Felicity M. Maxwell

Was just thinking that I sincerely don’t believe this sort of behavior is common in Austin, home of Whole Foods, and maybe that’s more because we have normal(ish) housing prices & less because of some sort of nostalgic pride?

Yep- really felt like they leaned on the consultants to produce a report that escalated the costs & complicated the implementation. I mean if a city owned utility can’t figure out to bury power lines after a horrific winter storm w/ a blank check from council, what are we even doing?

Burying Austin's power lines would cost $50 billion (and is pretty much impossible) A new report finds burying lines would be expensive and infeasible given Austin's rocky topsoil. The city commissioned the study after frozen tree limbs on power lines caused blackouts in 2023.

Sadly, Austin’s city owned utility estimated $50B cost to bury power lines & claimed there was no actual way to get it done: www.kut.org/energy-envir...

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Housing Advocates when politicians start talking about “corporations buying up single family homes” ⬇️⬇️

I was just glad they included the details from the Pew Report and Alex‘s quote- the amount of misrepresentation on these studies is maddening!

Fire safety debate grows as more states allow single staircases Several US states have changed building codes to allow some apartment buildings taller than three storeys to be built with a single staircase, replacing

From a write up of the MN study: internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/fire-safety-...

Real headline: Fire data shows the opposite- some officials simply refuse to listen:

Sun never sets on the British Empire, sir.

Glad @freddieoconnell.bsky.social & Council started this effort! Zoning is a huge hidden barrier to adult & childcare provision, creating unnecessary limitations on new locations & steep costs for smaller owner operators. @vanessaforatx.bsky.social lead on this in Austin- great Nashville is next!

Just got word that the Tacoma planning commission advanced a motion to fully eliminate parking mandates citywide at their meeting tonight, by a 8-0 vote with one abstention.

If implemented, Washington's second and third largest cities would have both beat Seattle to eliminating parking mandates.

Thrilled to be included on this list, among so many other exceptional women, including @ebwhamilton.bsky.social!
Special thanks to @aura-atx.org @yimby.town @texansforhousing.bsky.social @welcomingneighbors.us and many others for the all support & encouragement.
Housing advocates are the best 🎉

Thanks for being an election worker today! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

That was a great day #txlege

Not like we have TWO competitive #txlege house races either 🙄

Its an ELECTION DAY MIRACLE! 🗳️🇺🇸🏆

I think that Jamelle Bouie is a good person

Developer closes on massive property approved for 13,270 homes in Waxahachie

On the other hand, plans are moving forward for 13K new homes in Waxahachie (!!) which is quite a bet if you know anything about Waxahachie, TX dallas.urbanize.city/post/develop...

Census data: Texas continues to grow, but people are moving here at a slower rate The Lone Star State's overall population growth slowed significantly in 2025, amid a nationwide reduction in immigration from other countries.

Based on data from the State demographer, TX is going to continue to grow, but more slowly than expected. So yes, some bubble effect that may hit N.TX harder because they have also seen the biggest pop. increases over the last few years: communityimpact.com/austin/south...

It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.

A reminder that Girl Scouting of America has welcomed trans and nonbinary girls from the first one that asked, has always had lesbian and bi members and adults, never declared bankruptcy to avoid paying for sexual assaults, and never poached the other side to recover from said bankruptcy.

Brexit.

WA's scissor stair bill just passed senate. now on to ferguson's desk

congrats @davina425.bsky.social @sightline.org

A lot of problems in this country could be solved simply by enforcing anti-monopoly laws

Its been a long time coming! This was from the trials in 2019: www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

Week 7: So Many Bills, YIGBY Might Be Mandatory, and ADUs Back from the Dead?!? Plus, a shoutout to the Legislature for fully funding SHIP and SAIL for the sixth consecutive year!

Great update from @glazerbeam.bsky.social on the current status of ADUs in FL, which was dead might now be back?? flhousingactionlab.substack.com/p/week-7-so-...

Fun fact, US passports did not have a gender marker until 1977, when a rising trend in unisex fashion started freaking the government out.

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved

Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

For the first time ever, Team USA finished a solo 2nd place in both gold medals and total medals at the Winter Olympics. It's the best we've ever done.

And U.S. women carried Team USA on their backs:

67% of gold medals, 61% of total medals.

Thanks, Title IX!

It’s the first time the US men’s and women’s hockey teams have won gold in the same Olympics 🥇🥇