Tootfinder

At city hall to protest Denim Dan Lurie’s SF Environment budget cuts. But the mayor isn’t here because he’s announcing a tax cut for rich real estate investors. Cutting revenue that could restore his SF Environment cuts over 10x over. #sfpol

“The City of Goleta will serve as the official host city for one of this year’s World Cup contenders.
One international team
—which has yet to be revealed
—will stay at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara
and hold practices at UC Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium
in preparation for the World Cup matches starting in June.”
#Goleta

Goleta to Serve as Host City for World Cup Team in Summer 2026
The team will stay at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara and practice at UC Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium

Kill City
All about Australian crime writing, crime books and the Australian crime writing industry...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/kill-city/

Every SF YIMBY-endorsed supervisor voted for this cruelty, with SF YIMBY's silent, implicit agreement. "Legalize housing" my foot.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-rv-ban-housing/

Five months into S.F.’s ban on RVs, 82 former RV dwellers have been housed. Others are now on the street.
Five months into S.F.'s ban on RVs, many have been matched by the city to housing. But several others are now street homeless.

foursquare_global: Foursquare global check-ins (2013)
A bipartite network of users and locations, representing check-in events worldwide on Foursquare, from April 2012 to September 2013. Metadata include country, city name, city type (e.g. national capital), and vender's latitude and longitude.
This network has 3935215 nodes and 22809624 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata, Timestamps

A Western Sydney council, Fairfield City, has been completely pwned by ransomware. It has been granted an injunction to stop people publishing stolen data, as well as a suppression order over details, including the council's communications with the hackers.
https://

Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured
Plus: Kagi will translate LinkedIn speak, or Australian, or, really, anything

Minneapolis shooting live:
City officials report another incident
‘involving federal law enforcement’
This shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the city
City officials said on Saturday morning in a statement that the “shooting involving federal law enforcement”
and occurred in the area of West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue South
– and that they are
“working to confirm additional details”.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Snocaps:
🎵 Brand New City
#Snocaps
https://snocaps.bandcamp.com/track/brand-new-city
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Doqy0z1zY2hHOpFlI4tdt

Follow the dramatic developments in Minneapolis.
#minnesota

Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”

👃🏽 Why city street surveys miss methane leaks, and what that means for safety
#methane

Why city street surveys miss methane leaks, and what that means for safety
The complexities of urban environments—like variable winds off tall buildings or surfaces—significantly impair the ability to detect natural gas leaks from underground pipelines, a new study shows. SMU researchers found that detection probability can be reduced by 16 percentage points for methane gas leaks from main pipelines and by as much as 38 percentage points for service line leaks in urban areas, compared to rural settings.

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/22/city-of-angels-migration-encounter-and-new-forms-of-faith

Really neat to live in a city with a lot of japanese expats.
Found a new japanese supermarket, just 5min from my place.
Now I don't need to drive 20min into the city center to get good gyoza skins
I'm kind of tempted to try to make a fusion of korean chicken buldak and gyoza

signed up to collect signatures for SF's overpaid CEO tax, aka Stand Up For SF. I figure I can collect for this and the transit funding measure at the same time.
#sfpol

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Erland Cooper's Cities of the Imagination
Composer Erland Cooper discovers the mythical city of Kêr-Is, Brittany’s sunken city of excess, where ancient flood myths meet modern climate reality and Celtic legend.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sqfp

At the time, Philadelphia was the largest city in North America, at least north of Mexico.
But still basically small town-sized. The house was tiny!

POL-HM: Hameln: Handtaschenraub am ZOB City/Pfortmühle - Polizei sucht Zeugen Hameln (ots) - Am Mittwochmorgen (25.02.2026) ist es gegen 08:25 Uhr in Hameln im Bereich der Zehnthofstraße, im Durchgang zwischen dem Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof (ZOB) City/Pfortmühle und Innenstadt (Am Markt), zu einem Raub einer Tasche gekommen. ... https://www.

