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DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am genuinely conflicted as to whether it should be commented on vs not given oxygen, considering that Jacobin has proven itself time and time again to be 1. a decent forum for organizers’ work to be published but 2. Eye-rollingly, narrow-mindedly “anti-woke” Chibberite in any editorial matter
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.” BRUH.
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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
fatality www.instagram.com/p/DasR6g-lZB...
Just woke up to find out Lindsey Graham is dead?? lol??? Most of you know him as the homophobic senator from South Carolina but to me he will always be the man who paid a twinky pre-transition college student ( ) a fat
stack of cash to do unspeakable things to him in a hotel room while he wore red lingerie

It is a canon trans event to have far right freaks bankrolling you & then turning around and voting against you. People loooooove to judge us for it but I never see them opening their wallets!!! Shoutout to s*x workers everywhere forced to humanize their enemies just to make rent.It is an absolute mindfvck too me that one of the reasons I have any semblance of financial security (& a lack of student loans) is because of this man.

At the time I had no idea who he was, and I only figured it out because another group of twinks leaked Lady G to the media. Some queers tried to grandstand critique this, saying we shouldn't "out" people. I believe bigots with power deserve no peace or privacy, especially when they hold public office. I'm glad they did it. Icons, forever.

Anyway, if you've ever enjoyed what I do on the internet know that it is in part because of Lindsey's generous donation over a decade ago. If I've ever sent you $ for something know that was kickstarted by the now deceased sissy senator from South Carolina.Lindsey, rest in hell for what you did to our community.

I will continue to love queer and trans people harder than you ever hated us. You loved every second of our time together and now everyone knows
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ridership on the Bay Area's Caltrain also continues rising in the wake of the route's electrification, with passenger counts up 19% compared to this time last year! Caltrain has taken more than 14M passengers over the last twelve months, the highest since COVID
a graph of Caltrain ridership
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
April US transit data is in today, & all of the 10 largest US rail networks are growing! SF is seeing a real boom, with ridership up 17% on Muni & 15% on BART SEPTA (Philly, 10%) and PATH (NY/NJ, +7%) are also seeing strong growth, while MTS (San Diego, +0.8%) is the slowest🧵
a graph of ridership growth year-on-year for the 10 largest US urban rail networks
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
tl;dr: Alabama's ability to administer a new congressional map disenfranchising Black voters has been complicated by the fact that Alabama is celebrating Jefferson Davis's birthday today.
Jeff Elrod, the Director of Elections for Alabama’s Secretary of State, testified
at the preliminary injunction hearing on May 22, 2026, that voter reassignments for
the 2023 Plan in Alabama’s voter registration database could not begin until May 27
and must be completed by tomorrow, June 2. App.123, 136–37, 139, 167, 179. In fact,
June 2 itself appears to be too late: Mr. Elrod testified, “The vendor has
communicated to us that once the absentee process begins and absentee ballot is
issued [sic], that is when the records are locked. The first day for absentee voting for
the June 16th runoff is June the 2nd.” App.139. If absentee ballots are issued the
morning of June 2, then all changes must be completed by today, June 1. And state
and county administrative offices are closed today, June 1, to celebrate the birthday
of Jefferson Davis.1 This leaves a few hours on an Alabama holiday to complete voter
reassignment for the 2023 Plan
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Kyle Borland (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @kgborland.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Legitimately hilarious thing for a devout Evangelical to say.
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It might be confusing for non-Jews, but you may not be aware that the Hebrew word for "ceasefire" literally translates as "not ceasefire, anything but a ceasefire."
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Gloves are off. Jacob Frey is saying "fuck" now. And for his next move, he will do fuck all.
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Cesar Chavez story discussed yesterday is out, in the New York Times. Two women say that he sexually assaulted them as children, beginning when they were 12 and 13. And Dolores Huerta says he raped her in 1966.
nytimes.com
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This is why "Let's give in on some of the trans stuff because it'd be a popular compromise and you have to meet people where they are" is not only immoral but politically stupid. Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
nytimes.com
With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
1) It should be obvious, but it is the campaign's job to win the election. The campaign should have a plan to get enough votes to win. That's the whole job. I have seen union campaigns fail and it is never the workers fault. It's the organizer's fault.
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I've seen a bunch of this online, mostly from people less credible than Stancil. I've been a union organizer for almost 30 years and worked on every election in that time period. (I also voted for Harris and protested the genocide.) Posts like this fail to grasp 3 universal truths about elections.
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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 27/01/2026
Quick early take on President Trump attempting to take over Los Angeles wildfire permitting www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
politico.com
Trump moves to take over Los Angeles wildfire recovery from local and state authorities
In an unprecedented decision, the president issued an executive order to strip permitting authority for rebuilding from local officials and hand it to the federal government.
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Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This week on @blackfatfemmepod.bsky.social we talk mergers, representation and why “Welcome to Derry” just might be one of the best tv shows of our generation. Listen to “To What End?” on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 20/11/2025
Now THIS???? is a white man! this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee @thedlcc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate! In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."
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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
An overview of what this moment means for public transit in SF. dsasf.org/transit-month/
dsasf.org
The City Moves When We Move: Transit Month in San Francisco
San Francisco runs on transit. Every morning, the city’s pulse flows through its veins: buses, streetcars, and trains. This network is more than just transportation, it represents the motion …
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ezra Klein: There's a Rick & Morty quote I really like.Ezra Klein: It goes like this, "Why would a pop-tart want to live inside a toaster? That would be like the scariest place for them to live."Ta-Nehisi Coates not saying anythingEzra Klein: Because in the episode they go to a neighborhood where everyone is a pop-tart and they live in toaster-houses.
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Kyle Borland (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @kgborland.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is legitimately hilarious. All of this is arguably his fault. Was it worth it?
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I've seen a lot of people misunderstanding what this does and does not mean and Melissa does a great job explaining it's first and foremost a media strategy. Importantly, none of this is new and has been used against other groups and activists (Muslims/Palestinians, BLM, immigrants)
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Kyle Borland (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @kgborland.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Someone needs to grab Ezra Klein by the shoulders and get through to him that none of those right wing people are gonna get enlightened by some perfect liberal phrasing — not a single one! — because they’ve already been redeemed by Jesus of Nazareth and have no need for you or your institutions!
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Kyle Borland (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @kgborland.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Churches famously love when folks disagree with them and come to take up space on Wednesdays and Sundays.
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DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
it’s kind of wild to see the directions in which a few years of “relentless left punching over Bay Area permitting reform” can take a guy’s brain if you give him enough time. it appears to be some sort of madness rune
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DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
anyway, nobody will learn anything from Engardio’s recall, there is no secret opening for the left coming from this, that’s wishful thinking. A local man was hoisted by his own petard by his own base. That’s it
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Joseph Goebbels was practicing politics the right way Father Coughlin was practicing politics the right way Hutu radio was practicing politics the right way
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 06/09/2025
As the Liberty continue pricing out their longtime season ticket holders (mostly POC &/or LGBTQ+), a reminder that I wrote about this very thing before the season began:
open.substack.com
the gentrification of the WNBA
While “investment in women’s sports” is often uncritically celebrated among league owners and the media, reality is much more complicated.
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
"why people are mad about Abundance" in meme form to save me time in the future
Political cartoon styled as the Trojan Horse story. A large wooden horse labeled 'ABUNDANCE' sits outside the gates of a city labeled 'YIMBY'. Inside the horse, text reads 'DONALD TRUMP'S LARGEST DONORS AND A BUNCH OF INTERNET NAZIS'. A small figure labeled 'EZRA KLEIN' stands near the horse, gesturing toward the city gates where two guards are visible. The image appears to be commentary on YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) housing policy movements.
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DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
it cannot be overemphasized that many SF & CA Democratic politicians did everything they could to pour gasoline on this fire, including encouraging SCOTUS to criminalize unsheltered homelessness for the entire nation. as with Gaza & university crackdowns, they blazed Trump’s trail for him.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/08/2025
I don't see any way back from this. They're winning at consolidating all the levers of power under Trump and then using it to bend the culture and media to his will. It's succeeding and no one is putting up enough of a meaningful fight. Current efforts are arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Kyle Borland (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @kgborland.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
They believe they’re fighting a war for the nation, some think they’re fighting a holy war. We need to march that energy.
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Kyle Borland (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @kgborland.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Cuomo is pathetic. Why would anyone want to vote for someone so desperate?
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 05/08/2025
It's giving www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sBC...
youtube.com
Michael's Safety Training Demonstration - The Office US
YouTube video by The Office
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
let me throw some fuel on the fire that is the discourse about boys getting laid!!! current-day manopshere content is not good at getting boys laid and that's an effect of the incentives at play. you cannot build an audience of resentful little virgins if you succeed at helping them to have sex
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy
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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate. I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
So a 3 hour course with a 15 week academic term would need to be paid $6849.90 for the course. Prior to 2020, there were adjuncts getting paid a third of that for an entire semester course. This is what union power can do. [end 🧵]
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Here is a wonky thread about work I did I'm proud of. In 2020, SEIU sponsored AB736 in California that effectively established a prevailing wage standard for adjunct professors at private colleges who are hired and paid per course they teach. 🧵
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 30/07/2025
#Berkeley Middle Housing upzoning takes effect on Nov. 1, 2025, allowing 8 homes on a typical lot in most of the previously low-density zones in the city, and more if state Accessory Dwelling Unit and Affordable Housing Density Bonus laws are used. Here's a look at some possibilities! 1/
Berkeley Middle Housing
柏克萊中型住宅
R-1, R-2, R-2A, MU-R Zones
R-1, R-2, R-2A, MU-R 區
5,000 square foot lot
5,000 平方英尺地塊

