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David Pollack

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way 縁の下の力持ち • 작은 고추가 맵다 • 功成事遂,百姓皆谓:我自然 📍Menlo Park

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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nothing says “celebrating our railroad heritage” quite like turning your train station into a museum after closing it to actual trains — conveniently ensuring it wouldn’t trigger SB 79 transit-oriented housing requirements. 🚂🏠
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of these vehicles gets constant news coverage about how they're ruining society. The other kills 10s of thousands of people every year.
hummer EV with no license plate swerving into my bike lane
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The pressure to get into elite colleges come at what cost to students’ mental health? At Gunn especially there seems to be a corolation.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don’t threaten me with a good time. I dream of this world. 😄
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Menlo Park in total Find Out Mode with un winnable builder’s remedy suit www.almanacnews.com/menlo-park/2...
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Willow Road high-rise developer N17 files lawsuit against Menlo Park
The legal showdown that Menlo Park officials warned of has swiftly come to fruition. N17, the developer behind the 80 Willow Road high-rise development, filed a lawsuit against the city.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Menlo Park City Council Response to Attorney General’s Notice Regarding 80 Willow Road: Throwing spaghetti against the wall in hopes that something will stick. docaccess.com/docviewer.ht...
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The story of American politics is the story of a C student who cannot help but start big projects the night before they are due. We've seen this coming for decades, but in response, we just made cars bigger and more deadly.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"[Mayor Nash] acknowledged that the costs of litigation may threaten city services." Good luck fighting a losing battle against the State which few if any cities have won. Even more hopeless if property changes hands to a domestic oligarch. www.almanacnews.com/housing/2026...
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Menlo Park rejects state’s demand to approve Sunset magazine high-rise as a new property buyer emerges
The Menlo Park City Council is ready to fight the state to prevent a high-rise development on the former Sunset magazine campus, even if it means cutting local services to fund the effort.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pourquoi? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7-u...
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America's Deadly Stop Sign Addiction
YouTube video by Double Take
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Car Lite San Mateo @carlitesanmateo.com · 28/09/2026
Be careful out there on your bike. If you're riding a legal e-bike and hit by a car you might be blamed for anything after that point. This framing will continue to be repeated and it's maddening. The ND comment is wild in general but especially wild to blame a child for riding their bike legally.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Builder’s Remedy invented in NJ and exported to California make a difference. youtu.be/0By4M6a-r3w
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How a NIMBY Suburb Screwed Themselves Over
YouTube video by City Beautiful
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How will they pay for the next Trump family wedding?
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Truck owners, on the other hand, have not evolved.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How will they fund the next Trump family wedding if we piss off a former oligarch’s son?
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some entities start from an anti-housing perspective and “reverse engineer” all the arguments that could be used to oppose a development. www.paloaltoonline.com/housing/2026...
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Ownership of Menlo Park’s 80 Willow Road development raises questions for some
Some Menlo Park residents have expressed concern about the 80 Willow Road development's ties to Russian businessman Vitaly Yusufov, the son of Russia’s former energy minister Igor Yusufov.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Kackling Koncerned Karens of San Mateo use of AI slop this campaign season is such a hoot.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Help make the Coastside more connected with the Peninsula. actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...
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Connect Half Moon Bay to Caltrain
SamTrans Route 294 is the only fixed route linking Half Moon Bay to the bayside Peninsula, and it ends in a mall parking lot. Its east terminal is Hillsdale Boulevard at Edison Street, roughly a quart...
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's the exact same thing with the NIMBYs in California who complain about buildings creating shade. They never leave their cars. Try waiting at a bus stop for 20 mins in the hot sun without shade.
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The driver, Zachary Steven Chernicky, 31, of San Jose, “turned his car into a literal bomb” when he drove between 100-142 mph ... Multiple witnesses saw the Tesla driving recklessly and possibly racing a BMW" "he continued speeding on Bay Area roads for months after killing two people." yikes max
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sun bad.
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Media News @media-news.at.thenote.app · 19/09/2026
‘Best of the Best’ Director Lena Khan on Making a Bollywood Fusion Dance Movie for Netflix, Working With Hasan Minhaj and Telling Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Bring ‘Channing Tatum Energy’ Competitive Bollywood fusion dance has thrived on American college campuses for decades, bu… #media #netflix #news
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‘Best of the Best’ Director Lena Khan on Making a Bollywood Fusion Dance Movie for Netflix, Working With Hasan Minhaj and Telling Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Bring ‘Channing Tatum Energy’
Competitive Bollywood fusion dance has thrived on American college campuses for decades, but it has rarely been the subject of a scripted feature film. Lena Khan’s “Best of the Best,” premiering Friday on Netflix, follows childhood best friends Maya and Anjali as they join UCLA’s competitive dance team, only to discover that the road to […]
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Kackling Koncerned Karens of San Mateo are back with their silliness this campaign season. Distributing“informative” flyers sprinkled with tears of White fragility for extra effect to “educate” voters with their own special brand of pearl clutching hysteria.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
cial media: A regular reminder: freedom isn’t being forced to drive everywhere. It’s having the freedom to walk, bike, take a train—or drive when you choose to.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Giant teachers also need homes. www.almanacnews.com/east-palo-al...
