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@webuiltthiscity.bsky.social

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Cross-posting from my #SanFrancisco photo blog since 2009 (webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com) and my #whippet & #greyhound blog (rocketsnacks.tumblr.com). #Music podcast at ForTheRecordPodcast.com. Posts auto-delete after 2 weeks.

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · Mar 3

I have two custom Bluesky feeds for your enjoyment:

🐾 Sighthound feed (greyhounds, whippets, lurchers, etc.): bsky.app/profile/did:...

🌁 San Francisco feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 4h

THIS ONE IS EVEN BETTER

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t use TikTok much, but it’s INSANELY good at showing me things I’m going to like (mostly rescued wildlife, dogs doing cute things, herding dogs, etc.). I mean, COME ON how can I resist

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 6h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 5h

It would also be less costly, because treating problems before they go untreated for a long time and then become an ER visit is almost always cheaper

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 6h

Sushi rolls with lots of ingredients are my favorite flavor

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 2d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Bruce Hallman @hallman.bsky.social · 7h

Two faces I put on Valencia Street in San Francisco

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 7h

“Eat tasty ice cream” is a good mindset for most situations

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 7h

- Expect everything to take 5x as long, if it works at all
- Always carry a bag in case that thing you're looking for turns up
- Exchange favors/mutual aid instead of official channels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blat_(f...
- Assume any operational speaker is also a listening device
- Eat tasty ice cream

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 8h

This is a truly shocking heel turn. I can’t believe he’s blowing all the goodwill he got just by being “the one non-terrible billionaire in SF”

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 10h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 8h

“Mangled toes” sounds like a common result from a Trump health plan

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 8h

OMFG. I felt like it was just yesterday when he was “the one good tech guy”

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 9h

Pod Save America nailed it by describing the “antifa” panic as “like the Red Scare, but if Communists didn’t exist” 😂

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 9h

Now *they’re* the ones asking me how I set up those foreign bank accounts to hold cash denominated in non-U.S. dollars

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 10h

I was the person in 2016 warning all my friends that a civil war was coming and we really needed to prepare. I’m pretty sure everyone thought I was totally overreacting

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 10h

Awww, thank you! I feel like this is a short window in which Enzo is still young enough to want to sprint around with Comet, and I want to capture every moment I can ❤️

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you :)

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 11h

Today's #whippet and #greyhound blog post: The thrill of the chase (Comet and Enzo, 2025) 🐕❤️
rocketsnacks.tumblr.com/post/7970503...

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 11h

Today's #SanFrancisco photoblog post: Painted utility box at 18th and Dolores webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/7970427...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 15h

closer and closer ... production and design almost entirely done, with that Zeno's paradox thing of getting to the very end ...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

www.kickstarter.com

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 14h

New information about that murder-suicide was that the couple had purchased Monterey Deli and turned it into Star Spirits. I was always perplexed by that choice, an expensive booze store seemed like a strange fit for that corner, and wasn't surprised when it failed. sfstandard.com/2025/10/09/f...

Family of four in murder-suicide investigation faced mounting financial struggles

Public records and accounts from associates have unveiled a string of failed businesses and a growing tally of unpaid debts.

sfstandard.com

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 16h

My company's finance team always refers to the master financial books for the quarter as "The Big Book," which always makes me chuckle. If you know you know

ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 16h

“And for the love of god, don’t end EVERY sentence with a period”

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 16h

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

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Stefanos @eggshappedegg.bsky.social · 1d

Hitler was nominated by a Swedish parliament member in 1939! The nomination was retracted by same Swede, when they realized their joke had been taken seriously

www.nobelprize.org/nomination/a...

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