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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 6d

Spotted my first @ehbforbet.bsky.social bench in the wild (at Painter Park).

And it’s in a spot that has been in dire need of public seating for a very long time.

Thank you, @locallhuman.bsky.social & @ehbforbet.bsky.social !

A bench created during a campaign event for Eric is in painter park near the skate park. Laura’s bike is leaning against it

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 8d

California Prop 50 ballots are starting to arrive in voters' mailboxes. Don't delay, vote today!
#YesOnProp50

AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 10d

CA: due to recent USPS changes, mail in ballots in some places may not be postmarked the day they are mailed but will instead be postmarked a day later.

Ballots must be postmarked by election day to be counted.

Mail in your ballot early or use a ballot drop box to make sure your voice is heard.

Mail in ballots more than 50 miles from each of CA’s six regional processing facilities may not be postmarked the day they are mailed

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EHB for BET! @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 25d

Mark your calendars‼️ On Saturday, 9/27 we're hosting our first official campaign event‼️

In partnership with the Minneapolis Public Seating Authority, we will assemble community benches for use in neighborhoods across the city. Food, drinks, and good times aplenty!
actionnetwork.org/events/bench...

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · Sep 7

We're happy to see an official Muni sign at Church/Duboce replace our community-installed one after 3 years! They even reused our mounting hardware 🥺
Make your own sign at munisign.org/

Muni sign for the 22 and N Judah Owl - official

Muni sign for the 22 and N Judah Owl - Safe Street Rebel with munisign.org

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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · Sep 7

To put this loan amount in perspective:

California is spending $500 million to widen a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 in the northern Bay Area (through a wetland, no less).

But $750 million to save the *entire* Bay Area’s transit systems is apparently infeasible.

Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve been informed by the Governor’s Department of Finance that it won’t agree before our legislative session ends (on Friday) to finalize a $750M bridge loan to Bay Area transit.

This loan was agreed to in our June budget. Without it, BART, Muni, et al will cut service.🧵

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Mingwei Samuel 翁明伟 @mingweisamuel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not yet, but next will be

Mingwei Samuel 翁明伟 @mingweisamuel.bsky.social · Aug 27

I mean the DMV revoked their license. CPUC only regulates the passenger-carrying aspect of [cars] which sorta just ended up happening to include AVs

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Mingwei Samuel 翁明伟 @mingweisamuel.bsky.social · Aug 27

YES 😂 there are few regulatory agencies more captured than the CPUC, in all of their fields

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SFist @sfist.bsky.social · Aug 22

The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters Point, and Potrero Hill. sfist.com/2025/08/22/g...

‘Guerilla Bench’ Activists Back At It, Install 12 More Lovely But Unauthorized Benches at Muni Stops

The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters…

sfist.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Aug 22

When a Waymo blows past a stop sign or illegally stops in a red zone, by design, there is no driver present to take responsibility. But what happens when a self-driving vehicle gets pulled over in Los Angeles?

By @marinamasako.bsky.social

Full story: lataco.com/waymo-traffi...

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tschuy 🏳️‍🌈 @tsch.uy · Aug 6

I wrote an op ed for the Chronicle about how important AC Transit's new redwoods service is, with the agency taking a bet on transit as a way of life, not just a commuting tool:

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

The East Bay just got some good, and much-needed, transit news

OPINION: “Good news is in short supply. But on Sunday, AC Transit is launching its new Realign bus network — and that’s something to celebrate,” Evan Tschuy writes.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Mingwei Samuel 翁明伟 @mingweisamuel.bsky.social · Aug 7

Engardio has always been a hack trying find the right empty words to say to win, and now that he finally has he immediately falls on his face, lol.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · Jul 28

IDEA: on one-way streets, let's make the sidewalks one-way too! To walk in the other direction, you'd first travel one block perpendicularly, to the next street over.

Or maybe that would be ridiculous and we shouldn't do bike lanes that way either? Hard to say

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👻👻👻boonoteat👻👻👻 @donoteat.bsky.social · Jul 15

amazing, we added computers to a failsafe system from the 1860s and made it worse. who could have predicted this

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Jul 15

New from 404 Media: we spoke to the researcher who found hackers can remotely trigger brakes on American trains. Says was ignored for years, DHS confirmed. "All of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet, AI could even build it for you." www.404media.co/hackers-can-...

Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years

“All of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet. AI could even build it for you,” the researcher told 404 Media.

www.404media.co

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Mingwei Samuel 翁明伟 @mingweisamuel.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you'd like to help fund art on benches from local artists/writers you can pitch in here! www.gofundme.com/f/support-lo...

Donate to Support Local Artists: Beautify SF Benches, organized by Darya Yurkevich

The SFBABC (San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective) is looking to raise fu… Darya Yurkevich needs your support for Support Local Artists: Beautify SF Benches

www.gofundme.com

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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · Jul 8

Transbay Coalition Co-Founder @carterlavin.bsky.social spoke to ABC7! yesterday about the importance of cities fully legalizing community-led bus stop bench installations in order to encourage & promote this pro-transit act of community care.
abc7news.com/post/wooden-...

A screenshot of a news clip showing Transbay Coalition Co-Founder Carter Lavin sitting on a bench that was built and installed by community members. Carter is a large white man with short black hair and beard and is wearing a blue checkered button down shirt and blue jeans.

There is a chyron in the left hand corner with his name and title

The wooden bench is light brown and clean

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · Jul 7

To city officials who have to monitor, clean and possibly remove the guerrilla benches, they are a source of headaches. And potential legal fallout.

Mystery benches are appearing on S.F. sidewalks. The city isn’t happy about it

To city officials who have to monitor, clean and possibly remove the guerrilla benches, they are a source of headaches. And potential legal fallout.

bit.ly

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · Jul 8

they say if you want to have electeds who care more about transit, start building a bench

abc7news.com/post/wooden-...

Wooden benches appearing at bus stops across Bay Area. Who is behind them?

The benches are screwed right into the concrete on city streets. Who are the people behind them? And is this legal? The only clue is this website leading us to the San Francisco Bench Collective.

abc7news.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 6

This is a nuanced perspective on the relationship between NWS cuts and the disaster in Texas: NWS got the forecasts right, but lacked staff who could preplan with and warn local officials of the dangers. P
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

www.nytimes.com

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · May 21

Not enough people are talking about the embarrassing state of the @bart.gov faregates.

BART claims that their "Next Generation Fare Gates" are able to allow up to 40 passengers per minute.

Anecdotal observations show that they're managing less than 1/3 of that, closer to 12 px/minute.

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Sonoma County Climate Activist Network (SoCoCAN!) @sococan.bsky.social · Jun 21

Petaluma Build-a-Bench Workshop (Free)

Build benches for bus stops and trailheads, July 26 & 27
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Petaluma Build-a-Bench Workshop sign up sheet

Want to learn how to build wooden benches for bus stops and trailheads as well as help build some benches? Sign up to participate in a hands-on bench-building workshop led by experienced bench builder...

docs.google.com

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Danielle Baskin @danielle.bsky.social · Jun 10

a lot of bus stops in SF are literally just a pole you have to stand next to, but today some guerilla-installed benches suddenly appeared

diy cozy architecture >>>>>

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · Jun 14

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

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Chron.com @chron.com · Jun 12

Will self-driving Tesla endanger Texas streets? Austin activists staged a demo on Thursday highlighting flaws in the company's "full self-driving" feature:

bit.ly/45ZX3bc

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 11

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines

"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

Hot pink chairs and benches stacked up in a protest with protesters hiding behind them as law enforcement fires upon the barricades with rubber bullets and tear gas

RIOS
rios.imagines
RIOS rios.imagines Images of the bright pink Civic
furniture line that we designed for@grandpark_la "The Park for Everyone," being used by LA
protesters stopped us in our tracks. These pieces were designed to move, adapt,
welcome, connect - and now protect. We stand in solidarity with our city during moments of civic expression in support of unjust treatment, and we are reminded of why we design: for our community, diversity, and a sense
of belonging.
Photo by: David Ryder-AFP/Getty Images

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