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Tony Byrne

@tonybyrne.bsky.social
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Sewer socialist. Rooted cosmopolitan. Marketing Tech opinionator. Born at 322ppm. MKE -> YYZ -> DCA -> BWI - he/him

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Yogaservant @yogaservant.bsky.social · 6h
Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all my Canadian friends. You are so loved and I hope every day through Monday is extraordinary ♥️♥️♥️♥️
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Remarkable thread. The future is possible now.
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Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 08/10/2026
Zoning and permitting aren’t the only rules that shape housing costs. 🏗️ We're looking back at this research showing how building-code changes can raise construction costs and, in turn, the rents needed to make new homes pencil.
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Cracking the Code on High Rents - California YIMBY
While zoning and permitting delays get much of the blame for high housing costs, building codes are an oft-overlooked contributor. These codes set minimum construction standards, such as for…
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Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 06/10/2026
Kids do better when families have a stable place to call home. 📚 Our friends at @urbanphxproject.bsky.social show how one Arizona school district is connecting the dots between housing and student success.
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Housing Is an Education Issue: Why One Arizona School District Is Taking a Stand — Urban Phoenix Project
For decades, housing policy and education policy have largely operated in separate lanes. But for school districts serving communities facing a housing shortage, that separation is increasingly…
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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Altman (n): a portmanteau abbreviation of the phrase “(alt)ernative to a hu(man).”
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Hail Rosmer👣🚲🚍🚊 @hailrosmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*Michael Stipe voice* 🎶that's me on the sidewalk🎶 🎶that's me being a voter for a protected bike lane🎶
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
4 years ago, Trump Judge Kathryn Mizelle vacated Biden’s airplane mask mandate: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Now, Trump Judge Kathryn Mizelle says vacating rules is likely unconstitutional: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... I wonder what changed! Grab 1: Then Grab 2: Now
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Zoning World is a crazy place with warped rules and pricing, but it's the only housing mart in most metro areas... ggwash.org/view/104984/... via @westnorth.com in @ggwash.org
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A trip to Zoning World
Let’s take the family to Zoning World, the most tedious place on earth! If only we had a (missing) middle (housing) ground.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Irony alert: NYC Climate Week features a session about "Reducing Driving As Climate Action" that's sponsored by Waymo, a company poised to massively expand car use luma.com/parking-70cz...
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The way this guy just cuts through the murk and just get good things done…
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great data here.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After going to scads of public hearings for more housing and transit, I’ve noticed that we’ll-heeled neighborhoods will often couch their opposition in more arcane technical terms, often after hiring land-use consultants. Today’s case in point: the Village of Chevy Chase, MD. #YIMBY #MoCo 1/2
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wordle 1,910 2/6* 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Here’s a new one…
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
True for every single major US city, but how many mayors will say it, let alone do something about it.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My score on the WSJ quiz that’s making the rounds resembles most others here; evidence, if any were needed, that Bluesky is mostly a bunch of GenXers and Millennials trying to make the world a better place for Gen Zs and Alphas… 😅
My score putting me in 18-34 category.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Setting himself up for that sweet Fox commentator gig. Gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
The first-term senator, poised to be a possible swing vote, churns through staff as he alienates fellow Democrats and defends Israel.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The most readable summary I've seen of the link between denser land use and reduced emissions, with a special emphasis on the #DMV and nice example of #TakomaPark ggwash.org/view/104602/... - by the wise @paytonc.towns.gay.ap.brid.gy in @ggwash.org
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Infill housing delayed is climate action denied
Urbanites have smaller carbon footprints than our suburban neighbors. That isn’t just something to feel smug about – it’s a call to action to embrace more infill housing in cities.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“The Tsar has a great heart if only those perfidious boyars would stop transgressing in his name…”
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 02/09/2026
Remember this going into the midterms.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
He gets stuff done. Can you imagine this in the #DMV?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A Trump cabinet official insisted today that Canada didn't have a military. Tell this to the Germans on Juno Beach on D-Day. America is a bully nation, and a stupid one at that www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/econo...
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Canada 'doesn't have a military,' Duffy says as cross-border trade war ignites
A trade war between the United States and Canada broke out after negotiations to avert the president's 50% tariffs collapsed.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In addition, most leaders of most countries since the invention of national borders would fall to their knees in gratitude if they had the kind of relationship with a neighbor that we had with Canada. They would be singing glad hosannas and slaughtering fatted calves in thanks.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Late at night, an old man with a clicker, desperately trying to change the channel from shows that keep showing Iran, dreaming against all hope of someday clutching a Nobel Prize… www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
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Exclusive | Trump Pushes for Kim Jong Un Meeting This Year
The president attempted nuclear diplomacy with the autocrat during his first term. North Korea’s program has only grown stronger since then.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/08/2026
14 million souls ended in a single year by Elon Musk's cruelty and stupidity Here are some of the comparisons: Rwandan genocide: 800k dead Cambodian genocide: 3 million dead The Holocaust: 7 million dead
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Interesting story about the power of building code reform: birth of a new Chicago housing typology — Five-story infill daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/the-birth-of... via @danielkayhertz.bsky.social FYI @welcomingneighbors.us
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The birth of a new Chicago housing typology: Five-story infill (or the III-5)
Last fall, I wrote a piece I had been rolling around in my head for quite some time, about the rise and fall and rise of moderate-density apartment buildings in Chicago. It essentially made the case t...
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Interesting contrast in approaches to density: Why doesn’t Crystal City look like Ballston?: ggwash.org/view/104237/... #NoVa #YIMBY #DMV via the essential @ggwash.org
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Why doesn’t Crystal City look like Ballston?
Crystal City has moved away from superblocks and stroads in response to evolving economic circumstances, namely the loss of office tenants over the last 20 or so years.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In America, they love affordable housing. Yet they don't fund very much. This is OK, though, because it's a very aspirational society.
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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I thought woke 1 was reconstruction
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
remarkable that the United States has made it official policy to only accept white refugees and people still think it's up for debate whether or not they're white nationalists
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A significant part of the national press simply cannot face the reality of an unchecked Administration comprised of mostly psychopaths with Fascist instincts, and so they manufacture conflict elsewhere.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Depressing to see populist-style revolts against things like bike lanes and free parking. Car owners: “We’re under attack and need to rebel against The Man.” @thewaroncars.bsky.social Gift link: www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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A Mystery Avenger Escalates a War Against Scotland’s Parking Police
Officials are hunting a vandal defacing meters with super glue and foam, but nobody’s talking in a town that’s fed up with parking enforcers.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Great organization @betterdcregion.bsky.social is looking for a p/t communications intern (ideal for college student). #DC #DCjobs #socialmedia www.smartergrowth.net/jobs/hiring-...
smartergrowth.net
Hiring: Communications Intern - Coalition For Smarter Growth
We are hiring a communications intern to support external communications with a focus on social media, visuals, media-list building, and event publicity.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Good piece on Safeway fight highlights generational angle. #YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social Gift link: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
wsj.com
A San Francisco Apartment Tower Ignites a Generational Fight Over Housing
A plan to build 800 apartments in an upscale district turns into a debate over whether longtime residents will make room for young newcomers.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
That special joy when the book you've been laboring over arrives to your kitchen table....☺️ #MarTech
Cover of new book titled "MarTech 2030: A North Star for Success in the Digital Era" by Tony Byrne, with a forward by Scott Brinker.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Being mortal creatures with limited time and energy, it is totally natural that human outrage is selective. If you tried to do work on every injustice and horror on this earth, you would collapse into an exhausted ball of trauma it is absolutely fine for you to select a cause that is yours
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Missing Middle" housing is desperately needed everywhere but also frequently a tough political sell. We need to work for the long haul here. With that in mind, check out the first episode in an explainer series on IG from @betterdcregion.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DbTXKKB...
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is hilarious and very true. One small nit: most designers wisely avoided frontpage.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So, deterrence works. Just not the way he expected…
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I'm attending Burhan for State Senate's event, “More Housing is Possible: a National Town Hall” -> Aug 3rd. Looks nutritious! www.mobilize.us/burhanforsta...
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More Housing is Possible: a National Town Hall · Burhan for State Senate
Join Vice Mayor Burhan Azeem and the people behind the Montana Miracle, California’s SB79, and the ROAD to Housing Act to discuss recent wins and what comes next for the housing movement. Speakers wi...
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When a thoroughfare transitions from highway to road to street, but the civic design doesn’t… #MoCo #HoCo via @ggwash.org
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Just canceled my DashPass and sent this email to DoorDash. I encourage you to do the same if you support D.C. home rule. press@doordash.com and ir@doordash.com
Hello,

