Megan Garcia
@thatmegangarcia.bsky.social
Professionally, I work to make our cities better. Sactown ➡️ NYC ➡️ SF
I ❤️ cities, pop culture, prestige TV, crap TV, dogs, well-researched podcasts, dumb jokes, smart jokes, & being curious.
Will eat the rest of that if you’re not going to finish it.
I ❤️ cities, pop culture, prestige TV, crap TV, dogs, well-researched podcasts, dumb jokes, smart jokes, & being curious.
Will eat the rest of that if you’re not going to finish it.
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Megan Garcia
@thatmegangarcia.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I’m an advocate for Downtowns and making urban environments better for people and small businesses.
Downtown Sacramento, Flatiron & NoMad in NYC, and now Market Street in SF. Marketing, programming, community building, art, & small business support.
Healthy urban centers are so important!
Downtown Sacramento, Flatiron & NoMad in NYC, and now Market Street in SF. Marketing, programming, community building, art, & small business support.
Healthy urban centers are so important!
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Amazing, helpful, insightful work here by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social:
OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
Trump and Musk are testing the limits, trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
www.lawdork.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Amazing, helpful, insightful work here by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social:
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Yeah yeah he’s cringe but can you imagine being dumb enough to fall for this shit? Like oh sure the worlds richest man with billions in government contracts is saying that disability payments are the real scam, he seems legit lol
The man currently destroying the U.S. government has changed his name on Twitter to Harry Bolz
February 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yeah yeah he’s cringe but can you imagine being dumb enough to fall for this shit? Like oh sure the worlds richest man with billions in government contracts is saying that disability payments are the real scam, he seems legit lol
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BBC tested a bunch of chatbots used as news source:
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
February 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
BBC tested a bunch of chatbots used as news source:
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
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To vote in the election to defeat Eric Adams you must register in the Democratic Party in NYC before Valentine’s Day vote.nyc/page/party-a...
February 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
To vote in the election to defeat Eric Adams you must register in the Democratic Party in NYC before Valentine’s Day vote.nyc/page/party-a...
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
Ah, I missed Lisa Murkowski’s and Susan Collin’s performative “no” votes only when the Rs have enough votes to pass… and then when they don’t, hem and haw and signal no but then fall in line at the last minute.
Feels like a throwback, some things don’t change!
Feels like a throwback, some things don’t change!
January 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ah, I missed Lisa Murkowski’s and Susan Collin’s performative “no” votes only when the Rs have enough votes to pass… and then when they don’t, hem and haw and signal no but then fall in line at the last minute.
Feels like a throwback, some things don’t change!
Feels like a throwback, some things don’t change!
Been listening to the American Hysteria back catalog and am currently circa 2021, which is kind of a trip in current context! But, just finished listening to the lovely interview with @marawilson.bsky.social, and snagged her book on audible. Excited to listen to it.
January 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Been listening to the American Hysteria back catalog and am currently circa 2021, which is kind of a trip in current context! But, just finished listening to the lovely interview with @marawilson.bsky.social, and snagged her book on audible. Excited to listen to it.
January 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Being a YIMBY means getting regularly accused of trying to complete the Bay Area’s transformation into a tech bro playground, but tbh a big part of the reason why I want more housing here is to RESIST creeping homogenization. I need rent to get cheaper so I can hang out with more weird artists.
January 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Being a YIMBY means getting regularly accused of trying to complete the Bay Area’s transformation into a tech bro playground, but tbh a big part of the reason why I want more housing here is to RESIST creeping homogenization. I need rent to get cheaper so I can hang out with more weird artists.
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You know who believes in climate change...house insurance companies
January 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You know who believes in climate change...house insurance companies
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My theory is that Trump activated the bigotries even of the marginalized groups he threatened, against other marginalized groups he also threatened. So white women voted their racism, minority men voted their misogyny, older immigrants voted against newer ones, everyone voted their transphobia, etc.
January 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My theory is that Trump activated the bigotries even of the marginalized groups he threatened, against other marginalized groups he also threatened. So white women voted their racism, minority men voted their misogyny, older immigrants voted against newer ones, everyone voted their transphobia, etc.
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Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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When we see narratives that blame the most vulnerable people for problems caused by the most powerful, I think it’s important to remember that this viral spread of misinfo is a more pervasive version of what the powerful have always done to defend themselves, with tech they steered in this direction
January 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When we see narratives that blame the most vulnerable people for problems caused by the most powerful, I think it’s important to remember that this viral spread of misinfo is a more pervasive version of what the powerful have always done to defend themselves, with tech they steered in this direction
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I’m in Japan right now so I’m obliged to remind the world — we don’t want AI. We want a robust rail system. We want trains. Metros. High speed. Locals. Cute trains. Efficient trains. Trains.
