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@geoffreygee.bsky.social
middle-aged middle manager
enjoys a good harmonica solo
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enjoys a good harmonica solo
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@geoffreygee.bsky.social
· Nov 21
I guess I’m finally making the move from Twitter 😅
Hey, bluesky! I’m Geoffrey, a sober vegan who takes the train and likes tall buildings.
Let’s talk transit, housing, human rights, Magic: the Gathering, and all things San Diego 💥
Hey, bluesky! I’m Geoffrey, a sober vegan who takes the train and likes tall buildings.
Let’s talk transit, housing, human rights, Magic: the Gathering, and all things San Diego 💥
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In #SanDiego, “The large package of updates...includes proposals to end free street parking on Sundays and to introduce demand-based variable pricing in some popular areas.”
Demand-based parking prices: good for city budgets, good for shoppers & good for business.
www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
Demand-based parking prices: good for city budgets, good for shoppers & good for business.
www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
February 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
In #SanDiego, “The large package of updates...includes proposals to end free street parking on Sundays and to introduce demand-based variable pricing in some popular areas.”
Demand-based parking prices: good for city budgets, good for shoppers & good for business.
www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
Demand-based parking prices: good for city budgets, good for shoppers & good for business.
www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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America's second-busiest passenger rail line runs on a single track along crumbling Del Mar bluffs.
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
February 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
America's second-busiest passenger rail line runs on a single track along crumbling Del Mar bluffs.
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
When these cliffs erode and trains slow down, it cuts off San Diego's only rail connection to the rest of the nation.
This affects everyone from commuters to cargo. 🧵1/4
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Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
Man, I hope they crash and burn and get annexed by the City of San Diego.
Local control is how we got into this mess.
Local control is how we got into this mess.
State housing laws have Encinitas trapped in a corner, forcing the city to approve developments some residents don’t want.
The city’s mayor says it’s time to take this fight to the top.
The city’s mayor says it’s time to take this fight to the top.
Encinitas Mayor: Push to Regain Local Control Must Start at the State
The Encinitas Council recently moved another controversial housing project forward, but Mayor Bruce Ehlers says change must start at the top.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Man, I hope they crash and burn and get annexed by the City of San Diego.
Local control is how we got into this mess.
Local control is how we got into this mess.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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RFK Jr is officially HHS secretary. What do we do now?
Thoughts with @kkjetelina.bsky.social on what may be coming and how we should respond:
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
Thoughts with @kkjetelina.bsky.social on what may be coming and how we should respond:
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
RFK Jr. is now HHS Secretary. What comes next?
What to look out for and tips to navigate the storm
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
RFK Jr is officially HHS secretary. What do we do now?
Thoughts with @kkjetelina.bsky.social on what may be coming and how we should respond:
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
Thoughts with @kkjetelina.bsky.social on what may be coming and how we should respond:
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
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Maybe I’m a bad urbanist but I just can’t get excited about battery buses. Oh, you’re telling me that the bus that comes in 26 minutes and misses my hourly train connection by 45 seconds is zero-emissions? Well then, glad we solved climate change, great job everyone, mission accomplished
February 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Maybe I’m a bad urbanist but I just can’t get excited about battery buses. Oh, you’re telling me that the bus that comes in 26 minutes and misses my hourly train connection by 45 seconds is zero-emissions? Well then, glad we solved climate change, great job everyone, mission accomplished
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San Diego City Council has received a Brown Act complaint over its surprise vote seeking the repeal of the city's ADU bonus program.
Attorneys representing an ADU developer also bring up the program's role in San Diego's housing element. Background: www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...
Attorneys representing an ADU developer also bring up the program's role in San Diego's housing element. Background: www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...
February 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
San Diego City Council has received a Brown Act complaint over its surprise vote seeking the repeal of the city's ADU bonus program.
Attorneys representing an ADU developer also bring up the program's role in San Diego's housing element. Background: www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...
Attorneys representing an ADU developer also bring up the program's role in San Diego's housing element. Background: www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...
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Professor Shoup’s classic work, “The High Cost of Free Parking”, can be found…via a free searchable manuscript online.”
Recommended by #Shoupistas everywhere! 😎
www.dropbox.com/s/npqk6adti2...
Recommended by #Shoupistas everywhere! 😎
www.dropbox.com/s/npqk6adti2...
February 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Professor Shoup’s classic work, “The High Cost of Free Parking”, can be found…via a free searchable manuscript online.”
Recommended by #Shoupistas everywhere! 😎
www.dropbox.com/s/npqk6adti2...
Recommended by #Shoupistas everywhere! 😎
www.dropbox.com/s/npqk6adti2...
I missed the moment when this app went from barely anyone to every liberally minded person seeking refuge from Twitter. We must be careful not to repeat the other platform’s mistakes.
