Vallery Lancey
@isthelaststop.com
📸🎞️ Photographer, 🚎 transit advocate, 💻 tech worker. I know way too much about Kubernetes. she/her
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Vallery Lancey
@isthelaststop.com
· Dec 9
I've created a starter pack for high-signal Bay Area transit advocates! These are all people I respect for their knowledge, thoughtfulness, and dedication to improving transit funding and transit systems.
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I think about that "once you accept that all positive changes will negatively affect some poor people, and negatively affecting any poor people isn't progressive, then you'll understand the cornerstone of progressivism is doing nothing" tweet a lot.
There’s a problem in large swaths of political advocacy where introducing any negative externality (“but what if a chronic dangerous driver needs to drive to work?”) is an unacceptable evil. Any status quo harms are just the natural order of things.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I think about that "once you accept that all positive changes will negatively affect some poor people, and negatively affecting any poor people isn't progressive, then you'll understand the cornerstone of progressivism is doing nothing" tweet a lot.
There’s a problem in large swaths of political advocacy where introducing any negative externality (“but what if a chronic dangerous driver needs to drive to work?”) is an unacceptable evil. Any status quo harms are just the natural order of things.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There’s a problem in large swaths of political advocacy where introducing any negative externality (“but what if a chronic dangerous driver needs to drive to work?”) is an unacceptable evil. Any status quo harms are just the natural order of things.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
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most people, left and right, treat traffic violence like the weather and not a specific policy choice
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
most people, left and right, treat traffic violence like the weather and not a specific policy choice
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.
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this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
“Slop” type content on demand is kind of the ultimate peak of senseless craving - stuff that just exists to optimally hold your attention for the sake of holding it - and it feels like something that Dharma teachers should hone in on.
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Slop” type content on demand is kind of the ultimate peak of senseless craving - stuff that just exists to optimally hold your attention for the sake of holding it - and it feels like something that Dharma teachers should hone in on.
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King tides bring a glimpse of the future, as sea levels rise. This photo is the highway north out of SF, in Sausalito. Imagine the billions of dollars to be spent on adaptation just in the Bay Area.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
King tides bring a glimpse of the future, as sea levels rise. This photo is the highway north out of SF, in Sausalito. Imagine the billions of dollars to be spent on adaptation just in the Bay Area.
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Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar. Thinking of Claude, the albino alligator who died this week at age 30 at the Steinhart Aquarium. Claude was a quiet, compelling and constant presence at the Aquarium and we will miss him. Tissue paper and acrylic on canvas.
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar. Thinking of Claude, the albino alligator who died this week at age 30 at the Steinhart Aquarium. Claude was a quiet, compelling and constant presence at the Aquarium and we will miss him. Tissue paper and acrylic on canvas.
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
IMO what you really want to look for in weather systems and daily conditions is cirrus clouds and other high altitude clouds, without too much low cloud cover in front of the sun.
Sunning sunrises and sunsets AND the supermoon. Skies will be gorgeous across Northern California the next couple of days. Get outside! #CAwx
www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
Northern California just had a stunning sunset. Here’s exactly when it could happen again
Pink, purple, orange and red hues lit up the Northern California sky on Tuesday — and the weather pattern favors more of the same ahead.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
IMO what you really want to look for in weather systems and daily conditions is cirrus clouds and other high altitude clouds, without too much low cloud cover in front of the sun.
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We can restore at least 2019 service if we pass Muni Now, Muni Forever's community parcel tax proposal.
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
Speak Up — Muni Now, Muni Forever
muniforever.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We can restore at least 2019 service if we pass Muni Now, Muni Forever's community parcel tax proposal.
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
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I know I sound like a broken record on this and that’s OK.
Montreal gets a lot right. But one of my biggest disappointments of this city’s political establishment is saying “no” to an amazing automated train for the underserved east end of the city for largely aesthetic reasons.
Montreal gets a lot right. But one of my biggest disappointments of this city’s political establishment is saying “no” to an amazing automated train for the underserved east end of the city for largely aesthetic reasons.
The REM is great, but the tragedy might be that expertise fading away without another project
REM de l'Est was rejected because some people disliked the elevated portion above a 6-lane road
When projects get derailed so easily, each new project takes a long time and you always lose your experience
REM de l'Est was rejected because some people disliked the elevated portion above a 6-lane road
When projects get derailed so easily, each new project takes a long time and you always lose your experience
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I know I sound like a broken record on this and that’s OK.
Montreal gets a lot right. But one of my biggest disappointments of this city’s political establishment is saying “no” to an amazing automated train for the underserved east end of the city for largely aesthetic reasons.
Montreal gets a lot right. But one of my biggest disappointments of this city’s political establishment is saying “no” to an amazing automated train for the underserved east end of the city for largely aesthetic reasons.
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In the glass-and-steel canyons
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the glass-and-steel canyons
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Bad day for anyone who breathes air in Oakland & the East Bay. Remember to mask up if you go outside & also help dismantle the fossil fuel dependency which leads to dangerous air and an unstable climate
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bad day for anyone who breathes air in Oakland & the East Bay. Remember to mask up if you go outside & also help dismantle the fossil fuel dependency which leads to dangerous air and an unstable climate
San Francisco: please sign and support a Muni funding plan that will improve transit service and keep San Francisco moving!
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-s...
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-s...
We support a fair and sustainable Muni funding measure!
San Francisco's transit system (Muni) is facing a $322 million annual deficit starting in 2027. If left unaddressed, this will have devastating effects on our community. We could lose bus lines and se...
actionnetwork.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
San Francisco: please sign and support a Muni funding plan that will improve transit service and keep San Francisco moving!
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-s...
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-s...
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A commendation goes a long way for Transit Operators, and this one got me out of a doldrums all on its own. If you find yourself recognizing and appreciating a Muni Operator for excellent service, consider submitting a commendation: www.sfmta.com/getting-arou...
Muni Feedback
In life-threatening situations, call 911 immediately. *Serious incidents and criminal activity should be reported to SFPD if comfortable doing so. 在危及生命的情況下，請立即撥打 911. 如果願意，應向三藩市警方報告嚴重事件和犯罪活動. En sit...
www.sfmta.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A commendation goes a long way for Transit Operators, and this one got me out of a doldrums all on its own. If you find yourself recognizing and appreciating a Muni Operator for excellent service, consider submitting a commendation: www.sfmta.com/getting-arou...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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toronto looking magical this afternoon
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
toronto looking magical this afternoon
I wonder at what point do I make a fresh bluesky account to work around being delisted? Being un-Googlable ongoing sucks.
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I wonder at what point do I make a fresh bluesky account to work around being delisted? Being un-Googlable ongoing sucks.
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Being on the east coast is crazy. I wake up and there aren't any posts, and then I try to go to sleep but sports aren't done and a San Francisco politician is having another scandal and wait they've resigned?????
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Being on the east coast is crazy. I wake up and there aren't any posts, and then I try to go to sleep but sports aren't done and a San Francisco politician is having another scandal and wait they've resigned?????