Ski fahren in der City - New York im Wintersturm: Notstand und Schneefreude #News #Nachrichten …

San Francisco has become a laboratory for police surveillance after early resistance; SFPD recorded 700 drone flights last month, up from 93 in February 2025 (Cyrus Farivar/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/25/sf-surveillance-state-…

San Francisco once led the fight against police surveillance. Now it’s a laboratory for it
Crime is down. Drones are up. And the city that once banned facial recognition has largely stopped asking questions about surveillance tech.

Isometric NYC
Interactive New York City like SimCity 2000 but online and is not a game.
🏢 #nyc

‼️ Twin Cities residents‼️
Citywide vigil, on every block
7:00pm tonight
There is no central gathering location, to prevent further ICE / DHS targeting. Vigil location is wherever you are.
Please contact your nearby neighbors now and spread the word. We want the whole city showing up. This has to end.
#MInneapolis #msp #MinneapolisProtests

Tyreek Hill back with the Chiefs? Why a reunion could make sense https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47980215/kansas-city-chiefs-tyreek-hill-possible-reunion

Guys, there is a ton of important infosec news in today's Metacurity -- some of it stupid or crazy -- that you won't want to miss, including
--Leaked DarkSword iPhone spyware lowers bar for mass exploitation,
--FCC bans import of all new foreign-made routers,
--Foster City officially declares state of emergency following attack,
--German federal police visited Windchill and FlexPLM users in the wee hours to warn them of a severe flaw,
--Scioto County emp…

Leaked DarkSword iPhone spyware lowers bar for mass exploitation
FCC bans import of all new foreign-made routers, Foster City officially declares state of emergency following attack, German federal police visited Windchill and FlexPLM users in the wee hours to warn them of a severe flaw, Scioto County employees fell victim to phishing, much more

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Rodriguez:
🎵 Inner City Blues
#Rodriguez
https://raymee.bandcamp.com/track/inner-city-blues
https://open.spotify.com/track/1pU1pXG43llTiLi1JXl57c
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

One of the key nodes in Russia's oil transport infrastructure is on fire.
https://kyivindependent.com/missile-strikes-reported-acros…

Missile strikes reported across Russia as Belgorod faces blackouts and major oil pipeline hub in Tatarstan damaged
Explosions were reported overnight on Feb. 23 in Russia’s Belgorod, where officials said a large-scale missile strike caused significant damage to local infrastructure, as reports also emerged of attacks targeting energy and oil infrastructure elsewhere in Russia. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the city is reportedly facing disruptions to electricity, water supply, and heating after damage to energy facilities. Footage circulating on public channels showed blasts across the city,…

Pittsburgh City Paper, closed by Block Communications three months ago, is reviving under a new nonprofit, LocalMatters, with Lenfest Institute backing (Rachel McDevitt/90.5 WESA)
https://www.wesa.fm/identity-community/2026-03-19/pittsburgh-city-paper-relaunc…

It’s alive! Pittsburgh City Paper set to relaunch under new owner, start membership program
A new nonprofit, LocalMatters, has bought City Paper from Block Communications.

Someone showed up to mark my utility lines so that the city can grind a tree stump and the dogs are not happy with the concept.

"Vienna is turning parking spaces into parks and it’s changing the city"
#Vienna #Environment

Vienna is turning parking spaces into parks and it’s changing the city | The Optimist Daily
Vienna is replacing parking spaces with green areas to cool streets, cut traffic, and make room for people. Other cities are taking note.

Hours after ICE toured a Kansas City warehouse, council blocks federal detention center permits | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-01-15/hours-after-ice-toured-kansas-city-warehouse-council-blocks-federal-detention-center-permits

Worrying #airpollution in #Germany, our city of Magdeburg embraces the reds. Praise to our old tech (the wrong kind): from coal to diesel to wooden heating. A bit of winter staleness and it’s all revealed

Please don't spread misinformation. It was an anvil, not a piano.

