Shawn Maverick Milne

Professional advocate: local govt, #EconDev, #tourism, tech /Recovering politician /Serial entrepreneur /Beekeeper /Frequently flirts with danger and @NeeRayNee

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

Trump blinked.
“If”. An obvious capitulation, as if he’s asking.
For all of his bluster, he’s now proved that he can’t see it through… whatever his “it” was in the first place.

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

⁦@elonmusk⁩ Thank you! This is the right move. #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦

"Looks like the steps we took to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia have worked," Musk wrote on X.
"Let us know if more needs to be done." https://t.co/gJSumSnhHU

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

Here’s a novel idea: “Set it and forget it”
Stop messing with our clocks. Pick a phase - either one at this point, I don’t care - and then leave it alone. https://t.co/1kPkZeoAxb

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

“China’s AI has hacked the West — we gave them the keys”

Indeed. Nothing meaningful has changed this year either. TikTok continues to be used despite the ban. Drones produced there and operating in our skies continue to upload videos to Chinese servers. https://t.co/XmpsbIKKSL

[JP Lindsley | Journalist @JPLindsley]

Margaret Thatcher saw exactly who Putin was—25 years ago! Exactly!

And still current European and American leaders today are naive—or afraid.

What do you think of Baroness Thatcher's warning about Ukraine?

"[Russians] still do not value human life in the same way that we do."

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

“We haven’t built enough housing in the Country for a long time.”
- Fed Chair Powell

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”

― Richard Feynman

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

The cost of capitulation has far reaching implications beyond just one battlefield.

[Jessica Berlin @berlin_bridge]

The US-Kremlin plan won’t just destroy Ukraine & endanger Europe — every dictator worldwide will read it as a message that aggression pays.
Russia must lose, badly. European failure to show strength now & ensure 🇺🇦 victory will open a Pandora’s box of war.

[Barrett Linburg @DallasAptGP]

When a new technology hits an inflection point, the smartest move is to keep your options open.

Here is a 76 unit apartment project we completing right now.

Half the land is surface parking. That is how many small apartment buildings have been designed for decades.

But if robotaxis become common, the math changes fast.

On this site alone, we could cut parking to a small number of spaces and free up the entire parking field for another 70 to 80 apartments.

No new land needed.
No land acquisition cost.
Just a much more efficient use of the same property.

Now imagine that across an entire city.

Every surface lot, every oversized parking field, every underused corner of a multifamily site suddenly becomes a development opportunity.

More housing.
Less asphalt.
Lower costs per unit.

This is why the arrival of Waymo, Avride, Lyft Mobileye, and Robotaxi in Dallas matters.

Robot cars don't just change how people move.

Their mass adoption could change what we build.

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

This 1800s duplex packs over 6,000sf of total living space, with a shared backyard, on a small 4,300sf lot.

This is illegal to build essentially everywhere in Massachusetts today… including on this same lot.

📍Salem, MA

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

In the 1960s, 70s & 80s, 120,000 - 160,000 homes every year came in the form of small middle-housing like duplexes & triplexes, many built by small, local developers.

Since 2008, that number has been under 20,000.

We need to rebuild the middle housing developer force in the US.

[Cullen Roche @cullenroche]

The 50 year mortgage, aka: how to double your interest costs and saddle your estate with debt.

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

“…states w/ limited housing supply are losing residents, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, and revenue” 🤔

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

“Americans have been responding to the housing crisis with their feet by moving to states where housing is more affordable & plentiful. As a result, higher cost states w/ limited housing supply are losing residents, economic opportunities & revenue bases.”
https://t.co/m1AzVmZ9Y5

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

“Be decisive. Go for it if you feel it’s right.” ~Robin (88yo)

Tandem quote: “More is lost with indecision than wrong decision.” ~Cicero

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

It’s old news, but obviously still relevant. Two presidents totally botched the exit from Afghanistan. One negotiated a terrible deal. One poorly executed the actual withdrawal.
Either way, Bagram airbase should’ve never, ever, ever been surrendered.

https://t.co/ovKBg7665u

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

If you get a chance to visit Jackpot NV, pass on that. Trust me.

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

@Cwarenski Unsure how a business owner’s net worth ought to come in to play here. Certainly not negatively. If anything, given the State of California’s budget issues, her gargantuan net worth proves she’s far better at making business decisions than the statewide regulators are.

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

When your state’s regulatory policies are becoming more widely known for chasing away homegrown businesses, let alone iconic ones like this one, your political and economic leaders should probably be replaced in favor of some with real world experience. https://t.co/D5YOmVVGSy

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

Color. Me. Shocked.

If only this kind of response had been predictable. 🫢🤨 It’s the kind of next-move that almost reads like a primetime criminal drama, almost as if @HouseofCards writers wrote it out.
#utpol

[Shawn Maverick Milne @ShawnMilne]

I’m sure there’s a very good reason Trump would go back on his campaign promise about releasing the #EpsteinClientList, especially when his reputation is that of someone very credible, transparent, and never ever obfuscates the truth. #utpol