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@jacksonp42.bsky.social
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Urban Planner (by education, somewhat by employment). YIMBY. Humanist. Fan of science, nature, and science fiction. Unfortunately unable to look away from the train wreck that is American politics. Posted opinions my own unless otherwise indicated.

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Housing Forward Colorado @housingfwdco.bsky.social · 12h
One surprising effect of the way Boulder has built housing for the past 50 years is school closures. Brian keegan explores how the legacy of limited and costly housing in Boulder, CO has locked young families out of the city. #Boulder #Colorado #SchoolClosures #Housing #LandUse
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Opinion | Brian Keegan: Boulder's school closures were decades in the making
BVSD’s declining enrollment reflects 50 years of housing and land-use choices — and won’t reverse without different policies.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 7h
The Calmatters series was excellent, and the victims of reckless, repeat DUI driving described in it deserve much better than this. Honestly, the members of California legislature should be embarrassed that this counts as progress.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9h
READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Screetshot of study title “Why Do Cars Get A Free Ride?” #CarBrain #Motonormativity
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 11h
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 13h
"However badly Republicans are defeated at the polls in 2026 and 2028, they will still be given the opportunity to reverse those losses in 2030 and 2032. More to the point, Republican voters will continue to form a large bloc that will inevitably exercise an influence over our politics and society."
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Editor's Notes: Your Local Fascists
We know what to do with Trump and his stooges. The harder question is what to do with the ordinary Americans we will have to live alongside afterwards.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 10h
I've spent the last four hours scrambling to talk with all the key players and bring you hot fresh news and analysis, so please click and read and also subscribe to my independent climate newsletter if you can ! climatecoloredgoggles.com/subscribe
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 15h
tapping the sign www.economist.com/asia/2026/08...
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Indian cities should embrace skyscrapers
Local rules prevent their construction. Hyderabad shows why that’s silly
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 15h
Let’s remind Hegseth of Casimir Pulaski’s example, in the spirit of 1776 that the Secretary touts. General Pulaski— the father of the American Calvary and hero of Savannah— was an intersex or trans Polish horseman who came to this country, saved George Washington’s life, and died for our Revolution.
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Man in Business Suit Levitating @dfeldman.org · 12h
Thing I learned working on my virtual biking game: The USGS does aerial LIDAR scans to get the topography of all major cities in the US. Makes sense. What I didn't understand is this LIDAR data is incredibly rich: it isn't just a top-down view but is oblique enough to reconstruct entire downtowns
lidar point cloud of san franciscoreconstructed polygon buildings
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Justin Gundlach @justingundlach.bsky.social · 14h
This is a meaningful accelerant for building electrification and a good reclamation of "choice" from the gas utilities that have long tried to make an exclusive claim to that term.
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William Skudlarek @willskud.bsky.social · 15h
This housing feasibility study is basically a highlights reel of why zoning reform is necessary, but not sufficient, to get urban infill housing built. Zoning can't change: * high construction costs * condo financing challenges * historic preservation approvals engageoakpark.com/30486/widget...
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Henry Fung @henryfung.bsky.social · 11h
On X @cselmendorf.bsky.social posted a nice deep dive into the benefits of SB 457, which unfortunately he didn’t cross post over here. x.com/cselmendorf/...
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Chris Elmendorf (@CSElmendorf) on X
Is CA's RHNA & housing element process a waste of effort? This question was much debated at @Yimby_Law's conference earlier this week. Whatever one makes of the history, SB 457 (⤵️) in combination w/ several other recent bills portend a significantly brighter future. 🧵/25
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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 12h
The article and the framing is such a clear sign that fully-throated pro high-speed rail outside/grassroots advocacy is desperately needed in California. @movecalifornia.bsky.social & @transbaycoalitiocalmatters.org are stepping up to fill that void calmatters.org/politics/202... (1/2)
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California’s high-speed rail authority made a legislative wishlist. It mostly stalled out
California’s bullet train agency said timely construction of the rail line depended on these reforms. They mostly failed.
