Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 12hCalifornia is fairly unique in having a chronically under-enforced law that says employees have to be allowed to sit down whenever their tasks allow feels like it's more well known for periodic settlements when big employers violate it than for actually being followedshrm.orgCalifornia’s Suitable Seating Law: A Task-Based RequirementReview California’s Suitable Seating Law, which requires employers to assess the tasks involved in every job to determine whether seating should be provided. 151
Reposted by Zach LiptonAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 17hAfter watching the first episode of this season of Slow Horses, I'm dreaming of a show that actually does follow the daring adventures of transit authority operatives, fixing potholes and thinking about many kinds of vehicles. Rescuing pedestrians! Making protected bike lines! Reducing traffic! 913312
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 16hSeason 2 of Hijack didn't go full transit nerd, but it was at least pretty close to "the daring adventures of transit authority operatives responding to a hijacked U-Bahn" And Utopia/Dreamland out of Australia is the non-daring version for urban planning bureaucracy 040
Reposted by Zach LiptonGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 17hIE is out here skeeting bond market analysis using potato-quality pics of Bloomberg Mobile on another phone's cracked screen, I am in AWE. 917016
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 17hyeah just absolutely clowncar stuff the whole way around. Looks like they can't walk back their endorsement without a special meeting, which the chair has now called for Oct 11 (stalling much?) www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m... missionlocal.org/2026/08/san-... 120
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 17hyep. and the DCCC's "report harassment" form should have gone to an actual person and not a black hole. and the policy should not be "if it didn't happen at a party event, we know nothing." an awful lot of people failed what should not have been a hard test. 130
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 18hand now the Mayor pulled his endorsement. that's got to be the end, right?sfstandard.comLurie withdraws Yekutiel endorsement, others say he should drop from supervisor raceWith ballots dropping this week, key officials abandon the District 8 candidate after additional accusers came forward in The Standard. 3121
Reposted by Zach LiptonJane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 19hjfc...Manny needs to get out of this race now. This is awful. "I may have had too much to drink" is not an excuse sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...sfstandard.comManny Yekutiel ‘crossed so many boundaries’: New allegation against SF candidateYekutiel, who said he does not recall the alleged 2023 incident, was previously accused of sexually assaulting Brad Joseph Chapin in 2020. 2459
Reposted by Zach Liptongeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 423162770
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 30/09/2026no that can't be. if the Mayor and Alan Wong didn't do it, it didn't happen. 030
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 30/09/2026not me wanting to post this in the group chat at this exact moment when it would be inappropriate...or really appropriate? 140
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 30/09/2026local defender of women's sports beclowns himself because he forgot women's sports exist 050
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 30/09/2026rather telling result in the SF city survey: the vibe shift is concentrated in certain neighborhoods and income groups that get all the attention www.sf.gov/reports--sep... 260
Reposted by Zach LiptonLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Unlike A.I., climate change’s existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now." Amidst the AI-pocalypse, we can't lose sight of the climate crisis and the urgency of electrification. Gift link! shorturl.at/On4Jknytimes.comThe Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. (Gift Article)Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation. 212741
Reposted by Zach LiptonThat Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In addition to being a Muni Operator, I am a Muni Diaries Live Haiku Champion. Tonight MDL is holding a take all comers Haiku Brawl at Minibar. Out duel me with a Muni Haiku of your own, win a drink! 7 pm, 837 Divisadero St. 073
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 29/09/2026I ran sound when this production came on tour in college. When they were rehearsing the 20 minutes of projections on screens placed sideways, I was straight up asking Trajal Harrell "is this what you want? anything you'd like us adjust for you?" because I could not believe this was intentional 030
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 29/09/2026in honor of Trajal Harrell getting a McArthur Fellowship, please enjoy the most scathing performing arts review I've ever read www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/a... 130
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 28/09/2026Which leads to the obvious question: if qwen or glm already can do a good enough job on many tasks, why are OpenAI and Anthropic valued based on the assumption anybody will pay a hefty premium for their models? 150
