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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 23h

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Paige Ellis @paige-ellis.bsky.social · 20h

We just passed a City initiative to make it easier for neighborhood cafés like Rosy’s to open across Austin.

Rosy's is a perfect example of how walkable neighborhood spaces help people connect, build community, and combat isolation.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

"We must be steadfast in opposition to extortion under the guise of dealmaking, and we must create alliances rooted in a common devotion to freedom of inquiry, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion."

What’s a College President to Do in the Trump Era?

Not going on bended knee to Washington would be a good start.

www.thebulwark.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 20h

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

Great value and in the heart of this amazing city

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

Missing being in supporter section for this win! #austinfc 💚 🟩

Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

Yesssssssss! #austinfc 💚 🟩

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

Let's fuxkkkkkkinnng goo!!

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

Missing the final regular season home game today ☹️

Helluva view of San Francisco though! I #austinfc 💚 🟩

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 1d

Former industrial 🏭 usage

San Francisco pier entertainment/recreation district, showing a pier that obviously was for industrial use in the past

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

Look with all due respect Trump is very unpopular and most Americans do not approve of pretty much anything he’s doing. Our political and media institutions are pathetic, filled with cowards looking for a boot to crawl under, but even despite pressure to comply Americans broadly do not condone this

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 3d

@mnolangray.bsky.social can I build a MF complex next to the train station 🚉 in Napa now? 😁🥑

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 3d

Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing.

This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 3d

💪 🗽 🇺🇸
Love your essays, keep em coming!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

And, as he will never say, Poland in 1939 declined to invade the USSR as a German ally. And then the USSR agreed to invade Poland as a German ally. Details in my book "Black Earth"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12d

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution:

Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 4d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of excitement over SB 79—understandably. I would add, every single bill California YIMBY sent to the governor was signed today. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 3d

The Napa area had almost zero STRs available for rent this weekend. I assume that means they don't have a housing crisis 🥑

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Kaz @kaz512.bsky.social · 4d

The Bay Bridge 🌉 has digital speed display devices for bikes 😯

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Parker Welch @parkerwelch.bsky.social · 4d

Now I’m no map expert, but I think I spot a difference between the east and west here

dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 4d

People Powered Media report on SF housing production 2015-2022

Key Finding 3, p. 6: "developers are building multi-unit throughout SF contrary to the common narrative that SF has not built housing outside of the eastern areas of the City"

Figure 3, p. 13:
www.peoplepowermedia.org/ppm-report

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 4d

You guys should have been reading [checks notes] Liberal Currents, who have been on top of this issue,

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Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social · 4d

Legalizing "small" gets big results if we do it at scale.

Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 5d

We don’t just need to build more, we need to embrace building small again.

Our zoning, building codes, permitting & financial systems wiped out the small-scale builders who once shaped great American neighborhoods.

It’s time to rethink how we make “small” possible again.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 4d

republicans are NIMBYs who want your rents to go up

this is why I have zero time for democratic NIMBYs. We need to forcefully embrace more housing to lower the rents, increase walkability, and boost economic growth

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."

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