Dave Deek - BlueSky is Amazing
@davedeek.substack.com
Big fan of Common Side Effects
Writes: https://www.governance.fyi
Biases: YIMBY, Urbanist, Antitrust, Right To Repair, Free Speech, Deming’s Fanboy, ML models are useful but against AI Art
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Something I would like to do is create a “From volunteer to team lead,” training program, where a participant works their way through four tasks inside of a local chapter or group (drawing on elements of Work Simplification, NYC DSA, etc etc )
October 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Something I would like to do is create a “From volunteer to team lead,” training program, where a participant works their way through four tasks inside of a local chapter or group (drawing on elements of Work Simplification, NYC DSA, etc etc )
Remember when YMCAs thought the best way to help young men is to provide them affordable housing?
September 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Remember when YMCAs thought the best way to help young men is to provide them affordable housing?
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I written an neat article on New York City DSA and @progressivevictory.win
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that people aren’t interested in learning what they are doing right!
www.governance.fyi/p/i-read-hos...
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that people aren’t interested in learning what they are doing right!
www.governance.fyi/p/i-read-hos...
I Read Hostile Profiles of NY-DSA and Progressive Victory. I Took Notes.
I really want NY-DSA's and Progressive Victory's calendars. Softball, A/V club, a choir, karaoke, a book club, and a hundred thousand volunteers.
www.governance.fyi
July 23, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I written an neat article on New York City DSA and @progressivevictory.win
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that people aren’t interested in learning what they are doing right!
www.governance.fyi/p/i-read-hos...
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that people aren’t interested in learning what they are doing right!
www.governance.fyi/p/i-read-hos...
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🚨THE KIDS ACT IS AN INTERNET SURVEILLANCE BILL🚨
Congress is rushing the KIDS Act toward a vote. This blend of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, SAFE Bots, and other bills is a single package that is a threat to privacy and free expression for ALL internet users. 🧵(1/10)
Congress is rushing the KIDS Act toward a vote. This blend of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, SAFE Bots, and other bills is a single package that is a threat to privacy and free expression for ALL internet users. 🧵(1/10)
June 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨THE KIDS ACT IS AN INTERNET SURVEILLANCE BILL🚨
Congress is rushing the KIDS Act toward a vote. This blend of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, SAFE Bots, and other bills is a single package that is a threat to privacy and free expression for ALL internet users. 🧵(1/10)
Congress is rushing the KIDS Act toward a vote. This blend of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, SAFE Bots, and other bills is a single package that is a threat to privacy and free expression for ALL internet users. 🧵(1/10)
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Say it with me folks
Global Surveillance State
Global Surveillance State
June 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Say it with me folks
Global Surveillance State
Global Surveillance State
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Bass (center-NIMBY) is puffing up Pratt (right-NIMBY) as a way to lock Raman (left-YIMBY) out of the race, meanwhile Huang (left-NIMBY) is acting as a spoiler to divide the left vote. 3/4 candidates functionally collaborating to shut out the only one who would do something about LA's housing crisis.
Los Angeles mayor primary (Berkeley IGS poll)
🟦 Karen Bass 26%
🟦 Nithya Raman 25%
🟥 Spencer Pratt 22%
🟦 Rae Chen Huang 9%
www.latimes.com/california/s...
🟦 Karen Bass 26%
🟦 Nithya Raman 25%
🟥 Spencer Pratt 22%
🟦 Rae Chen Huang 9%
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Poll shows Bass, Raman and Pratt locked in tight race ahead of Tuesday's mayoral primary
Mayor Karen Bass leads Councilmember Nithya Raman by one percentage point, with Spencer Pratt close behind
www.latimes.com
May 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Bass (center-NIMBY) is puffing up Pratt (right-NIMBY) as a way to lock Raman (left-YIMBY) out of the race, meanwhile Huang (left-NIMBY) is acting as a spoiler to divide the left vote. 3/4 candidates functionally collaborating to shut out the only one who would do something about LA's housing crisis.
May 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“The SPC’s August 2025 interpretation closed a common evasion route, and recent court rulings have invalidated performance-improvement-plan dismissals.“
#china #econsky
www.governance.fyi/p/its-harder...
#china #econsky
www.governance.fyi/p/its-harder...
It's harder to fire someone in China than in California (with caveats)
Until you look at the bottom half of each labor market, where dismissal is effectively at-will everywhere. For those with lawyers, it's a different story.
www.governance.fyi
May 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
“The SPC’s August 2025 interpretation closed a common evasion route, and recent court rulings have invalidated performance-improvement-plan dismissals.“
#china #econsky
www.governance.fyi/p/its-harder...
#china #econsky
www.governance.fyi/p/its-harder...
“A developer fighting NIMBYs with Costco or Safeway as co-sponsor is in an entirely different argument.”
#yimby #urbanism #costco #safeway
www.governance.fyi/p/costco-and...
#yimby #urbanism #costco #safeway
www.governance.fyi/p/costco-and...
Costco and Safeway are getting housing built where others fail. It isn't because a mayor wants it
The real luxury isn't square footage. It's not driving for onions. Notes on why the building goes up even when the mayor doesn't want it to
www.governance.fyi
May 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“A developer fighting NIMBYs with Costco or Safeway as co-sponsor is in an entirely different argument.”
