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Annual plant sale at #SutroStewards nursery! I picked up a couple of rare San Francisco wallflowers and some little coast buckwheats, both #CaliforniaNatives.

An interview with California state Senator Scott Wiener on his new AI safety bill SB 53, the bill's scope, his focus on AI safety bills, AI PACs, and more (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/23/scott-wiener-on-his-fi…

Scott Wiener on his fight to make Big Tech disclose AI's dangers | TechCrunch
The California lawmaker is on his second attempt to pass a first-in-the-nation AI safety bill. This time, it might work.

Scott Bessent: Trump's 100% Tariff Threat on China Is 'Off the Table' - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-tiktok-tariffs-deals-scott-bessent-2025-10

Scott Bessent Claims He Feels Soybean Farmers' Pain. He's Worth $500 Million (Peter Wade/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/scott-bessent-soybean-farmers-500-million-1235454482/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p53#a251026p53

This is a weird book because it’s so well-written, darkly witty and clarifying, I can’t stop turning pages, but it also makes me not want to get out of bed. I’m banking on an energizing call to action at the end

Source: Bari Weiss is looking to poach conservatives from other networks and met with CNN personality Scott Jennings; Weiss reportedly approached Bret Baier (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/26/2025/weiss-explores-poach…

CBS’ Weiss explores poaching conservatives from other networks
CNN personality Scott Jennings visited the new CBS News editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, this week at CBS’ New York headquarters.

Last year global temperatures were 1.6°C over the pre-industrial average, the first year to breach the 1.5° goal.
"One or two years that exceed 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level does not imply that the Paris Agreement has been breached. However, with the current rate of warming at more than 0.2°C per decade, the probability of breaching the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement within the 2030s is highly likely."

Transcript: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 26, 2025 (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-bessent-treasury-secretary-face-the-nation-transcript-10-26-2025/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p20#a251026p20

DoorDash is a marquee sponsor of SFBike's Winterfest this year 😢 I bought a ticket anyway. It's bleak out here trying to fund nonprofits under capitalism. Hate the game, not the player. https://sfbike.org/winterfest/

Winterfest - San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Promoting the Bicycle for Everyday Transportation

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump and Xi will "consummate" a TikTok deal on Thursday in South Korea, confirming a final US-China agreement on the sale (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/26/trum

Trump and Xi will ‘consummate’ TikTok deal on Thursday, treasury secretary says | TechCrunch
The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Now you've done it, @…. This piece is about to make the Sunset Dunes/Great Highway debate look tame in comparison
https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/sf-be

Forget the mishigas you’ve read: Here’s the real best bagel in S.F.
Over the summer, different San Francisco news outlets attempted bagel taste tests. But forget all that: Mission Local's got the real winner.

Penelope Scott - Y2Kbaby (Official Visualizer)
#music

One of the most biting & memorable film monologues, inspired by the poetry of Antonio Machado, and delivered by "Jefe" near the end of Ridley Scott's The Counselor:
"Actions create consequences, which create new worlds, and they're all different [...] and hitherto unknown to us. They must have always been there. [...] I urge you to see the truth of the situation you are in. It is not for me to tell you what you should have done or not done. The world in which…

I remember this like it was yesterday. Sean William Scott didn't show up for his slot on the Late Late Show & all hell broke loose. God, I miss Craig.
▶️ Craig Ferguson - The Missing Guest
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PQqQ2ZWoKzg&si=dJhMh3hl9HD2nFw1

The case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday
with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney.
Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, confirmed to the Guardian that
“it’s over”after superior court judge Scott McAfee issued a one-page order on Wednesday dismissing the 2020 racketeeri…

That's sad: what was far and away my favorite restaurant during last year's visit to Portland (Ore.) closed. Brunch-serving vegan diners are a particular type of place I love that seems to be an endangered species these days, cf Beach'N in SF, also closed this year.

One of Portland’s oldest vegan-friendly restaurants has closed
“We can no long sustain operations and have served the final plate,” the restaurant announces.

