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07.12.2025 19:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@armanddomalewski.bsky.social
Cohost of @everybodygetspie, a podcast from the team that brought you YIMBYs for Harris
@stephenjacobsmith.com
07.12.2025 19:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"We're gonna sell basically a future stake in the upcoming tax haul to fund the transit that makes that land valuable, bootstrapping the infrastructure"
On Ep. 7, @repauchincloss.bsky.social on how do you finance a new city? Where do you build it? Can America even do this?
youtu.be/D9h98CrKrCM
Thoughts? Do you buy this framing?
Full video out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9h9...
Spicy take from @repauchincloss.bsky.social: "I don't use the term abundance"
His argument: "Walk into Costcoβtons of stuff. The problem is housing, healthcare, and utilities have cost disease and are suffocating the middle class. More isn't the answer. Curing the Baumol effect is."
When a Congressman drops his reading list, you know it's gonna be good π
@repauchincloss.bsky.social recommends:
β’ "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett (1st cognitive leap was dopamine for steering)
β’ "The Origin of Efficiency" by Brian Potter (about lightbulb manufacturing)
Another theme that stuck with me is how much hope people have lost about life getting better. If we cannot build homes or affordable energy, optimism collapses.
Rep. Harder had a lot to say about that
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One thing that surprised me in this conversation is how much of the momentum comes from states that never had housing pressure before. When every state faces an affordability crunch, Congress starts to care.
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The quietest housing bill in Congress might actually create more than a million new homes. It has bipartisan support. It passed the Senate unanimously. Almost no one is talking about it.
We sat down with Rep. Josh Harder to unpack what is happening and why it matters.
youtu.be/KNggit1kon0
Aside from single-stair, what other changes to the CA building code would you make to reduce costs of housing construction?
07.12.2025 19:20 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 5 π 2And by his heart I mean his dick
16.11.2025 16:33 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0what if Putin has pictures of Trump blowing Bill Clinton but never released them because theyβre actually very touching and tender and his heart felt moved by it
16.11.2025 16:32 β π 39 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0omg the balenciaga NIMBY is back to oppose ballot measures that would streamline affordable housingβ¦ and this time he has upgraded his balenciaga hat to a new balenciaga jacket
(donβt listen to balenciaga NIMBY. vote YES on ballot measures 2-4)
California should pass a law to clean up #AB2097, which removed most minimum parking mandates near transit. UCLA's Amy Lee, A. Millard-Ball and M. Manville have given us a road map for how to do that. Basically, put the "expansive interpretations" in this table into law.
23.10.2025 20:31 β π 23 π 9 π¬ 1 π 2Wait she is???
22.10.2025 22:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm running for Congress to defend San Francisco, our people, our values, and our Constitution. πͺ
Letβs build the future our city and country deserve. Join me at the link in bio!
Platner got a bunch of big labor politics people behind him and got really big media coverage. I donβt exactly know how this happens but somehow he became the national prog candidate in that race
22.10.2025 22:17 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Really enjoyed talking to Congresswoman Friedman about her exciting new housing bill!
21.10.2025 17:34 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Can the federal government actually help fix housing?
Rep. Laura Friedman thinks so and sheβs got a plan to cut red tape and build more homes.
New Everybody Gets Pie: βFrom Hollywood to Housing.β
youtu.be/0D4J6J7q0XQ
Comment 125: @armanddomalewski.bsky.social talks about how he has been coming to meetings for 10 years and how tired he is of begging to be able to afford to live in this city, of how we prioritize neighborhood character over places for people to live
21.10.2025 02:37 β π 20 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0the single biggest challenge facing California is housing and @bettyyeeforca.bsky.social is caving to NIMBYs. Utterly disqualifying
20.10.2025 22:13 β π 26 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Per @armanddomalewski.bsky.social [X]: The total USAID budget was $35 billion by the way
16.10.2025 18:21 β π 21 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0fuck off
20.10.2025 22:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It does not read as a joke and I said nothing about your βauthorityβ, whatever the hell thatβs supposed to mean
15.10.2025 13:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0adventure time
14.10.2025 22:40 β π 24 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The way our laws are structured, the executive branch has enormous discretion to block most energy projects, but it cannot just jam through a permit for any project without getting buried in litigation. It is distressing that a major voice in climate doesnβt know something so basic
14.10.2025 22:39 β π 27 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0I really enjoyed talking to Tom Steyer abut the climate movement and abundance!
09.10.2025 05:05 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0lol yes I am not wealthy by any means
13.10.2025 13:31 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I really enjoyed talking to Tom Steyer abut the climate movement and abundance!
09.10.2025 05:05 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I called the governor to ask him to sign SB 79. It was easy and it only took a few minutes.
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