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And it’s my heart, not me, who cannot drive

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 18h
it 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.
The ballot initiative would raise the sales tax rate by 0.5 percentage points in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda counties and by 1 percentage point in San Francisco, and is expected to generate roughly $980 million annually for the next 14 years to sustain bus, train, metro and ferry lines.

Many of the region’s transit agencies have already proposed contingency plans if the measure fails. BART said it would likely have to end service at 9 p.m. instead of at midnight, reduce train frequencies to 30 minutes and move from five-line to three-line service outside of peak commute hours. Caltrain has proposed eliminating weekend services, closing more than a third of stations and ending operations around 9 p.m. instead of 1 a.m. AC Transit is looking at reducing service by 16%, while Muni said it could eliminate up to 20 routes, cut service by at least 30% and end regular evening service.

The fiscal cliff facing transit agencies was triggered by the decline in ridership due to the pandemic and hit agencies heavily dependent on fare revenues, like BART, the hardest.SPUR, a nonprofit policy think tank sponsoring the measure, released a report last month that found that if the measure and San Francisco’s Proposition H fail, traffic delays on the Bay Bridge could increase by 33 minutes heading west in the morning and 43 minutes heading east in the evening. Caldecott Tunnel traffic could see delays of an additional 20 minutes in the morning and 27 minutes during the evening commute. Congestion could also worsen along Interstate 580, Interstate 680 and U.S. 101, the report found.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
we 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
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s still hard to read books about people in NYC without wanting to move to NYC…
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
After 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 :)
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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 03/10/2026
And 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
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For 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!”
A white ibis with a sick beak, who is not an animatronic
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Holy shit
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ballpoint pen, watercolor, colored pencil, a little crayon, and charcoal pencil. 

Our guy pulls up deep in the forest on his 2-speed bike. He’s flanked by tall dark trees and his path is blocked by a massive spider. He lets the Big Fella know it’s on. “Big Fella,” he says. “I fixed my 2-speed. You still wanna race.” Reader, you know Big Fella wants in on that action. Next slide.Against a starry night sky we see silhouettes of Big Fella and our man racing down a hill. It’s unclear in the drawing who will win but Big Fella is likely about to pull away.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
4 DUI's + causing serious injury in order to revoke a license obviously it's better than the nothing we had before, but JFC
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 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.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
current 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
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I 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.
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ren they/them 🏳️‍⚧️ @renzaro.com · 24/09/2026
Joel 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
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
congrats 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
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
RIP La Sombrita 2023-202? She didn’t deserve all the shade
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
we are La Sombrita, we carry the flame you’ve just created a million La Sombritas, Los Angeles
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
more and more people are requesting a truth and reconciliation commission on where is La Sombrita, @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
motion 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
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 21/09/2026
today is the one day of the year we post this and it’s probably one too many
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’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”.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The 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.
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Sam Gould @form67.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As 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
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The X-Files I want to believe poster but with the text changed to read "I want a really good club sandwich" and the UFO replaced with a stock photo of a club sandwich
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If 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. 
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here are some nice mushrooms
A pair of tan mycena mushrooms grow from a crack in a damp and mossy log, set in a late summer forest. All photos by me
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Elizabeth Holmes in the Nathan Fielder documentary trailer
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’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.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Automatic traffic enforcement would fix this
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
RFK 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.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In 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.
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I 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.
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You better be providing bike lanes and horse lanes then!!!
Brown sign that says KEEP DOWNTOWN SIDEWALKS SAFE Do NOT Ride Bicycles, Skateboards, or Hroses in Sidewalks. VIOLATORS WILL BE CITED F.B.M.C. 1058170 10.58.160
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It 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!!!)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026
crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sorry guys I’m a bit of a crane foamer.
Big crane
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Everyone 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.
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That Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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bad takes machine @lordkeynes42.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Step 1. Make ai insane Step 2. ???????? Step 3. We all die
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Gusya @angrygooseberry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
fish! fish! fish!
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes doing the "we're just normal men" meme
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If 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)
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Going 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!
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This family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second car
I’ve been working in the electric bike industry for nearly two decades, and publicly reviewing e-bikes for around half of...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There 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%).
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Kuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sharing 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.
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Riders already paid for reliability
Public comment for AC Transit’s September 9 Board meeting on the need for weekly reliability reporting and rider-centered accountability.
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mle 🧇 @sadwaffle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We should have siestas on any day hotter than 77° F.
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grapesmoker @grapesmoker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
the 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
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 06/09/2026
saw some cool crows earlier
a photo of crows on electrical wires with clouds behind them, a single crow is flying off the wire in the top third of the frame.
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