David Robertsvolts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy
Oct 5, 2026, 8:08 PMI could hug @anandwrites.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy for this. This is so true but you NEVER hear it in US media. Never. Truly doing god's work.
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- David Robertsvolts.wtf@bsky.brid.gyOct 5, 2026, 11:45 PM
Everybody's loving this clip, for good reason, but it should remind everyone that cities therefore have an obligation to build enough housing that all these marginalized and outcast people can come and afford to live in them on minimum wage *without* becoming homeless. YIMBY!
Flaming CheetoPizzaDemon@mastodon.onlineOct 5, 2026, 8:56 PM@volts.wtf I first heard this kind of clap back about 20 years ago. A report came out about homelessness in California. Berkeley did worse than some central town like Tracy or Stockton and their Mayor crowed about it. Berkeley leaders shot back that it's because we don't tell the sheriff to pick up homeless and drop them off in the next jurisdiction. We feed them.
Toast, Anonymous Fedi FungusShiitakeToast@beige.partyOct 5, 2026, 9:45 PM@volts.wtf @PizzaDemon another related issue is “city people don’t know how it is in the real world. Country life is different. We don’t do stuff like that in a small town.” WE GREW UP IN THAT SMALL TOWN AND LEFT BECAUSE IT SUCKED!
eestileib (she/hers)eestileib@tech.lgbtOct 6, 2026, 6:18 AMDitto San Jose for the South Bay.
Bluejaybluejay@ohai.socialOct 6, 2026, 5:51 PM@volts.wtf 💯 agree housing should be provided to all the outcast and marginalized. The problem with the push for more housing in places like NYC is that they SAY “affordable” but wind up building for a higher-income demographic and not the people at the margins who truly need it. So big developers come in, towers go up, lip service to “some affordable units” is made, neighborhoods get gentrified, the poor and working class get pushed out, the cycle continues. YIMBY is not enough.