Alex
@alxlndomountain.bsky.social
San Francisco based planner
construction industry knower
organizer
labor bureaucrat building the high road
dad & hubby
bike enjoyer
trolleybus evangelist
PHIMBY stan
co-editor @derspekter.bsky.social
speaking only for myself
construction industry knower
organizer
labor bureaucrat building the high road
dad & hubby
bike enjoyer
trolleybus evangelist
PHIMBY stan
co-editor @derspekter.bsky.social
speaking only for myself
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We can restore at least 2019 service if we pass Muni Now, Muni Forever's community parcel tax proposal.
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
Speak Up — Muni Now, Muni Forever
muniforever.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We can restore at least 2019 service if we pass Muni Now, Muni Forever's community parcel tax proposal.
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
But Daniel Lurie is pushing his own version that would lock in cuts (in order to save millions for downtown companies like Marc Benioff's Salesforce who just got Trump tax cuts). Write a letter!
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Clean energy is cheap, & clean energy can get built quickly, but the government is making it harder and more expensive to build clean energy. All at a time when AI data centers are spiking electricity demand. Demand is up & power supply is being constrained. It’s a crisis. youtu.be/f6536KWBZAc?...
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Clean energy is cheap, & clean energy can get built quickly, but the government is making it harder and more expensive to build clean energy. All at a time when AI data centers are spiking electricity demand. Demand is up & power supply is being constrained. It’s a crisis. youtu.be/f6536KWBZAc?...
One wall - no ceiling
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
One wall - no ceiling
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
Feel the same way if I'm being honest
Statue of Liberty, detail: face. c 1885.
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Feel the same way if I'm being honest
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This is bananas.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is bananas.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
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Montreal is our European city and hopefully the rest of the country learns from this.
Also, now I'll be singing "Bye bye, mon cowboy/bye bye mon gigolo" all week.
Also, now I'll be singing "Bye bye, mon cowboy/bye bye mon gigolo" all week.
IMPORTANT: “I boarded Montreal’s brand-new light metro line for its first voyage. From the front of the driverless train, the crowd got a privileged view…The journey was not just a tour of the REM’s 14 new stations, however—it was a preview of the most ambitious transit expansion in North America.”
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Montreal is our European city and hopefully the rest of the country learns from this.
Also, now I'll be singing "Bye bye, mon cowboy/bye bye mon gigolo" all week.
Also, now I'll be singing "Bye bye, mon cowboy/bye bye mon gigolo" all week.
The network state ghouls who want to set up deregulated tech kingdoms also support @scottwiener.bsky.social for congress
Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
How President Trump Can Crush Socialism and Save a Freedom City in Honduras
In the impoverished nation of Honduras, there are geopolitical developments afoot that have major implications for U.S. policy and the future of freedom throughout the world.
www.stonecoldtruth.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The network state ghouls who want to set up deregulated tech kingdoms also support @scottwiener.bsky.social for congress
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FFS. I knew Stone was behind this but I didn't know about this.
Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
How President Trump Can Crush Socialism and Save a Freedom City in Honduras
In the impoverished nation of Honduras, there are geopolitical developments afoot that have major implications for U.S. policy and the future of freedom throughout the world.
www.stonecoldtruth.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
FFS. I knew Stone was behind this but I didn't know about this.
One wall. No ceiling
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
One wall. No ceiling
Old Frisco
Hotter take: the only real answer is to embrace total federalism. Call me a Californian and the rest will be understood.
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Old Frisco
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just called ai "the mediocrity machine" in a meeting and the tech bro is shaking a finger at me and twitching so hard he can't even plug what's happening into the machine so it can tell him how to respond
November 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
just called ai "the mediocrity machine" in a meeting and the tech bro is shaking a finger at me and twitching so hard he can't even plug what's happening into the machine so it can tell him how to respond
Now this would be one hell of a Democratic campaign promise
One wall no ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Now this would be one hell of a Democratic campaign promise
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You can reason with people who are curious but un- or ill-informed: I gave an A to a student in a medieval history class who asked me on the first day when Game of Thrones took place, because she read the material, worked hard, and produced well-argued essays. You can't work with bull-headed morons.
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You can reason with people who are curious but un- or ill-informed: I gave an A to a student in a medieval history class who asked me on the first day when Game of Thrones took place, because she read the material, worked hard, and produced well-argued essays. You can't work with bull-headed morons.
I simply don't know enough about this sector but would love to see a paper on how much of California's building materials demand could be sources this way
Great way to integrate California's ag sector into construction materials production
This video converted me on the subject:
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I simply don't know enough about this sector but would love to see a paper on how much of California's building materials demand could be sources this way
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Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
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I read the NYT Marin e-bike story about a teen who fell while trying out a borrowed illegal e-moto. We don't ban all cars because someone crashed an illegally modified car on the streets.
A car can hit a cyclist & throw them much faster than the speed of an e-moto. Helmets won't save them
A car can hit a cyclist & throw them much faster than the speed of an e-moto. Helmets won't save them
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I read the NYT Marin e-bike story about a teen who fell while trying out a borrowed illegal e-moto. We don't ban all cars because someone crashed an illegally modified car on the streets.
A car can hit a cyclist & throw them much faster than the speed of an e-moto. Helmets won't save them
A car can hit a cyclist & throw them much faster than the speed of an e-moto. Helmets won't save them
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Presidential scandals are back on the menu, boys!
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Presidential scandals are back on the menu, boys!
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Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman.
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman.
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US
This has been an absolute delight to follow along and check the saved posts in anticipation of the next tranche
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This has been an absolute delight to follow along and check the saved posts in anticipation of the next tranche
This is well and good but will he look to electrify transit with the wire and the in-motion charging battery assisted trolleybus?
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 10:38 PM
This is well and good but will he look to electrify transit with the wire and the in-motion charging battery assisted trolleybus?
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I'm a single-issue voter and that issue is investigating and prosecuting Jared Kushner for what is sure to be a whole lot of illegal business investments and the use of state secrets to line his pockets.
I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm a single-issue voter and that issue is investigating and prosecuting Jared Kushner for what is sure to be a whole lot of illegal business investments and the use of state secrets to line his pockets.
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
Great way to integrate California's ag sector into construction materials production
This video converted me on the subject:
Straw Panel vs. Conventional Construction Burn Test
YouTube video by CROFT
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Great way to integrate California's ag sector into construction materials production
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@holz-bau.bsky.social if I’m doing the napkin math correctly using www.researchgate.net/publication/..., the carbon sequestration difference in using wholehouse strawbale rather than PS insulation is equivalent to 735 mature cedar tree-years (for a 200m^2 SF house)
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@holz-bau.bsky.social if I’m doing the napkin math correctly using www.researchgate.net/publication/..., the carbon sequestration difference in using wholehouse strawbale rather than PS insulation is equivalent to 735 mature cedar tree-years (for a 200m^2 SF house)