Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 02/10/2026"There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People." (Umberto Eco, 1995) 010
Reposted by Tom Holubbootsriley.bsky.social @bootsriley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I did this interview with Sight and Sound ahead of the I Love Boosters London Film Festival Gala Premiere on 9th of October and our international theatrical release which starts on 30th of October. 3465
Reposted by Tom HolubAdriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026 @valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Folks of Bluesky: election day is in 35 days and I'm trying to reach as many people as possible across Oakland, Alameda, and Piedmont. I'm running for @rideact.bsky.social board of directors on a platform of reliability, affordability, and agency transparency. I have two requests! 1/x 1113
Reposted by Tom HolubArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 177124392666
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 29/09/2026Well isn't that exactly what's happening in SF vs. Berkeley? You can still build social housing in a downturn, private development will stop until it's profitable. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 25/09/2026Who would stand up for the working class, the DSA member or the tool of hedge fund managers and tech bros from outside Oakland? 000
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 23/09/2026Thanks to @oaklandreviewofbooks.org I learned about an amazing book signing at Pegasus in Berkeley: a graphic novel from Oaklander Frederick Noland, about Major Taylor, "the world's fastest man" around the turn of the 20th century. Check it out. drawnandquarterly.com/author/fred-...drawnandquarterly.comFrederick Noland – Drawn & Quarterly 010
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 21/09/2026>someone donates $5k to local homeless shelter >inefficient >could have funded 0.0000000000003% of an AI governance researcher >think of all the simulated people you just killed 010
Reposted by Tom HolubBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelledavebarry.substack.comMichelleA tribute. 12143321194
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 19/09/2026@ebbp.bsky.social, The Fire Ride. RIP Dolly. Love for Disco Inferno, Gwen McCrae, Pointer Sisters (Best in set!), the Temptations. Good timing on the 924 Gilman set, love for Rancid from the crowd. Skatalites, Ohio Players, Jungle Fire, BOC; great theme for music! open.spotify.com/playlist/7FL...open.spotify.com2026-09 (The Fire Ride)Beautiful night in Berkeley and Oakland. RIP Dolly. Great sound in the first set; love for Disco Inferno, Gwen McCrae, Pointer Sisters (Best in set!), the Temptations. Good timing on the 924 Gilman se... 000
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 14/09/2026Over this period, the city added 50K people, and 75K housing units. 121
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 12/09/2026"It’s objectively embarrassing to be the target audience for a nostalgia tour" 000
Reposted by Tom HolubMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Talked to @wired.com about a bunch of things, including: r/bald, Bluesky, Elon ruining twitter, why I live the inbox zero life, LLMs, and more. Here it is: www.wired.com/story/user-b...wired.comWant to Get Off Your Phone? Mina Kimes Suggests Having a Baby“I think that's been the most helpful thing,” says the ESPN journalist. “So there you go, Zoomers. There's a reason to have children.” 1101873127
Reposted by Tom Holubbootsriley.bsky.social @bootsriley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This location was written into the script & a photo of it sent around. This was the spot back in the day that we always went to after going to Eastmont Mall, or later when I worked at Eastmont Mall. Unfortunately, right before we shot there, some asshole went & covered up all the beautiful graffiti. 0328
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 10/09/2026I think a fundamental problem is that chatbots speak authoritatively, and are often treated authoritatively, but cannot truly be authoritative, and can't cite their sources! 020
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 04/09/2026"No one doesn’t call it Frisco as much as someone who’s moved here in the last ten years and passionately longs to upzone the Outer Sunset." 000
Reposted by Tom HolubOakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 30/08/2026This is the story of a petplay kink event with trial coverage wrapped around it.oaklandreviewofbooks.orgThe billionaires’ duel at the courthouseMusk v. Altman v. Oakland. 294
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 10/08/2026I think that bridge closed for construction prior to 9/11. But I do miss it. 110
Reposted by Tom Holubtschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 04/08/2026I've built a map displaying where on the Amtrak network you can take your bike, line-by-line and station-by-station. This data isn't available anywhere else, check out where you can go! amtrak-bike-map.transittools.devamtrak-bike-map.transittools.devAmtrak Bicycle AccessExplore carry-on, checked, and station-level bicycle access across the Amtrak rail network. 15461146
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 01/08/2026With Ross Douthat leaving the Times, the SF Chronicle sees its opening to be named the worst editorial board in the US. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...sfchronicle.comEndorsement: Ben Allen for California insurance commissionerOPINION: In a race with no Republican, some California voters may see an opportunity to take a chance on a radical candidate for state insurance commissioner. That would be a terrible mistake. 000
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 01/08/2026It’s also funny! Kind of an unexpected book given stereotypes about Russian lit. 000
Reposted by Tom HolubRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 31/07/2026finally, the Democratic party has a plan. 845974826
