Drew
@drewda.bsky.social
A bookish pedestrian in Northern California. Just here to chit-chat (not to represent any orgs, employers, or clients)
How much of that disdain-as-a-rhetorical-device atop an in-crowd-circle-jerk is just NYC media becoming as rarefied as British culture and importing their conventions? I'll take the answer off the air...
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How much of that disdain-as-a-rhetorical-device atop an in-crowd-circle-jerk is just NYC media becoming as rarefied as British culture and importing their conventions? I'll take the answer off the air...
The city manager intentionally created strip annexations, with the goal of making San Jose the LA of Northern California: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._H...
A. P. Hamann - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The city manager intentionally created strip annexations, with the goal of making San Jose the LA of Northern California: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._H...
FWIW, from what I recall the public editors were effective at articulating that kind of middle ground. They all came from long careers as reporters and editors (rather than as "posters")
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
FWIW, from what I recall the public editors were effective at articulating that kind of middle ground. They all came from long careers as reporters and editors (rather than as "posters")
* nothing is required beside the apparently unlimited blessings of the California DMV and PUC
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
* nothing is required beside the apparently unlimited blessings of the California DMV and PUC
Almost all important federal challenges are purely partisan, but reform of the nation's surface transportation funding scheme isn't... because it's so completely broken.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Almost all important federal challenges are purely partisan, but reform of the nation's surface transportation funding scheme isn't... because it's so completely broken.
If automated driving only ends up meeting the economics and tolerances of airport pick-ups, then it will still appear as if it has conquered 100% of the market for ground transport... since it's only the trip to and from the airport that Thomas Friedman writes about.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If automated driving only ends up meeting the economics and tolerances of airport pick-ups, then it will still appear as if it has conquered 100% of the market for ground transport... since it's only the trip to and from the airport that Thomas Friedman writes about.
FWIW, it's often not just landlords "wanting" higher paying retail tenants. It's a firm requirement from their own lenders.
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
FWIW, it's often not just landlords "wanting" higher paying retail tenants. It's a firm requirement from their own lenders.
(Don't think she had sufficient experience to run for such an important seat in Congress, however)
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
(Don't think she had sufficient experience to run for such an important seat in Congress, however)
I agree with the other replies. Christine Pelosi has a fine amount of experience to run for state legislature relative to others who have succeeded (as well as failed) at it. Her positions on the important issues are the real open questions...
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I agree with the other replies. Christine Pelosi has a fine amount of experience to run for state legislature relative to others who have succeeded (as well as failed) at it. Her positions on the important issues are the real open questions...
FWIW, as a West Coast Jew, I think of 'em more as "New York food" (* with New York food involving quite a lot of Askenazi Jewish cuisine)
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
FWIW, as a West Coast Jew, I think of 'em more as "New York food" (* with New York food involving quite a lot of Askenazi Jewish cuisine)
Yeah (although in fairness, those of us who voluntarily get into political activities beyond just voting probably all have entrenched views of our own :)
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Yeah (although in fairness, those of us who voluntarily get into political activities beyond just voting probably all have entrenched views of our own :)
Yeah, I committed the sin of using an algorithm to generate text :)
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Yeah, I committed the sin of using an algorithm to generate text :)
(And if his county is similar to Alameda County, a chartered club will probably be a better use of his time to meet folks who are looking to join up and work together, rather than the too often internecine conflicts of the AC Dem Central Committee itself :|
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
(And if his county is similar to Alameda County, a chartered club will probably be a better use of his time to meet folks who are looking to join up and work together, rather than the too often internecine conflicts of the AC Dem Central Committee itself :|
I emailed back and forth with him a bit when I was in a related field. It's been quite a number of years but glad to DM you his email address if you don't already have it
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I emailed back and forth with him a bit when I was in a related field. It's been quite a number of years but glad to DM you his email address if you don't already have it
"What's the Matter with [Arizona]?"
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"What's the Matter with [Arizona]?"
In a now-viral 2005 book, Tony Judt explained all of this... but that would require reading.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In a now-viral 2005 book, Tony Judt explained all of this... but that would require reading.
An odd detail I learned the other day: Airports who contracted out security screening are still able to pay the people doing the exact same jobs www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
Why SFO TSA remains drama-free amid federal shutdown
Security checkpoint officers at SFO are still getting paid.
www.sfgate.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
An odd detail I learned the other day: Airports who contracted out security screening are still able to pay the people doing the exact same jobs www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
The one time I thought I'd go to a talk by Bernard-Henri Lévy, there was an apologetic staffer at the classroom entrance, informing us that the speaker had had to take a last-minute trip to Switzerland to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians...
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The one time I thought I'd go to a talk by Bernard-Henri Lévy, there was an apologetic staffer at the classroom entrance, informing us that the speaker had had to take a last-minute trip to Switzerland to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians...