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Billy @wavdl.blog · 9h

This "well if I stop driving that doesn't solve climate change" attitude is so frustrating to me, like, I don't avoid throwing my trash on the ground because I think I will singlehandedly keep all of the plastic out of the ocean, I avoid it because I DONT WANT TO PUT MY FUCKING PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 20h

Incredible how he did this just before "oh now I remember Marc Benioff exists and I hate him" week

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine every single asshole downtown right now blocking busses and crosswalks because they can't drive also has a gun and is threatening to arrest you because you looked at them wrong

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 20h

As we, um, enjoy the presence of Dreamforce in downtown SF I find myself thinking about Marc Benioff's idea of "Dreamforce but for guys with guns and ski masks who like kidnapping children"

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 1d

sun almost completely set, on a concrete balcony type thing looking at the ocean

sunlight almost completely hidden behind very dark clouds. An almost invisible sign on a sand dune.

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 1d

incredible clouds

clouds over the beach at sunset, but looking to the left relative to the ocean

clouds over the beach at sunset, but looking to the right relative to the ocean

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 1d

sunset over a sand dune with a man with a large backpack silhouetted

sunset at beach reflected in large puddle

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d

i am so ready for quantum to be the next dumb buzzword the tech industry forces everyone to pretend to care about. "how are you incorporating quantum into your daily work?" i'm not but it's so refreshing you asked me a new and different stupid question

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Certified Good Neighbor @jcoltkelly.bsky.social · 1d

with the first real rain of the fall, California drivers are encouraged to glance up from their phones more frequently

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 1d

Rain in SF

Raindrops on a dirty window looking up at the sky through some power lines

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Since the Alien Registration Act of 1940, every noncitizen has been required to carry their documents with them at ALL times. That applies to every green card holder, every tourist, every foreign student, etc...

No admin in the modern era has EVER tried to enforce this law.

(e)Personal possession of registration or receipt card; penalties
Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 1d

This has always been *possible*, but this law has never been enforced (there's also room for enforcement of this law to get a lot worse)

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Heidi Schuster @heidischuster.bsky.social · 1d

This whole story is appalling, but the agent telling people to “just ask God” is truly evil.

spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/13/b...

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

Fleet week should always consist of a few boats from some other countries come over and you can go look at them

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

the question of what is up with the ties seems utterly ungoogleable

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

the Colombian flag has great graphic design I realized
very recognizable and you can just put the three colours on everything: 🇨🇴

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

Most of the sailors were wearing those macrame bolo type ties, many of them decorated with pins. I couldn't figure out the story behind them. I definitely do not speak enough Spanish

Arc Gloria stained glass with little ship gauges and stuff around it

Another stained glass, showing the sky and navigational tools as well as boats

A collection of framed macrame ties and also a statue of a woman holding a child

Man in a uniform with a macrame tie like the ones in the cabinet

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

boat

if you look closely there are little Colombian flags everywhere

large sailboat with the flag of Colombia

looking up one of the masts, a sail says "colombia the country of beauty"

Many coils of rope with little colombian flags at the end

A crowded deck of the boat, with the colombian flag,

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Mark Hogan @markasaurus.bsky.social · 2d

We need to stop pairing unrelated infrastructure upgrades with transit projects because everyone blames the transit project for construction even though 90% of the work is for a sewer replacement and then it makes future transit projects harder share.google/dr9blW4oQuZ3...

After controversial Muni upgrade, bus crashes have dropped significantly

Bus crashes are down 40% on the busy SF corridor.

share.google

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

it ended up taking 2h btw
photos to come later

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

This line is way too long but this cost is thoroughly sunk

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

This time estimate was wildly optimistic it's going to be over an hour

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in line for the big boat and I am estimating a total of 40 min. I am well into sunk cost territory

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