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Coba Weel @weel.bsky.social · 16h

newsom vetoed a bill about curriculum standards (says he wants to wait for some report that’s still in the works, sigh) but the other pro-LGBT bills are still gonna happen unless he vetoes them by end of week. headlines should not assume people know the details of CA law…

Coba Weel @weel.bsky.social · 16h

for what it’s worth, the headline is slightly misleading. he can only stop things by an explicit veto. refusing to sign bills does nothing. no pocket veto in California. he shouldn’t have vetoed that one bill, but the others are still a go unless he nixes them by end of week

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 15h

BART transfers are dumb
- Why is Balboa Park, an outdoor and grimy station, the transfer for airport trains instead of Embarcadero?
- Why is Bayfair, an outdoor station, the B transfer instead of sheltered Lake Merritt.
- Why is 19th St the O/Y transfer instead of 12th screwing over 12st riders?

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 23h

Kudos to the TO of this Berryessa orange train at 9:22 am that gave crystal clear San Francisco transfer announcements and waited until the train was out of the Ashby subway but well before the MacArthur on ramps to speak so everyone could hear him. @bart.gov should be the norm not exception

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahahahaha

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 1d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 2d

There's a week left for the Governor to sign bills. Phone lines open at 9am on Monday, make those calls to ask him to sign SB 79 to bring more housing near transit in California. In the meantime you can also send a message at www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 4d

Update: had a friend just call and said there was zero wait time to talk to a live person and the whole call only took 30 seconds.

Call 916-445-2841 NOW to support SB79 and building more housing near transit

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 4d

one little thing you can do to make a difference this Friday is calling @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and telling him to vote yes on SB79

916-445-2841 is his number, call now or use the link below

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 1d

GIVE ME SUBWAY BUILDERS NOW

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 2d

Where is it safe to cycle?

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe this is all performance, but if its not it's pretty embarrassing that Trump went harder on confronting Netanyahu than Biden did.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...

Trump Scolds Netanyahu for Pessimism on Gaza Peace Deal

Trump reportedly scolded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for being pessimistic following a conditional agreement from Hamas to Trump's peace proposal.

www.mediaite.com

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 3d

The Garrys Mod thing where a big head chases you is very funny.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 3d

Nimbys begrudgingly like that building in my experience

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 4d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 4d

this is the funniest combination of object and verb I’ve ever read

Mayor Adams is under fire for appointing a woman, whom he was smashing to a $160,000 NYC job.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 4d

Does SamTrans have any bus-only lanes on any of its routes?

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

If you dont venture out to Oakland or to SF bars not on your startup Slack's party channel then yeah its only going to be tech people. Duh.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

I agree that NYC nightlife is better than SF. NYC being more diverse in industries and housing affordability makes for a better city. But it's easy to avoid tech crowds if you avoid tech scenes. Its a self report when people complain that everyone they know is tech. Tech's only 12% of the workforce.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

That is a more immediate solution, agreed. Probably rife with liability issues. Any moving bollards in the US?

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

What TEMPO? I dont agree with that. TEMPO is decently fast

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

The Key was a dying system but the segments that had grade sep from the street was where the system picked up speed. The only profitable train line was F-Shattuck because the F had much more grade seps on its routes so it was reliable. The worst was A (Int'l/E14). Adeline was a train speedway!

Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

Again the old streetcar mixed in traffic would be a terrible idea of course.

Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

Key had some ROWs like Muni does now and yeah the K or M sections are examples. Still LA is developing grade separations for light rail.

Also Japan is able to run high frequency metros with at train crossing arms for at grade crossings. Its not impossible the US but we opt for total grade sep.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

A track ballast

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

If it were a traffic mixed streetcar id be against but a full grade seperated rail like i showed in the old tram is ideal to stop the issue if cars using the bus lanes to speed in Oakland

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

So maybe it isnt a fluke and BART seriously schedules Richmond trains to come at least 13 minutes at 5 o'clock? yesterday it was 17 minutes.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, AC Transit's BRT is a downgraded version of the 1990s plan for Light Rail.

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