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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 5d

The best part of the TS album release is that Brat is back on my TL

Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 14d

It's pretty amazing that I've played more than 200 hours of Civilization VI (say nothing of previous versions) and am still incredibly shit at it

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · 18d

!!!! stock up on some Churus to bribe your way into her heart

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 22

I can’t tell if I’m in a Bay Area bubble or if hyphy is really coming back in 2025

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William B. Davis @willbdavis.bsky.social · Aug 21

Made this little guy to track the substantial growth of Erin's tropical-storm-force winds #mapshaper #turfjs #flubber #svelte5 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 21

Took long enough but glad it's here!

BART @bart.gov · Aug 20

🚨 Tap and Ride is LIVE! 🚨

Starting today, you can pay for BART right at the fare gates with a 💳 contactless-enabled debit or credit card or use 🤳 mobile payment, like Apple Pay and Google Pay.

There is zero registration or setup process required.

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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · Aug 19

NEWS: Meta will announce an AI reorganization today, dividing the Superintelligence division into four units

weighing some cuts or employees moved from AI division

considering licensing closed source models to build new AI products

w/ @elitan.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/t...

Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Shake Up Meta’s A.I. Efforts, Again

www.nytimes.com

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · Aug 19

“An analysis of real-time train data shows that it is less reliable than its New York and Connecticut counterparts — Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) — and riders face significant service disruptions at six times the rate of other commuters.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot

An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.

www.bloomberg.com

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 11

Welcome to the Tropical Storm Name Club™️ !

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 11

The other day I saw a Dubai chocolate bar at check-out and threw it into my order out of curiosity. The lady checking me out was like, "I just want to warn you that bar is $25," and I had to do a double take. I did not buy it obvs.

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 8

I’m seeing no evidence to the alternative!

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hard to describe how San Francisco felt kind of empty six months ago, and feels full to bursting now

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 7

“It is WARM 🥵 out today,” is a thing I have said multiple times today.

I grew up playing soccer in the Texas summer - how far I have fallen.

A screenshot of the Apple weather app displaying the current temperature in Mission Dolores as 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Today the low was 55 degrees and the high was 77 degrees.

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Allison McCartney @mccartney.bsky.social · Aug 5

An incredible public resource!

Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/

CLEAN - KQED News

Search California public records about law enforcement violence and misconduct.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/

CLEAN - KQED News

Search California public records about law enforcement violence and misconduct.

policerecords.kqed.org