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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 17h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 12h

When I published a pro-transit op-ed in the SF Chronicle, holy shit did the fact-checker grill me. Made me give citations upon citations. If only they were one-tenth that rigorous about Heather Knight's columns attacking Chesa Boudin...

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 19h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 17h

That's wild you're dealing with this too. Here in SF we defeated a charter amendment last year that would've removed confirmation for mayoral picks. But now they're trying to put it on the ballot again next year. Would love to chat messaging/strategy with Mpls organizers fighting this.

Prop. E was supposed to rein in S.F. mayor's power. Instead, it’s recommending the opposite.

People who campaigned for Proposition E, which created the task force, now say that it has gone off the rails.

missionlocal.org

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 18h

"The energy of people opposing immigration enforcement downtown stands in contrast to the relative inaction by city officials, including Mayor Daniel Lurie [who] has mostly remained quiet on Trump’s orders for mass deportation."

SF activists are doing great; electeds not so much, except Fielder.

SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The chaos in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local activists

sf.gazetteer.co

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 20h

NB: 3.9% margin of error, so not necessarily really more popular on trans issues than in general, but at least it's clearly not a liability!

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 21h

It seems off-message to me. Any time on camera is a chance to make your case to voters why they should support you, and confidently dismissing the need to flip any Republican votes while asserting you'll get Democratic votes no matter what, tells both groups of voters they're irrelevant.

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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 21h

@eddiekimx.bsky.social met anti-ICE protesters to talk strategy and evolution. They're celebrating a month of no abductions at SF's immigration court.

"People need to understand [ICE is] inexperienced, scared, and vulnerable to counter-action."

FREE LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/sf-activists...

SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The chaos in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local activists

sf.gazetteer.co

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 22h

Note how the SF Standard adopts conservative slogan/framing, rebranding supportive housing as “drug-tolerant housing.” The same could be said of any apartment building, condo complex, or single family home, but the term will only be used to describe the housing low-income people occupy.

SF Standard headline:
Officials want to halt city funds for 'drug-tolerant' housing

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm. These are all much worse than posted headways (6 min for 49 late night, 20 min for the light rail lines). I do sometimes take the 14, 22, and 49 around that time and find them reasonably close to the official headways...

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

Note that the downsizing is not final until the BOS approves the development agreement. I and others will be calling on them to demand the restoration of the housing before a yes vote. It's not a "cost savings" to just not build affordable housing SF badly needs!

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

You might note the downsizing is not final until the BOS approves the development agreement. I and others will be calling on them to demand the restoration of the housing before a yes vote. It's not a "cost savings" to just not build affordable housing SF needs.

Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes! Especially the M and J. I rarely ride the Muni light rail lines at this time of night, how unusual is it for it to be like this? And is there any chance it's a prediction bug or do you think it's definitely really that long of a wait for the M and J?

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

I help make an app that does this, & does better than Google at avoiding high-traffic streets w/o separation from cars. But we only support the SF Bay Area in California to keep server costs manageable:

bikehopper.org

We'd love to work with people in other areas to start their own instances.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! We need a social housing developer. We can start small and build up. I’m working on a writeup of this panel where we learned about Seattle’s campaign

DSA San Francisco @dsasf.org · 3d

Seattle organized, fought back, and won big for social housing. Is it our turn in San Francisco?

Thanks to Eric Lee and Shanti Singh for an inspiring conversation on organizing for social housing and fighting back against political roadblocks. Join us in the fight to build public housing for all!

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Kevin (Antifa 414th Moral Support Battalion) @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many mundane things that NEED to be done that aren't chaining yourself to a fence and getting pepper sprayed.
- buying cases of bottled water and snacks for protestors
- making copies of "know your rights" cards
- taking care of their pets/kids while they're at the protest

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Just heard someone say that if you aren't willing to get arrested or die at a protest you aren't serious about the cause and that's a) not true and b) not helpful

You don't need to have a death wish to fight for a better world, and anyone who says you do is throwing up a massive red flag

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

"Just can't find the money"

Our mayor is a billionaire. We have the third most billionaires living here of any city in the world. We can't accept these excuses.

Massive Mission District affordable housing plan slashed, dropping from 465 to 100 units

The Potrero Yard Modernization Project cannot secure the funding for an ambitious bus yard and housing plan seven years in the works.

missionlocal.org

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

Important to know: SFMTA's proposal to cut the possibility for ~350 affordable homes from the Potrero Yard project is *not* a final decision. There will be a development agreement the BOS votes on. The BOS can and should insist on keeping the affordable housing for their vote.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

SFMTA represented it as a "cost savings" not to build a podium (thus making housing above the yard impossible). But it isn't a savings when we don't get the 350 units of needed affordable housing. Siloed thinking - and likely laundering Lurie's lack of interest in funding the housing

Jerold Chinn @jerold.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the SFMTA board meeting. A few highlights from Director of Transportation Julie Kirschbaum's report:

-the Potrero Yard Modernization Project has drastically changed with no housing units above the the new bus yard due given construction costs, interest rates, volatility of market.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

I would definitely not accept this decision as final just yet. To clarify, the proposal would eliminate ~350 of the originally planned ~450 units, leaving ~100 along the border of the lot

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to see this move forward! San Francisco needs a public bank to invest in affordable housing, green infrastructure, and small businesses. Thanks for leading on this SF Public Bank Coalition and @jackiefielder.bsky.social

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 2d

2/3 of likely San Francisco voters support the idea of a public bank, a new poll shows.

Thatt’s a pretty dramatic outcome for an issue that isn’t even on the ballot.

New poll shows resounding support for public bank in San Francisco - 48 hills

Across demographic groups, 67 percent favor the concept

48hills.org

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

If it seems like our mayor only cares about fellow rich people, it might have something to do with his brother being a luxury real estate agent who thinks SF has a "mansion shortage"

www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

Local return-to-office policies are helping to fuel the resurgence, said luxury real estate agent Alexander Fromm Lurie, who is the brother of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie.

The city’s existing “mansion shortage,” coupled with “a massive influx of buyers who want to be back in the city,” is making it difficult for even his wealthiest clients to find quality housing, according to Lurie.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3d

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

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Joe Rivano Barros @jrivanob.bsky.social · 2d

Logan Hollarsmith, who was born in San Francisco & was one of the Gaza flotilla members held in an Israeli prison, is being released

his mother says no local elected except Sup. Fielder reached out to her—& almost none returned our requests for comment

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