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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 15h

Not the funniest part of this but from a quick Google search it looks like Shake Shack's annual operating expenses are about twice that amount

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 18h

Unfortunately most of these people don't understand the model for BART to SV so they blame BART for VTA's choices

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 18h

Lol I'm so glad that I forgot Taupe Avenger existed

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 18h

It depends on the institution but in many cases the fraternity houses are located literally on university land, so they would at least need to relocate. And in most cases I'm sure there's some benefit from university recognition

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 19h

I think the biggest risk of abolishing greek life would be stopping there and treating campus sexual assault as a solved problem

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, banning greek life alone doesn't solve this (e.g. many college sports teams, or other student groups, can have similar hazing rituals), but fraternities are definitely the largest and most extreme source, and imo also have relatively little redeeming value

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 20h

Exactly - I think it's totally consistent to oppose all ethnostates, but not to oppose just this one

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There must be some enterprising legislators in blue or purple states who are now considering taking this on...

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a good reason to impose it externally

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This certainly feels like a chart crime

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Between her endorsements from Pelosi and Schiff and her lack of policy experience, idea that Chan would diverge more from the "Biden blob" than Wiener will is also frankly laughable

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One person who deserves a lot of credit for not making this a major campaign issue is Chan (in stark contrast to Chakrabarti). And I think the fact that she's so reluctant to make this a differentiator is an indicator of just how little she differs from him in this area.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Most people who look at Wiener's decision to describe the situation in Gaza as "genocide" and call him disingenuous for it had little awareness before 10/7/2023 and haven't taken the time to understand it particularly deeply since then.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don't know about the Beinart interview, that would have been interesting. But I think most people who are criticizing him over this are misunderstanding the issue either willfully or out of ignorance. And meanwhile he has a long track record of taking unpopular stands and moving public opinion

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You may disagree, but in my experience with organized Jewish life there was a lot of disagreement on whether to consider the situation a "genocide", and I found his evolution on the subject to be very relatable. Seeing how he was treated afterwards is also a strong indication of why he waited.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And I think suggesting that Wiener is untrustworthy misses basically his entire record in Sacramento, while Chan has done almost nothing meaningful for working people while at City Hall and less than nothing for public transportation

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You can just admit that public transportation isn't a motivating issue for you in this election instead of contorting yourself

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

San Francisco needs a strong transit ally in Congress, not someone who will “hold their nose” when it comes time to advocate for the hundreds of thousands of working people who ride BART, MUNI, and Caltrains every day.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Exactly this. I can respect the position of those who consistently oppose ethno/religious states for any group. But "no Jewish ethnostate" is not that.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's fascinating to learn how many more kids die in ATV accidents every year than in e-bike accidents, then observing that there is a moral panic about kids riding e-bikes but not about kids riding ATVs.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was in NC this weekend and had some great bagels from a Jewish bakery next to a mosque down the road from an FBS stadium. This is the America that MAGA wants to take from us

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, I admittedly haven't followed them super closely but he's the only person I know of who's publicly claimed any association and the "articles" I've seen have no bylines

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, where is JD Vance in all of this?

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is silly, Lurie is past the point of deserving uncritical glow ups but, as Dean Preston admits (in his own propaganda vehicle), this is in the opinion section. While this columnist joined the Post after Bezos's editorial shift they plausibly could've published something similar before

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's a way yesterday's failed attempt to frame up Jack Smith for perjury could've been covered as part of the same story — the deadly serious abuse of the DOJ by Republicans to ruin the lives of who they perceive as political opponents — but instead it was like "EMBARRASSING WHOOPSIE"

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It came about a week before, but the point stands

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.”

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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why do people act like Scott Wiener is the only one with agency when it comes to housing? We are here (in a housing shortage), because people like Connie Chan have actively resisted new housing and implementing state law! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

"If he's such a champion of housing, why are we here?" Wiener's opponent in the
race, Supervisor Connie Chan, said in a recent interview with the Chronicle. She and Wiener have routinely been on opposing sides of San Francisco's housing policy debates, and she has led some local efforts to resist state legislation he passed.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Absolutely scorching endorsement, bringing serious heat for Weiner and against Chan, but a blast furnace at Pelosi for her role in this race and her true reasons for it. Never read an editorial this heated in Chron www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

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Endorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choice

OPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it’s genuinely fascinating how establishment democratic politics in big cities has become so ossified and incompetent that they’ve created a huge lane for the left to embrace good government reforms and build a broad coalition of socialists and technocrats

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It feels like the instant gratification of social media, and the degree to which your feed is tailored by the algorithms, probably lowers people's resilience in addition to their attention span. And of course AI fits in perfectly to further degrade both of those capacities

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We certainly have more eggs than we'd expected to

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes, and we also shouldn't count our chickens before they hatch

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Still a ways to go before election day

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sf-emergency.sf.gov @sf-emergency.sf.gov · 22/09/2026

It’s September 21, San Francisco. Time for a little Earth, Wind & Fire. 🎶 And a little emergency prep.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't know your religious affiliation or how you identify ethnically (and I suspect that these folks don't, either) but the fact that you could plausibly be Ashkenazi also definitely colors this

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Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Very quick and dirty Jev test for hiring bias. One resume for a Wall Street job; asked whether the applicant should get a first-round interview. 76 evaluations, changing only the first name. 19 of each: White-associated men/women, Black-associated men/women. console.typesafe.ai/playground?s...

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Continued proof that Supervisor/Board President Mandelman is more interested in freezing the City in amber than in finding workable solutions for San Franciscans. Moving up the date for 'amnesty' for nonconforming buildings is probably the laziest possible 'solution' to this problem.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Unlike Shakespeare there is for sure no claim that Homer originated in Klingon

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I totally believe that there are alignment issues but I find it implausible that OpenAI can coordinate thousands of agents to solve a Millennium Prize Problem while simultaneously losing control of a bunch of other ones

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I agree that computers will learn to think but I don't think it's happened yet. I also have a hard time at this point taking OpenAI's word for it that this is exactly what's going down there

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To elaborate, the project has no exemptions from any environmental remediations that may be required, only from "environmental" review.

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Saw this on the news last night (visiting some family in MA), I was pleasantly surprised to see @wcvb5.bsky.social taking a story on cyclist safety this seriously - I don't think that's common for local TV news. (cc @thewaroncars.bsky.social @theoverheadwire.com)

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Cliff Bargar @cliffbar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Rockwell's depictions of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms (shown at the Norman Rockwell Museum) are possibly more relevant today than ever

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

This will devastate our research+innovation capacity, bedrock of the 21st century economy. 35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292... Shutting them out is extremist folly.

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