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the detailed liveblogs of municipal meetings covered by Publicola and The Urbanist reporters have lots of information that doesn't make it into their full reports. you can pick up a lot of nuance from them.

this tactic will be useful in the unlikely event i ever read a JDA book.

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I'm really mad no one ever made a sequel to the greatest movie ever RoboCop, but I've used this to refine my strategies for coping with disappointment over how my favorites are treated.

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Chuck Tingle wrote some literary sex crimes. I haven't read every T. Kingfisher book, but the ones I have read are far from that category.

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i have a blocklist called "Klout Chasers" i use for these accounts. it doesn't make me feel better that this is the crap that people find inspiring

Yes, I looked at my Discover feed. shame on me.

Left out of this account's account of Dick's being pro-worker is the fact that Dick's opposed raising the minimum wage.

I should say that before i unsubscribed from the WP i looked forward to Charlie Jane's column and often found interesting stuff to put on my list, even though our tastes differ.

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for instance, a lot of romance readers dislike passive mc's. i agree. so bad reviews help me avoid that. but people don't say "I hate intelligent active mc's and both of the mc's were that".

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 29/09/2026

you're right that people are better at describing what they don't like than what they do. if there were enough things that people don't like that i do, I might read blog/social media reviews more. but it turns out I'm basic enough that it's not helpful.

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I read the Booklist reviews most months and pick out anything that looks interesting. Also the short reviews that accompany Reactor's anticipated books. I don't read lengthy reviews, and I stopped reading blog reviews.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 29/09/2026

G, H, and RTM are my litmus tests. If you or your org are wrong on any of those, I'm going to assume you aren't worth reading on anything else.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 28/09/2026

Jimenez is too junior to make the decisions to not use the negotiators. do we know the senior officers on scene who should have been using them?

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 28/09/2026

sf311 dispatches muni fairly fast enough that you sometimes get tickets for cars on sidewalks. and sometimes they sit for days. 🤷

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People covered head to toe in latex are looking for an apartment on my street, but aren't sure which one it is. They keep looking at names besides the buzzers at various spots. Then looking at their phones. They have a six pack of Modelo. Folsom Street Fair nearby, for reference.

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i've been getting Colorado political ads for a couple of months.

I'm paying $14K for a very small water leak that got underneath my flooring.

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now I'm going to start doing hard drugs

Robert Getch @stumptoemerald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the floor is well over face value.

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I think the “there’s a train stop there” is so ignorant. If you think it’s just a scheduling issue you have done no work at all. It’s far beyond just “scheduling”

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$0 < $45. they ain't protecting value for me. i thought this was an mls thing, but if it's coming from Hanaer I'll just not renew next year.

an.mls

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You know what doesn't have enough painted wizards? Light rail. BART, Muni, Link etc. would be so much better with some good wizard murals.

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in my old age I've become even more obsessive and nit picky about my own work. school and working would not go well together.

it's not because they're putting out nuanced or insightful takes.

It's very weird watching a person I know become a political influencer over the last few years.

This is what happens with a decent mayor.

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If they decide against these lounges, better now than after the Port is locked into a long term lease. Doesn't negate being clueless and lackadaisical about their jobs though.

One thing among many that I hate about Facebook is that it shows me just how much everyone I know fetishizes their early 20s.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 25/09/2026

I do wish someone would take over the former Starbucks space in Eastlake. It could've been nice, but is now going to take a lot of work.

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There's apparently some discourse about iced coffee and interviews that I am really glad I missed.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 25/09/2026

I doubt they will have much coverage, but none of them will cover in real time on social media. We'll have to wait for the evening news or tomorrow's paper.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 24/09/2026

For appropriate favors, I'll tell you where we stashed it.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 24/09/2026

After AI takes over my job will be to stand in the middle of the room yelling REVERSE THE POLARITY at the Majel Barrett voice.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 24/09/2026

We will finally get the metric system