Utamu
@utamu.bsky.social
Scribe, wanderer, head nodder, knee slapper, looks like we got ourselves a reader. #215.
"Sacks described his WH experience as “incredible” & hailing the admin’s work on AI & crypto. Trump described Sacks as “great” before signing exec orders to speed the building of data centers & exports of A.I systems. Then he handed Sacks the presidential pen."
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Sacks described his WH experience as “incredible” & hailing the admin’s work on AI & crypto. Trump described Sacks as “great” before signing exec orders to speed the building of data centers & exports of A.I systems. Then he handed Sacks the presidential pen."
"Visa & NYSE sponsored the A.I. summit. The organizers declined to disclose what the companies paid. Hoffman said “All-In” lost money hosting the event & that “no VIP. reception occurred.” NYSE declined to comment."
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Visa & NYSE sponsored the A.I. summit. The organizers declined to disclose what the companies paid. Hoffman said “All-In” lost money hosting the event & that “no VIP. reception occurred.” NYSE declined to comment."
"Sacks has recommended A.I. policies that have run counter to national security recs, alarming some of his WH colleagues & raising questions about his priorities. He has 708 tech investments, at least 449 stakes in cos w/ ties to AI that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies."
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Sacks has recommended A.I. policies that have run counter to national security recs, alarming some of his WH colleagues & raising questions about his priorities. He has 708 tech investments, at least 449 stakes in cos w/ ties to AI that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies."
"Sacks has offered astonishing WH access to his tech industry compatriots & pushed to eliminate govt obstacles facing A.I. companies. That has set up giants like Nvidia to reap an estimate of as much as $200 billion in new sales."
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Sacks has offered astonishing WH access to his tech industry compatriots & pushed to eliminate govt obstacles facing A.I. companies. That has set up giants like Nvidia to reap an estimate of as much as $200 billion in new sales."
Sacks" unveiled an “A.I. Action Plan” drafted Sacks, a longtime VC. Trump declared A.I. was “one of the most important tech revolutions in the history of the world.” Then he picked up his pen and signed executive orders to fast-track the industry."
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sacks" unveiled an “A.I. Action Plan” drafted Sacks, a longtime VC. Trump declared A.I. was “one of the most important tech revolutions in the history of the world.” Then he picked up his pen and signed executive orders to fast-track the industry."
@nytceciliakang.bsky.social: Sacks, one of Trump’s top tech officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the WH. He'd convened top govt officials & Silicon Valley execs for a forum on the booming AI business. The guest of honor was Trump."
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
@nytceciliakang.bsky.social: Sacks, one of Trump’s top tech officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the WH. He'd convened top govt officials & Silicon Valley execs for a forum on the booming AI business. The guest of honor was Trump."
@monicaklein.bsky.social: "NYC's >3M immigrants are central to our city's strength, vitality & success & the Mayor-elect remains steadfast in his commitment to protecting the rights & dignity of every NYer, upholding our sanctuary laws & deescalation rather than use of unnecessary force."
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
@monicaklein.bsky.social: "NYC's >3M immigrants are central to our city's strength, vitality & success & the Mayor-elect remains steadfast in his commitment to protecting the rights & dignity of every NYer, upholding our sanctuary laws & deescalation rather than use of unnecessary force."
"Not only are large-scale ICE raids being met by 100s of protesters, but in 2 months, NY will be led by an immigrant mayor for the first time in 50 years. Mamdani, who moved to US when he was 7, campaigned on protecting NY's immigrant community from these very same raids."
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Not only are large-scale ICE raids being met by 100s of protesters, but in 2 months, NY will be led by an immigrant mayor for the first time in 50 years. Mamdani, who moved to US when he was 7, campaigned on protecting NY's immigrant community from these very same raids."
"The incident demonstrated how the city's physical infrastructure —its narrow streets & densely populated areas, built mostly by immigrant labor over the last 2 centuries—can impede ICE's so-called "enforcement surges."
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"The incident demonstrated how the city's physical infrastructure —its narrow streets & densely populated areas, built mostly by immigrant labor over the last 2 centuries—can impede ICE's so-called "enforcement surges."
"The mass counter-protest of 200 people demonstrates challenges feds will face in enforcing Trump’s hardline immigration agenda in a city is rooted in its immigrant identity. New York could prove to be the toughest challenge yet."
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"The mass counter-protest of 200 people demonstrates challenges feds will face in enforcing Trump’s hardline immigration agenda in a city is rooted in its immigrant identity. New York could prove to be the toughest challenge yet."
"The new law doesn’t seem to have diminished enthusiasm for what in some cases are illegal bikes. This September, at Redwood High School, where Mittelstaedt counted 31 e-motos in April 2024, he now counted 48."
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"The new law doesn’t seem to have diminished enthusiasm for what in some cases are illegal bikes. This September, at Redwood High School, where Mittelstaedt counted 31 e-motos in April 2024, he now counted 48."
"On Sept. 27, @governor.ca.gov signed a bill that requires e-bike batteries to be certified by an accredited testing lab. He signed a bill resembling Marin’s, restricting e-bike ridership to age 12 or older for both Class 1 & Class 2 machines. Newsom showed up for an impromptu signing ceremony."
