Dmitrii
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Dmitrii
@svistnuli
Amateur bike mechanic. USSR born, Russia raised, proud 1st gen 🇺🇸, 3x immigrant prior to that.
San Francisco, CA Katılım Ekim 2008
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Reminder: You are being played.
@ConnectedSF was pretty lonely in opposing the election of Bilal Mahmood. We did the research and concluded that he was not in any way moderate.
So, how did he get elected?
The AbundantSF (Todd David, Robin Pam, Zach Rosen, Scott Wiener) /GrowSF/ Wiener/ Breed machine anointed him.
Bilal had been looking for an office for years. He ran for Assembly, then pushed hard for appointment as D6 Supervisor (when Haney failed up to Assembly). When Breed appointed Dorsey for D6 over Bilal, the "gang" (see above) told him to move to D5 so they could run him against Dean Preston.
Why did they call him moderate? (To get $ & votes.)
This machine then sold the voters that Bilal was "better than Dean" (questionable since he has promoted many of the same DSA policies as Dean), while they completely ignored actual moderates in the race. (Yes, they lied to you).
SF voters need to understand that they are being played. This machine does not represent your values, they just need your vote to install a politician they think they can control.
@garrytan has already called on Bilal donors (on X in Feb) to tell Bilal to stop doing the same things Dean has done. @TheMarinaTimes also did not endorse him and has been calling out his bad ideas.
ConnectedSF's loyalty lies to YOU and to SF.
Please don't turn over your vote to those who are only using you to gain political power.
@sfstandard @TheVOSF @Twolfrecovery @sfchronicle
The Marina Times ⛵️ 🗞️@TheMarinaTimes
So his genius “grocery tax” would likely stop a new grocery store from moving into the old Webster Street Safeway. What an idiot-sandwich of a politician Bilal is. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-…
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@svistnuli @big_pedestrian @VladSF No, it’s engineering. We have numerous studies that make clear how to reduce excessive speeding, make streets safer for both those in cars and those outside of them. Especially when talking about urban environments vs highways.
We just don’t do them.
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US traffic engineering is the only discipline where thousands of annual deaths (~40K) and MILLIONS of injuries (~3.5M) are the expected, projected outcome of regular operations. Any other engineer failing to prevent this level of harm would be fired, fined into penury & jailed.
Alex Armlovich@aarmlovi
Mayor Wu did not literally kill Louisa Gag But she did empower city employees to foreseeably plan for deaths in particular locations Wu did not know *who* would die, but Boston staff knows exactly which intersections will kill *some person* each year. These are planned deaths
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@bettersoma @bilalmahmood Perhaps this is public art that will solve everything. The missing key to our urban revival.
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GET BATHROOMS LETS. BUILD SOMETHING, ANYTHING. BILAL, EARTH TO BILAL @bilalmahmood
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US is so bad due to lack of enforcement (“zero consequences”), not traffic engineering. Traffic engineering in Russia is horrible, but enforcement is extreme.
big_pedestrian@big_pedestrian
US traffic engineering is the only discipline where thousands of annual deaths (~40K) and MILLIONS of injuries (~3.5M) are the expected, projected outcome of regular operations. Any other engineer failing to prevent this level of harm would be fired, fined into penury & jailed.
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Today in 1949, the Vatican under Pope Pius XII condemned communism and excommunicated all who supported it.
