I’m fairly optimistic about AI providing more upside than downside to society. But the “solve AGI, and we will solve everything else” talking point is not convincing. Since “everything else” is mostly politically constrained not technologically constrained.
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m fairly optimistic about AI providing more upside than downside to society. But the “solve AGI, and we will solve everything else” talking point is not convincing. Since “everything else” is mostly politically constrained not technologically constrained.
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That values the whole generative AI market at just under $16 billion in 2025.
Those 11 US AI titans had a market capitalization in October 2022 of $8.24 trillion, suggesting that they accrued $15.9 trillion in 3 years... 1000 years of their 2025 revenue.
Those 11 US AI titans had a market capitalization in October 2022 of $8.24 trillion, suggesting that they accrued $15.9 trillion in 3 years... 1000 years of their 2025 revenue.
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
That values the whole generative AI market at just under $16 billion in 2025.
Those 11 US AI titans had a market capitalization in October 2022 of $8.24 trillion, suggesting that they accrued $15.9 trillion in 3 years... 1000 years of their 2025 revenue.
Those 11 US AI titans had a market capitalization in October 2022 of $8.24 trillion, suggesting that they accrued $15.9 trillion in 3 years... 1000 years of their 2025 revenue.
“Push some code real quick” is what a startup making the next AI powered blender would do
An incident as related by a student:
I called Waymo support because the car was on the Muni tracks after getting clipped after trying to outrun a train and wouldn't move. I asked if there was anything I could do to move the car. They said no but would "push some code real quick".
I called Waymo support because the car was on the Muni tracks after getting clipped after trying to outrun a train and wouldn't move. I asked if there was anything I could do to move the car. They said no but would "push some code real quick".
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses. n.pr/4iGUYWf
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Push some code real quick” is what a startup making the next AI powered blender would do
How it started. How it went.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How it started. How it went.
Another day, another billionaire, maga, sacred-native-american-grounds-destroying, oil tycoon stops a bike lane, 5 years in the making.
Denver scaled back a street safety project after pushback from the family of Colorado's wealthiest man.
While the city told the public that construction was the hold up, @spencersoicher.bsky.social obtained internal city emails showing the issue was "high level" community concerns.
While the city told the public that construction was the hold up, @spencersoicher.bsky.social obtained internal city emails showing the issue was "high level" community concerns.
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Another day, another billionaire, maga, sacred-native-american-grounds-destroying, oil tycoon stops a bike lane, 5 years in the making.
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This goes right to every issue with AI right now.
You basically have 2 sides: the techbros hyping it and doomers only worried about the singularity
No one is dealing with the real existing problems right now, which for AVs is that there are Zero mechanisms holding companies accountable for safety.
You basically have 2 sides: the techbros hyping it and doomers only worried about the singularity
No one is dealing with the real existing problems right now, which for AVs is that there are Zero mechanisms holding companies accountable for safety.
And we're supposed to believe these driverless vehicles are safe? www.cbs8.com/article/news...
Watch: Driverless Waymo taxi rolls into active LAPD standoff in Los Angeles
The vehicle approached an ongoing felony arrest as police waved it away.
www.cbs8.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This goes right to every issue with AI right now.
You basically have 2 sides: the techbros hyping it and doomers only worried about the singularity
No one is dealing with the real existing problems right now, which for AVs is that there are Zero mechanisms holding companies accountable for safety.
You basically have 2 sides: the techbros hyping it and doomers only worried about the singularity
No one is dealing with the real existing problems right now, which for AVs is that there are Zero mechanisms holding companies accountable for safety.
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New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
Street safety advocates are butting heads with fire officials. Swift fire response does not have to come at the cost of lives on the roadway.
darrellowens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution?
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...
Why we have an obesity crisis, a mental health crisis, a traffic violence crisis, and a climate crisis in one bsky post
If you think this is an unrealistic commute for DFW, here’s one my old manager who moved to DFW from Iowa does every single day
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Why we have an obesity crisis, a mental health crisis, a traffic violence crisis, and a climate crisis in one bsky post
San Diego Trolley vibes
am I doing this right?
am I doing this right?
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
San Diego Trolley vibes
am I doing this right?
am I doing this right?
The utter irony of seeing this sign in the yard of a single family home a half block from the beach in Pacific Beach, San Diego. The building in question would be located 1.5 miles away. And no, aesthetics has nothing to do with this stupid NIMBY mindset.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The utter irony of seeing this sign in the yard of a single family home a half block from the beach in Pacific Beach, San Diego. The building in question would be located 1.5 miles away. And no, aesthetics has nothing to do with this stupid NIMBY mindset.
Damn. Not beating those “just another car” allegations
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Damn. Not beating those “just another car” allegations
Wanna stick it to Trump and live up to the Paris Accords, California? Stop driving so much *and* tell your city council's to build bus and bike lanes instead of throwing away money on car infrastructure.
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wanna stick it to Trump and live up to the Paris Accords, California? Stop driving so much *and* tell your city council's to build bus and bike lanes instead of throwing away money on car infrastructure.
