The sun is out, the fire pit is on and Second Sunday has started! We are here at Headlands Berkeley until 2ish

3 drivers passed the school bus today, with its stop sign out and my kids exiting. A new record. I told the bus driver to go on a side street that is more narrow from now on. Longer walk to the bus stop now but at least my blood pressure won't spike everytime the kids come home

Kinda bonkers that this is what it looks like < 30 min drive outside of San Francisco

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

I was 19 when I asked that my BART parking lot be turned into housing. It was a pipedream. @alfredtwu.com made a drawing of apartments here that caused a neighborhood freakout. I met @libbington.bsky.social and she organized the area pro-housers. At 29, it finally begins. sfyimby.com/2025/12/perm...

Found the perfect angle between my eyes and the sun to make a rainbow on this sign today

Check out Westbrae Makers Pop-Up and Block Party! 🚲 🧰 🧆 👝 🔪 🪴 ⛺ 📰 📖 💎 🗺️ Sunday, December 7 | 11 am - 4 pm @gilmandistrict.bsky.social 1306 Gilman Street Featuring: Blue Heron Bikes; Hida Tool & Hardware Company; Middle East Market and Cafe; North & East Leather; Golden State Sharpening;...

Anyone here with an iPhone who wants to play a fun word game with me? I’m running out of random opponents 😫 match.nimblebit.com/play/c2/14NS

I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Surely one of my East Bay mutuals has a home for Nimbus here and his brother Cirrus. berkeleyhumane.org/adoptable_ca...

Just when I think Berkeley NIMBYs are not the worst, someone proves me wrong. I would say shame on them but it’s clear they don’t have any

Join @berkeleyca.gov at its Harvest Festival, featuring food contests, crop and seed swaps, family-friendly activities, live music, and more! 🍓 🌽 🍞 🥧 🍪 🌾 🌱 🎟 🎶 Saturday, October 18 11 am - 4 pm Cedar Rose Park 1300 Rose Street More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...

This is more of a reminder to myself more than anyone else but, Worrying about your to-do list while you are doing something doesn't count as multitasking.

There’s a special guest this month! My puppy Roz is making her debut

North Berkeley Now’s monthly meetup is on! Join us at Headlands Berkeley from 11-2 and let’s raise a glass to the passing of SB79! 🥳🍾🍻🥳

VICTORY ALERT! wow this made my week

Always happy to be in good company as an E-bike poster child. Thanks for the awesome photo @ericpanzer.bsky.social

Just did this bike ride on an urban arrow in 80 degrees full sun. Please clap

Went for a little shoppy shop in the Elmwood the other day. I didn’t spend as much as I would have, thanks to some of the business owners who showed me where NOT to go.

Everyone is starting to notice our egregious typographical error. We are sufficiently ashamed. Please accept this corrected version of our guide:

Man I really needed some good news this week. Yay! Thank you CA lawmakers

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🚲🚲🚲Let us know via email how to make it safer to bike in Berkeley and strengthen our network of calmed routes and roads. 1) See the draft plan: berkeleybikeplan.org 2) Give input by emailing [email protected] by end of day on September 26. berkeleyca.gov/commu...

Happy Labor Day! Give a union member a high five today

Something that baffles me everyday: drivers who are in a BIG hurry and don’t seem to have time to yield to a human crossing the street in front of them BUT manage to find the time to stop, roll down their window, and yell at said human. Does this happen everywhere or just California?

Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.

Happy 8/27 to all. 🌺🌼🪻🌹🌸 May hundreds of thousands of transit-oriented homes blossom in the years to come 🌺🌼🪻🌹🌸

Berkeley Housers! There are two critical workshops this week!

Unfortunately the draft bike plan for Berkeley is woefully inadequate for delivering bikeable streets for all ages and abilities. It needs serious help and we need to speak up. Read this op ed and email comments to [email protected] www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/19/t...

Corridor zoning workshop for North Shattuck is tonight! North Berkeley senior center 6-7:30pm

Never thought of myself as a Cruise Person but I recently had the best time ever on one. Everything we needed was a 5 minute walk away and we never had to get into a car. We let the kids roam free at times. That kind of Walkable Urbanism is so illegal it can only exist in international waters.

Art of the Day - a city street that prioritizes people and homes rather than parking for @yimbyaction.bsky.social! Streets make up most of the public land in our cities, they can be used for so much more besides vehicle storage.

Fun fact! I designed the membership month swag for yimbyaction.bsky.social. It was a delight to work on a topic I feel strongly about! We needs homes for people, not parking for cars

Not sure where else to put this but a man on a motorized vehicle (his “license plate” said “e-bike”) harassed me on the ohlone greenway today. If you witnessed this at Santa Fe & Gilman around 5:50pm today 7/28/25 or if you are the lady who filmed part of it, please DM me.

God bless

I too live in a community and the street in front of my house is for everybody to use

On this train, our kids played with other kids who were also visiting from the US. They were from Texas so there was a little bit of cultural exchange

1/2 I spent five days among people who feel invisible. People who cannot or do not want to drive and are exhausted by a society that defends the car system more than it cares about its fellow human beings. And yes, that sounds melodramatic. Always when I've been cycling a lot, meeting strangers.

Balconies für alles! Loving all the balconies here in Schweiz

Next is Theo from D8, who says there's no more important process than Democratic elections. People rejected NIMBY candidates, and elected pro-housers to enact strong housing ordinances. Pass a strong supplemental ordinance. People don't live in plans, they live in homes!

Recap of Berkeley Middle Housing: - Majority of the 102 public comments in favor - City Council votes 9-0 to rezone most of the city's low density residential zones to 70 units per acre, ~8 homes per lot. Old zoning only allowed 1-2 Thank you to everyone who worked to make this happen! 🏘️ #berkmtg

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientists urge support of Berkeley’s middle housing ordinance.

I haven’t had coffee yesterday or today and my chronic stomach ache is gone. I am mourning my youth

We are here at Headlands Berkeley until 2 or so! Come chat with your fellow North Berkeley Now houseketeers! It’s cloudy but not too chilly today

I now know what is going to make me insufferable this fall. I pre-ordered from bookshop.org. Where are you getting your copy of Life After Cars?

The Bay Area is once again begging me to drive a car to get to where I’m going. Sigh

🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ On May 15, Bike to Wherever Day, ride your bike – or a rental from a bike share station – to work, on errands, to take kids to school, to see family or friends, or for simple fun. Community Message: berkeleyca.gov/commu... 1/3

Most important episode of the war on cars, imo. Give it a listen and you will find yourself with an arsenal of good information to combat car-oriented infrastructure and anti-bike lane sentiments

Took cardboard to the recycling center via cargo bike today 💪🚴‍♀️

Thank you @jessearreguin.bsky.social for your Yes votes on SB 79 and SB 677, and for your leadership on SB 9. We are proud we endorsed you in November 2024 and we appreciate your bold action to address cost of living issues for California residents.