David Kissling
@xtdave.bsky.social
San Francisco, cities, bikes, left politics, Dodgers ⚾️, Warriors 🏀, Kings 🏒
Come on guys, the font didn't even look right.
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Come on guys, the font didn't even look right.
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
Sad to see. I just hit 5000 miles on my Rad City 5. Great bike for San Francisco, even if there's good competition and the company has been in bad shape for a long time
Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of 'potential' closure as efforts continue to 'save Rad'
#SEAbikes #Seattle
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of ‘potential’ closure as efforts continue to ‘save Rad’
Read the full November 7 WARN letter (PDF). Seattle-based e-bike giant Rad Power Bikes has filed official notice to Washington State as well as the company's 64 Washington employees that the company could end operations "as early as January 2026." A November 7 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") filed with the state (PDF) lists both service-level workers at the company's retail and repair shop as well as corporate workers at their Seattle headquarters, including top-level positions like CEO and CFO.
www.seattlebikeblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sad to see. I just hit 5000 miles on my Rad City 5. Great bike for San Francisco, even if there's good competition and the company has been in bad shape for a long time
To add to the EV rental discourse from earlier, I think we waste too much time talking about "road trip" rentals and not the very common "I'm flying to a city and need a car to get around the suburbs for a few days", and I really think EVs in this era are underrated for this purpose
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
To add to the EV rental discourse from earlier, I think we waste too much time talking about "road trip" rentals and not the very common "I'm flying to a city and need a car to get around the suburbs for a few days", and I really think EVs in this era are underrated for this purpose
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this is the trump guy urtext
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
this is the trump guy urtext
Look last Tuesday was great for left of center politics fans, and it was really good for people living in VA, NJ and NYC.
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Look last Tuesday was great for left of center politics fans, and it was really good for people living in VA, NJ and NYC.
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
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if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
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Purchasing power hasn't stagnated. Americans are wealthier than ever. There aren't enough houses. Those first two things can't fix the third thing, no matter how much better they get.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Purchasing power hasn't stagnated. Americans are wealthier than ever. There aren't enough houses. Those first two things can't fix the third thing, no matter how much better they get.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
If you think Chuck Schumer can end the ICE/CBP terror taking place in American cities through a budget fight, you are deluding yourself with how long this war is going to take
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you think Chuck Schumer can end the ICE/CBP terror taking place in American cities through a budget fight, you are deluding yourself with how long this war is going to take
I really really wish this was not the case, but a lot of you are assuming that Congressional Democrats have more leverage than they actually do.
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I really really wish this was not the case, but a lot of you are assuming that Congressional Democrats have more leverage than they actually do.
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
Our housing system is a machine that creates homelessness and immense wealth to property owners.
We should demand better from our housing system
We should demand better from our housing system
Tomiquia Moss, Secretary of the CA Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency explains that every day, Los Angeles houses 207 homeless people but another 227 become homeless the same day.
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Our housing system is a machine that creates homelessness and immense wealth to property owners.
We should demand better from our housing system
We should demand better from our housing system
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Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
DePo gets his first chance to run a team again since the Dodgers got rid of him 20 years ago
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
DePo gets his first chance to run a team again since the Dodgers got rid of him 20 years ago
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You may be able to indict a ham sandwich but you cannot convict one
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You may be able to indict a ham sandwich but you cannot convict one
I think the media takeover by the right matters but I also think a lot of people in the swing demos got better paying jobs and then believed they became rich enough to vote Republican between 2020 and 2024.
They are now learning that they’re not exactly full members in the party
They are now learning that they’re not exactly full members in the party
The media failed broadly, and continues to do so, but in particular Gen Z media and Latino media REALLY fucked up. Built an entirely fake fucking candidate to vote for.
Amazing how much 2025 was a hyper correction for the fact that in 2024 voters clearly didn't know what they were voting for because the media didn't report on Trump's actual policies/voters refused to believe what they were voting for.
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think the media takeover by the right matters but I also think a lot of people in the swing demos got better paying jobs and then believed they became rich enough to vote Republican between 2020 and 2024.
They are now learning that they’re not exactly full members in the party
They are now learning that they’re not exactly full members in the party
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Forget hydrogen or batteries. Just electrify trains like the rest of the world, with simple overhead line that allows efficient engines to pull power direct from source.
Congrats to @caltrain.com, where newly electrified trains are delivering vastly improved service - and rave reviews!
Congrats to @caltrain.com, where newly electrified trains are delivering vastly improved service - and rave reviews!
We love good news! 🤭
Survey Says: Riders Love Caltrain! Read more: https://www.caltrain.com/news/survey-says-riders-love-caltrain.
Survey Says: Riders Love Caltrain! Read more: https://www.caltrain.com/news/survey-says-riders-love-caltrain.
Survey Says: Riders Love Caltrain | Caltrain
2025 Customer Satisfaction Survey shows widespread exuberance over electric service
www.caltrain.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Forget hydrogen or batteries. Just electrify trains like the rest of the world, with simple overhead line that allows efficient engines to pull power direct from source.
Congrats to @caltrain.com, where newly electrified trains are delivering vastly improved service - and rave reviews!
Congrats to @caltrain.com, where newly electrified trains are delivering vastly improved service - and rave reviews!
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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passing AOC over for leadership was a critical strategic error
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
passing AOC over for leadership was a critical strategic error
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.
Congratulations New York. No matter what, you elected a Mayor who loves the city
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Congratulations New York. No matter what, you elected a Mayor who loves the city
Good things happen when I spend election night in New Jersey.
I need to find a way to be here during the Presidential elections
I need to find a way to be here during the Presidential elections
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Good things happen when I spend election night in New Jersey.
I need to find a way to be here during the Presidential elections
I need to find a way to be here during the Presidential elections
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Woke 2 is gonna hit like Earl Thomas
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Woke 2 is gonna hit like Earl Thomas
Does issue polling account for the times when the voters decide they want to "throw the bums out", regardless of the ideological composition of said bums?
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Does issue polling account for the times when the voters decide they want to "throw the bums out", regardless of the ideological composition of said bums?
I understand why we can't have fun all the time here (I know what the world is like now) but that World Series showed how this site can be a much more enjoyable place to be
This is a fun chart!
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I understand why we can't have fun all the time here (I know what the world is like now) but that World Series showed how this site can be a much more enjoyable place to be