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 26/09/2026It’s becoming increasingly clear that some people don’t understand how fraud works either 060
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 26/09/2026sfchronicle.comS.F.’s newest playground is a shipwreck mystery built into Sunset DunesThe new Shipwreck Cove is the only playground on the 2-mile stretch of park that forms Sunset Dunes in San Francisco’s Ocean Beach — and may be in place for only one year. 031
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 26/09/2026Happen to be passing by. Can’t imagine the sheer assault of an 8 story building across the street from this 4 story one 080
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 26/09/2026It will have to be pirate themed too though. “Next stop: Arrrrguello station” 060
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 26/09/2026Y’all. Shipwreck Cove looks absolutely amazing. And somehow it’s a construction project in San Francisco, on public land no less, that actually finished more-or-less on time?! 4283
Reposted by Zach LiptonJordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You mean to tell me that building more sprawl doesn't actually do anything for urban affordability and is instead predominantly a wealth transfer from those areas to exurban ones? I'm shocked! Anyway, vote no on Prop 45. 0446
Reposted by Zach LiptonDr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Air samplers installed next to queues of people at international terminals waiting to enter US. SFO, Newark, IAD Washington DC, DFW Dallas Ft Worth. 98% found Covid, 17% found Flu A !!! Flu levels track nasal swabs & wastewater data. Covid does not 1203
Reposted by Zach LiptonCOYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 25/09/2026Today, we're launching our first women's sports story co-published with @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social: on how the inclusive culture touted by the Golden State Valkyries is faring amid the culture wars embroiling the rest of the WNBA. www.coyotemedia.org/valkyries-tr...coyotemedia.orgAmid Anti-Trans Uproar in the WNBA, the Valkyries Are Standing Their Ground. Is That Enough?For Valkyries fans, the inclusiveness of Ballhalla is sacred — even moreso as the culture war comes for the WNBA. 16226
Reposted by Zach LiptonMarcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 25/09/2026New Study! How many stairs does it take to get from the street to the platform of a New York City subway station? How long are the passageways? And what fare gates are present at different stations? We sought to find out at 85 different stations + 308 distinct entrances: doi.org/10.1016/j.jp... 142
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 25/09/2026I have a ticket for opening night and have never been more scared to see a movie 0180
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 24/09/2026I still have nightmares from having to look so closely at his hairline to cut it out with an xacto knife to make the Gavin mask 460
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 24/09/2026tfw someone finally says it "But reopening the road would force the removal of park amenities, reducing it to a strip of asphalt for weekend visitors, hardly a compromise."sfchronicle.comEndorsement: Let Sunset Dunes live. No on GOPINION: The Chronicle’s editorial board endorsed a yes vote on Prop K in 2024. We still believe that Sunset Dunes offers San Francisco the opportunity to build a transformative public space. 070
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 24/09/2026yeah there was a broadly anti-flock resolution that was rejected while a pro-flock resolution was adopted (including with the votes of two flock employees on the DCCC) 130
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 24/09/2026Bernie’s “the Trump Administration gets to decide how much linear algebra you’re allowed to do” plan has a few potential flaws 0529
Reposted by Zach Liptoneva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 24/09/2026and there it is: regulatory capture 527263
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 23/09/2026what possible journalistic reason is there to jump on a conference call with the Vice President so he can tell obvious lies without having his name attached, particularly when publishing those lies will later be used to attack and discredit your outlet? 0134
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 23/09/2026there was some real soul-searching about this after it became clear that briefings by various Anonymous Senior Administration Officials played a major role in selling the Iraq War, and then absolutely nothing was learned 1122
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 23/09/2026if nothing else, this does make everyone look exceedingly stupid for accepting the beyond embarrassing practice of giving the Vice President anonymity for a background briefing 314329
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 23/09/2026it's looking so good! I gave the slide a good test last week 080
Reposted by Zach LiptonBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381212824
Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 23/09/2026definitely not my field, but the parallels just seem so striking. I guess I'm wondering if they're inventing the more cult-like practices from first principles or if someone with knowledge is just adapting them more directly 000