David Pollack
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Lead, follow, or get out of the way 縁の下の力持ち • 작은 고추가 맵다 • 功成事遂,百姓皆谓:我自然 📍Menlo Park
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Has anyone successfully gotten busy streets to allow no left turns without a light? This was me on bicycle on El Camino Real northbound hit by a turning driver trying to beat traffic. Pictures of me where the driver hit me in the leg and ending up on the windshield.
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Menlo Park downtown makes room for another rug store?
www.rwcpulse.com/food/2026/06...
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Left Bank Brasserie closing Tuesday after nearly three decades in Menlo Park
After 28 years in downtown Menlo Park, Left Bank Brasserie is closing its doors after service ends Tuesday evening.
https://www.rwcpulse.com/food/2026/06/22/left-bank-brasserie-closing-tuesday-after-nearly-three-decades-in-menlo-park/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Redwood+City+Pulse+-+Daily+Express+-+2026-06-23&utm_source=ba1b002ad7&npnl=Mzg5NjIyfDc4ZDBiNDE2MmU0ODFkMTNmMzliNTQ4ZDBkNzdiOTFmM2QxMWY1NWRmY2JiYWMzZGY5YTUyYjg2YjcwN2M3MGE&utm_source=Embarcadero+Mailing+List+(including+SLJ+Members)&utm_campaign=81644f459a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_21_11_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-81644f459a-113213568
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Warren Wells, AICP
2 days ago
This Marin IJ editorial comic is about SR-37 but it could be applied a whole lot more broadly.
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San Mateo 3rd Avenue from the 1940's the day before a 4 story apartment was built starting the slippery slope toward becoming Hong Kong.
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Anthony Michael Kreis
2 days ago
And why is Reuters helping them by amplifying unsubstantiated claims as the framing?
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑
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I’m honestly confused. Progressives just staged three of the largest protest in American history under an explicitly patriotic frame rooted in American history. Who exactly is ceding all notions of patriotism to the right?
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Happy Father’s Day. Dad, our relationship made me into the man I am today.
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Joyce Park
4 days ago
Only a white nationalist would rather eat sauerkraut for every meal rather than kimchi!!!
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Klu Klux Kraut.
www.newsnationnow.com/entertainmen...
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Trump cabinet’s fermented food craze should be balanced, doctor says
Members of Trump’s cabinet are swearing by expensive fermented food diets.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/food/trump-vance-sauerkraut-fermented-food/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
4 days ago
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Woodside mountain lion looking to downsize?
www.rwcpulse.com/environment/...
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Mountain lion captured in Redwood City neighborhood to be released in Santa Cruz mountains
A young mountain lion that wandered into a Redwood City yard on Monday morning was successfully captured and will be released in an open space area in the Santa Cruz Mountains, authorities said.
https://www.rwcpulse.com/environment/2026/06/15/wildlife-officials-respond-after-mountain-lion-spotted-in-redwood-city-yard/?fbclid=IwZnRzaASjkVFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeZa9woa6xWj1ZOgtrgzyVkRCm8tKNujUkPVN8pvT3mR5_TP1DOt2koh_pYwY_aem_s35R80ttM6-09917eG9fZg
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I thought San Josians couldn’t recall that Mahan is their mayor.
recallmattmahan.org
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Recall Matt Mahan
San José deserves - and is paying for - a full-time mayor, not someone who is more concerned with running for governor.
http://recallmattmahan.org/
5 days ago
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When have we stopped groaning?
6 days ago
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“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” -- Groucho Marx
www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Complicating decisions
Groucho Marx once said: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
https://www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/columnists/complicating-decisions/article_6d1da44d-322b-4938-bb1b-fc28a101b621.html?_gl=1*jw0ya6*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTYzNTc3MjIyMi4xNzgxNzk1MDYw*_ga_4T2EB147B8*czE3ODE3OTUwNTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODE3OTUxMDYkajEyJGwwJGgw
6 days ago
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Do NIMBYs use a random rant generator for every new development?
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Olga Nesterova
7 days ago
FIFA takes away Iranian flags at the US stadiums
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When in doubt, blame the pedestrian for coming out of nowhere
7 days ago
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Football fans around the world cannot fathom how human inaccessible American statiums are by design.
