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David J. Faber (🧦)

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3 years

@Swagkage No it's actually like

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@swolecialism So you're saying Bluesky is clearly the superior option

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2 years

How is it moral or equitable to say that it's okay to build one 3,600 square foot mansion on a lot, but it's not okay to build three 1,200 square foot homes on the same lot?

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2 years

It's actually shameful that the US still produces a $.01 coin

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2 years

What an incredible night. The Port Townsend community showed up in huge and beautiful fashion to say that hate has no place here. Trans and cis-allies alike spoke love & support, and the only TERF speaker was from out of town. Tonight reminded me why Port Townsend is home. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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2 years

$200k/year isn't "middle class" and anyone who thinks otherwise is grossly out of touch with the life experiences of the average American (or, for that matter, the average Californian ($78,672 median household income) or Washingtonian ($77,006 median household income)).

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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@constans My buddy started a bar that specialized in low-cost drinks, and he set the tipping at something like 50%, 100%, 250%, which, when dealing with drunk asses buying $2 beers, makes a lot of sense (he also thought it was funny, which it was).

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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2 years

Gentrification seems to be caused by insufficient supply to meet demand at all levels, resulting in the wealthier capturing most/all supply. I know this is probably understood by many, but I'm amazed at how many people don't understand. The solution is making enough supply.

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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7 months

@WildJuanGr81 @ParmaJawn2 @SteelersRuinMe So the answer is "no"?

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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1 year

It's because "I'm fiscally conservative but socially liberal" became a social meme some years back among people who don't actually pay attention and don't know their own politics, but it's a thing but almost nobody actually is.

Matthew Kobach

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1 year

This chart blows my mind. I would have expected the bottom right quadrant to be the most populated, not the least.

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2 years

What the absolute fuck?

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2 years

@JoePostingg My theory is that extractive industry doesn't lead to the emergence of an educated middle class

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1 year

I'm constantly and profoundly disappointed at the apparent tendency of environmental orgs who fail to see the forest for the trees. Density and urbanization is habitat preserving, GHG reducing, environmental stewardship.

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@jessdbateman

1 year

We are past denying the simple truth that housing policy is climate policy. Environmental orgs need leadership that embrace this reality & fight for housing & climate justice.

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2 years

@KareemRifai ☭ is cringe

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2 years

@JosephPolitano @WillManidis physically?!?!?!

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2 years

@sweatystartup @seandsweeney Then let the free market work and let people build more housing

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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1 year

If I'm so "controversial" why didn't any MAGA chuds file to run against me? And no, I did not cheer on anyone assaulting anyone. I cheered trans people coming to city council to speak of their lived experience, & that our community will never turn our back on them. ❤️

Katie Daviscourt 📸

@KatieDaviscourt

1 year

The controversial Mayor of Port Townsend is running unopposed. Mayor Faber cheered on Antifa when they assaulted an 80-yr-old woman who was kicked out of the YMCA after she reportedly witnessed a trans-identified staff member watch little girls undress.

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3 years

@TheDrowse @_sn_n Entirely and 100% ridiculous but okay

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1 year

Welcome to the world, Mira Ehrhart Faber!

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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2 years

Fourplexes should be legal to be built everywhere in urban growth areas. They can fit into the footprint of a large single-family home and can be built using conventional financing, allowing anyone to provide surplus housing with some economy of scale to keep costs lower.

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3 years

@Kicksbuttson You're really telling on yourself that you don't understand pretty much anything about the environment or human civilization

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

A resident of Port Townsend filed a WA Bar Association ethics complaint against me because I made a joke involving the word "CUM" on Twitter. This is going to be a spicy election year (I am still going to make jokes on Twitter)

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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2 years

The mute button continues to come in handy! Twitter, you are a garden of earthly delights

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1 year

Literally the only option is political right. Even if this person uses left-coded language or is a self-described leftist, being opposed to interracial relationships is fundamentally conservative in literally the most basic, fascistic sense.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼

@Noahpinion

1 year

Did someone on the political right write the tweet above, or was it someone on the political left?

