Still, we want to be clear: allowing cars on the park in any way is not a “compromise.” It’s a park closure. Closing the park to bring back cars some days would mean tearing out beloved park features like the seating areas, play spaces, and skate park.

This defense attorney is a hero—on a roll in a real grinder of a case. The prosecutor’s argument is shockingly sub parm. I’d never be so patient. They’d have to banh mi from the courtroom.

Mamdani’s timing, awareness, references and his trolling were unmatched this election season. Particularly him walking out to Ja Rule’s ‘New York’ as a message to 50 cent - after winning the New York Mayoral seat - who was constantly posting anti-Zohran memes during the election. Incredible!

I still love this 2016 article on the geographic center of San Francisco, go back and reread it now and then.

There are still better (than worst case) climate outcomes to fight for.

Clipper 2.0 is going to revolutionize how we get around the Bay. Something as simple as taking the bus to the train will be rewarded, not punished. From my house in Berkeley to my friends in the Castro could be literally half the price as today. Check it out: clipper2.hikingbytransit.com 🧵 1/7

“the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is no longer being used to address racial discrimination...[it] has been repurposed as part of the administration’s broader effort to remake higher education in line with its rightwing political and cultural agenda.” and SF's own Scott Wiener fueled this McCarthyism.

He not wrong lol

There's an opinion column in the Chronicle suggesting that Zohran Mamdani, 34, a democratic socialist, and Daniel Lurie, 48, a billionaire centrist, are similar bc they're youthful candidates bringing a new excitement to politics. This is why you don't read Emily Hoeven, aka Temu Heather Knight.

SF liberals believe Waymo is the good, responsible one unlike Tesla, though. I don’t want to wait until Waymo kills a person for people to wake up. They already seriously injured a cyclist, too:

mayor lurie is and our supervisors are worsening the homelessness crisis

Zohran Mamdani’s victory means so much — including a 'fuck you' to the Islamophobic weaponization of antisemitism... @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/04/z...

Here's a tracker for @demsocialists.bsky.social candidates across the country with elections tonight!

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

Yep! And it’s happing right now with Omar Fateh who is slated to win the Mayoral race in - middle America - Minneapolis. Fateh faced what some would say was just as much if not more discrimination than Mamdani, including anti-Muslim, anti-black and anti-Somali sentiments.

No one hit 50% in Minneapolis mayor's race so ranked choice voting will kick in. Rooting for Omar Fateh.

JUST IN: Soren Stevenson, who lost an eye due to a projectile fired by the police during the BLM protests of 2020 in Minneapolis, has won a seat on city council. @pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...

Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊

Cuomo has experience no one else can boast of. His concession speech is meticulous because he has given it before.

Katie Wilson is behind in the initial count for Seattle mayor, at 46%, versus incumbent Bruce Harrell, at 53%. Final results will take many more days to determine, however.

Ban cars, widen sidewalks, plant trees. The paucity of urban tree canopy in SF is closely connected to how much of our public space has been given over to cars.

Mission Local talks to AV "experts" who say it would be impractical for robotaxis to not be allowed in certain counties. They just can't figure out how to program them to stay out of a county, it's too hard 🙄 What nonsense. I stand with @jackiefielder.bsky.social's demand. Rest in power KitKat

Lotta worse stuff happening in the world but it's real sad they're tearing down the vaillancourt fountain, it's super historically cool and it's also been a center for a lot of fun and silliness for skaters and bike people and all kinds of folks who are key to the city but not always appreciated

I hate Daylight Savings Time so much. Not as much as I hate racism and fascism, but like, still a lot.

District 9 BART director @edwardwright.bsky.social is hosting a community workshop on what the redesigned, renovated 16th St Mission BART plazas should look like. Wednesday, November 5th 6-8pm 1950 Mission St

Facts: “The report shouldn’t be a shock to anyone...because zoning is just one factor of 100. I’m afraid ‘We’re going to sue the government until the capital markets do what we want’ is basically the textbook definition of San Francisco YIMBYism.” - @uhshanti.bsky.social

Join me and SIGN THE PETITION to protect San Francisco's campaign-finance & disclosure laws! SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sf-prot...

The misguided discourse about canceling Wikipedia donations led me to re-up mine. Wikipedia is far from perfect but it's crucial right now as a source of truth that can't be controlled, including by its founder! donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to...

Alexandria & Richmond, Virginia have both implemented free bus service, as Mamdani has proposed. They have also succeeded in increasing ridership—as of latest data, their ridership in 2025 is 31% & 25% higher than in 2019, respectively. Overall US transit ridership is 20% lower in 2025 than 2019.

Our members have some amazing transit project ideas, and they need YOUR HELP! Read our member project proposals here, express your interest, and leave feedback by Friday, Nov 7: buff.ly/a4GJRvn

I live in a city with lots of robotaxis and growing every day. This image is correct to use against them. Their programming continually gets more aggressive and they can't be ticketed. Bad human managers (the quote's original context) are also often unaccountable! The point is still true!

"San Francisco teachers must use a single textbook that does not discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." Censorship bills like AB 715 (which Scott Wiener architected and passed) and the war on ethnic studies has resulted in us simply avoiding teaching history to kids in CA.

From the end of this article, it sounds like everyone with a Ring camera will be opted into sharing with law enforcement, including ICE: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

This is pretty funny and also a reminder never to trust AI Overviews for anything important, such as whether or not a particular plant's berries are toxic. Don't be like the volunteer at a nonprofit plant sale who read an AI Overview to me when I asked about that 😬

“Many AVs are electric, but the metals and minerals used to build them often come from environmentally harmful mining operations that damage communities—especially Indigenous communities—and ecosystems abroad.” Appreciate @jackiefielder.bsky.social calling this out! Cars aren't green, AV or not.

centrists are so thirsty for power, they'd kill an unaligned ant if they thought it would get them elected

Hope to see some of you at SFBike Winterfest tonight!

'He routinely disables them for every app he uses — a task becoming more complex as tech companies embrace AI. “It feels like a con to me"'

This can be us when we have a well-funded social housing developer in SF and legalize single-staircase buildings!

Just watched a Waymo screwup… The road was closed in the direction the car wanted to go, so it just drove past the cones and into oncoming traffic. Once the oncoming traffic went around, it continued down the closed road on the wrong side of the road. Yay, AI! @waymo.bsky.social 1/2

Billionaire-Backed “Family Zoning” plan won’t fix our housing crisis 🧵 www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

I had a dream last night that the latest front in YIMBYism was trying to legalize underground apartments with no windows. When I woke up I realized that's a classic representation of death in dreams.

Come touch grass with us tomorrow!

Halloween is my least favorite holiday. My greatest fear is being frightened.

"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"

A long-ago tyrant named Mandy thought a likeness in stone would be dandy, but the statue fell down, leaving only a frown, and the rest has become rather sandy.

Waymo took this guy from us

Oakland people: your city council is considering a cruel sweeps measure by councilmember Ken Houston to criminalize homeless neighbors who have nowhere to go. There's a city hearing with public comment next Tues 11/4, 9am, and a training session tomorrow Thurs 10/30 at 5:30pm to learn more: