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East Bay for Everyone, as co-host with Livable Communities Initiative, is proud to announce the winners of the National Single Stair Design Competition:
www.singlestair.com
www.singlestair.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
East Bay for Everyone, as co-host with Livable Communities Initiative, is proud to announce the winners of the National Single Stair Design Competition:
www.singlestair.com
www.singlestair.com
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New research from ASA member Deirdre Bloome @harvard.edu offers a three-dimensional description of civilian federal workers, shedding light on who has been affected during recent downsizings, funding reductions, and delegitimization efforts. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
When We Target Federal Workers, Whom Are We Targeting? Three Perspectives on U.S. Federal Workers - Deirdre Bloome, 2025
The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has targeted U.S. federal workers through downsizings, funding reductions, and delegitimization efforts. When we ta...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New research from ASA member Deirdre Bloome @harvard.edu offers a three-dimensional description of civilian federal workers, shedding light on who has been affected during recent downsizings, funding reductions, and delegitimization efforts. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
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Remember when overt racism from elected officials was bad
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Remember when overt racism from elected officials was bad
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Recent personal example of this! I've wanted/needed to learn both Lua and Typst for Quarto stuff I'm working on. I've used Claude to help learn both, but I've been more deliberate about figuring out Lua & have spent hours fighting with it and asking about tiny details & now I'm *okay*ish at it (1/2)
Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Recent personal example of this! I've wanted/needed to learn both Lua and Typst for Quarto stuff I'm working on. I've used Claude to help learn both, but I've been more deliberate about figuring out Lua & have spent hours fighting with it and asking about tiny details & now I'm *okay*ish at it (1/2)
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Item 1
A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved!
Item 2
A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?
A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved!
Item 2
A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Item 1
A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved!
Item 2
A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?
A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved!
Item 2
A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?
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corridor urbanism is a public health nightmare.
just going to leave this here. maybe one day we won't have electeds that are this bad on urbanism
bsky.app/profile/holz...
just going to leave this here. maybe one day we won't have electeds that are this bad on urbanism
bsky.app/profile/holz...
after @ronpdavis.bsky.social attended the cascadian innovation corridor conference's presentation on upzoning 'grand boulevards' in region - he asked me to write about this concept.
corridor zoning is antithetical to livability, public health, & walkability.
ronpdavis.substack.com/p/mike-elias...
corridor zoning is antithetical to livability, public health, & walkability.
ronpdavis.substack.com/p/mike-elias...
Mike Eliason on "Corridor" Zoning
A Guest Post
ronpdavis.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
corridor urbanism is a public health nightmare.
just going to leave this here. maybe one day we won't have electeds that are this bad on urbanism
bsky.app/profile/holz...
just going to leave this here. maybe one day we won't have electeds that are this bad on urbanism
bsky.app/profile/holz...
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'corridor urbanism' isn't urbanism.
but it is a way to funnel renters and poor people into the worst parts of our region while protecting sky high home values
but it is a way to funnel renters and poor people into the worst parts of our region while protecting sky high home values
Washington's Transportation Commission is holding a work session on "corridor urbanism" this morning, something that continues to circulate around state level planning after being promoted by Chris Gregoire's think-tank.
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
'corridor urbanism' isn't urbanism.
but it is a way to funnel renters and poor people into the worst parts of our region while protecting sky high home values
but it is a way to funnel renters and poor people into the worst parts of our region while protecting sky high home values
Bike infrastructure is for everyone.
Two minutes of footage of wheelchair users on bike lanes in Paris. A classic video I posted on Twitter a few years ago I had not posted here yet.
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Bike infrastructure is for everyone.
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The Sen̓áḵw residential complex, developed by the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation, continues to rise by the Burrard Bridge in #Vancouver. A really impressive manifestation of indigenous urbanism (with a little sustainable futurism thrown in…)
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Sen̓áḵw residential complex, developed by the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation, continues to rise by the Burrard Bridge in #Vancouver. A really impressive manifestation of indigenous urbanism (with a little sustainable futurism thrown in…)
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Marched with Rainbow Families Action www.rainbowfamiliesaction.org today to demand Sutter Health defend trans youth healthcare. They are a rapidly growing group, turning out 150 people, including parents, healthcare workers and clergy on a Monday afternoon!
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
Parents protest Sutter’s retreat on gender-affirming care for transgender teens
Parents marched Monday at Sutter Health’s Emeryville headquarters demanding clarity after hearing from their doctors that care for trans minors may be cut.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Marched with Rainbow Families Action www.rainbowfamiliesaction.org today to demand Sutter Health defend trans youth healthcare. They are a rapidly growing group, turning out 150 people, including parents, healthcare workers and clergy on a Monday afternoon!
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
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Indigenous developments were totally exempt from the community approvals and all zoning limitations. Believe it or not the liberal white residents nearby with their “in this house we believe” signs found ways to call it a greedy development out of scale with the context
I take a look at the growth of indigenous urbanism, and some of the incredible developments being built by Canada's First Nations, in this HIGH SPEED dispatch:
www.highspeed.blog/the-future-o...
www.highspeed.blog/the-future-o...