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2 years

Thank you for supporting the US Postal System, random rightwing person

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3 years

Mayor of Port Townsend here: The failure of HB 1782 & 1660 this session is very disappointing. WA is suffering through a housing crisis (as elsewhere), and letting local jurisdictions off the hook for making the crisis worse is legislative malpractice. #Homes4Wa

Rep. Jessica Bateman

@jessdbateman

3 years

Are we going to adjourn the 2022 session without passing HB 1782 & HB 1660? ⚠️Legalizing middle housing already died & lifting bans on ADUs statewide will die @ 5pm today unless the Senate takes action. Call y/Senators.⬇️ #Homes4WA

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2 years

@PippengerHarlo Parking minimums and the failure to eliminate single-family zoning/promote maximal density.

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1 year

@constans Actually, I think that was it: $1, $5, $20, or something. I couldn't recall the details, but that sounds closer to the truth of it.

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@juanchopancho @VaushV @BenNakhaima

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6 years

@NateSilver538 I had no idea who @PeteButtigieg was two weeks ago. Two days ago I donated $100 to his campaign because he's extremely impressive. #FeelTheButt

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

5 years

@lagomsensei @JaneyGodley @NicolaSturgeon Didn't have to wait that long

Nicola Sturgeon

@NicolaSturgeon

5 years

I would *never* use language like this, obvs 😉 - but we could all do with a smile just now. And if humour helps get the message across...

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2 years

Borrowed from an account on private. It's perfect.

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3 years

@wbmn45 @_sn_n It's not April Fool's anymore so I don't know why you made such a ridiculous joke

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3 years

@nytimes Andrew Yang is doing a great job of telling us he doesn't understand how the very structure of American democracy functions without saying it.

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2 years

@_sn_n Seems like a nice man who understands my needs as a voter

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1 year

@mattyglesias The other side is that climate protests of Manchin like this one only help him in his likely difficult reelection campaign

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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3 years

@22BirdGirl22 @travishelwig I think most potential shitty toxic parents are probably having kids. The people who choose not to are probably more aware of their responsibilities in general.

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2 years

@MatthewDownhour You're way overestimating. I bet fewer than 1%. Honestly, probably no more than .25%, and even that might be generous.

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

3 years

@mARKHAMillJOKER @neiltyson @joerogan If only more people would interrupt Joe Rogan before he says something stupid or pseudoscientific

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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4 months

I rode a bus and then cut a ribbon while wearing a top hat today

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How Port Townsend Mayor arrives for celebrating Discovery Road completion

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2 years

@JoePostingg God forbid a progressive try to use a friendly influential platform to try to influence policy

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1 year

@_sn_n I wish this was real

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3 years

@halladaisical @FedUpSenators I wish this were real

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1 year

I am running unopposed in my re-election campaign! It's about to be a Hot Mayor Summer

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1 year

@theinfiniteleft @SpaghettiKozak @Inhumansoflate1 lol. lmao, even

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2 years

The transphobes have found me. Fuuuuuun

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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3 years

@DavidAstinWalsh The emergence of mass communication technology and ready availability of the personal automobile set in motion the worst period of urban design in human history. It's going to take generations to undo it. We're still making ridiculous mistakes with urban planning.

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2 years

@besttrousers @SocDoneLeft Except this is completely unnecessarily and intentionally subjecting your kid to visible discomfort

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2 years

People love to worry that increased density causes strain on infrastructure, but it's absolutely & entirely the opposite: added density/infill reduces long-term infrastructure costs, adds to the tax-base to maintain/replace capital, and results in more efficient service delivery

Ernie

@ErnieBrownII

2 years

1 of the concerns raised on a project of mine is the additional strain on the fire dept. So, I called the fire dept to ask about this. The fire chief said that infill projects DO NOT add strain on their resources. Annexing property for sprawl does. Anyone shocked?