I am thinking that we are getting close to a domestic version of the March 31, 2004 Fallujah ambush but with ICE goons in lieu of Blackwater goons.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraqi-ambush-americans-made-mockery-mis…

Series C, Episode 06 - City at the Edge of the World
TARRANT: They're simple, completely unaggressive people, Vila. You'll be quite safe.
VILA: I've only got your word for that.
TARRANT: Trust me.
VILA: Yeah.... Put me down. [Vila is teleported]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/306/49

City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/22/city-of-angels-migration-encounter-and-new-forms-of-faith

Marie Hurabiell is a transphobe, xenophobe, and racist, but the silver lining of her running for Congress is that it got the Standard to publish this flyer.
Activists handed this out at a protest outside her org's gala, highlighting both Hurabiell's bigoted comments and her ties to Mayor Denim Dan Lurie. More people should know!

‘An actual moderate’: Lurie ally and former Trump appointee enters SF congressional race
Marie Hurabiell, director of the moderate group ConnectedSF, aims to appeal to centrist and right-leaning voters.

Chicago's deadly sanctuary policies claim another innocent life (Guy Benson/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4500284/chicago-deadly-sanctuary-city-policies-claim-another-innocent-life/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p92#a260323p92

2026 #NorthDakota Reclamation Conference, March 3 - 4, Watford City. Topics include:
#Soil Health and Conservation,
Satellite Spill Detection,
Mine Reclamation,
Delineation Technologies,
Microbial Response in Remediation,
Soil Responses to Pipeline Reclamation, etc. 🧪⚒️

Some City Some Nature III 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 III 🏙️🪾
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/magazine/minneapolis-trump-ice-protests-minnesota.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.YeWQ.ZR6gjXtufSgA&smid=url-share

In Minneapolis, Trump Administrations ICE Crackdown Shows the U.S. Unraveling
What I saw, as federal agents stormed the city and residents banded together to protect themselves, was a dark, dystopian future becoming reality.

Did I have a great time today, with cranberry cake, and hot chocolate, and opening every book I've ever wanted to read in all the boostores in the city centre alongside @…? Yes 🥰

It is the week when Washington, DC, is the prettiest city on earth. (And when all the restaurants have a pink food, even if it's a food that really shouldn't ever be pink...)

Just finished "Caught Stealing" and it was great. Wondering who was responsible for such a delightful romp and it was none other than Darren Aronofsky!
#Film #Movies #CrimeDrama

Caught Stealing
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.

Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred;
a further 40,000 civilians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for.
Heroism, horror and the ‘pits of hell’: inside the last days of El Fasher
This is the story of what happened

Aww. Disappointed to learn https://gamedev.city/ was retired. It was a wonderful source of gamedev articles.
Thanks to @… for maintaining it while it lasted!

I have said it before and will keep saying it. If the city was serious about improving the transit system then every councillor, the mayor and senior management at OC will surrender their driver license and use the system exclusively. They take the bus or LRT everywhere. No motorcycle, no taxi, no UBER, no staff driving them, no friends/family driving them. THEY RELY ONLY ON THE TRANSIT SYSTEM. The only alternate way is walking or taking a bicycle.
Don't make it to a meetin…

Billboard trucks like this are illegal in San Francisco.
SFPD can fine the driver/owner under this section: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_police/0-0-0-2125
And if it's parked, SFMTA parking enforc…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116290468957637339
Weird factoid, when I owned a house in Old City, Philadelphia it was the one that Franklin borrowed the key from, according to an urban legend (that was printed in multiple tour guides). The house was build by a friend of him in the 1740s.

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

"Mount Tamalpais, in particular, hosts unique wildflowers because of its serpentine soil, which is too harsh for many invasive species. Specialized native species, however, can thrive. Forbes encouraged visitors to explore the Bay Area’s parks and emphasized the importance of staying on trails to avoid crushing budding plants." …

Past the breaking point. The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning.
#trump

Past the breaking point
The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116123816826931896
Pease enjoy Heidi’s account of standing up to city hall.

The US supreme court has decided to hear arguments in a
climate accountability lawsuit,
marking the first time the high court has weighed in on such a case.
The decision could potentially hinder the wave of climate litigation the US has seen in recent years.
“It’s not a good sign,”
said Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law and Graduate School.
The lawsuit in question was filed by the city of Boulder, Colorado, against two major o…

4 freakish NFL combine athletes to know, plus why ranking free agent receivers is hard https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7065923/2026/02/23/nfl-combine-freaks-to-watch-prospects-scoop-city/

just learned something hilarious... some guitarists have started calling guitars that are not electric, "acoustic guitars." it didn't make any sense at first, but then I realized they were making an analogy to acoustic bicycles 😂 pretty clever!

