Alex
@alxlndomountain.bsky.social
San Francisco based planner
construction industry knower
organizer
labor bureaucrat building the high road
dad & hubby
bike enjoyer
trolleybus evangelist
PHIMBY stan
co-editor @derspekter.bsky.social
speaking only for myself
construction industry knower
organizer
labor bureaucrat building the high road
dad & hubby
bike enjoyer
trolleybus evangelist
PHIMBY stan
co-editor @derspekter.bsky.social
speaking only for myself
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e.g., What renewable/clean technologies qualify for a tax credit? What counts as innovative under the loan program? Who is eligible for a home energy retrofit tax credit? Do oil and gas companies need to reduce methane leakage on public lands? Is environmental justice a priority?
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
e.g., What renewable/clean technologies qualify for a tax credit? What counts as innovative under the loan program? Who is eligible for a home energy retrofit tax credit? Do oil and gas companies need to reduce methane leakage on public lands? Is environmental justice a priority?
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kind of a fascinating reversal of the meme format
“I’m racist… but”
“I’m racist… but”
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
kind of a fascinating reversal of the meme format
“I’m racist… but”
“I’m racist… but”
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If you voted in Seattle, check to make sure your vote was counted! If not, you may have a chance to cure your ballot:
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
If you voted in Seattle, check to make sure your vote was counted! If not, you may have a chance to cure your ballot:
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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Former House speaker / Trump adviser newt Gingrich, saying on the record what we’d heard so much on background from those others:
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Former House speaker / Trump adviser newt Gingrich, saying on the record what we’d heard so much on background from those others:
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
No Kings
No Quislings
No Quislings
Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
No Kings
No Quislings
No Quislings
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Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
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this is why both online communists and people like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social are better allies right now than someone like angus king. it's painful to confront that reality but it is the reality and the sooner everyone accepts, the sooner we can build a better one and better future
i’m ready to look past differences and align with anyone who actually believes we are in an existential fight. unfortunately that doesn’t include significant number of elected democrats!!
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
this is why both online communists and people like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social are better allies right now than someone like angus king. it's painful to confront that reality but it is the reality and the sooner everyone accepts, the sooner we can build a better one and better future
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Dems are handling white people the way they’ve usually only handled marginalized folks and it’s wild to witness
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Dems are handling white people the way they’ve usually only handled marginalized folks and it’s wild to witness
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Much like 2024, Democrats seem to think there’s a binary choice in the 2026 election between voting for Republicans (evil) and voting for Democrats (feckless).
They rarely acknowledge the third option which inevitably harms them the most: staying home.
They rarely acknowledge the third option which inevitably harms them the most: staying home.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Much like 2024, Democrats seem to think there’s a binary choice in the 2026 election between voting for Republicans (evil) and voting for Democrats (feckless).
They rarely acknowledge the third option which inevitably harms them the most: staying home.
They rarely acknowledge the third option which inevitably harms them the most: staying home.
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And I note that San Francisco's Mayor gutted the SFEnvironment budget for climate action in the last budget. And the political leadership says climate is important?
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
And I note that San Francisco's Mayor gutted the SFEnvironment budget for climate action in the last budget. And the political leadership says climate is important?
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
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My health insurance (through ACA via Washington state's plan system) is going up by only ~$40/mo, which would be great news if the base rate wasn't already $2,886/mo. Health insurance sucks.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My health insurance (through ACA via Washington state's plan system) is going up by only ~$40/mo, which would be great news if the base rate wasn't already $2,886/mo. Health insurance sucks.
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this somehow feels like some end times shit
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
this somehow feels like some end times shit
Two Nevada senators who, you'd think/hope had ice in their veins, folded like a hapless conventioneer having a too long night
Outside of AOC, we probably need to take the car keys away from all New York elected officials for awhile
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Two Nevada senators who, you'd think/hope had ice in their veins, folded like a hapless conventioneer having a too long night
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More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
We're going to set the AI agent bots to argue with other AI agent bots while we plead for a doctor
Negotiating your own health insurance sounds like being stuck in hell which isn't that far off from what we have now
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We're going to set the AI agent bots to argue with other AI agent bots while we plead for a doctor
Resigning as leader is the easiest of the honorable things he can do
Here are the at least 6 House Democrats, 3 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 4 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Resigning as leader is the easiest of the honorable things he can do
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New on Knock: A multi-billion dollar real estate company is trying to use Ellis Act evictions to displace entire multi-generational communities and destroy RSO units in Mar Vista. The tenants have organized with their neighbors and promise to fight to the finish.
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te...
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te...
Long-Time Mar Vista Tenants Fight Evictions at the Hands of Pacifica Companies - Knock LA
Amid the recent wave of ICE terror, a multibillion-dollar corporation is using the Ellis Act to displace already vulnerable immigrant families
knock-la.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
New on Knock: A multi-billion dollar real estate company is trying to use Ellis Act evictions to displace entire multi-generational communities and destroy RSO units in Mar Vista. The tenants have organized with their neighbors and promise to fight to the finish.
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te...
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te...
Is this the energy she brings to the casino?
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Is this the energy she brings to the casino?
He can still resign
In an emotional excerpt from his new book, Sen. John Fetterman said he should have dropped out of his 2022 senatorial race while severely battling depression after his stroke.
John Fetterman said he ‘should have quit’ Senate bid in an excerpt from his new book
John Fetterman gave an emotional look into his struggle with depression in an excerpt of his new book Unfettered.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
He can still resign
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the really sickening & hilarious thing is that so many of these dudes (like this one) could easily get yoinked to El Salvador themselves when unmasked & off-duty, bc 1) not visibly "white" & 2) packing a gun => i.e. "dangerous criminal gang member"
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
the really sickening & hilarious thing is that so many of these dudes (like this one) could easily get yoinked to El Salvador themselves when unmasked & off-duty, bc 1) not visibly "white" & 2) packing a gun => i.e. "dangerous criminal gang member"
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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get mad and, instead of quitting, elect better democrats
it’s possible
it’s possible
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
get mad and, instead of quitting, elect better democrats
it’s possible
it’s possible
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Glad to see the Dems knew what they were caving on. Next time the GOP can wait until the democrats have another holiday they’re excited about and will just slip in an amendment making it illegal to be gay. Then the Dems will have no choice but to rubber stamp it because yall they need a VACATION
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Glad to see the Dems knew what they were caving on. Next time the GOP can wait until the democrats have another holiday they’re excited about and will just slip in an amendment making it illegal to be gay. Then the Dems will have no choice but to rubber stamp it because yall they need a VACATION
I think its really cool when the think tank headed by the former mayor's chief of staff and who's last ED runs infrastructure policy for the current mayor issues a report advocating for centralizing power in the hands of the guy who appears to have not done much due diligence about his decision
SF’s newest supervisor accused of leaving pet shop in squalor
Mayor Daniel Lurie’s pick for Sunset supervisor, Isabella “Beya” Alcaraz, is under scrutiny after the new owner of her former pet store says she found dead mice, filth, and trash left behind.
sfstandard.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I think its really cool when the think tank headed by the former mayor's chief of staff and who's last ED runs infrastructure policy for the current mayor issues a report advocating for centralizing power in the hands of the guy who appears to have not done much due diligence about his decision