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Carter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 8h

The article and the framing is such a clear sign that fully-throated pro high-speed rail outside/grassroots advocacy is desperately needed in California. @movecalifornia.bsky.social & @transbaycoalitiocalmatters.org are stepping up to fill that void calmatters.org/politics/202... (1/2)

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California’s high-speed rail authority made a legislative wishlist. It mostly stalled out

California’s bullet train agency said timely construction of the rail line depended on these reforms. They mostly failed.

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David Welton @davidwelton.bsky.social · 6h

OMFG 🤯

But has a decent amount of information about the Kent State Massacre

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 4h

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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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 7h

the permitting reform deal is extremely good and Dems should support it because 1. It will lower carbon emissions 2. It will not help Trump politically, and most of the benefits won’t be felt until 2029 3. we won’t get a better deal while Trump is President 4. We can always improve it in 2029

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 16h

In a rare Newsom W, today he signs AB 2222, the Community NEWS Act, which would establish some of the best tax incentives/rebates for newsrooms in the country. It would send $40M/year back into California newsrooms to keep journalists employed. Check out the presser happening live right now:

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Governor Newsom Signs Legislation & Speaks with Media

YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 8h

Kinda insane that every big decision in civil engineering gets signed off by a PE but in SWE there are no required qualifications for “guy who is responsible for autopilot software”

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 19h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 13h

remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if you want to know what 'Zohran filling potholes' looks like at the federal executive level it's this. little but noticeable steps towards accountability. it doesn't make the structural crises go away, but it makes them a hell of a lot less noticeable and buys you good will.

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 29/09/2026

So, fun fact: ever since 1994, and Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" campaign stunt, Congress has had a SERIOUS problem with subject-matter expertise and institutional memory. It's why Congress has such a deep and complicated relationship with lobbyists. 1/

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nanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Left-NIMBYs love to pit welfare state expansion against land use reform, but the latter can 1) can achieve significant poverty reductions 2) without means testing or administrative burdens, and 3) at a net gain for the public budget, which can then be used to expand the welfare state.

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We have got to excise cancerous, reactionary growths from the movement, or else we lose the movement to fascists wearing a different colored armband.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 28/09/2026

“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym." —Bill Nye, Science Guy.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Update: Avantus, a clean energy developer who recently opened up shop here in San Diego, is also joining us!

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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's wild to me that, while Del Mar alts are fairly far along in study, the best we have for san clemente track relocation is an OC supe saying earlier this month that OCTA will 'soon' embark on a study to relocate the tracks... IN 30 YEARS. They intend to keep the tracks here for 3 MORE DECADES.

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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 29/09/2026

A fun quirk of American urban planning is production of 990 page documents where the observable universe is a narrow strip a hundred feet wide. The yellow areas are unmeasurable and unknowable, we can only infer their existence through the forces they exert elsewhere. berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's not something I feel like doing myself, but it would be really cool to break down total water rights in California by partisanship of the owners. It might really shift perspectives to learn that we're turning our state into a desert when 70% of acre-feet are owned by Republicans.

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Rory Stolzenberg @rorystolzenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This "founder LLC" setup seems particularly corrosive. In ordinary supervoting share structures, a split between supervoters can at least lead to the common stockholders getting a say on contentious issues — but here they're always voting their shares as a bloc, so ordinary votes become irrelevant.

Under this arrangement, a majority vote of the seven co-founders will direct a single share of Class F stock that amounts to 50.1% of the total voting power over key corporate matters, including the election of some board directors and other matters submitted to investors.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is my personal 9/11

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I get why gatekeeping in its negative sense is bad but also it feels an awful lot like gatekeeping in the positive sense was a load bearing pillar of society.

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Alex Contreras 🍉 @alexbikes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As I've been hosting workshops on housing, a point I regularly bring up is desegregation was once a goal, but now its largely forgotten or ignored. Reactions to this have been surprising, but has reaffirmed my belief that desegregation has to be the goal again for housing advocates.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It fucking ruled how Kevin Kiley went from gleeful MAGA to Reasonable Bipartisan going on NPR when it became clear Gavin was gonna delete him, and is like the clearest possible indicator that hardball works.

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Cadence “Not A Coffee Civet” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“We want to destroy patronage networks” “Ban university-endorsed Greek life” “We also want to reduce sexual assault” “You’re gonna love hearing our answer again”

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Daniel Kelly @saffroncomic.com · 28/09/2026

It's maybe a hot take, but I think Republicans going all-in on trans panic and then suffering historic losses is probably going to put a real dent in the trans panic stuff as a strategy.

