Joanna Gubman
@joannagubman.bsky.social
Views are my own. SF Bike Coalition Board. Sierra Club SF Group Executive Committee.
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Support Trans Rights at Stanford
Stanford has announced that it will not allow trans women to compete on its sports teams. This is a shameful betrayal of trans students, of those who love and care about trans people, and of human rig...
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I'm incensed that Stanford has caved to Trump & the NCAA in barring transgender women from competing in sports. So I wrote a letter-writing campaign for alumni.
Stanford Alumni, you know what to do!!
If you want to suggest edits, it could def be better written.
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Stanford Alumni, you know what to do!!
If you want to suggest edits, it could def be better written.
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
Wow. I never actually read the details before. It's absolutely horrible.
There’s this:
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You would think this would be a/the nail in Trump’s coffin.
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You would think this would be a/the nail in Trump’s coffin.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wow. I never actually read the details before. It's absolutely horrible.
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Portable mortgages are like your cell phone plan: when you upgrade the phone, the plan comes with you. Let your mortgage follow you to the next house. That unfreezes movers—especially downsizers—and unlocks inventory.
Lemme explain why I love this idea:
Lemme explain why I love this idea:
"Portable" Mortgages Could Unlock the Housing Market, Says Economist Justin Wolfers
The Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN, November 13 2025
What happens when homeowners can take their old low mortgage rate with them to their next house?
This conversation tackles the rising buzz around…
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Portable mortgages are like your cell phone plan: when you upgrade the phone, the plan comes with you. Let your mortgage follow you to the next house. That unfreezes movers—especially downsizers—and unlocks inventory.
Lemme explain why I love this idea:
Lemme explain why I love this idea:
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"Rita" is harvesting raisin grapes in Madera. She fills her bin and dumps it on the paper below. She earns 36 cents per sheet. The dust is so fine that workers stay fully covered- otherwise it can cause breathing issues. The sand that they walk on burns their feet. #WeFeedYou
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Rita" is harvesting raisin grapes in Madera. She fills her bin and dumps it on the paper below. She earns 36 cents per sheet. The dust is so fine that workers stay fully covered- otherwise it can cause breathing issues. The sand that they walk on burns their feet. #WeFeedYou
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4/5 Without PEPFAR by 2030:
🧒 1 million more babies and children infected
⚰️ Half a million more babies and children will die
👩👧 2.8 million more orphans
All of this is unnecessary — and immoral.
(Data from Lancet 2025)
🧒 1 million more babies and children infected
⚰️ Half a million more babies and children will die
👩👧 2.8 million more orphans
All of this is unnecessary — and immoral.
(Data from Lancet 2025)
July 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
4/5 Without PEPFAR by 2030:
🧒 1 million more babies and children infected
⚰️ Half a million more babies and children will die
👩👧 2.8 million more orphans
All of this is unnecessary — and immoral.
(Data from Lancet 2025)
🧒 1 million more babies and children infected
⚰️ Half a million more babies and children will die
👩👧 2.8 million more orphans
All of this is unnecessary — and immoral.
(Data from Lancet 2025)
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First they came for abortion.
Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the organization, the country’s largest abortion provider.
bit.ly
June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
First they came for abortion.
Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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Funding is a major, underappreciated contributor to the high construction costs and long timelines that hold back electrification. In our new policy paper, Against Patchwork Funding, we propose a smarter way to fund rail: Multi-year Investment Frameworks. 🧵 calelectricrail.org/against-patc...
June 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Funding is a major, underappreciated contributor to the high construction costs and long timelines that hold back electrification. In our new policy paper, Against Patchwork Funding, we propose a smarter way to fund rail: Multi-year Investment Frameworks. 🧵 calelectricrail.org/against-patc...
@doougle.net what do you think of these types of "games"? scenariojournal.com/article/dayl...
Daylighting Conflict: Board Games As Decision-Making Tools
Games can unearth new sites of power and a recharged vision of inclusivity in the face of crisis. This essay presents a series of original board games designed to expose the political contestations…
scenariojournal.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
@doougle.net what do you think of these types of "games"? scenariojournal.com/article/dayl...
Wow, that was the biggest protest I've ever been to. Couldn't see the end in either direction. Also the most diverse, across multiple dimensions. Way to go, #SF!
#NoKings
Icing on the cake was the hula performance at Yerba Buena Park after. We celebrate diversity and Indigenous culture & power!
#NoKings
Icing on the cake was the hula performance at Yerba Buena Park after. We celebrate diversity and Indigenous culture & power!
