Signature gathering for the regional transit funding measure is in full swing! There are 16 events across the Bay Area this weekend; you can find events in your area by using the Luma map and the tags on the event calendar: luma.com/connectbayarea

Oooh hello California High Speed Rail

The D Line Extension to Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega opens...

Unpopular opinions: Glasgow is more fun than Edinburgh Moscow is more fun than St Petersburg Melbourne is more fun than Sydney

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

That orange-blossom scent everywhere in SF right now? It's Pittosporum undulatum, AKA Victorian box or mock orange. Native to subtropical eastern Australia, it's a nondescript evergreen tree with nondescript white flowers. But wow the fragrance. www.sftrees.com/blog/2016/3/...

He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.

1. Until Sunday, it wasn’t clear to me why Savannah Guthrie’s mom was still missing nearly a month after her disappearance. Then came images of the FBI director, Kash Patel, partying with members of the US Olympic hockey team after they won the gold medal. Then it all started to make sense.

It never occurred to me that I would be following Flavor Flav for wholesome, joyful, patriotic content

A quick visit to the Capitol but I had to pay my respects to the shrine

Putting weekday cars thru Sunset Dunes Park reqs >$15M in signal upgrades. Ancient traffic signals were removed at 7 intersections for safety reasons. Replacement reqs updating to current standards @sunsetdunes.org

How 900 feet of sinking, leaning, rusting steel overcame Millennium Tower as the biggest metaphor for San Francisco. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/02/port...

AVs will someday be safer than average human drivers. More important question: Will AVs make city streets safer? A: Only if the deadliest human drivers give up driving. Meanwhile, more useful analysis from @davidzipper.bsky.social

@forrealflygirl.bsky.social provides an accessible, accurate and hilarious summary of what's actually happening in cities with AVs. Listen: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Let's talk about the history of "the gay mafia" 🧵

As a kid I was excluded from sports, and as an adult find them confusing. Now I'm reading everything @annkillion.bsky.social writes about the Olympics

Yes it's gold medalist Alysa Liu promoting Muni's L-Taraval relaunch in 2024 ❤️ ❤️ 🚋 ⛸️ ❤️ ❤️

"So you get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible. How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used?"

Sign up for our East Bay Greenway list & find details on every project through the whole 30-mile corridor from Oakland to Fremont, on our campaign page at BikeEastBay.org/EBG. An update with details on multiple East Bay Greenway projects is going out to the list tomorrow!

On this day in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed, forcing over 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps. #DayofRemembrance Among the internees were individuals who embraced photography as an important means of artistic expression in the 1920s and 1930s.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others. See what changes are in store for your county 👇

In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views. The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.

Yes the best Weird Al song is always the one you first heard at 12. Which for me, aptly: Another One Rides the Bus

Jesse Jackson, who died on Tuesday, gave a 1984 political speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco that is among the all-time greats. Here’s what he said.

You can see the buried waterways of Los Angeles-Orange County in www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview... @awalkerinla.bsky.social

Progress Demands That the Bay Area Be De-Balkanized S.F. Chron, 1957

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Rembrandt sky, but with hills #SF

My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate. Thoughts on this: newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Bannon is correct. Elon can be deported. Lying on your citizenship application is grounds for denaturalization. Watch Elon’s reaction in this 2013 interview when his brother Kimbal admits they were “illegal” immigrants by starting a business while in the US under student visas:

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Darwin in my spirit animal

Today’s BART board workshop was sobering. We reviewed potential service and budget cuts in the event that we don’t get additional revenue. We explored closing stations, lines, and service hours. One thing that I don’t think ppl understand is that the phase two approach is the best case scenario.

Today's sabbatical accomplishments: ✔️ 5 decent new pages ✔️ 30-page mobility tech chapter less a disorganized mess ✔️ Workout ✔️ Workshop agenda Time for Manhattan and reading in the bath

LA is planning what could be the most expensive and complex transit project in American history — a subway across the Sepulveda Pass. If it ever gets built, the benefits would be huge. An 80 min trip shaved to 20 mins, 100K+ rides per day, transfers to 4 other lines.

TIL there's a 4.99-rated Airbnb on the Tehachapi Loop just for railfans www.airbnb.com/rooms/38029098

Plum blossom Wet sidewalk Diamond Street

This graphic alone is like a fucking dissertation. Incredible stuff. Master class. Blows a massive hole in every govt's excuse that their level of gov't has no control over freeway spending.

Found on reddit - the Mighty 33!

@papacox on ARkStorm's core lesson: Every disaster teaches that survival correlates less w/ isolation than social cohesion. To prepare, know your neighbors. In real disasters, it is not the loner who fares best but the block, town or network that works together. open.substack.com/pub/dalealan...

Who are Super Speeders? Glad you asked:

It's Feb, so SF streets are awash in plum and magnolia blossoms. Let's honor some less-obvious peak front yard blooms🧵

What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

If you're over 45, go get your colonoscopy. Only downsides: - Pointlessly unappetizing prep drink, better with fresh lemon juice - Work from home for prep day - Nurse prodding you after, disrupting most luxurious, restorative nap ever Upside: - Gameplan for preventing cancer

Buried deep in the contingency plan to slash costs at BART is an all-out nuclear scenario called “Phase 3”: Shut the rail system down altogether. This complete unraveling would only happen if voters decline to [vote for for Connect Bay Area in November]. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Don't let transit go backward. Join us with Connect Bay Area at Lake Merritt TOMORROW MORNING to start collecting signatures to reinvest in buses & BART. RSVP luma.com/q9in3rvd

Hellebores at their peak now

It's been such a very long time. Welcome back, Castro Theater. The neighborhood is hopping tonight