Tootfinder

I wonder if the bike movement in SF should pivot to bike lockers on residential streets.
"I don't bike in the city because I have no place to store a bike in my apartment building" is almost as common a story as "...because I'm scared of traffic." Maybe we would get less resistance pushing there at this moment. #sfpol

A Georgia judge on Tuesday tossed out racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong "conspiracy" to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics call “#Cop #City.”
Fulton County Judge

Charges against dozens of 'Cop City' protesters tossed
A Georgia judge has tossed racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility. Critics call it “Cop City.” Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer tossed the charges Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Farmer said Republican Attorney General Chris Carr didn’t have the authority to secure the 2023 indictments. Carr’s office said they plan to appeal. The 61 defendants faced …

Not a bad read on #Wythenshawe and the redevelopment plans.
The battle for the garden city - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ne

The battle for the garden city
Campaigners say Wythenshawe's £500m revamp has 'a real sense of gentrification', but Manchester council points out that it's building 422 all-affordable homes to kick the project off. Ethan Davies reports on the battle for the garden city

Kansas City Chiefs vs Las Vegas Raiders: ¿Cómo, cušndo y dónde ver el duelo de la Semana 18 en la NFL? https://www.chiefs.com/news/kansas-city-chiefs-vs-las-vegas-raiders-como-cuando-y-donde-ver-el-duelo-de-la-semana-18…

"also said immigration raids “haven’t gone far enough.”
Trump Brags He Could Invade Your City Whenever He Wants – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/trump-brags-he-could-invade-your-city-whenever-he-wants/

Progressive topples former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey in Jersey City mayoral runoff (Ry Rivard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/james-solomon-jersey-city-mayoral-race-00674050
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p170#a251202p170

Instacart sues New York City to block enforcement of five laws, including rules governing minimum pay for app-based workers and tipping disclosures (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/instacart-sue…

✊ The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-us-trump

The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right
For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Where the Chiefs’ Remaining Schedule Really Stands in the NFL https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/onsi/kansas-city-dallas-cowboys-buffalo-bills

Patrick Mahomes vs. Josh Allen Round 10: AFC foes who are more similar than you would think https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46759971/kansas-city-chiefs-buffalo-bills-patrick-mahomes-josh-allen-matchup-week-9

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Wimps:
🎵 City Lights
#Wimps
https://thesewimps.bandcamp.com/album/city-lights
https://open.spotify.com/track/34FiFv8vsdjpAgiyyaioJr

Source: Steven Bartlett, the UK entrepreneur who hosts the Diary of a CEO podcast, plans to launch Founded.com in December to cover UK and US tech companies (City A.M.)
https://www.cityam.com/steven-bartlett-hiring-journalists-for-new-tech-news-site/<…

Steven Bartlett hiring journalists for new tech news site
Dragons' Den entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has set up his own journalism website focused on technology news, City AM can reveal.

“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 @… calling this out! Cars aren't green, AV or not. Sign her petition to let California counties vote on whether we wan…

Let the People Decide: Give Us a Vote on Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have flooded San Francisco’s streets, raising serious safety and traffic concerns for residents, pedestrians, animal advocates, and local businesses. In 2025 alone, both Waymo and Zoox recalled over 1,200 vehicles due to crash risks. AVs have also blocked emergency vehicles, caused traffic jams, and created dangerous situations for people walking, biking, and driving. Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft already made traffic worse, accounting for about half th…

For any of my comrades who are using SNAP, I wish I had something better to say than "if you crush 4 buckeyes with a hammer and tie the pulp in a sock you can wash a good sized load of laundry." English Ivy also has saponins, but I've never been able to make soap from it myself.
Ivy is everywhere. Buckeyes (Horse Chestnuts) are common in city parks (there are a ton in Seattle).
Yucca is also a good source of saponins, but it also has silica. That makes it a good scrubby soap. You can find these plants all over they're pretty common to find in yards.
If you can find acorns still (it's a bit late, but who knows), acorn grits are great and something you can survive on for a bit. Acorns need processing (it's easy to look up, but feel free to ask or check out one or Black Forager's videos on it).
If you've been following me for a bit, you probably already know all this. But if you don't, I hope it helps.
Any other forager folks are welcome to drop hints here that might be useful to folks in the city.
#Foraging

@… For sure, it'll probably be a pain for a bit. But I'm hopeful you'll see few "In-N-Out Tourists" given the two locations north and south of the city, much less reason for anyone to come into the city if they're going specifically for the food.