June 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Gustavus Alaska No Kings! "Tank Parade" on June 14, 2025. 115 people showed up in our small town to protest the Trump administration!
Even a septic tank showed up! Photos by Kim Heacox
#NoKings #Gustavus #Alaska #Protest #Resist #June14 #50501 @shanahstone.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com scbc.com
Even a septic tank showed up! Photos by Kim Heacox
#NoKings #Gustavus #Alaska #Protest #Resist #June14 #50501 @shanahstone.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com scbc.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Gustavus Alaska No Kings! "Tank Parade" on June 14, 2025. 115 people showed up in our small town to protest the Trump administration!
Even a septic tank showed up! Photos by Kim Heacox
#NoKings #Gustavus #Alaska #Protest #Resist #June14 #50501 @shanahstone.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com scbc.com
Even a septic tank showed up! Photos by Kim Heacox
#NoKings #Gustavus #Alaska #Protest #Resist #June14 #50501 @shanahstone.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com scbc.com
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Trump just quietly erased guidance that told hospitals they had to save pregnant women's lives.
That's right—they don't care how many women die or are forced into health crises to advance their anti-abortion agenda.
I won’t let this fly under the radar.
That's right—they don't care how many women die or are forced into health crises to advance their anti-abortion agenda.
I won’t let this fly under the radar.
Trump rescinds Emtala guidance protecting women in need of emergency abortions
Abortion rights supporters say scaling back the Biden administration’s guidance will endanger pregnant patients’ lives
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Trump just quietly erased guidance that told hospitals they had to save pregnant women's lives.
That's right—they don't care how many women die or are forced into health crises to advance their anti-abortion agenda.
I won’t let this fly under the radar.
That's right—they don't care how many women die or are forced into health crises to advance their anti-abortion agenda.
I won’t let this fly under the radar.
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Spotted this in Amsterdam, coming soon to Illinois if we pass this transit bill with a delivery tax.
June 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Spotted this in Amsterdam, coming soon to Illinois if we pass this transit bill with a delivery tax.
Help, @warrenjwells.bsky.social ! My aunt in San Rafael says when they took away a lane of the Richmond bridge to make it for bikes it created a giant car traffic jam, and only 20 people use the bike lane each day, so clearly that's not worth keeping let's get rid of it.
What do I tell her???
What do I tell her???
May 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Help, @warrenjwells.bsky.social ! My aunt in San Rafael says when they took away a lane of the Richmond bridge to make it for bikes it created a giant car traffic jam, and only 20 people use the bike lane each day, so clearly that's not worth keeping let's get rid of it.
What do I tell her???
What do I tell her???
Thanks for celebrating my people's heritage, @calacademy.bsky.social!
www.calacademy.org/nightlife/ni...
www.calacademy.org/nightlife/ni...
NightLife: Jewish American Heritage Celebration
Share in the diversity of Jewish arts and culture during a night of creativity, comedy, music, and connection.
www.calacademy.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thanks for celebrating my people's heritage, @calacademy.bsky.social!
www.calacademy.org/nightlife/ni...
www.calacademy.org/nightlife/ni...
Impressive. We all need transit.
👀 It looks like there were banner drops all over the state this morning calling on @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to properly fund public transit. I am here for it.
Newsom announced the May state budget revise drops tomorrow. That would be a good time make it clear he intends to, indeed, fund transit.
Newsom announced the May state budget revise drops tomorrow. That would be a good time make it clear he intends to, indeed, fund transit.
Hah, nice-- got word that a "@gavinnewsom.bsky.social fund transit" went up in Berkeley this morning
May 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Impressive. We all need transit.
Horrific framing, @nytimes.com. How about
Federal Agencies Reinstate $220 Million in Essential Contracts: A Times investigation reveals rampant scandals at DOGE, with numerous false claims and illegal contract terminations.
These aren't scary zombies. They're agreements to serve the public.
Federal Agencies Reinstate $220 Million in Essential Contracts: A Times investigation reveals rampant scandals at DOGE, with numerous false claims and illegal contract terminations.
These aren't scary zombies. They're agreements to serve the public.
May 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Horrific framing, @nytimes.com. How about
Federal Agencies Reinstate $220 Million in Essential Contracts: A Times investigation reveals rampant scandals at DOGE, with numerous false claims and illegal contract terminations.
These aren't scary zombies. They're agreements to serve the public.
Federal Agencies Reinstate $220 Million in Essential Contracts: A Times investigation reveals rampant scandals at DOGE, with numerous false claims and illegal contract terminations.
These aren't scary zombies. They're agreements to serve the public.
