Building codes reform: moinmybackyard.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwudgnun6c2cCA-11 debate live thread! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igBVJ_1dIdY02 Oct 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwudgnun6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mws3kiytgk2kI'm so sorry, Mike Tomlin, former head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I love that you're a secret urbanist, but before you spend more time on this, let me tell you about the IBC and how your buildings are illegal... https://youtu.be/_h_pQ1-5iQg?si=eXJHJ1ZRgQuENTxj01 Oct 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mws3kiytgk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwpg57ifv22eRequiring sprinklers is corvée labor.30 Sep 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpg57ifv22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwk6hjurqc2eDoes this bar deserve historical preservation status? [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwk6hjurqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwjnm2o3ek2iMy promise not to run against my mother’s endorsed candidate has people asking questions already answered by my promise not to run against my mother’s endorsed candidate. https://missionlocal.org/2026/09/christine-pelosi-connie-chan-rumors/27 Sep 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjnm2o3ek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwjhvy7eh22vHaven’t googled yet, but has anyone done time and motion studies on this? If putting on the mask/helmet is ~20s, extrapolate out the amount of time it’d take to leave the station. Then compare to avg dispatch-to-arrival time of ~4 min in SF. How much is gear-up time vs actual road time? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjhvy7eh22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwfg7y6hwk2kEpic negativity bias here. https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/portland-real-estate-is-such-a-mess-that-all-housing-is-affordable-housing-26bbea6a?st=aDbEgf26 Sep 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfg7y6hwk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mweo5yvdys2lThe bane of my existence are documents without dates on them.25 Sep 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweo5yvdys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwcetunevk2eSat through an impassioned defense of the definition of townhouse today.24 Sep 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcetunevk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwce65rvqk2eYou can drone on about Polanco all you want but Vegas’s walkable urbanism is the winning message.24 Sep 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwce65rvqk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mwcdzzbq722eMo problems24 Sep 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcdzzbq722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw7t5eupq22rThe most unrealistic part of Star Trek is that Starfleet Academy is in Marin. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/23/states-jockey-to-land-trumps-new-space-academy-0109038023 Sep 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7t5eupq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw7gy4p7mc26By this I’m sure he means he thinks there needs to be more federal expertise brought to bear on the code development process. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7gy4p7mc26https://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw5q3pfn2c2mVegas is your capital city in a very tall game of Civ.23 Sep 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5q3pfn2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw5ozin3zs2kNot sure if this bodes well or poorly for the idea of more political involvement in the building codes. Kind of a Rorschach test. Of course, the specific structure of decision-making matters. https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/house-defies-automakers-and-mandates-am-radio-in-new-cars-5479fceb23 Sep 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5ozin3zs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw2yuihbjs2pRe: commercial influence in the building codes, the controlling case appears to be Allied Tube v Indian Head, in which the Supreme Court ruled that a standards org (in this case NFPA) setting a product typology counted as restraint of trade (aka antitrust). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/486/492/22 Sep 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2yuihbjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw2epplvlk2jOK but what if the US had its own standards and development process? https://www.ft.com/content/4e502288-b611-4193-acdb-46ef34b1e3b0?syn-25a6b1a6=121 Sep 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2epplvlk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mw24luy3o22kThere are only glimpses of the behind the scenes story of how they got various stakeholders to embrace innovation. So many threads to chase down, so little time! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Sep 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw24luy3o22khttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvzz2gk6af2oIt begins! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzz2gk6af2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvzyhligvc2oI'll be watching the ICC Board of Directors candidate forum, which starts in about half an hour. The candidates can be found here: https://www.iccsafe.org/about/board-of-director-candidates-2026-2027/21 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzyhligvc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvwhwckzps2dMy building’s elevator is broken. And so it begins…20 Sep 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvwhwckzps2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvvcs2nfps2sThis will be interesting. https://www.iccsafe.org/building-safety-journal/bsj-hits/meet-the-candidates-2026-icc-virtual-board-of-directors-candidates-forum https://www.iccsafe.org/building-safety-journal/bsj-hits/meet-the-candidates-2026-icc-virtual-board-of-directors-candidates-forum/?utm_campaign=BSJ%20Weekly&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-89AHNX6iIqstNDlqKvSVZJgQOkuFHOdSa4D6rQxEn3oDCJDl4KO6Vd5mSMzS-VntPEBtGswScZYhtqQR_b6kXPX6kulA&_hsmi=439551196&utm_content=439551196&utm_source=hs_email19 Sep 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvcs2nfps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvsvnfjhz22q18 Sep 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsvnfjhz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvsuh4h2hs2b"Code officials from smaller towns and counties are especially underrepresented on the roster of ICC voters." How do they know...? Perhaps this is just rhetorical, to get more of their people to sign up. https://www.nahb.org/blog/2024/03/icc-governmental-voting-deadline18 Sep 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsuh4h2hs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/moinmybackyard.bsky.social/post/3mvspaquaxc2gIf only these two did a Christian thing in their backyard. We could have taken this all the way to Clarence and Neil and Amy and Sam. https://apple.news/AqyVsMBbISkSBzbMmp3MddA18 Sep 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:e2sqbsvb6psyyneqho7a6iyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvspaquaxc2g