BART-Man
@elbart-man.bsky.social
When a radioactive train bit mild mannered Bartleby Leight, he turned into your friendly, neighborhood BART-man. Vigilante superhero luchador fighting for public transit all over the SF Bay Area!
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BART-Man
@elbart-man.bsky.social
· May 10
Hi to all the riders on Bluesky.
BART-Man Technical Specifications A-1. This is for the transit lovers out there.
Peep if you ever felt the need to slap Elon Musk.
BART-Man Technical Specifications A-1. This is for the transit lovers out there.
Peep if you ever felt the need to slap Elon Musk.
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1. Smarter cities & communities that use a lot less energy & generate a lot fewer emissions.
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
1. Smarter cities & communities that use a lot less energy & generate a lot fewer emissions.
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
2. Rapid transition to sustainable energy sources.
3. Transformation of food systems, industry & air travel.
We know the solutions. We lack the will to defeat those actively blocking them. #ClimateCrisis
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It can be a bit daunting confronting the fact that if you want to win, you've got to fight -- but the good news is there are LOTS of people out there who want the change you want. Find them, connect with them, collaborate with them & you will all have a much easier time winning change
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It can be a bit daunting confronting the fact that if you want to win, you've got to fight -- but the good news is there are LOTS of people out there who want the change you want. Find them, connect with them, collaborate with them & you will all have a much easier time winning change
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@airresources.bsky.social killing the rest of the funding for the e-bike incentive program and using it to get people to drive more. Can’t make this stuff up www.calbike.org/response-to-...
Response to CARB on Ending the E-Bike Incentive Project - CalBike
CARB’s decision to absorb the remaining funding from the E-Bike Incentive Project into Clean Cars 4 All is a telling political moment—one that mistakes “cleaner cars” for genuine progress. It’s easier...
www.calbike.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@airresources.bsky.social killing the rest of the funding for the e-bike incentive program and using it to get people to drive more. Can’t make this stuff up www.calbike.org/response-to-...
Next stop, SlamTown!
Purchase your fare below.
Purchase your fare below.
DECEMBER UNDERGROUND [WRESTLING]
12/5 × FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
doors 7:30ish // show 8-11ish
$30 on eventbrite // 21+
#dontbringyourfnkids
#OAKLAND is #SlamTown
www.eventbrite.com/e/december-u...
12/5 × FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
doors 7:30ish // show 8-11ish
$30 on eventbrite // 21+
#dontbringyourfnkids
#OAKLAND is #SlamTown
www.eventbrite.com/e/december-u...
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Next stop, SlamTown!
Purchase your fare below.
Purchase your fare below.
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TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Heaven.
All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Heaven.
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Our neighbors to our north are building more homes at one of their BART stations! Looking forward to North Berkeley BART housing breaking ground soon as well.
I’ve never been so excited to see fencing!
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Our neighbors to our north are building more homes at one of their BART stations! Looking forward to North Berkeley BART housing breaking ground soon as well.
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THE CURSED LIBRARY / part1
@link2futureftf.bsky.social is unwelcome in SlamTown.
He was given sanctuary by librarian @richardshhhnary.bsky.social
But, only if Anton helped Shhhnary save his cursed books from @okidokiokami.bsky.social
They petitioned the Church, who hold a banned book, for help
@link2futureftf.bsky.social is unwelcome in SlamTown.
He was given sanctuary by librarian @richardshhhnary.bsky.social
But, only if Anton helped Shhhnary save his cursed books from @okidokiokami.bsky.social
They petitioned the Church, who hold a banned book, for help
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
THE CURSED LIBRARY / part1
@link2futureftf.bsky.social is unwelcome in SlamTown.
He was given sanctuary by librarian @richardshhhnary.bsky.social
But, only if Anton helped Shhhnary save his cursed books from @okidokiokami.bsky.social
They petitioned the Church, who hold a banned book, for help
@link2futureftf.bsky.social is unwelcome in SlamTown.
He was given sanctuary by librarian @richardshhhnary.bsky.social
But, only if Anton helped Shhhnary save his cursed books from @okidokiokami.bsky.social
They petitioned the Church, who hold a banned book, for help
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Q: The comfort show you couldn’t stop watching?
A: YouTube videos related to the former Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged corruption.
www.vulture.com/article/cult...
A: YouTube videos related to the former Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged corruption.
www.vulture.com/article/cult...
What Park Chan-wook Watched, Read, and Listened to in 2025
“YouTube videos related to the former Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged corruption.”
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Q: The comfort show you couldn’t stop watching?
A: YouTube videos related to the former Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged corruption.
www.vulture.com/article/cult...
A: YouTube videos related to the former Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged corruption.
www.vulture.com/article/cult...
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Ahem. It’s a “war on cars.”
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ahem. It’s a “war on cars.”
