Reposted by Fachtna FáthachAlfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 11/10/2026Art of the Day: BART & Muni Dance! Vote Yes on RTM to save transit, and for those in San Francisco, also vote Yes on H to strengthen Muni!🚎 1426
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is remarkable the fantasies lefties dream up to avoid acknowledging we must win a New Deal / Roosevelt / LBJ majority again. 000
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@phoenixprojnow.bsky.social is a San Francisco Baby Boomer political Astroturf organization. What is really remarkable here is that this org never complained about Dede Wilsey & Co, because they had an informal peace agreement with the City Family. But as soon as young people with money started 💪😢 100
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/09/2026The reason that OpenAI delayed its IPO is because its finances fucking suck 16892142
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Solidarity! Also, much respect and appreciation to Dede Wilsey & Co., but we have to diversify the fundraising. What percentage of Nvidia / Alphabet / Apple, etc employees grew up playing a musical instrument? How many attended the symphony or opera now? Something is missing here. 010
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachDJ Crimson @djcrimson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026First they ignore your affordable housing proposal, then they laugh at it, then they fight you, then they ask how their parents can get on the waitlist. 0181
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachDJ Crimson @djcrimson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Two buildings almost done. 091
Reposted by Fachtna Fáthachelynxabeth holmes ⎔ @freyja-lynx.dev · 07/09/2026so i've got this crazy idea: what if we built enough housing to make this a non-issue 3342
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachGovernor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 25/08/2026FACT: California's innovation pipeline is second to none. The University of California holds more than 13,000 active patents — the product of decades of groundbreaking research and innovation across our state. 311922
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 1193326746243
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachHenry Fung @henryfung.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Local elected officials need to realize that they are the teenagers who let the house go to hell while the parents weren't looking and they are being told to clean it up and do their homework. If they don't want to do that, they can move out of the house, but it still needs to be cleaned up. 093
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachJane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Everyone should do karaoke so they learn how to talk into a mic 162
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachJeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Your periodic reminder that my 1991 SF Mission apt was $980/mo in today's dollars - an unaffordable sum for me then. This is what decades of NIMBY SF politics stole from you and our beloved city's creative spark 444961
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachJane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is one of the acute reasons we must build more housing in San Francisco, and California more broadly. I’d love to live in a country where trans people don’t have to flee their home states for ones with better protections, but we don’t and in the meantime we need to live up to our values here 010031
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachIan @woolie.meowmeow.city · 29/07/2026My position is that CEQA must be radically strengthened to safeguard California's wild spaces. This commitment is the thing that sets our state apart. The only way this preservation is feasible is through a parallel commitment to urban zoning capacity for a California with 100+ million residents. 27610
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Timely, non-paywalled article: www.eenews.net/articles/whe...eenews.netWhere the permitting talks standSenate negotiators have said they want to strike a deal before the August recess. 000
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is really important to understand RE small-state politics for us cosmopolitans. Also, this frankly was the major attraction of a high-excitement shit show like Platner. Susan Collins will with without unprecedented youth / low propensity turnout for the 🫏. www.instagram.com/reel/DbKCZG-...instagram.comThe Bulwark on Instagram: "“There are a ton of people who feel like they have been personally helped by Susan Collins.” @aseitzwald tells @sarahlongwell25 why Maine’s “silent Susan voters” make Colli...85 likes, 4 comments - bulwarkonline on July 23, 2026: "“There are a ton of people who feel like they have been personally helped by Susan Collins.” @aseitzwald tells @sarahlongwell25 why Maine’s “si... 000
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachSam @samd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026very good example of how some unions have parochial interests that are diametrically opposed to what is best for society as a whole 319126
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachChrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My mother and father met while studying electrical engineering in communist Bulgaria. During their studies they were assigned by the party to work in a slaughterhouse, killing chickens. After graduation they had to get married immediately so they don't get sent to work in different cities. 1303
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Maine Senate: Pine Tree State Poll/UNH Troy Jackson (D) 49% Susan Collins (R) 46% FAVORABLE RATINGS — Jackson: 37% fav, 32% unfav, 15% neutral, 15% don't know enough — Collins: 35% fav, 53% unfav, 12% neutral, 0% don't know enough scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont... 1824659
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Klein's one-sentence autopsy of liberalism: "first liberals captured institutions, and then institutions captured liberalism." 201598
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 15/07/2026In case anyone could use a dose of inspiration or excellence today, Leon Higginbotham’s letter to Clarence Thomas. Enjoy :) repository.law.upenn.edu/Documents/De...repository.law.upenn.eduOpen Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas from a Federal Judicial Colleague - Intellectual Life @ PCLOpen Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas from a Federal Judicial Colleague, A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., Article, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 140 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1005, UPLR 140.3 000
