Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

Colma was an exciting step to bringing BART service into the peninsula back when my family lived in San Bruno. It helped to shorten our trips into the city (SamTrans -> BART via Colma)

Did you feel it? earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Been snoozing all my alarms this morning. The 7am earthquake woke me up perfectly

A map of Europe titled “High-speed rail plan” showing future high-speed train connections and travel times. Green lines represent future new connections, and magenta lines represent future train travel times. Major cities are marked with circles and connected by these lines. Examples of travel times include: Lisbon–Madrid (3h), Paris–Brussels (1h15), Paris–Rome (6h), Berlin–Warsaw (4h15), Berlin–Prague (2h30), Berlin–Vienna (4h30), Berlin–Budapest (6h15), Berlin–Stockholm (4h), Riga–Tallinn (1h45), Vilnius–Riga (2h), Sofia–Athens (6h). The map includes the EC logo in the bottom right corner.

We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.

It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

SFILEN San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network

If you live in San Francisco, today is a good day to familiarize yourself with the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, which has a 24-hour hotline for reporting ICE raids, actually verifies those raid reports, and does attorney activation: sfilen.org/resources/sf...

Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country" This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...

Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."

Thank you for sharing! I missed this speech but joined earlier for the march.

The governor signed SB 63, the Connect Bay Area Act, this afternoon, authorizing a ballot measure in five Bay Area counties in November 2026 to fund transit. Thank you @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for working to keep Bay Area moving.

Oh nifty! I didn’t expect there to be 10s of thousands of state employees in the 9 county Bay Area. Helpful to know, thank you.

Ooo where did the stat “>25k” come from?

Real time departures screen shot from West Oakland at 7:45am showing longer trains.

You all have shown up for BART, which means it is time to add cars and run longer trains.

Starting today:

🟨Yellow Line trains will increase from 8 cars to 9 cars.

🟥Red Line trains will increase to four 8 car trains in the AM and PM Peak.
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The way this message still needs to be amplified.

The tell here is defining street capacity as a how many vehicles they can fit instead of the number of *people* they can move. Cars are the least efficient way to move people.

Okay on that note, will try to go to sleep. Happy groggy Monday y’all

The gays
“Did you feel that?”
“Me and my roommates all woke up”
“Are you okay?”
“My cat is unphased”

My Mexican family which includes some gays
Me: “Are you okay?”
Family group chat: …

Guess this is sub 5 quake energy lol

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Not my friend saying “duh” when they read this 😆 glad we’re all okay

🟡 M4.8 #earthquake detected 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California at 9/22/2025 2:56:12 AM PDT

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One year ago today, California realized the first part of its' HSR dream.

Purpose-built trains that increased the freedom of everyone on the corridor.

At @monicamallon.bsky.social's invitation, I boarded the very first electric train in service at 06:57. It was one of the best days of my life.

Waymo blocking a bike lane on Townsend

Literally the same spot earlier.

Fewer things spark more joy for me than the overlap of transit and art. If you’re like me, I’d check this event out on Sept. 24 🚄🎨🚎

Lurie allowing Waymo/Uber onto Market while cutting Muni service for 240,000 daily riders is despicable, and keeps anyone without tons of wealth out of downtown.

We will not let the Mayor and his corporate buddies create an SF for the wealthy only.

Sign the petition.
Direct action coming soon.

The SFMTA wants your feedback on the Muni service cuts that took place in June.

Link: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8416318/P...

Caltrain riders — we want to hear from you! Take this short survey to tell us about your experience. Survey is open through August 12 — don’t miss your chance to weigh in:

samtranscore.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

In response to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA):
Canceling these grants without cause isn’t just wrong — it’s illegal. These are legally binding agreements, and the Authority has met every obligation, as confirmed by repeated federal reviews, as recently as February 2025.

“Every day and every night, peaceful protest is our right!” Peaceful protesters about to cross Octavia/Central Freeway along Market in SF

Ridership for this critical train line is surging thanks to California’s investments in rail | Governor of California

Ridership is up over 40% on the Bay Area’s recently electrified Caltrain, made possible by local, state, and federal investments.” Read more in @governor.ca.gov’s latest press release www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/09/r....