I haven’t been to Myrtle Beach since I was a kid, but I’m pretty sure it’s still awesome

It’s 2:30 on a Sunday and the driver has had to refuse new passengers for 3 consecutive stops. I’m starting to think that we need more service on the 51b The idea that the Bay region could survive without public transit is laughable. Where will all these transit riders go?

I want to thank ac transit for the new 7 bus that provides a direct shuttle from @sadwaffle.bsky.social to @charlove.bsky.social. I think that routing was done intentionally for them

Darrell is sad about leaving the city; I am sad about leaving the kitty

What's stopping you from looking this fancy every day? #birds #nature #wildlife

FOAMERS!!!

If I were a moth I would simply conquer the flame, possess and consume it, take it into my soul and live forever

City kitty

you're gonna wanna see this

FOAMER!!!

The emergence of Heavy-Hat McGee at the Berkley Street Art Fest:

Reminder: fireworks are not permitted in Berkeley

Brown Pelican in flight next to San Francisco Bay Trail, Emeryville, California. 🪶 🌿

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

Sandhill Crane preening. #Birds #photography #nature #SandhillCranes #AntigoneCanadensis

Belted kingfisher, still wet from its last dive 🪶

share the money pigeon for 10,000 years good luck 💸🍀🤞

So many of our problems, be they drugs, planning, transportation, housing etc. are STATEWIDE issues that the STATE government should be tackling. Theres over 200 municipalities in the Bay Area alone, its not practical or effective for localities to be doing the heavy lifting on these services.

Look at this itty bitty bus!! (Darrell for scale)

Whoosh 🚄 💨

WHIRLING SLUGGO WEDNESDAY

Daily bunny no.2954 is sending airmail

Off to Japan!

2026 is the year to pass progressive legislation on the ballot in California. The old chestnut of "POTUS elections are better for tax measures" died in 2020 imo.

or they’ll call slaw enforcement

Oakland, today's the last day to vote in the special election. If voting by mail, make sure your ballot goes in a mailbox before today's last pickup. List of in person vote centers: alamedacountyca.gov/rov_app/vcal...

A year ago I was asked if I would be willing to run a ballot proposition to get free, unlimited public transit access for all UC Berkeley students. Today, BayPass passed with 90.1% approval 🚎🚊

The urbanist movement has focused on eliminating parking to nudge people onto transit but transit is actually getting worse. Low-income Oaklanders applying for transit oriented homes are struggling to give up their cars and livelihood for stable housing. darrellowens.substack.com/p/why-transi...

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

⚠️EAGLE SEX ON TIMELINE

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🎤🚆🚌🚨 Calling all scheduling fans, The Big Sync is here! Bay Area transit agencies are now syncing schedules in a whole new way to improve transfers between systems. Riders who use more than one system will see a variety of improvements this month, saving some up to 16 minutes on their trips. 🧵👇

I introduced legislation (SB 79) to: 1. Up-zone areas around major public transit stops (rail, bus rapid transit) for denser housing 2. Empower transit agencies to zone/permit projects on their land 3. Streamline (ministerial approval — no CEQA, no discretion) projects on these up-zoned parcels🧵

Guerilla bench updates: four new benches- two 4' redwood benches on Piedmont Ave, and two 7' benches in downtown Oakland. One at Grand & Harrison, and one finally back at Broadway & 12th NB, as the original was destroyed in late October. Still many more benches needed around downtown...

The Muni Monthly Pass now costs $1020 annually. A Residential Parking Pass (RPP) costs $190. Why is it 5 times cheaper to store an entire car curbside than to ride Muni?

My last article of 2024: Carceral urbanism doesn't address the anti-city politics embedded in the U.S. that just doesn't exist to the same degree in Europe and Asia. American cities are constantly shit on, starved of funds and sabotaged by our own leaders. open.substack.com/pub/darrello...

My 2025 New Years wish is that my talented gf @sadwaffle.bsky.social who edits a lot of my work lands a job in the transit or housing based organization. If anyones hiring, please hit us up!

Merry Christmas!!

First they used AI to create four copies of the same dude

I haven’t done a 1500-piece puzzle before but I found this in a free pile.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher timeline cleanse 📷🌿🪶

Population migration to red states from blue ones isn’t an act of God, it’s the direct result of failed housing policies in Democratic led states.

So many cute birds on my feed making me want a fancy camera

“What?? 5K?” 🎉 #birds

Good afternoon, please enjoy this crab. That is all.

so what's going on here?

cracker is a slur because the powers that be don’t want you to post that pic of Ron DeSantis scowling in the foreground while Joe Biden laughs with a dude in a shirt that says “FLORIDA CRACKER” with his arm around Florida Cracker’s wife

Why doesn’t my boyfriend want to learn the foxtrot?

All I want is a little kiss on my gigantic forehead