When Gavin Newsom was elected in 2018, he said he would oversee construction of 3.5 million homes by now. Then he stuck his tail between his legs while segregationists and their left-NIMBY interns blocked major reforms until getting serious this year. This dude has no stones to fight Republicans.

While San Diego got rid of the onstreet parking on southbound Park Blvd through Balboa Park during December Nights, it wasn’t converted to a bus lane so the buses were still stuck in car traffic. Would someone in San Diego media please ask why that happened.

Did you or someone you know dance on Soul Train in the 1970s? I’d like to talk with you or them about that experience for my research Thanks!

This is Uni. She has ridden to work with her human every day in their bike basket for the last seven years. Has been offered many other forms of transportation, but refuses them all in favor of the Honey Baked Ham Express. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: unihalo)

When you buy into the USPS as a business losing money, you are buying into losing these other public services: -libraries -public schools -fire/EMT/911 -public transportation -senior services -public utilities -roads & infrastructure And MORE... Public good costs very little for the benefits.

This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships: > An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]

If the dems ever get the presidency again I need them to put like opposite DOGE in charge of HHS. WPA levels of hiring POs and EIS. Incredibly woke, ONLY diversity grants.

STORE: Thank you for your order! STORE: We are preparing your order! STORE: We put your order in a box! STORE: Look who has a mailing label! STORE: Your order has been shipped! STORE: Your order is in your city! STORE: Your order is nearby! STORE: Your order sees you. STORE: Turn around.

"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either." youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY

fuck gavin newsom

Absolutely weeping

Yeah I like waymo. Waymo public transit, bike lanes and benches!

You’ll Be OK

Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants 📚 www.imls.gov/news/stateme...

Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

Pretty sure my 13 year old lady doggo had a moment of senility today and barked her head off at …nothing? She was so upset and shaking and there was no one around. It’s my busiest week of the semester and I really can’t afford to fall apart. Please send us all the calm, happy old dog vibes.

You now need a Real ID to board a plane. But fortunately for House Republicans, you still don’t need one to transport a minor across state lines.

Remove Jeffries. We need an actual leader, unit a play pretend one.

The first two weeks of December are always stressful for me as I process all the theses and grad projects from my campus. This year, @fraction.bsky.social got me a white/rose wine advent calendar. 😍 I’m opening them at the end of the evening and it’s a delight!

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work. Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.

It's good to re-up this for World AIDS day. If you don't know the whole story I'd recommend reading the thread. It really sucks that Grohl and the band have been allowed to sweep this under the rug, because their support had real, significant consequences.

We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Turkey salad sandwiches for dinner tonight and a green chili turkey pot pie later this week. I am about turkeyed out!

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

JFC Oklahoma you fuckin cowards. Now every Jesus-freak right-wing student who can't get a passing grade for a bunch of bible quotes masquerading as an essay is going to file a 1st amendment complaint. You gonna suspend the whole Biology department for teaching about evolution? (Don't answer that)

ALSO. if you sincerely believed that shit, you’d WANT to write a well-supported and convincing essay to convince your wayward TA and prove you were right. Writing a terrible essay and daring the TA to fail you for clout is a sign of a prideful and idolatrous heart.

Rookie mistake! I dressed for 55 degree weather (the temp at home), but it was more like 45 degrees and foggy for the bulk of my ride. Frickin microclimates!

nose down ass up that's the way we cyberstuck

Had a lovely visit with my in-laws and ate so much delicious food. It's a relief that they are now just over an hour away instead of 6+. I also finished (and really enjoyed) Kill the Beast by Serra Swift us.macmillan.com/books/978125... Hoping that you are all taking some time to nurture yourselves.

It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!

somebody who is good at the economy please help them budget this, their bullshit factory is dying

It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.

Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁

The median home owner in San Diego bought their home 15 years ago (!) when the median price was ~$220k (!!) It’s nearly $600k now! www.redfin.com/news/homeown...

Out on my Sunday morning ride and taking a bagel break at a park. A kid is on the swings and screaming “I’m flying!” while the sun shines and the birds are chirping. 💜💚🥹

San Diego Sharp nurses going out this coming week. Don't cross picket lines!

It is important for you to realize that you have probably never once in your life sent a private email. That’s just not how email works. Sure, turn off whatever Gmail features you want, but you’re just playing whack-a-mole with the technical realities of email as a concept.

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Have you ever asked students to keep a research journal or a research log as a step toward the completion of an essay? I'd love to see what the assignment looked like.

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

The university is seeking a new University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources. Maybe that's you! Come join us in the CUNYverse, the best urban university system in the world!

I’m howling.

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Happy gotcha day to our sweet Pixie Blue! She's 13 now and still truckin' along, barking at those that annoy her and chomping all the things - especially the stinkiest and grossest that are found on the road. Thanks for being part of our little family. @fraction.bsky.social

A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women. Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