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Views are my own. Giants Baseball stan. Public transit fan.
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My neighbor is a nurse who sees a lot of death and frequently comes home from her overnight shifts wrecked with trauma and I just think our health care workers need more support because they can’t be expected to carry all this while they all have PTSD from the pandemic
Why can’t we help them
Why can’t we help them
December 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My neighbor is a nurse who sees a lot of death and frequently comes home from her overnight shifts wrecked with trauma and I just think our health care workers need more support because they can’t be expected to carry all this while they all have PTSD from the pandemic
Why can’t we help them
Why can’t we help them
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Future for riders is frightening if AC Transit expands hydrogen fleet and they continue to perform so poorly.
At scale, 43% or 64% availability would lead to tons of canceled bus runs.
A few years ago BART experienced similar availability due to rain/wheel flats, and it absolutely wrecked service.
At scale, 43% or 64% availability would lead to tons of canceled bus runs.
A few years ago BART experienced similar availability due to rain/wheel flats, and it absolutely wrecked service.
In 2024, AC Transit's hydrogen bus fleet achieved an availability rate of 43% (for the 2018 variety) and 64% (for the 2022 variety). Essentially you need twice as many hydrogen buses as service you want to run actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
September 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Future for riders is frightening if AC Transit expands hydrogen fleet and they continue to perform so poorly.
At scale, 43% or 64% availability would lead to tons of canceled bus runs.
A few years ago BART experienced similar availability due to rain/wheel flats, and it absolutely wrecked service.
At scale, 43% or 64% availability would lead to tons of canceled bus runs.
A few years ago BART experienced similar availability due to rain/wheel flats, and it absolutely wrecked service.
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Please call your CA Assemblymember today and ask them to vote for SB 79, which faces a critical vote. The reason we ask you to do this is because it works. findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Find Your California Representatives
Use your residential address to find your California State Senate and Assembly representatives.
findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
August 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Please call your CA Assemblymember today and ask them to vote for SB 79, which faces a critical vote. The reason we ask you to do this is because it works. findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
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$31 billion over 4 years to subsidize the car industry.
If instead that money was spent on public transit operations, it would end the transit agency fiscal crises in CA, IL, PA, and other states.
No service cuts. Big service increases.
Republican priorities are backwards. We need change.
If instead that money was spent on public transit operations, it would end the transit agency fiscal crises in CA, IL, PA, and other states.
No service cuts. Big service increases.
Republican priorities are backwards. We need change.
Thanks to GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” auto loan interest will soon be tax-deductible.
Sound exciting? It’s not – unless you sell cars.
In fact, the new tax break will make US transportation even more distorted, autocentric, & polluting than it already is.
In Bloomberg, I explained why 🧵
Sound exciting? It’s not – unless you sell cars.
In fact, the new tax break will make US transportation even more distorted, autocentric, & polluting than it already is.
In Bloomberg, I explained why 🧵
The High Costs of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ New Car Loan Deduction
By letting some buyers deduct interest on auto loans, the GOP megabill promises to lower transportation bills. But this tax break could do the opposite.
www.bloomberg.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
$31 billion over 4 years to subsidize the car industry.
If instead that money was spent on public transit operations, it would end the transit agency fiscal crises in CA, IL, PA, and other states.
No service cuts. Big service increases.
Republican priorities are backwards. We need change.
If instead that money was spent on public transit operations, it would end the transit agency fiscal crises in CA, IL, PA, and other states.
No service cuts. Big service increases.
Republican priorities are backwards. We need change.
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If you merely recite what the president *says is in a trade deal, you’re committing journalism malpractice
July 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If you merely recite what the president *says is in a trade deal, you’re committing journalism malpractice
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After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.
July 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.
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A lesson on how to write a headline.
Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.
www.rollingstone.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A lesson on how to write a headline.
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I encourage everyone to read this letter.
Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
July 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I encourage everyone to read this letter.
Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.
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Nice to get a free BART ride this morning, but this is terrible.
Clipper 2 is years later than planned - holding back critical fare improvements - and Cubik can’t even keep the original Clipper system running.
MTC needs to hold Cubik accountable and make transit agencies whole for fare loss.
Clipper 2 is years later than planned - holding back critical fare improvements - and Cubik can’t even keep the original Clipper system running.
MTC needs to hold Cubik accountable and make transit agencies whole for fare loss.
July 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nice to get a free BART ride this morning, but this is terrible.
Clipper 2 is years later than planned - holding back critical fare improvements - and Cubik can’t even keep the original Clipper system running.
MTC needs to hold Cubik accountable and make transit agencies whole for fare loss.
Clipper 2 is years later than planned - holding back critical fare improvements - and Cubik can’t even keep the original Clipper system running.
MTC needs to hold Cubik accountable and make transit agencies whole for fare loss.
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The impossible has become possible: we've passed a clean CEQA infill exemption. This is probably the most important thing California has done on housing in the present YIMBY moment.
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The impossible has become possible: we've passed a clean CEQA infill exemption. This is probably the most important thing California has done on housing in the present YIMBY moment.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH.
TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON CONSUMERS.
TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON CONSUMERS.
BREAKING: President Donald Trump places a 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues.
Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move that the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.
bit.ly
March 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH.
TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON CONSUMERS.
TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON CONSUMERS.
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now this is posting
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
now this is posting
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This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City
Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!