Reviewing my sample ballot for Concord's municipal elections Tuesday; my recommendations:
- Mayor: I like both Byron and Kate West. Vote your conscience.
- Councilor-at-large: Fisto is my first choice, then either Amanda Grady Sexton or Fred Keach. Definitely not Robert Washburn, though.
- Ward 6 Councilor: Vote Aislinn Kalob!
- School Board: Vote Cara Meeker!
- Sale of Eastman: Kinda wish we could know who it'd be sold to first, but sure, why not
- Social districts: Sure, although I'll want to follow this up by attending the city council meetings where they work out the details, and make sure they limit them to individual fully-pedestrianized city blocks (e.g. Bicentennial Square, Eagle Square)
- Keno: It is currently prohibited. It is necessary to vote YES on this question to continue to prohibit it (because otherwise new state law would require it to be allowed by-right), so I say yes, do that, vote to prohibit it.

Obama, Mamdani talk as Election Day approaches in New York City mayor's race (Hunter Woodall/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mamdani-talk-as-election-day-approaches-new-york-city-mayors-race/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p49#a251101p49

We have another #data job at the City of #capetown, this time for a Senior #DataEngineer
We build & support data-intensive systems, not just digital plumbing! We're looking for strong softwar…

City of Cape Town Link
Sharing a City of Cape Town Page...

#ciddle 2025-11-03 (49)
1. ❌ ↘️ 3138km
2. ✅
https://ciddle.winklerweb.net

Ian Rapoport's Cowboys trade rumor could lead to deadline deal with Chiefs or Bills https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/news/ian-rapoports-cowboys-trade-rumor-deadline-deal-chie…

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

Can we please, in the name of humanity, stop this motherfucker?
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251028-israeli-planes-strike-gaza-city-after-netanyahu-orders-powerful-attacks

Israeli planes strike Gaza City after Netanyahu orders 'powerful attacks'

#ciddle 2025-12-01 (86)
1. ❌ ⬇️ 162km
2. ❌ ↘️ 66km
3. ❌ ➡️ 76km
4. ✅
https://ciddle.winklerweb.net

Ciddle - A Daily City Riddle

Many of us are in @… and @… ’s situation here: plastics are collected for recycling, but few/none enter the recycling stream. In that situation:
- Robin’s response is the first and best one: use less.
- In addition, I’d advocate for (1) continuing to recycle what you can’t avoid using and (2) give that city gov endless headaches about their failure to recycle. Show there’s demand for recyclability, get whatever tiny fraction does get recycled out of the waste stream, •and• make headaches for people in positions of power for plastic failing to live up to that demand.
I would •not• just stop recycling. Don’t just give up. My 2¢.
https://mastodon.social/@Robo105/115651167356290774
https://kolektiva.social/@Fishercat/115651193778282604

Pretty City 💕 (although I'm not sure how we have an eastern sunset).
#SanFrancisco

What happened on Younghoe Koo's kick? Plus the most elite NFL units. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6855969/2025/12/02/what-happened-younghoe-koo-kick-nfl-scoop-city/

At midnight on 1 January, the flexible credit card-sized pass used by millions of New Yorkers to get through subway turnstiles is being terminated from sale just as a new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, takes office.
The transit system will fully transition to #Omny, a contactless payment system that allows riders to tap their credit card, phone or other smart device to pay fares, much as they do for other purch…

Huh, I see that #zipCar #uk

Why do we have a Toronto Police board with city councillors on it if disbanding the mobile crisis intervention team is kept secret?
Typical Toronto Police trying to hide things
https://www.the…

hope to see some of you at SFBike winterfest tonight!

That is one kickass image https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5gy3v7opwo3bfoa7dojkfhvp/post/3mbdm5ia3u22i

Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social)
New York City has a new mayor

A little clip from last night's city #fireworks here in Cambridge. I love these sparky ones in slo-mo.

