The year is 2006. You wake up on the couch - the TV's still playing.
It's on ABC Family. There's a commercial for a new show, "Kyle XY".
The plot?
He doesn't have a belly button.
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Christian May
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Christian May
@cjamesmay
he/him. Software dev in Austin. Creator of @CycloEbikes. Support @Rethink35 !
Austin, TX Katılım Haziran 2014
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Incredible article highlighting car-free and car-light Austinites!!!🚌🚲🚄
Traveling without a car is practical in many parts of the city - we should make it an option for more Austinites!
So grateful to Chelsey for writing this and all the folks who shared their story. 🙂
Chelsey Zhu@chelsey_zhu
Can you live without a car in Austin? I do — but it takes some dedication. I wanted to hear from other carless or car-light Austinites about their experiences, so I talked to … 🧵 kut.org/transportation…
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Not a favorite spot, but I'm always baffled how there's a literal scrap yard one block away from E 5th (Austin Metal & Iron).
Aaron Chamberlain@elmachuca
What is your favorite Austin "how the hell does that still exist" spot? Mine:
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@john102414 Pretty interesting that both have a big spike a bit after 1980. I wonder what happened to cause each.
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Pay attention to the difference in y-axis.
— Austin TX MSA permits 15–20 homes per 1,000 residents.
— Washington DC MSA permits 3–4 homes per 1,000 residents.
That’s five times our rate in the Austin MSA!
Build more homes@john102414
@MrScottHendrix Good points! You’re correct, not all regulations will have gone into effect, but make no mistake: these are not single family homes. Over half of the new supply are 5+ units (aka apartment) homes.
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@CutterWGonzalez Had no idea they were a 501(c)(3) until this tweet. Absolutely crazy.
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@U_arctos A city is no place for a bear.
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@clmarohn @isorry123 Did she not specify "One of many efforts"?
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@isorry123 Thank you. It's just very unserious for a treasury secretary, who is also a former Fed chair, to talk about deficit reduction this way. Like we are all stupid.
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For context, the federal government currently spends $11.7 million dollars a minute.
So, it takes just 1 hour and 26 minutes to spend $1 billion dollars.
Secretary Janet Yellen (Archived)@SecYellen
Thanks to @POTUS’s Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has collected more than $1 billion from wealthy earners who haven’t paid overdue tax bills. This is one of many efforts to increase tax fairness and reduce the deficit underway at the IRS. home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
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@psomdecerff @constans 100%. Meeting both goals requires "maximum coverage" to be within close proximity to the "decent lines."
Primary solution being to increase the supply of housing (esp. entry level/affordable housing) along the successful transit corridors.
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@constans If the thinking is "make it a reasonable option for the majority of commuters who have other options" then you get 5-minute headways downtown, and under 15 everywhere.
This is better, as then all can work for those with transit needs to locate near the functional lines.
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There’s a bizarre form of planner brain that thinks people will be happy with infrequent transit that leaves once an hour as long as that interval is “reliable”
People want the knowledge that the instant they show up, they know a train/bus will come in 5 mins
Moaz Ahmad@yyzMYA
Existing transit riders do not all care about speed. Existing transit riders (and non-Transit riders for that matter) care more about Availability + Reliability of the service, because that it was what makes it useful for them. Speed, convenience and comfort play second fiddle.
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@bpaulino0 @KittyGiraudel Seconding Snipperclips. It's a delightful, casual, cooperative puzzle game - with a very novel gimmick 🙂
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@KittyGiraudel Looking for single player or multi-player? Snipperclips and Mario Party are really fun to play with friends. Dave the Diver is beautiful and fun for single player mode.
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Christian May retweetledi
Ever wondered why you don't see buildings like this in Austin? One reason is our building code doesn't allow "single-stair" buildings, forcing builders into massive, inefficient designs. Staff is currently working to change this, but we need 5 big amendments to make it work 🏤 1/
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Christian May retweetledi
The staff draft of the single-stair apartment ordinance directed by #atxcouncil is a poison pill designed to prevent it from ever getting built, and is justified by lazy, absurd logic. A failure of duty at best, bordering on insubordination. An embarrassing day for City staff.
Market Urbanism@MarketUrbanism
The last thing that they throw against the single-stair wall to see what sticks is always mass shootings. We have enough of those in America that we’re doing nothing about, do we really need to make up fake ones to worry about? services.austintexas.gov/edims/pio/docu…
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@kelseyhuse30 My first instinct is that - in an ideal world - there would be a loading zone nearby for a truck to use, and the truck would be fined if they delivered like this instead of using the loading zone.
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my timeline:
65 yr old former professor: “yeah that’s right Mr Drumpf — NOBODY is above the law”
gif enthusiasts: “ladies and gentlemen … we got him.gif”
always confused guy: “does anyone know if this actually changes anything?”
YIMBY guy: “we need to build more housing”
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@AmericanAir your chat support has a 2 hour wait and your customer support phone line literally just hangs up on me.
I just want to know why Flight AA 798 was delayed so I know what I am entitled to.
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@DavidZipper @ProfRachelM And generally, online options - delivery, remote work, and even to some extent tele-health - reduce the need for these to be nearby.
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@DavidZipper @ProfRachelM Article gives three services that are hard to locate within 15 min:
1. Hospitals - true. But most don't have regular appts.
2. Supermarkets - Target has downsized stores for urban markets. Works fine.
3. Employers - remote mitigates this, and increased density = more workplaces.
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A thoughtful, much-needed critique of the 15-Minute City, from @ProfRachelM:
"This kind of approach could exacerbate already troubling economic and resource inequalities in cities. Access and convenience, as a policy, would be a privilege."
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@ScottFarbman As someone with double-pane on a noisy street, I definitely would've loved if the developer went with the triple-pane ☹️
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30 dwelling unit apartment building:
Double pane IGU (U-0.26): $94k
Triple pane IGU (U-0.14): $100k
Guess which one the developer wants to go with ….
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@patrickejones @AsianChamberATX That would also definitely be a great use for the space!
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Amazing activation of Plaza Saltillo for the Asian Night Market by @AsianChamberATX and the Lunar Foundation.
We need *more* transit hubs with vendors, food, and fun 🙂
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@nickmlittlejohn Yeah I agree - my partner and I actually were about to not go because of tickets when I just sort of stumbled on a page on their website that mentioned that some of it was free
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@cjamesmay Amazing! I think there was an impression that it was $30.00 to be able to get in to buy food, hoping for better marketing next time 🙏
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