The Scathing Details of George Santos' Ethics Report - Lemmy.World

Lots of good details in there but the highlights: >Santos funneled at least $200,000 to his personal bank account from RedStone through a series of transactions in 2022. Some of those funds, according to the report, were allegedly utilized to settle personal credit card debts and indulge in luxury purchases at establishments such as Hermes, Sephora and OnlyFans, the website known for its adult content. >Santos inflated six personal loans he made to his own campaign that were reported at $81,250, when in reality they totaled just $3,500 >use of more than $2,000 in campaign funds at a resort in Atlantic City, more than $3,000 on an Hamptons Airbnb’s, and travel and hotel charges in Las Vegas that corresponded to the time when he told staff members he was on his honeymoon. His questionable campaign spending also included $6,000 worth of luxury goods at Ferragamo stores, $1,000 in ATM withdrawals, $800 at a casino, and money to pay his rent.

We're Going to Die Here - Lemmy.world

This isnt NSFW, but does contain accounts of a family hiding for 10+ hours in a safe room while terrorists invade the outside community. Probably the least NeoLiberal post, but it has some good insights into a liberal Israeli’s political views and the future. Bibi is going to have like 100% approval and simultaneously 0% approval.

The Big City Where Housing Is Still Affordable - Lemmy.world

Berkeley rents fall amid construction boom - Lemmy.world

More evidence that building housing makes housing more affordable

Strong Towns: New Zealand’s Legalization of Incremental Housing Is Bearing Fruit - Lemmy.world

Summary: The “downzoning” of the 1970s and 80s and resultant single-family zoning across the island nation in many ways mirrored the suburban development pattern visible across the U.S. However, when an 11% spike in population between 2013 and 2018 strained supply in Auckland, the nation’s largest city by both population and landmass began reevaluating where it was headed. The city’s home prices doubled between 2009 and 2016, Business Insider reported. “People even began to pay hundreds of dollars a month to rent garages in Auckland without bathrooms or kitchens.” Unwilling to continue down this path, Auckland turned to incremental development. In 2016, the city upzoned approximately three-quarters of its residential land area under the Auckland Unitary Plan, legalizing duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes on single-family lots. The number of construction permits issued more than doubled. “New housing units permitted have increased every year since the policy was enacted, with all of these increases occurring in the city’s upzoned areas,” a 2021 research paper by Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, the Director of Economic Policy at the University of Auckland, stated.

Elderly driver plows into Los Angeles car dealership dragging customer 20 feet to her death - Lemmy.world

It’s my god given right to drive a 5,000lb vehicle. Any attempt to make sure I’m fit to drive this safely is an assault on my god given rights.

Way to block entire instances? - Lemmy.world

I’m not a big porn user, but I get an absolute ton of posts from lemmy.nsfw It’s clearly all porn, is there a way to block the entire instance with voyager? All I see are block communities. I also don’t want to block all nsfw posts