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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 4h
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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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 12h
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7th, at 5pm at 19th St BART to canvass for the Regional Transit Measure and @valencia4actransit.bsky.social! After we canvass in that two-hour window, we will link up with the Car Free Happy Hour at Mad Oak.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bird that looks a lot like a goat. But definitely bird.
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Breakdancing is the weaponization of Bimbofication
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One side of this war has an elected legislature but it doesn't really have any power compared to the supreme leader and the council of guardian jurists, and the other is Iran.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Weeeeeeeeeeeee
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Like I said, the dopes carrying water for AI are the "hunters and sportsmen" of the gun debate. Telling the world it is useful for doing your spreadsheets and your little code projects while those same companies are working directly with Trump's Pentagon to do whatever awful shit is next on the list
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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Weird how this is not on the ballot. The money for cars just falls from a mysterious source in the sky.
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Simp” has intense proxy pro-anarcho-Bidenist vibes.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Page One. @wsj.com
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake America
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Frightening results in this study. 54% of CA drivers said keeping up with traffic is safer than obeying speed limits. Only 50% identified "protecting other road users" as a reason to slow down. Drivers won't slow themselves down. Infrastructure must. blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/aaa-st...
Understanding California Driver Behavior

According to the study, drivers believe speeding saves time. Many also view it as necessary for various situations, including:

To get around slow drivers (28%)
To avoid holding up traffic (24%)
To reach destinations faster (24%)

California drivers do slow down in specific scenarios, such as:

Avoid a speeding ticket (75%)
Avoiding an accident (72%)
Bad weather (55%)
Protecting other road users (50%)
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Feet are fucking disgusting and won't exist under Georgism
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is 100% my experience canvassing--since 2009. Now imagine that there's some controversy or beef between some of the curlers that is REALLY IMPORTANT to the fans that just baffles you.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New York's Top 10 Super Speeders: The Locations Where They Most Frequently Terrorize New Yorkers & The Cars Thy Drive. Interactive map & fines they've received: transalt.org/reports-list/y...
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Neutral Milk Hilbert's Paradox of the Grand Hotel
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I've wanted a gif of Toshiro Mifume in Seven Samurai tattooed over my face. I don't understand why I can't get this. It's 2026. It's the future.
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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Maharishi = SICKO
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 22/08/2026
Boston is considering noise cameras that detect excessively loud cars, capture their license plates, and send the owner a fine by mail.
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Boston could fine loud drivers with new noise cameras | How the technology works
YouTube video by Boston 25 News
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
post a perfect album from the 2000s (2000-2009).
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My goal is to rewatch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy once a year.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/08/2026
John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86
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John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86
The director’s BBC hit opened the door to Hollywood action films including Hamburger Hill, The Dogs of War and Raw Deal John Irvin, the British film-maker who directed the Bafta-winning BBC miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as well as films including Hamburger Hill, The Dogs of War and Raw Deal, has died aged 86. Irvin died “peacefully at home” on 11 August, surrounded by his family, his producer Claire Evans confirmed to the Guardian. Continue reading...
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I saw Waking Life at the (now closed) Dobie Theater in Austin when it came out. The beginning was filmed....right outside the Dobie Theater in Austin. It was weeeeird.
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
me and the boys on the USS Abraham Lincoln eating boiled boot leather and sharing stories about the most Realistic Pussy we've ever seen
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Start asking Democrats what they'll do when Trump blanket pardons members of his administration on the last day of his term. The correct answer is that they'll ignore and refuse to recognize pardons granted for unindicted crimes.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13/08/2026
TOMORROW: @patrickroath.bsky.social stops by to chat about his people-powered campaign against a 25-year corporate-backed incumbent in a safe blue seat. Plus, Leah and Ezra answer your questions on Peggy Flanagan’s massive win, election sabotage, and more. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
(around photos of Patrick Roath, Leah Greenberg, and Ezra Levin) WHAT’S THE PLAN?
with Leah Greenberg & Ezra Levin

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
3PM ET / 12PM PT

WITH SPECIAL GUEST
PATRICK ROATH
FOR US CONGRESS, MA-08

PAID FOR BY INDIVISIBLE ACTION (INDIVISIBLE.ORG) AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 12/08/2026
TMZ (@TMZ) on twitter: "💔 EXCLUSIVE: Tyriq Withers and Chase Infiniti break up." [Split photo of Tyriq Withers and Chase Infiniti, two people who might be AI constructs.]

