We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · last yr.

On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.

Sunday would have been my 5 year anniversary at The Bee. Today I was informed I am part of the massive layoffs happening at McClatchy. I’m Sacramento born and raised, and it’s been an honor to serve my community. I don’t know what’s next, but I know I’ll be ok.

The entire Bee opinion staff was let go today. I’m sad for my friends and former colleagues. Robin is a fearless and dedicated journalist who gives a shit. She is well-sourced and speaks her truth. Sacramento is better because of her work. These layoffs are a major blow to journalism in California.

Robin Epley@byrobinepley.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sunday would have been my 5 year anniversary at The Bee. Today I was informed I am part of the massive layoffs happening at McClatchy. I’m Sacramento born and raised, and it’s been an honor to serve my community. I don’t know what’s next, but I know I’ll be ok.

Restricted maintenance operations is over as of HE23. We made it, fam.

California ISO@caiso.com · 3d ago

As of Sept. 10, 2026, CAISO is monitoring forecasted hot weather and high energy demand across the Western U.S. today. The power grid is stable, and no reliability issues are expected. Help us ease the stress on the system by conserving energy. For real-time updates: bit.ly/4wz0Dnm

California, you don't look a day over 175. Happy birthday to the Golden State.

Insurance Commissioner is a hard but important job that demands a serious policy person to deal with a very real crisis that affects nearly every Californian. Do not vote for Jane Kim.

Opinion: Jane Kim’s California insurance plan is built on a myth

The candidate for insurance commissioner has campaigned on a platform of smoke and mirrors: big talk, little respect for the facts, and at times outright falsehoods.

sfstandard.com

My extremely smart wife just took the ABPN psychiatry/neurology exam and her description of the preparation/examination process is not making me feel like board certification is an indication that a physician is "good" in any way! Fortunately, she'll find out in 8-12 weeks (???) if she passed!

Prop 45 is designed to benefit sprawl, freeways, and dams (and likely data centers, too). The CEQA infill exemptions from last year already cover the type of housing that we need more of in California.

The California Environmental Quality Act is bad for the environment because it gives litigious busybodies the power to delay and block environmentally friendly projects like bike lanes on the grounds that the government has not sufficiently analyzed the bike lanes’ “environmental impacts.”

A Berkeley bike lane would eliminate 145 parking spaces. Residents are suing to stop it.

Plaintiffs argue that Berkeley City Council approved the Hopkins Street bike lane project without conducing necessary environmental reviews.

sfchronicle.com

“It is widely recognized that Class 2 bike lanes on high speed roadways will lead to fatalities. Such as this one.” - Dan Allison, Getting Around Sac RIP Norma Valdez. www.kcra.com/article/woma...

Woman dies in Sacramento hit and run crash, police say

A woman died in a hit and run crash on Friday night, according to the Sacramento Police Department.

kcra.com

I know some people think it's unfair that Robert Reich gets dragged over this every single time he pops his head up online, but I personally think it's great. You shouldn't be able to live down the fact that you NIMBY'd a 4-plex in central Berkeley.

For those wondering, California's largest source of climate change causing emissions is cars. So in California if you want to fight climate change, it's pretty important to make it easier for more folks to get around easily and safely without a car ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-inventor...

after some lovely friends with a timeshare (points-based) took us to Hawaii to stay at a 2bd condo, I found this website called Redweek that is like VRBO for timeshare owners. You can “rent” people’s timeshare week and the prices are quite good. Eg, 2bd Marriott villa on Maui for $600/night at Xmas.

Oh shit

They're demolishing my freshman dorm :( many good memories there but it was a bit of a dump. www.noozhawk.com/ucsb-demolis... Fun fact: looks like it required coastal commission approval, and they're removing the surface parking and adding new dorms with 4x the beds. No new parking, either.

UCSB Demolishes Oldest Dorm to Make Way for New Housing

After more than 70 years, Santa Rosa Hall — UC Santa Barbara's first residence hall — has come tumbling down. The residential hall was demolished last

noozhawk.com

Here’s what @governor.ca.gov has done to strengthen gun safety: → Expanded firearm laws to cover ghost-gun parts and kits
→ Required handgun microstamping technology to help trace crime guns
→ Created new tools to sue sellers of illegal assault weapons, ghost guns and prohibited parts

i miss Montréal so much man :(

I am incredibly disappointed & frustrated that AB 1903, my bill to reform construction defect liability, just died in the Senate. Critical components were amended out Friday & it was ultimately held by the Senate late last night — missing the midnight deadline for concurrence.

After we did this my son kept talking about ”going to city council” and ”talking about traffic signals” lol

Don Gibson@dongibson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Props to my friend @ansel.lundberg.com for bringing his son out to help advocate for automated red light cameras

Props to my friend @ansel.lundberg.com for bringing his son out to help advocate for automated red light cameras

Re condo defect liability reform 1903. It seems like whenever there is a whole industry of lawyers running a straight-up scam, they never ever lose at the Capitol.

Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰@urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 2w ago

It’s kinda cool how American center-left politics broadly excludes “Big Law Firms” from the “evil corporation” label. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact they are big Dem donors and former trial attorneys make up a large portion of center-left civic society.

we can learn a lot how Magyar launched “Operation Cleansing Fire” to reform the courts and completely de-orbanize Hungary the funniest things to me though is that 1. this has been an extinction-level event for Fidesz 2. human rights Watch is mad about it for some reason, truly beyond parody

Mayor Bass is pushing the state legislature to put into *state law* that cities with over 2 million people (only LA) cannot reduce the # of car lanes of a road that leads into a cemetery without mayoral approval. Just to kill this desperately needed bike lane project.

Streets For All@streetsforall.org · 2w ago

STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE INTERVENED TO KEEP FOREST LAWN DANGEROUS A last minute, back room deal makes it harder for LADOT to move forward. This bill sets a horrible precedent, weeks after yet another person was killed on Forest Lawn. TAKE ACTION NOW: mailchi.mp/streetsforal...

STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE INTERVENED TO KEEP FOREST LAWN DANGEROUS A last minute, back room deal makes it harder for LADOT to move forward. This bill sets a horrible precedent, weeks after yet another person was killed on Forest Lawn. TAKE ACTION NOW: mailchi.mp/streetsforal...

If you haven’t heard, @trufelman.bsky.social and I started a new podcast about fashion and philosophy. Each month, we read canonical text — Voltaire, Rousseau, Hegel — and talk about how the author's ideas help us understand why we dress the way we do.

A major underlying issue here is the massive signalization overkill in this country. We have way too many traffic lights. bsky.app/profile/step...

Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com · 9mo ago

Residents per signalized intersection: Netherlands: 3,300 bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/t... NYC: 630 www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm....

Californians are forgetting the lost art of the legally-mandated front license plate

Liam Dillon@liamjdillon.com · 2w ago

Bay Area lawmaker @buffywicks.bsky.social's bid to advance a Los Angeles affordable housing development just passed the state Senate, leaving it an Assembly vote away from clearing the Legislature. Even though LA Mayor Karen Bass and others oppose the project they've not fought Wicks' bill.

you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois" repost to receive his blessing