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scott

@scott@carfree.city

city loving #socialist, #vegan, into #hiking, #bikes #BikeTooter, #transit, #carfree living. read a lot and drink lots of tea and coffee. learning guitar. post a lot about local stuff #sfpol #bikesf. searchable on tootfinder

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scott, to random
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Chesa Boudin: "If we're at a point in American history where seeing poverty makes us uncomfortable or unsafe, living in big cities is going to be tough. Every big city in America has visible poverty."

"At the same time, people like you and I do have a right to feel safe. We have to think about what's actually going to work... The courtroom that's being used to prosecute the homeless is not being allocated to prosecute actual crimes."

https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/san-franciscos-former-da-chesa-boudin-reflects-on-recall/article_36ff9c7a-03fa-11ef-9187-bfb40d473c0b.html #SFPol

scott, to random
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"In the June 2022 election, [Neighbors for a Better San Francisco] spent more than $4.7 million — the most of any contributor — to boost the successful recall of progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin."

they spent $9.43 per registered voter in one race, and they're just one of multiple dark-money groups that funded it. these are unprecedented levels of bullshit amplification. the votes we're seeing are not where SF voters would have landed organically

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/moderate-groups-influence-election-2024-19416954.php #sfpol

chema, to random
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“Based on survey and census data, our best estimation is that San Francisco metropolitan area residents would consider a household that makes about $700,000 per year to be rich.“

LOL. If I made a quarter of that I’d feel hella rich.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/how-much-money-to-be-considered-rich-bay-area-19420480.php

scott,
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@chema "Bay Area residents were more likely to think about wealth as being free from financial stress and having enjoyable experiences than as simply having a lot of money"

Everyone should have that.

scott, to random
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"'There’s these huge communities of people fleeing violence, persecution, gangs, all these things, trying to survive and we’re basically telling them, "Sleep on the streets,"' said Supervisor Hillary Ronen."

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-to-offer-some-homeless-migrant-families-temporary-hotel-stays-as-the-rest-languish/ #sfPol

scott, to random
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i’m into this new writer and their wordplay

scott, to random
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In Oakland I came across this actually protected bike lane with concrete, not just a flexpost to cosplay protection. Hope this advanced technology becomes available west of the Bay someday. #bikeSF

sanae, to random
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Dear drivers, "oops I'm sorry" does not in fact make it ok to run a red light

scott,
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@sanae What if they also wave tho

scott, to Israel
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"for Republican lawmakers, criticizing university presidents for failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism is a useful political issue with the potential to deepen divisions among Democrats — one that, unsurprisingly, they have pursued vociferously."

thing is, Democratic voters are not divided. 75% disapprove of Israel's actions in Gaza!

https://mastodon.social/@owasow/112340109190052937
#israel #palestine #USPol

scott,
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it would be more accurate to say Democratic elected officials are divided from Democratic voters.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/642695/majority-disapprove-israeli-action-gaza.aspx

scott, to random
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Every street should be two-way for bikes
https://social.sanfranciscan.org/objects/0b3997e0-0a2b-4ca0-ad6c-7b94d3fcfb4e

scott, to random
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the SF Standard now seems to regularly use "AI illustrations" on its articles 🤢 another reason not to link to that billionaire-owned rag.

enobacon, to random
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welcome to the club

https://xoxo.zone/@fraying/112332573489902659

scott,
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@enobacon seriously…I’ve been expressing annoyance with reply guys of that type for years now. catch up

scott, to random
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"One would think, now that such a predictable horror has actually happened, that the merchants who contributed to it would have the modicum of decency to shut the fuck up. Instead, they've created a web page and continue to protest any restriction to driving, right in the shadow of the shrine to the dead family."

https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/commentary-there-is-zero-ambiguity-to-the-west-portal-tragedy

#WestPortal #VisionZeroSF

Andres4NY, to Seattle
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Not to be a creeper, but #Seattle biker legs.. man. I used to have that. They've since withered in mostly-flat NYC.

scott,
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@Andres4NY it was such a revelation moving here from New York and learning that the neighborhoods with "Hill" or "Heights" in their name were on actual hills.

inquiline, to random
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Oh I take it all back, it was outside agitators 🙃

"In a statement, the university administration said it believed the demonstrators — most of whom appeared undergraduate age — were not from "

-LA Times

scott,
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@inquiline here's a repost of the interview with this USC dad to save people the Xwitter click.

An ABC7 live interview with a man in a "USC dad" shirt about his child participating in a USC protest to stop genocide in Gaza. The chyron says: "Breaking news: Officers move in to clear USC protesters. University Park"

scott, to random
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I guess this is the latest race-to-the-bottom in hostile architecture. To avoid the mere inconvenience of asking someone to move in the morning, shop owners deny them a safer place to sleep all night.

De Angelis furniture storefront with flexible metal gating blocking off its alcove.

scott, to random
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is there any way to stop getting multiple fundraising texts a day from every schmoe running for office as a democrat in states i've never been to

scott,
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@kyleve what if I threw my phone in the San Francisco Bay

scott, to random
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someone’s going to die at Alabama and 16th St. it might be me. this heavily traveled intersection to get to the SPCA doesn’t have a signal, bulbouts, or even a striped crosswalk. #VisionZeroSF

heavy traffic on a 3 lane road as the cross street has a two-way stop

scott, to Palestine
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“Lujayn is a brilliant student. She had been planning to go to university to study mathematics. But there are no more universities left in Gaza, and Lujayn has no permanent home.” #palestine #gaza

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/the-bulldozer-kept-coming-a-girl-stares-down-death-in-gaza/

inquiline, to california
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"Los Angeles makes progress but earns 25th-straight F in air quality"

This is a significant part of why I'm so grouchy all the time

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-24/los-angeles-makes-progress-but-earns-25th-straight-f-in-air-quality

#California #Pollution #LosAngeles #ClimateDiary

scott,
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@inquiline I was really shocked to learn from your book that it’s like… I don’t have the book in front of me but 90%+ from the port complex? And not from all the cars?

scott, to random
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the owner of the infamous 469 stevenson parking lot — who won approval to build housing in May 2023 — is now seeking permission to operate it as a parking lot for five more years instead. #sfpol

enobacon, to random
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austerity politics for cars challenge

scott,
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@enobacon they're always like "sorry, no money for transit, now check out this $700 million highway widening." austerity except for cars. car-sterity.

scott, to random
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Survey is up for #WestPortal redesign

https://www.sfmta.com/reports/west-portal-station-safety-and-community-space-improvements-proposed-design

I told them to include a cut-out for bikes to enter Lenox northbound, even if cars can't. It's the way to the rec center and school, and it's safer to design for this than the alternative (bikes going the wrong way/on sidewalk). #VisionZeroSF

scott, to random
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there should be a movement for indie coffee shops that use 100% barista-curated non-algorithmic playlists and feature local bands. with a sticker on the front door to say they do this

scott,
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here's something i'm too young to remember: regionalism in music, resulting from independent ownership of local radio stations. i never experienced such a thing. @spotlightonpod https://social.lol/@spotlightonpod/112306975425232358

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