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@andyaholt.bsky.social

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Housing New York: Insights and discussions on NYC Housing Policy with Kenny Burgos โ€” New York Apartment Association Housing New York with Kenny Burgos explores the politics and public policy shaping NYC housing. As CEO of the New York Apartment Association (NYAA), Kenny provides expert analysis on critical issues a...

Last year we launched a new podcast called Housing New York with Kenny Burgos. Each week we take a look at the biggest housing news and explain why it matters. Listen at housingny.org/housingnypod...!

Here is a look back at our recent episodes (๐Ÿงต):

07.01.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Saturday haul at McNally Jackson:

15.07.2023 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New kits are ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿคค๐Ÿคค

07.07.2023 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The invite system creates an interesting power dynamic now. Like, I am considering changing it. I am beholden!

28.06.2023 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery Reuters explores what the U.S. elite's ancestral connections to slavery mean to presidents, governors, lawmakers and Supreme Court justices โ€“ and to America itself.

https://t.co/j2H17vfESa

27.06.2023 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hahahahahahahaโ€ฆ.I was making an โ€œalternativeโ€ joke โ€ฆ but I will do chocolate bagel run. Letโ€™s pick July day!

27.06.2023 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isnโ€™t it the other way around?

26.06.2023 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Social media has a reputation for being emotionally chaotic.

If weโ€™re going to succeed in creating social media as a sustainable public commons, then our moderation and safety tools need to not just be good in theory, but actually help create a better social space than what has come before.

23.06.2023 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Good morning to everyone except the cloaked priest who's chasing me through the catacombs

23.06.2023 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 154    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Other Republicans announcing their presidential campaigns today via @cushbomb.bsky.social:

23.06.2023 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is Mochi

23.06.2023 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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iMessage did a cute thing with their reply/thread graphic:

23.06.2023 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ŽCitations Needed: News Brief: 2000s Zombie Neoliberalism Lives On in Obama's New Netflix Doc on A... โ€ŽShow Citations Needed, Ep News Brief: 2000s Zombie Neoliberalism Lives On in Obama's New Netflix Doc - Jun 21, 2023

Good review of Obamaโ€™s new Netflix series on Citations Needed podcast w/ @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social.

Presents Obama as having โ€œa worldview with victims, but no victimizersโ€ฆโ€ a la Norman Solomon.

Good listen:

21.06.2023 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

date: I like to tell dad jokes

me: does he laugh

date: what

20.06.2023 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Opinion | How โ€˜Ted Lassoโ€™ Explains America Times columnists chose the TV shows, movies, books and songs that capture the country as they see it.

Great @tressiemcphd.bsky.social for NYT Opinion:

โ€œTed Lasso emerged as a pop culture Ronald Reagan. Our politics may be beyond repair, but our entertainment could offer a new dawn in America, even if we had to move to Britain to get it.โ€

20.06.2023 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Oof. The @pitchfork review generator gave my album a 1.9, calling it โ€œeye-rollingly trite.โ€

pitchforkgenerator.com

20.06.2023 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s a rough estimate of how many people recent SCOTUS rulings might kill In addition to deaths, the decisions will lead to significant morbidity.

More pieces like this relating to municipal, through state, and up to federal policies would go a long way.

20.06.2023 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What You Donโ€™t Understand About E-Bikes Until You Ride One Mine changed my life. One could change yours, too.

a wonderful piece from my old colleague dan kois on the joys of ebikes https://slate.com/business/2023/06/e-bike-buying-changed-my-life.html

20.06.2023 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Opinion | Your Most Ambivalent Relationships Are the Most Toxic Science shows that seesaw relationships can be more damaging than those that are purely negative.

This is such a good / interesting read:

โ€œWe agonize about ambiguous comments, unsure what to make of them and whether to trust the people who make them. We dwell on our mixed feelings, torn between avoiding our frenemies and holding out hope that theyโ€™ll change.โ€ (via @nytimes.com)

20.06.2023 03:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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