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OAKBaller

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Love Oakland, California, nature, walkable cities, city planning, public transit, density, freedom, democracy.

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Torres 🟧 @tordolisan.bsky.social · 21h
That's right. Put some gotdamn RESPECT on our name!
Oakland named one of the top 10 best large cities in the US but Conde Nast Traveler 2026 Readers Choice Awards.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 20h
They enjoy it if you call it Frisco, and when they mention "The City" say oh you mean Oakland.
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Buzz The Bay (Bay Area News + Events) @buzzthebay.bsky.social · 14h
Oakland: Children’s Fairyland is receiving a $5 million state investment to ensure the nearly 80-year-old park can preserve its magic for generations to come. [Bay Area News]
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Oakland's Children's Fairyland receives $5M state investment for historic park upgrades
The funding will support operations and fund critical infrastructure updates, ensuring the nearly 80-year-old storybook park can preserve its legacy for future generations.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 13h
I am now a resident of beautiful, Uptown, Oakland, California.
A photo of tall buildings in Downtown Oakland. Two buildings tightly frame the Tribune Tower in the center.
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Buzz The Bay (Bay Area News + Events) @buzzthebay.bsky.social · 14h
Oakland: Updated renderings show a five-story, 66-unit senior affordable housing project at 430 Broadway in Jack London Square. The development is part of a larger plan expected to add about 192 affordable homes. [Bay Area News Housing]
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Updated Renderings For 430 Broadway in Jack London Square, Oakland - San Francisco YIMBY
Updated renderings have been published for the five-story senior affordable housing proposal within the 430 Broadway masterplan in Oakland’s Jack London...
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@oaklandside.org This is how a luxury Oakland neighborhood is scrubbed away from Oakland and falsely labeled as “Berkeley.” This denying of Oakland and giving credit for its own neighborhood to Berkeley has been going on for decades. This affects Oak home values and over all perception of the city.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@oaklandside.org Perhaps you can do a story regarding the mislabeling of an Oakland luxury neighborhood as “Berkeley” by realtors and navigation systems due to a zip code glitch. This is part of perpetuating anti Oakland stereotypes and denying Oakland’s own assets. Claremont Hills is in Oakland.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oakland has just been named the greenest city in America after being named the best food city in America for the last two years. Not bad at all. Meanwhile, the SF centric media, including KTVU in Oakland, keep promoting SF every single day ad nauseam. Corporate SF is the corporate media’s darling.
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C Z Doval Santos @czds.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
#California ended up being home to all of the three greenest cities in the nation: San Francisco (third), San Jose (second), and Oakland (first). www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/10/t… #GreenCities
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amazing how Oakland’s national profile has shrunk so much with the loss of its major sports teams. Oakland is basically invisible right now. Sad in so many ways. Oakland needs to promote itself as well as redefine itself in a different way.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How is Oakland doing as a city right now? Is everyone content with the current direction of the city? What do you think needs improvement right now and what’s getting better?
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marcaweiss.bsky.social @marcaweiss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oakland Roots land exclusive deal with the Port of Oakland to develop Howard Terminal oaklandside.org/2026/09/18/o...
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Oakland Roots land exclusive deal with the Port of Oakland to develop Howard Terminal
The Port previously signed an agreement for the site with the Athletics before the team decided to move to Las Vegas.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oakland is the only indispensable big city in the Bay Area. Oakland has a world class port, is the nexus of the BART system, the freeway system, & has a balanced economy. The Bay Area economy couldn’t last one week without Oakland. Oak also has room for offices. SF & SJ don’t have the geography.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Garcia: We are going to hold the Postmaster General and anyone at USPS, particularly those that are at the management level, that are implementing this, accountable for what we view as an illegal action by USPS.
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Apple 1997 – Think different Apple 2026 – Think compliant
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/08/2026
Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
An Amazon worker died in one of Amazon's warehouses. As he lay on the floor dying, management told the other workers: "Just turn around and don't look. Get back to work." That was a human being. A child of God. Sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed.
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NorthSquatch-News 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @northsquatch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Every news channel should be screaming about his corruption, but the rich protect the rich.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/08/2026
Jon Ossoff found the one button in Washington labeled DO NOT PRESS and immediately leaned on it with both elbows.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases….
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Glenn D Stockard @gdstockard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Not shocked.....
