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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Hawk is one of my favorite Marvel characters.

John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you live in Boston, or anywhere near it, support the Magnolia housing development on the former convent of the Poor Clares in Jamaica Plain. In addition to providing needed housing, the property sale will help finance the sister's retirement. Comment link: www.bostonplans.org/projects/dev...

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Posting the perfect album from the 1990s.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 1990s.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Boston zoning nerds: some archival material on the early days of Boston zoning. Including a zoning poem.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Debate over whether to keep the danger of mini/midget golf courses out of residential areas.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Early twentieth century debate over whether movie houses are a nuisance.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

1931 President's Commission on Housing first proposed a rather broad definition of "family" for purposes of defining a dwelling, then got some pushback.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Pre-social media NIMBY action network.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Arguably I give it too much thought.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Equivalent of an urbanist tweet in the early 1900s

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I am deep into researching and writing my first monograph (tentatively titled Zones of Exclusion: A History of Single-Family Zoning and the Police Power), under contract with Yale University Press.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Back in the day you could connect to Glasgow, Scotland from the train in Boston.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

From The Survey magazine in 1912, bemoaning inaction in Boston on housing.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Classes done. Enroute to Chicago for some book research in the archives.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

No one does titles quite like this any more. Wonder how this would fly in a law review submission.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@scholasticalr.bsky.social is there any data on the number of law review submissions that are actually opened by journals? My sense from responses this cycle is that 90% of "open" journals never even read a submission.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Teaching exactions again and have decided to release the newest album of my non-existent indie rock band: The Exactions. In order of release:

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Join the National Zoning Atlas (NZA) for a webinar on "Zoning Report: Massachusetts," analyzing how land is zoned across the Commonwealth. We will highlight key statewide and registration here: zoningatlas.org/massachusetts

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Next he is going to move on to critiquing gouda.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"[W]e need to see something happen." Here's an idea, @mayorwu.boston.gov, why not see some real zoning reform to increase supply happen? Might require expending political capital, but give it a try. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/m...

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‘Something’s got to give’: Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu says she supports rent control ballot measure - The Boston Globe

Wu on Tuesday for the first time publicly backed a proposal that is moving toward the November ballot.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Does anyone claim this? Why do people who say this not get asked whose view they are referencing? “You can’t just build, build, build and think it’s going to work out for everybody in the end,” said Lelaine Bigelow. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/r...

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Why Building Alone Won’t Solve the Housing Crisis

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

“We had the 1975 Islanders down 3-0 against the Penguins after three games …And every time a new game was played, they just magically whittled away until the lead was lost…It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove that? No.”

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

@mbta.com can you try to figure out a way to coordinate the 39 bus with Amtrak arrivals. It's 10.28 pm and an empty 39 drove off right after a train pulled in but before people could get on board. Seems like it would not be hard to wait a few minutes. Not like you otherwise stick to a schedule.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

An Armada? Are we sending galleons? How many doubloons will this cost the American taxpayer?

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I wish in a few years we can stop wasting breath on baseless claims of voter fraud. (Although I suppose I won't know if that was, in fact, automatically granted).

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Great news. And this is before even leaning how horrible the public transportation/parking situation is at Gillette.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Narrator: Bessent was protesting the removal of caviar from the menu at the Yale Club.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A simplistic take on a complex legal question. It depends. But it should be subject to exactions analysis. And it can be differentiated from setback requirements, which do not appropriate anything.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Embarrassing FIFA is a particularly remarkable accomplishment.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My opinion piece in @cwbeacon.bsky.social on Boston's broken land use system.

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Obviously all the people making money from AI will just freely redistribute it @pbump.com. I do hope this nonsense bubble bursts soon.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Five years ago.

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

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John Infranca @johninfranca.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

"The 5th Amendment's guarantee that private property shall not be taken for a public use without just compensation was designed to bar Government from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens which, in all fairness and justice, should be borne by the public as a whole."