I'm not allowed in the kitchen now but it does involve husband chopping anchovies

@bsky.app surprise: Overlap between transport nerd and women's erotic fiction Bluesky. I'm here for it

@nonzerosumjames.bsky.social likes an archived 2013 Xitter quote and I despair: We've known the policy solutions for abundant + equitable + safe American mobility for decades. Instead we choose robots

I bought John King's book, PORTAL, in 2024 and finally have time to read. Its focus is Ferry Building, but it's really the story of what makes cities succeed or fail. Along with Season of the Witch and Cool Gray City of Love, it's reqd for understanding SF @wwnorton.com

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A country that always defends human rights and international law, like Spain, earns the respect of the entire world, as has happened in recent weeks.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...

One piece to the puzzle of improving BART service is stabilizing their operational revenue in some capacity. Instead of putting resources into figuring out how to do more with less, they can dedicate those resources to strengthening service and securing more revenue.

Bay Area transit agencies are steadily syncing: - Scheduling - Fares - Wayfinding ...making it easier for customers to navigate one coordinated transit system. Much implementation work remains, but foundation is laid

"Thanks to its porous border with Italy, millions of migrants from around the world flock to the Vatican every year. In fact, even the year-round population of the Vatican seems to be entirely made up of immigrants, as its birth rate is virtually zero."

This art by Chloe M at Clarendon Elem would get prime spot on my fridge www.sfsaferoutes.org/wp-content/u...

Springtime in the 4'x4' backyard raised bed, buffet for all the weird neighborhood bees

I believe it is time to tax the richest New Yorkers. My opponent does not. There was just a major victory with the new proposed tax on luxury second homes. That’s tremendous progress. Now we need to keep pushing for a state budget that invests in working families & allows them to afford life in NYC.

"United Airlines is a notable addition to the sponsor list." Probably not related at all

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Satire just keeps getting better every day of this madness. 🎶if u block me, I block u🎶 Song & lyrics. @snicklink.bsky.social x.com/snicklink/st...

Love seeing the in-motion and depot charging on LA G Line. But oomph these performance numbers are rough www.cleantransportationfunding.org/sites/defaul...

A bit overwrought, yet this was exactly my experience and that of all my friends my age youtu.be/f6IOe2XJd_U?...

The data are consistently clear: Converting Great Highway into Sunset Dunes Park resulted in one of SF's most popular parks, with little or no downsides to traffic or road safety compared to pre-COVID www.kqed.org/news/1207923...

Only winner from war in Iran? Chinese companies that invested in green energy Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

As Mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf was one of my best bosses ever, caring deeply about business success and understanding how environment any equity underpinned it. She'll be great as Bay Area Council’s next president and CEO www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

This Methodist is highly impressed by the three cardinals who took on Trump on 60 Minutes tonight--they were focused, tough, straightforward. The Catholic church is emerging as a potent center of resistance. As one said, "We're better than this." www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/were-bette...

I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.

The latest numbers from Hungary have the Péter Magyar-led opposition party Tisza winning 138 seats, well over the 2/3 threshold (133 seats) required for passing constitutional reforms. (Viktor Orbán and his party, Fidesz, with the allied KDNP, abused this power to remake Hungary since 2010.)

walking from my election party to the Tisza rally and we heard crowds cheering in the distance as Orban officially conceded 🥰

one reason you dont elect racists is they think “it will be so easy” to win a war in the middle east based on nothing more than what they believe is their superior dna

Swalwell has removed the endorsements page from his campaign website www.ericswalwell.com/endorsements

"Moon joy" is real, but it has an important lesson for us too: Public service and public life is a gift and something to treasure—the uncommon chance to do something for a cause bigger than yourself. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-pure-j...

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Unless you want to weep, seeing the gap between America's actual greatness and its current predicament, please do not read the bios of the Artemis II crew I ❤️science I ❤️ #nasa www.nasa.gov/feature/our-...

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

On the Swalwell thing, I really hope that people realize that: 1) Things like this happen way too often, even in Democratic and progressive politics. 2) It's really hard to reject a powerful elected official, and it can have long-lasting consequences.

Honor and restore all worm logos

Feels relevant #Artemis

Wow

@kenwhite.bsky.social at top of board: - Best @bsky.app lede of 2026 - Most delightfully unhinged post by sober person

As a director, there's no greater pleasure than watching your talented crew succeed. And no honor better than directing the cameras toward them. Artemis II represents best of American ingenuity, teamwork, leadership. Our prez is threatened by what makes our country great www.npr.org/2026/04/09/n...

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

No I'm not crying, just honoring this one thread of beautiful news about American leadership

The letter fragment I've seen from Swalwell's attorney threatening defamation bears several things that, in my experience in this area, makes me immediately suspicious of Swalwell and his attorney and reflect meritless thuggery. /1

BREAKING: three *more* women have come forward to @cnn.com and accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos: www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/u...

Swalwell's own atty: Clearly it's impossible that he raped her because she later asked him for letter of reference. 😨 He was her entire career. These guys are confident that their power ensures silent compliance. A damning defense www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

"It's everything. It's joy. It's expression. It's the freedom to move freely in our bodies." AllSkateSF meets every Tuesday in Golden Gate Park and they will absolutely put a red nose on you. Come on through.

Sometimes it still delights me this guy is the mayor of NYC: youtu.be/DZ1OblYm5YY?...

Now if only we could remember where we put that bottle of Chianti I love this time of year

If I ever write a memoir or something about this time, my friend did this has already given me permission to tell the full story (it gets better but certain things aren’t ready for public consumption). Really, so much stuff has happened (and is still happening) here that I hope people one day know

Want durable climate coalitions? Go where people feel it: affordability. Housing + transportation are the biggest monthly bills. Policies that let more people live near jobs/services/transit cut costs *and* emissions. Volts featuring @spears.bsky.social www.volts.wtf/p/why-climat...

Fear is the point. Imagine if you elected a govt you were not afraid of? Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment was never meant to be used to remove a terrible president from office—but that’s not what the country has learned from Hollywood, Brian C. Kalt wrote in 2019.

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