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Phildini, since young times

@phildini.net

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I make @civic.band, the largest repository of civic meeting data for the US and Canada. I also run startups sometimes.

Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 29/09/2026

I attempted to post captainacab.com to Reddit and got auto-rejected. What do we think Reddit objects to? Law Enforcement? Misconduct? ACAB?

Screenshot of reddit having auto-removed my posts.

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 07/08/2026

It continues to surprise me that more #OpenData #Journalism folks for #LACounty don't use what we're building at @civic.band. This is our coverage map for the basin, and we're nowhere near done.

Coverage map of municipalities in the LA area indexed by CivicBand.

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 21/03/2026

Whoever at @patreon.com realized at 9pm on a Friday six-and-a-half years after I left that I was still a maintainer on the #python package: Good catch, and I just want to talk, ok?

Email announcing collaborator status removed from the Patreon package on pypi.

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 15/02/2026

It took all week to get here, but I'm so close to having election finance data for California in @civic.band #OpenData #CivicTech

phildini@magmell civic-band % uv run clerk finance --help

Usage: clerk finance [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Election finance data commands.

Options:
--help Show this message and exit.

Commands:
etl Run full ETL pipeline for finance data.
extract Extract finance data for municipality.
generate-mapping Generate CSV mapping of Netfile agencies to...
import-mapping Import reviewed mapping from CSV file.
list-agencies List all available Netfile agencies.
load Load transformed data into SQLite database.
show-mapped Show all agencies that have been mapped to civic.band...
transform Transform extracted finance data to CSV.
update Update finance data for sites.

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 18/08/2025

You sure did

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 24/04/2025

Here's some news worth celebrating: AC Judge ruled in favor of the Alameda Food Bank and against #alamtg's Tod "Tiny Trump" Hickman.

Judge Rules In Favor of Alameda Food Bank Project

The Alameda Food Bank (AFB) has combated food insecurity by providing food to Alameda families for several decades. Founded in 1977 when it was operating out of a church, AFB has relocated several times to temporary locations over the years. In 2022, AFB approached the City about establishing a permanent home for the food bank, and subsequently purchased the site at 677 W. Ranger Ave. in Alameda Point from the City. In July 2024, AFB received its final City approvals and began construction of its new home.

Following this collaborative multi-year process, Petitioners Shelby Sheehan and Tod Hickman brought a frivolous lawsuit trying to stop construction of this vital community resource. The lawsuit claimed that the new foodbank would have negative impacts on a “historic parking lot” and that the City violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by approving the project. These allegations had no merit.

In response, the City and AFB filed a motion seeking to dismiss the lawsuit based on the Petitioners’ failure to comply with the basic requirements for challenging projects under CEQA. The Court heard oral arguments on the motion in January of this year.

On April 22, 2025, the Honorable Judge Michael Markman of the Alameda County Superior Court granted the motion in the City’s and AFB’s favor and disposed of all of Petitioners’ baseless claims.

“We applaud the court’s decision which allows the Food Bank to move into its forever home and continue to carry out its critical mission of bringing food security to all Alamedans -- and we truly appreciate the Food Bank’s partnership during this legal process,” says City Attorney Yibin Shen. “This positive outcome demonstrates the City’s unwavering commitment to support our community partners and fight back against abusive and wasteful litigation threats.”

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 17/03/2025

I can't vote in #oakland elections (although I follow #oakmtg with interest) If I could, I'd find this fascinating

Form 700, Schedule A-1 showing Loren Taylor's stocks held, with Tesla Auto highlighted

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 01/12/2024

2) galaxybrain.co (@galaxybrain.co) is an arts co-op I co-run in #SanFrancisco. We focus on queer media in print and online, and we have some rad #zines you can buy at buff.ly/3CQNZJz Thanks! Thread boosts super appreciated. #SmallBusinessSaturday

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 23/11/2024

Why do they call it teenage mutant ninja turtles when the at teenagers don't you cheese of in shredder for when don't turtle an out call it mutant

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Phildini, since young times @phildini.net · 16/11/2024

So … so we’re just gonna speed run Twitter exactly, huh?

A screenshot of a skeet from @rahaeli.bsky.social

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