Things that have improved: Air travel safety Blood lead levels Cancer detection/treatment Cholesterol-lowering drugs Queer rights Workplace harassment Support for interracial marriage All consumer electronics Refrigerants Solar/wind power Crime levels Genetic engineering Nuclear stockpiles

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 16h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Apparently it's not only students who are excited to live at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Anchor House It seems that falcons may have taken up residence there, too Haven't been able to snap a good photo yet, but there appears to be at least one that's been flying around and perching on it

IYKYK

By spreading lies about their cause and origin, Trump is undermining state and federal responses to these cyberattacks and thereby giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States He is giving cover to Iran. It is treasonous Democrats should be calling it treason every chance they get

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."

The San Francisco doom, gloom, boom, zoom, vroom, foom, bloom, vavavoom, pay thousands per room loop remains undefeated Just remember the time to lock in a rent is whenever the SF Chronicle and national media decide it's time for their regular sensationalism on the doom segment of the doom loop

Hyperlexic@hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6d ago

San Francisco's rent scene continues to go wild. Median listing for a 2BR is over $6,000??? www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...

I've always loved this very bewildered looking tree on the UC Berkeley campus I've known them for 23 years and they're still figuring out their life Never change, tree, never change @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

I'm about as urbanist as they come, but this framing makes the perfect the murderer of the good Waymos were involved in 𝟴𝟭% fewer injury crashes If we could achieve that broadly, nationwide it would save 𝟮𝟵,𝟬𝟬𝟬 people per year I like transit better than cars but I like living people even more

Streetsblog USA@usa.streetsblog.org · 2w ago

Report: Waymo Surpasses The Way-Too-Low Human Driver Safety Bar

More bravery among these kids than in both houses of the US Congress (provided this is real, of course)

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle@dytsras.bsky.social · 2w ago

Black kids protecting their Latino neighbors from ICE

I guess we're talking about coin flip economics today $50,000 guaranteed versus a 50/50 chance of a million. Statistically, the answer is obvious, but let me throw in a wrench: You owe a mafia boss $50,000 and if he doesn't get it right away, he *will* kill you Does this change your answer?

Roughly the current situation in Berkeley

Stan Kelly@kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 2w ago

Donut go gentle into that good night. @theonion.com

Unending, unspeakable cruelty

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 2w ago

This young man was valedictorian of his high school. He came to the U.S. when he was three. ICE held him for a month. Then they shipped him to El Salvador. www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

Blessed marine layer

I think when I go to the Trans March next year I'm going to bring a sign that says: "I support trans rights and building new homes for all income levels."

Dems should be talking NOW about how Trump is booby-trapping the economy "Trump's booby trap economy" Repeat it at every opportunity We need voters to be primed to understand (correctly) that future economic fallout was created by the irrational (and bigoted) decisions that Trump is making today

I always find it darkly funny when people who own cars say that people who don't own cars shouldn't use Lyft and Uber because they cannibalize transit and add to congestion

They don't remember each other

The silver linings here, if any are to be found 1) These Nazi pieces of shit hide because understand they will be shunned, shamed, and maybe prosecuted in the future if their identities are made public 2) Some everyday people will risk their own travel, freedom, and safety to stand up to this shit

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3w ago

actual gestapo shit. "Video posted on social media showed two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appearing to handcuff a man at a Las Vegas airport while he screamed in terror."

"That new [housing/bike lane/bus lane/parking fee/solar farm/wind turbine] will destroy our quality of life!"

Eric Panzer@ericpanzer.bsky.social · 3w ago

In case you were wondering, here's what that looks like on the ground Chicago, New York, Detroit, Philadelphia, Marquette, Toledo

Every time I hear someone talk about how allowing new high-density housing or reducing parking will "destroy" their neighborhood's "quality of life," I think about maps like this one

Has anybody else noticed that NOAA's webpage for HRRR smoke modeling appears to be down or taken offline? Seems kinda important... (Sorry if I'm missing some existing post that mentions this) @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social @nws.noaa.gov

Reminder for everyone, but especially folks in the Midwest and Northeast today: A box fan with a MERV13 filter taped to the back is 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 than a dedicated (and expensive) air purifier. www.pscleanair.gov/694/DIY-Air-...

Not a stretch that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are responsible for the death on this boat Between cuts to the National Weather Service and the Iran War making helium unavailable, key data needed for forecast models have been missing, reducing forecast reliability www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Boat capsize near Alcatraz: Officials unsure if missing are trapped inside sunken vessel

One man died and three other people remained missing Wednesday after a 49-foot cabin cruiser carrying 20 adults capsized in rough seas between Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.

sfchronicle.com

If you tell someone who disagrees with you to self-harm or cheer someone on as they do so, it's all but certain that it's time for you to get off the internet (perhaps for a good long while) and touch grass

Hearing Democratic senators eulogize about how Lindsey Graham had a wonderful sense of humor or made a great strudel or whatever while masked federal thugs are paid to maraud around and murder people without consequence is absolutely crazy making

𝘈 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭, arguably one of the best known pieces of literature in history, is chiefly predicated on one idea: Making people afraid of others talking shit about them after they die is a crucial motivator for better behavior I want Victorian savagery from Democratic senators

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 3w ago

My hot take is that Lindsey Graham did many contemptible things but if you’re furious that his Senate Democratic colleagues are posting nice things about him today you need to put down your phone, get some fresh air, and remember a time when a colleague you disliked departed this mortal coil.

I'm actually old enough in Berkeley politics to remember 16 years ago when people told us Berkeley was "giving away" too much to developers in its plans for Downtown high-rises of ~this height Given that not a single private residential tower has yet been feasible, they were very, very, very wrong

Alfred Twu@alfredtwu.com · 3w ago

Construction is moving quickly on the new @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social dorm. Scheduled to finish in a couple years, it will house over 1,600 students and will be Berkeley's first 20+ story building. This will free up a lot of housing for the rest of the city. 🏘️

I'm glad to know that Senator Graham would have found humor in the fact that my family group chat is actively speculating whether Lady G finally choked on the D

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 3w ago

What I’ll remember most about Senator Graham was his sense of humor and how he deployed it to move his policy positions forward. Though we did not often agree, Senator Graham was never disagreeable.

The Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland is a criminally underrated building

And this is why Senator Schiff voted against more of Trump's nominees than any other US Senator—oh wait... Well, surely he was in the top 20 Democratic senators in terms of opposing Trump's nominees... Well then surely he didn't vote for more Trump nominees than the other CA senator... ...Oh dear

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 4w ago

Canada's boycott of California wine is causing devastating harm to winegrowers. I'm urging the Canadian government to recognize that California doesn’t agree with these tariff wars, to lift these restrictions, and increase consumer options to strengthen both our economies.