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AV's have the potential to improve traffic safety by taking increasingly distracted drivers out of the equation, but not if those AVs are programmed to break the very laws that keep us safe. Companies like @Cruise willfully disregard the law, with serious consequences 1/9

Every time there's a Republican president, they destroy the economy and drag us into a stupid war in the Middle East. You could set your fucking watch to it. The only fresh wrinkle is that this time he's doing it to distract from his raping of children.

“The city’s finance department is on a fast track to take over parking enforcement from the department of transportation, alarming staff and business leaders. The turf dispute will get aired out at a Feb. 10 council committee meeting.” oaklandside.org/2026/02/06/fin…

There is a direct line from blue state anti-housing policy to population loss to the rise in authoritarian political power. We did this to ourselves.

@LuigiCPA @JoelEngardio This is from the last time I was out there. more than a dozen in this photo alone

@kerbyside @JoelEngardio Cool, your family is one of the dozen people that walk the GH. Maybe document your trips with photos to offset the hundreds of photos on Twitter that show the highway is empty of pedestrians.

There’s no reason to keep fighting over a park and a road when the park is popular and traffic is fine. It’s time to focus on more pressing issues like affordability, protecting our immigrant community, and everything else that has the world on fire. It’s time to consider Sunset Dunes settled. The feared “carmageddon” never came but the park’s benefits are real. Sunset Dunes is good for the environment, local businesses, and the well-being of everyone enjoying their coast. That’s what I believe. Read this great OpEd that says more by Friends of Sunset Dunes president Lucas Lux: sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/0…

@left_on_alpha @JoelEngardio No, he used his political capital for good. That’s what politicians are supposed to do

@kerbyside @JoelEngardio His political capital was summarily revoked because he went against the known wishes of the constituents that elected him, and apparently did so knowingly.

@LuigiCPA @JoelEngardio I’ve walked it a few times, it was beautiful. My family lives nearby in a small apartment and walks it nearly everyday. It’s how they get exercise and access to nature

@kerbyside @JoelEngardio How often do you bike from Oakland the Great Highway?

Hoy se cumplen 178 años de la ocupación de Los Ángeles por Estados Unidos, el 13 de enero de 1847, cuando aún era ciudad mexicana. Aquel episodio marcó el inicio de uno de los procesos más brutales y silenciados de la historia norteamericana: el exterminio sistemático de los pueblos indígenas californianos. Antes de los yanquis arrebataran Los Ángeles a México, California contaba con una población indígena estimada en unos 150.000 habitantes. Tres décadas después, en 1880, apenas sobrevivían unos 16.000. No se trató de un colapso demográfico accidental ni exclusivamente provocado por enfermedades, sino del resultado de una política deliberada de violencia, desposesión y exterminio. Como bien señala García del Junco: «Antes de que los colonos ingleses y sus descendientes exterminaran a las tribus de las praderas, los exploradores españoles ya habían entrado en contacto con la mayoría de ellas sin necesidad de exterminarlas». ¿Y qué llevó a los anglosajones a desalojar de sus tierras a los indígenas que llevaban siglos ocupándolas? El 19 de agosto de 1848, el diario New York Herald anunció el descubrimiento de oro en California. Miles de buscadores se desplazaron hacia esos territorios. Cuando comenzó la extracción masiva de oro, los colonos emplearon inicialmente a indígenas en las minas. Llegaron a trabajar unos 4.000 indios para los blancos. Pero a partir de 1850, muchos colonos optaron por su esclavización y exterminio. Con la excusa de que los “salvajes” suponían una amenaza para la soberanía estadounidense, el gobierno aprobó en 1850 una ley que permitía a los colonos blancos poner a trabajar forzosamente a cualquier indígena que no pudiera demostrar medios legítimos de subsistencia. Al año siguiente, el primer gobernador de California, Peter Hardeman Burnett, afirmó ante los legisladores que «debe esperarse que continúe una guerra de exterminio entre las razas hasta que la raza india se extinga». Y actuó en consecuencia. Burnett empleó fondos públicos para armar milicias locales y solicitó apoyo del Ejército federal. Estas milicias llegaron a exterminar poblados enteros. En 1850, asesinaron a unos 400 miembros del pueblo Pomo. Entre 1851 y 1852, el estado de California pagó un millón de dólares a milicias que cazaban indígenas. En algunos pueblos se ofrecían recompensas por sus cabelleras, con precios que oscilaban entre 5 dólares y 25 centavos. Los cazadores reclamaban el pago exhibiendo ocho, diez o doce cabezas. Incluso la prensa informaba de las masacres. Así lo relataba el periódico Alta California: «La cuadrilla descendió sobre ellos y les voló la tapa de los sesos o les partió el cráneo con hachas. Incluso a los recién nacidos que llevaban en canastas…». El asesinato sistemático de indígenas continuó hasta finales de la década de 1870. En conjunto, se extinguió alrededor del 80 % de la población indígena de California desde 1846, mediante masacres y asesinatos cometidos por colonos y fuerzas armadas estadounidenses.