U.S. and China could reach trade deal to avoid 100% tariffs, says Scott Bessent (Freddie Clayton/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/us-china-trade-deal-avoid-100-tariffs-scott-bessent-rcna239822
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p5#a251026p5

Spotted on #ValenciaStreet: tactical urbanism to block cars crossing the “protected” (not at this location) bike lane to park in the wedge-shaped empty space where the lane zigzags around a parklet

We are DEFINITELY going back to Stratford next summer!

wow the only person who brought up Sunset Dunes/the former Great Highway at Lurie's D4 listening tour was someone who supports the park.
https://missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-mayor-daniel-lurie-listening-sunset/

Lurie, in Sunset ‘listening mode,’ says he’ll tap a supe for the long haul
Daniel Lurie asks merchants, recall leaders and community groups who they want to represent them, and talks about upzoning

'This Week' Transcript 10-26-25: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Sen. Mark Kelly, Lt. Gen Doug Lute (Ret.) and Kathryn Bigelow (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-10-26-25-treasury-secretary-scott/story?id=126866043
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p36#a251026p36

It's time for San Francisco to follow Austin's and Evanston's lead and end its Flock contract.
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115273074215468855

I hope Santa brings him bowel cancer for Christmas. https://aus.social/@jhaue/115773856102874588

A Saskatchewan premier using a nautical reference always makes me giggle.
It's too bad that's the only funny thing about Scott Moe and his government's long and destructive grip on power in that province.
#SaskPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scott-moe-sask-2025-choppy-waters-year-end-9.7019581

"S.F.’s Union Square comeback is taking shape — despite two major question marks"
Somehow neither of them is the complete lack of bike parking anywhere near the block-wide 7-story Macy's. Biking to and around Union Square sucks.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/…

Dak Prescott on matchup with Chiefs, CeeDee Lamb bouncing back, more https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/dak-prescott-on-matchup-with-chiefs-ceedee-lamb-bouncing-back-more

Notable at Fri Dec 5th SFMTA engineering hearing:
👍 Item 1: Slow Golden Gate Ave gets concrete diverter
🙅‍♂️ Item 7: Kirkham neckdown to be removed and replaced by less effective traffic calming
https://www.sfmta.com/media/43965/download?inline

Sources detail how Canadian media company Valnet gutted Military.com, including layoffs and a reduction of in-depth journalism, while facing new Pentagon rules (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/military-dot-c…

The vanquishing of Military.com.
Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most.

Oak Woodlands has long been my favorite part of Golden Gate Park, but only recently have I come to appreciate Buena Vista Park for its own coast live oak forest... and even more recently noticed this enormous coffeeberry shrub at the bottom of the hill

San Franciscans! Here's a petition you can sign asking Mayor Lurie and the board of supervisors to fund social housing. You might have seen the flyers around the city.
We voted to fund it with 2020's Prop I, but for obscure reasons of state law, the use of the revenue wasn't legally binding, only intended. And then-Mayor Breed refused to do it. But we can fund it now!

Fund San Francisco's Social Housing Program with Prop I Property Transfer Tax Revenue, as Promised!
In 2020, San Francisco voters passed Prop I which levied a transfer tax on properties worth over $10 million dollars. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution assuring voters it was their intention to spend the revenue from the new tax on a Social Housing Program. Social Housing is housing that is municipally-owned (or non-profit owned), permanently affordable, and available to a wider mix income than traditional public housing. Mayor Breed overruled the Board of Supervisors a…

I dreamt that South Van Ness was the hip new nightlife corridor and people were calling it “South Van”

'You Know It, Kristen!': Scott Bessent Calls Out NBC Host's Cherry Picking Economic Numbers (IJR)
https://ijr.com/you-know-it-kristen-scott-bessent-calls-out-nbc-hosts-cherry-picking-economic-numbers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p40#a251026p40

Oh my god, the 19th Avenue repaving project is going to be going on through the November 2026 election, when must-pass transit funding is on the ballot. "...will be completed by December 2026." 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
https://

With growing interest in social housing in SF, maybe it’s a good time to re-up this Q&A I hosted last month. In addition to lessons from Seattle, @… goes over SF efforts so far, so it’s a great way to get up to speed!

Municipal Social Housing: What can California learn from Seattle’s win? — California DSA
By now, San Francisco is famous not just for unaffordable rent, but also for its acrimonious debates about how to solve the problem. One well-funded contingent asserts it’s all about making it easier and cheaper to build privately owned homes, but as even the corporate media is now noting, we’ve don

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.

