some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 17hSame. It's not looking good on 41, 42 though christ. This state will never get its shit together will it? 020
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 17hOh god just like the SpaceX launch livestreams lmao 010
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialWes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In honor of #BannedBooksWeek, I'm happy to report that many state DOTs have refused to add my book to their own libraries (and happier to report that many of the same state DOTs have held secret book clubs with my book) 510617
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yet the newspace industry chucklefucks like Isaacman will still insist everything is right about Elon 010
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Another sponsored poll has hit the airwaves 000
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Triangle Cities DSA in North Carolina put out a condemnation statement against Nithya like 💀 130
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 08/10/2026the tech industry's boom in the '10s was very clearly the product of the low interest rate cycle, yeah it *is* also worth noting that a large number of the 2023-24 layoff cycles were implementations of a 2019 tax policy change which eliminated payroll tax deductions for "research" costs tho 1368
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 08/10/2026One of the frustrations about "engineering" as a discipline is that the heart of the actual discipline is about taking care to make sure things work within specifications and requirements, but tech industry gender politics has characterised engineering as a work of disruption and disregard. 126846
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US. 303256438
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialdereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Not a fan of this tendency of San Francisco venture capitalists to use LLMs to confirm their priors that BART has really inefficient service per rider or operating hour and then using that confirmation bias output to justify their opposition to RTM. 616924
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialbottomfishers for Nithya Raman @cahsrslut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026local municipalities hate to see a state coming in 1111
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143024708
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Cancelling my Liberal Currents subscription for this /j 040
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026me when Aaron Sosnick funds a supporting independent committee for Nithya because he "likes to bike around LA and not die" 020
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialneuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026hrc didn't used to move like this and there is a universe where they don't break for trans rights and instead become more of an lgb type of organization. happy & proud to be one of many lesbians who absolutely refuse to allow trans rights to be used as a wedge issue. it's all of us, actually 5583106
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026xkcd.com/1018/xkcd.comGood Cop, Dadaist Cop 020
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 07/10/2026Why wouldn’t I support a Dada center near me?? 311919
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026oh no no no millionaires in California are effectively anyone who owns a house, and those politics are *rancid* like Prop 13, which killed city budgets for 50 years 000
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026ehhh is real estate *really* taxed in California? 100
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 07/10/2026One of the most salient divisions in American urban politics is between people who choose to live in cities because they actually like urban life and temporarily embarrassed suburbanites. 724731
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So happy Mahan imploded lol. But not happy that a lot of YIMBY and "abundance" people (usually twitter brained) would vote for him if he had better polling 010
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Nah in my experience people outside of CA don't like him either 000
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialA Meatwad on Elm Street @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dear god, the American president is wishing a foreign power would destroy her entire city and this is the best statement that pathetic woman can muster? LA, please please get rid of Karen Bass 🙏 108517
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 06/10/2026You should need a commercial license and commercial insurance to drive any vehicle that weighs over 5,000 pounds. 2150959
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026always tough to find her music 😔 110
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Like what can I even do if removing commercial property from Prop 13 can't pass? And Prop 41 and 42 enjoy higher than comfortable support, this state is toast 100
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am extremely disenchanted with the future of the state if this is how we're going to govern, with no strong CA constitutional reform movements. 130
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I swear to fucking god Prop 13 and similar slopulism will cause me never-ending stress for the rest of my life because nobody can be fucking normal about taxes. 50 years later and Prop 13 still enjoys enough popularity to not exclude commercial properties. It's never ending in my lifetime is it? 170
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026last i heard Prop 43 wasn't doing too hot though 000
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026fucking christ this state is fucked 140
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialUSAID saved millions of lives @asholpost.bsky.social · 06/10/2026i've been asked what my opinions were about <<insert islamist terrorist group>> too many times just because i'm muslim. i feel sick that this is happening to jews. it's bullshit; it's wrong; it doesn't help anyone. 23712
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 06/10/2026Feels kind of under-remarked upon that Elon Musk bought X and took advantage of its grandfathered status in the app stores to gain a monopoly on algorithmic vertical video porn. Is that not something the FTC should be looking into? 59812
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialBrandon Downey @bdowney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I still remember the first time someone explained prop 13 to me and I looked up the property tax my landlord paid compared to a friend who'd just bought down the street. It was radicalizing, because we have a law that mints landed gentry. 0173
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wouldnt be so sure with Le Pen... 100
some-other-guy.bsky.social @some-other-guy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Something needs to be done about the popularity of fucking threads 040
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialJohn Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The left, whether it’s in Spain, Canada, the UK or elsewhere, needs a set of policies to increase housing supply with measurable results if it wants to fend off the far-right and stop the erosion of liberal democracy.nytimes.comLive Updates: Spain Calls Early Election After Housing Crisis Roils Government 317334
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's fascinating to learn how many more kids die in ATV accidents every year than in e-bike accidents, then observing that there is a moral panic about kids riding e-bikes but not about kids riding ATVs. 591097162
Reposted by @some-other-guy.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 322944640