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Indigenous developments were totally exempt from the community approvals and all zoning limitations. Believe it or not the liberal white residents nearby with their “in this house we believe” signs found ways to call it a greedy development out of scale with the context
I appreciate living in an apartment from the 1950's (maybe even earlier) located in a walkable neighborhood but don't appreciate that it's so energy inefficient and there only being a single original wall heater in one room that the rest of the rooms reach 58 degrees during our East Bay winter.
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I appreciate living in an apartment from the 1950's (maybe even earlier) located in a walkable neighborhood but don't appreciate that it's so energy inefficient and there only being a single original wall heater in one room that the rest of the rooms reach 58 degrees during our East Bay winter.
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The process whereby "anti-woke" evolved into a general purpose shield to protect white men from accountability was as predictable as it was rapid.
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The process whereby "anti-woke" evolved into a general purpose shield to protect white men from accountability was as predictable as it was rapid.
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when you're a size 8 but the 10 was on sale
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
when you're a size 8 but the 10 was on sale
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Tired: flat streets
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tired: flat streets
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
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looking for a holiday gift for the houser/urban planner/architect/politician/policy wonk in your sphere?
my book, Building For People, on how we can build better, more climate forward, and more livable housing and neighborhoods:
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
my book, Building For People, on how we can build better, more climate forward, and more livable housing and neighborhoods:
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
Building for People
islandpress.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
looking for a holiday gift for the houser/urban planner/architect/politician/policy wonk in your sphere?
my book, Building For People, on how we can build better, more climate forward, and more livable housing and neighborhoods:
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
my book, Building For People, on how we can build better, more climate forward, and more livable housing and neighborhoods:
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
Yes! This is a fantastic thread from @warrenjwells.bsky.social and we need this measured look at what is actually happening with e-bikes (and dangerous e-motos) since all we currently have is the moral panic articles and op-eds mentioned in the thread.
You should submit this as an op Ed to the NYTimes, and SF, Bay area, and marin newspapers
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Yes! This is a fantastic thread from @warrenjwells.bsky.social and we need this measured look at what is actually happening with e-bikes (and dangerous e-motos) since all we currently have is the moral panic articles and op-eds mentioned in the thread.
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We've spent a ton of time talking about teens getting injured on e-bikes (or illegal e-motos).
We've heard that crash rates are skyrocketing. Marin County Dept of Health even set up a dashboard to see how many e-bike/e-moto crashes are happening.
But how many kids are getting hurt *in cars*?
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We've heard that crash rates are skyrocketing. Marin County Dept of Health even set up a dashboard to see how many e-bike/e-moto crashes are happening.
But how many kids are getting hurt *in cars*?
🧵
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We've spent a ton of time talking about teens getting injured on e-bikes (or illegal e-motos).
We've heard that crash rates are skyrocketing. Marin County Dept of Health even set up a dashboard to see how many e-bike/e-moto crashes are happening.
But how many kids are getting hurt *in cars*?
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We've heard that crash rates are skyrocketing. Marin County Dept of Health even set up a dashboard to see how many e-bike/e-moto crashes are happening.
But how many kids are getting hurt *in cars*?
🧵
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I was 19 when I asked that my BART parking lot be turned into housing. It was a pipedream. @alfredtwu.com made a drawing of apartments here that caused a neighborhood freakout. I met @libbington.bsky.social and she organized the area pro-housers. At 29, it finally begins.
sfyimby.com/2025/12/perm...
sfyimby.com/2025/12/perm...
Permits Filed for Transit Oriented Project at North Berkely BART
Permits have been filed for the construction of new housing located at 1700 Sacramento Street in Berkeley. The site is currently part of...
sfyimby.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I was 19 when I asked that my BART parking lot be turned into housing. It was a pipedream. @alfredtwu.com made a drawing of apartments here that caused a neighborhood freakout. I met @libbington.bsky.social and she organized the area pro-housers. At 29, it finally begins.
sfyimby.com/2025/12/perm...
sfyimby.com/2025/12/perm...
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After San Francisco passed its downzonings in 1978, it's been a rotating blame game on why housing is unaffordable in SF: legal/bank firms in downtown, dot com boom, uber-for-everything boom, AI boom.
That Gonzales quote is a banger:
That Gonzales quote is a banger:
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
After San Francisco passed its downzonings in 1978, it's been a rotating blame game on why housing is unaffordable in SF: legal/bank firms in downtown, dot com boom, uber-for-everything boom, AI boom.
That Gonzales quote is a banger:
That Gonzales quote is a banger:
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The Green Book Project catalogues this history of segregation in public accommodations, documenting local businesses that defied the norm of racial segregation. Explore the papers, methods, download data, and share your story 3/3 greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
#EconSky
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Green Book Project catalogues this history of segregation in public accommodations, documenting local businesses that defied the norm of racial segregation. Explore the papers, methods, download data, and share your story 3/3 greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Starting Dec 10, most Bay Area transit transfers will be free for two hours. If you take AC Transit to BART then transfer to Muni, your fare today is $9.10. With Clipper 2, the free AC and Muni transfers mean your fare will be just $3.90
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December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Starting Dec 10, most Bay Area transit transfers will be free for two hours. If you take AC Transit to BART then transfer to Muni, your fare today is $9.10. With Clipper 2, the free AC and Muni transfers mean your fare will be just $3.90
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