“The case for upzoning is relatively solid but deeply underwhelming as a standalone position. The upshot is that everyone is at least partly right: Upzoning can address the shortfall in supply. But it won’t come close to solving the housing crisis alone. Re-enter: public housing.”
https://

The Solution to the Affordable Housing Problem That No One Wants to Discuss
There are new ideas for fixing this. And one very old one.

The San Francisco Housing Wonk Trying to Become the Next Pelosi (Owen Tucker-Smith/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/who-is-scott-wiener-san-francisco-california-27a26d76
http://www.memeorandum.com/251225/p22#a251225p22

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?

Freedom Ship by Marcus Rediker is so good. Thank you @… for the tip
https://bookshop.o…

Dak Prescott on matchup with Chiefs, CeeDee Lamb bouncing back, more https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/dak-prescott-on-matchup-with-chiefs-ceedee-lamb-bouncing-back-more

As Prices Pinch, Bessent Looks for Ways to Mollify Wary Consumers (Alan Rappeport/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/business/scott-bessent-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E8.1Ixu.0A_ufz25CE-0&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251127/p1#a251127p1

[Thread] Politico is ending its print newspaper, which had been publishing three times a week while Congress is in session, at the end of the year (Scott Nover/@scottnover)
https://x.com/scottnover/status/1993035321932759144

Scott Nover (@ScottNover) on X
News: Politico is ending its print newspaper at the end of the year. "It no longer makes sense to continue publishing in print when the overwhelming majority of our audience consumes us electronically," a company spokesperson told @washingtonpost.

Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $50M Series B (Alex Scott/Chemical & Engineering News)
https://cen.acs.org/business/informatics/AI-drug-…

AI drug synthesizer Chemify raises $50 million
Scottish firm will use the cash to advance its AI platform and robotics system to rapidly make novel molecules

Joe Eskenazi's @… column today speculates that Connie Chan and allies will run a doomed prop to close Sunset Dunes park, just to turn out voters for Chan.
But a good chunk of No on K voters are in congressional district 15, outlined, and can't vote for Chan. #sfpol<…

Dow Jones hires ex-Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Havens as its first chief growth officer, overseeing subscription growth and other consumer revenue streams (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/dow-jones-hires-scott-havens-chief-growth-officer/

Dow Jones Hires M. Scott Havens As First Chief Growth Officer
The former Bloomberg Media CEO will oversee subscription growth across The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch

I'm currently reading The Long Heat by Wim Carton and Andreas Malm and highly recommend it. Do not be daunted by the page count of 704 pages. It has so many notes at the back, without back matter it's only ~420 pages. Hard to read emotionally, though. It paints a stark picture of earth's near future and the massive destruction of human and other-than-human life ahead, and the insane brinkmanship of elite consensus.

Kennedy Katch And Kill Kontinued (Scott Lemieux/Lawyers, Guns & Money)
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/kennedy-katch-and-kill-kontinued
http://www.memeorandum.com/251127/p37#a251127p37

At KALW for the Life After Cars book talk! @…

'I can get loud': Adelita Grijalva becomes a voice for sexual assault survivors (Scott Wong/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrat-rep-adelita-grijalva-voice-sexual-assault-survivors-epstein-rcna245140
http://www.memeorandum.com/251127/p10#a251127p10

Rep. Eric Swalwell sues housing official who's made multiple criminal referrals for Trump critics (Scott MacFarlane/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-swalwell-lawsuit-bill-pulte-criminal-referral/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p111#a251125p111

It's time to end the filibuster (Scott Bessent/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/scott-bessent-treasury-senate-republicans-filibuster/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p59#a251123p59

Suing a guy who called me a litigious asshole. As I claim in the filing, this is libelous because I'm only a regular asshole.