December 26, 2024 at 2:55 AM
I’m in Japan right now so I’m obliged to remind the world — we don’t want AI. We want a robust rail system. We want trains. Metros. High speed. Locals. Cute trains. Efficient trains. Trains.
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This is not some “new” Zuck. For two years I was one of a small group of civil rights leaders who regularly pressed Zuckerberg to deal w/disinformation, hate speech, voter suppression & Trump incitement on the platform. Myanmar had already happened so we knew the danger of unfettered speech.
January 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is not some “new” Zuck. For two years I was one of a small group of civil rights leaders who regularly pressed Zuckerberg to deal w/disinformation, hate speech, voter suppression & Trump incitement on the platform. Myanmar had already happened so we knew the danger of unfettered speech.
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The end of the road for me was Kenosha. Facebook had an explicit policy against posting “calls to arms.” A rightwing militia group posted a flyer literally called “a call to arms.” Kyle Rittenhouse took up arms, traveled to Kenosha & killed two men. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
Zuckerberg Admits Facebook ‘Mistake’ In Leaving Up Kenosha Guard ‘Call To Arms’
The Facebook CEO said the moderation team dedicated to militia groups “didn’t pick this up” when initially reviewing the page.
www.forbes.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The end of the road for me was Kenosha. Facebook had an explicit policy against posting “calls to arms.” A rightwing militia group posted a flyer literally called “a call to arms.” Kyle Rittenhouse took up arms, traveled to Kenosha & killed two men. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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Nah, it was dumb as balls. Congress relabeled French fries "freedom fries" because they were mad at France for not joining the war. The justification for attacking Iraq was that they had aluminum tubes. The war had a slogan and the slogan was "Let's Roll!"
There was a sort of tragic grandeur to the War on Terror that the Trump years lack, I think. There’s only so much you can make out artistically of a country shitting itself in a Walmart to own the libs on a national scale.
We got the amazing Battlestar Galactica reboot from the over reaction to 9/11
What amazing SciFi will be inspired by trump's nonsense?
What amazing SciFi will be inspired by trump's nonsense?
January 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Nah, it was dumb as balls. Congress relabeled French fries "freedom fries" because they were mad at France for not joining the war. The justification for attacking Iraq was that they had aluminum tubes. The war had a slogan and the slogan was "Let's Roll!"
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You miss 100% of the boys who aren't back in town
January 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
You miss 100% of the boys who aren't back in town
I grew up in Nor Cal and literally every time I’m in the Donner or Tahoe area I’m blown away by truly what world class level beauty it all is. Like people travel from all over the world to visit and they absolutely should it is not overrated.
It snowed all night in Tahoe and this is the view over Donner Lake. I grew up here, but I still can’t get over how pretty California is.
January 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I grew up in Nor Cal and literally every time I’m in the Donner or Tahoe area I’m blown away by truly what world class level beauty it all is. Like people travel from all over the world to visit and they absolutely should it is not overrated.
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It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
www.pbs.org
January 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
December 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Apple Watch request: one-off option for the “find my phone” button to vibrate your phone instead of pinging.
Specifically useful for when there is a solid chance your phone is, say, lost in your sleeping kids’ covers or flopped under your duvet while your spouse is asleep.
Specifically useful for when there is a solid chance your phone is, say, lost in your sleeping kids’ covers or flopped under your duvet while your spouse is asleep.
January 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Apple Watch request: one-off option for the “find my phone” button to vibrate your phone instead of pinging.
Specifically useful for when there is a solid chance your phone is, say, lost in your sleeping kids’ covers or flopped under your duvet while your spouse is asleep.
Specifically useful for when there is a solid chance your phone is, say, lost in your sleeping kids’ covers or flopped under your duvet while your spouse is asleep.
“A lot of straight guys really don’t even like women.” 🎯
Took me a long time to really understand this was the deeper meaning of “objectification”.
A weird and sad thing to live & realize as someone that enjoys gets along well with men.
Took me a long time to really understand this was the deeper meaning of “objectification”.
A weird and sad thing to live & realize as someone that enjoys gets along well with men.
January 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“A lot of straight guys really don’t even like women.” 🎯
Took me a long time to really understand this was the deeper meaning of “objectification”.
A weird and sad thing to live & realize as someone that enjoys gets along well with men.
Took me a long time to really understand this was the deeper meaning of “objectification”.
A weird and sad thing to live & realize as someone that enjoys gets along well with men.