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Ata'Pa @eternalstarforge.bsky.social · 12h
Spaceshiptember Day 30: Finale "All the Stars a Stage." #sst26 #sst2026 #Spaceshiptember
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 16h
"A proposed new entrance along Pasadena Avenue, where the Heritage Square Station lets out, would make it more like a five-minute stroll to the collection of architecturally significant buildings from the late 1800s & early 1900s." @theeastsiderla.bsky.social: www.theeastsiderla.com/neighborhood...
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Closing the gap between Heritage Square Museum and its Metro stop
A proposed entrance could cut the walk from the Heritage Square Metro Station to the Montecito Heights museum from 25 minutes to five.
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Christian Roselund @roselund.bsky.social · 18h
I've felt for a long time that we need more publicly funded (but not gov't controlled) #media outlets. But if we can't go that far, how about tax credits for local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ? Strikes me as a great idea and I think more states should do this.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 19h
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Creating an Adaptive Code
What rules could help neighborhoods mature over time?
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What did she think “Mass Deportations Now” meant? I am struggling to find the empathy to think that most of these people were just deceived by electoral messaging. The plan was in plain sight.
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Shelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 19h
Would you enter a shelter if it meant leaving your pet behind? That's a choice some people experiencing homelessness face. Father Joe's Villages decided people shouldn't have to choose. buff.ly/g2Kzhrj #Homelessness #AnimalWelfare #Housing
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Pets Are Family—Shelters Should Not Ask People to Leave Them Behind — Shelterforce
People experiencing homelessness are often forced to choose between shelter and their pet. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chris Moore was a giant of book cover art. Perhaps a bit less well known than the other Chris (Foss), Moore’s covers dominated the sci-fi section of bookshops while I was growing up in the 70s and 80’s
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 19h
There will be a lot of things to worry about in the summer of 2028. The transportation demand management plan is not one of them. I got an inside look at SCAG's thoughtful strategy to update what already worked well in 1984 and leave behind a better connected and more multimodal region
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Here's what the Olympics will actually do to your commute
Almost certainly make it better
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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
(1916.) British Mark I tank being loaded on a train platform, bound for Russia, at Forster's works in Lincoln. #WW1 #HISTORY
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The Hard Times @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social · 19h
University Administration Says They Could’ve Punished Cornell 7 More Severely Had Any of Them Said ‘Free Palestine’ thehardtimes.net/breaking/uni...
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University Administration Says They Could’ve Punished Cornell 7 More Severely Had Any of Them Said ‘Free Palestine’
ITHACA, NY — Cornell University announced they would’ve had more flexibility in taking disciplinary action against seven alleged rapists if they were... Read the full masterpiece
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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 19h
New episode! We talked to Brian Blackwell at California Policy Lab about his research on the effectiveness rapid rehousing (RRH), a program that provides short-term rental assistance to help people experiencing homelessness find market-rate housing: lewis.ucla.edu/2026/09/30/1...
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Episode 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell
Rapid rehousing provides short-term rental assistance to help people experiencing homelessness find market-rate housing. Brian Blackwell shares new research finding that it may be more effective than ...
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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 19h
May those involved in crimes against humanity face consequences for their actions.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20h
uh,
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Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
IMPROMPTU DEBATE: "The Dutch cycle because it’s in their culture." I say, no: relying on "culture" as a hand-waving explanation blinds us to the policy choices that actually dictate how we move and live. Does culture follow infrastructure - or the other way around? 👇
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 20h
Frustrated with the slow progress on CAHSR? Apparently the California legislature isn't, given all bills to speed up progress died this year. Why isn't California's signature infrastructure project a priority? calmatters.org/politics/202...
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California’s high-speed rail authority made a legislative wishlist. It mostly stalled out
California’s bullet train agency said timely construction of the rail line depended on these reforms. They mostly failed.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 21h
On point B, the NASA Exoplanet Archive typically serves ~10-20TB of data per month. In July it jumped to 70TB. In August it jumped to 600TB. So either our user base organically grew *30x* in two months (... unlikely), OR the bots have taken over already.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 21h
Serenity was released 21 years ago today. When a canceled series got the chance to have not only an epilogue, but one on the big screen... 🤯 Cool space chase. That was four months after the release of Revenge of the Sith and the Battle of Coruscant. We were really spoiled.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“MAGA and the other Far Right parties around the world are a Victim Movement. All the problems I’m experiencing in my life are caused by someone else, definitely not me. People who aren’t White. Trans people. Gay people. And women.”
