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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026

Everybody's loving this clip, for good reason, but it should remind everyone that cities therefore have an obligation to build enough housing that all these marginalized and outcast people can come and afford to live in them on minimum wage *without* becoming homeless. YIMBY!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/09/2026

One grim conclusion I take from every Climate Week I've attended is that the core old-school "climate communicators" have not updated their priors or their approach in decades, despite everything that's happened, and still, on a deep fundamental level, do not understand conservatives.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

SF is expanding their pilot with them, too! Apparently their chargers are so oversubscribed that they had to stop sending out cables to new drivers.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes, every billionaire is a policy failure. You know who else is a policy failure? Your Berkeley hippie grandpa who pays $100 in annual property taxes on a $2.5 million house and uses the leftover cash to sue people who try to build apartments in his neighborhood.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, I know exactly what you mean! It seems like SF does this sort of stuff in bike lanes all the time, like they just paint green stripes on the road and expect cars and bikes to know how to merge safely with cars trying to turn and going 40 mph

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This city’s bike infra still leaves a lot to be desired, but this city truly used to be a death trap for cyclists

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Basically they built the bike lane because the panhandle path was (still is) at capacity. Also there used to only be a (janky, unprotected) lane along Fell, so if you biked into GGP and then wanted to go home (like you do!), you had to bike through crazy traffic on Oak and just pray

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And if Connie Chan had her way, there would still be cars on JFK!

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thursday morning at Sunset Dunes Park. Prop G supporters want to demolish this and turn it into a highway @sunsetdunes.org

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hoorah! Thank you for the support!

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hi Demi! I totally agree with you on the choice in the Congressional race. I’m volunteering for Scott and we’ve just relaunched our campaign all across the city. We’d love to have you even for an hour or two of canvassing — in a tight race, it will make a big difference!

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Why does San Francisco still have so much car traffic?" I ask as I cast my vote on the 53rd ballot box attempt to de-pedestrianize the Great Highway.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026

not only does this sound incredibly petulant, it also sounds like he rehearsed it for four hours in front of a mirror and still couldn't nail the delivery. what a dork.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In SF it is totally a cultural thing that all the ebike riders ask each other about their ebikes while they’re waiting together at the light. I have a RadCity with ~7800 miles on it and am planning to get a Tern when it finally bites the dust. I would recommend either!

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HUGE NEWS ON HOLDING ICE AND BORDER PATROL ACCOUNTABLE: My bill to allow people to sue federal agents for violating their constitutional rights — just like people can already sue local police — received its final approval from the Senate and is on its way to the Governor! 🧵

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Vote no on G November 3. Long live Sunset Dunes!

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

First of all, this fight has not “deeply divided” Sunset residents. We live in the Sunset and everyone we know loves the park. Second of all, there is no “compromise” that does not destroy the park. Third of all (should have gone first!), Sunset Dunes is awesome, full of good vibes and neighbors.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The fight to restore Sunset Dunes to roadway is the dumbest most wasteful ballot measure—we’ve already voted on it twice! Indicative of the west side NIMBYS that have throttled housing and transit for decades.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 14/08/2026

Good morning. Someone is always going to make money on housing. I would rather see developers make money building new homes for people to live in than the situation we have now, where landlords and property owners are getting rich off of housing scarcity.

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

YIMBYs, a new moment of triumph is upon us! Atherton, the Silicon Valley enclave that prohibits all but single-family homes, one of the most exclusionary towns in the country, has just received its first multifamily housing project (ever!) under @scottwiener.bsky.social’s SB79!

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 31/07/2026

Woke 2 will be led by the preschool field trip chaperones, and they will show no mercy

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

One more blurb from the great housing champion @buffywicks.bsky.social

“The East Bay district I represent has been rocked by the intertwining crises addressed in Build or Die: soaring housing costs, a strained public transit system, and cities that bear the scars of historic redlining and exclusionary zoning. Our urban centers are in crisis, and our community members suffer the consequences. To understand where we go from here, research like Ned Resnikoff’s is invaluable. With a journalist’s relentless curiosity and a policy analyst’s deep subject matter expertise, Resnikoff has dedicated himself to the betterment of our cities—a defining fight of our times.”—Buffy Wicks, California State assemblymember

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Joanna Gubman @joannagubman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Little B is sick today but feels fine, so we're doing some social distancing outdoor time at JFK Promenade and Sunset Dunes. Feeling so grateful for these peaceful, beautiful spaces where we can get our zoomies out and have a joyful Thursday sick day.

Child trying out the Sunset Dunes pump track.

