i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.

Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 16h ago

I support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.

I am often relieved that I'm old and coupled enough not to have to use a dating app and think of ways to convey the message "I can keep my ass clean" without having to actually say it and ruin the vibe

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 17h ago

It’s amazing that there’s any confusion whatsoever about why so many straight women have zero interest in dating straight men nowadays

ready to support the SF social housing ballot initiative and Scott Wiener in the November election, annoying all of you 🤷

the thing about the Party of Real Men is how full of complete fucking cowards it is. only public embarrassment compelled this dipshit to stand up for his own kid

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Moreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"

oh, hooray, now a bunch of old SF homeowners will wave this around for decades as a reason we should never build another goddamn unit of housing again in this city, ever. thanks so much, Joe

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 2d ago

Who killed housing affordability in San Francisco? Despite what the internet's most vitriolic keyboard warriors would have you believe, this is a complicated question. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/08/san-...

Most people on earth have no realistic pathway to legally immigrating to the United States There is no “right way” or “legal process” for the vast majority of the entire world

Matt@tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 2d ago

the options for US immigration are basically: 1) have immediate family here (still can take years) 2) marriage (see 1) 3) have consistent H1b sponsorship in a professional job for years 4) win the lottery (paused) 5) be a refugee/asylum seeker (paused, unless you’re a white south african farmer)

this was the peak of woke 1 and the only thing I've ever thought when I hear 'wework'

amy brown@amybrown.xyz · 2d ago

i'm just in a really bad place right now (a wework)

(laughs in San Franciscan)

GodlessPrimate@godlessprimate.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.

relatedly, I was thinking that an effect of more readily available robotics + AI is that it could finally start making some home repair and restoration of decaying stuff in the house economical again, compared to buying new

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3d ago

A weird downstream effect of LLMs I predict will start having an impact soon is that they are very helpful for fixing a lot of stuff that would not have been worth fixing when information about how to fix them was harder to get.

support for this fine gentleman on a particularly difficult day to be Not That Max Miller

Tasting History with Max Miller@tastinghistory.bsky.social · 3d ago

Making the meal from Bayeux Tapestry - Game hen for William the Conqueror

I have found LLMs to still be poor at specific coding tasks that probably aren't as well represented on Github, e.g. writing COBOL. if you're working on ATM software you might still have to go old school

posts inspector@pippy.bsky.social · 3d ago

I want to agree with that but unfortunately I also think AI coding produces more correct code when done professionally. I'm now really struggling to think of a situation where hand-coding would improve outcomes

Every time I see a comment like the screenshot, I feel like I know _exactly_ what kind of dev said this, and would bet money they aren't particularly loved by coworkers, bosses, or clients.

posts inspector@pippy.bsky.social · 3d ago

1) Artisinal code is unfortunately meaningless. The industrialization of our craft is improving quality. So, this is irrelevant. 2) “The point is the code” vs “The point is the software”

I don't want to make light of abuse but I do want to warm my hands over the burning corpses of both their political careers

ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · 3d ago

Max, good lord

as the leader of this pride (lion) i refuse to be trapped alone in a climate controlled commuters prison

oh you insist on being chauffeured door to door do you. that’s so cute. you can find me commuting among my soldiers

If you love our city as much as I do, I invite you to direct your energy at helping our latest newcomers become their best San Franciscans. I invite you to work towards building homes to accommodate all those who strive to build their lives and creative ventures here

being a Nazi is no longer anti-Semitic; only being a Muslim is, or so Jonathan Greenblatt assures me

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 4d ago

it is crazy that the guy with the fucking SS tattoo or the guy who threw a Nazi salute at the inauulgurarion got essentially zero AIPAC or ADL opposition whereas Muslim candidates, however moderate, have gotten a torrent of venomous blood libel plus a firehose of money in opposition

it seemed perverse to observe how much more civil the tech industry felt (at least in the early/mid 2010s) relative to academia

Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 4d ago

I don’t really want to get into this with people who feel this way, but i don’t think this is a good thing! We don’t need to behave this way! It’s not healthy to approach academic discourse as an exercise in harshness!

My problem with AES is a lot like my problem with Bernie*: I am neutral to positive on the person at the center, but also I think it would be for the better if everyone around him should be driven out of politics with super soakers.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 6d ago

AIPAC may have bought our election in Illinois, but we're not going to let that happen in Michigan. 5 days left to make them panic. Vote for Abdul on or before August 4th.

people are _astonished_ I raise a kid in "dangerous" SF, a city that last year had its lowest homicide rate since 1954

Oh The Urbanity!@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sometimes I get comments asking why I don’t talk about crime or schools as a barrier to city living with kids. But my city just isn’t that dangerous. And I admit I don’t understand the “suburban schools are good and urban ones are bad” perception/reality in the US. Their system is unique.

i propose a modest remedy: anyone who ever invokes the phrase "destroy the character of neighborhoods" or equivalent should be launched into the ocean by a trebuchet

Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️@jgbollard.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is it boys, the platonic "New York can never get better" piece www.archpaper.com/2026/07/litt...

I encourage the right to further whittle down their notion of Real American so as to specifically alienate >80% of the total population. that should go extremely well for them politically.

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right

some days the air is very much thick with this at the kid's day camp dropoff

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 5d ago

Chaperoning a preschool trip to the aquarium and one of the other dads who is vaguely familiar with what I do comes up to me and goes “man I sure hope we get some Nuremberg-style trials at the end of all this”

Sure, retrowave is mostly nostalgia candyfloss. But you watch The Midnight's "Sunset" set to a "Career Opportunities" montage and tell me you're not entertained.

The Midnight - Sunset

YouTube video by Retrowave Cinema

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lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d ago

Post your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.

reading is a form of theft and makes you dependent upon others for knowledge (deskilling)

I already did "de facto cured AIDS" in an earlier post so I'll go with "exactly one day between first US COVID lockdown and beginning of trials of eventual successful COVID vaccine candidate"

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 5d ago

I like this brainstorm: greatest achievements since 1969. Number one for me: eradicating smallpox What else?

there are two phenomena going on here that I both am extremely opposed to: the extreme lack of 24 hour dining, or even just late night dining, on the West Coast relative to the East, and the broader disappearance of late night dining options everywhere

SFGATE@sfgate.com · 5d ago

San Francisco is slowly losing its 24-hour food spots. Lucky Penny closed in 2015; Denny's and Silver Crest Donuts followed in 2024. These days, there are around ten 24-hour spots left.