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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1h

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It's not impossible to redistrict Colorado | Colorado Newsline

Virtually every discussion on redistricting concludes that it can't be done in Colorado. But crucial points have been omitted from the debate.

coloradonewsline.com

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1h

Your move Colorado www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In Surprise Move, Virginia Dems Will Redistrict to Counter GOP Gerrymanders

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social · 2d

Compared to US transit systems, the latest metros being constructed around the world look like they rolled straight out of science fiction.

Picture driverless trains arriving every 90 seconds, platform screen doors, and subways traveling over 100mph.

benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/why-automa...

Why automated metros are the future

High-tech transit can be cost-effective transit. Just look at Canada.

benjaminschneider.substack.com

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 1d

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1d

Ofc there's only one one road on and off of that island. Could get interesting

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1d

Ooofffff fucking course

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 1d

Just speculation, but Coast Guard Base Alameda is a LOT closer to Fruitvale (53% Latino) than it is to San Francisco

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1d

Condors at Mt. Diablo!

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶 www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...

Following California condors tagged with
GPS transmitters, researchers have tracked their expanison in 2025 from the Central Coast to the East Bay and near Santa Barbara.
Condor GPS activity in 2025

Sources: Ventana Wildlife Society, heat map provided by Evan McWreath/VWS
PAI/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's goons will literally be based on a fortified island www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area

The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.

www.sfchronicle.com

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 1d

On the occasion of the Giants' hiring of Tony Vitello, I just want to do my part to shine a light on this legendarily bad take. Ladies, gents and otherwise, Barstool Sports www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3553886...

The Fake News Media Is Attempting To Link Tony Vitello to the Open San Francisco Giants Managerial Job Despite the Fact It Doesn't Make a Lick of Sense

The Athletic — Here’s one out-of-the-box name who fits the high-motor description: Tony Vitello, who transformed the University of Tennessee from a bottom-feeder in the Southeastern Conference into pe...

www.barstoolsports.com

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Chris Elmendorf @cselmendorf.bsky.social · 2d

Cross-posting my 🧵 on latest version of the @caforever.bsky.social plan.

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Thread by @CSElmendorf on Thread Reader App

@CSElmendorf: I read the @CAForever Specific Plan. It's exciting! Here's a 🧵w/ some highlights & questions. 1/23 First off: the grid & internal transit plan is fantastic. There's a bike/ped/greenway g...

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 2d

Don't worry friend, you will be surrounded by trees soon

RAIL Magazine @railmag.bsky.social · 2d

This shot by Siemens Mobility of the Cascades Airo finishing testing at the FRA facility in Pueblo is just gorgeous. The trainset will now be heading to the Northeast Corridor for high(er) speed testing before heading to its permanent home on @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov

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cassie @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social · 5d

“Whose streets?”
Me: PBOT’s

“Whose streets?”
Me: well now this is Multnomah County’s bridge

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 5d

Ofc the NYT article about living next to college football stadiums features a Berkeley Hills NIMBY. Memorial Stadium was there before you, and Go Bears www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

Living next to a college football stadium? Complicated at Cal, profitable at Michigan

Old stadiums are some of college football’s most visible and iconic landmarks. They also have complex relationships with their neighbors.

www.nytimes.com

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 5d

Check this out

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 5d

PS LA sportswriters are the biggest bunch of homers ... such odd insecurity, in the #2 media market

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, the Dodgers are ruining baseball. As this piece hints at then ignores, their highest-in-the-league payroll doesn't include deferred payments. Hate hate hate to side with the owners, but MLB is the last league without any sort of salary cap www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Commentary: No, the Dodgers aren't ruining baseball. They just know how to spend their money

What detractors ignore is how the Dodgers aren’t the only team that spent big dollars this year to chase a title. It’s how they spend that separates them from other franchises.

www.latimes.com

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 5d

Great question #nokings

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

My mother was a teacher, but now that I have a kid in Kindergarten -- there is no more underpaid profession in this society than educators. Shoutout to Miss Ellie, K Class 1 teacher at Cleveland Elementary in Oakland

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

OK, but -- the way the Bums are playing, I may just have to back Toronto as the team (slightly) likelier to beat them?

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 13d

Outing myself as a Mariner fan* (*for the duration of these playoffs). One, Seattle 👍 And two, they're overdue. (**Oh who am I kidding, I'm for anyone who can beat the Dodgers)

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 13d

My Oh My!!! 🔱 🔱 🔱 www.mlb.com/mariners/new...

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

This parade question feels like the most NYC question ever

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

Sliwa is just Abe Simpson

Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

Cuomo just seems really bad at this for someone who's been a major political figure for 30 years

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

Mamdani's vibe is high school debate champion -- not that that's a bad thing! (I got my head handed to me at State)

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

Just another Californian currently watching the New York City mayoral debate

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Steve Boo-land @steveboland.bsky.social · 7d

The worm! No, it's this "childless adults don't exist" thing, of course