I love this quote from Time Magazine published on June 19, 1978 after Prop 13 passed “Ignoring warnings that schools may not be able to educate, libraries may close and crime rates may climb, the voters” It’s funny how long timers love to at how things were better 40-50 years ago… because it was!

My Bsky wrapped 🎁 I love liking all y'all's stuff

Okay as a former Bay Area resident I'll say that the ghost town of retail around Union Sq, esp near/on Market is really sad. Like this is much much worse than other downtowns inc Seattle, Philly, etc

Hey @bart.gov fyi it doesn't seem like the right most faregate entering SFO station from International Terminal is working properly. Didn't seem to accept my Clipper or tap to pay

Exactly. As someone who works in nonprofit advocacy it is our job to get politicians to do better/make better informed decisions based on the lived experience of marginalized folks. And we may have had the zeitgeist for like 4-6 years but that is far outnumbered by the years of establishment folks

On the one hand the fog looks cool. On the other hand it's * December * Fog season in SoCal is May-July...but it's been like this year round!! Ugh climate change

On the one hand the fog looks cool. On the other hand it's * December * Fog season in SoCal is May-July...but it's been like this year round!! Ugh climate change

Wearing Alaska on Alaska

This piece was a really interesting read. A lot of people coming down in places that I didn't expect. Props to Sup. Fielder, whom I often disagree with on production issues, for saying she'd support all of the Safeway redevelopment proposals, including the one in the Marina.

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Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry.

All the sodas started out as an attempt to stop people from touching themselves and a cure for “clotted eye” but now we all go “I love Doc Tipsys Chastity Tonic! It’s made right here in Rockville!”

In a bike lane with all the safety gear, still killed by a driver. A wife widowed and two young kids without a father just before the holidays. It doesn’t have to be this way. #bikesky 6abc.com/post/forrner...

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ICE just kidnapped a fellow delivery driver and seized his moped in my neighborhood 😭

Yes, I indeed had an Amtrak cafe car inspired snack table at my holiday party

This is such a me conversation. Always a battle for what kind of sausage I want

The "just build" solution to high rent prices may be economically sound but the way James, 27 ans sees it, buildings are being built while his rent isn't going down. That facilitates a mode of thinking about the housing economy that is essentially "government cares about developers, not me."

This is so deeply sad. We need safer bike infrastructure in San Diego. My uncle used to bike to work from Solana Beach to La Jolla but no longer does bc he feels it's unsafe

Took 2 years but I guess I'm an official Vida DC gay now

Yes!!! Let's go Brad!!

Midway Rising, a 4,000+ home redevelopment project, has been in the works for years, but it’s still being held up. Why? Legal challenges, CEQA, and a 50-year-old height limit in San Diego. I explain below!

Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups. This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.

We love a transit ugly sweater

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Wars or trek no Lord of the rings no Marvel and no Disney animated or Pixar.

My airplane seat mate is watching the latest Jurassic Park and seeing Jonathan Bailey out of the corner of my eyes 🥵

Alternate opinion: they can beef up or grow chest hair to stay warmer

This is literally the standard in all Aldis...and an incentive to return the cart

Great hearing @janeese4dc.bsky.social talk about Democratic Socialism in her run for mayor on WAMU rn!

Landed on the gulf coast and lol 2 of my friends here have already apologized about how cold (and wet) it is. I'm like...when I left DC this morning it was 35F so...it's fine?

You can really identify DC's commie corridor with this map!

No one’s ready to have this conversation 😔

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How do we like the new briefs?

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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

Democrats have overperformed their 2024 margins in 2025 specials by ~13% in mainly low turnout, low-profile elections. Aftyn Behn still shifting the margin 13% in what became a high turnout, high profile election is a big 🚨🚨🚨 for thinking about 2026.

Sorry, I’m not doing moderate vs prog discourse tonight. Behn won the primary with 27%. If you can’t figure out how to beat that, it’s on you.

This past year I bought a calendar with hard naked guys so here are all of them for your viewing pleasure. Which one is your favorite? Starting with Josh in January:

Hookup was good but he wanted to wear his shoes all over my shoeless house 🙃

Side erasure this, side erasure that...but the worst side erasure are the anti woke bedsheets from Target!

Let’s start an over 30 selfie thread ✨ 38 🤠

The calmest time to shop for groceries has to be Black Friday

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

My favorite Britney album

Which one of you turkeys needs a basting today?

I love Janeese. TBH I don't think she's quite Zohran but she's a good progressive and speaker and hope she'll be the next mayor

lol love coming back from sabbatical and discovering that some of the things my colleagues were supposed to do...didn't get done...

What a work of art. Hang it in the VMFA (as it'll get stolen in the Louvre)