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2 years

@proustmalone "onerous housing regulations that barely exist" is quite the statement.

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2 years

@PunishedLink Oh look, the Sudentenland. I can't imagine this leading to any problems

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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3 years

@WaitingOnBiden @POTUS Might want to check what Sinema and Manchin said on the subject before you say that Biden should have expensed so much political capital in a futile parliamentary move

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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2 years

I've encountered someone who believes that elimination of exclusionary zoning is "social engineering". My guy, the government telling people where they can and cannot live is perhaps the archetypal social engineering policy imaginable.

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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@swolecialism Most people don't need significant long-term care assistance, people who do need it typically don't need it for long, and people can still own their primary residence while receiving Medicaid long-term care...

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@ShunraCat Exclusionary, single-family zoning that stops gentle density and walkable communities from being built

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@vanillaopinions She's just self-aware that they are the villains

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3 years

@nanuser @AnarchoLs "☭" oh cool another person who doesn't understand what "fascism" is

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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1 year

This is a huge win for Kitsap & the North Olympic Peninsula, and is a significant step (or set of steps) forward for anyone who wants to travel to or from Port Townsend without a car!

The Urbanist

@UrbanistOrg

1 year

The vision for a 200-mile trail connecting Bainbridge Island with La Push will get much closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a new $16.1 million federal grant that will fund design work on 34 different trail segments along the planned route.

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3 years

@bubberboys @Swagkage It's actually sexy I think you'll find

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@DavidJFaber

2 years

I'm a "watched many friends struggle to find housing & realized that stopping people from building more housing is immoral & destructive to my community" YIMBY. Seriously, what is the moral argument behind locking a built environment in amber & saying "no more housing"?

Armand Domalewski

@ArmandDoma

2 years

What type of YIMBY are you? I’m “grew up poor, saw my family and friends struggle with housing costs their entire lives, studied the research extensively, and realized that fighting for working class people meant fighting for housing”

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If you can get lost on a literal train, something terribly wrong has happened.

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2 years

Get lost along the California coast. 🌊 📷: @ Tay.bills (on IG) 🚆: Pacific Surfliner

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@AndrewYang @DonotInnovate You're not going to achieve a multiparty parliamentarian democracy without completely reforming the very structure of our government. It's bonkers how few people understand that Congressional/presidential winner-take-all structures can only ever truly accommodate two parties

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@YIMBYLAND Goddamnsk that's a good looking city

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2 years

@HaydenHewitt We know that isn't what happened

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3 years

@luksic_leonardo @mattyglesias I think you overstate your understanding of minority political opinion

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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2 years

@sam_d_1995 No, lower the retirement age to whatever her current age is

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

3 years

@Baddiel @simon_schama A Jewish friend of mine called out one guy making this comparison a couple months ago. The man breathlessly denied the latent anti-Semitism in comparing masking and vaccines to the Holocaust before calling my friend a "fat little Jew".

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

@PunishedLink Generally agreed, though Trump nuking the Republican Party from orbit would be p funny

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@DavidJFaber

2 years

Today is my 40th birthday!

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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3 years

@graham60165741 @POTUS If he has to take credit for inflation, he gets to take credit for pandemic jobs recovery. Both the blame and credit are pretty much incorrect, but that's apparently the nature of political theater.

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

It's so nice when Port Townsend makes it into the news. I wonder what for this ti.....😩 🏳️‍⚧️

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

Riding the new Downtown Port Townsend @JTAtransit trolley bus in my regular daytime streetwear

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

Created & shared with me by someone on private.

