Disappointing victim-blaming from @npr.org. This article puts the burden of safety on pedestrians and people on bikes, not on the dangerous drivers and hostile infrastructure that are the real threats. We don't need more "safety tips," rooted in ignorance and incompetence, we need safer streets.

Saying Club Pilates doesn’t belong is a stretch. missionlocal.org/2025/09/vale...

"By the end of the year, we aim to have 200 percent more dipshits writing columns for us. As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together the words 'the intolerant left' and occasionally criticize Trump, you have a home here on our opinion pages."

Boomers can't go boom boom. sfstandard.com/2025/09/20/p...

I am calling for a moratorium on new tote bags. We all have more than enough tote bags already. Stop giving me tote bags at conferences. I do not want or need any more tote bags.

Draeger’s commentated in honor of the average age of those who shop there. inmenlo.com/2025/09/21/s...

SB79 maps, take 2: what got upzoned near the California Ave Caltrain in Palo Alto, where a 1275 square foot bungalow will cost you over $2.5 million. This is why SB79 is a huge deal - it opened up a whole bunch of areas that were previously off-limits. (attn: @nextdoorsv.bsky.social )

Menlo Park, where residents are more concerned about the lives of turtles over other humans. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Visiting friends in San Mateo today, was glad to see: ✔️ Pedestrianized B Street thriving ✔️ @transbaycoalition.bsky.social representing

That column reads like so...

Senator Becker working hard to maximize donations from affluent California homeowners after abstaining on #SB79. www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...

Celebrating my 95 year old mom in honor of her bat mitzvah. You’re never too old to set an example for your family and the community. youtu.be/QhG2_SHHVjs

Target marketing for homes JD Vance visits?

don't invite me to the function unless this is the vibe

All the possible locations for new mega towers near me. Can’t wait for neighbors to freak out even more about stacked up little cells, shadows, and lack of parking for their landscapers, au pair and couch surfing cousin. uscssi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...

Over 60 drivers cited for not yielding to pedestrians over just a few hours in Redwood City. www.rwcpulse.com/traffic/2025...

If Lydia Kou is freaking out, someone is doing something right.

Which is worse for area affluent retirees, the Manhattanization of Redwood City or San Mateo turning into Hong Kong?

All cities should think this way. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/r...

This is the reaction I always get when I tell car-brained folks that I was hit by a car while riding my bike. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/you...

Neighborhood retirees oppose housing for other seniors in need of care. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/r...

Welcome to my world. No wonder teaching high school science has been such a slog these past few years. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/state/e...

All hell has officially broken loose in the Hong Kong-ization of San Mateo with a SECOND 14-story building in the works. 😱🏗️🏢 sfyimby.com/2025/08/form...

This article is a great example of reflexively sympathizing with the driver. Instead of noting the cyclists “were operating a Class 2, two-person bike legally and in accordance with traffic laws” (i.e. cut off by the driver), it reports the driver “said an e-biker startled her by hitting her car.”

Reduced property values, former juvenile delinquents, oh my! Neighbors oppose transitional residence for former foster children. www.rwcpulse.com/north-fair-o...

Oh, the horror! Oh, the humanity! A 6 story building! 😳😩😱https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/a-six-story-apartment-building-is-tearing-this-small-california-town-apart-59f924ae?st=An4oh2&reflink=article_copyURL_share

the fact that this got published says a lot about the brainworms of the contemporary Atlantic editor class

Person fatally slams into bullet at another US mass shooting. While we're doing victim blaming headlines...

Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”

So true.

Young e-bike riders need to be banned for life, Nextdoor neighbors say www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/y...

On the bright side, he didn’t have far to fall.

Unless its a six story building then it would block everything good about our community.

I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.

Enough with headlines in the passive voice and sentient cars! DRIVER crashes into and kills Palo Alto woman in Mountain View parking lot. www.ktvu.com/news/palo-al...

Pickup truck driver kills bicyclist by crashing into them in Woodside. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

"We must do everything we can to solve homelessness and reduce housing costs! Unless a Nimby complains about parking or neighborhood character, then we can't do anything"

Boomers want lower taxes and more intergenerational wealth.

Me when my students say they can't do the work because they don't have a pencil or their Chromebook died.

Returning a defective driver to the DMV.

Carbrained neighbors complain police should prioritize burglaries and keeping away people who clearly don’t belong here than pedestrian safety enforcement. www.rwcpulse.com/traffic/2025...

With the upcoming gerrymandering war, it's pretty clear that blue states who refused to build housing because it was turning red states purple just shot themselves in the foot big time. darrellowens.substack.com/p/california...

Any YIMBY involved with the Democratic Party needs to hammer this point home over and over again. When we refuse to build housing: we cede federal power to Republicans and we displace people to states that are aggressively rolling back personal freedoms.

San Mateo started down the slippery slope to becoming Hong Kong when this SIX STORY TOWER was built.

Cool. Now do that with the Cupertino City Council. www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

Lack of tree protection, parking and beer bottles falling from balconies on pedestrians, oh my. 60 unit project moves ahead anyway in Palo Alto. www.paloaltoonline.com/housing/2025...

SM Daily Journal Editor prioritizes thoughts and prayers over taking any action yet on the death of 4-year-old Ayden Fang and other victims on Donnelly Avenue in Burlingame. www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/colu...