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
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FIFA World Cup: Climate Is The Loser - Highest Impact Ever
The FIFA 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada has highest climate emissions ever. Here's why - and positive examples on how football and soccer can be greener.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have-time/2026/06/11/fifa-world-cup-climate-is-the-loserhighest-impact-ever/
7 days ago
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Hemry, Local Bartender
8 days ago
reuters: president trump has announced an agreement to pay the reflecting pool algae $300 billion
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BREAKING: San Mateo racists and homophobes upset with having been called out.
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Wow, Palo Alto actually nixes measure impeding new housing. For once they’re more afraid of the State than whiny, entitled retirees.
www.paloaltoonline.com/housing/2026...
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Palo Alto nixes 'urgency' measure to limit impact of housing law
Senate Bill 79, a contentious state bill that allows greater height and density for housing near public transit stations, will operate in full force for two weeks in Palo Alto before the city’s exempt...
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/housing/2026/06/16/palo-alto-nixes-urgency-measure-to-limit-impact-of-housing-law/
8 days ago
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It’s been real Giants.
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8 days ago
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Grant Marek
8 days ago
Just, wow: "SFGATE reached out to the Giants, asking for an interview from an organization representative about the fallout from the Pride Night events. The team said, 'No one is available at this time.'"
www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
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The backlash to SF Giants players’ Pride Night protest isn’t going away
The Giants declined to make a representative available to talk about the backlash.
https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/sf-giants-pride-protest-22306839.php
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Ambivalent about new Grammy categories for Asian pop music. Appreciate likes of BTS and Diljit Dosanjh might get recognition they deserve along with Latin hits already recognized. Still, relegating to a subcategory doesn’t recognize any as the global phenomenon they are.
abcnews.com/amp/GMA/Cult...
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Grammys add 5 new categories, including 1st Asian pop award
Asian pop, Latin song among five new Grammy categories for 2027 awards.
https://abcnews.com/amp/GMA/Culture/grammys-add-5-new-categories-including-1st-asian/story?id=133901686
8 days ago
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Of those who walked out, over half did so out of boredom. A very unmemorable speech.
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9 days ago
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If someone you know appears to be a danger to themselves or others, reach out to authorities about applying for an Extreme Risk Protection Order (a.k.a. Gun Violence Restraining Order in California).
firearminjury.umich.edu/erpo-by-state/
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12 days ago
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Gravel Influencer
12 days ago
So like this is patently untrue, but also the idea that you deserve to die for working out is a deeply sociopathic thing to say
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Peter Flax
12 days ago
The #1 reason that driving sucks: Everyone else wants to drive. Soul-sucking traffic is caused by way too many people driving at once. As the saying goes, you aren't in traffic—you are traffic. But some motorists are desperate to blame something external (ie bikes) for a problem they're causing.
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So gross that in order to watch the World Cup in English I have to wade through all this fascist propaganda crap. Peacock and Telemundo, here I come. 🤬
12 days ago
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Welcome to Gulf of America Stadium
13 days ago
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Probably written by a distracted driver banned from Nextdoor for excessive ranting.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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California's new Hells Angels: Teens on e-bikes cut a path of danger
As summer approaches, police warn that modified e-bikes are putting kids in the ER. Here is why some "bikes" are actually illegal 50-mph motorcycles.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-10/ebike-safety-dangerous-trend-police-concerned?utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads_
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Sad the message college club backpack drives for low income students include clear see-through bags perpetuating the image that such students can’t be trusted.
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Previous wave of entitled tech bros resent current wave of tech bros.
www.paloaltoonline.com/peninsula/20...
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A new wave of AI-driven wealth is changing how Bay Area buyers compete for homes
The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the Bay Area housing market, not just in rising home prices but in the amount of cash buyers are putting down on homes.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/peninsula/2026/06/02/a-new-wave-of-ai-driven-wealth-is-changing-how-bay-area-buyers-compete-for-homes/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Palo
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Yes.
20 days ago
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Another literal nail in the coffin for World Cup fans who will most definitely die of dehydration and heat stroke at stadiums during games.
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I’ve never met an employee of the San Mateo Elections/Assessors office who has a nice thing to say about Irizarry. Sifting through responses to multiple PSAs, IT upgrades have been mismanaged and have never actually materialized
www.rwcpulse.com/election/202...
