Jesse O'Sullivan
@jesseosullivan.bsky.social
Dad, wonk, theatre lover. Posts mostly about urbanism, transit, and housing.
Adaptive reuse
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Adaptive reuse
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There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Reposted by Jesse O'Sullivan
It is extremely important right now to demonstrate that people who believe in American democracy are not so easily cowed.
As a reminder, we are one week out from a nationwide mobilization against the fascist coup. Find the nearest protest in your neck of the woods here. www.nokings.org
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
June 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It is extremely important right now to demonstrate that people who believe in American democracy are not so easily cowed.
Finally got the grocery run setup.
June 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Finally got the grocery run setup.
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Surfliner to LA closed for 6 weeks again for emergency bluff repairs. BUILD THE TUNNELS. DOUBLE TRACK EVERYWHERE. SUCK IT DEL MAR.
The Pacific Surfliner - America's 2nd most ridden rail corridor - will shutdown for 6 weeks between Irvine and Oceanside starting Monday to reinforce the line. These repairs are important, but giving 3 days notice is unacceptable for a non-emergency shutdown. www.pacificsurfliner.com/plan-your-tr...
Travel Advisories | Pacific Surfliner
Learn about ongoing construction projects that contribute to improvements in rail travel in Southern California, and stay ahead of planned service disruptions.
www.pacificsurfliner.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Surfliner to LA closed for 6 weeks again for emergency bluff repairs. BUILD THE TUNNELS. DOUBLE TRACK EVERYWHERE. SUCK IT DEL MAR.
Have a multimodal day
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Have a multimodal day
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roses are red
doomscrolling is soul-destroying
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doomscrolling is soul-destroying
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never forget that you can block someone for simply being annoying
March 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
roses are red
doomscrolling is soul-destroying
👇🏻
doomscrolling is soul-destroying
👇🏻
Chuck Schumer resign
March 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Chuck Schumer resign
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I currently study pediatric brain cancer. If NIH policies do not change, neither myself nor the large majority of my colleagues will still be doing so a year from now.
March 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I currently study pediatric brain cancer. If NIH policies do not change, neither myself nor the large majority of my colleagues will still be doing so a year from now.
Making effective bikeways is actually really cheap. Doing it the expensive way is for car convenience only. I'm grateful for the Meade Avenue roundabouts, but it would have been much cheaper (maybe 90% cheaper) and much more effective to do modal filters.
bikeportland.org/2025/03/03/g...
bikeportland.org/2025/03/03/g...
Guest Opinion: Modal filters are cheaper and work better than speed bumps
It’s time for PBOT to stop spending more for less.
bikeportland.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Making effective bikeways is actually really cheap. Doing it the expensive way is for car convenience only. I'm grateful for the Meade Avenue roundabouts, but it would have been much cheaper (maybe 90% cheaper) and much more effective to do modal filters.
bikeportland.org/2025/03/03/g...
bikeportland.org/2025/03/03/g...
Direct, simple, clear.
March 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Direct, simple, clear.
New bike storage setup
February 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
New bike storage setup
Cancel your LATimes subscription
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cancel your LATimes subscription
Hell yeah. It's been a while, but one of the major recommendations in a report I wrote was more service. www.circulatesd.org/midcoastreport @circulatesd.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hell yeah. It's been a while, but one of the major recommendations in a report I wrote was more service. www.circulatesd.org/midcoastreport @circulatesd.bsky.social
Parenthood will really sort your priorities for you. And put a future for your children at the top of that list.
Not to get all "parenthood changes your whole perspective," but I do think becoming a dad has made me even less tolerant of Bluesky's doomer brigade. I'm completely uninterested in having depressive strangers lecture me about how my daughter's future is written and there's nothing we can do.
January 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Parenthood will really sort your priorities for you. And put a future for your children at the top of that list.
There's a lot in California that feels not left, not right, just pro regulation.
A lot of people on this website seem to think that housing regulation is just a dial you turn up or down, and anything that turns down the regulation dial is inherently conservative and therefore bad.
December 5, 2024 at 4:31 AM
There's a lot in California that feels not left, not right, just pro regulation.
I really want an electric car that has no touch screens and does not connect to the Internet. But the car doesn't seem to exist.
December 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I really want an electric car that has no touch screens and does not connect to the Internet. But the car doesn't seem to exist.
Hey look, it works
In our 7x7 mile city, SF now has 75 miles of transit-only lanes. Result:
- Buses up to 35% faster
- 50% reduction in injury collisions on transit corridors
- Highest public approval rating since 2001
- Over 10 lines exceeding pre-COVID ridership
www.sfmta.com/blog/decade-...
- Buses up to 35% faster
- 50% reduction in injury collisions on transit corridors
- Highest public approval rating since 2001
- Over 10 lines exceeding pre-COVID ridership
www.sfmta.com/blog/decade-...
A Decade of Change: How Muni Forward is Transforming San Francisco
www.sfmta.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Hey look, it works
Does anyone have a starter pack for a broad variety of people with lots of knowledge about specific niche interests? I'm thinking people @dieworkwear.bsky.social but for like . . . cartography and surrealism and boat building or something.
November 26, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Does anyone have a starter pack for a broad variety of people with lots of knowledge about specific niche interests? I'm thinking people @dieworkwear.bsky.social but for like . . . cartography and surrealism and boat building or something.
Showing up every 4 years and asking for your vote is not an effective way to build public trust and involvement, and most people (reasonably) don't want to dedicate endless hours to dry meetings. Building a coalition means offering a real opportunity to connect.
Here’s my pitch: the Democrats should take a few million dollars and fund free childcare centers and bowling nights in swing districts resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/the-party-...
The Party Should Throw Them a Party
A proposal for how to build a more durable Democratic coalition
resnikoff.beehiiv.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Showing up every 4 years and asking for your vote is not an effective way to build public trust and involvement, and most people (reasonably) don't want to dedicate endless hours to dry meetings. Building a coalition means offering a real opportunity to connect.
I mostly post about urbanism and politics, but I'm also involved with Glass House Arts, which is about the coolest group of artists I could hope to know (based in Escondido!). Check em out.
November 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I mostly post about urbanism and politics, but I'm also involved with Glass House Arts, which is about the coolest group of artists I could hope to know (based in Escondido!). Check em out.
I don't think that a cabinet full of TV personalities is a winning strategy. There has to be a lot of conflict with that many egos in the room.
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
I don't think that a cabinet full of TV personalities is a winning strategy. There has to be a lot of conflict with that many egos in the room.
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Hells yeah!! Here is my incomplete, but hopefully helpful SD urbanist list so far :)
November 20, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Hells yeah!! Here is my incomplete, but hopefully helpful SD urbanist list so far :)
Has anyone made a San Diego politics starter pack yet?
November 15, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Has anyone made a San Diego politics starter pack yet?