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Unrelated to this topic, I thought it was so weird the Health Department is going to take a year+ to post some PDFs in the (existing?) data portal as a follow up to the audit.
What are they doing over there @jwbee.bsky.social @berkeleyscanner.com ?
What are they doing over there @jwbee.bsky.social @berkeleyscanner.com ?
July 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Unrelated to this topic, I thought it was so weird the Health Department is going to take a year+ to post some PDFs in the (existing?) data portal as a follow up to the audit.
What are they doing over there @jwbee.bsky.social @berkeleyscanner.com ?
What are they doing over there @jwbee.bsky.social @berkeleyscanner.com ?
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A lot of Californians think that their local schools are paid for by property taxes. For 87% of school districts that is not true. Prop 13 1978 etc keep taxes so low that these schools depend on the state (and thus the stock market!) to meet our per child meager minimums!
June 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A lot of Californians think that their local schools are paid for by property taxes. For 87% of school districts that is not true. Prop 13 1978 etc keep taxes so low that these schools depend on the state (and thus the stock market!) to meet our per child meager minimums!
Folks on NextDoor are now threatening to create our very own state of Jefferson!
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Folks on NextDoor are now threatening to create our very own state of Jefferson!
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It's ridiculous that AC Transit is raising prices and cutting service while giving away $500,000 to an 'advisor' who says he 'snuck up' to Oregon four times to line up his new job. This sweetheart deal should be rescinded and the money should be redirected for more bus operators.
AC Transit’s former GM has a new job in Oregon. He’s still making $500k as an agency adviserhttps://oaklandside.org/2025/03/24/ac-transits-former-gm-has-a-new-job-in-oregon-hes-still-making-500k-as-an-agency-consultant/
AC Transit's former GM has a new job in Oregon. He's still making $500k as an agency adviser
A local has threatened litigation against the agency for potential public disclosure violations around Hursh’s settlement agreement.
oaklandside.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It's ridiculous that AC Transit is raising prices and cutting service while giving away $500,000 to an 'advisor' who says he 'snuck up' to Oregon four times to line up his new job. This sweetheart deal should be rescinded and the money should be redirected for more bus operators.
Optimists: Adoption of the Global Privacy Control (GPC) framework will ensure users never have to see another unnecessary cookie dialog as they browse the web!
Realists:
Realists:
February 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Optimists: Adoption of the Global Privacy Control (GPC) framework will ensure users never have to see another unnecessary cookie dialog as they browse the web!
Realists:
Realists:
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I need people to understand that Santa Monica and the Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard are not in the wildlands-urban interface.
They are urban flatlands with fire-prone hills vaguely nearby, like half the inner Bay Area.
They are urban flatlands with fire-prone hills vaguely nearby, like half the inner Bay Area.
January 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I need people to understand that Santa Monica and the Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard are not in the wildlands-urban interface.
They are urban flatlands with fire-prone hills vaguely nearby, like half the inner Bay Area.
They are urban flatlands with fire-prone hills vaguely nearby, like half the inner Bay Area.
I’ve never seen this opinion expressed by anyone in a shrinking city. It’s always people in desirable cities who can’t imagine a problem worse than “people like it here.” @jwbee.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I’ve never seen this opinion expressed by anyone in a shrinking city. It’s always people in desirable cities who can’t imagine a problem worse than “people like it here.” @jwbee.bsky.social
City council transcripts never disappoint!
December 5, 2024 at 5:26 AM
City council transcripts never disappoint!
Anyone in adtech who’s still on Twitter should care about this.
if this is true, the continued takeoff of Bluesky would be a matter of world-historical significance: the contrived decline in referral traffic to news sites from social media platforms is a load-bearing aspect of our currently screwed up information ecosystem
Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth
December 4, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Anyone in adtech who’s still on Twitter should care about this.
...what does this mean? @jwbee.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM
...what does this mean? @jwbee.bsky.social
IMO Teslas have definitively becomes the BMW 3 series of the bay area. A 'nice', 'performance' car driven nearly exclusively by the worst people on the road.
November 24, 2024 at 9:45 PM
IMO Teslas have definitively becomes the BMW 3 series of the bay area. A 'nice', 'performance' car driven nearly exclusively by the worst people on the road.
You get _one_ page down in search results and Google starts second-guessing what sort of "hash procedure" you actually wanted.
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 PM
You get _one_ page down in search results and Google starts second-guessing what sort of "hash procedure" you actually wanted.
First time I’ve seen a candidate do this @idothethinking.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 AM
First time I’ve seen a candidate do this @idothethinking.bsky.social
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Sophie Hahn can ponder how her lone opposition to safe streets cost her the election, probably from her third home in France, cuz she's not going to be mayor.
November 16, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Sophie Hahn can ponder how her lone opposition to safe streets cost her the election, probably from her third home in France, cuz she's not going to be mayor.
Looks like this in turn might stem from earlier mistakes: www.berkeleyside.org/2019/02/19/b...
According to city GIS records, the three street lights in the vicinity of this intersection (Rose/Josephine) were replaced with lower wattage LED's in 2019. Biking or walking through here at night, you can definitely notice the lack of visibility and unsafe street conditions. arcg.is/1Oz8y81
November 15, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Looks like this in turn might stem from earlier mistakes: www.berkeleyside.org/2019/02/19/b...
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According to city GIS records, the three street lights in the vicinity of this intersection (Rose/Josephine) were replaced with lower wattage LED's in 2019. Biking or walking through here at night, you can definitely notice the lack of visibility and unsafe street conditions. arcg.is/1Oz8y81
November 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
According to city GIS records, the three street lights in the vicinity of this intersection (Rose/Josephine) were replaced with lower wattage LED's in 2019. Biking or walking through here at night, you can definitely notice the lack of visibility and unsafe street conditions. arcg.is/1Oz8y81
Finding the random Obama era AWS console page is like going home for the holidays
November 13, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Finding the random Obama era AWS console page is like going home for the holidays
This is interesting -- riders have returned but (100% of) trips have not.
November 13, 2024 at 2:53 AM
This is interesting -- riders have returned but (100% of) trips have not.
It's Normal and Not Weird to listen to "My Way" by Limp Bizkit upwards of six times without noticing.
November 13, 2024 at 12:02 AM
It's Normal and Not Weird to listen to "My Way" by Limp Bizkit upwards of six times without noticing.
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My students always ask me what they can do as individuals for climate, and here’s what I tell them:
1. Vote for candidates that will do something about climate change
2. Ride a bike
3. Stop eating meat (or at least beef and dairy)
4. Fly less
1. Vote for candidates that will do something about climate change
2. Ride a bike
3. Stop eating meat (or at least beef and dairy)
4. Fly less
November 2, 2024 at 7:57 PM
My students always ask me what they can do as individuals for climate, and here’s what I tell them:
1. Vote for candidates that will do something about climate change
2. Ride a bike
3. Stop eating meat (or at least beef and dairy)
4. Fly less
1. Vote for candidates that will do something about climate change
2. Ride a bike
3. Stop eating meat (or at least beef and dairy)
4. Fly less
cory doctorow penning another article with "enshittification" as a centerpiece in 2024
November 4, 2024 at 2:25 AM
cory doctorow penning another article with "enshittification" as a centerpiece in 2024
Long, long California
www.wired.com/story/califo...
www.wired.com/story/califo...
After the Election, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward No Matter What
California has been written off as a woke wasteland. But it’s still inventing the future on a bunch of frontiers nobody’s talking about. Even if Trump wins, it will remain a golden, global example.
www.wired.com
November 1, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Long, long California
www.wired.com/story/califo...
www.wired.com/story/califo...