56% of violence against women happens in the home, therefore we must prevent the construction of new homes

Monica de la Cruz@monicadlc.bsky.social · 4w ago

Wow whoever posted this up in North Park must be sooooo edgy

Wow, polling shows 66 percent opposed to County sales tax before hearing any messages about it.

Lisa Halverstadt@lisahalverstadt.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧵TGIF! 😀Folks, I make lots of public records requests and one I submmited a couple months ago uncovered a San Diego County government-commissioned polling on potential tax hike options.

Some friends and I have put together a map + calendar of climate events in San Diego. Happy hours, actions/activism, learning opportunities, etc. www.climatecollectivesd.com

Gratuitous use of the word "quiet" or "quietly" has become one of the most blatant AI tells for me.

California bans landlords from rejecting housing vouchers, but the law only works if someone checks. A nonprofit's undercover calls caught Greystar, the nation's biggest landlord, allegedly turning voucher holders away in Oceanside. thecoastnews.com/landlord-gre...

Landlord Greystar accused of rejecting vouchers in Oceanside | The Coast News Group

A group accused Greystar, the largest landlord in the U.S., of violating fair housing laws at properties in Oceanside and other areas.

thecoastnews.com

I’m glad they're not tearing the whole thing down to start over.

Liam Dillon@liamjdillon.com · last mo.

New owner of LA's downtown "Graffiti Towers" will remove the graffiti immediately but plans to memorialize it in a coffee table book. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

$75 billion is enough to operate San Diego MTS bus and rail at current service levels for 150 years. It would cover MTS’s projected annual budget deficit approximately 5,350 times.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

Pete Hegseth said he couldn’t answer “specific numbers” on where an extra $75 billion in defense spending has gone

This will be the first World Cup final in which two Spanish-speaking countries play each other since the first one in 1930 (Uruguay vs. Argentina).

San Diego Democrats Juan Vargas, Mike Levin, and Scott Peters vote to continue sending military aid to Israel.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last mo.

Here are all 98 Democrats who voted *against* the amendment to cut military aid to Israel. As well, the 10 Democrats who voted "present":

An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Me every time I come on Bluesky and see the ragebait

A Teapot Dome In Every Pot@tobellz.bsky.social · last mo.

We don't have to react to every idiot's wildly unrealistic thesis.

I wonder how often this is happening in San Diego.

404 Media@404media.co · last mo.

The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire over the weekend in part because it was regularly "investigating" and surveilling innocent people.

Yet another reason why I don't expect the county sales tax to pass in November. Most voters don't know or care that the city and county are different entities.

Lisa Halverstadt@lisahalverstadt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Important update from Mariana Martínez Barba: Voters intended for Measure C dollars to be added on top of the city of San Diego's existing homelessness budget. Instead, it’s being used to make up the city’s deficit.

SDPD helicopter announcements unintelligible as usual. If I want to see text versions, I have to make an X account and consume pro-ethnic cleansing propaganda. Average “Democrats hold every elected position in city government for years” outcome.

here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2mo ago

you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport

I cannot imagine what would possess someone to go to court and put on the record that they got mad and tried to fire a reporter because the live shot - which it’s alleged the reporter staged- had a “fuck ice” sign in the background. current.org/2026/06/form...

San Diego FC is planning a Taiwanese Heritage Night AND a Chinese Heritage Night this season.

sinister

streetsblogsd.bsky.social@streetsblogsd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Strong Towns Oceanside updates on their city's plans to implement (or not) SB 79. cal.streetsblog.org/2026/06/29/s...

It's disturbing, and the fact that many elected officials and local government agencies still use it as the main place to post their official updates is indefensible at this point.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lurked on X this week to do some reporting. It's stunning how ugly it is there. Saw a Blaze reporter call a Landers' staffer a "fa***t." A Daily Wire reporter wants to abolish mosques. Nearly every reply thread to posts by black or Jewish people quickly descended into raw racism or antiSemitism.

Oh no

Gary Hewitt@garyhewitt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ultimate AI slop business name and logo. Yes it is a real restaurant in Gaslamp. yelp.to/i9XgzgIHGL

I mean this with full sincerity: this is legitimately what activists should be calling for. Not "defund" or "abolish" or some grand demand that won't work. Specific, highly-supported incrementalism works. The right does it constantly. You can too. "Make cops shooting dogs illegal." Just say that.

aRemedy@aremedy.org · 2mo ago

Any cop who shoots a dog should be jailed immediately for a minimum of ten years.

I could be purchasing my third 90-foot yacht by the early 2030s.

Semafor@semafor.com · 3mo ago

Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by the early 2030s. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

This is the way - use the power you have. Rep. Levin threatens to take away the Supreme Court's budget if they don't adopt a binding code of conduct to stem corruption. Demand, and make them tell you no. Then make consequences happen. And the public will be on your side, if they have seen the rot.

Rep. Mike Levin@levin.house.gov · 3mo ago

Congress controls the Power of the Purse, and therefore the Court’s funding. If the Court will not adopt a binding code of conduct with real recusal review on their own, I support withholding their funding until they do.

What is for-profit prison operator Core Civic hiding from San Diego County health inspectors?

ICE detention center must open doors to San Diego County health inspection, judge rules

A California law empowers local health officials to inspect immigrant detention centers. San Diego County sued to enforce it after being denied access to a facility.

calmatters.org

Sb79 takes effect in under a month. How does SANDAG not even have a draft map yet?

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Any thoughts on the Trump executive order purporting to ban bank accounts for immigrants?

People are in motion, everywhere.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: Organizers in San Diego are still patrolling immigrant neighborhoods to watch out and inform people about ICE. Over the last year, they've had to come to terms with what they've seen out of Minneapolis, and adapt their training and strategies. Important new reporting out of SoCal:

This is the history of San Diego Midway District

The Onion@theonion.com · 3mo ago

Black Neighborhood Demolished To Make Room For Nothing In Particular https://theonion.com/black-neighborhood-demolished-to-make-room-for-nothing-in-particular/

Interesting to see the second home tax measure in San Diego doing so badly. At least in part this has to be down to the fact that nobody trusts our mayor and council with money. they’ve given people no reason to believe they won’t just give all the taxes raised right to the cops.