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Another preventable crash at an intersection with tons of pedestrian traffic. Driver turning left and either wasn’t paying attention or saw her too late.
We need to do so much more to make East Bay Streets safer for everyone, particularly in places like this, where so many are walking or biking.
We need to do so much more to make East Bay Streets safer for everyone, particularly in places like this, where so many are walking or biking.
An elderly woman was knocked unconscious Monday night when a driver struck her in a Berkeley crosswalk, according to early reports.
Female pedestrian, 95, critical after Berkeley crash
Police said the woman had been in the crosswalk on the west side of the intersection when the driver hit her.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Another preventable crash at an intersection with tons of pedestrian traffic. Driver turning left and either wasn’t paying attention or saw her too late.
We need to do so much more to make East Bay Streets safer for everyone, particularly in places like this, where so many are walking or biking.
We need to do so much more to make East Bay Streets safer for everyone, particularly in places like this, where so many are walking or biking.
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
Like most human drivers, Zoox thinks it’s okay to creep up on an elderly person crossing the street because of its god-given right to turn on a red.
December 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Like most human drivers, Zoox thinks it’s okay to creep up on an elderly person crossing the street because of its god-given right to turn on a red.
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Tech Billionaires Threaten To Flee California Over Proposed Vest Tax https://theonion.com/tech-billionaires-threaten-to-flee-california-over-proposed-vest-tax/
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tech Billionaires Threaten To Flee California Over Proposed Vest Tax https://theonion.com/tech-billionaires-threaten-to-flee-california-over-proposed-vest-tax/
If you’ve ever said “the war on cars”, you’ll like giving a tiny dollar amount each month to the geniuses who popularized the phrase 👇
We are now 11 subscribers away from a pretty big end-of-year goal. Please sign up and support the podcast!
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December 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If you’ve ever said “the war on cars”, you’ll like giving a tiny dollar amount each month to the geniuses who popularized the phrase 👇
Pure horror driving through SF and realizing every single billboard is AI.
Every. Single. One.
Every. Single. One.
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Pure horror driving through SF and realizing every single billboard is AI.
Every. Single. One.
Every. Single. One.
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The train still works when it’s raining
waymo paused its robotaxi service as national weather service issued flash flood warnings in SF on christmas - @cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/25/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/25/w...
Waymo pauses robotaxis in SF again due to flash flood warnings on Christmas Day
Waymo again paused it robotaxi service, citing a flash flood warning on Christmas Day.
www.cnbc.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The train still works when it’s raining
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The holidays are hard when you're estranged from your family, but it gets easier, and you are not alone.
From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Surviving the Holidays as an Estranged Person — Assigned
You may struggle over the holidays if you’re estranged from your family, but you are not alone.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The holidays are hard when you're estranged from your family, but it gets easier, and you are not alone.
From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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I'm on something of a street photography kick lately, so please enjoy these photos I took of New York and San Francisco.
glass.photo/108c/5DMHtvn... & glass.photo/108c/5b6IEA7...
Hasselblad X-Pan, 45mm f4 lens. • Kodak Portra 400.
#xpan #filmphotography
glass.photo/108c/5DMHtvn... & glass.photo/108c/5b6IEA7...
Hasselblad X-Pan, 45mm f4 lens. • Kodak Portra 400.
#xpan #filmphotography
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I'm on something of a street photography kick lately, so please enjoy these photos I took of New York and San Francisco.
glass.photo/108c/5DMHtvn... & glass.photo/108c/5b6IEA7...
Hasselblad X-Pan, 45mm f4 lens. • Kodak Portra 400.
#xpan #filmphotography
glass.photo/108c/5DMHtvn... & glass.photo/108c/5b6IEA7...
Hasselblad X-Pan, 45mm f4 lens. • Kodak Portra 400.
#xpan #filmphotography
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every cubic product makes me long for the days of hole punched paper tickets
December 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
every cubic product makes me long for the days of hole punched paper tickets
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Paid parking has its place in the city's transportation ecosystem, but it's far better to just get rid of as much on-street parking as possible. This is what the best cities in the world are doing and there's no reason New York City shouldn't follow suit.
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Paid parking has its place in the city's transportation ecosystem, but it's far better to just get rid of as much on-street parking as possible. This is what the best cities in the world are doing and there's no reason New York City shouldn't follow suit.
If I am killed and the case goes to trial do NOT create an AI of me.
This year marked the first time the AI avatar of a victim—in this case, a dead man—has ever addressed a court, and it raises many questions about the use of this type of technology in future court proceedings.
www.404media.co/i-loved-that...
www.404media.co/i-loved-that...
