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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · Nov 19

Since my Oakland Mayoral Platform is on the hellsite, here it is on here:
1. Rewild the hills
2. Annex Piedmont
3. Split all new revenue and savings from the first two points between AC Transit and the Oakland Unified School District.

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 17h

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism so stop telling me I have "options" rather than drive my Hummer.

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 18h

I'm so tired of his "make them beg for it then act like a hero" routine.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 20h

A state that is prioritizing building housing near transit stations should fund transit operations

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoed statewide ranked choice #neverForget

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 1d

I should really launch my app already doubleparking.space

Double Parking Space

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 2d

And this is why I'm uncomfortable with labelling them as menaces. Bet those middle schoolers used to be dropped off by parents in cars before this.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Just your latest reminder that, although everyone has decided to stop talking about climate change, it is still very much happening -- worse and faster than predicted.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 2d

listening to The Internationale on repeat while applying to jobs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lbz...

The Internationale

YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 2d

International terrorist tunes
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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 2d

I never thought I'd be saying this, but the Pope needs to be louder in Italy.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 2d

Poster perfectly captures California (the state)

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I don't get this complaint. It's always nice here, I transfer at MacArthur instead of 19th or 12th just so I can be in the sun a bit longer.

Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 3d

So pious
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 3d

“The e-bike lets me keep riding bikes and spend time outside, even though I have this health condition,” she said. “I don’t think that a lot of people realize that e-bikes make things accessible to people with disabilities.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/07/e...

Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley

Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

www.berkeleyside.org

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4d

This study should be read by every policymaker and traffic engineer.

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 4d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 3d

You should have seen the faces of drivers I blocked with my bike to allow middle schoolers to cross a crosswalk.

Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 3d

Spend some time outside of your 3 ton livingroom on wheels and you see this behavior every day.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 3d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 4d

Mr. Newsom, the fossil fuel industry is in trouble and needs your help! The only thing that will help them is to build 4 million homes.

Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 4d

We need to reinstate the 90% tax rate for highest income brackets (including capital gains) not just to fix all this mess but as punishment for getting us into it in the first place.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 4d

I can't imagine being in excited to go see war planes at a time when Trump is threatening to deploy armed forces against civilians.

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Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 5d

nuclear has been legal and heavily subsidized this whole time. That there aren't more plants is entirely due to its shitty economics, not the supreme power of Big Greeen.

Baselines shifted @tboggia.bsky.social · 5d

All oil making it's way through a refinery will be burned at some point. People who drive cars all the time seem to forget that they are constantly poisoning the air of their neighbors.