Reposted by Markodante @dante.cool · 05/05/2026HAN SOLO: Hell, I never would have flown a spaceship if it wasn't for the daring exploits of Ben Quadinaros, famed podracer... He inspired all of us kids back on Corellia. LEIA (NODDING): Yes, I also know and love Ben Quadinaros. The boy, Han... let's name the boy after him 01086223
Reposted by MarkoMichael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 11/10/2026As a driver, I want physically separated lanes for bikes As a pedestrian, I want physically separated lanes for bikes Also as a cyclist, I want physically separated lanes for bikes 935660
Reposted by MarkoMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true. 583262558484
Reposted by MarkoNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 16hnot my face pressed to the glass like a starving Victorian waif outside a confectionery shoppe right now 422122
Reposted by MarkoPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22hThis was a well-done report - www.npr.org/2026/10/11/n...npr.orgThe women who fought back when their jailers assaulted them : The Sunday StoryAliksandria Prout had only been at the Central California Women’s Facility for a few days when a male officer stopped her at a checkpoint. “You have beautiful lips and beautiful eyes,” he said. That w... 013345
Reposted by Markoopen borders now @radtranslib.bsky.social · 11/10/2026American small business owners largely see themselves as lower-level rentiers in a quasi-feudal economy as opposed to service providers in a competitive market economy, and part of that means not having to actually be competent at providing services 17745164
Reposted by Markopixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026 Australopithecus 3 million years ago: 4586721670
Reposted by MarkoCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 11/10/2026Meanwhile CalSTA is just getting around to *starting* a study on relocation, with a deadline of 2034... Can the tracks even last that long? www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comSoCal's famed coastal railroad may have to move to survive rising seas. How could it happen?The California State Transportation Agency is expected to launch a study examining what would be needed to move the railroad line from the San Clemente coast. 49222
Reposted by MarkoWilliam Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There's so much good stuff we need to build: Housing, Schools, Vehicles and Transit Infrastructure. But data centers are sucking up all the available capital investment and crowding out everything else. It's time to reevaluate our national priorities. 320163
Reposted by Markomel in ballhalla 🏳️⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 11/10/20265 million annual riders between amtrak, coaster, and metrolink. and not only are we not fixing it, orange county is actively sabotaging it 2509
Reposted by MarkoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is why Musk doesn't mind that that Twitter revenue is down 59% (or Ellison w/ CBS). He's more than making up for that loss via Twitter's political effects--ingratiating to Trump, fomenting racist panics, etc--which help SpaceX and xAI get favorable public contracts and regulatory treatment 555878
Reposted by MarkoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026These different incentives from standalone media owners vs. "common owners" like Benioff is the subject of one of my working papers www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/07aux... 458779
Reposted by MarkoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Piece came out at USAToday Why? Because USAToday owners (Gannett) only own media companies, so they have an incentive to attract an audience & advertisers Tech elites like Bezos, Ellisons, Musk, & Benioff use their media firm to cozy to Trump, not to make profit www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...usatoday.comDEI initiatives didn't cost companies. Just the opposite. | OpinionFirms that kept DEI, whether due to executive decisions or shareholder pressure, performed as well in the stock market as those that rolled it back. 5939170
Reposted by MarkoBattle Order @battleorder.org · 10/10/2026FICTION | My take on a dedicated robotics unit in the U.S. Army of the Fallout universe before the Great War. I decided the Gama Goat looks Fallout enough that it could come as-is 3719
Reposted by Markodereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026At the same time Borenstein has been a vocal supporter of significantly adding BART police headcount for two decades while cutting service levels. www.mercurynews.com/2026/10/09/e...mercurynews.comEndorsement: No on Measure RTM transit tax. BART created crisis; VTA doesn’t have one.Billion-dollar annual levy on sales would affect Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. 2352
Reposted by Markosick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“we need your help funding our operations so we can avoid drastically cutting our train service as our ridership grows” 1534
Reposted by Markosick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 09/10/2026three magical words to pause anti-RTM discourse seems to be: what about Caltrain? 1689
Reposted by MarkoSeamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We are thrilled to announce the endorsement of @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for AC Transit Ward 3! Make sure to vote for Adriana by Novemeber 3rd. 2183
Reposted by Markoescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There's a compelling case to be made that you effectively cannot regain control of the NYPD (or indeed any major metro police department that is clearly happy to operate as a conservative paramilitary first and civil service never) without a strong Democratic President willing to back your play IMO 2283
Reposted by MarkoMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They are reading off what percentage of each branch of government are former frat members and the numbers are …high. 233442
Reposted by MarkoAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I keep thinking of the soldiers convicted of war crimes in his first term that he pardoned. Hegseth was deeply involved with that. time.com/7176342/pete...time.comPete Hegseth's Role in Trump’s Controversial Pardons of Men Accused of War CrimesPete Hegseth advocated for Trump to intervene on behalf of service members in three cases involving war crime accusations in 2019. 337679
Reposted by MarkoFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We do need a strict liability regime for AI agents. 0184
