I wouldn't copy this model, its a quirk of history, and because the city/state surrounding the Square mile is so dysfunctional/undemocratic.
Get yourself proportional representation, mass transit and upzone.
Get yourself proportional representation, mass transit and upzone.
This is a very interesting YIMBY concept out of London. Giving commercial renters a voice in government. Austin has lost many local commercial businesses and there's very little actual advocacy for them past slogans. Would we have more neighborhood shopping centers if commercial renters could vote?
Exactly, the Livery companies are dominanted by office tenants i.e. not the landed interest.
Everywhere else the electorate is systemically biased in favour of the landed (owner occupier) interest. And the councillors are 90% homeowners too.
Everywhere else the electorate is systemically biased in favour of the landed (owner occupier) interest. And the councillors are 90% homeowners too.
October 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I wouldn't copy this model, its a quirk of history, and because the city/state surrounding the Square mile is so dysfunctional/undemocratic.
Get yourself proportional representation, mass transit and upzone.
Get yourself proportional representation, mass transit and upzone.
We want to make sure you know what you're getting into, that you're motivated enough to keep doing it for the rest of your life, that you're comfortable with us as we are and not some ideal version you've heard about.
Think of it as applying for membership in a (large sometimes dysfunctional) family
Think of it as applying for membership in a (large sometimes dysfunctional) family
October 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
We want to make sure you know what you're getting into, that you're motivated enough to keep doing it for the rest of your life, that you're comfortable with us as we are and not some ideal version you've heard about.
Think of it as applying for membership in a (large sometimes dysfunctional) family
Think of it as applying for membership in a (large sometimes dysfunctional) family
I'm so deeply and pathetically useless and dysfunctional...
October 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I'm so deeply and pathetically useless and dysfunctional...
Anyone who followed his career knew he was from a dysfunctional family, and was a severely flawed person as a result, but this is worse than expected. Unfortunately, a typical American story.
October 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Anyone who followed his career knew he was from a dysfunctional family, and was a severely flawed person as a result, but this is worse than expected. Unfortunately, a typical American story.
COVID has made many things dysfunctional.
We are getting students with behavioral issues we have never seen before.
We are getting students with behavioral issues we have never seen before.
October 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
COVID has made many things dysfunctional.
We are getting students with behavioral issues we have never seen before.
We are getting students with behavioral issues we have never seen before.
Still processing that @UMichfootball loss. The only word I can think of is “dysfunctional.”
October 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Still processing that @UMichfootball loss. The only word I can think of is “dysfunctional.”
Hanukkah For Miss Wrapping Paper (1958): One dysfunctional child's distressed quest for the perfect Christmas present: Christmas.
October 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Hanukkah For Miss Wrapping Paper (1958): One dysfunctional child's distressed quest for the perfect Christmas present: Christmas.
We covered DUKES in Seven Deadly Sins and Dysfunctional Families (The Fun Kind). We discussed SCOUNDRELS in Long Live Historicals, Volume 1. We recommended WHIRLWIND in He's *not* a Billionaire and Weather Is Genre. We just recommended LAST MAN in Romance in the Sky. fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
He’s *Not* a Billionaire — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
It's been the longest month of our lives and as self-care, we're not thinking about billionaires this week (or at least for the duration of this episode). Instead, we're talking about those men who ar...
fatedmates.net
October 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We covered DUKES in Seven Deadly Sins and Dysfunctional Families (The Fun Kind). We discussed SCOUNDRELS in Long Live Historicals, Volume 1. We recommended WHIRLWIND in He's *not* a Billionaire and Weather Is Genre. We just recommended LAST MAN in Romance in the Sky. fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
(True. I’m worried that they will make it my problem. Work has been a mess lately. It’s been really toxic and dysfunctional. I should just try to rest and get better.)
October 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
(True. I’m worried that they will make it my problem. Work has been a mess lately. It’s been really toxic and dysfunctional. I should just try to rest and get better.)
This! I'm tired of literary fiction with dysfunctional men having bad sex with women/men they have no emotional connection with.
I write MM to give my men emotional depth and I allow them to be vulnerable with the object of their affection. It's not an easy road, but satisfying for the readers.
I write MM to give my men emotional depth and I allow them to be vulnerable with the object of their affection. It's not an easy road, but satisfying for the readers.
I am sick to death of reading sad men having bad sex in literary fiction pretending its deep. Or sad women. I am an equal opportunity hater.
Give me a romance which explores kink dynamics. Which explores what asexual intimacy looks like. Which includes neurodivergence, queerness, disability
Give me a romance which explores kink dynamics. Which explores what asexual intimacy looks like. Which includes neurodivergence, queerness, disability
October 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This! I'm tired of literary fiction with dysfunctional men having bad sex with women/men they have no emotional connection with.
I write MM to give my men emotional depth and I allow them to be vulnerable with the object of their affection. It's not an easy road, but satisfying for the readers.
I write MM to give my men emotional depth and I allow them to be vulnerable with the object of their affection. It's not an easy road, but satisfying for the readers.
I love them like family. 💞
October 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I love them like family. 💞
I’m reminded of the bizarre dysfunctional evil places the USS Enterprise visited. Almost all some form of authoritarian.
October 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I’m reminded of the bizarre dysfunctional evil places the USS Enterprise visited. Almost all some form of authoritarian.
kris' family is so dysfunctional that it gave their television separation anxiety and borderline personality disorder
October 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
kris' family is so dysfunctional that it gave their television separation anxiety and borderline personality disorder
A coup, ballot seizing, and a dysfunctional Post Office portal have all been reported as potential disruptions to the midterms. @rickhasen.bsky.social explains which deserves more of our attention
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lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
lnk.to
October 4, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A coup, ballot seizing, and a dysfunctional Post Office portal have all been reported as potential disruptions to the midterms. @rickhasen.bsky.social explains which deserves more of our attention
lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
I can not describe how disgusted I am at Hindus, Savarnas, India, Singapore, and Canada.