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Imagine calling yourself a leftist and claiming new multifamily housing will cause gentrification in Palo fucking Alto

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is why, at some point in the past year, I basically dialed back most of my previous recurring political contributions (to the DCCC, certain candidates, etc) and gave all that recurring $$ to @runforsomething.net

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I would to love to hear how they are approaching distribution planning!

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

YIMBYism is absolutely a precondition for decarbonizing the United States and it drives me insane that a lot of legacy climate orgs, particularly here in California, remain hostile to dense housing construction. www.sightline.org/apartments-a...

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Apartments Are the Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight

US climate policy is blocked. Housing isn’t.

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Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

California, you have trained for years for this moment. I believe in your ability to forestall the construction of one (1) building for an indeterminable amount of time

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Have you been out to Sunset Dunes yet? It is an absolute dream out there! The N or the L will take you there or you can bike up Market to the Wiggle and through GGP. Come be inspired that we can still make good choices as a city ❤️

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

From a housing perspective, I actually think the LA mayoral race might be more important than the governor’s race. The pro-housing momentum at the state level has always been in the legislature, but Los Angeles NEEDS a pro housing mayor.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Ah cool, so the frontrunner for California’s next governor is already signaling he wants to retreat on the state’s climate goals (via POLITICO)

EV TREPIDATION: Xavier Becerra has serious doubts about California’s lofty electric vehicle ambitions.

The former Health and Human Services secretary, who’s leading in the polls ahead of the Tuesday primary, wouldn’t commit to the state’s goal of banning purchases of new gas and hybrid vehicles starting in 2035 in a recent POLITICO survey.

“California should transition from gas-powered vehicles when it makes sense — when infrastructure and affordability are there for California families,” he wrote in response to a question about whether California should maintain the strategy.

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I am perplexed by the S.F. partisans outraged that S.F. Bike Coalition endorsed Scott Wiener over Connie Chan - given that the latter’s signature policy priorities over the past six years have been re-opening JFK Drive and Sunset Dunes to cars.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Plus, you’re running a paid “grassroots” campaign, there is a permanent homeless encampment in front of your Inner Sunset campaign office, you release specious polls, and you’ve spent more per SF voter than Tom Steyer. Give me a break!

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Also, you can’t even take a principled stand on Sunset Dunes. You say you voted for Prop K, but now you’re peddling misinformation about traffic and palling around with the people who want to rip the park out. In contrast, Scott has always fought for the park!

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

With all due respect, your big claim to fame under AOC (who has NOT endorsed) is that you wrote the Green New Deal, which is aspirational, I guess? But you didn’t stick around to get any of it actually passed or implemented as legislation. No thank you.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’m sorry, but this is patently ridiculous. Scott is a housing hero! I really admire how he’s been able and willing to fight the long haul fights against NIMBYism in California. When transit-oriented upzoning failed in SB 50 years ago, he kept fighting and passed it this year in SB 79!

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Matt Mahan is pro Prop 13. Instant DQ.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A ceasefire, if real, is a good thing, but it doesn’t change that Trump got us into a regional war, killed many people, got U.S. service members killed, threatened war crimes & genocide, jacked up costs & destabilized the global economy. Trump must be removed from office.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

How much insider trading was there on this latest bullshit?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/03/2026

Yessssss! This is such good policy but so, so politically tricky. If he can pull this off with his popularity intact I will officially deem him a genius.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We’re in SF, mildest climate in the Bay, no AC, no EV, family of 4 in a 1000 square floor condo. Our bill is $400/month! We do a lot of laundry, but how can you not with 2 kids under 5? Plus, last Dec we lost power for 12 hours when a substation caught on fire. Unbelievable!

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Mother of mercy!! Is this the end of Rico??

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Why I’ve been a monthly donor to @runforsomething.net for years: In addition to investing in deep red areas like this, they also do a lot of work locally here in CA supporting young candidates who take on NIMBY-captured politicians and interests. Just a great org.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

And as Bogey says in Casablanca, “there are certain sections of New York, Major, I’d advise you not to invade”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/01/2026

ICE can't even deal with irate middle-aged midwesterners. how does he occupy hundreds, if not thousands, of polling cites and precincts? trump v. illinois clarified that he has no legal authority to unilaterally commandeer national guards, how does he move forward from there?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/01/2026

I'm not the first person to note this, but authoritarian crackdowns are much more difficult in cities, where's there's public space & people can gather & find solidarity. That's partly why reactionary governments everywhere prefer suburbanization -- it disperses, dilutes, & atomizes the public.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Folks, I need a favor. My Twitter account appears to have disappeared. And I'm not sure why. If any of you can be bothered to say something about that on Twitter, I'd appreciate it. Handle is/was @gregtsargent ... thanks in advance

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