The Lurie/Mandelman RV ban is still set to go into effect and tow people's homes on Nov. 1, the same day SNAP expires and at the same time federal agents are in the Bay to terrorize immigrants.
Send a letter to the mayor and BOS asking them to extend the towing deadline:
https://

All Eyes on the Mayor’s RV Ban - No Tows Before Housing!
DSA SF is continuing its opposition to Daniel Lurie’s two-hour restriction on RV parking, which will take effect on November 1st, 2025. We know this policy for what it is - the latest attempt by San Francisco’s oligarch Mayor to exile poor and working class people from the City. While San Francisco has put in place a refuge permit program, it’s deeply flawed. The City’s initial eligibility list excludes many longtime RV residents, and those that are eligible have an uncertain offer of …

Enjoyed parts of this conversation about "justice on a burning planet," especially Thea Riofrancos' comments. She's consistently insightful here; I have her book Extraction in my to-read stack and now I'm extra looking forward to it. I recommend skipping over the excessively long intro to 32:55 where the guests begin.
http…

Incredible comment on an article about the Marina Safeway: "The City needs to fight state mandates for putting condo towers in residential neighborhoods." Is it therefore better to put condo towers in NON-residential neighborhoods? Would doing so not make them... residential neighborhoods?

Every time I try to use my bicycle for the mind, I get run off the mental road by people using their SUVs for the mind

I only noticed after getting home from Stereolab that the song Laetitia introduced as "Capitalism is a Wound" is called, on the album, "Melodie is a Wound." Did the label censor it?! She introduced it that way in Vancouver too apparently https://exclaim.ca/music/a…

Stereolab Mixed "Joie de Vivre" with "Vive la Révolution" in Vancouver │ Exclaim!
Vogue Theatre, October 17

I can't locate the quote anymore and I don't remember the context, but a sentence I read many years ago that stuck with me was, "You must not only kill your idols, you must also burn your 'kill yr idols' t-shirt."

New open-access paper: Degrowth is popular in the US and UK!
The label "degrowth" is not, but the policy substance is. "Ecosocialism" or "well-being economy" were labels that got better reactions.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/<…

Neat! The SFMTA board approved amendments to let bike racks be installed in daylighting zones without a public hearing.
#sfpol

If you're free Wednesday night in SF, check out this panel on social housing at 518 Valencia. Sounds like it'll be good (I unfortunately can't make it):
Wed, Oct 22, 7:30pm
Social Housing: Challenging YIMBYs and NIMBYs
"What we’re doing on housing isn’t working. We’ve upzoned, streamlined, deregulated. And still, the crisis deepens. There is a movement waiting to be built—...rooted in care, solidarity, and the belief that everyone deserves a place to live.&qu…

was at City Hall to support Supervisor Fielder's resolution for a publicly-owned green bank and happened to hear her introducing this as well. absolutely on target with the questions that needed to be asked 🎯
I couldn't be happier with my representation... the rest of that building, another story

S.F. supervisor calls for probe of mayor’s ‘eyebrow-raising’ $5.9M permitting deal
ackie Fielder called for hearing into contract signed, over staff objections, with connected OpenGov tech firm.

This is a good start but the subway should curve south down 19th Ave, meet up with Daly City BART and continue on the BART tracks down to Millbrae. That part is essential; a branch to Outer Richmond could be added later as a nice-to-have.
https://musubi3.github.io/sfmta-geary-subway…

44,000 Riders, Zero Trains: A Case for the Geary Subway
A data-driven analysis proving why the Geary corridor, with 44,000+ daily riders, is the most underserved transit route in San Francisco.

"In a safety culture, you look at the system, you don't just thump the individual who screwed up." https://sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/21/commentary-munis-near-disaster-is-about-more-than-a-sleeping-train-ope…

Commentary: Muni's Near-Disaster is About More than a Sleeping Train Operator - Streetsblog San Francisco
The incident demands a thorough review of management, because the train operator wasn't the only one asleep on the job

"Declining property values and home prices are understood as a sign of impending doom, rather than a cause for celebration, and so the system aims to keep prices on an upward slope."
Housing can't be a good investment and affordable
https://jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamd

Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?

On Tuesday, the SFMTA board casually discussed another fare increase, ignoring the harms that could cause, including to votes for next year's funding measures. All while the possibility of simply keeping parking meters turned on on evenings and Sundays was left off the table.
https://scott.mn/2025/12/19/sf…

SFMTA board poised to approve another fare increase
Plus a shot across the bow of discount programs

Ugh. My roommate ate my plums and he's playing it off like a big joke. That was my breakfast tomorrow, asshole. Never live with a poet.

Good start, but we said no turn on red citywide, ya goofs.
https://carfree.city/@sfmtadocsbot/115409291498072236

Nice new accessible trail in #McLarenPark from Mansell Promenade to John F. Shelley Promenade. No more need to loop around up a steep hill on Shelley to get to the part with the great views west.

Worst company?

shoutout to Muni operators keeping their buses and the city moving under chaotic conditions with a lot of signals out 🫡
I was on a 22 passing 16th & Bryant and wondered why it was taking so long. the signal was out at that ridiculous intersection!
the professionalism and focus under stress of Muni’s well-trained union operators is an inspiration every day

Being a transit supporter or progressive under SF Mayor Lurie is like, “Yes, we still have to eat this shit sandwich, but we got a few morsels of actual nutrition added too. And we reduced the amount of shit more than anyone thought possible!”

Nice to see they made Ritual woke ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Says a lot that the Hayes Valley open space on land that was supposed to be affordable housing (Proxy/Parcel K) is apparently secure, with no politician threatening to build the housing anytime soon; but the Hayes Valley open space that closes 1 block of street two days a week is fighting for its life.
Save the @…!

Call-to-action: Save Hayes Promenade — Hayes Promenade
Hayes Promenade is up for permit renewal. If you want to see it continue, click here to email a letter of support, and attend the hearing online October 23, 2025, 9am at sfmta.com/calendar/iscott-meeting-1603

Some coverage of our rally yesterday to #KeepMarketStreetMoving!
“Traffic safety advocates are urging San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie to reverse his decision to allow private car services on Market Street, citing safety concerns.
“Protests erupted outside City Hall on Tuesday as various groups…voiced their opposition to the presence of Waymo, Uber, and Lyft vehicles on M…

These goofs want to use "drones that would fly up to 150 feet and eventually deliver some of the orders that today are transported by the company’s drivers."
We have a technology that efficiently delivers goods to homes in an urban neighborhood. It's called bicycles. https://

DoorDash wants to test drones in the Mission. Some are pushing back. 
DoorDash plans to launch a drone testing site on Folsom Street, but the Teamsters Union Local No. 665 is pushing back. 

This bus is supposed to run every 20 min. Instead I’m walking home in the rain because there’s a missed run and more than half-hour wait.
Daniel Lurie would rather lower Marc Benioff’s taxes than raise enough money to fix this

It is so clear to me that Waymo, Zoox and other robocars are an existential threat to public transit, they exist to kill and devour it, every robotaxi win is a transit loss and vice versa. I'm sounding the alarm as loudly as I know how. But I feel like a Cassandra with how many urbanists won't see this.

Good evening to everyone except this clown car of politicians trying to close the city's third most popular park (and apparently not talking to each other about it)
https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-alan-wong-sunset-great-highway-ballot-mea…

Supervisor Alan Wong says he’ll back measure to bring cars back to Great Highway
Supervisor Wong called both supporters and opponents of Sunset Dunes about his decision. One key person did not receive a call.

"Tenants in rent-controlled apartments have the right to move back at their prior rents once renovations are completed. After fires, however, landlords often seize the opportunity to make more significant changes... unnecessary for a tenant to reoccupy.
"That extends the construction timeline by months or years... and landlords often hope tenants will just give up. Then, rent for new tenants goes up to market rates."

After years of alleged neglect, their Mission building caught fire. Will suing help them return? 
Tenants at 2782 Folsom St. lost their homes due to a fire they say could've been prevented. Can the code assure them a return to their unit?

nice to see several “no kings except monarch butterflies” signs. 🦋

Mayor Lurie's litmus tests for D4 appointees:
1. Family Zoning Plan
2. Great Highway/Prop K
3. Police drones
https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-district-4-supervisor-vetting/

Want to be District 4 supervisor? Get ready to answer these questions.
The applicants for District 4 supervisor have been quizzed about everything from taxes to social media, according to a five-page survey.

