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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 3m

I like that in the interview he misquoted it as "nothing lasts forever," making it sound even more like a situational judgment

...probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that 'nothing lasts forever.' So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn't work.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1h

There are many other ways in which the kids are not all right. Widespread concerns about reading comprehension are valid and threaten democracy in other ways. But in terms of being broadly accepting of racial and sexual diversity, the game's over, and the libs won. 2/2

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 1h

Isn't Mceldowney supposed to be Catholic??

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 13h

Do you have a way to not trigger a post when all that's happening is a space is being added or deleted?

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

@sdaction.org maybe I'm missing something here

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

@bart.gov The four tactile indicators of train doors for the visually impaired at MacArthur platforms 2 & 4 are directly by the escalator... the down escalator, not the up escalator. Doesn't this seem like a disservice? (I assume they were installed when the escalators ran opposite.)

Train platform with four visible tactile indicators in yellow extending further back than the regular yellow safety line which is also a continuous tactile indicator the length of the platform, but not differentiating for where doors are

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

I was answering the last question, are there other thresholds like this in the law. It's correct that the population will trigger greater applicability

(I thought maybe the urban transit county definition but decided that was too different)

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

Right

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

Apropos committee, very apropos indeed

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

Not really. This was one of the things added at the last minute. Originally it applied to 1/2mi radius of transit stations or major stops, though with higher density levels for better transit service or within 1/4mi

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 14h

That's not quite enough attention for the purpose as described. Fund a C-SPAN 4 that will interview them all day long

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 15h

Ok, I guess this is the answer I was looking for

More probable is that all the parties will each put forward their own leader in a first round of voting, and that Takaichi then comes through in a two-way runoff.

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 15h

I work in an area where significant funds are matched, but that only requires proof that the relevant monies are in a state account

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 15h

What th

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 18h

These journalists confirmed even Gavin Newsom is talking out his ass on this one. Experts mostly told them: "Ummm..." calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Could California really withhold tax money from the U.S. if Trump cuts federal funds?

As Trump administration weighs cutting federal funds to California, Newsom suggests withholding taxes from federal government.

calmatters.org

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 18h

They're not talking about anything. They're laboring under a complete misunderstanding of the flows

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 18h

"A certain business establishment has lower prices but also offers less of certain amenities. This makes so little sense to me that all I can come up with is a scenario of executives making comically arbitrary decisions."

(Not just Ken, there was a TikTok that boiled down to this)

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 18h

Pretty sure Marin was set to be Tier 3 even before the term "urban transit county" was coined. The whole idea of the tiering was to accommodate different levels of transit service, & part of that idea I'm pretty sure was to consider less capacious systems like SMART (considering who the protem is)

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 19h

Whereas for IBC (MFH), partly b/c apartment industry is so squelched historically, the builders have far less representation & so the marginal safety measures run wild with little pushback. There is probably more hostility to MFH on the part of many committee reps too.

That's exclusion in practice

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 19h

The IRC code process (for SFHs) isn't great, but homebuilders at least have a lot of representation & there is a good deal of push/pull between safety & cost considerations, viz. sprinkler standards delayed in most states & finally implemented in CA, others.

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 19h

On listening to the recent @shanedphillips.bsky.social podcasts on this subject, I don't think the below "pro" is a good summary. Rather, the exclusion has now been baked even more deeply into the institutions. That is 🧵

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 4d

Pro: the disparity between building codes is dropping, not longer as actively exclusionary in intent
Con: we just keep adding safety features with no serious framework for weighing costs vs. benefits

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 19h

I feel like he's been considered borderline for a while, but at what points is Barron old enough & involved enough to be a legitimate political target in all respects?

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 19h

Remember when the cultural critique of governments/corporations shared the theme that The Powerful mostly cared about the general public buying & consuming products?

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 20h

Wow. To the point of being a financial beneficiary?

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 21h

I wonder if they just left it that way after the Black Panther filming

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