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"On Sept. 27, @governor.ca.gov signed a bill that requires e-bike batteries to be certified by an accredited testing lab. He signed a bill resembling Marin’s, restricting e-bike ridership to age 12 or older for both Class 1 & Class 2 machines. Newsom showed up for an impromptu signing ceremony."
"While she agrees it would be good to get people to switch from gas vehicles to e-bikes, “it doesn’t make sense to have ever-growing # of different categories w/ separate rules.” She's found most pple don’t understand the 3-class system. “People are unlikely to follow rules they don’t understand.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"While she agrees it would be good to get people to switch from gas vehicles to e-bikes, “it doesn’t make sense to have ever-growing # of different categories w/ separate rules.” She's found most pple don’t understand the 3-class system. “People are unlikely to follow rules they don’t understand.”
“For 100 years, we just had cars & peds. “Motorcycles were regulated like cars, but Americans treat bikes as toys.” They were not carefully integrated into the designs & rules of our roads — which Agrawal says is “much more of a problem now that we have electric bicycles on the road as well.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“For 100 years, we just had cars & peds. “Motorcycles were regulated like cars, but Americans treat bikes as toys.” They were not carefully integrated into the designs & rules of our roads — which Agrawal says is “much more of a problem now that we have electric bicycles on the road as well.”
"Neither @marinbike.org nor @calbike.bsky.social took a position, tho CalBike’s Jared Sanchez, asked on the orgs’ website: “In a state where 4,000 people die annually & many more are injured due to traffic violence, some CA cities are freaking out bc teenagers on e-bikes … did a wheelie?”
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Neither @marinbike.org nor @calbike.bsky.social took a position, tho CalBike’s Jared Sanchez, asked on the orgs’ website: “In a state where 4,000 people die annually & many more are injured due to traffic violence, some CA cities are freaking out bc teenagers on e-bikes … did a wheelie?”
"But it’s a false dichotomy to suggest that the choice is either an electric device or parents bringing them in to school. It could be a regular bicycle — or it could be a legal e-bike.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"But it’s a false dichotomy to suggest that the choice is either an electric device or parents bringing them in to school. It could be a regular bicycle — or it could be a legal e-bike.”
Mittelstaedt: "As the end of the school day approached, idling cars and SUVs formed a line leading into the entrance of the middle school. This is what we’re up against — cars clogging up traffic, waiting to pick up their kids."
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Mittelstaedt: "As the end of the school day approached, idling cars and SUVs formed a line leading into the entrance of the middle school. This is what we’re up against — cars clogging up traffic, waiting to pick up their kids."
"In the old days, when you had loud, gas-powered, smelly mopeds, everybody knew what they were.” Today, because the vehicles are electric and quiet, it’s hard for the police to detect when they’ve crossed the line separating e-bike from moped or motorcycle."
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"In the old days, when you had loud, gas-powered, smelly mopeds, everybody knew what they were.” Today, because the vehicles are electric and quiet, it’s hard for the police to detect when they’ve crossed the line separating e-bike from moped or motorcycle."
Mittelstaedt: “We all want to get kids out of cars & onto bikes.. The manufacturers took advantage of that. If the limit is 20 mph, kids will want to go 21; if the limit is 21, they’ll want to go 22."
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Mittelstaedt: “We all want to get kids out of cars & onto bikes.. The manufacturers took advantage of that. If the limit is 20 mph, kids will want to go 21; if the limit is 21, they’ll want to go 22."
Marin's Safe Routes "has been teaching e-bike safety & Marin's E-Bikers Club educates kids about rules & etiquette). Former Health Director Matt Willis heard complaints kids were “ignoring stop signs, weaving in & out of traffic, riding double & doing wheelies down the middle of SFD Boulevard.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Marin's Safe Routes "has been teaching e-bike safety & Marin's E-Bikers Club educates kids about rules & etiquette). Former Health Director Matt Willis heard complaints kids were “ignoring stop signs, weaving in & out of traffic, riding double & doing wheelies down the middle of SFD Boulevard.”
"Bikes have always offered independence to kids — and liberated parents from ferrying them around — but the fun factor offered by e-bikes mixes dangerously with young people’s proclivity for play, made worse because they are often not old enough to drive and don’t know the rules of the road."
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Bikes have always offered independence to kids — and liberated parents from ferrying them around — but the fun factor offered by e-bikes mixes dangerously with young people’s proclivity for play, made worse because they are often not old enough to drive and don’t know the rules of the road."
"Talking about her crash, Amelia calls the term e-bike “a play on words.” If the machines were called motorbikes, they would be far less popular. “But the fact that it’s called an e-bike” — evoking such everyday stuff as email, e-books or (less salubriously) e-cigarettes — “makes it accessible.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Talking about her crash, Amelia calls the term e-bike “a play on words.” If the machines were called motorbikes, they would be far less popular. “But the fact that it’s called an e-bike” — evoking such everyday stuff as email, e-books or (less salubriously) e-cigarettes — “makes it accessible.”