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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · Nov 12

One of the reasons things are so dysfunctional in California is because of Prop 13 passed by voters in 1978:

Check out the property tax bills of these three neighbors:
1. $1,230.26
2. $63,947.68 - not a typo
3. $2,194.44

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Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 8h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1h

Hey WHCA, where u at…oh, why do I bother

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1h

DoD today confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. - Pentagon Press Association

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 1h

That's a truly deep cut to the fact that Bill Ackman believes you become your name and thus he was destined to become an activist

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 3h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating new paper: higher levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater correlate with higher health-related absences from work.

"COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences that is similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic," the authors write.

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

It’s funny to see Olivia Reingold complain about her ex-friend who comes from “media royalty” when she herself is media royalty. Dad was NBC Asia top brass and then bought six local CBS stations. She’s a Columbia legacy, and Michael Barbaro interviewed her for a WaPo puff piece when she was 10.

By Michael Barbaro
Celia and Olivia Reingold, owners of a District-based toy company, registered for the world's biggest toy show this year, convinced they would make strong connections across the industry. With more than 80 products, their company, they reasoned, was ready to play ball with the toy business's biggest players.
The toy fair's organizers didn't see it that way.
It turns out Celia, 13, and Olivia, 10, are too young to attend. Citing a longstanding policy, organizers of American International Toy Fair said it does not allow anyone under 18 to enter the conference, which ended yesterday in New York.
The girls said they are baffled by the policy.
"I don't think it's very fair," Olivia said in an interview yesterday. "We are managing our own business."

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans lose cities by massive margins and their response is to defund the cities

Democrats lose rural areas by massive margins and their response is to increase rural funding

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 5h

by my count there are four vague proposals offered: national service, investing in rural communities, reform the supreme court, repeal citizens' united via constitutional amendment

one of these is profoundly important. the other three are memes.

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 4h

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening For Human Voices

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create…

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening For Human Voices

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adopt it: detection of “human distress” via audio. As part of their suite of technologies, Flock has been pushing Raven, their version of…

www.techdirt.com

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 4h

i don’t know how it is up there, but down here we don’t have school buses anymore bsky.app/profile/next...

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · May 30

Fun fact: In 2018 polling found that it still has a 65% approval rating - the same as in 1978!

Meanwhile, 40 years later, people can't remember why California public schools generally don't have school bus services

www.kqed.org/news/1198071...

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 4h

On Nextdoor, parents are excited to have Waymo service for their kids after school stuff… especially for their daughters

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4h

More images from what was just reported in Politico (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)

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Axios @axios.com · 4h

57% of 4,000 consumers surveyed in Deloitte's new holiday survey said they expect the economy to weaken in the next year — nearly double last year's 30%, and worse than the 54% in the Great Recession year of 2008.

Holiday survey finds the most gloomy consumers since the late 1990s

57% of 4,000 consumers surveyed said they expect the economy to grow weaker in the next year.

www.axios.com

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 4h

"King Newsome is letting the peasants vote on taxes!?"

Yes that's right Sean. California voters. Famously never allowed to vote on taxes because of Newsome. Yep. That's definitely how things work.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

Elon Musk is a mass murderer.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

Put up a plaque. 🤡

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 5h

It looks like that place (Trestle) has 5 units available for rent, out of 200 units.

Or, in long time resident speak: it's completely VACANT

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 6h

I think when I first posted this on the nazi hellsite, someone said these were originally intended to be 1 story taller, but then residents complained and the developer quickly backed off

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 7h

WRONG. Everyone knows that Paris is a place for tourists. No real people live there. Would you live in Disneyland? Of course not.

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 7h

Feels like this is when @mtsw.bsky.social posts the kool aid man meme

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 7h

Bari Weiss launched her own path to stardom with the argument "it is oppression to dislike me for being bad" and now we will get to see what an entire media ecosystem built with that philosophy looks like

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 8h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 7h

It's especially funny when you look at Google Street View to see what USED to be there instead, and compare Not Blight to Blight

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 7h

Here's how someone on NextDoor once described this block of El Camino Real

"What a blight of the area"

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