I really enjoyed this breakdown of the implications of the Strong Towns approach, and this counterpoint to Marohn is very compelling. A supposedly socialist former city council member in Sacramento repeatedly spoke of the need to prioritize these millionaires over more housing. Why?

This incredible piece of reporting from @calmatters.org, along with its horrifying story on how Cal DMV gets murderers back into cars as quickly as possible, should have sent alarm bells and forced resignations across DMV and CalSTA. Instead, crickets. calmatters.org/investigatio...

And I speak of spiritual suffering! Of people seeing their talent, their work, their lives wasted. Of good minds submitting to stupid ones. Of strength and courage strangled by envy, greed for power, fear of change.

Unbelievably tragic piece about all the crossing guards injured or killed on the job in the US. One school district in South Carolina has had 4(!) crossing guards hit or killed on the job. These are people trying to fix the problems caused caused by traffic engineers, and are dying doing it.

Despite SacRT supposedly ending this practice this year, new ads completely covering windows continue to appear on light rail (unsure about buses).

Absolute cowardice and incompetence from @airresources.bsky.social Such a terrible combination with bureaucratic arrogance, and a foreboding omen for what the new Board Chair Lauren Sanchez values.

Abridged showing how real journalists can clearly explain Prop 50. While it’s awesome to have two great nonprofit news orgs (with @calmatters.org of course) cover this issue so well, it’s such an indictment of the literally dishonest coverage in every other outlet.

The @newyorker.com daily cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson.

West Sacramento Mayor and @caltrans.bsky.social to close only bike path to Davis in order to save money for PG&E: tell them no! sacbike.org/advocacy-ale...

You can’t write EOs about governing intelligently to safeguard communities from the changing climate and then support this. Everyone wants to talk about climate resilience but that approach is incompatible for any politician who wants credit now at the expense of the future (even near-term).

If only we had a strong principled leader like Mayor Adams as Minority Leader… at

In my experience, the people who run Omelas are lovely

Safety experts recommend staying inside to not get murdered.

@calmatters.org once again setting the standard for how you cover complex partisan topics factually (it shouldn’t be so rare!). And then they following this section with far and away the best data journalism on redistricting maps: calmatters.org/california-v...

The Democratic Party needs candidates to run on a platform of not liking Ben

It is journalistic malpractice to write about Prop 50 without even once mentioning that it is a direct and explicit response to gerrymandering in TX. That goes triple when writing a long piece about the motivations of donors to the pro- and anti- committees.

I couldn't find much 1960s coverage of families displaced by the W-X freeway. So I looked at households listed on W or X in the 1950 census & called up the kids to see if they were still living there when construction began. I found two amazing people? Reporting is fun www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...

Sacramento: The Next Generation First, potluck. Then, lots and lots of doors.

I’ve also found that in my limited interactions with Trumpers they often laugh when they talk about him. It’s like a mix of glee, shame, genuine amusement at his antics, and an acknowledgment of their ridiculousness, but it distracts from their overt desire to commit violence against anyone “other.”

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

I mean, why not just “HAIL TRUMP” at this point? It’s not like you’re even hiding it anymore.

To go into cultural critique BS, I’d say the unraveling of the social fabric from suburbanization/integration/car culture/corporate capitalism first truly hollowed out any moral development from Boomers as a generation, and they actively pursued that disintegration through every policy available.

My crack insurance team is out with new visualizations of the recent California FAIR plan data release. The picture is not pretty. This data release covers the period from September of 2024 to June of 2025. Think of it as the first look into the post-LA Wildfire insurance environment.

Homeowners: "Our streets need protection from homeless people!" City: "Here are dozens of concrete barriers." Bicyclists: "Our bodies need protection from fast-moving traffic!" City: "Here are a few plastic pixie sticks."

We should have a clean, open, and cheap process for neighbors to paint their local cross walks. It builds a sense of place and makes the day just a little bit nicer. Sadly in the pic below in Davis, CA, an unapproved rainbow crosswalk was quickly removed by city staff www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...

When in doubt, just ask yourself: am I going as hard as the initial design of the 1st Minnesota Gettysburg monument?

Taking the Habermas pilled position that it's fine and good that there's groups of people advocating for various political ideas and freely giving their own opinions on the issues to persuade others. It's actually the responsibility of politicians to decide who to listen to

LIFEWORLDERS RISE UP

While new derogatory terms for Trump are often eye roll-inducing, White Idi Amin cooks

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.

I'm not exaggerating. The US forced Japan to accept more pedestrian danger. Japanese official: “Unlike U.N. standards, which are used by Japan and European countries, pedestrian safety is not a factor in U.S. vehicle standards."

One of our favorites! Action Comics No. 12. May, 1939. Clark Kent comes upon the aftermath of a car crash that kills a friend of his. As Superman, he takes to the airwaves and declares a... wait for it... war on cars.

Like fossil fuel companies, it seems like legacy environmental groups must be abolished rather than have any hope of being reformed into organizations that could one day do more good than harm.

Meep morp I concur

Any reporting claiming California has “weakened” its environmental laws is flat-out wrong. We *strengthened* our environmental regulatory regime by streamlining the single-most climate-friendly policy goal: infill housing.

I hate the both-sides-ing crap journalists do with housing policy. They did it with Middle Housing and now NYT is doing it with CEQA. Repeating claims -- for or against -- verbatim without acknowledging whether they're true or not based on empirical research is just misinformation.

Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists. This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A new evidence review asks what speed limits should be if we started with the goal of reducing death and injury. Safe to say that despite being rooted in evidence, there'll be a lot of motivated reasoning trying to make these conclusions go away downloads.roadsafetyfoundation.org/Determining_...

you really could not come up with a better encapsulation of Gavin Newsom Thought than “we’re gonna use AI to figure out how to make 3+ hour commutes more like 2.5 hours.”

Many manifestos have been saying this

The startling thing about this is that 26% of Americans are *for* sending innocent people from other countries to hell prison in El Salvador for no reason other than they are in America and they don't like that

A Guatemalan immigrant with no Massachusetts criminal record was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents shattered the glass on his vehicle as he and his wife waited inside the car for their lawyer to arrive. Read story and view full video: newbedfordlight.org/lawyer-feder...

Holy shit. @calmatters.org looked at all records of people who’ve killed peoples behind the wheel — and found a horrifying CA DMV scandal. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social needs to call for an investigation. calmatters.org/investigatio...

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Cowardly thugs abduct woman in broad daylight

We have had full lobotomies and put ramen noodles back in - @jguynn.bsky.social and @baileyschulz.bsky.social probably

Things might feel dark, but do you remember how important my legacy is? Man, I was pretty great, wasn’t I. So glad I fixed the health care system forever.

Usmnt been ass since the trump dance