@friedlad.bsky.social
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it should be illegal for private companies to test potentially dangerous multr thousand pound vehicles on our public streets
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
it should be illegal for private companies to test potentially dangerous multr thousand pound vehicles on our public streets
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gotta say the fact that a waymo will pick up and drive away while someone is actively trying to get a cat out from under the car seems like a major safety hazard
"Footage obtained by The New York Times of the moment a Waymo car ran over Kit Kat, a beloved San Francisco bodega cat, raises new questions about the company’s safeguards."
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
gotta say the fact that a waymo will pick up and drive away while someone is actively trying to get a cat out from under the car seems like a major safety hazard
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HAVING A CAR IS SO EXPENSIVE THESE DAYS AND IDIOT VIRTUE SIGNALLING CITIES CONTROLLED BY THE BIKE MAFIA WANT YOU TO SPEND EVEN MORE ON REPAIRS!!!
Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
S.F. installed an experimental street design called a ‘neckdown.’ Drivers hated it
Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
HAVING A CAR IS SO EXPENSIVE THESE DAYS AND IDIOT VIRTUE SIGNALLING CITIES CONTROLLED BY THE BIKE MAFIA WANT YOU TO SPEND EVEN MORE ON REPAIRS!!!
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I am not pleased to discover that I have the relevant domain knowledge to evaluate any part of this book.
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I am not pleased to discover that I have the relevant domain knowledge to evaluate any part of this book.
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NHTSA sent Waymo a letter regarding their Austin school bus problem, strongly hinting this should be a recall which makes sense as there is no doubt it is a safety defect, ie an unreasonable risk.
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
NHTSA sent Waymo a letter regarding their Austin school bus problem, strongly hinting this should be a recall which makes sense as there is no doubt it is a safety defect, ie an unreasonable risk.
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
Hopium (also GOTV also progressive candidates also not geriatric candidates also contest every seat...)
I'd put changes of Ds flipping the senate at about 40%.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Hopium (also GOTV also progressive candidates also not geriatric candidates also contest every seat...)
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“I just want there to be a car that drives itself so I can get places without thinking about it”
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I just want there to be a car that drives itself so I can get places without thinking about it”
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
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Evidence of Waymo robots driving illegally and dangerously around school buses loading/unloading children is really pilling up:
"Videos show Waymo vehicles illegally passing Austin school buses 19 times this year"
This article has many interesting details.
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
"Videos show Waymo vehicles illegally passing Austin school buses 19 times this year"
This article has many interesting details.
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
www.kxan.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Evidence of Waymo robots driving illegally and dangerously around school buses loading/unloading children is really pilling up:
"Videos show Waymo vehicles illegally passing Austin school buses 19 times this year"
This article has many interesting details.
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
"Videos show Waymo vehicles illegally passing Austin school buses 19 times this year"
This article has many interesting details.
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
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Geometry hates cars
Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies
A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect
www.economist.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Geometry hates cars
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Buses already do this better.
Op-ed: Waymo May Finally Teach Americans the Speed Limit - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/o...
Op-ed: Waymo May Finally Teach Americans the Speed Limit - Streetsblog San Francisco
Do Americans even understand that posted speed limits aren't advisory?
sf.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Buses already do this better.
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may i remind you waymo glazers that in sf waymo killed a bodega cat, one of the only examples of a true unqualified good left on this godforsaken planet
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
may i remind you waymo glazers that in sf waymo killed a bodega cat, one of the only examples of a true unqualified good left on this godforsaken planet
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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This is an advocate plan that - presented to the Office of the Mayor today - achieves this end. You can find out more about the advocate plan at sfparcels.org.
But it's not clear the Mayor believes that supporting more Muni service is politically popular. We need to demonstrate that it is.
But it's not clear the Mayor believes that supporting more Muni service is politically popular. We need to demonstrate that it is.
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Find parcel information for San Francisco buildings and parcels
sfparcels.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is an advocate plan that - presented to the Office of the Mayor today - achieves this end. You can find out more about the advocate plan at sfparcels.org.
But it's not clear the Mayor believes that supporting more Muni service is politically popular. We need to demonstrate that it is.
But it's not clear the Mayor believes that supporting more Muni service is politically popular. We need to demonstrate that it is.
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Daniel Craig would have the time of his fucking life acting with only Muppets
I feel like we need to to do it for him, as a treat
I feel like we need to to do it for him, as a treat
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Daniel Craig would have the time of his fucking life acting with only Muppets
I feel like we need to to do it for him, as a treat
I feel like we need to to do it for him, as a treat
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Be kind to people.
That’s all I have to say to people.
Like I went through a violent rape, a pregnancy loss and lost the job I had.
Be kind to people. They’re doing the best they can.
That’s all I have to say to people.
Like I went through a violent rape, a pregnancy loss and lost the job I had.
Be kind to people. They’re doing the best they can.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Be kind to people.
That’s all I have to say to people.
Like I went through a violent rape, a pregnancy loss and lost the job I had.
Be kind to people. They’re doing the best they can.
That’s all I have to say to people.
Like I went through a violent rape, a pregnancy loss and lost the job I had.
Be kind to people. They’re doing the best they can.
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Just got back from protesting ConnectedSF's gala. This org's leader Marie Hurabiell tweeted that trans women aren't women and undocumented people are violent criminals. And Mayor Lurie was a featured guest helping her fundraise! Clearly, Lurie is not good at vetting people. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Just got back from protesting ConnectedSF's gala. This org's leader Marie Hurabiell tweeted that trans women aren't women and undocumented people are violent criminals. And Mayor Lurie was a featured guest helping her fundraise! Clearly, Lurie is not good at vetting people. 🧵
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I may have to form a rock band, so I can use this as the cover of our first cd.
www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
Astrophotographer snaps 'absolutely preposterous' photo of skydiver 'falling' past the sun's surface
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has snapped a striking shot of a skydiving YouTuber perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun. The unlikely image, dubbed "The Fall of Icarus," required met...
www.livescience.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I may have to form a rock band, so I can use this as the cover of our first cd.
www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
www.livescience.com/space/the-su...