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2 years

The First Dog of Port Townsend (she is very hungry)

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@sharethenabes @BartenderHemry (and that wrong person is @ggreenwald , which makes logging off all the harder)

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

@mateosfo To be fair, they were building off the actions of the two or three prior generations and the technological incentives were perverse (personal automobile), but par for the course of boomer politics ignoring the health and happiness of any and all future generations

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

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@peterpa66374609 @MarkWarner

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

1 year

I'm slightly disappointed I didn't draw a rightwing crank challenger. That would have been a fun time. But with my wife super pregnant, I wasn't looking forward to having to campaign super hard with an infant at home. I'm glad I'll be able to focus on the work!

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

Shouldn't a prerequisite of starting a political party be having even the barest understanding of the basic functions and rules of the federal government?

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

2 years

For the record I’m for women’s reproductive rights and common sense gun safety regulations as are the majority of Americans. You can want these things regardless of party affiliation. My question is why are we not getting these things?

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@johnniefgreco @jkass99 @MenshevikM If this is a joke, I love it. If this is your earnest belief, I hate you. This discourse has ruined my ability to tell intent.

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@DavidJFaber

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Woke nature shoving its LGBTQ agenda down our throats. I just want to grill for godssake

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@nikicaga This is the platonic ideal of late-stage tweeting

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@tumtonks @JoeBiden

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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@SpecialPuppy1 But didn't you know that California is a red state with three large blue cities?

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12 years ago today I successfully pulled off this baller move

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

2 years

And Washington State has an extremely high rate of homelessness for the same reason. We need to build more goddamned homes and we need to do it now.

Senator Scott Wiener

@Scott_Wiener

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New data: California has 12% of the US population but 30% of its homeless & 50% of unsheltered homeless. Why? CA doesn’t have more mental health issues than other states. Rather, it’s about housing. We have fewer homes per capita than other states. We must prioritize new homes.

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@zylaros @whstancil @posting_forever Are you saying that "'the US invasion of Iraq was bad' sounds like the hallucinatory delusion of someone dying of CO2 poisoning" or...?

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I am a dignified public official

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@KarenBassLA You probably should allow more housing to get built if you actually want to address and improve upon homelessness

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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There's a man in a dusky red truck who drives around Port Townsend tossing peanuts to crows. He is escorted everywhere by a murder. He is the crow king and he is a man of incredible power.

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@vanillaopinions Yeah, it's absolutely atrocious here in WA.

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@lkevdb @nikicaga Serbia doesn't recognize their neighbors

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They did it. The nimbys finally did it. They claimed making their neighborhood family-friend would ruin their family-friendly neighborhood.

LucaGattoniCelli.substack.com

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NIMBY flyer in Richmond against expanding a nursery school. 30 more toddles are portrayed like an open pit of nuclear waste. We should not demonize people like this, but we must make them irrelevant. Join @RVA_YIMBY to get involved.

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@naebumaye @littlefoots1983 @jackpaulsartre Keep doing it and convince other people to do it, too. That's literally how politics works.

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@colinmort I've gone through drivethroughs on foot three times and they always try to tell me "no" but I eventually win the argument

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

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Tonight the Port Townsend City Council approved first reading (second reading 3/27) of some tactical infill zoning code changes that have the capacity to allow our community to do more to address housing affordability. Those changes include: - Allow two ADUs ...

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David J. Faber (🧦)

@DavidJFaber

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The entire area around that light rail station should be allowed to build at very high residential densities

Ryan Packer

@typewriteralley

2 years

Rep. Pramila Jayapal is in Shoreline this afternoon to tour the area around the 148th Street light rail station and the planned pedestrian bridge that's planned over I-5 to connect the station to the west.

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Faber 2023

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@IDoTheThinking If we just transitioned to using smaller firetrucks for most calls, road design could improve so dramatically. I was talking with a planning consultant recently and he was speaking about this issue being the next clear community planning target that needs addressing.

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David J. Faber (🧦)

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@PeoplesParty_US People who claim to be progressive adopting right-wing moral panic over trans people existing is certainly an alarming development.

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