@prinzrob.bsky.social would you have any advice on who in Oakland city govt I and neighbors could speak to about traffic calming in this area?

Did you know BART has been installing bioretention areas, often called “rain gardens,” at stations across the system?

These landscaped areas are designed to slow, capture, and naturally filter stormwater, removing pollutants like harmful hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and debris.

#EarthDay

This area of Oakland near Piedmont Ave needs either traffic diverters or, at the very least, traffic calming measures like speed bumps so, so badly.

Feel like Ossoff is the only one that can compete with with Pete in terms of charisma and retail politics

I'm struggling to understand any of this. Are these transit agencies just at the mercy of FIFA? I hate this world cup F'ing A

In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

In fifty years when people look back at the past decade or so, the big world-changing technological innovation won't be the chatbot slop machines, it'll be mRNA.

I sent this letter to my Assembly member representative Mia Bonta. Disappointing to see her be a co-author on this.

happy to spend my money with small local coffee joints that serve better coffee anyway. considering how big philz is in the bay area this seems really fucking stupid on their part. especially now when woke 2.0 is obviously on the rise

There was only ever going to be one winner in this one. Total domination wire to wire from PSG

Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA.

Gas tax hasn't increased in ages

As bad as any anti-social behavior you might see on the bus or subway

I'm 37 years old and I feel the exact same. I refuse to use LLMs, but I fear what that will mean for my future if I'm utterly unfamiliar with tools that become fundamental

Train tickets between Boston and Gillette Stadium to almost quadruple in cost during World Cup According to sources familiar with the planning, individuals will be charged around or even more than $75 per-person for a return ticket.

This is insane. I hate absolutely everything about this world cup - fifa's refusal to not be the most blatantly corrupt sporting organization in the world, the price gouging, and now local public transit is getting in on the action? What the fuck.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Shaming people who do actual cheating doesn't seem to square with ICE to me. What am I missing

I'm sure cutting off energy supplies to actual humans in favor of powering the burgeoning chatbot sector will be a very popular decision with no downside

California Forever Eyes New Trump Initiative to Bring Its Shipbuilding Plans to Life | KQED The company and its partners are urging the federal government to designate the California Delta a “Maritime Prosperity Zone” aimed at creating jobs and attracting investment.

An under-appreciated fact about California Forever's ongoing evil Pokemon evolution is that it is now explicitly aligning itself with Trump's planned war machine, and seeking to turn parts of Bay Area and Delta into a new shipbuilding/robotics hub for global fascism

www.kqed.org/news/1206995...

Disco Science

open.spotify.com/track/2UqPmk...

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Yikes

Are you able to expand? I'm familiar with the recent dust up between Anthropic & DoD, but I'm not making the connection. Or is this about something totally unrelated?

I suppose. I'd argue that I'm articulating in a better & more clear way what those cranks feel when they yell "block anyone that boosts LLMs!" I also haven't seen OP and others really reckon with the downsides & potential risks of these technologies in a direct way (I could be wrong about that!)

My cat is the same 😂🐈‍⬛

Cool! You got some help reading an insurance document, great. I think most LLM skeptics understand there are use cases for this technology that are genuinely incredible and so good it's hard to believe. But I believe, on balance, that this technology is going to be bad for humanity.

Outside of anyone's support... the war itself is unambiguously illegal.

Pre-Aztec Urbanism in Mexico City’s Pueblos Originarios YouTube video by Urban Americas

This person really is the Rick Steves of urbanism YouTube. The writing is just so, so good, leading to a fun, engaging, & educational experience that any normie - not just urbanists - can enjoy. #urbanism #transit #cities #mexicocity

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqgK...

Doesn't even do the work to understand what the existing BART IG does

Further evidence that Garry Tan is an asshole