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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

talking about water use policy is impossible because "AI data centers use a lot of water to cool the computers" sounds way more believable than "they're draining the Great Salt Lake so the Governor of Utah can sell alfalfa to Saudi Arabia" and yet

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Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another dumb American code requirement! basin.la/articles/nin...

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 22/09/2026

Tech is extremely left leaning outside of the c-suite

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Fourside Fights @foursidefights.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the hungrybox scale for earthquakes

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 13/09/2026

it might be worse. it might also be ideological - they might sincerely oppose scott's work on housing

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

To add to all the Dolly Parton anecdotes being shared, here’s mine: I only met her once, but it was a VERY memorable encounter. She shot me in the head with a gun, killing me instantly

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 24/08/2026

who cares about your intent, how would you actually create a legal regime that doesn’t allow abuse? Who designs the questions? Are they voted in? Appointed? Can republican states do these polls? Do you need a grand conspiracy of secret elites to collude to disenfranchise the undesirably stupid?

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 24/08/2026

And while we’re at it let’s legalize capital punishment all over the world, but only for the *truly* evil and guilty. If you want your political project to succeed you actually do need to engage with critics, especially if your platform is “Jim crow but this time it’s actually good”

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 24/08/2026

it is impossible for you to design a legal system that would allow you to disenfranchise conservatives that wouldn’t also lead to the disenfranchisement of liberals by conservatives

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 24/08/2026

idk how you can have a John brown pfp and not understand the abusive problems of literacy tests

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Well whatta you know? Speed cameras in Oakland reduced speeding by about 80% on the treated corridors, essentially the same result as the speed cameras in San Francisco. Seems like a pretty successful policy, if you ask me.

Where speeding fell most along Oakland camera corridors
Share of drivers traveling 11 mph or more over the speed limit in summer 2024 and summer 2026, showing percentage-point (pp.) change

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hot take: fundamentally the employee/contractor distinction should be much less important because we should not be using companies as a benefit delivery mechanism for their employees

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

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Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering

These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"In fact, YIMBYs have plenty to say about power relations, inequality, and redistribution; it’s just that anti-YIMBYs haven’t been listening." publiccomment.blog/p/inequality...

publiccomment.blog

Inequality and Housing Shortages

Wealth inequality is both a cause and a consequence of restrictive land use

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here's another Oakland SeeClickFix request from an individual for a bike safety upgrade, but I have no way of commenting to let them know about the project already in development & how to get involved. The city does have the ability to comment but not the capacity.

"Traffic Safety (non-emergency)
531-557 Grand Ave Oakland, CA, 94610, USA
• Acknowledged
8/7|26 11:06:38 AM
I am requesting a protected bike lane. I bike frequently along Grand with my toddler in a trailer or bike seat and illegally parked cars (often belonging to vendors) push us out of the bike lane and into traffic."

top down design illustration of Grand Ave in Oakland west of El Embarcadero, showing a 2-way parking protected cycletrack on the south side and a one-way parking protected bikeway on the north side

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A project starts construction this month to add dedicated left turn phases to the intersection of Broadway & 27th Street. It's very frustrating that I want to respond to this SeeClickFix report to let them know but the city does not allow comments. Meanwhile the city can comment but doesn't.

"Traffic Safety (non-emergency)
, reported at27th St & Broadway Oakland, California, 94612.

This request's status is Acknowledged,
8/5/26 5:10:30 PM

PLEASE review the multiple requests for traffic safety at 27th and Broadway. We need a left turn signal for cars. Someone was already killed at this intersection, but left turns are gnarly here and extremely dangerous as a pedestrian, a cyclist and as a driver. I'm all three."

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 06/08/2026

It’s no Austin and 2025-2026 weren’t as good as the 4 years before, but it’s also better than nyc, LA, SF/Bay Area (which dominate narratives) along many important variables. And critically a lot of the relatively affordable cities are southern and sprawling a lot, so you lose value via commuting

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 06/08/2026

Minneapolis is seen as a yimby success in all of those cities; it is genuinely unusually affordable for its size and amenities, and unusually proactive on housing affordability.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/08/2026

holy moly the comments on this about dealerships

was trying to buy a car--a Ford, as it turns out--last year. I was prepared to pay cash but with effectively a small bonus to reflect the lost financing wins for the dealership. Two dealerships ghosted me, one didn't even try to sell me a car when I visited the dealership in person, one threatened me with physical violence when I walked out after they insulted me for wanting to pay cash, and the last (which was actually a minimally acceptable sales experience) threatened baselessly to repossess my car if I didn't give their sales team a 5-star review. And that's just the Ford dealerships. Toyota didn't know where their inventory was and couldn't answer basic questions about the car. Lexus refused to sell me a car (what?). Mini has taken on way too much BMW in their sales experience.
I'm not a regular car buyer, about once every 7-ish years on average, but I was astonished how bad it's gotten, and that's starting with a very, very low baseline expectation.

Mazda dealership basically kidnapped my wife a few years back when she went without me. They took her keys to get the value of the trade-in and wouldn't give them back.
She had to threaten to call the police to get her keys back.
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After the threats of physical violence from the sales manager, I started a shouting match on the sales floor to get my keys back, including recounting in detail what they'd threatened to do to me. I was happy that I saw a couple of people walk out.
The behavior amazes me from a pure sales perspective, but then I remember criminals are dumb and car salesmen are maybe a half step above criminals.

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 03/08/2026

congrats llod that was beautiful

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If this were an ebike, they'd be banned by cities across the country immediately. Instead, it's just another deadly day in vehicular violence and it will be forgotten about by the next 24 hour news cycle.