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
With Downtown Oakland getting national and even international exposure due to the Meta trial, we can expect negative narratives about Oakland from the insecure SF promotional media. The executives, lawyers, & reporters in Oakland will see that downtown Oakland is much nicer than downtown SF.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Look at the SF media fluffing up SF and trying to keep the “Oakland is just less desirable” false narrative going. The SF corporate media are just shameless SF promoters. abc7news.com/post/ai-weal...
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AI wealth ignites San Francisco home prices while Oakland stagnates
The median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Oakland sits around $2,000, roughly half of the $4,000 it currently is in San Francisco. With massive AI public offerings still on the horizon, experts w...
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KTVU FOX 2 @ktvufox2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Oakport project aims to revitalize East Oakland shoreline.
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Oakport project aims to revitalize East Oakland shoreline
Oakport project aims to revitalize East Oakland shoreline.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026
The guy who did such an incredible job with the Reflecting Pool, Ballroom, Kennedy Center, National Mall, and Great American Fair is going to redesign our warships. What could go wrong?
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Just Jack ⚾️ ⚽️ @jpogolds.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🤬😤 This fin’g scoundrel brought the Dodgers players and a WS ring to the White House. Then, he sells his legacy franchise to a criminal family. He is looking for the the FBI to back off their investigation (plus, protection from future prosecution?). sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
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Mark Walter investigation explained: The timing of the Lakers' $12.5 billion sale can't be ignored
There is a lot going behind the scenes of the Lakers' sale.
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 14/08/2026
sunset was nice so I put the drone up
sunset over lake merritt in oakland, the sky is blueish purple, a little overcast, and the light of the sun is reflecting in the lake
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Have you all noticed how airlines charge so much more to fly out of Oakland compared to the same route out of SFO? The airlines are basically trying to destroy OAK which is based in the most populous region in the Bay Area, as they force the massive East Bay population over the Bay Bridge to SFO.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Has anyone noticed how bad all 3 pro teams who abandoned Oakland have become? The Las Vegas Raiders are the laughing stocks of the NFL. The Sacramento A’s of Las Vegas are horrible & the San Francisco Warriors have become an overpriced, gaudy, soulless mediocre at best, NBA franchise.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This beautiful lake is smack in the middle of Oakland’s amazing Rockridge neighborhood.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious. Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious. But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION. Boycot #delta
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So relaxing.
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hell yeah! Gina Hinojosa is out here with the receipts showing Abbott is selling Texans’s future to the highest bidder. Save our planet. Vote blue! #GinaForTexas #NoDataCenters
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Ms Smart @mssmart.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Oakland, piedmont area. Street beauty. #colors #beauty #oakland
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AC Transit @rideact.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🌈 Don't miss Oakland Pride this Sunday, August 16! We'll be in the parade and at the festivities ✨ Oakland Pride Event Info: oaklandprideofficial.org Downtown Oakland buses will be on detour, check Service Alerts: actransit.org/service-alerts
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Gorgeous day in Oakland.
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Who knew Oakland had a waterfall & a beach? Most beautiful big city in America.
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DatacenterDynamics @dcdnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Former LBNL supercomputing facility in Oakland, California, targeted for 20MW data center
Behring looks to turn vacant site back into live data center
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Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Paramount is the only remaining Hollywood studio that is geographically located in Hollywood. That David Ellison is threatening to move it out of state in a fit of pique tells you all you need to know about how much he cares about respecting the history and traditions of Hollywood. Disgraceful.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wait,Where's Pizza 🍕 🐀 Rat Gonna Get His Pizza Now,Mayor Mamdani........
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 11/08/2026
why does oakland, the larger city, not simply eat piedmont?
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charliecordero44.bsky.social @charliecordero44.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This would be a massive demand on resignation in every democratic country in the world. American media is a disgrace!
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Here we are August 10th & Oakland, a city of 440,000 residents, has recorded 29 murders. Oakland is on pace to record the lowest murder rate in its modern history.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Lawrence O'Donnell Is Spot On....
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
remarkable that the United States has made it official policy to only accept white refugees and people still think it's up for debate whether or not they're white nationalists
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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Thanks @ebkm.org for an amazing rolling bike celebration around Oakland’s Lake Merritt this morning. Let’s get the cycletrack lake loop done & enable this same feeling EVERY day! Info at BikeEastBay.org/LML
Photo of families riding bikes on a pathway with Oakland’s Lake Merritt in the background Photo of a giant group of parents and kids on bikes taking up an entire street, standing and waiting at a stop sign
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