Reposted by RaynellMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 28/09/2026Total YIMBY rhetorical victory watch: San Francisco’s newest NIMBY group, “YesAND,” is pretending to be YIMBY so that people will take them seriously. 2531221
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Brutal hit, significantly worse celebration and response. 010
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wearing my Jonquel Jones jersey to a Clemson football game (she went there for a semester and I don’t any orange + purple outfits) 100
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026much like "Slut!," "Cleveland!" has an unearned exclamation point. 000
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The new standard California license plate number format has no aura. The people yearn for a single leading number. 110
Reposted by Raynellben @vtben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In this house Holly Rowe is a hero, end of story 2734
Reposted by RaynellPeter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...cnbc.comCar ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis findsThe cost of insurance, gas, and maintenance or repairs can add thousands of dollars a year to the price of owning a car. 53596183
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Really hard to explain to people who weren’t here how surreal everything was. The fact that it happened during COVID was especially bleak. 130
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Surprising to me that Fran Fine has more Name ID than Peter Griffin or Michael Scott. The Nanny’s relative lack of syndication re-running really makes its cultural impact easy to underestimate. 000
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It may be a terrifying little freak but I’m at least somewhat comforted by the fact that Liberty Biberty is a puppet and not AI or even CGI. 110
Reposted by RaynellJeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Motorists want to demolish SF's 3rd-most popular park and turn it back into a highway in order to save a few minutes. Their ballot argument? Pedestrian safety! Thank you @missionlocal.org for providing data to thoroughly refute. 412024
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Separated my shoulder going over the rails at an unsigned crossover while riding between the tracks on Carl in 2021. Great reporting on a serious issue with no easy fixes. sfstandard.com/2026/08/28/m...sfstandard.comCyclists have crashed on Market Street’s rail tracks for 130 years. Why can’t SF fix them?A death this month renews questions about a century-old hazard — and the expensive, imperfect fixes that have yet to make it to San Francisco. 020
Reposted by RaynellAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lotta people this weekend are gonna have a karaoke mic in their hand when they find out that Dolly was a SINGER singer and even the songs she made sound easy are very hard. Keep your head on a swivel. 864355544
Reposted by RaynellSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 26/08/2026imagine spending your retirement doing this 1834045
Reposted by RaynellStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 24/08/2026“After an intense building flurry, Auckland’s housing stock is now 618,849 units, which is 101,000 more than a decade ago…Meanwhile Auckland house prices, with a median value of just over NZ$1mn (US$587,000), have lost a quarter of their value in that timeframe.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 1125048
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Once again dealing with this. Sitting on a train that was supposed to leave several minutes ago in a car that is crowded because it was the only one with an open door when we arrived on the platform. 160
Reposted by RaynellBabadookakis @ryanwu2438.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Karen Bass reelection update: the mayor has come out as anti-taco stand. In Los Angeles. 2542392376
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Doing a road trip in August in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so of course soundtracking it with Folklore by Taylor Swift except replacing “Mad Woman” with “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” 250
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The plan for total Rockville, Maryland Cultural Domination continues apace. 021
Reposted by RaynellGreater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 10/08/2026Most subsidized or "affordable" housing in America was not initially built as such. It makes little sense to oppose new homes because they are not subsidized from the very start; those homes very well could be subsidized later — and very likely will rent or sell for less later.ggwash.orgWant more subsidized housing? Start by building any housingView this post on ggwash.org 0138
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Pusha T is such an innovator in the “rhyming words with Maryland” space 000
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Hot sports take: the road team should be allowed to set up a merch table at games. 020
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The Las Vegas Monorail being automated and having platform doors yet eight-minute headways and non-air conditioned stations is such a failure of design. 120
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026someone asked me what my favorite Billy Joel song was tonight and I flipped the question back on him and in my head I was like “this dude is totally going to say ‘Allentown’ isn’t he” and he totally said “Allentown.” 120
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“Party All the Time” feels like a tear in the pop culture space-time continuum. Like what do you mean Eddie Murphy released an iconic 80s dance pop jam? 120
Reposted by RaynellCyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I do not have the language to describe how bad of an idea it would be to index housing on parking. JFC. sfstandard.com/2026/07/24/m...sfstandard.comMarina Safeway fight fuels NIMBY pushback on state housing mandatesA coalition fighting a controversial Marina apartment tower is now pushing a statewide ballot measure to curb housing growth mandates. 4151
Reposted by RaynellWalter Mondial @dabenner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The removal of the apex predator will collapse the Maryland I-95 ecosystem 302193322
Reposted by RaynellInfrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Now out! Part 2 on the Geary metro, discussing its East Bay connection, downtown alignment, and yard location.medium.comGeary metro, purpose-built for SFPart 2: East Bay connection, downtown alignment, and the yard 57221
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026If you haven’t been up to West Sac yet for an A’s game, I can’t recommend it enough. Going to an MLB game in a minor league park is so delightfully strange. 140
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Dippin’ Dots no longer markets itself as the “Ice Cream of the Future.” Is this a sign of resignation about the ambition of the products market share or a proud boast that we have finally made it — this is the future, and Dippin’ Dots is ice cream? Much to consider! 040
Reposted by RaynellDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It's World Emoji Day, so here's a friendly reminder that we have 🚷 and 🚳 but not 11654147
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Google Docs pet peeve: format painter doesn’t include line spacing. Makes no sense! 000
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026“Lukas Graham is a band” is “Tame Impala is just one guy”’s Wario 000
Reposted by RaynellSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Zohran is keeping his campaign promise to speed up the buses, including expanding the rapid bus dedicated lane network. Transit is a big divide in the San Francisco Congressional race. Spoiler: I’ve long championed transit while my opponent, Connie Chan, has long sabotaged it. 115819
Reposted by RaynellMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 11/07/2026Barcelona put a moratorium on new hotels and is banning short term rentals starting in 2028. This will almost certainly drive up the price of hotel rooms to the point where only rich people can visit and create black markets for cheap unregulated tourist accommodations. 2423831
Raynell @raynell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Last time the US played Belgium in the World Cup I was a Segway tour guide in DC and I got red, white, and blue handle streamers for my Segway that fell out like 15 minutes into the tour timed perfectly to when Belgium scored their second goal. 120