February 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I missed the moment when this app went from barely anyone to every liberally minded person seeking refuge from Twitter. We must be careful not to repeat the other platform’s mistakes.
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Harris got 48.3% of the vote. Trump got 49.8%.
Trump's election was not carte blanche for "let's have outright racists and Neo-Nazis at the highest level of American government." Republicans are overstepping.
Trump's election was not carte blanche for "let's have outright racists and Neo-Nazis at the highest level of American government." Republicans are overstepping.
February 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Harris got 48.3% of the vote. Trump got 49.8%.
Trump's election was not carte blanche for "let's have outright racists and Neo-Nazis at the highest level of American government." Republicans are overstepping.
Trump's election was not carte blanche for "let's have outright racists and Neo-Nazis at the highest level of American government." Republicans are overstepping.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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NIMBYism has caused a nationwide housing shortage, has stopped our ability to prevent wildfires effectively, and stopped any progress on making existing trains faster. We must stop letting bad actors impede progress.
January 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NIMBYism has caused a nationwide housing shortage, has stopped our ability to prevent wildfires effectively, and stopped any progress on making existing trains faster. We must stop letting bad actors impede progress.
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I don’t mind people owning cars. What I do mind is the insistence that they should be allowed to leave them on publicly funded streets, while also demanding an excess of parking lots that consume finite urban space, sterilize our environment, and make cities more hostile to exist in.
December 30, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I don’t mind people owning cars. What I do mind is the insistence that they should be allowed to leave them on publicly funded streets, while also demanding an excess of parking lots that consume finite urban space, sterilize our environment, and make cities more hostile to exist in.
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The Elizabeth Line this year moved more people than the 18 lanes of the 401 freeway, the widest in North America.
Traffic is simply a geometry problem, and adding one more lane won't fix it.
Traffic is simply a geometry problem, and adding one more lane won't fix it.
December 30, 2024 at 2:41 PM
The Elizabeth Line this year moved more people than the 18 lanes of the 401 freeway, the widest in North America.
Traffic is simply a geometry problem, and adding one more lane won't fix it.
Traffic is simply a geometry problem, and adding one more lane won't fix it.
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If your city isn’t taking concrete steps to make it less convenient to drive places, then your city leaders aren’t serious about climate action.
December 16, 2024 at 3:31 AM
If your city isn’t taking concrete steps to make it less convenient to drive places, then your city leaders aren’t serious about climate action.
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In other words, a supermajority of two thirds do not say Covid-19 response was overblown.
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
December 15, 2024 at 8:22 PM
In other words, a supermajority of two thirds do not say Covid-19 response was overblown.
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
The role of media ladies and gentlemen.
#covid #covidcanada
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Are you a current or former journalist with quick and solid writing skills looking to use your skills for societal good — in a good paying, union job. Please check out or job posting!
bit.ly/calaborcomms
bit.ly/calaborcomms
December 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Are you a current or former journalist with quick and solid writing skills looking to use your skills for societal good — in a good paying, union job. Please check out or job posting!
bit.ly/calaborcomms
bit.ly/calaborcomms
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House seats the GOP won by <2pts:
- IA-01, 0.19pts
- CO-08, 0.73pts
- PA-07, 1pt
- PA-10, 1.3 pts
- PA-08, 1.6pts
- NE-02, 1.9pts
Democrats needed to win 3 out of 6 of these to take control. As is, the GOP will hold the narrowest majority since at least 1931.
- IA-01, 0.19pts
- CO-08, 0.73pts
- PA-07, 1pt
- PA-10, 1.3 pts
- PA-08, 1.6pts
- NE-02, 1.9pts
Democrats needed to win 3 out of 6 of these to take control. As is, the GOP will hold the narrowest majority since at least 1931.
December 9, 2024 at 10:54 PM
House seats the GOP won by <2pts:
- IA-01, 0.19pts
- CO-08, 0.73pts
- PA-07, 1pt
- PA-10, 1.3 pts
- PA-08, 1.6pts
- NE-02, 1.9pts
Democrats needed to win 3 out of 6 of these to take control. As is, the GOP will hold the narrowest majority since at least 1931.
- IA-01, 0.19pts
- CO-08, 0.73pts
- PA-07, 1pt
- PA-10, 1.3 pts
- PA-08, 1.6pts
- NE-02, 1.9pts
Democrats needed to win 3 out of 6 of these to take control. As is, the GOP will hold the narrowest majority since at least 1931.
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San Diego is #4 in the nation in transit ridership increase this year!
December 4, 2024 at 9:47 PM
San Diego is #4 in the nation in transit ridership increase this year!
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“Our cities are full"
(Both circles are the same area)
(Both circles are the same area)
December 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM
“Our cities are full"
(Both circles are the same area)
(Both circles are the same area)