delightful hater
@delightfulhater.bsky.social
I can’t keep my opinions to myself. She/her. SoCal.
Passionate about:
literacy, pedestrian safety, common courtesy, curating little free libraries, Dr Pepper, veteran/military advocacy, & Steve Miller Band’s song ‘The Joker’.
Passionate about:
literacy, pedestrian safety, common courtesy, curating little free libraries, Dr Pepper, veteran/military advocacy, & Steve Miller Band’s song ‘The Joker’.
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Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
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What makes it so striking is that these are people with whom you have an obvious, built-in social tie. You see each other regularly. These aren’t total strangers, and it’s still too much to ask to even consider the possibility they’re actual people.
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What makes it so striking is that these are people with whom you have an obvious, built-in social tie. You see each other regularly. These aren’t total strangers, and it’s still too much to ask to even consider the possibility they’re actual people.
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Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day
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What I think about every time I hear someone whining about the new daylighting law.
Bike safety advocates are calling for accountability after a driver struck a child in a crosswalk outside a Berkeley middle school. But the primary issue wasn't the driver behind the wheel, they say, but another driver who had parked in a nearby red zone.
After boy hit in crosswalk, school red curbs top of mind
The crash happened Monday at about 3 p.m., at Hopkins Street and Colusa Avenue, as King middle school was letting out.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What I think about every time I hear someone whining about the new daylighting law.
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As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. HT Ian Lockwood.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
August 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. HT Ian Lockwood.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
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wanted a cute neighbor.
helped a new guy move in.
meet Will the worm.
brightening up the neighborhood from his porch.
#sandiego #worm #proudhomeowner
helped a new guy move in.
meet Will the worm.
brightening up the neighborhood from his porch.
#sandiego #worm #proudhomeowner
August 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
wanted a cute neighbor.
helped a new guy move in.
meet Will the worm.
brightening up the neighborhood from his porch.
#sandiego #worm #proudhomeowner
helped a new guy move in.
meet Will the worm.
brightening up the neighborhood from his porch.
#sandiego #worm #proudhomeowner
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One of the most disappointing things about being an advocate for non-car transportation is that you end up discovering how many left-wing spaces are full of people who hold casual beliefs that non-drivers' lives don't matter.
Anyways, deeply disappointing that rebutting "bikes run stop signs so it's their fault if I hit them!" has become a weekly thing On Here.
August 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
One of the most disappointing things about being an advocate for non-car transportation is that you end up discovering how many left-wing spaces are full of people who hold casual beliefs that non-drivers' lives don't matter.
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How many cyclists will be killed by drivers swerving into bike lanes before we get concrete protection?
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
Medical Examiner's Office IDs bicyclist fatally hit by driver in San Diego
A driver hit and killed a bicyclist in the Black Mountain Ranch area of San Diego on Friday evening, according to San Diego police.
www.nbcsandiego.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How many cyclists will be killed by drivers swerving into bike lanes before we get concrete protection?
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky
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It wasn't that having my own kids radicalized me. It was spending time with kids that did.
Those blissful little idiots can not comprehend the dangers that adults force on them. It is unfair and needs stop.
"We ask kids to be safe so adults can be dangerous" @tomflood.bsky.social
Those blissful little idiots can not comprehend the dangers that adults force on them. It is unfair and needs stop.
"We ask kids to be safe so adults can be dangerous" @tomflood.bsky.social
Why are cars going 30mph where kids are?
15mph is fast enough for cars change my mind.
15mph is fast enough for cars change my mind.
NO ONE can react in less than a second to a child running in front of a car going 30 mph. It’s physics.
July 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It wasn't that having my own kids radicalized me. It was spending time with kids that did.
Those blissful little idiots can not comprehend the dangers that adults force on them. It is unfair and needs stop.
"We ask kids to be safe so adults can be dangerous" @tomflood.bsky.social
Those blissful little idiots can not comprehend the dangers that adults force on them. It is unfair and needs stop.
"We ask kids to be safe so adults can be dangerous" @tomflood.bsky.social
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Shocker. They want to privatize everything. Schools. NASA. Police. Health care. Social security. The VA. Everything.
The downsizing of the National Weather Service and the NOAA appears to be part of an effort to privatize the work of such agencies.
In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts
Downsizing at the National Weather Service appears to be part of an effort by Republicans to privatize such agencies.
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Shocker. They want to privatize everything. Schools. NASA. Police. Health care. Social security. The VA. Everything.