#yimby #urbanism #costco #safeway
www.governance.fyi/p/costco-and...
#yimby #urbanism #costco #safeway
www.governance.fyi/p/costco-and...
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It’s Heater’s birthday!!!!
She has received her favorite thing in the world: 3 McDonald’s french fries — 1.5 to eat, 1.5 to bat around the house for the next several days.
She has received her favorite thing in the world: 3 McDonald’s french fries — 1.5 to eat, 1.5 to bat around the house for the next several days.
May 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It’s Heater’s birthday!!!!
She has received her favorite thing in the world: 3 McDonald’s french fries — 1.5 to eat, 1.5 to bat around the house for the next several days.
She has received her favorite thing in the world: 3 McDonald’s french fries — 1.5 to eat, 1.5 to bat around the house for the next several days.
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Never stop talking about this until #justice is served. #EpsteinFiles
May 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Never stop talking about this until #justice is served. #EpsteinFiles
If you look at the real world, a lot of YIMBYs and urbanists on the ground are irrational romantics
Just like Walt Disney
#yimby #urbansky
www.governance.fyi/p/walt-disne...
Just like Walt Disney
#yimby #urbansky
www.governance.fyi/p/walt-disne...
May 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
If you look at the real world, a lot of YIMBYs and urbanists on the ground are irrational romantics
Just like Walt Disney
#yimby #urbansky
www.governance.fyi/p/walt-disne...
Just like Walt Disney
#yimby #urbansky
www.governance.fyi/p/walt-disne...
Oil is above 119/barrel
April 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Oil is above 119/barrel
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Bass on Bluesky: I love ED1
Bass IRL: Shit, did anyone realize this policy would allow affordable housing in single family zones, let's kill that ASAP, and spike the existing projects
Lawyers: Ummm, they're vested, you have to approve them.
Bass: Spike them!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/third-...
Bass IRL: Shit, did anyone realize this policy would allow affordable housing in single family zones, let's kill that ASAP, and spike the existing projects
Lawyers: Ummm, they're vested, you have to approve them.
Bass: Spike them!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/third-...
April 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Bass on Bluesky: I love ED1
Bass IRL: Shit, did anyone realize this policy would allow affordable housing in single family zones, let's kill that ASAP, and spike the existing projects
Lawyers: Ummm, they're vested, you have to approve them.
Bass: Spike them!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/third-...
Bass IRL: Shit, did anyone realize this policy would allow affordable housing in single family zones, let's kill that ASAP, and spike the existing projects
Lawyers: Ummm, they're vested, you have to approve them.
Bass: Spike them!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/third-...
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NEW: Chicago Progressive Partnership super PAC, which launched ads attacking Kat Abughazaleh and then eventually in favor of Bushra Amiwala as an apparent attempt to split the vote, has filed its FEC report, which reveals it was another shell group for AIPAC and its allies
April 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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“the more interesting number is the one that doesn’t appear on the bakery’s books. The bakery is not just selling coffee (…). It’s producing value, and almost none of that value shows up on its P&L.”
#yimby #urbansky #urbanism
www.governance.fyi/p/accessory-...
#yimby #urbansky #urbanism
www.governance.fyi/p/accessory-...
Accessory Commercial Units (ACUs): The Alchemy of Turning Suburbs Into Walkable Neighborhoods
Austin's March 2026 ACU vote, the ADU playbook extended to commerce, and what it means for the next decade of zoning reform.
www.governance.fyi
April 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
“the more interesting number is the one that doesn’t appear on the bakery’s books. The bakery is not just selling coffee (…). It’s producing value, and almost none of that value shows up on its P&L.”
#yimby #urbansky #urbanism
www.governance.fyi/p/accessory-...
#yimby #urbansky #urbanism
www.governance.fyi/p/accessory-...
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Karen Bass is a comically bad mayor and Nithya is our only hope for turning LA into a well-functioning city
For those that missed the metro board committee meeting today: Karen Bass is officially moving full steam ahead on trying to ratfuck what would be the highest ridership light rail line in the country next week, over unscientific tunneling concerns identical to fred rosen's in bel air.
March 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Karen Bass is a comically bad mayor and Nithya is our only hope for turning LA into a well-functioning city
JOGMEC, the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, publishes a news release on its website. New equity investment instruments for LNG projects. Revised debt guarantee fee schedules, with discounts calibrated to the volume of LNG. #econsky #finsky
www.governance.fyi/p/japan-and-...
www.governance.fyi/p/japan-and-...
Japan & East Asia Investing More in Oil & Gas. American Drillers Need Capital. Why Aren't They Meeting?
Three hundred Permian independents sit capital-starved at $65 breakevens. Japanese yen has lost more than a third of its value against the dollar since 2021 due to the increasing cost in oil and gas.
www.governance.fyi
April 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
JOGMEC, the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, publishes a news release on its website. New equity investment instruments for LNG projects. Revised debt guarantee fee schedules, with discounts calibrated to the volume of LNG. #econsky #finsky
www.governance.fyi/p/japan-and-...
www.governance.fyi/p/japan-and-...
April 4, 2026 at 7:58 PM