David Kissling
@xtdave.bsky.social
San Francisco, cities, bikes, left politics, Dodgers ⚾️, Warriors 🏀, Kings 🏒
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I'm not categorically against data centers, BUT:
* They have very significant externalities wrt energy prices they should be forced to internalize
* As a software dev, I feel we are enormously profligate in our use of cloud resources
* AI-driven buildout does not seem useful or sustainable
* They have very significant externalities wrt energy prices they should be forced to internalize
* As a software dev, I feel we are enormously profligate in our use of cloud resources
* AI-driven buildout does not seem useful or sustainable
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm not categorically against data centers, BUT:
* They have very significant externalities wrt energy prices they should be forced to internalize
* As a software dev, I feel we are enormously profligate in our use of cloud resources
* AI-driven buildout does not seem useful or sustainable
* They have very significant externalities wrt energy prices they should be forced to internalize
* As a software dev, I feel we are enormously profligate in our use of cloud resources
* AI-driven buildout does not seem useful or sustainable
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US fire codes are getting out of hand. Its bad enough they're nerfing projects left and right. American fire departments refuse to learn from other countries with lower fire deaths on whats safe. Its ruining our cities and turning them into stroad-based suburbs
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
New city fees, fire safety policies threaten future of 2 beloved Berkeley events, organizers say
Berkeley's Juneteenth Festival and Telegraph Holiday Fair can't stay in their longtime locations, according to city.
www.berkeleyside.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
US fire codes are getting out of hand. Its bad enough they're nerfing projects left and right. American fire departments refuse to learn from other countries with lower fire deaths on whats safe. Its ruining our cities and turning them into stroad-based suburbs
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
www.berkeleyside.org/2025/11/13/b...
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Tell me “Bluesky is Philly-coded” is exaggerated.
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Tell me “Bluesky is Philly-coded” is exaggerated.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Here's what people don't get about H1B in tech: it's already a globally competitive labor market. The question isn't whether foreign tech workers will compete with American ones - they will - but whether they will hold their jobs and spend their incomes here or abroad.
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here's what people don't get about H1B in tech: it's already a globally competitive labor market. The question isn't whether foreign tech workers will compete with American ones - they will - but whether they will hold their jobs and spend their incomes here or abroad.
I still think my theory of the 2024 election is that people voted for Republicans because they felt rich enough to do it
"the American middle class is shrinking" is true but the reason why is a truth nuke so devastating that nobody will ever believe you:
it's mostly because people are getting richer
it's mostly because people are getting richer
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I still think my theory of the 2024 election is that people voted for Republicans because they felt rich enough to do it
Knowing her current job tells me that this is just ViCe signalling
Tech brains broken part 1000000000 (this lady is a partner at Andreessen apparently)
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Knowing her current job tells me that this is just ViCe signalling
I do not defend this in any way, but there's an entire class of people in this country that raises their kids to be workers first and foremost
Raising a child is about giving them a foundation to live the best, well-rounded, happy life they can. You’re not “protecting” a kid you refuse to let grow up and become different than you. If you’re raising a kid to be a worker first and foremost, you’re a fucking ghoul.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I do not defend this in any way, but there's an entire class of people in this country that raises their kids to be workers first and foremost
Congratulations Seattle!
JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Congratulations Seattle!
More teams posting to Bluesky, but where are the champs? @dodgers.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
More teams posting to Bluesky, but where are the champs? @dodgers.com
Maybe there was a time when SF Mayors could make competent interim supervisor picks, but the track record over the past 12 years I've been here is bad
Goodness, this story just gets crazier every day.
Did they vet this person at all?
Did they vet this person at all?
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Maybe there was a time when SF Mayors could make competent interim supervisor picks, but the track record over the past 12 years I've been here is bad
I followed Talton back in the day and this is actually a surprising take. Is this another case of brain broken by pandemic, gender, or something completely different?
