1.3/10 transit routing, no notes

I was going to post a bunch of photos from the aquarium, but no. This is enough. Have a delightful day.

It’s time for Eric Swalwell to disappear from this race the way he disappeared when MTG’s bill to imprison the parents of trans kids was up for a vote. 🏳️‍⚧️

A powerful man sexually pursuing a young woman who works for him is oppressive. It immediately limits and reshapes her future to her detriment, whether she is physically forced into it or not. It’s coercion either way, and that is why it’s so wrong. It’s an abuse of power.

Absolutely amazing that the administration is trying to distract us from the disastrous invasion of Iran with more talk about the Epstein files.

"There is no train service between SFO and San Bruno at this time" and yet...

Not updating my [Mostly Not] Great Redwood Trail route series this quarter, because no new segments have been opened. Instead I have a 150 mile route from Santa Rosa to Morgan Hill that is 80% completely separated from traffic, and 95% separated, quiet streets, or bike lanes.

If the Iranians really want to fuck with us they should offer to open the straights in return for Trump’s resignation.

Why not both?

I have been dreaming of getting this shot for a while now. Thank you @tcrane.bsky.social for capturing my idea so absolutely perfectly.

This would absolutely slap for credit-card bikepacking.

etymologically that does make sense

Searching for a new top tube bag for my bicycle, and search engines are convinced I'm looking for tube tops. Do people even calculate precision and recall search metrics anymore?

Counterpoint: everything is gender, burning gasoline is male coded, and selling cars is also male coded.

Cueing this up

I can never pass up a chance to remind people that Sausalito tried to pass a housing where some opportunity sites had the address: "In Bay" www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

"Having the surprise of a lifetime" around a manned rocket launch is.. um... poor wording for people of a certain age.

This reminded me how cool it is that you can ride 150 miles from Santa Rosa to Morgan Hill almost entirely on bike paths (sometimes gravel) and separated bike lanes. There's a bunch of gaps, probably 30 miles in total, but a lot less than there was 5 or 10 years ago.

On this #TransDayOfVisibilty, I wanted to thank all the trans people I have met, loved, and in one case, raised. Y’all have helped me shape my own identity, taught me comfort in embracing my queer cis self, and helped me grow into the person I am today. Thank you.

I have a friend who tells the story about bartending an event where a shitfaced mayor Gavin Newsom repeatedly had to be kicked out from behind the bar, as he slurred "But I'm the mayor!" Mildly interesting, but I don't feel bad for him.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Please enjoy my collaborative series featuring the voices and experiences of over 150 trans and nonbinary people from all walks of life. hereportraits.com

introducing the 2027 hyundai zardoz. the penis is evil

Correction: Karoline Leavitt (center) holds her son Nicolas while Waddle (left)...

I am once again asking you to build a San Antonio BART station.

Reminder that the reason you're seeing so much weird Chappell Roan news is that just a few weeks ago she fired her Epstein-adjacent agent, Casey Wasserman. Wasserman is still the chairman of the 2028 LA olympics, but has started stepping back from his ad agency.

In Oakland, a heat pump 10 years ago was a hard no because of required lot line clearance plus a concrete pad. Now it's like "nah bro we'll just mount it on a bracket wherever you want."

This, and also imagine trying to get building permits for all of it.

Now *this* is the correct response to a surge in the price of petrol and diesel – well done Victoria! Don't cut fuel duty. Cut demand!

We all know this is fascism.

I have a joke every No Kings saturday that basically says "Now watch as Evelyn Normielib turns her DUMP TRUMP sign around writes NO MEGATOWERS on the back for the Thursday planning council hearing." This guy did it in the other direction:

Lots of people making use of the temporary pedestrian zone in Oakland.

"AI" is purely a marketing term for whatever you want it to mean, just like it was the last time and the time before that.

Maybe now would be a good time to run more than a handful of buses per day over the Altamont pass.

This is really, really good. Clear some time to not just read it, but sit with it.

Seen tacked to a community board on my walk

Can they take down the stupid Pelosi/Boxer/Gray Davis/Newsom/Obama/Deukmejian Stop Politicians Created Water Crisis signs along I-5 yet?

Apropos of nothing

*Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

I should call her

Pynk is the truth you can't hide

Quoting the person I told this to:

It may help to know that back in 1968, the Sierra Club published this Bible

As recently as 7 years ago, the Trails and Mountain Biking community had NOBODY watching California Legislation for threats and opportunities. The California Mountain Biking Coalition, CAMTB, is doing that now & every Spring we release the Legislative Agenda. Check it: camtb.org/camtb-2026-l...

Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

Tonight Emeryville City Council voted to move the 40th/Shellmound forward to construction! Work will hopefully start before the end of 2026 & continue for 2 years. Thank you to everyone who wrote in and spoke up in support!

SMART and Golden Gate Transit have published schedule changes starting April 12 due to the MASCOTS program. Haven't had time to dive into it, but SMART will now be at 24 roundtrips on weekdays and 12 on the weekends. Sadly the transfer to Mendocino Transit Authority's 65 bus is worse.

How it's going

A tradition, of sorts

Restriping every three-lane street to 2 lanes is something that could be done quickly and inexpensively.

Burn the oil to power datacenters to mine bitcoin, then buy more oil on the other side.