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Now I'm wondering if it's to help Bass' reelection campaign

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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 17h

I'm holding a Meet and Greet and Canvass for Assembly District 66 YIMBY candidate Sara Deen. She's also a champion for single payer healthcare, more education funding, and transit. North Redondo Beach. This Saturday Oct 10 at 10 am. DM me for exact location

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 15h

it’s worth noting that Zohran has made major policy reforms to legalize development of more market rate housing. On the other hand, New York republicans are super NIMBY and want the government to regulate new housing out of existence with excessive red tape

What's one issue in politics that you've changed your mind about?
The role of the private market in housing construction.
How so?
I clearly recognize now that there is a very important role to be played, and one that city government must facilitate through the increasing of density around mass transit hubs, the ending of the requirement to build parking lots, as well as the need to up-zone neighborhoods that have historically not contributed to affordable housing production - namely, wealthier neighborhoods.
I think all these things, in tandem with a muscular role for the public sector. But that is a changing opinion over time that I've been in office.

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Handy Devine 🇵🇸🏴 @almightybob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hemingway eat your heart out

r/legaladvice 1d ago u/Mooselet211
Toilet exploded

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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 19h

"Commute times dropped by as much as 23 percent because [catenary] electric trains accelerate so much faster" Performance gains from electrifying trains too often get second billing. We should ensure that battery trains can reliably deliver similar improvements to catenary.

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If I'm reading this right, Northern California will have ~165% of normal rain; Central California will have ~194%; and Southern California will have ~226%. Maybe it's time to buy a canoe or life jackets

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am trying to follow the AI math updates but it takes too many neurons for me to do, sorry. it's like a highbrow version of that "curtains for zoosha?" tweet to me: 'Strong Gorkely Paradox shown to be solved in weak fashion (long style)'

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks to Russ Vought for exposing this woke research

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/10/2026

A 1951 painting by the Surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie was purchased by a collector for $30 at an estate sale this summer. It just sold at auction for $1.35 million. nyti.ms/4y4KMg4

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 07/10/2026

Both the Hochul and Mamdani administrations are taking a very serious look at Scaffold Law reform. (The Scaffold Law is about construction liability, and is a huge driver of NYC's high costs. It's not about scaffolding or sidewalk sheds.) www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...

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ACCR @accr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New modelling suggests the surge in oil prices due to the war in Iran has, for the first time, made electric vehicles cheaper to run than heavy diesel trucks on mine sites www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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War has changed the economics of EV trucks in the Pilbara

New modelling suggests the surge in diesel prices stemming from war in Iran has overhauled the economics underpinning decarbonisation in the Pilbara.

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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mr ken paxton why did you take down the missing posters for my pet dog

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

People won't voluntarily give up their Kid-Crusher 5000s unless we make driving them considerably more costly and inconvenient, which is precisely what we should do.

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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My LA brain cannot comprehend how this timeline for nearly 6 miles of bus lanes + protected bike lanes is even physically possible. In LA, this project wouldn't get completed within a single mayoral term, let alone a single *season.*

A timeline for a project to install bus lanes and protected bike lanes on Lafayette Ave and Dekalb in Brooklyn, NY. The timeline notes that construction will be started and completed within Fall 2026.

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Michele Reeves @rethinkplaces.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Indoor air quality is the clean water issue of our era.

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Sqncs🔰 @sqncs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As an Angeleno I really don't care if Trump says Iran can destroy LA. Fun fact, LA has the largest Iranian diaspora in the US and a non trivial number of them are die hard MAGA

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Sqncs🔰 @sqncs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

LinkedIn isn't a very fun place to spend an extended period of time but I do often find a small bit of amusement when I see an account with a young looking avatar and some high level title. I'll wonder how this young person advanced their career so quickly then click through and see 30 yo exp 🤭

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 05/10/2026

Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner @deisseroth.bsky.social! Follow along with the prize announcements all week via @nobelprize.org

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/10/2026

What’s the evidence on rent control? I charted the findings from 112 studies: Great for rent-controlled tenants ✅ But: Pushes up rents for other people ❌ Pushes down new housing construction ❌ Pushes down building quality ❌

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

After 8pm in October don’t shop at Erewhon. If you’re below the 75th percentile in income or not at least an LA 6, they take you to the back and harvest you.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I fully believe that this is Wayne's culture, because it's recognizably lower class white culture of the kind that JD Vance correctly excoriated in Hillbilly Elegy. However, it's not American culture or even PMC white culture. It's just hick culture.

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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Low bar but this is the most profound point ever made on Bill Maher’s show.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’ve spent 15 years arguing that more home building means landlords actually have to compete for tenants and they just… mailed it out. www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah. Also... We can't know. But if another 2.3M Dems in CA, NY, IL, etc. had voted for Harris? No change in the EC but there's a decent chance that a lot of the compliant behavior from the media, universities, law firms, etc. doesn't happen...and *maybe* Hegseth et al. don't get confirmed.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 05/10/2026

A minute spent helping out with Yes on RTM will save you hours of transit or traffic delays!