Singapore's reputation worldwide is like that of a yet-to-be-publicly-disgraced billionaire.
Canada is a paradise for rapists & pedophiles.
Indescribably ugly, ignorant, toxic, and dysfunctional.
Singapore's reputation worldwide is like that of a yet-to-be-publicly-disgraced billionaire.
Canada is a paradise for rapists & pedophiles.
Indescribably ugly, ignorant, toxic, and dysfunctional.
October 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I can not describe how disgusted I am at Hindus, Savarnas, India, Singapore, and Canada.
Singapore's reputation worldwide is like that of a yet-to-be-publicly-disgraced billionaire.
Canada is a paradise for rapists & pedophiles.
Indescribably ugly, ignorant, toxic, and dysfunctional.
Singapore's reputation worldwide is like that of a yet-to-be-publicly-disgraced billionaire.
Canada is a paradise for rapists & pedophiles.
Indescribably ugly, ignorant, toxic, and dysfunctional.
Executives thinking they know better than their technical talent has been a primary dysfunctional element of business since business has existed.
Before, the worst outcome was the business collapsed. Now we're talking about THE LITERAL END OF HUMANITY.
Are we humans truly too stupid to live?
Before, the worst outcome was the business collapsed. Now we're talking about THE LITERAL END OF HUMANITY.
Are we humans truly too stupid to live?
Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work
October 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Executives thinking they know better than their technical talent has been a primary dysfunctional element of business since business has existed.
Before, the worst outcome was the business collapsed. Now we're talking about THE LITERAL END OF HUMANITY.
Are we humans truly too stupid to live?
Before, the worst outcome was the business collapsed. Now we're talking about THE LITERAL END OF HUMANITY.
Are we humans truly too stupid to live?
Is Iran the only one that knows that the failed U.S. military conflict wasn't a success, that it was a mistake, that it was a monumental failure? It's pretty clear the U.S., under the leadership of a bone-spurs draft dodger, made the U.S. look militarily dysfunctional and ridiculously unprepared.
The Self-Inflicted Decline of American Leadership
Team Trump is inadvertently convincing America’s allies that they need one another more than they need us.
www.thebulwark.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Is Iran the only one that knows that the failed U.S. military conflict wasn't a success, that it was a mistake, that it was a monumental failure? It's pretty clear the U.S., under the leadership of a bone-spurs draft dodger, made the U.S. look militarily dysfunctional and ridiculously unprepared.
It is pretty clearly both? Whether you frame it as a power or a duty, though, it was waived by the refusal to hold a hearing. A precedent where the Senate can grind the Executive Branch to a halt without even convening for a vote is utterly dysfunctional, and should never have even been humored.
October 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
It is pretty clearly both? Whether you frame it as a power or a duty, though, it was waived by the refusal to hold a hearing. A precedent where the Senate can grind the Executive Branch to a halt without even convening for a vote is utterly dysfunctional, and should never have even been humored.
Patriarchy produces dysfunctional sociopaths.
LOSERS.
TOXIC MAN-BABIES.
VIOLENCE AS MANHOOD.
LOSERS.
TOXIC MAN-BABIES.
VIOLENCE AS MANHOOD.
October 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Patriarchy produces dysfunctional sociopaths.
LOSERS.
TOXIC MAN-BABIES.
VIOLENCE AS MANHOOD.
LOSERS.
TOXIC MAN-BABIES.
VIOLENCE AS MANHOOD.
F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia: Verstappen wins chaotic race from Antonelli as Russell retires late on#F1
F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia: Verstappen wins chaotic race from Antonelli as Russell retires late on
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won a disorderly Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, clinching his first victory of the season, as George Russell’s title hopes dwindled further with a late retirement.<br>After the race was delayed by an hour and a half due to dysfunctional software on a wet track, Verstappen outduelled both Mercedes to triumph as Russell was struck by a technical
www.autosport.com
October 4, 2026 at 11:20 AM
F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia: Verstappen wins chaotic race from Antonelli as Russell retires late on#F1
Capitalism teaches us not to hold the predator class accountable, but to blame the lower class for systemic failures in our dysfunctional economic system.
Meanwhile, Trump has personally profited between $1.4 billion and $3.4+ billion during his second presidency so far.
Hit the reset button.
Meanwhile, Trump has personally profited between $1.4 billion and $3.4+ billion during his second presidency so far.
Hit the reset button.
October 4, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Capitalism teaches us not to hold the predator class accountable, but to blame the lower class for systemic failures in our dysfunctional economic system.
Meanwhile, Trump has personally profited between $1.4 billion and $3.4+ billion during his second presidency so far.
Hit the reset button.
Meanwhile, Trump has personally profited between $1.4 billion and $3.4+ billion during his second presidency so far.
Hit the reset button.
An insurrection that has captured the executive, SCOTUS, and rendered Congress dysfunctional, focusing on the corruption is a distraction. Suppressing the insurrection cures the corruption. It only takes a majority vote on both houses for suppression.
ultrareport.substack.com/p/the-unexec...
ultrareport.substack.com/p/the-unexec...
The Unexecuted Instrument
The case for Congressional warpower against Donald Trump's whitelash insurrection
ultrareport.substack.com
October 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
An insurrection that has captured the executive, SCOTUS, and rendered Congress dysfunctional, focusing on the corruption is a distraction. Suppressing the insurrection cures the corruption. It only takes a majority vote on both houses for suppression.
ultrareport.substack.com/p/the-unexec...
ultrareport.substack.com/p/the-unexec...