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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do I see a non-curled apostrophe? Yuck.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

But isn't the policy what matters?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That's the risk you run with your medium being murals on sides of buildings.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I like one of those things. Do you do directed donations?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I disagree heavily. The point of cities is aggregation economies. You can have such innovation and specialization in schools. It would be beautiful. Instead we centralize and standardize from on high, do it badly, and punish exit.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I mean, I saw through that pretty easily at the time as panic over the vacancy rate exceeding 5% so as to end rent stabilization by statute. The marginal effect of whatever they could accomplish would be useful to stave off that eventuality.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Progress came in the workplace and in society--not in the legislature.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You know what would help? Demand from data centers.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I do this with Reason while my 1.5 year old eats.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Agreed! Great work. And the advertisement placing was great for the (dark) comedic timing.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And our leftist opposition says nothing either! Nobody should allow one word of "sewer socialism" talk escape the mouth of a Philly Socialist if they can't condemn the Sheriff's Office and agree to its abolition.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She's either lying about everything or not managing anything. The fact that the Mayor and Council do nothing but promote her is a stain on us all. She is personally responsible for thousands of vacant properties bringing blight to our neighborhoods for no reason!

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

TLDR: Bilal has been denying there is a backlog in processing deeds and blamed property owners. And now after a court order she admits there is a backlog and blames her right-hand man for not telling her. Her office shoved thru 277 deeds but she just outsourced it. www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A friend of mine (former Philadelphia playwright) got a screenwriter gig for Star City (her first)

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

But there's a ton of good stuff on Apple TV. If you like Pluribus, I'd also suggest Silo. If you like hard sci-fi, also For All Mankind and the new spinoff Star City.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

You're only supporting the diagnosis that this is a moral panic. It's a low intensive use for the amount of productivity. There's going to be a lot more suffering when data centers aren't there to save us from a recession.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

You don't care about our wealth or jobs or private property. You have sided with the NIMBYs on a moral panic. Shame on you.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So as Secretary of Labor, were you just hoping no new industry would come about?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Local newspapers need to create a network of reciprocal access.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

@reason.com summarizes and hopefully popularizes the work of @stephenjacobsmith.com on elevators. They cost too much in the US and we are materially worse off as a result. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtN0...

youtube.com

America invented elevators. Now we suck at building them.

YouTube video by ReasonTV

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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 10/08/2026

Really excellent article by @ad-mastro.bsky.social on how Japan's tiny businesses are a product of the country's loose business regulations and zoning laws. I also want to add historical context to this: these types of businesses used to be the norm in America before zoning came along. 1/🧵

thefreemanmag.substack.com

Japan Is Not a Magical Wonderland

Americans Could Run and Enjoy Micro-Businesses, Too

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Everyone has it! For some, it's what the "elites" told them. For others, it's "capitalism."

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is worse than Cindy Bass certifying her own reelection as committee leader. Judicial nominations in blue cities are the worst.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It continues to be ridiculous that parents can legally have their lives ruined because of something so innocuous like loving their child and wanting to remember them without having to consider the ill intent of bad actors who will never conceivably see the pictures.

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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/08/2026

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

To your knowledge, has anyone written a libertarian take on how govts contributed to the monopolies and their failings? E.g., they wanted one company who could work with them and never raise fares?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Was there anyone objecting to the casual genocide involved with Greek colonization?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Idk, seems fine in common parlance. Is it wrong to say our money has dead presidents on it?

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Is that a sitting president? Obviously Taft attended a bunch as a justice.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Even Philly. DSA protests saying tax the billionaires. We deter businesses from coming here and the ultrarich prefer NYC or the suburbs. We have 1 billionaire. It's the CEO of Comcast. We can all look into his finances and evaluate how much Comcast contributes.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Repeal the BIRT! You can chant burn the BIRT around a bonfire!

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Rare for movies to merit the multiple-watch before recognition. Maybe comedies like Robin Hood: Men in Tights or Billy Madison.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Link to the decision: pacourts.us/assets/opini...

pacourts.us

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Are people aware that the Commonwealth Court just nuked City Council's relatively new practice of authorizing by resolution an individual councilmember to appeal land use decisions? Yup, it was Councilmember Young's fault. Now, they need a mayoral signature or there's no standing.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm perfectly happy allocating the harm of capitalism and communism with the same standard of abstraction and causation.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ironically the thing about Vance that would appeal to former leftists is his anticapitalism. It's all bad.

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I feel like there's a modern twist on this last line for those who try their hardest to resist economic truths because of their anti-capitalism. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his morality depends upon his not understanding it."

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This tale completely omits the fact that public restrooms were growing in popularity with innovations in paid toilets and these were stopped in their tracks by progressive groups who were uncomfortable with charging a nominal amount for access. See, e.g., en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committ...

en.wikipedia.org

Committee to End Pay Toilets in America - Wikipedia

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Philly Libertarian @philiberty.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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