Maddening that the US doesn’t have a political apparatus for voting rights advocates as powerful as the one for gun nut advocates

Balboa Park 🫠 Will forever be frustrated that we fumbled our one chance to make out-of-towners pay for parking. The roll out was so rushed, it felt sabotaged. There’s still the opportunity to ticket drivers who park in the bus or bike lanes tho ☺️

This political text is beyond parody. All it did was remind me of the Channel 5 interview with Hunter Biden where he talks about how much he despises George Clooney

support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is... totally missed this good news, but Last fm has managed to go independent with the same team. Happy to see my listening history since high school remains in good hands. ty @andy.baio.net for sharing this

We won! Two bad e-bike bills are dead and our sponsored e-bike bill, SB 1167 by Sen Blakespear rolls on. Thank you to everyone who called their legislators and a very big thank you to @buffywicks.bsky.social!

Thanks AI

People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.

Support Armenian artists this Saturday!!!

The MTS increase is close to what was originally forecast for the last fiscal year before CBP/ICE brutality deterred immigrant and cross-border communities from traveling more frequently (ridership grew only 0.5% instead).

"The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System had a 6.5% increase. Metrolink, an LA-focused commuter rail system, saw a 4% jump. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency had its highest monthly ridership total since 2020."

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

start doing computer science <3

Oh my fucking god I thought they made this up. They did not. I just tried it myself

The internet.

if you’re feeling depressed about the AI changes announced by Google yesterday, let me bring some comfort: some of us are still trying to build AI-free products, and as long as there’s people willing to take the fight, there’s hope 🔥 No opt-in, no opt-out, no nonsense. NO AI.

San Diego really wants to go bankrupt, huh?

On the other hand, this is actual community safety and protection. bsky.app/profile/will...

This won't stop them from exploiting the tragedy during the upcoming budget meetings.

Very creative. Mildly stressful to watch.

This is why I hate the “police unions are not unions” sentiment No they fucking are, but instead of organizing against greedy bosses, they organize against the public. We need to acknowledge that. Even non-union profession groups like the AMA are responsible for us not having universal healthcare

Every Instagram commentator on SD posts complaining about abstract mismanagement of city funds should be forced to play this game

You can say what you will about Apple, but they're the only big tech company actually trying to use tech to make things better for people; that's not only true for accessibility but also e.g. for privacy.

The shooters had suicide notes that had "writings about racial pride." The suspects were teenagers, too.

At least one person, the security guard, was killed, and there are unknown additional casualties at this time. This is the largest mosque in San Diego County, and one that I often attend. :( www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/s...

Neither WFP nor DSA have endorsements for Judges. Fellow progressives, which org do y'all go to for judicial endorsements/voter guides?

We need fewer cars and more bollards.

Heartbreaking. And a wake-up call. It is no longer about being difficult to find a way to sustain yourself through your work online. It is no longer sustainable to keep a website up now. Axel has done so much for the web and all of us. Buy one of his books if you can. We've learned so much from him.

1/ I’m still processing what’s going on in tech at the moment. I used to feel at home in that world. It used to feel incredibly creative and positive. Now it’s increasingly full of bugs, dark addicting patterns and AI slop. 2ality.com

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

I'm not surprised. Writing code plays a much smaller role in the overall software lifecycle than most people understand.

On Friday, May 8, 2026, I was deeply honored to speak at the opening ceremony for the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social D Line extension to Wilshire/La Cienega in Beverly Hills! 🚇💜🎉 I also had the privilege of introducing LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins! 🥹

I mean forensics do tend to improve relentlessly with time; Peter Gabriel fans just detected an infinitesimal amount of accidental hum from a TV left on in the studio via spectral analysis of "Sledgehammer"

Remember workers of the world. They fucking NEED us

*indieweb and microformats intensifies*

Please keep the Multi-Modal Traffic Safety Team. Every single councilmember and the mayor has claimed public safety is the number 1 priority. Traffic violence is the biggest threat to public safety. 3x as many people are killed in San Diego by traffic violence than by homicide.

Wait, you can do that?! Just... tax rich people more?! And cut unnecessary police overtime? And then you get to have libraries and schools and parks? And record low crime? And city services that work?

Compare this to San Diego Mayor Gloria’s austerity

First the bus lanes and now the bike lanes. I fear Balboa Park is a sign of regression to come in San Diego.

🎤 Meet Nicole Lillie attended last week’s budget hearing because she’s concerned about how San Diego invests its resources. Nicole reminds us: public safety is more than policing. It’s youth support, drop-in centers, childcare, and an Office of Child & Youth Success that helps young people thrive.

rare in north america do you get a rapid transit project does all of this: -replaces one of the busiest existing bus routes in a city (wilshire is the 2nd busiest) -is 2-3x faster than the bus (7 min vs 22-30 min) -and way faster than driving (18 min+) los angeles did it. grade-separated rail wins

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Behold a seven-segment clock display ... ... that runs pneumatically it alternately sucks in and then releases the segments, so they appear as divots in a rubbery surface very organic! item #6 in my latest Linkfest newsletter, free to read/subscribe to here: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

if you ride the bus and post enough times about it, the bus agency starts inviting you to things (laudatory) (heartwarming) (life-affirming)

truuuuuuuuuuuuuth

“We are the luckiest bastards alive,” he says of living in Marblehead. “We can’t also be the most self-interested bastards alive. They can’t be the same thing.” www.marbleheadindependent.com/he-asked-if-...

I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.