Reposted by mle 🧇Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 18hit is very cool (read: very not cool) that "What if the entire regional economy immediately exploded?" is a ballot measure in the bay area because we are in the 'touching the hot stove' era of american history. if you live in the bay area you should vote for the regional transit measure. 27597144
Reposted by mle 🧇GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026we are going to have to find an alternative to meta products for local communities and advertising, right now, it’s almost impossible to do any kind of local business or art project without it, but both their rules and support are so arbitrary and capricious that you can’t rely on them 30988269
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s still hard to read books about people in NYC without wanting to move to NYC… 010
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026After 4 days in Florida with temps in the mid to high 80s and oppressive humidity, dry heat is not bad at all. I love living in the Bay :) 020
Reposted by mle 🧇Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 03/10/2026And forbids HSR from being fast-tracked, and prevents the legislature from changing that without 2/3rds approval Prop 45 is yet another example of why corporations legislating via the ballot box makes for bad laws and worse outcomes 1353
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For the theme of #BestBeaks for #BirdoftheDay, I present this white ibis I saw chilling in Disney World. My dad said, “The animatronics are great here!” 0100
Reposted by mle 🧇Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7142341024
Reposted by mle 🧇OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 01/10/20264 DUI's + causing serious injury in order to revoke a license obviously it's better than the nothing we had before, but JFC 16511
Reposted by mle 🧇Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Calmatters series was excellent, and the victims of reckless, repeat DUI driving described in it deserve much better than this. Honestly, the members of California legislature should be embarrassed that this counts as progress. 38813
Reposted by mle 🧇lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals 321891321
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I kind of assumed that people who play TikTok with no headphones around others are aware that it’s obnoxious and rude behavior, but apparently some people do not realize this! Fascinating. 130
Reposted by mle 🧇ren they/them 🏳️⚧️ @renzaro.com · 24/09/2026Joel Young is at a rail transit conference in Europe tonight (AC Transit has 0 railroads) and I am in Oakland waiting for a bus that has been 0 minutes away for 10 minutes 36710
Reposted by mle 🧇depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm 554206714
Reposted by mle 🧇sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026congrats on the polling today, @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social, but the La Sombrita Silent Majority is holding their mayoral endorsement until we learn what happened to 3rd/Union La Sombrita 0302
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026RIP La Sombrita 2023-202? She didn’t deserve all the shade 030
Reposted by mle 🧇sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026we are La Sombrita, we carry the flame you’ve just created a million La Sombritas, Los Angeles 2382
Reposted by mle 🧇sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026more and more people are requesting a truth and reconciliation commission on where is La Sombrita, @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social 3625
Reposted by mle 🧇alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026motion to ban author readings unless they are willing to commit to doing funny voices for every character. exceptions will be made for authors with naturally hot voices and/or cool accents 1057030
Reposted by mle 🧇NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 21/09/2026today is the one day of the year we post this and it’s probably one too many 1133179
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’ve started using &c. instead of etc because I have been reading a lot of Jane Austen in the past two years, and I like the way it looks. Plus, if we all switch to &c., people will stop typing “ect” when they mean “etc”. 120
Reposted by mle 🧇The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The driver’s behavior before and after the crash is sociopathic. But also, no car operated on public roads should be able to go 100 mph, much less 142 mph. 239171
Reposted by mle 🧇Sam Gould @form67.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a followup, had to finish dinner a bit quicker but caught the bus before the gap. The bus had great energy, every seat was filled. Half of the passengers were on their way to a fun night out in Temescal. Doubt anyone knew they couldn't reliably get home. Vote @valencia4actransit.bsky.social 0121
Reposted by mle 🧇Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you ever need your faith in the sciences restored after having it so violently compromised by techbros masquerading as technologists, I encourage you to check out the breakthrough after breakthrough ongoing in oncology.  11096404
Reposted by mle 🧇lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Here are some nice mushrooms 18115299
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Elizabeth Holmes in the Nathan Fielder documentary trailer 020
Reposted by mle 🧇Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786372557
Reposted by mle 🧇Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Automatic traffic enforcement would fix this 2695
Reposted by mle 🧇jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter. 39867231671
Reposted by mle 🧇James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In related news, I'll be starting the Medlock sportsbook. Every line is even money, no vig, max bet $580, both sides mandatory, one visit per six months. It's time to gamble our way to Medicaid for All. 241266259
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I watched part of a Fast & Furious movie for the first time today while donating blood, breaking my 25-year streak of not watching the Fast & Furious franchise. Technically it’s been my entire life, but for the first 12 years, there were no Fast/Furious films to be watched. 010
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You better be providing bike lanes and horse lanes then!!! 093
mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It sucks to be incredibly pedantic but also the newest and lowest employee, because I can’t do shit like explain the difference between microfiche and microfilm (EVERYONE uses them interchangeably) or tell people Jira isn’t an acronym (nobody cares!!!) 240
Reposted by mle 🧇jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons. 1025974950
Reposted by mle 🧇Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Everyone still using X is using a website that produces and distributes CSAM. It is disgusting and immoral and nobody has any excuse for not being fully aware at this point. 16893310
Reposted by mle 🧇bad takes machine @lordkeynes42.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Step 1. Make ai insane Step 2. ???????? Step 3. We all die 1462
Reposted by mle 🧇Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you live in California, you need to read this and *not* vote for Jane Kim this fall. Vote for Ben Allen. (I voted for the author of this piece) 39724
Reposted by mle 🧇David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Going car-free is great, but don't forget about families who could use a cargo bike (or minicar) as their second or third vehicle. The potential market is much, much bigger!electrek.coThis family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second carI’ve been working in the electric bike industry for nearly two decades, and publicly reviewing e-bikes for around half of... 1452389
Reposted by mle 🧇Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There were just 178 mentions of “Iran” combined on the five shows we reviewed last month — fewer than 2 references per episode, and down from 801 mentions in June. Jesse Watters dropped from 258 mentions in June to just 46 in August; Laura Ingraham had the largest decline by percentage (87%). 1549
Reposted by mle 🧇Kuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sharing my public comment re: staff report on collapsing service levels for the upcoming @rideact.bsky.social Board meeting Wed Sep 9: ac-transit.com/presentation... Links to make your own comment plus relevant reports and staff report documents, included.ac-transit.comRiders already paid for reliabilityPublic comment for AC Transit’s September 9 Board meeting on the need for weekly reliability reporting and rider-centered accountability. 12114
Reposted by mle 🧇grapesmoker @grapesmoker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the alt health industry will always be right wing because its entire business model is built around destroying all regulations so it can lie to people and sell them fake cures that don't work. it is not a legitimate business of any kind 5816106