Awful to learn that a driver killed a cyclist Sunday night at Alemany & Naglee in the Outer Mission, District 11. Alemany is a high-traffic road with a buffered but unprotected bike lane, and this is further south than where Cayuga ends, so Cayuga Slow Street is not an alternative here.
https://

Our statement on the fatal crash at Alemany and Naglee
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

It was frustrating to see all the “not a paid protester” signs today. These scabs are driving down wages for hardworking unionized paid protesters.

Charlottesville, VA is the latest city with smarter elected leaders than San Francisco (where we continue to double down on partnering with ICE-collaborating Flock Security).
https://www.29news.com/2025/12/17/charlottesville…

Charlottesville ends Flock camera pilot program over privacy concerns
The decision comes after months of concern from city council about data privacy.

Myrna Melgar is joining with the mods to put the Danny Sauter Career Protection Act on the June ballot. https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/sf-mayor-superviso…

SF term limits could hit the June ballot
Proposal seeks to close "loophole" for supes, mayor.

I thought I'd be able to finish reading Anti-Oedipus - how hard could it be? - but it turns out that was deleuzeional.

Shoutout to Finjan Qahwa at Mission & Valencia for letting me buy a delicious Moroccan mint tea and bash out a blog post between 7 and 9pm. Gotta love a coffeeshop with evening hours

incredible things happening in this world (derogatory)

A few years ago I started carrying a book almost every time I leave the house and substituting it for looking at my phone when waiting in line, sitting on the bus, etc. This is now a trend apparently
https://sf.gazetteer.co/whats-in-your-analog-bag

What’s in your analog bag?
The latest device-free trend contains everything from knitting to notebooks to Tolstoy

😔 the days are getting colder and shorter
😄 but it's a great time to sow wildflower seeds!
😠 but Oxalis pes-caprae is invading again

the last numbered page of the new Carton and Malm book is 629, but the last page excluding the notes, index and acknowledgements is 425. I can't imagine it's good for sales to make your book seem like 50% more of an unapproachable doorstop than it is. wonder why they don't put the notes online at that point

"Jesus and Kathia are not sure what to do now, or where they will sleep if their vehicle is towed. The options for family shelter are limited until her child is born, she said, and she does not want to leave her dog, who also lives in her RV, behind."
https://missionlocal.org/2025…

RV dwellers say S.F. homeless outreach worker is selling parking permits for hundreds in cash
The city is investigating allegations into a man dressed as an outreach worker. In text exchanges, an RV dweller begs for his money back.

"But as you can see, the programs do come at a cost... we estimate about $27.4m a year goes to the administrative costs and also the projected fare revenue reduction."
I'm waiting for the slide where they estimate the much higher cost of all the unmetered parking spaces across the city, and of turning off meters at 6pm and on Sundays. I'm sure that'll definitely be later in this presentation, right?

one of my hottest takes is that shared laundry machines in an apartment building is better than in-unit. it's a good example of how individual solutions can be worse than collective ones.
with shared machines you can use two machines at once at a less-busy time. a single in-unit machine would take twice as long. in-unit means the noise the machine generates is inside your apartment, so you can't have guests over or take a meeting while it's running

Excellent news. Greatly reduces the risk of displacement while still upzoning the west side.
#sfpol

Most rent-controlled buildings to be exempted from S.F. upzoning plan
Mayor Lurie makes a deal with Myrna Melgar, D7 supe who criticized lack of tenant protections in zoning plan.

Have I posted about Magic Fig yet? So good. I saw them the other night with Mayya at 4 Star Theater and am becoming increasingly obsessed with this album
https://magicfig.bandcamp.com/album/valerian-tea

"'We do respect and appreciate the temporary activation but it’s time to start moving forward on the original purpose for this site,' Mahmood said, referring to affordable housing."
Ok good start, now do Parcel K in Hayes Valley. Or is this Mahmood's stance only in poor parts of his district?

S.F. moves to accelerate stalled housing at Tenderloin food hall site
San Francisco officials have changed course and committed to seek developers for the La Cocina site within the next two years.

I'd been meaning to switch off T-Mobile for years because of their dead zone in the Mission but never got around to it. This boycott that begins this weekend is pushing me to finally do it
https://tmobileboycott.org/

It's time to hang up on authoritarianism. It's time to hang up on T-Mobile.
TAKE THE PLEDGE TO BOYCOTT T-MOBILE