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Employee allegations roil county elections chief race
Retaliation, discrimination and a workplace culture driven by fear are among the allegations former and current employees have raised against San Mateo County elections chief candidate Jim Irizarry.
https://www.rwcpulse.com/election/2026/06/01/employee-allegations-roil-county-elections-chief-race/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Redwood
23 days ago
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If I were him, I’d be 2 furious with my communications team and 2 fast to fire them.
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Acyn
27 days ago
Meiselas: Katie Miller has been posting about you. I want to give you the opportunity right now to respond. What do you want to say to her? Paulina Mangubat, Content and Creative Director for @TheDemocrats: I want Katie Miller to know that her husband is an ugly fuck.
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Parking spaces do not shop at local businesses; people do. While parking may facilitate suburbanite shoppers, so do nearby homes and parks.
open.substack.com/pub/jeremyl/...
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Parking-Induced Madness and Democratic Dysfunction
When “Pause the Park” becomes a rallying cry, you’ve lost the plot
https://open.substack.com/pub/jeremyl/p/parking-induced-madness-and-democratic?r=3te086&utm_medium=ios
27 days ago
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Mayor of Foster City, Art Kiesel at a recent study session on topic of e-bikes: "I dare anyone to pedal a bicycle at 20mph without a heart attack."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIe7...
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City Council Special Meeting - May 4, 2026 5:00PM
YouTube video by CityofFosterCity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIe7dAYumG8&t=2701s
27 days ago
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Michael D. Green, PhD
28 days ago
President of MIT not mincing words today in
@statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
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Boo. Apparently opposition to AI is bad for campaign fund raising.
www.paloaltoonline.com/technology/2...
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Amid AI disruption, Silicon Valley congressman favors tech partnerships over regulations
With artificial intelligence threatening to upend workplaces throughout Silicon Valley, the area’s representative in Congress has an idea that he hopes will reduce anxieties about the revolutionary te...
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/technology/2026/05/27/as-silicon-valley-faces-ai-disruption-liccardo-favors-tech-partnerships-over-regulations/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Palo
27 days ago
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Next door in Silicon Valley
28 days ago
This Palo Alto story has everything: -Kid getting their finger cut off ✅ -Parent calling a lesbian teacher a male ✅ -Teacher's car getting vandalized ✅ -Robot club creating a subteam just for girls... that didn't have a coach or a meeting schedule ✅
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Imagine that, entitled Palo Alto parents harassed robotics teacher. No wonder their kids end so messed up.
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Jury finds Palo Alto robotics teacher was harassed – but not by the district
A Santa Clara County jury found that former Palo Alto robotics teacher Kathleen Krier was harassed, but absolved the school district of wrongdoing.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/palo-alto-schools/2026/05/26/jury-finds-palo-alto-robotics-teacher-was-harassed-but-not-by-the-district/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Palo
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about 1 month ago
USA Today decided to examine why drivers are killing cyclists and landed on a terrible Both Sides framing. We even have an avid cyclist appearance. This is a horrifically bad way to cover traffic violence.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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When regulatory effort goes into ensuring a 15-year-old can’t ride an electric bicycle, lawmakers seem to lose sight of the fact that 16-year-olds can operate a 6,000 lb SUV.
electrek.co/2026/05/26/a...
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America is panicking about e-bikes while ignoring the real problem
If you spend enough time reading local news headlines these days, you’d be forgiven for thinking electric bicycles are one...
https://electrek.co/2026/05/26/america-is-panicking-about-e-bikes-while-ignoring-the-real-problem/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads
29 days ago
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Driving past traffic and realizing that YOU are the traffic.
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about 1 month ago
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Practicing my speaker booing ahead of Stanford commencement.
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about 1 month ago
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Little old ladies be damned.
laist.com/news/housing...
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Pasadena approves affordable housing for fire survivors despite opposition from residents
Homeowners tried to stop a 133-unit project designed for low-income renters displaced by the Eaton Fire, arguing the project didn’t fit the neighborhood.
https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/pasadena-affordable-housing-city-council-design-review-vote-eaton-fire
about 1 month ago
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