Sunny (@sunnyright) quotes: "The clearest sign we all died in 2012 and have been living in a simulation since, is that the universe generates new "celebrities" each day who almost certainly did not exist the day before."
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David Ciani @davidciani.com · 11/08/2026
Sometime I put together a fantasy map of new county borders for California, mostly following watersheds. There's 65 of them, but are a bit more right sized and could serve as the primary level municipal government (c.f. Mexico's municipalities)
Map of California with hypothetical counties
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 11/08/2026
Here in the Bay Area, 10 years of YIMBY policy explicitly aimed at restricting wealthy people's power to block new housing has moved the sites of conflict over housing from gentrifying neighborhoods like the Mission and SoMa to wealthy white enclaves like the Marina, Atherton, and North Berkeley.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 04/08/2026
Razing an ugly freeway and freeing the Embarcadero likely cost this San Francisco mayor his second term. We asked if he would do it again.
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The thriving Embarcadero is thanks to this S.F. mayor. It cost him reelection
Razing an ugly freeway and freeing the Embarcadero likely cost this San Francisco mayor his second term. We asked if he would do it again.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I'm on the AC Transit 7 bus in El Cerrito and since I'm the only one on, the bus driver asked me, do you mind if I run to the McDonalds and get the coffee I ordered? We're currently just pulled over on San Pablo Avenue. It's amusing, but if I was in a hurry, I probably wouldn't be.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 01/08/2026
Several people I went to high school with have several kids already, and I spent the last 45 minutes sitting motionless on my couch alone staring at the ceiling 
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 29/07/2026
A periodic reminder that Donald Trump is a vulgarian, not a populist, and that you help him greatly by falsely labeling his oligarch-created agenda as "populist."
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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sadly “I Alta Vista’d it” was not long for the modern lexicon
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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Don’t sleep on this. You must vote Ben Allen for insurance commissioner. FAIR is a disaster now and worse in the future
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/07/2026
At first I thought responses to @whstancil.bsky.social sharing mainstream economic data were a kind of schtick, or performance. But the more I follow the deranged reactions he gets on here the more I'm coming to suspect that people genuinely do not understand the difference between data & anecdote.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
reading about these ice murders boy am i glad the democratic message on immigration in 2024 was "we are also tough on immigrants, just not as racist as trump, but we're very tough boys and girls" that worked out great. super good. well done.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 14/07/2026
Horrible day. ICE is preparing a deportation flight to Laos so some of my former, current, and were-to-be clients are being brought to the Whipple Building and shipped off to Louisiana for final removal. Lots of calls from them, their families, and friends. So much pain visited on our community
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
low info voters are constantly being convinced that Republicans have more moderate policies (and Democrats more left wing policies) than they actually do and the mainstream media is a huge accomplice in this effort.
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John Rosevear @jrosevear.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I have a half-baked theory that part of the problem is that most Americans are descended from People Who Left -- people who moved away (or were taken away) from longtime homes to a new land. There's ancestral orneriness and/or resentment and/or both in there.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Not just delivering the goods. Technically, Democrats under Obama and Biden did that pretty well. You have to get people to know that you delivered the goods. Here, the left wing is also much better.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Truth.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is quite true for so-called independents. What we also don't get is just how non-ideological those people are. Just because people seem "moderate" in opinion polls means nothing in terms of leaders' ideological positions. To them, adjusting your positions just seems like you have no values.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
open borders
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 11/07/2026
Memphis is under siege from the federal government. This is hideous.
nytimes.com
Second Person in a Week Killed by Federal Task Force in Memphis
Tennessee authorities are investigating both shootings involving agents working with the task force in Memphis.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Every Witness to ICE Killing in Houston Says the Same Thing: ICE Lied The three men in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s vehicle were interviewed separately. They all said ICE’s version of events isn’t true. newrepublic.com/post/212940/...
newrepublic.com
Every Witness to ICE Killing in Houston Says the Same Thing: ICE Lied
The three men in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s vehicle were interviewed separately. They all said ICE’s version of events isn’t true.
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Paul Bickmore @paulbickmore.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is what blew my mind when I moved to the Bay Area 11 years ago. It's not just Palo Alto. It's expensive places in Marin County, up the Peninsula, and down in the South Bay. Just ordinary, boring places that you think would be dirt cheap anywhere else.
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Abhorrent Abby @abhorrentabby.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The trolley problem, but Wile E Coyote tries to divert the trolley to hit the roadrunner. Instead it moves sideways and runs over Wile E
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I do understand why it matters, I guess, but the thing is I don’t give more of a fuck if ICE murdered the wrong person than I do if they murdered the right one, and I think relying on the distinction as a messaging strategy is deeply misguided
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
it is not better if a civil law enforcement agency that for some reason carries guns everywhere and has no oversight murdered someone they *were* seeking to abduct. they should not be able to use force in this way. their attempts to abduct people are based on nothing but race.
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