Unlike traffic signals, roundabouts don’t require electricity. They can still function well during blackouts.

Being against AI is ok. I’m worried about it too. Campaigning against it too, even aggressively is ok. Bullying me and condescending to me is NOT OK. Thank you for your input. Goodbye. You are now blocked.

“Life in the end seemed a prank of such size you could only stand off this end of the corridor to note its meaningless length and its quite unnecessary height, a mountain built to such ridiculous immensities you were dwarfed in it shadow and mocking its pomp." #RBradbury #SomethingWickedThisWayComes

Trying to get AI to render my idealized commercial street with bikeways, trees, one-narrow lane for cars, and lots of pedestrians. Not bad, but needs some work.

Just found out that “The Shining” has been rereleased. MUST SEE IN THEATERS! Image by @bo.kev

#NoExcuses #Leadership #LetsDoIt #ForNowForOurFutures

Love me some more streets and buildings like this. Safe for families, kids, and so little noise. Housing for all, in the city means 5-8 story buildings.

I’m back from a 2-month break… and I have a few thoughts I’d like to work out with folks in the coming weeks and months. #thinking #collaboration

🫡 @urbanlifesigns.bsky.social

Bikes on Great Highway Extension, recently cleared of sand.

“Process of imagination” New term I’ve just learned and will be using when talking about how we can make changes in our cities and world, that are often hard to imagine since they don’t yet exist.

Cancelled Disney+. No need to watch a media source that doesn’t believe in rule of law nor believes in free speach. #cancelDisney+

Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.

“we have friends everywhere”

The Guardian names ANDOR the Best Show of the Year. “It is unlikely we will see something like it - politically radical with Disney budget carte blanche - ever again.”

If the Greater Bay Area/Northern California (SF, OAK, SJ, Sac, Stockton, SC) were to be energy independent, water independent and 80% food independent, what would have to change, even if the population stayed the same?

Andor’s music is so powerful in the final episodes From S2E7’s Messenger to the finale S2E12, we hear the resonant warm bell of what might be called Bix’s Theme in 4 episodes. All are deeply meaningful emotional moments.
 We start with E7 when the Force healer tells Bix that Cassian is a Messenger

THR’s critic Daniel Fienberg offers his #Emmys predictions for #Andor ahead of the 2025 ceremony. Full breakdown: bit.ly/3JMh4cj

Still can’t get Andor out of my head. #monMothma #CassianAndor #besttvshow

There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth. It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.

Aquatic Park at night. #GhirardelliSquare #FishermensWharf #BayBridge

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Possibly my favorite scene that no-one talks about. It’s the opening scene in Andor Season 2 episode 1. Such a human connection in this scene, with Andor showing his connection to all people. youtu.be/rugpDpd0aV4?... #YoureComingHomeToYourself

Moving forward, we’ll need more arcaded sidewalks on commercial streets. They provide protection from hot sun, a bit of wind protection, and add more floor area above. How about we rezone the less wind risky north-south streets with these? I’m looking at you Valencia, Polk, and maybe West Portal!

Happy 10 year anniversary (+8 months) to the 55 Muni bus line. You may be newer, you may be rerouted as the 55 Dogpatch, and once were the 55 16th St. You are beloved either way. @sfmta.com

Sometimes it’s beneficial to just re-read the manifesto from #Andor

Received a super-cool Andor memento in the post. Play the video to flick through it with me! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRzF... #starwars #andor #andorseason2

Folks should know that “Andor” has a pulsing dance track that’s decidedly un-Jedi like. Check it out. #Andor #bestshow music.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLB...

“That creeping sea level? It’s not really the big problem. It’s that the storms we used to call ‘once in a century’ are happening more often.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #OceanBeach

Raising Ferry Building in San Francisco? “Researchers have found that adaptation at heritage sites often falters over concerns that elevating buildings (even if it keeps them dry) or adding green infrastructure (stormwater benefits be damned) will compromise authenticity.” @sfport.bsky.social

“You can’t just go willy-nilly and put in adaptation wherever,” says Lundholm. “It has to be designed properly.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Dune concept plan for Ocean Beach in 1970s.

Cities aren’t inherently loud—but automobile traffic raises noise pollution to 60 decibels+. In #France, the city of #Lyon has set aside four “zones calmes,” where decibel levels regularly go as low as 28. They’ve strung up hammocks to welcome people... 🤫🧵 www.leprogres.fr/economie/202...

Bay Area regional rail… as it should be.

Watching Andor Season 2 a second time. The Ghorman Massacre (Ep 8) still hits hard. #Andor

The Jericho Lands, where the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ will turn a former army base into a high-rise community, likely to be connected to the SkyTrain network along the Broadway Subway, for 24,000 people. Make way for Indigenous Urbanism!

The dunes of north Terschelling at sunset. (The Netherlands).

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Hanging out 15 feet underground at Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno is always a delight.

Where would be good spots to place this sign?

A playground once existed between Lower and Upper Great Highway, just north of Sloat on March 5, 1923. You can see the Wawona pedestrian tunnel under Great Highway at right.

It's not that I think aesthetics don't matter, but a) they are subjective, b) I really don't give a shit when we have a crippling housing shortage, and c) like my man Sam Moss says, dumb soft costs make it harder to build cool shit www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...

The full extent of my high-speed train ride experience in Europe from 1989 - present. Taken a lot of TGV & Eurostar, and once AVE. It’s got me through 5 countries!

Sure it’s blatant, disgusting racism. But what it really is, today, is an obvious and clumsy attempted distraction from Epstein.

BREAKING: Senator Warnock calls Big Beautiful Bill “Socialism for the Rich”. 100% true!

A sea serpent 🐉 this way comes.

Great to meet locals to discuss Sunset Dunes at today’s open house @sfrecpark.bsky.social

Low Traffic Neighborhood neato treatment in Lambeth in London: this is just a tease of a few Streetfilms I'm working on debuting in the next weeks. Funny part: the 3 gentlemen I was riding with I just told to bike thru the intersection. They instinctively went the 3 options for a perfect take!

Let's just say, "The Invisible Gorilla" is one of the best and most influential books I have ever read. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...