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The U.S. betrayal of Ukraine & Europe will go down in history as one of the greatest betrayals of democracy. The U.S. is acceding to a brutal dictatorship’s conquest of part of a democratic nation.
This capitulation will do nothing but embolden Putin & other autocrats to grab land from democracies.
This capitulation will do nothing but embolden Putin & other autocrats to grab land from democracies.
February 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The U.S. betrayal of Ukraine & Europe will go down in history as one of the greatest betrayals of democracy. The U.S. is acceding to a brutal dictatorship’s conquest of part of a democratic nation.
This capitulation will do nothing but embolden Putin & other autocrats to grab land from democracies.
This capitulation will do nothing but embolden Putin & other autocrats to grab land from democracies.
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Congestion pricing seems to have triggered a surge in Manhattan pedestrian activity:
“Nearly 36M people last month were in areas south of 60th Street in Manhattan, a 4.6% boost from January 2024.” (The increase was 1.6% outside the zone.)
Suggests retail sales are growing within the zone, too.
“Nearly 36M people last month were in areas south of 60th Street in Manhattan, a 4.6% boost from January 2024.” (The increase was 1.6% outside the zone.)
Suggests retail sales are growing within the zone, too.
NYC Sees Pedestrian Traffic Increase in Congestion-Pricing Zone
Pedestrian traffic on New York City’s busiest streets increased in January even after motorists began paying a new toll to drive into those same neighborhoods.
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Congestion pricing seems to have triggered a surge in Manhattan pedestrian activity:
“Nearly 36M people last month were in areas south of 60th Street in Manhattan, a 4.6% boost from January 2024.” (The increase was 1.6% outside the zone.)
Suggests retail sales are growing within the zone, too.
“Nearly 36M people last month were in areas south of 60th Street in Manhattan, a 4.6% boost from January 2024.” (The increase was 1.6% outside the zone.)
Suggests retail sales are growing within the zone, too.
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The Democrats had almost a year to devise a strategy to counter Proj. 2025 should it be enacted and they completely neglected to do so. That they're now on the back foot against it is a problem of their own making, and it isn't being a bad solider to tell them we expect better from them.
January 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Democrats had almost a year to devise a strategy to counter Proj. 2025 should it be enacted and they completely neglected to do so. That they're now on the back foot against it is a problem of their own making, and it isn't being a bad solider to tell them we expect better from them.
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Imagine if media literacy as a high school class. Literally teaching kids how to read and parse and fact check consumed media. I see no downsides. Maximum real life applicability.
January 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Imagine if media literacy as a high school class. Literally teaching kids how to read and parse and fact check consumed media. I see no downsides. Maximum real life applicability.
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TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON DOMESTIC CONSUMERS.
January 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
TARIFFS ARE TAXES ON DOMESTIC CONSUMERS.
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Rickey: 14th all-time in WAR.
Scored 2295 runs (Freddy Freeman is the active leader with 1298).
Walked 2190 times.
Stole 1406 bases.
Won 1 MVP and deserved at least two more (finished 3rd in '85, lost to his own teammate).
28 HoF voters voted "no" and should've been kicked out of the BBWAA.
Scored 2295 runs (Freddy Freeman is the active leader with 1298).
Walked 2190 times.
Stole 1406 bases.
Won 1 MVP and deserved at least two more (finished 3rd in '85, lost to his own teammate).
28 HoF voters voted "no" and should've been kicked out of the BBWAA.
December 21, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Rickey: 14th all-time in WAR.
Scored 2295 runs (Freddy Freeman is the active leader with 1298).
Walked 2190 times.
Stole 1406 bases.
Won 1 MVP and deserved at least two more (finished 3rd in '85, lost to his own teammate).
28 HoF voters voted "no" and should've been kicked out of the BBWAA.
Scored 2295 runs (Freddy Freeman is the active leader with 1298).
Walked 2190 times.
Stole 1406 bases.
Won 1 MVP and deserved at least two more (finished 3rd in '85, lost to his own teammate).
28 HoF voters voted "no" and should've been kicked out of the BBWAA.
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BREAKING: Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin KILL Biden nominee for Nat'l Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which would've meant Dem majority till '26
Instead Trump gets to set labor rules
So when EVERYONE in America loses overtime - as Project 2025 promises - thank Sinema and Manchin
Instead Trump gets to set labor rules
So when EVERYONE in America loses overtime - as Project 2025 promises - thank Sinema and Manchin
December 11, 2024 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin KILL Biden nominee for Nat'l Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which would've meant Dem majority till '26
Instead Trump gets to set labor rules
So when EVERYONE in America loses overtime - as Project 2025 promises - thank Sinema and Manchin
Instead Trump gets to set labor rules
So when EVERYONE in America loses overtime - as Project 2025 promises - thank Sinema and Manchin
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Huge document drop on the California State Rail Plan website, including a statewide network takt diagram and full list of infrastructure projects. For the first time, we are seeing the state planning an electrified "Sac-OAK-SF-SJ Mega Corridor":
dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-...
dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-...
December 10, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Huge document drop on the California State Rail Plan website, including a statewide network takt diagram and full list of infrastructure projects. For the first time, we are seeing the state planning an electrified "Sac-OAK-SF-SJ Mega Corridor":
dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-...
dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-...
If they proposed to build the Golden Gate Bridge now, it would never happen.
November 23, 2024 at 3:49 AM
If they proposed to build the Golden Gate Bridge now, it would never happen.