'Renters burdened by unaffordable housing costs may be at a higher risk of dying sooner, according to a new study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.' cnbc.com/2023/12/19/una…

I have more time, more money, and more fulfillment compared to my academic career. My mental health is better than it's ever been. I feel lighter, like an enormous dark weight has been lifted.

7/

The untold history of Hamas, a 🧵

The new C bus route is the shit and I'm so excited to use it this winter when I'm too lazy to bike ❄️

In Minneapolis and St. Paul, parking reform has helped increase the overall supply of homes, reduce the cost of construction, and shift the cities toward a less car-centric design. bit.ly/3sUXKBk

This is a *great* look at what a true, all-of-the-above approach to housing looks like. More market housing, social housing, landbanking, affordable housing, tenant protections, zoning overhauls. I want it all!

The amount of money the WI Legislature is demanding the City of Milwaukee give the Brewers could replace roughly 250 lead service lines each year.

Let’s just hope that a lot of donations come in over the weekend.

This article is just packed with very telling real world data
vice.com/en/article/y3w…

Building more housing is good, but when that is the primary policy focus, we are kicking the poor out of every desirable city

Ive been out of academia 5 years and still moving boxes of notes for no good reason 🙃

Read my OpEd to the The Capital Times on my recent vote, and where I think Madison needs to go in regards to our housing crisis.

captimes.com/opinion/guest-…

I will not be joining threads. insta and facebook have my friends and family on there. my twitter is between me and god

Well, the Atlanta City Council passed $67 million in funding for Cop City, by an 11-4 margin, after over 15 hours of essentially unanimous public comment against it.

Quick thoughts before I go to bed.

Marriage isn’t for everyone.

Children are definitely not for everyone.

Marriage isn’t for everyone.

Children are definitely not for everyone.

Marriage isn’t for everyone.

Children are definitely not for everyone.

This building I used to bike past daily in Davenport, IA, which had had growing cracks in the walls and bricks falling off of it for months, collapsed last week despite passing city inspections. Then they authorized full tear-down with people still inside
lyz.substack.com/p/when-a-build…

Absolutely staggering list of accomplishments in Minnesota’s 2023 legislative session that puts New York State Democratic Party to shame. This is what we could be doing, with a functional state gov.

(btw there’s still time to pass #goodcause and protect millions of people from evictions & rent hikes)

For about 7 years, I lived with no fixed address. For 5 of those years, I was constantly traveling. Where the hell did I sleep?

About 7 nights in 10, I 'stealth camped' anywhere I could sleep without detection. In almost 2k nights out, I was caught <10 times.

Megathread
1/25+

Huh.