I’m going to need the govt to stand down on the wearables and tracking citizens
or I’m going to need @theonion.com to revive the jitterbug like they’ve revived print journalism
or I’m going to need @theonion.com to revive the jitterbug like they’ve revived print journalism
July 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I’m going to need the govt to stand down on the wearables and tracking citizens
or I’m going to need @theonion.com to revive the jitterbug like they’ve revived print journalism
or I’m going to need @theonion.com to revive the jitterbug like they’ve revived print journalism
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All roads lead back to Project 2025. All anybody had to do before the election was to read the damn thing.
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
All roads lead back to Project 2025. All anybody had to do before the election was to read the damn thing.
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This is exactly what will happen. His base has already been negatively polarized against the basic concept of healthcare. This bill is a gigantic boon to the coffee enema and "alternative" cancer treatment scam industry.
It just occurred to me that Trump's denial of Medicaid for many of his cult followers will leave them without legitimate medical coverage & they will resort to "wellness" scammers- those who wouldn't qualify for Medicaid payments. The snake oil salesmen figure to benefit more than anyone here.
July 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is exactly what will happen. His base has already been negatively polarized against the basic concept of healthcare. This bill is a gigantic boon to the coffee enema and "alternative" cancer treatment scam industry.
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This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
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🚨🚨“Veterans should never have to say those words in this country.”
A Veteran on dialysis told Sen. Mark Kelly: “SNAP and food banks are the only way I eat.”
Trump and the GOP call it a “Big Beautiful Bill.” No—It’s a brutal assault on Veterans just trying to survive.
A Veteran on dialysis told Sen. Mark Kelly: “SNAP and food banks are the only way I eat.”
Trump and the GOP call it a “Big Beautiful Bill.” No—It’s a brutal assault on Veterans just trying to survive.
June 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨🚨“Veterans should never have to say those words in this country.”
A Veteran on dialysis told Sen. Mark Kelly: “SNAP and food banks are the only way I eat.”
Trump and the GOP call it a “Big Beautiful Bill.” No—It’s a brutal assault on Veterans just trying to survive.
A Veteran on dialysis told Sen. Mark Kelly: “SNAP and food banks are the only way I eat.”
Trump and the GOP call it a “Big Beautiful Bill.” No—It’s a brutal assault on Veterans just trying to survive.
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Reading alone won't save democracy but you can't have a democracy if people don't read
June 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reading alone won't save democracy but you can't have a democracy if people don't read
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Incredibly embarrassing
June 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Incredibly embarrassing
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President Trump’s unlawful military presence in Los Angeles is pulling away a third of our California National Guard counter-narcotic force.
His unnecessary takeover is actively making Americans less safe.
His unnecessary takeover is actively making Americans less safe.
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
President Trump’s unlawful military presence in Los Angeles is pulling away a third of our California National Guard counter-narcotic force.
His unnecessary takeover is actively making Americans less safe.
His unnecessary takeover is actively making Americans less safe.
This was such a great listen ❤️
John Yang recently flew to Edmonds to interview me for @pbsnews.org, and we had a wonderful time strolling through my hometown, participating in a little civil disobedience, unearthing my 1977 journal & sharing laughs as he artfully drilled into my travel philosophy.
Got 10 minutes? Check it out!
Got 10 minutes? Check it out!
Why culture shock is a valuable part of ‘thoughtful travel,’ according to Rick Steves
Millions of Americans are expected to go on a European vacation this summer. Many of those going for the first time are likely to be following the advice of travel writer Rick Steves, host of “Rick St...
www.pbs.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This was such a great listen ❤️
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RM @repmarktakano.bsky.social's EVEST Act would require automatic VA enrollment during a servicemembers transition to their civilian life, changing an opt in to an opt out.
June 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
RM @repmarktakano.bsky.social's EVEST Act would require automatic VA enrollment during a servicemembers transition to their civilian life, changing an opt in to an opt out.
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
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NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Illegal Strikes on Iran
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Illegal Strikes on Iran
I’m not sure how I feel about #AI yet, but I do see people online comparing using it to some insane, crazy shit. Most of these people have college degrees. They’ve been educated on how to express themselves in a clear, professional way. The average American is not on that level….
June 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’m not sure how I feel about #AI yet, but I do see people online comparing using it to some insane, crazy shit. Most of these people have college degrees. They’ve been educated on how to express themselves in a clear, professional way. The average American is not on that level….
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We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.
June 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.