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@lulumeservey @radbackwards Same startups that buy ads in @PivotPod or similar - who in the world told you this is a good idea
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Lessons from this:
1) Don’t outsource your judgment to the PR team. Use your own instincts, there’s a reason you’re the one running the company. @radbackwards makes this point and he’s right. You wouldn’t blindly approve a product update; don’t take your eyes off the road with comms
2) Judge people not outlets. “Boycott Wired” isn’t the answer. Even an independent podcaster could be an angel in your competitor. Or the perfect person to help tell your story might work for mainstream media. The unit of analysis is the individual not the institution
3) Go direct. Building your own platform lets you maintain (or regain) control over your narrative. Going direct doesn’t mean shunning the media, but even if you did, criticism is unavoidable. Having an audience lets you say your piece and reset the narrative, as Dar does here
dar@radbackwards
I gave WIRED the exclusive on our hands launch, and they wrote a really weird article about how we are sexualizing robotics… wired.com/story/the-1x-n… I felt pretty betrayed because that’s not what they told me they were writing about not is that what I’ve ever been about… actually I stand for quite the opposite… But I’ve come to find a lot of dishonesty and malice in the journalism community so I wasn’t surprised. This is what I sent the author… I’m only sharing this because I hope it encourages journalists to resist the click bait trap and tell truly awesome stories because I for one don’t believe journalism is dead— I think it’s just starting and just needs to evolve past the weird corner of the internet where data driven optimization turns everything into smooth brained shocking brain rot bullshit. The technological revolution we are going through should inspire a journalism renaissance. Not let it fall into further decay. There is so much brilliance at play in the world and the stories should be told! My note: “[author name redacted], it was nice talking to you, but I wanted to let you know that I didn’t enjoy your article at all. I understand the need to be inflammatory because that seems to be the only thing that gets clicks these days but that doesnt mean you shouldn’t recognize when something special is in front of you. I trusted our PR team in saying we should offer you the exclusive on what is one of the most important technological developments in the history of Mankind and I deeply regret it. Good luck with the rest of your writing career. -Dar Sleeper”
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@daniel_w_owens @whollera “Sit by the window, stare at the freeway” - exactly
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@svistnuli @whollera Amen. I’m there often. Staring, grimacing at the freeway like a senile old man, yelling at the clouds.
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What an image.
A one-mile-long stub freeway slicing through the heart of San Francisco. All cost, no benefit. It’s disgusting. Its dangerous. It’s dysfunctional. It’s far beneath everyone’s dignity. Tear it down. Replace it with something beautiful and make history.
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@whollera @daniel_w_owens Whatever the outcome is, check out Crafty Fox while it’s still there. It’s good
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@svistnuli @daniel_w_owens I mean the division street would need to stay but you might have more foot traffic for some commercial incursions along the way
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@daniel_w_owens @whollera No because the second biggest problem is what under that freeway / will be under that park
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@whollera Not my favorite idea but I’d be very happy with that over the current condition. Also, I’ll (probably) never get my favorite idea. I’ll live contentedly with a compromise, whatever it is.
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I’m sorry, but the fact Democrat DAs are freeing illegals who commit violent crimes and governors are pardoning *convicted child molesters* to keep them from being deported seems to be a far, far bigger public safety problem than anything ICE is doing.
Secretary Marco Rubio@SecRubio
Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon. Then, I revoked his legal status. @ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.
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it’s my beautiful wife @AlesyaMacWaters birthday today
she is the boldest, most generous, purest person I’ve ever met
“many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all”
she just started on 𝕏 a couple months ago, join me in wishing her a very happy birthday 🎉 🥰
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Here are some of the Ugly New Building Standards.
Why require a change in building material every 20 feet? Why with those architectural details? Why those sizes?
We need to fire almost all bureaucrats and repeal almost all regulations. They just make things worse.
Joe Cohen@CohenSite
Under LA's new "Objective Design Standards" for historic districts, the building on the left would be prohibited, and the building on the right would be encouraged
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@svistnuli @antoniogm Wife is from Novosibirsk. Her dad is from rural Siberia.
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The Tesla driving you back to SF from SFO after two weeks in Europe, and realizing you're back in the tech schizo kingdom where insulating yourself from dystopia requires 9-figure exits, instead of something resembling normal human life which requires 35-hour weeks to sustain.
Buck@BuckOnTwidder
ubering home from jfk after 8 days in the south of france
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I realize this is bait (esp with the Spanish flag), but Belgium excels in avant-garde, intellectual, and romantic fashion
Three Year Letterman@3YearLetterman
I literally cannot name one thing that Belgium 🇪🇸 does better than America
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