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A while back, I was talking with a friend who'd moved to the US a few years prior At some point, I said something like "we Americans..." and he froze with shock. He asked, "Wait, do you think of me as American?" Without much thought, I said "Of course!" He paused for a while

Brian Crawford Emily Hamilton In no particular order: 1. Legalize ADUs (correctly) citywide 2. Legalize multifamily in commercial areas 3. Ministerial approval (+ shot clocks, process protections) 4. Legalize small lot + townhouses citywide 5. Eliminate parking requirements

Burlington’s new Zoning is mostly unprecedented in New England. Really only comparable to ambitious reforms like Minneapolis and Sacramento. Two buildings now allowed on every parcel, multifamily along major bus routes, 4-plexes allowed everywhere.

Please called Brad Little's office and ask him to veto House Bill 545.

@inferencelab Our World in Data - desalination - dense farming (+ rewilding habitats) - air and water sanitation - pollution removal (anthropogenic and geogenic) - metal oxide reduction - shelter - transportation - silicon production - computation - terraforming - colonizing other worlds - heat management of

"momentary lapse of attention" Here's the driver's history of "momentary" lapses

Hard to explain to other Californians how culturally YIMBY Sacramento is. Market rate mixed use 5 story project going up on a culturally significant site (o.g. Tower Records) literally next door to single-family homes in Land Park and this is what guy-walking-his-dog thinks.

The thing you learn when you dive into most policy areas (for me zoning) is that institutions are in a deep state of decay, "experts" in most established spaces are lazy and self-serving, nobody cares if things work, and a motivated outsider can totally upturn the apple cart.

LETS GOO!!! 🚨🚨🚨 BLM adopts categorical exclusion for geothermal exploration drilling!!! This will let geothermal companies avoid multiple NEPA reviews. Some quick first reactions: 🧵

Huge permitting reform news: The Bureau of Land Management is giving geothermal energy exploration a categorical exclusion from environmental review under NEPA. If you care about clean energy abundance, this is a massive win.

“Senator Todd Young...who lost a friend waiting for a heart, has done a lot of oversight into OPOs.. And in one year of that oversight... organ donation in the state of Indiana went up by 44 percent.” This highlights why vigorous oversight is critical. statecraft.pub/p/how-to-stop-…

The single biggest thing we can do to restore the biosphere is embrace modern agricultural science. Almost all of our land use is for farming. All cities, mines, industry, etc. are a rounding error. Better plant genetics, irrigation, fertilizer application, nutrient recycling,

Wish I could be in town to testify in support of this project. I hope it gets built! Any land that is available for farming (getting energy from the sun) should be available for solar (also getting energy from the sun)

Japan has a national zoning code and it's spectacular.

economist: this INFLATION ADJUSTED chart of REAL spending on restaurants, which is ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, shows people are spending more money (ADJUSTING FOR HIGHER PRICES) than before 10,000 people on the replies: we're only spending more because of inflation

Researchers fed mice 5 different artificial sweeteners for 20 weeks. You know what happened to them (the mice, not the researchers)? Nothing. Diet soda is totally fine you guys. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨 If a major package of zoning reforms passes Spokane City Council in the next few weeks, Spokane will become the first major city in Washington to make parking 100% optional for all uses, citywide. 🚨 Check the strikethroughs here:

Have you seen Matthew? He is 5-years-old and wearing gray Batman pajamas. Matthew is non verbal. He walked away from home near State St. and Alamosa around 5:45 pm today. Anyone with information is asked to call Ada County Dispatch at 208-377-6790.

Hey City of Boise, Guess what Spokane just did? x.com/spokanerising/…

H.R. 9275, End Kidney Deaths Act, will provide a $50,000 refundable tax credit to living kidney donors who donate kidneys to strangers, significantly increasing the supply of living kidney transplants. This legislation will be the first step in saving American lives, money for