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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 05/10/2026

This is not the way.

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another entry for the "impact fee nexus studies are bullshit" file! Student enrollment at LA Unified has fallen for 24 years straight, ~48%. And yet! We have an impact fee because: "As new development occurs, additional school facilities will be needed to house the growth in the student population."

A screenshot from the Los Angeles Unified School District 2026 School Impact Fee Justification Study. The text reads: "Education Code Section 17620 allows school districts to assess fees on new residential and
commercial construction within their respective boundaries. These fees can be collected without
special city or county approval, to fund the construction of school facilities necessitated by the
impact of residential and commercial development activity. In addition, these fees can also be used
to fund the reconstruction of school facilities to accommodate students generated from new
development projects. Fees are collected immediately prior to the time of the issuance of a building
permit by the City or the County.
As new development occurs, additional school facilities will be needed to house the growth in the
student population. Because of the high cost associated with constructing school facilities and the
District’s limited budget, outside funding sources are required for future school construction. State
and local funding sources for the construction and/or reconstruction of school facilities are limited."

Source: https://4.files.edl.io/0bc1/05/22/26/161250-26fd9501-6360-44fb-a158-3bb37a543fd9.pdf

A chart showing TK-12 enrollment in LAUSD declining in every year since 2002-03, from 724,000 in that year to 408,000 in 24-25, and a projected 376,000 in 27-28.
Source: https://gpsnla.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Facing-the-Decline-Building-A-Resilient-LAUSD_FINAL.pdf

Current school impact fee rates effective August 11, 2026, per square foot by construction type:
Residential: $5.38
Commercial/industrial: $0.87
Rental Self Storage: $0.32
Parking Structure: $0.44

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Ben Christopher @frombenc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Phenomenal reporting here. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Text from the article: "These agencies, the California Statewide Communities Development Authority and the California Municipal Finance Authority, aren’t required to regularly publish data about the projects that they’ve helped qualify for the exemption. So the Chronicle conducted its own analysis of public meeting agendas and property tax data.

The analysis found that CSCDA and CMFA have enabled 195 property owners across the state to apply for the exemption since 2023, and could strip nearly $4 billion in value from California’s tax rolls — or around $40 million in revenue to local schools, transit authorities and police departments each year. The potential loss comes as many cities and school districts already face gaping budget shortfalls, with some asking voters to raise their own taxes to fill the gap."

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Sqncs🔰 @sqncs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wonder how many people in the 87 percent think they themselves are easy to manipulate and would consider doing the work to make themselves less of a mark instead of thinking this is primarily a technology issue

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lotta smart people have thought about how to decarbonize the US economy: we're gonna need to build A LOT of transmission. @eprinews.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com @energyinnovation.org

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 05/10/2026

Today is World Teachers' Day.

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tom Moore @papermissiles.bsky.social put it best (IMHO) about Russia's reactions to the plague scare.

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StreetsPAC @streetspac.org · 05/10/2026

👻 🎃 🧙‍♀️ 🕷️ 🚫 🚘

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The ɅɅeech @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online · 05/10/2026

miraculously hit pause right on claudia's 4 fingered hand

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is an attempt to forestall possible court expansion.

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Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If Bolsonaro Jr. is elected, it will affect the Essequibo dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. Venezuela recently reiterated its claims. Bolsonaro is pro-Guyana; Lula didn’t want to depose Maduro, but deployed forces at their shared border to deter Venezuela. orinocotribune.com/venezuela-re...

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Venezuela Reaffirms Sovereign Rights Over Essequibo, Makes Calls to Guyana for Direct Dialogue

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms before the international community its historic, firm, and irrevocable rejection of the null and void, fraudulent Paris Arbitration Award of 1899.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Huh? www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...

Artificial intelligence is where most everyone here draws the line. Of course, AI was inevitable: Pluto is in Aquarius and Uranus is in Gemini – yikes – but the contemporary astrologer, at least according to one seminar, must safeguard the personal and spiritual component of the work. “Embracing Uranus,” it advised, referring to the dark trickster of the cosmos, “without losing your soul.”

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kaz @karenkaz.com · 05/10/2026

GOD BLASSED THE AMERICAN CONTINENT

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 02/10/2026

> an increase in thin papers of narrow scope, as well as ‘salami’ papers, where a single work is broken up and submitted as a set of smaller papers. There is also a marked increase in dense, AI-written papers. AI tools are making it easy for authors to flood arXiv [and others with] low-value papers.

A histogram showing the incredible increase in submissions.

> In September of 2016, arXiv received 9,869 submissions. In September of 2024, arXiv received 20,569 submissions. This September, arXiv received 40,363 submissions, which in turn generated almost 9,000 support tickets for arXiv staff and moderators. In only the past two years, submissions have doubled.

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Rent Board Commissioner Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.net · 04/10/2026

Wildfire season is coming up, be prepared! The city of Berkeley has a free chipper service that you can use to help remove excess vegetation.

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