A look at Mexico City's Nuevo Polanco neighborhood, where Huawei, TikTok, and other Chinese firms have opened offices, fueling a growing Chinese tech community (Daniela Dib/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-tech-companies-mexico-city/

Chinese businesses are transforming Mexico City’s poshest neighborhood
A growing Chinese techie community in Nuevo Polanco is fueling a boom in restaurants and markets to serve them.

So, Morgen geht's nach Quebec City. Das Wetter ist zwar etwas durchzogen, aber ich habe mal drei Nächte gebucht, leider reicht es nicht gerade für die Suiten, aber ein etwas grösseres Zimmer mit Blick auf den Sankt-Lorenz-Strom habe ich mir gegönnt. Nimmt mich Wunder, wie die Anfahrt ist.
#CANEast25

Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
TRAVIS: Whose in particular?
FEN: Like most of our city, this room lives; a vegetable biologically adapted but living and growing - and all life, Travis, is linked. [Laces her fingers] That is the basis of the Rule of Life.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/158

yeeeee they're on da way soon

When #ZohranMamdani wins the New York 🗽 mayoralty election in two days, he’ll join #London’s current mayor #SadiqKhan as the first Muslim leader of a major global city (with ethnic ties to South Asia).

Expert Game Picks: Raiders or Chiefs? https://www.raiders.com/news/expert-game-picks-las-vegas-raiders-or-kansas-city-chiefs-nfl-week-18

In case you ever wondered whether Israel's intervention on Gaza might ever resemble anything proportional or de-escalating. It does not.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/DEMOLITION/jnvwkkxdlvw/

How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City
In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel deployed a new weapon: Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed as explosive-laden bombs.

Finished "All the Sinners Bleed" by S.A. Cosby. Titus Crown, the first black sheriff of a rural VA county, is hunting down a serial killer amidst simmering racial tensions.
While Charon County is fictional, the given geography might make it Surry or Charles City counties, places I've spent a good amount of time working with sheriff's offices. Cosby nails the law enforcement vibe & mirrors my observations of race relations in SE VA.
4/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

All the Sinners Bleed
A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to…

Lawsuit claims city of Dallas can't ban anti-LGBTQ bias or regulate cat breeding - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/lawsuit-claims-city-of-dallas-cant-ban-anti-lgbtq-bias-or-regulate-cat-breeding/

This is the best critique of SF's Family Zoning Plan I've seen, from Fernando Martí, who knows his stuff.
“Zoning is not the primary constraint to construction today — not in SF where it costs $800,000 or more to build a unit of housing. Nor is environmental review or planning approvals. If these were the constraints to production, then we wouldn’t have tens of thousands of already approved market-rate units unable to get construction financing”

Trending 📉 📈 after Sunday of NFL’s Week 13 as Bears and Panthers surprise https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6853018/2025/12/01/week-13-nfl-trending-risers-fallers-scoop-city-bears/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Protoje:
🎵 BIG 45
#Protoje
https://lostcityjngl.bandcamp.com/track/protoje-big-45-lost-city-bootleg
https://open.spotify.com/track/4DspPUPn1uLYAEJSBfvPar

somehow hadn't put it together until now that the massive robotaxi parking lot at 14th & Shotwell is on the site where a family business burned down a few years ago.
https://www.kqed.org/news/11830791/sf-firefighters-battling-massiv…

Massive 5-Alarm Blaze in SoMa Burns 6 Buildings, Injures SF Firefighter
The structure fire burned at least six buildings within the block contained by South Van Ness, Folsom, 14th and Division streets. It had been mostly contained by 9 a.m.

What happened on Younghoe Koo's kick? Plus the most elite NFL units. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6855969/2025/12/02/what-happened-younghoe-koo-kick-nfl-scoop-city/

Expert Game Picks: Raiders or Chiefs? https://www.raiders.com/news/expert-game-picks-las-vegas-raiders-or-kansas-city-chiefs-nfl-week-18

It's happening! https://ismunifree.com/

Is Muni Free?

