Matt da Silva

@idothethinking.bsky.social I put this walk together for an approximate quick circuit of the Jersey City Experience. maps.app.goo.gl/wGgG8NYhySq9...

This letter honestly does a pretty good job of demonstrating how I am not exaggerating when I say Brian Stack is the “God-Emperor of Union City”. There’s a North Korea-like cult of personality up there. hudsoncountyview.com/letter-stack...

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

Some ground rules that have helped us: - Go outside your bubble, try new social media channels - Don’t underestimate the power of WhatsApp (although less so in the U.S.) - Post on the Instagram grid, not just stories - Watch every Instagram video until the end before sharing - IGNORE THEM

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Lula is to my left. Magyar is to my right. And I don’t care in the slightest, because they are the candidates of democracy against autocracy.

American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.

spare a thought for a millennial about to move back in with his dad

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

Whether it's a Republican president insulting people's faith or nationality, or whether it's a Democratic president insulting people's preferred upscale suburban restaurant chain, both sides need to bring down the temperature.

Matthew Yglesias continues to say that talking about ICE and excessive force in immigration enforcement helps Republicans. He is obviously wrong about this and refuses to acknowledge the data. Way past time for everyone to update their priors on this.

Another evil layer to this ad from Josh Turek: When he turns to say "stop the nonsense from both extremes," he opens with a clip of Rep. Becca Balint, the first openly gay woman to represent Vermont in congress and one of the few openly gay members of congress.

I think a lot of people really don't register the extent that there's hardly even a nominal left in Israeli politics any more. There's just a collection of various centre-to-far-right parties, some of which are pro-Netanyahu and some of which are anti-Netanyahu.

If this isn’t a sign of Blexas I don’t know what is.

TIL that Baltimore has a non-contiguous TIF district, comprising 4,861 properties (at the moment) the increase in property value from rehabbed and sold properties in the TIF district indirectly funds rehabbing the other properties

I am sorry but the transit workers union allying with *donald trump* to protect *horse drawn carriages* is beyond parody

Krugman is a liberal economist but even still 10 years ago I couldn't imagine him calling for expropriation and (temporary) nationalization of a major company. What stage of capitalism is this? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

Sean Trende and RCP sponsored a run of Emerson House polls that are all brutal for the GOP and he's hilariously trying to spin it as "the wave's not that big guys" despite the numbers being: D+5 MO-02 D+8 MI-07 D+2 AZ-02 D+1 TX-35 D+4 MT-01 D+13 NC-11 D+3 IA-02 R+4 AR-02 D+4 PA-08 D+3 FL-14

Center city has so much potential as a place where people can live the urbanist dream because it has so many great places to live but our reliance on the suburbs for almost half (!!!) of city resident employment is a real problem

Some interesting observations here: Nashville and Austin both have job geographies that look more coastal than Sun Belt, suggesting investment in public transit there would be very successful. Chicago and Philly, despite strong downtowns, suffer from inner ring decay. Dallas is The Bad Place.

it is fascinating how the entire political media covers military support for Israel the exact opposite way that polling shows it plays, as if candidates who oppose it are the ideologues taking a risky stand and the Israel supporters are the commonsense moderates

i don't think i've ever seen a campaign do a murder-suicide before (decent chance this drags down the entire GOP ticket in the state)

Tom Kean Jr. is trying to run up the score for Rebecca Bennett, his latest ad is attacking her for being a millionaire who doesn't go to church. I cannot emphasize enough how funny of a move this is for the district that runs from Westfield to Sparta via Lambertville and Bridgewater

We need to charge Musk with treason, nationalize Starlink, and turn it over to the same military division that oversees GPS. And Europeans should be working on their own competitor. Vital technology should not lie solely in the hands of a single billionaire.

Cory Booker as the Senate is burning to the ground:

yet again the legislature misunderstands what NJT riders want: stop trying to offer ticky-tack discounts and fix the damn trains

Trump’s endorsement of Netanyahu is an endorsement of more endless war for Israelis. An endorsement of continued occupation and control over Palestinian lives and land. An endorsement of Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage. 1/2

The 2027 IBC has been officially published, and it allows single-stair apartment buildings up to four stories! See the new section 1006.3.3.2 codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2...

Huge YIMBY win at the CNN Talarico town hall tonight: asked about lowering housing costs, Talarico touts his work on single-stair reform! "Our outdated buildings didn't allow for single-stair housing, which is smaller apartments, smaller condos. It’s a great entry point for homeownership."

If all male parts could only be played by male students, high school musical theatre would cease to function. Conservatives doing dumb shit like this is why they might lose their crown jewel of Texas this November.

Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.

I’m in disbelief at the entitlement! Hudson County Sheriff Officers are mad about getting parking tickets on their illegally parked personal vehicles since they had to hand in their placards. Pay for a garage like everyone else! hudsoncountyview.com/hudson-count...