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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 22h

Cruise line video was removed by YouTube over truly the dumbest copyright strike. Obviously fighting it, it’ll be back up in a few weeks like nothing happened. This is not an ad for Nebula, but it is still available on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/linds...

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Jose Andres is the absolute GOAT. turbolib who has brought meals to disaster zones after the Haiti earthquake & to war-stricken families in Ukraine and Gaza and now he’s YIMBYposting in the face of Spain’s severe housing shortage

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Incredible to see the "experts" on resolving the housing emergency that Spain is experiencing! On every television! @telediario_tve @ANoticias
@tele5_noticias @noticias_cuatro The reality is that we have politicians who try to create decrees and solutions when they lack the preparation or knowledge to devise a real solution to the problem we're facing.
Spain doesn't have a problem of a lack of decrees. It has a problem of a lack of housing.
And as long as the Government keeps confusing announcing measures with solving problems, we'll keep paying the consequences of its inaction.
Subsidizing demand without increasing supply pressures prices. Regulating a market more and more without building new housing doesn't eliminate scarcity: it manages it. Taxing a type of rental can change incentives, but it doesn't lay a single brick either.

Because housing doesn't get cheaper by distributing scarcity. It gets cheaper by ending it.
Spain needs to build. A lot.
More available land. Permits in months, not years. More density wherever possible. Legal certainty. Much more public housing and also private housing.
But the Government isn't doing what's necessary. It prefers to intervene on the few homes that exist rather than create the conditions for there to be many more. It prefers to present patches as solutions and load the cost of its failure onto owners, developers, and citizens.
The rest can serve to redistribute, protect certain groups, or change incentives. But let's not confuse that with solving the underlying problem.
You don't fix a lack of housing by better distributing the few homes that exist. You fix it by making many more exist.
Less propaganda. Less patches. Less obsession with intervening on the same apartment.
More supply. More construction. More homes.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@nerd4cities.bsky.social does amazing stuff and I love this episode’s highlighting of all the progress in the PNW as well as the call out early in episode that NONE OF IT IS AI. Increasingly uk unsubscribing and sharing less, or not at all, lazy content creators hastening our planet demise.

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Seattle's LINK: Almost Too Good to Be Real

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This one’s coming up in a couple days — still spots available (it’s a pretty big venue!), but not many. To this day I’ve made more content in Vegas than any other city, and I can’t wait to talk about all of it

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Puget Sound transit priorities: 1. U-pick blueberry farms 2. Car dealerships 3. Suburban tech campuses 4. Golf courses … 42. Ballard

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This event was too fun, let’s do it again soon Philly

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Paul Spencer @suchprotech.com · 29/09/2026

If you're an urbanist and you're not at the @5thsqadvocacy.org event with @nerd4cities.bsky.social @blvdsubway.bsky.social @mayorjoi.bsky.social and so many others you're missing out. Gives me hope that so many people are here

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

preach

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of my favorite YouTubers, @nerd4cities.bsky.social talks about SoundTransit's Link Light Rail youtu.be/q9EIMuz98bw?...

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Seattle's LINK: Almost Too Good to Be Real

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s not a “real working market” unless there are cars clogging the street. She knows this, she’s just an out of touch elitist

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

FYI I went ahead and swapped out the Nebula version as well, it was just too egregious a flub for me to live with

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I need some funicular oriented hiking trails

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oops did I flub this?? I can fix the YT version

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New for the Nebulized: it was fun doing a dry run of this one live in Seattle last week — probably helped me dial in the themes and the storyline a bit too. Also, stop telling me to go to the transit-oriented blueberry farm, it’s never happening nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

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CityNerd — Seattle’s LINK Is That Good (We Just Need More)

2026 has been a year of record-setting performances for Seattle's Link light rail, with new suburban connections and big network effects. But can Puget Sound keep the transit momentum going?

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ha, I’m still including the bit in the video coming Wednesday, it’s too funny

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I didn’t even include my hyperloop video in this (maybe I should’ve). Also, Adam Something’s videos on this topic are the gold standard

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dense housing is civilized, and therefore unamerican

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The U.S. isn’t like “civilization”

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“The US isn’t like other nations OR Canada” wut

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s literally always some “smart cities” dipshit with a nonsense job title

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I don’t know why that post attracted so many weirdos, but this reply was also Louvre of LinkedIn-worthy. I’d just submit that, if you’re putting the word “civilized” in scare quotes, it’s time to rethink your entire values system

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People like you too often make the mistake of assuming the US should emulate some other
"civilized" nation. The US is not like other nations, and it is not like Canada. The US needs its own solutions and it won't emulate those of the other
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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s all relative. When someone posted this screenshot from my Edmonton video on LinkedIn, the CEO of some parking lobbyist organization ‘splained to me that the reason Edmonton has *checks notes* like 40x the ridership of OKC is because Edmonton is actually a dense metropolis, you see

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Has NHL team
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This ignores the fact that OKC has a footprint almost twice the size of Edmonton and a population density almost 3 times smaller.
Transportation needs, limitations, and solutions nuanced and vary based on the location.
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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This really was a special evening, and Ryan really carried it. Seattle,I really hope you appreciate what you have

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is rude, but lock up next to a nicer bike with a worse lock

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve been slightly lucky. I once interrupted two people who were in the middle of trying to steal my bike but they were seriously incompetent. I also don’t generally ride bikes that appear worth stealing. U locks are good

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve owned a whole bunch of different bikes in my life, I ride every day to lots of different kinds of places, and haven’t had a bike stolen since I was 12. I’m not superstitious so this isn’t a jinx

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026

if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The virgin urbanist and the chad car dependency enjoyer

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NYC DOT unveils the final vision for transformation of the avenue (from E.46th to E.57th). “.. A reduction of two lanes of traffic, wider sidewalks, benches, space for cultural programming, a bike lane ..” (via Mark Levine)

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Such a good example of how people adapt to the road network they have. Lessons for the BQE

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Gonna be in Vegas the weekend of October 3? Come out to UNLV, I’ll be doing an event with very cool Clark County commission candidate Minja Yan. Minja is amazing, her transit and smart growth vision are such a breath of fresh air in Vegas. See you there! friends.voteminja.com/vegas-2046-a...

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The fact that republicans want to frame him as a D surrogate and Democrats don’t kind of says everything. Not really his fault (mostly)

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

hallucinated Vancouver BC from the prompt

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Also, as someone who uses “pound for pound” a lot myself, just…no

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When you accept that being an influencer is more about saying things that provoke engagement rather than things that are important and true, a lot of stuff starts to make more sense

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Honestly this is no worse than 80% of edutainment YouTube

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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I would’ve taken the bus home from Town Hall Seattle last night but it wasn’t coming for another 20 minutes… BUT I had a great walk home reflecting how we that can change that if we vote YES to approve the Seattle Transit Measure this November to boost bus service by 34% and expand night service.

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Hop On Board Seattle @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We loved the line at the @nerd4cities.bsky.social X @theurbanist.org event!

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Ryan 🦇 @pyry.lutefisk.online · 16/09/2026

meanwhile USDOT is trying to remove all references to alternatives to car ownership and defund programs that support it

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Haha in retrospect we should’ve had you on stage for that whole segment, would’ve been very entertaining

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