Biking to cool spots in Santa Cruz 🎅

Failed Waymo robot blocking emergency services during a widespread emergency: Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way. OP:tiktok.joolyana

San Francisco famously has never had a significant earthquake, so surely Waymo has no need to consider the public safety impacts in a major disaster.

This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about

Happy holidays! 🎄🚲

Meanwhile, Snoqualmie Falls...

SF is a city like no other... Always so beautiful

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@arielwaldman.com your commentary on Dandelion Chocolate's advent calendar has been so fun! (also what a sweet gig, no pun intended!)

I love this essay about ebiking and Long COVID 🚴😷 “I hadn’t mentioned the internalized ableism. But Stacy knew. “It’s not giving up,” she said, “It’s not cheating. It’s a new kind of freedom.””

so what the fuck are we doing

Another progressive candidate defeats an ethically challenged former politician who feels entitled to power

🩸 I started donating blood last year, and it still blows my mind that there are half a dozen people walking around with my blood in their bodies. My donations are used quickly, always within a month. A reminder that it's always in critical need #GiveBlood

25% of buy-now, pay-later users are now relying on it to finance groceries.

Getting all decorated for Christmas, with the help of @caltrain.com 🎄🚉

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism. Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.

🔔 Reminder: Covid-19 was a leading case of death among US children and young people during the pandemic with 821 deaths in the year from August 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022 @jamanetworkopen.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Let's pour one out for all the struggling ranches this holiday season. I swear every Christmas movie has one 🐎

Waymo privatized another public street: Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away. The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined. OP: .tiktok.renaspam18

'RECOVER-TLC invites public comments on upcoming clinical trials' 'Patients, caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers can sign up to provide feedback on RECOVER-TLC’s plans to study potential Long COVID treatments.' recovercovid.org/news/recover...

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti 🍝 He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin' What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud...

❓ Care about #microplastics and #PFAS? 📰 The EPA is proposing to incorporate exemptions & other modifications to the scope of reporting regulations. (boo!) 📢 Make your voice heard about #foreverchemicals. Comment here: www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...

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There's something very satisfying about using Task Manager to end Task Manager. Creator, destroyer 🌹🥀

Second night of #aurora FOMO but hey, at least Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!! 🎉

Nice little ride yesterday to some local redwoods. Wanted to spend some time in the trees 🌲🚲

The Seattle mayoral race is just wild this year! Excited to see Katie Wilson pulling through! 🗳️ 🍿

BREAKING: Katie Wilson has overtaken Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race. #seaelex Today's (Monday) drop: Katie Wilson 133,469 49.83% Bruce Harrell 133,378 49.79%

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

@earthquakebotsf.bsky.social you're so busy today! San Ramon is active!

50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago

👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

Check your ballot. It’s possible that it’s been challenged due to leaving the ballot envelope unsigned or a signature mismatch. You can cure that with King County Elections so your ballot is counted! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

On the edge of my seat

UPDATE: Here's the written district court order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefit payments for this month by Friday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... DOJ has already filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Today, in bad news...

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The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free: (Published 2019)

Turnout is now up to about 24% in King County and 27% in Seattle. This rate is a little lower than in 2021, indicating turnout could reach about ~40% countywide. 9 hours left to turn in your ballot!

Spent my extra #daylightsavings hour watching my Roomba and dreading the end of the weekend 👍 🆒

Pretty views today along the bike trails south of San Francisco 🚲

This very expensive dual-fold mailer funded by the ultrawealthy PAC at the heart of his campaign finance scandal raises an important question: Why does Bruce Harrell have framed art of Donald Trump on his wall?

🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business. If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s. Here's one! toastedseattle.com

The threats are real, but so is our power. ICE relies on fear and isolation. We can counter with preparation and solidarity.

Great segment at 13:00

Boy, I love the Bay Trail. Quick photo from yesterday's little loop around Moffett Field

Having a weird day on the Internet. Among my hot takes: Food waste = bad. (Someone is "practicing" their pizza making and putting them directly into the compost.) Mass incarceration = bad. (Apparently I need to have all the answers about what we should do with criminals to justify this belief.)

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise.