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Smoke rises from a pile of boxes in front of a garbage truck with its back hatch open. It is stopped in the middle of a city street. A person in a hi-viz vest stands next to it. Flames are faintly visible in the back corner of the truck.
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Everything's fine.
White smoke rises from a pile of trash dumped in the middle of a street. A garbage truck is parked in the foreground blocking a lane of traffic. A perosn in a hi-viz jacket directs an SUV around the blockage.
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Sometime in 2023 a Google Street View camera captured a U-2 Dragon Lady flying low over a giant gold dredge east of Yuba City.

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A U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane flies low over a gold dredge east of Yuba City.
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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The bridge to Coast Guard Island this morning.
Protesters fill a crosswalk at the entrance to the bridge to Coast Guard Island, Alameda.
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Make sure to wear hi-viz everyone! /s
September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The Teslabot's creepy blank face reminds me of the "humanoids" from the 1979 Disney film "Black Hole." Nightmare fuel when I was a kid.
A man stands next to several humanoid robots with blank, reflective faces sitting at a control panel in a screenshot from the 1979 film "Black Hole."
September 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Grocery run by #cargobike.
An Urban Arrow sits at a bike rack in front of a grocery store. A child, a stuffed dog and a blue IKEA bag full of groceries are visible in the cargo box.
August 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The Urban Arrow floor mat is $99. I found a perfectly-fitting rubber mat for $17.
A rubber mat with holes in it covers the floor of a cargo bike.
August 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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"Its OK, no one will ever walk here." - Midcentury Oakland traffic engineers.
An Oaklamd intersection in a high density residential neighborhood at night. A high speed turn lane connects westbound Bayo Vista Avenue with southbound Harrison Street. No crosswalks connect the southeast corner with the other sides of the street.
August 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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So grateful @sfbayferry.com and @cityofalameda.bsky.social started running the Water Shuttle on Tuesdays. Now I only have to deal with the Park Street car sewer on Mondays.
July 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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As for riding on the walkway, they’ve posted signs referencing a *county* ordinance, 10.24.070, which prohibits sidewalk riding outside of residential areas.
Sign on Alameda’s Park Street Bridge reads, “Bicyclists on bridge sidewalk must dismount ALA CO ORD 10.24.070.”
July 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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"I wish the path to the lake wasn't blocked by encampments."

* Finger on the cursed monkey's paw curls. *
A locked gate blocks a path connecting 10th St. to Lake Merritt in Oakland.
April 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Alameda Seaplane Lagoon right now.
A Martin Mars seaplane, “Philippine Mars,” is anchored in Alameda Seaplane Lagoon while people watch from the shore.
February 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Monticello Dam bell mouth spillway, AKA the Glory Hole, is spilling at Lake Berryessa. First time since 2019.
A bell mouth spillway appears as a giant hole in the water in front of a dam and mountains in the background.
February 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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#KingTide at Alameda.
A minivan negotiates a flooded road at Alameda Point with the Bay Bridge in the background. A sign reading “flooded” is posted next to a bike lane with a disabled car and flooded road in the background. Cars are parked in several inches of water. A walking path near a marina is lightly flooded.
December 14, 2024 at 8:47 PM