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Giant teacher housing project advances in East Palo Alto
The East Palo Alto City Council offered a boost to a 430-unit housing project for school staff and residents at 2120-2160 Euclid Ave. when it approved last week the affordability levels for units in t...
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Menlo Park landed gentry families including the Beltramos and Draegers along with Mickles Property and others contributing over $150 k claim to be the real victims as they fight welcoming new neighbors. www.almanacnews.com/election/202...
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Menlo Park downtown lot measure race gathers almost $478,000 before ballots go out
Nearly half a million dollars has been raised in November’s ballot measure over whether Menlo Park should have housing on its downtown city-owned parking lots.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 16/09/2026
Cities are living things and “neighborhood character” is people and communities, not buildings.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We've everything we can besides build more housing. www.almanacnews.com/housing/2026...
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‘We’ve done everything we can’ — Menlo Park mayor invites Bonta to see controversial skyscraper project site
After he accused Menlo Park of illegally delaying a proposed high-rise development, Mayor Betsy Nash invited California Attorney General Rob Bonta to visit the former Sunset Magazine site and see why ...
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Urban planning is the worst creating slums in the middle of our urban area" I love how half the people are calling this proposed housing at Saratoga / Stevens Creek SLUMS and PROJECTs, while the other half points out that it's UNAFFORDABLE and GREEDY PROFITS. It's beautiful really!
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A bike rack designed by someone who has apparently never locked up a bike.
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...
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Car ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis finds
The cost of insurance, gas, and maintenance or repairs can add thousands of dollars a year to the price of owning a car.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NIMBYs are so effing annoying
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There were over 280 million electric mopeds, scooters, motorcycles and three-wheelers on the road last year. Their sheer popularity is already cutting demand for oil by a million barrels of oil a day – about 1% of the world’s total oil demand theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
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The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All the available evidence suggests Americans don't simply prefer to live in a car-dependent wasteland, & I wrote about it!! Our shortage of places where it's possible to walk to places is one of the most tangible but rarely voiced ways that we lack freedom & choice
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America is built for driving. There’s hidden demand for something better.
What can we learn from the European cities Americans love to visit?
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s the parents. It’s always the parents. www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...
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Guest Opinion: Meta's settlement money won't save a single Palo Alto kid
One in five Palo Alto teenagers reports chronic feelings of sadness or hopelessness. One in ten has seriously considered suicide in the past year. Those numbers come from the Jed Foundation's (JED) ne...
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Welcome to anti-housing measure Ground Hog Day in Menlo Park. Off to have a conversation with my neighbors. Nope on P.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Current reading. Working on doing better.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“12 story monstrosity”. Boomer environmentalists will be the death of us all
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My wife: What are you doing on your phone? Me: Arguing with a famous climate scientist from Berkeley who doesn't want bike lanes bc they might take way some parking spots from the overpriced grocery store he goes to My wife: Fucking California 😂
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The guy you avoid at the gym and cover your drink when you see him coming.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Time to invest in cargo bike futures. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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L.A. freeways, roads to be closed to general traffic for 2028 Olympics. How will it hit your commute?
A plan to block off freeway and street lanes for exclusive use by athletes, staff and others is in the works for the 2028 Olympics.
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
RIP pedestrians
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
NIMBY alternatives found on Reddit: CAVE - Citizens Against Virtually Everything  BANANA - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything FYIGM - Fuck You I Got Mine
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The children are our future. www.ktvu.com/news/student...
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Student cyclists call for safer bike routes on the Peninsula
Students, parents and bike advocates rode from Belmont to San Carlos Friday to highlight safety concerns on roads near Carlmont High School and push for safer bike infrastructure.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“That e-bike riding hooligan came out of nowhere,” said the Tesla driver.
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David Pollack @davidmpollack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Local octogenarians using AI cracks me up.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Whenever a cyclist is killed by a driver people love to do this bizarre blame inversion where they mention all the reasons drivers are dangerous before concluding that it's actually the fault of the cyclist for daring to bike in the road
I’m so sorry, but you have to be crazy to bike in traffic these days. Between people speeding, looking at their phones and being distracted, you’re better off saving cycling for somewhere else. It’s too dangerous
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Drivers: Haven't you noticed we're all dangerous maniacs speeding around and using our phones? Cyclists: So should we do something about this, like putting in protected bike lanes and doing traffic calming? Drivers: No, you should get off the road and let us speed in peace. Stop being so entitled!
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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Environmental review is morally bankrupt in California. It does not mean "keep the environment exactly the same as it was when CEQA passed" and too many people treat that environment like it is neutral baseline when it is actively bad
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