E.W. Scripps agrees to sell its Indianapolis ABC affiliate station WRTV to Circle City Broadcasting for $83M; Scripps agreed to sell WFTX for $40M in September (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/ew-scripps-wrtv-circle-city-broadcasting-sale/

E.W. Scripps to Sell Indianapolis ABC Affiliate WRTV to Circle City Broadcasting for $83 Million
The deal for the Indianapolis ABC affiliate station will close following receipt of regulatory and other customary approvals

Salt Lake City mayor, council leaders broadly condemn ICE airport arrest in 'gateway to our state' (Salt Lake Tribune)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10/30/salt-lake-city-mayor-condemns-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p49#a251031p49

What rural folks don’t understand about city life
The wages of our well-paid college graduates support the
self-righteous people in red America

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/28/city-life-chicago-v…

What rural folks don’t understand about city life
Urban urbanity: Chicago, New York and San Francisco through readers’ eyes.

Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/202

Southern California has an unlikely AI mecca: the very industrial Vernon
Vernon has become an essential location for artificial intelligence data centers.

It's the end of the year as we know it (and i feel fine)

Pedestrians and cyclists eager to get back on the Lower Don Trail are heartbroken to learn that much of the trail will remain barricaded until next spring — almost two years later than the city originally promised.
https://www.

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 06 - City at the Edge of the World
KERRIL: What are you staring at?
VILA: I'm not staring.
KERRIL: We've been on the move a lot.
VILA: Yes.
KERRIL: It's the first chance I've had to, well, get cleaned up.

If anyone has a joke reference to something ridiculous Eric Adams said, post it now or forever hold your peace.

❓ Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/can-two-amazons-survive-invisible-e-waste-is-poisoning-the-world/

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world
“I live in Accra, Ghana,” says Isaac Dinwe, who works for Closing the Loop, a Dutch company that works with the electronics industry to increase global recycling. “The e-waste problem in my country is so huge we are unable to manage it. Most of our e-waste ends up in city centres. Informal workers extract what […]

Time may fly like an arrow, but "fruit flies like a banana" is NOT true. Most fruits are round and have completely different aerodynamic properties. Apples and oranges, for instance, don't fly the same way as a banana at all. Let's retire such undue generalizations in 2026.

👍 👏 Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/mamdani-mayor-swearing-in.html

Georgia Judge Dismisses Racketeering Charges Against 'Cop City' Activists (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/cop-city-activists-racketeering-charges.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p85#a251231p85

very cool to see Mayor Mamdani is bringing back New York's Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, and with Cea Weaver running it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvd6n9nfsP0
I was just catching up on this old Dig episode where Cea and others discuss tenant organizi…

Car sharing service Zipcar UK plans to shut down after London extended its Congestion Charge to EVs; Zipcar had losses of £11.7M in 2024 vs. £364,000 in 2023 (Simon Hunt/City A.M.)
https://www.cityam.com/zipcar-uk-to-shut-operations-ahead-of-new-…

Zipcar UK to shut operations ahead of new London EV Congestion Charge
Zipcar has begun a formal consultation with employees in the UK, and will stop taking new bookings beyond the end of the year.

Raiders-Chiefs Week 18 Injury Report https://www.raiders.com/news/las-vegas-raiders-kansas-city-chiefs-week-18-injury-report

On January 1, 1994,
Indigenous peoples from #Chiapas, Mexico, rose up.
They took control of city halls in towns across the state.
They took the state capital #San #Cristobal

The 1994 Zapatista Uprising: Resisting NAFTA and corporate capitalism
The Zapatistas rose up on January 1, 1994, just over three decades ago. They remain an inspiration for social movements, communities, and individuals seeking change around the world. This is episode 83 of Stories of Resistance.

Bills tackle Dion Dawkins admits Chiefs showdown is more than just another game: 'We have history'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/buffalo-bills-kansas-city-chiefs-r…

Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist who ran on an #affordability agenda,
pledged during the campaign to freeze rent on the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.
“We know we are fighting for a #rent #freeze…

Mamdani’s First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams’s Decisions
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.

How to watch, listen to and livestream Raiders vs. Chiefs https://www.raiders.com/news/how-to-watch-listen-to-and-livestream-las-vegas-raiders-vs-kansas-city-chiefs-nfl-week-18-010426

Do the often traded sixth- and seventh-rounder picks matter? Plus: Ravens-Dolphins prep https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6765049/2025/10/30/late-round-picks-matter-nfl-draft-scoop-city/

Morning Digest: A major election year is unfolding in D.C. as the city is besieged by Trump (The Downballot)
https://www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-digest-a-major-election-year
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p42#a251201p42

Muni is free tonight from 8pm to 5am the 1st! Extra Muni Metro service until 2am. AC Transit, SamTrans, and Caltrain also free from 8pm on, with extra service on Caltrain.
Details at #SanFrancisco

Is Muni Free?

