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Aaron Zamost

@zamosta.bsky.social

I really hope this place works

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Sam@samd.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’s because people like you oppose transit oriented development peak Berkeley is a “climate scientist” who prefers parking to bike lanes and fights against building more housing near transit, all while crying crocodile tears that not enough people take transit

To: Subject: Friday, April 15, 2022 4:53 PM All Council North Berkeley Bart WARNING: This is not a City of Berkeley email. Do not click links or attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. I write to formally OPPOSE the Planning Commission's proposal for a 12 story building at the North Berkeley BART station, in contrast to the staff recommendation of 7 stories, maximum. A 12 story building will ruin the sense of the neighborhood, lack appropriate affordable housing, and limit the ability to use non-profit/affordable developers. Reject the Planning Commission's 12 story proposal. Peter Gleick
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Sam@samd.bsky.social · last wk.

it is actually absurd how many “progressives” have lined up behind Connie Chan when the issues she is most passionate about are blocking housing and converting parks into highways

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · last wk.

Here’s where Connie Chan and Scott Wiener stand on all of SF’s Nov. ballot measures. They disagree on a lot of them: the Great Highway, charter reform and the billionaire tax. And neither has taken a position on Prop. I. missionlocal.org/2026/09/sf-c...

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · last wk.

For me, the biggest takeaway from Sophie Cunningham’s hard launch into the right-wing culture wars is how *lucrative* bigotry is now. There’s an entire conservative media ecosystem that will turn anyone willing to make transphobia their personal brand into a well-compensated star.

Sophie Cunningham and the cynical economics of the anti-trans athlete

The conservative media machine is turning WNBA athletes into well-compensated culture-war assets.

fastcompany.com

Aaron Zamost@zamosta.bsky.social · 3w ago

Good article in the FT despite being at least 8+ years behind on this trend. @ering.bsky.social wrote the defining piece on the start of this reputational shift in 2017: www.wired.com/story/the-ot...

Techies Still Think They're the Good Guys. They're Not. | Backchannel

Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street.

wired.com

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3w ago

Introducing “the Techlash”. “.. it is now becoming increasingly clear that public opinion, the US courts and Congress are turning against Big Tech.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/105b...

dr. rich traditions, JD@helldude.bsky.social · 3w ago

the fact that john ossoff can kick off a two-day media cycle by saying that the president is uninterested in doing his job and is sleeping through meetings and traveling around with a young blonde, suggests that not enough of these guys are speaking plainly and effectively about these assholes

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 4w ago

one thing that would help with reconfiguring social media influence would be if the democratic party stopped posting, providing free labor and credibility, on social media apps that are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to destroy them and their constituents

Colson Whitehead@colsonwhitehead.com · last mo.

See also: writing about war, family, slavery, love, hope, whatever…someone smarter & more talented than you has already done it, so just do your own thing. And make it not suck.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · last mo.

When you write superhero comics, some days you wake up and think "it's all been done before" and feel panic. And some days you wake up and think "it's all been done before" and feel free. The challenge is navigating yourself from the first to the second so you can get some actual work done

Derek Gottlieb@derekgottliebphd.com · 2mo ago

"Odysseus ripped off his rags. Now naked, he leapt upon the threshold with his bow and quiverfull of arrows, which he tipped out in a rush before his feet, and spoke. What’s up, jerks."

troyliss@troyliss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The only good thing to come out of the dipshit Odyssey discourse is that at one point I commented “if we’re worried about accuracy, then Jason Mantzoukas should be playing Odysseus,” and now I can’t get it out of my head 😄

Impressively-Greek-looking Mantzoukas with long, wild hair and crazy beard, wearing a leather jacket and laughing at something off-camera.
Walter Chaw@mangiotto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The news is always "This absolute fool was dismantled in hearings today. He is manifestly unqualified for the position and would be an existential danger if confirmed. Disaster. He is set to be confirmed immediately." When you ask why everyone is furious and exhausted all the time, this is why.

Christina Henderson@chenderson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.