Boris Mazniker

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

So happy about this, and it's more fun to have a lively downtown

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

For 45 years, Berkeley built virtually no new housing. By the mid-2010s, it was the most expensive college town in America. Shortly thereafter, YIMBYs took over and kicked off a building boom. Today, nominal rents are below 2018 rates—remarkable progress on affordability.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@mnolangray @BarneyFlames Oakland schools are one example of how hard it is politically to shut down schools. They've been fighting since 2022 and still haven't shut them down despite low enrollment.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@quarterdome Interesting. I was surprised and disappointed. I had a lot of respect for his doggedness on housing and haven't been paying much attention to other issues. I guess his AI legislation was misguided but was vetoed anyway. What were the other ones you disagreed with?

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

Wiener running for Congress was a mistake. Now he needs to pass left-wing purity tests. He could have stayed an effective state senator.

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

For years, I’ve condemned Netanyahu and his extremist government and the devastation they’ve inflicted on Gaza. It’s why I’ve been clear I won’t support U.S. funding for the destruction of Palestinian communities. I’ve stopped short of calling it genocide, but I can’t anymore.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

I asked NanoBanana to create a really annoying LinkedIn profile

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@hormetic Wow, this is crazy!!!

[Ilya Somin @IlyaSomin]

Congrats to @Scott_Wiener - one of the nation’s top YIMBY leaders, and perhaps also the greatest state legislator of our time.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@maxdubler The link doesn't seem to work

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@jaycaspiankang "She pushed the federal bureaucracy to incorporate concerns about equity into routine business — so much so that her advisers seldom briefed her on policies without having prepared a ready answer about their impact on women, Black/Hispanic people and other racial minorities."

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@jaycaspiankang The whole article is worth quoting at length: "During the pandemic, she repeatedly asked her vice-presidential staff for demographic breakdowns on Covid vaccination recipients and pressed the administration’s health officials to address gaps, according to two former officials.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

The whole country moved on and alameda county is still counting the votes. The next update is going to be on Monday (I guess everyone needs their weekend). https://t.co/UJEbVTEZf3

[Gagan Biyani 🏛 @gaganbiyani]

A small example of sheer incompetence in California:
We have the lowest % of votes counted in the entire country and its not even close.

36 hours after polls close, CA has 56% of votes counted 😱. 46 states have 90%+ counted. In Alameda County, we have only 30% (!) - one of the slowest counties in the country.

Incompetence is pervasive throughout California and Alameda County and the election is no exception. Counting ballots is a small problem for a democracy, but its emblematic of a greater issue:

California is poorly run. We need to fix it if we are going to win nationally.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@mattyglesias a tangential question - why does Florida count their votes in 2 hours but Alameda county is at 28% at 11am the next day?

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@JesseJenkins @robinsonmeyer +1 to 3 minutes feeling a bit rushed (maybe extend to 5?), and the sound was jarring, I'd have appreciated something a bit more melodic. Otherwise, it was great.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@JesseJenkins @robinsonmeyer +1 for 3 minutes being a bit rushed. Maybe try extending to 5? Also, the sound itself was quite jarring.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@andrewbunner @David_Mullich I also loved this game when I was a teen and spent so much time leading my party through adventures and riddles.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@Frannydink @maxdubler @chrsdcook @FashunNewton @Sandionx I love berkeley history and the sixties but keeping people's park as it was was not a good way to commemorate it.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@Frannydink @maxdubler @chrsdcook @FashunNewton @Sandionx We live three blocks away and are so happy this nasty place will finally be gone. My family couldn't never use it as a green space anyway. It was never safe or pleasant in the 25 years I've lived in Berkeley.

[Boris Mazniker @bmazniker]

@RALee85 How did he get out of Hostomel? I assumed most of them got killed.