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
stancil vs urbanists 🥱
urbanists vs the AV urbanists 🍿
urbanists vs the AV urbanists 🍿
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
stancil vs urbanists 🥱
urbanists vs the AV urbanists 🍿
urbanists vs the AV urbanists 🍿
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hi motorists. So, when you use your horn to get a cyclist's attention, you're using a device designed to make a sound loud enough to penetrate layers of metal & glass. How'd you like an air horn in your ear while you're concentrating on something that could get you hurt or killed if you flinched?
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
hi motorists. So, when you use your horn to get a cyclist's attention, you're using a device designed to make a sound loud enough to penetrate layers of metal & glass. How'd you like an air horn in your ear while you're concentrating on something that could get you hurt or killed if you flinched?
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I coauthored an opinion in Berkeleyside today, focusing on how the 26foot street clearance the Fire Department requires is being interpreted in ways that harm the city.
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/19/2...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/19/2...
Opinion: Berkeley should rethink rule requiring 26-foot clearance for fire trucks on city streets
Selective enforcement of an optional state fire code rule has harmed street fairs and farmers markets. If applied uniformly, many streets would lose half their parking. A policy better tailored to Ber...
www.berkeleyside.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I coauthored an opinion in Berkeleyside today, focusing on how the 26foot street clearance the Fire Department requires is being interpreted in ways that harm the city.
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/19/2...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/19/2...
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Berkeley Public Works is hiring a Principal Program Manager to help lead transportation projects that make streets safer and support our climate goals.
This role oversees Measure FF–funded work on streets, sidewalks, and safety.
Apply by Nov. 24 at 5pm PST: www.governmentjobs.c...
This role oversees Measure FF–funded work on streets, sidewalks, and safety.
Apply by Nov. 24 at 5pm PST: www.governmentjobs.c...
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Berkeley Public Works is hiring a Principal Program Manager to help lead transportation projects that make streets safer and support our climate goals.
This role oversees Measure FF–funded work on streets, sidewalks, and safety.
Apply by Nov. 24 at 5pm PST: www.governmentjobs.c...
This role oversees Measure FF–funded work on streets, sidewalks, and safety.
Apply by Nov. 24 at 5pm PST: www.governmentjobs.c...
When you leave in a car you’re thinking “what’s the fastest way to get there?”
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When you leave in a car you’re thinking “what’s the fastest way to get there?”
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
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our crossing guards do mission impossible and I am so thankful for all of them, but JFC the fact that we need "Guards" to simply ensure drivers don't run over school children?
This is what is so twisted about our auto obsessed culture that we don't even see how we've completely normalized this.
This is what is so twisted about our auto obsessed culture that we don't even see how we've completely normalized this.
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
our crossing guards do mission impossible and I am so thankful for all of them, but JFC the fact that we need "Guards" to simply ensure drivers don't run over school children?
This is what is so twisted about our auto obsessed culture that we don't even see how we've completely normalized this.
This is what is so twisted about our auto obsessed culture that we don't even see how we've completely normalized this.
Whenever we upzone or add bike lanes in Berkeley
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Whenever we upzone or add bike lanes in Berkeley
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I think Rose from Live Oak to Hopkins might be better. It serves Live Oak on one end and Cedar-Rose Park on the other, plus four schools (Madeleine, King, Crowden and Acty). It’s a major youth corridor and intersects Milvia, California and Ohlone bike paths. It’s also now a speedway and car sewer.
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I think Rose from Live Oak to Hopkins might be better. It serves Live Oak on one end and Cedar-Rose Park on the other, plus four schools (Madeleine, King, Crowden and Acty). It’s a major youth corridor and intersects Milvia, California and Ohlone bike paths. It’s also now a speedway and car sewer.
Zohran just eased the pressure from Indian parents on their liberal arts kids across the country
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Zohran just eased the pressure from Indian parents on their liberal arts kids across the country
Fantastic speech, complete with a Mario Cuomo reference and Trump callout. The Bollywood song playing as Zohran left the stage was “Dhoom Machale” - literally “Make some noise”
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Fantastic speech, complete with a Mario Cuomo reference and Trump callout. The Bollywood song playing as Zohran left the stage was “Dhoom Machale” - literally “Make some noise”
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Dick Cheney was responsible for millions of deaths but he also voted for Kamala Harris, so it's impossible to say if he's bad or not
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dick Cheney was responsible for millions of deaths but he also voted for Kamala Harris, so it's impossible to say if he's bad or not
Every city should have a dedicated Speed Hump/Cushion program, as distinct from any general traffic calming initiatives.
“Slowing down is an act of respect. It’s how we show we care about each other’s lives”
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“Slowing down is an act of respect. It’s how we show we care about each other’s lives”
💯
The new traffic improvements will cost the city more than half a million dollars.
What’s a speed lump? Sacramento is installing 90 of them on these streets
The new traffic improvements will cost the city more than half a million dollars.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every city should have a dedicated Speed Hump/Cushion program, as distinct from any general traffic calming initiatives.
“Slowing down is an act of respect. It’s how we show we care about each other’s lives”
💯
“Slowing down is an act of respect. It’s how we show we care about each other’s lives”
💯