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 30/07/2026Bicentennial edition. Loved the overlay transparencies for body systems. 020
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 30/07/2026Thinking about what Star Wars character matches Tr*mp and it has to be Jabba the Hut. 000
Reposted by Tom HolubOakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 29/07/2026The first McDonalds in Oakland and the building Boots Riley used as Jackie's Chicken in *I Love Boosters*: "Between the Eastmont Town Center and Evergreen Cemetery, a broken down fast food joint is a relic of the moment things went bad in the Deep East": www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/dead-at-mcdo...oaklandreviewofbooks.orgDead at McDonald'sBetween the Eastmont Town Center and Evergreen Cemetery, a broken down fast food joint is a relic of the moment things went bad in the Deep East. 2147
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 29/07/2026SF Chronicle gets a leg up in the Worst Editorial Commentary competition. 000
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 27/07/2026Like the Segway, a stupid product hyped by out-of-touch billionaires will find a niche market in mall cops. 010
Reposted by Tom HolubGeorge Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 22/07/2026the AC Transit Board Item #4 tonight at 5pm to accept a report so flatly undemocratic and likely illegal it boggles the mind. Follow the agenda link so you can dial into the Zoom and raise your hand to make a two-minute public comment, maybe 1 minute! actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=... 1/xactransit.legistar.com 1127
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026All in all a great weekend with the alternative bike community; thanks so much to July, Oakland Secret, Bay Area Maker Farm and everyone else who helped make it a reality. /end 000
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026After that, it was time for Shenanigans, where homemade foam weaponry and Cybertruck piñatas were deployed for the amusement of all. We also played a game of footdown: I was on unicycle so of course I won. There are only specific ways you can knock off a good unicycle basketball player. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026The last formal session I went to was the Consensus wrap-up, where leaders got together to discuss what worked and didn't and begin the process of planning the next event. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026Sunday began with a ride leader panel, facilitated by our local star Megan, and including another local hero Maria (Downhill Diva), along with Alyssa from All-Inclusive Riders Cycling Club and Michael from Trans Galactic. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026I went from that to a discussion I was co-facilitating with the San Jose Bike Clinic, on organizational structure and non-profit management. A lot of groups in the room are managing similar issues. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026I briefly got to see Critical Mass co-founder Chris Carlsson speak about his history of community bike organizing, and picked up a copy of his latest book, "Shift Happens." 221
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026(I commented with my view, which is that bikes exist within our structures of racism, classism, misogynism, and ableism, and anything we do has to grapple with those structures or we will reinforce them.) 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026Saturday began with a Great Ride of Return protest ride around Lake Merritt, led by Cycles of Change. That ended at the amphitheater, where we had a discussion of bikes and city planning with an eclectic panel of advocates, city staff and UC Berkeley faculty. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026It was the second Friday, so of course the group went to @ebbp.bsky.social. I was there DJing with Booty on a beautiful night. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026From there, the group rolled to Rock the Bike in north Oakland, where Paul was hosting dinner and a party with a pedal-powered stage and bike blenders. 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026On Friday, I led a ride along the MLK Regional Shoreline out to The Bike Fix at the 81st Avenue @oaklibrary.bsky.social. There were maybe 20 community members getting bikes worked on by a solid crew of volunteers and Library employees. 221
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026200+ participants came from as far away as Cleveland, with contingents from Chicago, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, and from all over California. Some folks were Bike!Bike! veterans who have been part of the event for years; others, like me, were joining for the first time. 2/ 100
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026My notes from Bike!Bike! West, a regional version of an international conference for community bicycle projects, organized here in Oakland this year by my colleague July. It was fun, and very relevant to my work with community-based bike orgs. bike-lab.org/2026/07/20/b... 1/bike-lab.orgBike!Bike! West 2026 - Bike LabI had the pleasure of participating in Bike!Bike! West 2026, a conference of community-based and co-op bike organizations that I’d been unaware of until my friend and colleague July decided to take on... 110
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026Apparently the job of bike infrastructure is to damage cars and injure drivers. 110
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 20/07/2026I think it's because pretty much everyone else on the plane feels the same way as the baby. We just can't scream about it. 150
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org · 16/07/2026I understand the paid shills like Max. I don’t quite get this whole army of unpaid sycophants who seem to exist to participate in pile-ons, typically against people who are more involved and more informed than they are. 002