Berlin also has legal challenges to bike infrastructure like diagonal diverters with modal filters. But they still go for it & build what's needed. And now they won!
When can we get this built in SF?
(I used to live near this charming intersection. So happy it's now car-lite!)
When can we get this built in SF?
(I used to live near this charming intersection. So happy it's now car-lite!)
„Durch das zu erwartende Fehlverhalten von Verkehrsteilnehmern sei eine einfache Gefahrenlage wahrscheinlich und damit auch der harte Einschnitt einer Diagonalsperre an der Ecke Auguststraße zu vertreten.“ Die Richterin hat Berlin verstanden. www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/strei...
Streit um Verkehrsberuhigung in Berlin-Mitte: Verwaltungsgericht weist Klage gegen Poller in der Tucholskystraße zurück
Im Streit um eine Diagonalsperre für Kraftfahrzeuge in der Tucholskystraße hat der Bezirk Mitte am Montag vor dem Verwaltungsgericht gegen Anwohner gesiegt. Elf aufgestellte Poller dürfen bleiben.
www.tagesspiegel.de
May 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Berlin also has legal challenges to bike infrastructure like diagonal diverters with modal filters. But they still go for it & build what's needed. And now they won!
When can we get this built in SF?
(I used to live near this charming intersection. So happy it's now car-lite!)
When can we get this built in SF?
(I used to live near this charming intersection. So happy it's now car-lite!)
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The Trump Administration is proposing to subtract about $166 billion in funding for international programs, housing assistance, health care, education, research, and more—while adding $164 billion in funding for the Defense Department and immigration enforcement.
May 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Trump Administration is proposing to subtract about $166 billion in funding for international programs, housing assistance, health care, education, research, and more—while adding $164 billion in funding for the Defense Department and immigration enforcement.
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Trump’s new budget proposal would slash funding for national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores, and trails by nearly 25%, cutting more than $1.2 billion from the $4.8 billion Park Service budget.
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump’s new budget proposal would slash funding for national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores, and trails by nearly 25%, cutting more than $1.2 billion from the $4.8 billion Park Service budget.
When do we get one of these for California?
The report is out, AMA.
How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor
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How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor
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North East Corridor Report
How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor
We have most recently updated this report on 04/29/2025. Go to the PDF version (coming soon)
Overview Our proposal’s goal is to establish a h...
transitcosts.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
When do we get one of these for California?
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“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
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In light of a 4 teen girls killed in a tragic crash last week, along with another 2 teen boys seriously injured last year in nearly the same spot, residents have introduced a petition to close San Geronimo Valley Road to car traffic.
It's an excellent idea.
www.change.org/p/restrict-s...
It's an excellent idea.
www.change.org/p/restrict-s...
Sign the Petition
Restrict San Geronimo Valley Road to Non-motorized Usage Only (Until Further Notice)
www.change.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In light of a 4 teen girls killed in a tragic crash last week, along with another 2 teen boys seriously injured last year in nearly the same spot, residents have introduced a petition to close San Geronimo Valley Road to car traffic.
It's an excellent idea.
www.change.org/p/restrict-s...
It's an excellent idea.
www.change.org/p/restrict-s...
Did you know? Bonobos are our closest relatives alongside chimpanzees, and they have matriarchal societies where females work together to maintain social order when a male is too aggressive or tries to monopolize resources.
Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...
Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...
These Apes Are Matriarchal, but It Doesn’t Mean They’re Peaceful (Gift Article)
Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did you know? Bonobos are our closest relatives alongside chimpanzees, and they have matriarchal societies where females work together to maintain social order when a male is too aggressive or tries to monopolize resources.
Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...
Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...
Did you know that Cybertrucks and Amazon delivery vans cause ~16x the road damage of a Honda Accord, per mile driven?
They should pay for it.
(I wrote a thing!)
sf.streetsblog.org/2025/04/09/o...
They should pay for it.
(I wrote a thing!)
sf.streetsblog.org/2025/04/09/o...
Op-Ed: SUV, Cybertruck, Delivery Van Owners Should Pay their Fair Share - Streetsblog San Francisco
It's time for owners of heavy vehicles to pay for the extra costs they cause for cities
sf.streetsblog.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Did you know that Cybertrucks and Amazon delivery vans cause ~16x the road damage of a Honda Accord, per mile driven?
They should pay for it.
(I wrote a thing!)
sf.streetsblog.org/2025/04/09/o...
They should pay for it.
(I wrote a thing!)
sf.streetsblog.org/2025/04/09/o...
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.