Toby Muresianu

@[email protected]
188 Followers
56 Following
76 Posts
Social at Freethink Media. Housing advocate at Westside for Everyone in LA. Also a writer, comedian, dad and stuff.
Websitetobyhardtospell.com
Twittertwitter.com/TobyHardtospell
Redditreddit.com/u/TobyHardtoSpell
SubStackTobyHardtospell.SubStack.com
Toby MuresianuJul 6, 2023

I’m hopping to threads!

Hoping it can be the one that slays the Twitter dragon. Fun so far! https://www.threads.net/@tobyhardtospell

Toby MuresianuMay 30, 2023

Spotted Barbie’s Dream…Townhouse? on my walk.

Picking up to explain to my daughter that this kind of walkable urbanism is illegal in most American Cities

Toby MuresianuApr 25, 2023
Benjamin RossApr 25, 2023
Krugman lays it on the line: "NIMBYism, not crime or taxes, is the New York area’s main problem."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/opinion/new-york-city-affordability-housing.html
Opinion | What’s the Matter With New York?

It’s not crime or taxes. It’s lack of housing.

The New York Times
Toby MuresianuApr 25, 2023
Crosswalk Collective LAApr 24, 2023

Gabriela Futsi was killed crossing here in 2016.

After 7 years, LADOT took action: They installed a memorial sign. We painted two crosswalks on April 10 and within days, they removed them.

So remember: Your family members? Expendable. A bit of paint? Now that’s an emergency.

Toby MuresianuApr 9, 2023
Deactivated Twitter today for the time being. I don’t know if I’ll go to Mastodon or spend more time on instagram or just not be On Twitter. Just sick of all the bullshit, in so many ways.
Toby MuresianuApr 9, 2023
Agas RamirezApr 9, 2023
Haven't been on Mastodon in a while but today I'm experiencing an exhaustion with Twitter I've never felt before!
Toby MuresianuApr 1, 2023
Bobby Big WheelMar 27, 2023
RT @mpdillon
seems a lot of the loud “Democrats don’t have any backbone” crowd on Twitter seem to have missed a Democratic governor *in a reelection year, in a Trump +26 state* doing this
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-kentucky-2d0cc56d511b0f435db68c8c2579cbd7
Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a sweeping Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender-affirming health care and restricting the bathrooms they can use.

Associated Press
Toby MuresianuJan 28, 2023

How people think housing works: “if you build it they will come”

How housing actually works: “we didn’t build it, they came anyway, and now closets rent for $1500/month”

Toby MuresianuJan 26, 2023
Why do rich homeowners even want to live in neighborhoods of just rich people? It’s a lot more useful to live near a plumber and a roofer than nine copyright attorneys
Toby MuresianuJan 20, 2023

There are homeless people in my neighborhood waiting for housing.

There are many empty storefronts in my neighborhood.

Should we stop waiting for elaborate housing projects and just turn a few empty stores into small, clean and safe emergency shelters?

This seems like a lot more feasible, fast and direct than, like, retrofitting 12 story office towers to mixed-income residential but I haven't heard anyone talk about it.