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And George Wendt @trumancapps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

multimillion dollar house on a Studio City cul de sac, which has hosted a murderer's row of NIMBY lawn signs over the past six years, has a Nithya Raman sign out front now

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some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Once again, fuck high school dropout Jared Isaacman for running NASA into the ground, that braindead Elon puppet

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Conflating the Bay Area or Santa Clara County with "Silicon Valley" is kind of like conflating Waco with the Branch Davidians. Yes, they are there but like your average person from Waco is also watching with disgust just like you

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

talking about water use policy is impossible because "AI data centers use a lot of water to cool the computers" sounds way more believable than "they're draining the Great Salt Lake so the Governor of Utah can sell alfalfa to Saudi Arabia" and yet

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There is no "Democratic Party division." There is Ryan Grim, Matt Stoller, and a bunch of apologist dead-enders trying to undermine Jackson for the crime of having decided that Platner was not fit to be the nominee. The Democratic Party is united behind Troy Jackson.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i think RFK Jr.'s colon-destroying steak and sauerkraut diet, tradwife culture, and Silicon Valley CNC parties are the same thing: a desperate attempt among powerful men to convince each other that gluttony, rapaciousness, and raw domination are not just their birthright but their responsibility

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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Its insane how much housing isnt getting financing right now because lenders just dont want to fund it over other shiny object initatives. Truly bizarro world.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

why is the water thing the only thing anyone cares about when it's the only argument against this stuff which isn't real

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Because the Democrats who take over in 2029 will inherit a bankrupt country, anti trust and anti corruption should be the circuses performed for voters. There's no bread to offer.

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 26/09/2026

Great piece on how LA’s mayor actually does have lots of power and it’s all in how the elected person chooses to wield it. I fucking hate the “weak mayor” thing. All elected offices are about the presentation of power lamaterial.com/p/la-mayor-p...

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Does the L.A. Mayor Have Real Power?

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and council member Nithya Raman have been debating the nature of mayoral authority. Does L.A. truly have a "weak mayor" system?

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Ryan 🏳️‍🌈 @pyry.lutefisk.online · 26/09/2026

please don't reskeet this

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Behemoth & Leviathan, LP @harkov311.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seriously what the fuck? This is on Jackson's campaign website as of literally 30 seconds ago

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Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So many problems, in so many states, are downstream of our unwillingness to tax real estate at its market value, and more generally of our unwillingness to acknowledge that housing wealth is, in fact, wealth.

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Chris @chrisbybikes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also on a micro level: guy who rides a bike everywhere supports candidate who wants to make it safer to ride a bike

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it’s dumb af but also I think suncatchers investment is super small like in the google is always throwing money at weird shit category and less google drank the kool aid category, like some of the other players

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"We're told some of the attendees were shocked the former Republican governor would host Raman, a democratic socialist. But after hearing her pitch for tackling L.A.'s problems, some who came in skeptical walked away impressed." www.tmz.com/2026/09/25/a...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Introduces L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman to Power Players

Arnold Schwarzenegger is opening doors for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman ... bringing her face-to-face with some of the city's biggest power players, TMZ has learned.

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some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ukraine, the biggest climate activist in the world at this point ✊ Might as well be with so many places abandoning their climate pledges. And NIMBYism

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/09/2026

Very funny Jensen Huang is saying this the day before the @sciencewriters.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social conference kicks off at Oregon State University, where the Huangs graduated and remains one of its largest benefactors. There's even a tour to the Huang Collaborative "Innovation" Complex!

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Schedule – ScienceWriters2026

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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Yes on 45 campaign downplays exactly what types of home and transportation it streamlines. The answer is single-family homes in exurbs & freeway widening in urban and rural areas. At the same time, it deliberately carves out CA High Speed Rail and regional rail from its benefits.

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Drives Like a Dream @urban-achiever.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s nuts that I have to agree to not export the IR camera I bought to find failed electrical components. Even crazier is that the camera was mostly made overseas.

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mel, binface’s knight 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the beginning.” “the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work…”

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 23/09/2026

hahahahaha INCREDIBLE *CHINA IS HOLDING SENSITIVE F-35 PARTS DIVERTED TO HONG KONG *PENTAGON SAYS IT'S WORKING TO RETRIEVE STEALTHY JET PARTS *UPS FLIGHT WTH PARTS WAS HEADED TO US BEFORE BEING DIVERTED

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most of ed-tech is just cold fusion. It doesn't work. It will never work. But wouldn't it be great if it did?

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