Lian Chikako
@lian.bsky.social
I turn information into pictures. Yes to safe streets, multimodal transit, and housing. 👟🏡🚆🚲
I've been taking a breather from Mamdani content because I think he needs time to set up his team, get sworn in, and start doing things before the fawning continues, but THIS is worth an exception.
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've been taking a breather from Mamdani content because I think he needs time to set up his team, get sworn in, and start doing things before the fawning continues, but THIS is worth an exception.
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This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.”
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is rich. Connie Chan says she “built real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods.”
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
She points to new affordable housing on Geary: housing that she didn’t build but that *was* built using “Sacramento version” housing laws & $52M in state funds. 🧵
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
Thank you and congratulations to every Democrat in the United States who ran for office, defended your seat, knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated, talked to your friends and family, or voted.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Thank you and congratulations to every Democrat in the United States who ran for office, defended your seat, knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated, talked to your friends and family, or voted.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
Last night showed me that we can win our country back.
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My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
Every official with a heart & brain says they have a plan to protect our country from Trump. There's nobody I believe more on this than Scott Wiener. He's our most effective legislator on a huge range of difficult issues, and doesn't flinch in the face of fierce opposition and even personal threats.
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Every official with a heart & brain says they have a plan to protect our country from Trump. There's nobody I believe more on this than Scott Wiener. He's our most effective legislator on a huge range of difficult issues, and doesn't flinch in the face of fierce opposition and even personal threats.
Had a great time giving out #Yeson50 signs today at #NoKings in San Francisco. If we were the only people voting, it'd be a landslide. Unfortunately, there's parts of the state where Prop 50 will probably be under water so...
SAN FRANCISCO, GET YOUR BALLOTS IN! Please vote Yes on Prop 50!
SAN FRANCISCO, GET YOUR BALLOTS IN! Please vote Yes on Prop 50!
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
California insulin!
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin
Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
California insulin!
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This is how we could get single-payer healthcare in the U.S.--by showing how much cheaper things are when you leverage the purchasing power of the state instead of pitting us all against each other as individual buyers in open markets.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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CS is banned in warfare by treaty - a treaty the US itself has actually signed (the Geneva Gas Protocol). Yet we continue to allow police to use it.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
CS is banned in warfare by treaty - a treaty the US itself has actually signed (the Geneva Gas Protocol). Yet we continue to allow police to use it.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
If it's beyond the pale when used by militaries against other militaries, it should clearly be banned from use against civilians.
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I just approved major pieces of legislation to keep building more affordable housing.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I just approved major pieces of legislation to keep building more affordable housing.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
Whether it's turning empty office buildings into residential spaces or building more homes near public transportation, we're doing all we can to lower the price to realize the California Dream.
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This gives me hope. That Calif can get serious about climate. That young people and new immigrants to Calif might have same privileges I did. That we can make transit work. And that we transit advocates can learn from this phenomenal work by housing activists
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This gives me hope. That Calif can get serious about climate. That young people and new immigrants to Calif might have same privileges I did. That we can make transit work. And that we transit advocates can learn from this phenomenal work by housing activists
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another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.
Thank you @brookejenkins.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thank you @brookejenkins.bsky.social
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
SO excited that Gov. Newsom signed SB 79 into law today--thank you, Governor!
This bill from Senator Wiener will help California become more affordable, prosperous, and environmentally sustainable by allowing denser housing near transit.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social
This bill from Senator Wiener will help California become more affordable, prosperous, and environmentally sustainable by allowing denser housing near transit.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
SO excited that Gov. Newsom signed SB 79 into law today--thank you, Governor!
This bill from Senator Wiener will help California become more affordable, prosperous, and environmentally sustainable by allowing denser housing near transit.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social
This bill from Senator Wiener will help California become more affordable, prosperous, and environmentally sustainable by allowing denser housing near transit.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social
I'm voting #Yeson50 and returning my ballot today because I want to level the playing field and live in a country with elections, not kings.
Vote YES and get your ballots in, Californians!
Vote YES and get your ballots in, Californians!
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I'm voting #Yeson50 and returning my ballot today because I want to level the playing field and live in a country with elections, not kings.
Vote YES and get your ballots in, Californians!
Vote YES and get your ballots in, Californians!
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There's a week left for the Governor to sign bills. Phone lines open at 9am on Monday, make those calls to ask him to sign SB 79 to bring more housing near transit in California. In the meantime you can also send a message at www.gov.ca.gov/contact/
Update: had a friend just call and said there was zero wait time to talk to a live person and the whole call only took 30 seconds.
Call 916-445-2841 NOW to support SB79 and building more housing near transit
Call 916-445-2841 NOW to support SB79 and building more housing near transit
one little thing you can do to make a difference this Friday is calling @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and telling him to vote yes on SB79
916-445-2841 is his number, call now or use the link below
916-445-2841 is his number, call now or use the link below
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
There's a week left for the Governor to sign bills. Phone lines open at 9am on Monday, make those calls to ask him to sign SB 79 to bring more housing near transit in California. In the meantime you can also send a message at www.gov.ca.gov/contact/
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We are not out of the woods on SB 79.
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Call the Governor to sign SB 79!
Please call the Governor and urge him to sign SB 79!
cayimby.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We are not out of the woods on SB 79.
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
Los Angeles NIMBYs have lost their minds over the prospect of more homes being built near taxpayer-funded transit stations.
Sadly, the Governor might be listening to them.
Please make the call: cayimby.org/call-sb-79/
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Post script: We will go to the mat to protect Sunset Dunes. We’re not going to let this incredibly popular & successful park be converted back to a crumbling highway.
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Post script: We will go to the mat to protect Sunset Dunes. We’re not going to let this incredibly popular & successful park be converted back to a crumbling highway.
Joel did the right thing, following the evidence and his convictions in supporting the creation of the park. And he's doing the right thing by supporting the creation of desperately-needed (and state-mandated) housing in our city.
September 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Joel did the right thing, following the evidence and his convictions in supporting the creation of the park. And he's doing the right thing by supporting the creation of desperately-needed (and state-mandated) housing in our city.
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To address any of the important issues of our time -- climate change, racial equity, economic equality, traffic safety, democracy -- all of us need to put our jobs at risk in order to make bold and necessary choices. Always know your backup job plan, then do what's right
September 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
To address any of the important issues of our time -- climate change, racial equity, economic equality, traffic safety, democracy -- all of us need to put our jobs at risk in order to make bold and necessary choices. Always know your backup job plan, then do what's right