'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If I am killed and the case goes to trial do NOT create an AI of me.
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HeadsUp: Ride #SFMuni for Free on #NewYearsEve from 8 p.m. Wed., 12/31, to 5 a.m. Thurs., 1/1.
➡️Please do not tag your @BayAreaClipper Card or activate your #MuniMobile ticket during the complementary period.
➡️For details on extra #NYE service, visit: r.sfmta.com/EgJ
➡️Please do not tag your @BayAreaClipper Card or activate your #MuniMobile ticket during the complementary period.
➡️For details on extra #NYE service, visit: r.sfmta.com/EgJ
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
HeadsUp: Ride #SFMuni for Free on #NewYearsEve from 8 p.m. Wed., 12/31, to 5 a.m. Thurs., 1/1.
➡️Please do not tag your @BayAreaClipper Card or activate your #MuniMobile ticket during the complementary period.
➡️For details on extra #NYE service, visit: r.sfmta.com/EgJ
➡️Please do not tag your @BayAreaClipper Card or activate your #MuniMobile ticket during the complementary period.
➡️For details on extra #NYE service, visit: r.sfmta.com/EgJ
No matter what tech bros tell you, Waymo is an attack on public transit. The reason they deny this fact, rather than admitting that they just don’t care, is because the median voter cares a lot more about the bus than a driverless car.
![SF Standard: “I was stuck for almost 15 minutes [waiting] to cross one intersection because Waymo blocked the bus,” one call transcript (opens in new tab) says. “The entire lane could not move because the Waymo decided to block it and refused to let the bus through.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ltdx4pmtjfbq4unsu4e3ygmi/bafkreibndfll3l7yuge77s6zhxsudmldzmbp53iwj3uzsfs7ppsyikl2ka@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
No matter what tech bros tell you, Waymo is an attack on public transit. The reason they deny this fact, rather than admitting that they just don’t care, is because the median voter cares a lot more about the bus than a driverless car.
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Huge thanks to everyone at @bart.gov and @sfmta.com who have kept the lights on and dealt with the PG&E failures over the last week! SFMTA's main headquarters was without power until this morning, making the work to keep up with the rolling failures particularly challenging.
December 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Huge thanks to everyone at @bart.gov and @sfmta.com who have kept the lights on and dealt with the PG&E failures over the last week! SFMTA's main headquarters was without power until this morning, making the work to keep up with the rolling failures particularly challenging.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
The Emperor’s Luxury SUV Isn’t Good, But He’d Still Kill Us All To Keep It | Victoria Scott
Get more from Victoria Scott on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
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The PR push around “we’re taking the power outage in the Richmond very seriously” lowkey icks me out for how much it de-centred the rest of the city. Thousands of people in Civic Center have no power OR water w/ yet another quiet delay, and narry a peep from Mr Vertical Video.
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The PR push around “we’re taking the power outage in the Richmond very seriously” lowkey icks me out for how much it de-centred the rest of the city. Thousands of people in Civic Center have no power OR water w/ yet another quiet delay, and narry a peep from Mr Vertical Video.
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I am calling for a hearing at the Board of Supervisors into both PG&E and Waymo in light of the service disruptions during the blackout this weekend in San Francisco.
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I am calling for a hearing at the Board of Supervisors into both PG&E and Waymo in light of the service disruptions during the blackout this weekend in San Francisco.
AI is such a disaster for the climate, it already put San Diego under water
This was posted yesterday by a retired senior officer and now corporate leader. If AI cannot even generate a map of the US accurately what is it all about?
Lunacy.
Lunacy.
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
AI is such a disaster for the climate, it already put San Diego under water
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Creating a podcast about the fight against car dominance
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December 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“Worlds Safest Driver” Waymo spent all last night stopped in streets and intersections across SF due to a power outage. You’d think they’d plan for something like that.
At least one blocked an emergency response vehicle. This is what happens when a company gets to run a public service.
At least one blocked an emergency response vehicle. This is what happens when a company gets to run a public service.
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Worlds Safest Driver” Waymo spent all last night stopped in streets and intersections across SF due to a power outage. You’d think they’d plan for something like that.
At least one blocked an emergency response vehicle. This is what happens when a company gets to run a public service.
At least one blocked an emergency response vehicle. This is what happens when a company gets to run a public service.
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Cars are not as useful as people think they are in a widespread emergency or natural disaster. Driverless cars even less so.
Failed Waymo robot blocking emergency services during a widespread emergency:
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Cars are not as useful as people think they are in a widespread emergency or natural disaster. Driverless cars even less so.