California city reports ransomware attack as LA transit agency finds ‘unauthorized activity’
https://therecord.media/california-city-reports-ransomware-attack-la-metro

California city reports ransomware attack as LA transit agency finds ‘unauthorized activity’
Foster City warned that it is possible the hackers obtained public information, urging anyone that has done business with the city to change personal passwords and take measures to protect personal data.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Boyz II Men:
🎵 End of the Road
#BoyzIIMen
https://treeecity.bandcamp.com/track/boyz-ii-men-end-of-the-road-treee-city-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3l3xTXsUXeWlkPqzMs7mPD

As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice.

Vance announces aid restrictions for groups that promote diversity, transgender policies abroad (Carmen Paun/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/vance-mexico-city-abortion-dei-transgender-march-for-life-00744792
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p81#a260123p81

Federal authorities say they were attempting to detain an Ecuadorian man,
#Jose #Huerta-#Chuma, when the fatal shooting occurred in south Minneapolis.
Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino said has a criminal history including domestic…

Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man; DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestling with the man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”

Some City Some Nature IV 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 IV🏙️🪾
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400 (6x6)
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Spotted a newly cleaned-up area across the street from the northeast tip of Bernal Heights Park, with some little plants like this coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis). It's nice to see this kind of stewardship and especially the use of SF native plants

Hundreds at scene of ICE shooting chanting name of the victim
Hundreds of protesters have packed the intersection near where the shooting took place and are chanting the name Alex Pretti
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man; DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestling with the man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”

In lighter news: now's an excellent time to sow some seeds of California's native yarrow, Achillea millefolium
https://bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-locals-yarrow/

Meet The Locals: Yarrow
Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.

Rams vs. Patriots, yet again? Plus: Ravens land Minter, Rivers enters the chat https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6994661/2026/01/23/rams-seahawks-patriots-broncos-preview-nfl-playoffs-scoop-city/

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26

TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF

"It seems impossible to imagine right now, but eventually the feds will leave the Twin Cities the same way they did Chicago... And then the goons will go elsewhere. Maybe to your town."
We've all gotta support and learn from Minnesota
https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-01-21

The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as
#Alex #Jeffrey #Pretti,
Pretti, 37, has an address listed in south Minneapolis.
At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Bri…

Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man; DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestling with the man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”

Remember the Columbus, OH ransomware attack two years ago, after which the city suppressed a local cyber expert from explaining to the press what happened? The mayor promised a report on the incident, and now he's saying the investigation is still not complete.
https:/…

WBNS 10TV
From its founding in 1949, WBNS-10TV has strived to bring to central Ohio the highest quality news and entertainment programming, while utilizing the best in television technology. WBNS is the most-watched news channel in central Ohio, delivering 24-hour news, CBS programming and sports, top-rated syndicated programs and award-winning local programming. WBNS stands on the cutting edge of television broadcasting as it has since its inception. On television, online and on the go, 10TV News is C…

With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs?
*yes, SF YIMBY endorsed the two sponsors of this ordinance, Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-soma-store-ban-drug-crime-deterrence/

S.F. supervisors vote to expand late-night store ban to parts of SoMa  
Board of Supervisors committee elevated a proposed store-closure ordinance, following public support from some community stakeholders

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
DRAMA:
🎵 Texas City
#DRAMA
https://thedramaduo.bandcamp.com/track/texas-city
https://open.spotify.com/track/3too4qykZ0eSxXWEHB1Nzt

A federal judge has ordered federal officials to preserve the evidence related to the Saturday shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents.
The judge's order was filed late Saturday after Hennepin County and Minnesota officials filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minnesota seeking to prevent the destruction of evidence.
The temporary restraining order bars federal agencies from destroying or tampering with any evidence connected to the shooting. 
Defendants include …

Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man; DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestling with the man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”

Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement.
Then they took to the streets and helped block the city's airport.
Religion News Service was one of only three outlets given access to the conference,
which was largely organized by the local religious advocacy group
"Multifaith Antiracism, Change and Healing", known as

Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
(RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block the city's airport.