Reposted by MarkoUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Denying BART and Muni et al operations funds will do *nothing* to address capital project bloat problems. If anything, this will make the problem far worse. We need state and federal reforms to cut red tape with more wholistic funding programs. Starving transit ops gets us no closer to this! 22179
Reposted by MarkoUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This sort of stuff makes me want to scream. The cost bloat is in *capital projects* not in operations! Capital projects are bloated because of a complex web of balkanized permitting processes, the byzantine and inconsistent nature of federal grant funding, and outsourcing talent to consultants. 1653371
Reposted by MarkoRobert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just this past week pedestrians have been killed or severely injured by hit-run drivers around the East Bay in Castro Valley, Oakland, Union City, and now Berkeley. 45817
Reposted by MarkoBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Horseshoe theory remains undefeated. 2152793
Reposted by MarkoAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US. 303260438
Reposted by MarkoLeigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 07/10/2026storytelling media plays an essential role in how we negotiate our shared values and imagine the future as a society. the elite slop-capture of these spaces has irrevocable consequences, and they know it 113033
Reposted by MarkoCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version. 7454111300
Reposted by MarkoHenry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Skydance now owns Nick, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and MTV, effectively ending US TV animation as we know it. Countless jobs will be lost, and fewer new shows will be created. An apocalyptic scenario for cartoons, yet it's maybe the 5th-worst thing about the Paramount-WB merger! 332749909
Reposted by MarkoAnil Dash @anildash.com · 06/10/2026Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...anildash.comWe are going to kill “unalive” - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 17750256
Reposted by MarkoAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042451702
Reposted by MarkoMiles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The NY Times framing every fascist as tough strong & brilliant, and not a dumb racist liar, is one of many ways the NY Times tells Democrats that they are Not On Our Side, and Dems mostly choose not to listennytimes.comKaroline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox NewsA fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network. 17968194
Reposted by Markonyc5265.bsky.social @nyc5265.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Reagan and Thatcher rose to prominence once no could remember the Gilded Age. Glass-Steagal was repealed when no one could remember the Depression and look where we are now that no one can remember World War II... 111331
Reposted by Markojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives 223308232
Reposted by Markowhet moser @whetmoser.com · 03/10/2026“Drawing on labyrinthine Internal Revenue Service records, the pair study a group of rich business owners that looks more like a suburban chamber of commerce than an oligarchy: car dealers, dentists... What they find is tremendous wealth and power.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...nytimes.comThe Rich People Democrats Aren’t Talking About (Gift Article)As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners. 215048
Reposted by Markoroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think Greg is correct, but Americans need to be aware that Magyar’s Tisza government is aggressively going after every Fidesz official, removing them, using every lever of the state to yank them out of power. This is far more aggressive and rapid than anything proposed in the US so far. 281275335
Reposted by MarkoWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US historyesquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 321269374
Reposted by MarkoStreets For All @streetsforall.org · 02/10/2026✅ SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR: AB 1740 by @asmrickzbur.bsky.social that makes it easier to build bike, transit, and pedestrian projects in the Coastal Zone. 0186
Reposted by MarkoGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113444114
Reposted by MarkoStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I had to look it up because I couldn't believe he did this, but yes, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social actually vetoed the Speaker's bill banning former ICE agents from public employment in CA. The Legislature should over ride his veto.share.googleGov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to bar former ICE officers from California jobsThe ambitious and sweeping measure was strongly supported by Democrats in the Legislature. 322369
Reposted by MarkoPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 02/10/2026I'm cheating wrt the spirit of the prompt, but the answer is obviously the Bible. 0467
Reposted by MarkoKirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why can't LA build more affordable housing? Well, you see, because a building located in an R5(CW) zone shall not cast a shadow on a lot located in the R4 or R5 zone for more than two hours each day between the hours of 9AM and 3PM on the Winter Solstice and 9AM and 5PM on the Summer Solstice. 1836957
Reposted by MarkoInterurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Put in modern cable car rails on streets in SF that had them pulled up in the 40s and then use modern equipment like this with a bike flatcar to, say, get between the ferry building and the Richmond side of Golden Gate Park! 1265
Reposted by MarkoRobert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oakland and Berkeley both want to do this, but are prohibited by California law. Senate Bill 50 in 2023 attempted to change this but stalled in the legislature, & the author has since left office. I would love to see another legislator take up the cause. 0172
Reposted by MarkoPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Important; it’s an immigration judge, who unlike federal judges are under the direct supervision of the Administration, which has been pushing out judges they feel are unduly biased towards immigrants. 927273
Reposted by MarkoRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Finally, the podcast everyone has been waiting for: Two uncomfortably moist men speak Truth to women 2239440