@rationalhumanis @NateForUtah Texas started it

@NateForUtah Dude, California Dems just led a statewide referendum to destroy their non-partisan redistricting committee. They were not even subtle about their intent to gerrymander to the hilt. You have zero high ground here. Red states will do what they have to to respond.

Republicans are going to overplay their hand, impeach judges, reshape the Utah judiciary, and send this state plummeting downhill because they couldn't play fair and lost one. single. seat. The pendulum is swinging.

@s4141k @NateForUtah How did Republicans vote on the gerrymandering ban?

@NateForUtah Cool. Go lecture these states to redraw their districts to allow a republican district

@WallStreetApes If congressional Republicans have their way, it’s about to get a lot more expensive

American father of 3 is considering cancelling his family’s health insurance even through it “feels very irresponsible.” He just can’t afford it anymore He pays -$1,500 a month in premiums - Each person in his family has a $6,000 deductible So he would have to spend “$30,000 in co-pays that we have to pay on top of the $18,000 in monthly charges to actually get coverage.” ‘Health insurance is the biggest scam’

West Virginia has the highest rate of fentanyl deaths in the United States, one of the highest rates of mental illness -- and among lowest rates of homelessness. The reason is, drug use, mental illness, and homelessness are not related. West Virginia just has plenty of homes.

@sbtan911 @cruise I think they just need to be programmed to follow the law

@kerbyside @cruise This technology is still evolving, and I really believe the key is finding the right balance between strong regulation and real-world testing. That’s the only way we’ll make sure it develops in a safe and responsible way. What do you think will be the main focus going forward?

AV's have the potential to improve traffic safety by taking increasingly distracted drivers out of the equation, but not if those AVs are programmed to break the very laws that keep us safe. Companies like @Cruise willfully disregard the law, with serious consequences 1/9

@zxi91 @micsolana They help when vented outdoors but indoor air pollution is still higher with gas. Many, if not most homes in SF don’t have outdoor venting hoods

@kerbyside @micsolana Range hoods exist

mayor lurie just made it impossible to renovate your home and keep your gas stove in san francisco

@steverific @micsolana Range hoods that vent outdoors help a lot, but indoor air pollution is still higher with gas stoves vs electric. Most homes in SF are older, and don’t have outdoor venting hoods

@kerbyside @micsolana Does your country not have range hoods? You really should look into that, the technology is not complex. Surely you could manage it.

@clinton_j_smith @micsolana publichealth.columbia.edu/news/switching…

@clinton_j_smith @micsolana Yes particulates are likely the same but combustion of methane releases many pollutants into the home including NO2 “Switching from a gas stove to an electric induction stove can reduce indoor nitrogen dioxide air pollution, a known health hazard, by more than 50 percent”

@SF_Truth_Seeker @micsolana @grok In other words, no, not debunked

@FernandoAg47 @sam_d_1995 You could, conceivably, come up with a system to only sell a certain number of permits that correspond to the number of spaces available. It could be a lottery or an auction. That likely wouldn’t be popular though

@FernandoAg47 @sam_d_1995 Still better than nothing

finally, an in depth article about how absurd free parking is in NYC. fun fact: NYC has ~3 million free parking spaces. if each one had a meter that charged 50 cents per hour and was occupied 75% of the time, it would raise $10 billion dollars every year