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Next chance to get cereal and MOAR 🥣
FRIDAY
Sheikah v Dave Reckoning + ChainMaidens
+
Lara v Mayra - Falls Count Anywhere
BART-MAN v Prisoner 420
Anton Voorhees
MYLO
Cereal Man
Shhhnary + OKAMI
Dr Mehl + Ratchet
MORE
doors730ish/show8-11ish
$30/eventbrite
21+ / #dontbringyourfnkids to #SlamTown
Sheikah v Dave Reckoning + ChainMaidens
+
Lara v Mayra - Falls Count Anywhere
BART-MAN v Prisoner 420
Anton Voorhees
MYLO
Cereal Man
Shhhnary + OKAMI
Dr Mehl + Ratchet
MORE
doors730ish/show8-11ish
$30/eventbrite
21+ / #dontbringyourfnkids to #SlamTown
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Next chance to get cereal and MOAR 🥣
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Trains really are the highpoint of human development. There is no more elegant, relaxing way to cross large distances than in a train. The ability to look out the big windows, read a book, have meal or a drink, walk around and converse with fellow passengers is something magical.
A book and a train is a hell of a combination.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trains really are the highpoint of human development. There is no more elegant, relaxing way to cross large distances than in a train. The ability to look out the big windows, read a book, have meal or a drink, walk around and converse with fellow passengers is something magical.
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I guess the summary of all of these is that that 5m headways require CBTC and then ops $$, and <5m requires new track _somewhere_ and that’s probably a better place to spend your first capital project dollar than PSDs (though we should have both!)
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I guess the summary of all of these is that that 5m headways require CBTC and then ops $$, and <5m requires new track _somewhere_ and that’s probably a better place to spend your first capital project dollar than PSDs (though we should have both!)
See you tomorrow, riders.
Update: BART-man will be making an appearance at our booth at @fanexposf.bsky.social this Sunday, Nov. 30!!!!!
Ride with us in costume for an organized Cosplay Ride to FanExpo and get an exclusive sticker! We’ll meet in the paid area on the ground floor of MacArthur Station at 10:15am.
Ride with us in costume for an organized Cosplay Ride to FanExpo and get an exclusive sticker! We’ll meet in the paid area on the ground floor of MacArthur Station at 10:15am.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
See you tomorrow, riders.
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BART is gearing up for some fandom fun as our beloved anime mascots head to FanExpo San Francisco for one day only on Sunday, Nov. 30!
Riders and convention-goers can look forward to exclusive giveaways, unique photo ops, and a one-of-a-kind cosplay ride to the event.
Thread ⬇️
Riders and convention-goers can look forward to exclusive giveaways, unique photo ops, and a one-of-a-kind cosplay ride to the event.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
BART is gearing up for some fandom fun as our beloved anime mascots head to FanExpo San Francisco for one day only on Sunday, Nov. 30!
Riders and convention-goers can look forward to exclusive giveaways, unique photo ops, and a one-of-a-kind cosplay ride to the event.
Thread ⬇️
Riders and convention-goers can look forward to exclusive giveaways, unique photo ops, and a one-of-a-kind cosplay ride to the event.
Thread ⬇️
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Update: BART-man will be making an appearance at our booth at @fanexposf.bsky.social this Sunday, Nov. 30!!!!!
Ride with us in costume for an organized Cosplay Ride to FanExpo and get an exclusive sticker! We’ll meet in the paid area on the ground floor of MacArthur Station at 10:15am.
Ride with us in costume for an organized Cosplay Ride to FanExpo and get an exclusive sticker! We’ll meet in the paid area on the ground floor of MacArthur Station at 10:15am.
November 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Update: BART-man will be making an appearance at our booth at @fanexposf.bsky.social this Sunday, Nov. 30!!!!!
Ride with us in costume for an organized Cosplay Ride to FanExpo and get an exclusive sticker! We’ll meet in the paid area on the ground floor of MacArthur Station at 10:15am.
Ride with us in costume for an organized Cosplay Ride to FanExpo and get an exclusive sticker! We’ll meet in the paid area on the ground floor of MacArthur Station at 10:15am.
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wrestling rules
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
wrestling rules
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JANUARY 2ND
SlamTown crowns its first champion
At the CONTEST OF SLAMPIONS
#OAKLAND is #SLAMTOWN
doors 730ish/show 8-11ish
$30 on eventbrite, www.eventbrite.com/e/slamtown-c...
21+ #dontbringyourfnkids
SlamTown crowns its first champion
At the CONTEST OF SLAMPIONS
#OAKLAND is #SLAMTOWN
doors 730ish/show 8-11ish
$30 on eventbrite, www.eventbrite.com/e/slamtown-c...
21+ #dontbringyourfnkids
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
JANUARY 2ND
SlamTown crowns its first champion
At the CONTEST OF SLAMPIONS
#OAKLAND is #SLAMTOWN
doors 730ish/show 8-11ish
$30 on eventbrite, www.eventbrite.com/e/slamtown-c...
21+ #dontbringyourfnkids
SlamTown crowns its first champion
At the CONTEST OF SLAMPIONS
#OAKLAND is #SLAMTOWN
doors 730ish/show 8-11ish
$30 on eventbrite, www.eventbrite.com/e/slamtown-c...
21+ #dontbringyourfnkids
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"Ms. Borsook proposes a Silicon Valley Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Ms. Borsook proposes a Silicon Valley Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
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I received some of these letters and they are extremely touching and special, a wonderful gift that made me feel marvelous.
We're grateful for all the riders, advocates, and operators who make Bay Area transit so special. During Transit Month, SFSU's Transfer Community Organization and Transfer Peer Mentor Program delivered hand-written letters dedicated to some of their favorite transit operators. Check them out here!
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I received some of these letters and they are extremely touching and special, a wonderful gift that made me feel marvelous.