Eric Bieniemy returning to Chiefs: Kansas City finalizes deal to bring back offensive coordinator

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eric-bieniemy-chiefs-offensive-coordinat…

Apparently the SFBOS land use committee is voting today to make parklets worse. Public access being removed entirely. I can’t even keep up with all the terrible legislation they’re pushing through.
#sfpol

Shot/chaser
Billionaires like Lurie and his buddies prefer philanthropy to taxes because they decide how much to pay and how it's used. We should not believe for a second that it has anything to do with helping non-rich San Franciscans. #sfpol

Follow live: Broncos take on Chiefs in Christmas night showdown https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401772622/broncos-chiefs

It's not "better" for BART to have been more dependent on fares for its revenue than other systems; that's why fares are sky-high, often more than the marginal cost of driving, and why it lacked resilience during a pandemic. Otherwise, many good points here.
https://missionloc…

BART: The worst-case scenarios are actually worse than you’ve heard
If voters spurn a November revenue measure, the biggest question isn't what stations BART may close. It's if BART will continue to exist, full-stop.

This 70 year old man,
angry to the point of tears,
watches a violent mob
sent by the U.S. President
to destroy his beautiful city.
Elites cower while he’s brave enough to walk into a cloud of tear gas.
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/pos…

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)
Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*

2026 mood
(from Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany)

Minneapolis Live Updates:
Videos Contradict the Federal Account of the Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.
Federal authorities said the slain man, #Alex #Pretti, had approached agents with a gun.
But videos show…

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.

“Alex was a kindhearted soul
who cared deeply for his family and friends
and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.”
“Alex wanted to make a difference in this world.
Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.”
“I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly.
However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.
🔥The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehe…

Alex Jeffrey Pretti’s
“care for others”
led the intensive care nurse
to protest immigration agents’ presence in Minnesota.
Federal agents shot and killed the 37-year-old man on Saturday morning in Minneapolis
-- prompting further clashes between law enforcement and protesters.
Pretti, worked as a nurse at the Veterans Affairs hospital in the city.
Pretti’s parents said that politicians were telling “sickening lies”,
adding: “Please get the trut…

Who is Alex Jeffrey Pretti? Minnesota shooting victim
His parents said the 37-year-old nurse loved the outdoors and cared deeply about people and ‘what was happening in Minneapolis’

Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday,
with other observers watching and videotaping their actions,
in an area called Eat Street,
a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses.
Footage appears to show the moment man is shot dead by federal agent in Minneapolis – video
It’s the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.

now that Muni bus wraps are almost entirely AI ads that alienate 95% of San Franciscans it would be a great time to run a ballot measure to ban them

An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted,
hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said.
No one was injured in Monday’s explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur,
about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Houston, Mayor Charlotte M. Moses said. She had urged residents in parts of the west side of the city to stay put.
“There’s been an explosion, yes, but we…

Oil refinery explosion near Texas coast forces residents to shelter in place
Officials say a large explosion at an oil refinery near the Texas coast has shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place. Mayor Charlotte M. Moses says no one was injured in the explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur. The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war. Valero's website says the refinery has about 770 employees and can process about 435,000 barrels of oil per day. T…

I haven't logged into Nextdoor for years but they send me email digests and the lead story on today's is "SAY NO to the 9-story monstrosity on West Portal Ave!". Never change, Nextdoor.

Featuring headliners such as
Robert De Niro,
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
and journalist Don Lemon,
the “State of the Swamp” address
is set to continue through Trump’s address with live rebuttals.
Attendees were encouraged to dress in green frog attire
as a symbol of defiance,
honoring the frog costumes worn by many anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters during its occupation of the city.
It is also intended to reference the “…

State of the Union live updates: Epstein survivors to attend Trump’s address
The speech comes as the president faces an angry and divided Congress, plummeting approval ratings, and a major Supreme Court loss on his tariff policy.

What's the last book you read where, if asked whether you thought reading it had been a good way to spend your time, you would not just say "Sure, I think so," but "Hell yeah!"?

Rep #Maxwell #Alejandro #Frost, Democrat of Florida,
was hit in the face by a man who told the lawmaker that he would be deported
at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the weekend.
The attacker “told …

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost Is Assaulted at Sundance Film Festival
Mr. Frost, Democrat of Florida, said he was punched by a man who said the lawmaker would be deported. The man was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and assault.

Lit-dropped Noe Valley in defense of Prop I and got a solid workout 😅 This is how we're gonna win and preserve funding for social housing. #sfpol
- If you live in SF and haven't sent a letter yet: https://dsasf.org/protectpropi

Save Prop I and Affordable Housing Funds
On Wednesday February 25, billionaire Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood announced a tax cut for wealthy real estate investors. They propose to repeal 2020's Proposition I, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for rent relief and affordable housing. Although Prop I revenue has never been fully dedicated to social housing as intended, it has funded over $200 million to help San Franciscans afford housing as of 2024, including $42 million for the strongest Covid rent re…

Interesting: Minneapolis is actually converting downtown offices to residential, not just using it as an excuse to cut taxes while not converting any, like San Francisco.
Sounds like a bad deal for the public, though. The new units are expensive, up to $4,695 for 1415ft², and to get them the city is waiving all affordability requirements, and MN is considering subsidizing through tax credits as well.

Progress from 2024: Minneapolis Adds 574 New Homes with Adaptive Reuse
Through adaptive reuse, Minneapolis turned office space into 574 apartments. Possible new State legislature may make this easier, though the retail market remains challenging.

oh cool I just started reading Murguía's poetry book from City Lights, Stray Poems. maybe I'll try to see this!
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-mission-alejandro-murguia-documentary-keeper-of-the-fire/

S.F. poet Alejandro Murguía stars in new documentary, and the Mission gets its close-up
"Keeper of the Fire" traces decades of work creating and preserving Latino culture in San Francisco—and featuring the city's poets.

So SF public school teachers had to go on strike and it was considered a historic win when their strike resulted in 5% raises, but SF cops just waltz in and get a 14% raise by default.
The cops are robbing our city blind. Stop voting for pro-cop "moderates" who enable this!

Huh, that's interesting. People really did not like my comment asking if we would also rename Jefferson Street, another one named for a rapist, or whether there are different standards for our heroes if they're white.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/san-f

Cesar Chavez Street’s ‘days are numbered:’ S.F. leaders react to abuse allegations
Mission and Latino leaders react to allegations of sexual misconduct by the longtime labor leader. They call the news devastating and sad.

"The forest gardens were filled with plants that benefited humans, but they also continue to provide food for birds, bears, and insect pollinators, even after 150 years of neglect."
Notice how this debunks mainstream conservationism's dichotomy between "wild" land conserved for the environment's sake, and land developed for human use. Here, human activity improved the land's use both for humans AND the wider web of life we're part of.

🤨 what… what were they thinking I was gonna do instead?

This greenish Scott agrees!
https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGreens/116108992515272064

Scottish Greens (@ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot)
Attached: 1 image Four years ago we delivered free bus travel for everyone under the age of 22. Now it's time to go further. We're committing to deliver free bus travel for everyone in Scotland - on a bus network that has been brought back under public control. 🚌

the anti-car movement in SF doesn't really think long-term and it shows. anything that doesn't seem politically possible right now in the short term, we just shrug off as impossible and ignore. what would it take to change this?

I'm noticing people treating this as mere dysfunction, but it's not. City Hall is keeping most of the commissions intact because the whole purpose of “commission reform” was to justify an executive power grab, not because anyone seriously thought having too many commissions was a major issue.
And the executive power grab is still happening. 1/

S.F. supes plan to ignore the vast majority of commission streamlining recommendations
Commenters vented on Tuesday as the years-long debate over culling San Francisco's commissions moved towards a resolution

SF politics is supposed to be a knife fight in a phone booth, but I don't see that energy from transit/safe-streets orgs that should be calling out Daniel Lurie on his carbrain. They're all trying to suck up to him for access instead. Seems like a recipe for failure. #sfpol