I’m writing to let you know that I just canceled my DashPass because of DoorDash’s disgraceful campaign against D.C. home rule.

DoorDash is urging Congress to nullify a new D.C. law imposing a 20 percent tax on food-delivery services—not merely by overturning that law, but by prohibiting the District from enacting any new tax without prior congressional approval. That is an extraordinarily sweeping assault on D.C.’s right to govern itself and an odious insult to the District’s residents.

I am especially disgusted by DoorDash’s public claim that it is somehow defending D.C. residents while actively seeking to strip us of our right to govern ourselves through our own democratically elected lawmakers. Please do not pretend that disenfranchising District residents is an act undertaken on our behalf.

I intend to publicize DoorDash’s attack on home rule as widely as possible and urge everyone I know to boycott the company.

Shame on you.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Always our responsibility not to get hit by speeding tanks.
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yikes, I knew it was bad, but...
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a small sign can – and can’t – tell us about big developments: ggwash.org/view/104145/... > Excellent review of ugly zoning legacy via @ggwash.org. Missing from the piece: previous community opposition to pedestrian bridge that would have more safely connected a "less desirable" neighborhood...
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What a small sign can – and can’t – tell us about big developments
A yard sign’s anti-housing message echoes Silver Spring’s painful history. Montgomery County’s next executive and county council should be prepared to get the conversation on track amid planned transi...
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Municipal leadership over day to day governance has been so underrated…. (Part of the key to Mamdani’s success)
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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development pedestrianobservations.com/2026/07/14/c... > really good distinction and apt for #DMV and #moco
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Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development
Corridor zoning is a style of development, in which major arterial streets are zoned for high residential and commercial density, while side streets remain zoned for low density, sometimes even for…
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