Omar Fateh,
the son of Somali immigrants and a democratic socialist,
is a leading candidate in the mayoral race in Minneapolis
and seeking to unseat incumbent Jacob Frey.
Fateh made history in 2020 by becoming the first Muslim and first Somali American to be elected to Minnesota’s state Senate.
Fateh has run for mayor on a platform advocating for rent stabilization,
raising the minimum wage
and reforming how the city handles public safety.
“…

“Mamdani of the Midwest”: Meet Omar Fateh. Could He Be the Next Mayor of Minneapolis?
Omar Fateh, the son of Somali immigrants and a democratic socialist, is a leading candidate in the mayoral race in Minneapolis and seeking to unseat incumbent Jacob Frey. Fateh made history in 2020 by becoming the first Muslim and first Somali American to be elected to Minnesota’s state Senate. Fateh has run for mayor on a platform advocating for rent stabilization, raising the minimum wage and reforming how the city handles public safety. “Minneapolis can have a different kind of politics,…

ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say (Gwynne Hogan/The City)
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/ice-arrested-separated-chinese-father-6-year-old-son/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p121#a251202p121

if you haven't reached your free article limit, are you really living?

Bill Kristol Says He Would Vote For Zohran Mamdani for New York City Mayor (The Forum)
https://www.cmcforum.com/post/bill-kristol-says-he-would-vote-for-zohran-mamdani-for-new-york-city-mayor
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p107#a251030p107

Members of Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (#DBNY ),
a campaign that organizes weekly demonstrations calling for the eviction of two companies from the city-owned industrial park,
said a new mayor won’t alter their activism.
“Mamdani’s electoral victory doesn’t change our mission nor does it change our work,”
said the group in a statement to Mondoweiss.
“We hope Mamdani heeds the …

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to enter City Hall he faces pressure from an unlikely source — Palestine activists
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City owed no small debt to Palestine activists, many of whom mobilized behind his campaign. But how will this relationship fare once he enters City Hall? There are some early tests that will let us know.

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.

Look at all these cool Muni routes that were eliminated in 2009 budget cuts and didn't come back 😭 Potrero Hill used to have *three* north-south bus routes where now it has one. The 53 Southern Heights was lost in 2009, the 10 Townsend in 2020, and only the 19 Polk is left.
https://

It was cool when we had an actual SFMTA and not just an SF Department of Cars.

JD Vance did nothing
as Trump cuts cost his Ohio home town millions.
Despite Vance being Middletown’s most famous son
and Ohio broadly safe ground for Republican politicians for at least a decade,
⭐️nearly four in 10 of voters in the city of 50,000 people chose not to back Vance and Trump in last year’s presidential election.
Two progressives are running for seats on Middletown’s non-partisan,
yet Republican-leaning,
council in next month’s election…

People who don't like AI probably also disapproved of Dr. Robotnik imprisoning woodland creatures inside robots and forcing them to attack Sonic and Tails. 🙄 Just say you hate progress.

It happened to me: I met a guy wearing a Guided by Voices t-shirt, so I excitedly started talking about my favorite GBV album Propeller (1992) and he'd never listened to that one

I donated a bit to Gary McCoy's campaign for District 8 supervisor in SF.
I'm hesitant to support merely "progressive" candidates since so many veer rightward after getting elected, like D8's current supe Mandelman, and recently D7 supe Melgar to a lesser degree.
But I really like Gary's platform, emphasizing non-police public safety programs; traffic calming as part of public safety; and pro-housing with emphasis on public investment, not just upzone an…

Priorities | Get Involved Today — Gary McCoy for District 8 Supervisor
Discover Gary McCoy's priorities for affordable housing, economic growth, and community development in District 8. Learn how he plans to support residents and local businesses.

after watching so many Zohran videos, I'm baffled that other candidates for office will share videos where they don't say why they're running or mention a single campaign plank.
an SF candidate for office (who I like!) just shared a video on Instagram asking for donations and saying tonight is an important deadline and that SF matches donations from residents 6:1.
that's it. no platform plank mentioned. no reminder of why I care about their campaign to begin with.…

