Brit @britvulcan@mspsocial.net

Hey,

Head's up.
If you want to recommend something to me, just mention it offhand and something you liked about it.

The more you push the more i'm NEVER EVER GOING TO READ IT.

Sorry. It's a brain thing.

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Re- #introduction

I have some more followers now and have mostly settled into my mastodon self.

Generally I post about #uspol , #mnpol , #localpol regarding the MSP area, #zoning and #urbanism , #socialism but from a pro-market and pro federation of peoples/larger groups are fine actually perspective and mental health stuff about #adhd #anxiety and #arfid or #pickiness with food and sensory issues.

Sometimes there are dog pics and home renovation stuff. Enjoy!

Going to college didn't make me a liberal, but generational student loan debt helped make me a socialist.

NO:
Biden
Beto
Tulsi Gabbard (hi senator) - good domestic policy, terrible foriegn policy, and giant homobhope. Big nope.
The vast majority of white men - 1/2

One of the Koch Bros died.

David Koch, billionaire industrialist and Republican mega donor, dies aged 79

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/23/david-koch-dead-republican-donor-billionaire-?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

It is perhaps a bit crass, but

I'm super excited bernie is releasing actual plans with actual policy. He just wouldn't be doing it if warren weren't running. He sees the traction she is getting running on policy and wants to do that too, but with more bernie-ness.

How do I know? Cause in 2016 I did not see a single hard policy push. And I am a policy wonk folks, it's what gets me engaged and gets the blood going for a candidate.

So.. keep it up Bernie? But a little too late for me to be like oooo

Got some resources from boss for how to handle disability stuff and possible part time thingy. Also seems like he doesn't hate me (despite the fact that I'm probably one of his least well performing folks rn) so yay!

Warren town hall msp

Wow. Apparently NYPD actually fired the murderer.

Warren is the only top 5 today and has finished speaking. Harris, Castro, and Sanders are on tomorrow. I think I'll log off this for now.

Warren is having a good showing here. Shocking honestly that I'll be seeing her tonight in msp after she leaves iowa today. Apparently she also gets like 6-8 hrs of sleep???

Thank you unicorn riot for being the only news source covering and streaming this forum.

His throat is full of rubies and his helmet seems to have a pomegranate flower on it for his lovely wife. Hail the Lord of the dead, protector of miners and benefactor of wealth.

New pins!

People watching is indeed great entertainment and vastly helped by the presence of a large number of small shops and resteraunt, ya know complete neighborhoods.

Ms. Jacobs is absolutely correct in her assessment of street safety and the importance of sidewalks. Why do I feel safer in uptown late at night than I do walking in Longfellow? Because there are other people around. I know I can probably ask for help and the presence of other people makes me less worried. Also, Lake Street is narrower in uptown. If I need help from across the street I'm more likely to get it. People can see what is happening and intervene faster and easier.

In particular Jacob's spends the first section of her book tearing down "garden cities" as a concept and subsequently most suburban oriented city planning while promoting small blocks, mixed use, and active transport.

I've barely read any of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" but CB needs to shut her damn mouth and keep her suburban aspirations to herself.

JFC. Jane jacobs seems primarily concerned with observing things as they are and letting people do their own shit without outside undue interference. Jacobs also has keen observations as to what makes a city a city that are in direct opposition to C "no new drivethrus is oppression" Becker.

Finally getting around to reading a wee bit of Jane Jacob's since she gets name dropped so frequently in urbanism circles.. and dear lord this woman loves her semi-colons.