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David Shere

David Shere

@davidshere.net

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Berkeley Yimby Jew Dad On the Housing Advisory Commission trying to make more and better affordable housing. Berkeley Civic Library: https://www.civic-library.com Blog: https://davidshere.github.io

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David Shere @davidshere.net · 12h

Hey building nerds, when do double stair requirements kick in?

I thought it was above three floors, but maybe it's actually anything above two units?

David Shere @davidshere.net · 2d

Real reason Sisko went to go be with the Prophets is that he was going to be hit with war crimes charges after Dominion War

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2d

Picard: And that is why we must stand for freedom and dignity, we are Starfleet

Sisko: burn their skies, poison their air

David Shere @davidshere.net · 4d

I absolutely love the @berkeleyscanner.com, we are beyond lucky to have that kind of knowledgable, detailed reporting on public safety in our community. Most places don't have that.

But man that comment section...there are some wild things that happen in that comment section...

Trump is the last hope to save Berkeley

David Shere @davidshere.net · 6d

So I guess OP’s metaphor extends further

David Shere @davidshere.net · 6d

It would have taken ten years and a thousand lawsuits before they would even be able to start a project like that but considering he basically torched the place anyway, no need

David Shere @davidshere.net · 6d

You really don’t have to hand it to him but the plus side here is that the building was probably rotting and in desperate need for major renovation anyway, and once we return to constitutional government they’ll be able to rebuild it with modern wiring and insulation and stuff.

Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 6d

The East Wing is the perfect metaphor for this whole presidency and its effect on the nation and democracy.

David Shere @davidshere.net · 6d

At a certain point policy makers need to say “this is for us to decide, not you. It goes into effect in thee years. Figure out a code you can live with but single stair is not negotiable.”

David Shere @davidshere.net · 11d

Fascinating! Well I smashed that Follow button, and take a look at your stuff!

David Shere @davidshere.net · 11d

Do you focus mostly on the psychology of the people or do you also take a social/class lens? Just because, between when you talk about a “struggle” to achieve their “desire for humanity”, my brain hears Karl Marx hovering there in the background. A spectre, if you will.

David Shere @davidshere.net · 11d

Got it. Well, this is a neat area to have as your area of expertise!

David Shere @davidshere.net · 11d

The pro-replace argument would be “many more people need therapy than can afford it so if we can reduce the cost to basically the cost of compute, we’d be helping millions of lower income people live better lives”

David Shere @davidshere.net · 11d

Would you say that it’d more from from a “I don’t want therapists to lose their jobs” angle or a “I don’t think we can build a machine that can ethically do the job of a therapist” angle? I would believe the former, I’d be surprised at the latter.

David Shere @davidshere.net · 11d

Are you sure about replace therapists? I imagine a lot of software engineers would support this, not out of malice but just from not understanding what therapy is or how it works.

David Shere @davidshere.net · 13d

Such an just and beautiful way to end Cuomo's political career. May all corrupt creepy scumbags face similar ends.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

David Shere @davidshere.net · 14d

I just hope this doesn’t mean it comes off the tax rolls

David Shere @davidshere.net · 14d

Anyone who ever calls someone else an NPC is telling on themselves.

Reposted by David Shere

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 14d

i do firmly believe in the end, we will win, but the dread and the loss of watching this nightmare unfold is really something. These assholes are undermining everything we've taken for granted as a democratic and open society (however imperfect) with such vile hubris

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 14d

SCOTUS killing VRA would really be the culmination of a Second Redemption

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14d

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

David Shere @davidshere.net · 14d

I appreciate that Medicare is a better deal in a lot of ways, but there’s a reason people choose MA, and that’s because it’s a lot easier to fight with your insurance company X years down the road than it is to come up with $500 or whatever dollars a month you need for traditional Medicare today.

Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 14d

You may have seen a lot of ads for “Medicare Advantage,” as open enrollment begins this year.

Watch our video to learn the truth. Only Medicare is Medicare!

youtu.be/jbNL8Mtm_1Q?...

Medicare Advantage: The Scam that Conned America's Seniors

YouTube video by repmarkpocan

David Shere @davidshere.net · 15d

What I don’t get is, I mean yes it seems like there is sketchy and dangerous financing here, but aren’t we getting data centers out of it? Like when the bubble pops we’ll be left with massive compute and networking and energy infrastructure that will be getting sold at dirt cheap prices.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15d

Great episode of the Organized Money podcast out today.
We talk to Herb Greenberg, a financial journalist and stock analyst, about the AI bubble, and why the financing is looking more like pre-financial crisis of 2008 rather than late-90s dot-com. Essential stuff.

The AI Bubble: More Subprime Than Dot Com

Veteran Wall Street reporter Herb Greenberg joins to discuss the AI bubble and the history of hyper-inflated markets.

www.organizedmoney.fm

David Shere @davidshere.net · 16d

4 year old saw a version of this meme so I had to explain it to her, so I made up an example she could relate to, and it was, to put it mildly, a hit and so now you all get to share in it too

Gru meme. Drink lots of water, have fun, pee my pants, pee my pants?

David Shere @davidshere.net · 19d

SINGLE STAIR! SINGLE STAIR!

David Shere @davidshere.net · 19d

Wait what is going to implode and crash?

David Shere @davidshere.net · 20d

It autocorrected racist to tacky but it still works

David Shere @davidshere.net · 20d

Also can these people please the Old Testament the fuck alone? You are a tourist here, please stop shitting on the floor.

David Shere @davidshere.net · 20d

Ok so set aside this dumbass tacky BS and take a look at what Deuteronomy 21 actually says and wow it is still pretty messed up!

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20d

A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.

www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...

Article from "The Root" by Asheea Smith. Published October 8, 2025