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Sloposition 13 Iconoclast🚰🔰 @josh.hawn.xyz · 29/07/2026

Abolish the Senate

a Bar Chart of Inequality in U.S. Senate Representation as of the 1790 Census. It shows the distribution of power in the senate for the original 13 states. The horizontal axis is the cumulative state population from most to least populous. The vertical axis shows the number of senate votes per 100,000 persons. Because the senate has 2 votes per state, the area of each bar is equal and the chart overall shows the skew in inequality of power to different states because of this undemocratic rule.

a Bar Chart of Inequality in U.S. Senate Representation as of 2026. It shows the distribution of power in the senate for all 50 states. The horizontal axis is the cumulative state population from most to least populous. The vertical axis shows the number of senate votes per 1 Million persons. Because the senate has 2 votes per state, the area of each bar is equal and the chart overall shows the skew in inequality of power to different states because of this undemocratic rule.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thanks to the work of stalwart local advocates, Oakland DOT is proposing an extension of the Grand Ave protected bikeway thru the Grand Lake District! Read about this, more bikeway updates & upcoming group rides in @bikeeastbay.bsky.social's #LakeMerrittLoop update: bikeeastbay.org/lake-merritt...

"Grand Ave Complete Streets Paving Project CITY OF OAKLAND The City of Oakland Department of Transportation has reached the 65% Design Milestone for the Grand Avenue Complete Streets Paving Project, with an updated layout for the Grand Lake District that includes physically separated bike lanes, keeps angled parking on both sides of the street, and creates a slow and flexible street layout in this commercial area. Grand Ave & Santa Clara Ave New pedestrian safety islands Physically-separated bike lanes New Loading Zones Angled parking on both sides of Grand Ave (same as today) Santa Clara/Lake Park Intersection This hub of pedestrian activity is home to a weekly Farmers' Market, the Grand Lake Theater, AIMS College Prep High, and a busy on/off-ramp to the 580 freeway. This street design adds pedestrian safety islands at all four crosswalks and a bus boarding island on Grand Ave to shorten pedestrian crossing distances and slow traffic. It reduces Grand Ave to one lane northbound and adds physically-separated bike lanes to the cor-ridor, with floating front-in angled parking. Loading/Flexible Space In response to community concerns about double parking, curbside loading, and food pickup, this design adds new loading zones on Grand Avenue. It also creates a two-way turn lane in the center of Grand Ave for flexibility. Contact Charlie Ream cream@oaklandca.gov oaklandca.gov/grandave"

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 28/07/2026

Woooo!!! This is a great pedestrian-heavy part of town that is dragged down by how car-centric it is

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 23/07/2026

eh I’ve always felt this solution while fun breaks the spirit of the game

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Oakland has had a street design upgrade at this location in development since the 90s, but not yet built. The project design includes a new left turn lane and signal phase for High Street, separating the vehicle turn and pedestrian movements. This change could have saved Keith’s life.

Construction plan schematic for the High/Coliseum Way project, with a new left turn lane

Signal plan for the project at High/Coliseum Way, showing the left turn and pedestrian phases separated

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

37 year old Keith Barnes was killed by a dump truck driver who turned left across his path in a crosswalk this week, at High St & Coliseum Way in Oakland. www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/15/p...

Satellite image of High St and Coliseum Way in Oakland, showing the path of travel turning left from High onto Coliseum Way across the crosswalk

Street view image of High St and Coliseum Way in Oakland, showing the path of travel turning left from High onto Coliseum Way across the crosswalk

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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

cruise (maintaining intense eye contact and leaning forward to perform active listening): cookies? that’s fantastic, wow

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Nick Burns @nkburns3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Maybe do something about the apartment ban in your hometown?

https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/inline-images/ComprehensivePlan.PNG

Zoning map of Rep. Adam Smith's hometown of Bellevue, WA, >90% zoned single family.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 11/07/2026

captured by terrorist colonizers

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/07/2026

Ronaldo Salgado relayed his panicked search for his father Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as he joined local legislators in calling on authorities to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the Araujo's killing by ICE.

washingtonpost.com

He saw a video of a Mexican man shot by ICE. It was his father.

The eldest child of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo said his father was “a family man” who was likely frightened by the unmarked vehicles following him.

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

where the fuck is the GAS coming from for this? is it from our fucking strategic reserves? where the fuck is the MONEY coming from this? where in the WIDE WORLD OF FUCK is there anything even APPROACHING legal basis for this shit?

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be.

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 30/06/2026

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 29/06/2026

make the world safe for kids so that parents can be free of these wasteful expenses and kids will have more freedom to explore, learn who they are, and parents will have less stress - financial and emotional! we've lost ourselves to the car doom loop but it is easier than we think to reverse it

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 29/06/2026

many parents rush into the decision to let their kid drive - causing expenses in the form of car repairs, insurance spikes, etc, because they are sick of driving their kid around after a decade and a half, and *have no other choice* due to poor public transit / safe cycling infra.

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 29/06/2026

not opposed to social media regulation being on this list but i think the data tying social media to a rise in mental illness and suicide is less convincingly causal for death and injury than 'cars hitting children' and 'access to guns'. moreover, reducing car culture gives kids/parents MORE FREEDOM

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Jackzilla @jackzilla.land · 29/06/2026

'kids safety' is an amazing goal to pursue, if you follow the data. safe streets, attack car dependency, expand public transit, disincentivize SUVs, higher emissions taxes, restricting firearm access, upgrades to air filters in schools and homes, universal healthcare, baby bonds, on and on.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Effectively declares that the Constitutional Convention, the Federalist Papers, Washington, Adams, other presidents, centuries of jurisprudence, and many others were wrong about the presidency, and that the only ones who ever understood it correctly were Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and their fans.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2026

the revealed view of this SCOTUS is that the framers got things mixed up when they wrote the constitution and that actually, the president is the central figure of the national government and congress exists as a junior partner that really ought not get in his way

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