3D drawing of a city block with various types of housing

Picture: a 2-story house with a 3-story building in the backyard
Backyard Apartment
Existing House +
3-6 new apartments
後院公寓
現有房子 +
3 - 6 間公寓

Picture: Two 3-story buildings each with 2 doors
Double Duplex
4 units, total of 
20 bedroom suites
雙子雙拼住宅
4 間住房
一共 20 間套房

Picture: 5 three-story townhouses along a path perpendicular to the street
Townhouses
4-6 townhouses
聯排屋
4-6 棟聯排屋

Picture: a 3-story apartment building with a 2-story building behind it.
8+8+2
  8 apartments +
10 ADUs
八加八加二
 8 間公寓 +
10 間附屬住宅

Picture: a skinny 6-story apartment building
Density Bonus
16 apartments +
  4 ADUs
密度獎勵 (兩塊地)
16 間公寓 +
 4 間附屬住宅

Picture: a cube shaped a 6-story apartment building
Density Bonus (2 lots)
32 apartments +
  8 ADUs
密度獎勵 (兩塊地)
32 間公寓 +
 8 間附屬住宅

Note: Restrictions apply to demolition of existing rental housing
註:法律有關於拆除現有租賃住宅的限制

CC-BY: Alfred Twu  姓名標示:涂顥曦 alfredtwu@gmail.com
2025.07.29
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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
WAS IT MY HISTORY OF
CORRUPTION, MISOGYNY, AND OUTWARD
HATE OF THE CITY I WANTED TO RULE?

NO, IT MUST
BE THE (YOUNG) JEWS
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