I still have an SF YIMBY coffee mug from when I was a member, with the former slogan, "Legalize Housing." So much for that. Every SF YIMBY–endorsed member of the Board of Supervisors voted for this cruel RV ban with tacit YIMBY approval, criminalizing people's homes and banishing them from the city.
Can't speak for other #YIMBY movements around the world, but the SF version ha…

Tow trucks are coming for S.F.’s RVs. Their residents struggle for reprieve.
With San Francisco's RV parking ban starting on Nov. 1, dozens of RV dwellers say they were missed in a city-wide count of RVs parked on public streets.

"You scored 9 out of 10. Nicely done! Your knowledge is impressive. But there's still room to improve! Of everyone who has taken the quiz, 6 percent had more correct answers, and 91 percent had fewer correct answers."
Got a lucky guess on one.
https://missionl…

Unpopular urbanist opinion: Low density explains far less of U.S. car dependence than most urbanists think. It's much more about underfunding of bus service, missing sidewalks, lack of safe bike lanes, and other things that are less sexy than gleaming new highrises, which will in fact fail to achieve much mode shift on their own.

I couldn't agree more with this essay from Quintin Mecke, director of CCHO, a group of community affordable housing non-profits. When SF "moderate" politicians underfund housing, it's not something they're forced to do. It's not fiscal responsibility. It's a political choice and a disastrous one.

The Fiction of Scarcity: Why San Francisco Must Choose Action Over Austerity in 2026
San Francisco Has the Wealth. It Lacks the Will.

I've decided to take a year-long break from living according to my most cherished values. In 2026, I'll just do whatever and disregard any difference between good and bad things. But don't worry, I plan to return to having a moral compass on January 1, 2027.

I subscribed to Jacobin when they had some deal, but I don't actually read it. Classic champagne socialist behavior. Leftists will be like, "Win an election? That pales in comparison to my idea, subscribing to Jacobin" and then not read Jacobin

Details on the California #wealthTax proposal:
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024
It's a one-time 5% wealth tax but can be spread over 5 ye…

A GenX white woman complained to her visitor from France that this building and park were gentrification, and the area “used to be fields.” The French guy actually corrected her: he remembered it was a parking lot on his last visit. The building is also 100% affordable.

At the first SF Transit Riders member assembly! Plan is to hold these quarterly to update members, hear feedback and let members initiate projects. #sfpol

RE: https://carfree.city/@sfmtadocsbot/115618503852227506
In which SFMTA staff "recommend" (but they're not letting the board vote, they're just going to do it) expanding Waymo, Uber, and Lyft onto what was supposed to be car-free Market 24/7.

I’m helping put together a campaign for municipal #socialHousing here in San Francisco. If you’re already familiar with social housing, how would you define it? If you’re newer to the idea, what’s a question you have about social housing, or something you hope it can achieve?

Haymarket Books has ebooks on sale for $2 until Nov. 7. Some of my favorite books published by them are:
Abolish Rent: on the potential of tenant organizing
Let This Radicalize You: a guide to activism over the long haul
No Cop City, No Cop World: lessons from Atlanta's Cop City fight
Perfect Victims: unpacks anti-Palestinian narratives you may not realize you've internalized

Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe that collective study plays a crucial role in sustaining engaged, effective, and durable left-wing organizations and communities. To that end, we aim to make our books accessible to anyone who might find them valuable. Until Friday, November 7th, ALL Haymarket ebooks are 80% Off. That means …

Pretty big earthquake down in Colma. People there must be spinning in their graves. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75271341/executive

This car was reportedly going 80 to 100 mph. That shouldn't be possible on a (sub)urban street. Every other commonly used consumer product has basic safeguards: you can't accidentally set your toaster to 2,000°F. Speed limiters in all cars now!
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I'm really not a happy camper today. I'm perfectly happy, but am not on a camping trip.

Under the Trump regime, if anything can go wrong in this country, it will. When Democrats regain power, they must immediately repeal Murphy's law.

Everyone's 2nd favorite single-serving website is now updated with the details of #FreeMuni on New Year's Eve
https://ismunifree.com

Is Muni Free?