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The Man Problem
The Cornell Rape Case is a feature not a bug
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 21h
This bill will have a HUGE impact for safety and for the future of e-bikes! So many complaints from individuals and media about e-bikes are actually about illegal e-motos. SB 1167 will get unsafe e-motos off our streets and paths and get riders onto legal, safe e-bikes or acoustic bikes instead.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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YIMBYonese Liberation Army @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Someone do this for LA County
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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 29/09/2026
AB 1976 is signed! California cities can now build the safe streets projects they've already approved, while keeping community input where it matters most.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city.
People riding bikes in a full separated bike-lane in Central Paris.Cars jamming a street in central Paris.
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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Franco Storchi, 1980
A yellow and black spaceship flies away from a glowing Earth-like planet. Another spaceship below it appears to be getting hit with missles from the planet.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 29/09/2026
Californians: you're going to hear about the Starter Home Revitalization Act a lot over the next few years. In short, it legalizes small-lot infill ownership homes (ie townhomes and cottage courts) by-right everywhere housing is allowed, with strict approval deadlines similar to those for ADUs.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ganymede is incredible. The biggest moon on the solar system *bigger than Mercury*. Imagine what amazing things must be on its surface, which we haven't seen up close in toto.
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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 30/09/2026
Okinawa's Shuri Castle reopens its main hall on November 23, seven years after the 2019 fire that destroyed six buildings. The cause was never determined. Police ruled out arson, and the fire department found the burn itself had destroyed the evidence.
Shuri Castle's red main hall seen across its stone plaza, with dragon roof ornaments and stone pillars flanking the stairs
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Missed this Greg Sargent joint exploring options to shut down or curtail Stephen Miller’s ethnic cleansing office within State, should Democrats retake the House
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oof
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JPV Art (Comms Open) @jpv-art.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Shiptember. SOLCOM. Tilapia-Class Light Gauss-Missile Carrier. Problem w/ making these in 1 day is the details gotta be gibberish or you'll drain your juice by the 8th hr. Binged S4/5 of Homeland while sketching. Great series. S4 ending was good. PS. Rose's newest song is repetitive. ToughSF.
Orion drive starship with gauss-launched missiles at the front. It has radiators that make the ship look like a fish. It's very long and narrow. Blue and yellow colour, sorta like Ukraine I guess?
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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember the 19 acre development site in Valley Glen? Today Regent Properties filed a development application for 303 for-sale homes, w/ a single-family & a condo component. higher than the ~175 units allowed by base zoning, less than ~600 units that could be achieved with state density bonus.
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Senator Jerry McNerney @senmcnerney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes! @governor.ca.gov signed my SB 1196, which will streamline the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) - also known as backyard cottages - by accelerating utility service connections. Thanks to The Casita Coalition & @cayimby.bsky.social for supporting SB 1196!
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 29/09/2026
Some professional news: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just signed all 3 of the bills I worked on this year at @cayimby.bsky.social: AB 956 - 2 detached ADUs at single family homes SB 1116 - Starter Home Revitalization Act expansion SB 1117 - Fee relief for ADUs over 750 square feet
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Governor Newsom signs housing legislation, cementing California’s record progress to reduce unsheltered homelessness and build more homes | Governor of California
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SOL Citizens @solcitizens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SOL Citizens hosts GriffinGamingRPG and SeriousFun were invited to CIG’s Squadron 42 event in Manchester U.K. , Oct 9–11, 2026, 14 years in the making. Help us bring it home. Donate on our GoFundMe. #StarCitizen gofund.me/d66b12e83
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Donate to Send SOL Citizens to the Squadron 42 Event, organized by GriffinGaming RPG
My name is GriffinGamingRPG, and together with my co-producer SeriousFun,… GriffinGaming RPG needs your support for Send SOL Citizens to the Squadron 42 Event
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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This seems like a Dr. Who plot or season story arc.
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re-read.bsky.social @re-read.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, yeah.
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