Seattle Times' business columnist is having a normal one. (From comments on a gracious post about a potential Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson by former mayor Greg Nickels).
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I followed Talton back in the day and this is actually a surprising take. Is this another case of brain broken by pandemic, gender, or something completely different?
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These tariffs are a war on flavor. They want us to eat dollar store domestic pasta and season our food with salt and pepper. All of those 1950s memes were meant to be taken literally.
“Small retailers, specialty retailers are suffering." Grocery stores catering to New York's immigrant communities anchor neighborhoods. President Trump's tariffs are hitting some of them hardest. nyti.ms/43qCCSW
Trump’s Tariffs Hit Specialty Grocery Stores for Some Immigrant Communities Especially Hard
For immigrant communities from countries with especially high duties, food costs have risen sharply courtesy of President Trump.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
These tariffs are a war on flavor. They want us to eat dollar store domestic pasta and season our food with salt and pepper. All of those 1950s memes were meant to be taken literally.
I have done an International-International connection, between two different airlines and two different terminals at LHR and it was incredibly easy. I can't understand how someone who thinks he's smarter than everyone else could struggle at it
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have done an International-International connection, between two different airlines and two different terminals at LHR and it was incredibly easy. I can't understand how someone who thinks he's smarter than everyone else could struggle at it
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
Come on guys, the font didn't even look right.
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Come on guys, the font didn't even look right.
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
Let's stop getting got by text on a jpg
Sad to see. I just hit 5000 miles on my Rad City 5. Great bike for San Francisco, even if there's good competition and the company has been in bad shape for a long time
Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of 'potential' closure as efforts continue to 'save Rad'
#SEAbikes #Seattle
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of ‘potential’ closure as efforts continue to ‘save Rad’
Read the full November 7 WARN letter (PDF). Seattle-based e-bike giant Rad Power Bikes has filed official notice to Washington State as well as the company's 64 Washington employees that the company could end operations "as early as January 2026." A November 7 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") filed with the state (PDF) lists both service-level workers at the company's retail and repair shop as well as corporate workers at their Seattle headquarters, including top-level positions like CEO and CFO.
www.seattlebikeblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sad to see. I just hit 5000 miles on my Rad City 5. Great bike for San Francisco, even if there's good competition and the company has been in bad shape for a long time
To add to the EV rental discourse from earlier, I think we waste too much time talking about "road trip" rentals and not the very common "I'm flying to a city and need a car to get around the suburbs for a few days", and I really think EVs in this era are underrated for this purpose
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
To add to the EV rental discourse from earlier, I think we waste too much time talking about "road trip" rentals and not the very common "I'm flying to a city and need a car to get around the suburbs for a few days", and I really think EVs in this era are underrated for this purpose
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this is the trump guy urtext
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
this is the trump guy urtext
Look last Tuesday was great for left of center politics fans, and it was really good for people living in VA, NJ and NYC.
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Look last Tuesday was great for left of center politics fans, and it was really good for people living in VA, NJ and NYC.
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
But momentum is fake. These election results didn't change what is going to happen next November or in 3 years, and what happened in the Senate tonight doesn't change it either
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if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
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Purchasing power hasn't stagnated. Americans are wealthier than ever. There aren't enough houses. Those first two things can't fix the third thing, no matter how much better they get.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Purchasing power hasn't stagnated. Americans are wealthier than ever. There aren't enough houses. Those first two things can't fix the third thing, no matter how much better they get.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
If you think Chuck Schumer can end the ICE/CBP terror taking place in American cities through a budget fight, you are deluding yourself with how long this war is going to take
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you think Chuck Schumer can end the ICE/CBP terror taking place in American cities through a budget fight, you are deluding yourself with how long this war is going to take
I really really wish this was not the case, but a lot of you are assuming that Congressional Democrats have more leverage than they actually do.
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I really really wish this was not the case, but a lot of you are assuming that Congressional Democrats have more leverage than they actually do.
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe
And that amount of leverage did not actually change this week, no matter what you may believe