Some actual great news out of Washington today on housing! This won’t fix everything or be immediate, but it’s a start to the federal government getting serious about housing availability and affordability! 🏘️
CONGRESS PASSES THE 21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT!!!!!
HOUSE: 358-to-32
SENATE: 85-to-5
- Bipartisan reform to fix housing shortage & lower costs (no big new spending)
- Streamlines permitting, zoning & NEPA reviews to speed up building
- $200M+ Innovation Fund + grants for local govs to boost housing supply
- Lets CDBG funds build new affordable homes; raises bank investment cap to 20%
- Limits large investors (350+ single-family homes) from buying more
- Expands & modernizes HOME program + rural housing reforms
- Boosts manufactured/modular homes (easier rules, higher FHA limits)
- Whole-home repair pilots, voucher inspection fixes & veteran housing tweaks
ALL KNEES WILL BEND TO YIMBY 🏗️🏗️🏗️
82 years ago, Allied forces began the largest amphibious invasion in military history to defeat fascism and restore democracy. Airborne. Alex is live tweeting the events of Operation Overlord over the next few days. Highly recommended giving him a follow.
D-Day is underway. Some would argue that what's happening right now is the most daring and ultimately successful operation in the history of military Alliances.
Note: the majority of troops are friends of the US from eight countries. Eisenhower has been told that three-quarters of the 23,400 airborne troops will be lost. He's hoping that the prediction will be wrong.
Nature is very cool and this tool from NASA is fun!
My letters are from:
False River, Louisiana
Lake Guakhmaz, Azerbaijan
Nusantara, Indonesia
Sea of Okhotsk
Humaitá, Brazil
Need another reason to fund NASA and science? Here in San Diego thousands came to the coast waiting for Artemis II to splash down. Though we couldn’t see anything, cheers rang out when it was confirmed they landed! 🚀
Liftoff.
The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.
Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.
Just ate at RUTA, Washington DC’s first Ukrainian restaurant and it was incredible! If you’re ever on Capitol Hill it’s worth the walk! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
This is actually pretty difficult, but here’s my attempt:
Anora
Oppenheimer
One Battle After Another
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Parasite
CODA
Green Book
Moonlight
The Shape Of Water
Nomadland (haven’t seen)
How would you rank the last ten #Oscar Best Picture winners?
2016: Moonlight
2017: The Shape Of Water
2018: Green Book
2019: Parasite
2020: Nomadland
2021: CODA
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: Oppenheimer
2024: Anora
2025: One Battle After Another