Raising one to Kelly Davis today. I was lucky to know her, and her jail deaths reporting at CityBeat and with Jeff has profoundly influenced the way I think about incarceration. Idk if I ever told her that. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...

They keep telling us straight up that surveillance technology is a force multiplier. They do not claim it is a crime reducer.

I think it might be helpful to divorce the question of "should little kids be on social media?" from "should keeping kids off social media be enforced via surveillance?"

Flesh colored yoda. Just something to consider. Yoda but he’s not green. Imagine it. Picture it.

Ammar for Mayor 2028

Currently at last place among my fellow San Diegans, I think you all really slept on Serge Fiankan for Governor. sf4gov.com

Tonight I'm at San Diego City Council listening to San Diegans ask for public funding at the final budget hearing. I bet none of them are here to ask for money for mass surveillance technology. Here are the things San Diegans want, in their own voices, instead of millions of dollars of surveillance:

It's a force multiplier guys, chill

old.reddit.com/r/sandiego/c... Here's what's up. By the by, von Wilpert thanked @colinparent.bsky.social for sending a letter to public safety endorsing the Flock technology but I couldn't find a copy of it. Let me know if anyone has that letter, I'd like to read it!

Why is there nowhere to debate things in public anymore. We only debate when people are self promoting. I want to debate ideas

Thank you to all the journalists and whistleblowers who bravely speak out against threats to our digital rights.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/20/o... Most days I wake up to new news about the abuse or misue of Flock ALPR cameras in the US, or news about Flock being caught lying about the same. Flock is the worst of the worst surveillance tech right now, and we should get it out of San Diego right away

Cops around the country searched Flock Safety ALPR databases related to the No Kings protests.

In true form for San Diego, we are paying for the worst of the worst of the license plate readers systems: Flock. Lies, data breaches, lawsuits, failed audits, abusive practices. Never stop fighting against San Diego adopting the worst products and practices. We can and should have better.

Flying some all stars in to San Diego to talk about what's going on with mass surveillance and "public safety." Tickets to the in-person conference are free until we fill up. Please don't register if you won't attend, but you should totally register and attend!

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

Whoa look at this notification on Maps

Been talking with city leaders/staffers recently & all want money for good ideas, like the below need for $1.1M to increase fire safety (gift link). we at @sandiegotrust.bsky.social propose redirecting $2M smart streetlights & license plate funding. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/31/w...

Those shoulder patches sure look like stylized fasces from Wikipedia: "... it symbolized a Roman king's power to punish his subjects." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces

I don’t get to say this often so I’m not going to miss the chance. I’m so damn proud of San Diego. youtu.be/nna2gvBU4yQ?...

Federal immigration agents raided a South Park (San Diego) restaurant and started with flash bang grenades. www.cbs8.com/mobile/artic...

Coyote howling by day down by the Mexican border here in San Diego. I did a quick U-turn to come back and get this shot and I was stopped by border patrol who said I was behaving suspiciously. Of course I was, I’m a birder! 🤣🌿🦊

My process for SAN DIEGO SUNSET

great job Gavin

Guys, #sdjournos PLEASE help out. We really need nominations for “Journalist of the Year.” Please share. The only requirements are 1) the nominee is a journalist 2) in San Diego. 3) is not on SPJ board. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today from a brewery filled with conference goers I observed a container ship motoring by the fishing boats parked near the sidewalk where San Diegans jog. Tourists sat beside me eating tacos and I admit I did have a double IPA in front of me . This was the most San Diego moment.

here are the elephants at the @sandiegozoo.bsky.social safari park reacting to the earthquake just outside #sandiego. you can see them forming an “alert circle,” as Emily helpfully informed us, during which the adults can be seen "instinctively circling the younger elephants to protect them."

Not sure that we want people experiencing an earthquake to be tempted to play around with their phone in those critical moments. If the alert arrived meaningfully earlier, OK, but if the jolt and the phone panic arrive together, does it sharply divide peoples attention at the exact wrong moment?

This protest zine was made by a student in the Grossmont Union High School District and passed out at the board meeting on Tuesday. The kids are going to be alright.

Wowsers. San Diego City Council President Joe LaCava has docketed a vote next Tuesday to repeal the city’s ADU bonus program. Earlier today, the item was to *rescind* the council’s repeal request in order to neutralize a Brown Act complaint. Background: www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

It's a perfect example of why we should hold the least amount of personal data as possible. You never know who will inherit an architecture of #surveillance. That's why the safest thing for democracy is never to build it (or to dismantle it if you've already built it).

www.kpbs.org/news/politic... No, don't adjust your monitor, this new instruction video on how to participate at local government meetings was designed with a heavy dose of nostalgia baked in. Nice work to Bella and team (tell her to join @jakobmcwhinney.bsky.social)

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources. On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names. dan rigiššu “loud is his bark” munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe” mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

Waymo to begin testing a few vehicles in San Diego (not offering rides) www.theverge.com/news/600542/...

Good morning. Stormy ocean. Glorious pounding rain here in San Diego overnight. “Seas” the day.

Anyone else ever tried the 5 Peak Challenge in San Diego in one day? It's a great hiking challenge! Here is a gear layout of what I hiked with! #hiking #optOutside #gear #photography #sanDiego

U.S. Air Force C-17s from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. have already landed in El Paso and San Diego to prepare to carry out deportation flights of thousands of people detained by CPB, I’m told. www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-de...

We need to talk about why it costs $2,000 a month to provide "safe parking" — not even actual housing — to a homeless family on property the government already owns. voiceofsandiego.org/2025/01/22/s...

BREAKING: Debris seen over the Caribbean after SpaceX's Starship explodes during test flight

Sculpture at the San Diego Convention Center - taken during an afternoon walkabout of downtown.

This Wednesday at the #Regal #Edwards #Movie #Theater in #MiraMesa #SanDiego! #TheGuyver #Guyver #Toku #RegalMovie

This week's Comedy or Worse at Quantum Brewing Open Mic Sign ups are live! Quantum Brewing (5375 Kearny Villa Rd, San Diego CA 92122) for Friday (7:30 pm - 9:30 pm) and Saturday (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Here is the shareable link: slotted.co/8yts5oak

Employers such as Qualtrics, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco and the San Diego Police Department all offer day care services at the office as a benefit to employees. The hope is that this will attract talent and keep them there. cal.news/40cPl9b 📝 Zayna Syed

Hmm.

Cheers....Jan 2025 Calendar of Events for San Diego ....

The wind gusts are devastating. Truly a hurricane of fire. Video: @stuartpalley.bsky.social

From a FB post. Hey California friends…my friend’s dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054

sadly cruel censorship did not allow me to use the best quote I got on background for this, "we're existentially fucked" foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/c...