter's dicks for them while they pee and gently rubbing the poor dear's backs. 2342295
Reposted by TownerrBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics 86108591746
Reposted by TownerrWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Now do you see it? How the economic justice stuff is almost always adopted because it’s the most conflict averse, generic, broadly unobjectionable critique you can make? How it’s been corrosive that the left and the center are often in a weird sort of concord that this is the avenue to attack Trump? 1022431
Reposted by TownerrWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 31/03/2026Boy, what a terrible headline. We *need* the wealthy to participate in public services. If only poor people ride the bus, then rich people won't wield their power in support of public transit or, worse, will wield their power *against* it.nytimes.comShould Rich New Yorkers Get Free Stuff, Too? Mamdani Says Yes. 661915287
Reposted by TownerrMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The basic reality is that over the last 4 decades the Republican Party has become increasingly nativist and is now in thrall to a band of lunatics who are actively working toward a white ethnostate. That is due to dynamics on the American right, not because the AP started saying "undocumented." 121136178
Reposted by TownerrDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/03/2026The way to stay safe on or near an ebike is to stay away from people driving cars, who kill nearly 40k people annually in the US, and well over 1 million people worldwide.bit.lyElectric bikes can be fast and dangerous. Here's how to stay safeAs electric-bike usage has risen, so have e-bike injuries, and regulations in cities and states throughout the country are rapidly changing. 1043281
Reposted by TownerrRotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026The almost half a point they made by accident here is that this isn’t an LLM problem so much as way too many people thinking that a dataset being big negates the data being trash and clearly not reflecting the underlying reality at all. 1350664
Reposted by TownerrTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us. 520269258468
Reposted by TownerrMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers. 18556479011946
Reposted by Townerrmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 03/03/2026i feel strongly that anyone that thinks that there is a nefarious cabal of surgeons and doctors Transing people should be forced to try and schedule one (1) transsexual procedure 113948650
Reposted by TownerrDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/03/2026I cannot state it more clearly: I fully intend all the implied contempt for his voters. My contempt for them is boundless. 36744112
Reposted by TownerrWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Also, I would note that the people who you want to lead the coalition - AOC, Bernie, whomever - are universally in agreement with on this. They would detest you withholding your vote on their behalf. 628319
Reposted by TownerrAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/01/2026i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact 108101442906