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Not sure if anyone's noticed, but democratic socialists aren't racking up primary wins because the base has suddenly embraced the tenets and ideology of Democratic Socialism. They're winning because leftist candidates are the only ones who understand the assignment: Defeat the enemy. Deliver goods. 21896188
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It’s over, dump him. www.google.com/goto?url=CAE...google.comWoman alleges Graham Platner raped her in 2021 while they were dating, which he denies | CNNA woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, raped her – an allegation Platner denies. 000
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachAG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Four years ago, SCOTUS gutted Roe and put access to abortion in jeopardy for countless patients. Massachusetts stepped up and established a free and confidential abortion legal hotline, providing support for patients, providers, and helpers. Share this number to save a life: (833) 309-6301. 520391
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachRent Board Commissioner Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.net · 23/06/2026Kids eat free at Berkeley libraries this summer! For other locations in California, visit www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sh/sn/sum...cde.ca.gov2026 Summer Meal Service Sites - Food Programs (CA Dept of Education)Provides parents and referral agencies with a list of locations where children may receive free nutritious meals during school vacation and off-track periods. Please call site contact to confirm parti... 084
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachJacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 08/06/2026sorry the only "real" new yorkers are the rats who work in the kitchen in Muppets Take Manhattan 353145480
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Trust me, it is not worth it. Ted Kennedy, JFK, LBJ, MLK, and Bill Clinton’s personal lives were / are about 10x more awful and fascinating. The ex-Republican in me does however find the Democratic inclination to believe every single thing is a personal therapy / struggle session remarkable. 000
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachNefarious Means @nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Confession: I voted for Nader. It's one of the votes I most regret in my life. It took a long time before I could admit what my vote for him enabled. It all came to a head with Katrina. That's when I started grasping the concept of harm reduction. 231
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachSredni Eel @srednieel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Here’s a gosling. I think I’ll call him Ryan. He’s a Canadian. 1697386541
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachJohn Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 30/05/2026The World Cup is about celebrating exotic host nation cultures 756581312
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachSam @samd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Zohran just cited Minneapolis, Austin, and Auckland as cities that lowered housing costs via upzoning certified ball knowledge, Auckland is a deep YIMBY cut 352255210
Fachtna Fáthach @fachtnafathach.bsky.social · 26/05/2026The cognitive dissonance of the Bagel Toppers RE the impact of their Bagel Toppings is remarkable. 010
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachThat Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Every time it rains in San Francisco, let that increase your empathy for the unhoused. 0509
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachBrett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 23/05/2026It's legit surreal to see this many white affluent homeowners demanding "Equity." 2056528
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Seattle Councilmember Eddie Lin today riffing on the absurdity of having an appeal process for citywide land use decisions that doesn't exist in any other context, a fact that often delays action on impactful legislation by months and years...and anyone can file an appeal from anywhere. 418822
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachMelissa Paints @melissavandiver.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The path for national redemption is thru the south. Years of investing and losing turned GA; the same can happen here. LA is full of disengaged and disenfranchised ppl; there's potential here. As in GA, organizers here, mainly Black, are moving mountains; they deserve support. LA deserves support. 525161
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachKevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social · 16/05/2026In a city that permits 5,000 homes, there are 1 million that “don’t pencil”. The same is true if the city permits 50,000 homes. Nobody is more insufferable than builders who say “Those stupid YIMBYs think all you have to do is upzone, and then everything will pencil.” Smugly irrelevant. 0416
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachRude Law Dog @esghound.com · 15/05/2026Elon Musk's companies combined have incinerated more capital than cumulative profits retained. He's only wealthy because of the perception he maintains that allows him to raise capital. That is why he acts the way he does. He cannot simply let his "great businesses make money" bc they don't 2739
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachNext door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Best of luck to non-Californians - especially east coast ones - on understanding why a community where the median home value is $2.8M still needs parents to do mandatory donations of $2000 per child to hire teachers 2166
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachMaya🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚎 @trains.bsky.social · 14/05/2026hong kongify berkeley 041
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachJill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The real message of Frogger is the dangers of commuting in a city that doesn't have reliable public transit. 283938838
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Democrats stop pretending that Ronald Reagan was right & we can be a proper democracy & society without taxes challenge bsky.app/profile/mcop... 612726
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/05/2026A lot has happened, but not much has changed. 545182396753
Reposted by Fachtna FáthachMarty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to). 3647981651
Reposted by Fachtna Fáthachjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026it is incredible to see folks complain that good people don't run for office, that lawmaking is a hobby for the rich, that our state legislators are run by car dealership freaks, and then insist that we shouldn't pay lawmakers any more than we do. 401922220
