Liz Carlson

I researched and discovered the U.S. has around 450,000 “brownfield” sites, which are old industrial or commercial land that sits abandoned. Former coal plants, industrial plants, abandoned malls. Meanwhile, a lot of new development for AI data centers is being proposed on family farms with fertile soil in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and more. Others are proposing in AZ, NM desert where the water shortage (required to cool) is already severe. Yes, cleaning up polluted land and clearing out what’s there would take a couple years (digging out the bad soil and/or paving over it with concrete, filtering any groundwater) with the current pace of environmental review processes. But it seems like a smarter long-term investment than turning healthy farmland into concrete. It could bring investment back into old industrial towns, and actually help the environment (from the clean-up process), while using infrastructure that’s already there. This seems better to me than paving over healthy soil or exacerbating desert water resources. If we’re going to build new things, it makes sense to start with the land we’ve already harmed, not family farms or desert areas that need our protection. It seems like the govt should work with companies to help speed up the process to convert brownfields as a national interest. Just an idea and food for thought.

@TheChefDally @WyattzWorId That happened to me the last time I went to Best Buy 14 years ago.

@WyattzWorId I went to a Best Buy last week on a Sunday, thought they opened at 10, they opened at 11. I got there around 10:45 and realized they were closed so I waited. There was like 15 waiting around at the door.

Did something come out today? Why the fuck are people wrapped around Best Buy at 10 am

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This is so cool! When I got to the end of your post I smiled. It’s how so many people are healing. I actually made a guide of the best mind-body programs for recovering from chronic illness on my website healwithliz.com. Some programs are more lifestyle related, but most are more nervous system and mind-body connection focused. I wonder if she did a program or discovered her own thing through books etc. cool stuff 🦋

Last night I once again saw this gorgeous woman at an open mic & went nuts wondering “where do I know her from?” She broke the ice as we waited for the elevator: “We went on a hinge date 7 years ago” I didn’t recognize her as that Hinge date because back then, it turned out, she’d been suffering from horrible chronic health stuff. And this person standing in front of me, in contrast, seemed to be overflowing with life I asked her how she recovered. The biggest thing for her was the same thing which made a difference dealing with my own longtime gut problems: investigating the mindbody connection

I think I was taking Mg Glycinate as my only supplement which I think also helped as this OP states.

As someone who had 107x the safe limit of Ochratoxin A from invisible household mold that grows on dust from a water damaged rental 10 years ago as a driver of CFS who has since fully healed... I'd recommend 1. moving if it's easiest, 2. just going to the sauna old school to sweat it out every day. 3. exploring nervous system regulation like brain retraining. (Assuming you're already eating healthy / organic / protein and veggies.) Don't need some fancy protocol or binders in my experience. Peace.

This is so important : elderly wellbeing. dental issues and UTIs are the leading drivers of dementia flare ups. Arthritis is the driver of not being able to clean properly. Why I think govt should invest in easy toothbrushing solutions and bidets and other things to help for elderly. And yes good dental care. 👍🏼

They came. They grazed. They cleared 35 acres. More than 1,000 goats have finished clearing invasive vegetation in the Sepulveda Basin, helping reduce wildfire risk. The pilot used targeted goat grazing to remove dry brush in an environmentally responsible way. With their work complete, the goats are now moving on so the area can be protected as bird nesting season returns to the Sepulveda Basin, allowing wildlife to nest undisturbed.

@DRDOCSF @nypost @SFBART My son who is napping rn looooves the train and asks WHY we can't go on the train and it's hard to explain to him.

I used to ride the BART @SFBART with my sons in the middle of the day (when many seats are open), but I began to feel it was like roulette. 50% of the time there was someone severely mentally ill on substances, and there are often random men, that you just feel unsafe. They just ride it all day, then go the other way, and make it seem like they only went one stop. Often during the day it will just be 1-3 people in a single car. Almost all little kids love the train, but it's really scary. I think it's a s statewide issue of getting afflicted people to in-patient care. And needing more guards on the train and more green cleaners. Bay Area people want clean but not toxic, and safety. Then SAHPs would be riding during the day to go on fun adventures.

Bay Area's beloved BART system on brink of collapse as riders vanish and deficits soar trib.al/Rf08LLV

@Brady_H @maxlugavere My dad used to drink 5-6, then went down to 2, then 1, then decaf, but now is fully off bc he kept having a-Fibs. He misses it.... he's on a bunch of other stuff like the statins, etc.

Looks like 5-6 cups begins to show negative effects. But I think everyone reacts differently to caffeine so this study should really be taken with a grain of salt. Beyond just a genetic factor/biome (of who can digest it the best), the headlines fail to capture that people who drink 0 cups are more likely to have other health issues that make them more sensitive to coffee (examples: dysautonomia, heart issue, etc), and people who drink more than 5 tend to smoke more (according to this study). But yes there is a happy medium for each of us I suppose. Also I think what type of coffee is impt. Starbucks doesn't seem to have good coffee -- who knows what chemicals and mycotoxins these things have. But other brands can be legit.

Too much of a good thing can become a bad thing.

Yeah. So terrible. My car also was towed to the SF city lot once and my now husband had to bail me out. There was a mom with little kids crying who was just in SF for work but the employees were trained not to care. I think that was bc I parked on the next corner and was 2 minutes late to move it - but the meter maid and tow truck were there waiting. No pitbulls that time but it was $500 on top of the ticket. I think when I first moved to SF I lived next to the only street that didn’t have permit parking - but that eventually changed. I eventually moved in with my now husband to Berkeley - he was tired from trying to find parking in SF. The whole issue of no parking seems like it was driven by environmental concerns which is impt but driving around for 20 min circling the block every day can’t be good for the air….

@usabilityliz @cody_fergusson @DanielLurie Permit. But it was a hardship for me and an embarrassment to have yo borrow money from a friend. The city should have just let me buy the permit regardless of outstanding tickets. It’s a scam run by the city. If I lived in my car, they wouldn’t ticket me. Assholes.

Yes, you can park in your own driveway. No, your car cannot block the sidewalk. Through PermitSF, we passed legislation to get rid of outdated laws that prohibited San Francisco residents from parking cars in their own driveways. Just follow these guidelines: ✅ You can park in the driveway in front of your house. ✅ No part of your car can overhang onto the sidewalk. ✅ You may park parallel to the curb in front of your own driveway, if your vehicle is registered to that address and the building has two or fewer units. When in doubt, visit SFMTA.com/ParkLegally to review parking rules. With PermitSF, we’re making life easier for residents, small businesses, and all San Franciscans through common-sense changes.

They also put up a bunch of portopotties back when I lived there which are some of the most expensive things to maintain and are disgusting. I also think drive vulnerable people to do more drugs because of how dehumanizing they are and it also keeps them on that block rather than in a safe shelter. SF needs humanizing safe restrooms for the homeless and also safe clean restrooms for shoppers. It seems there has to be a solution, but they only do standalone ones that cost 1-2 million each... anyway. it's such a big issue, but no one has ever dealt with it.

But yeah, we now live in East Bay, you really can't have more than 1 kid in SF. The parks need improvement. So many dirty bathrooms unfit for humanity. I think the worst part of SF is the poo problem -- no one talks about it. Clean restrooms would do so much. It's definitely a design and red tape and budget issue. The bathrooms they did some years back were all fully closing drug dens with bad ventilation. We need hundred of clean stalls. Now that Nordstrom is gone (and still gone) there is literally no safe place to go to the bathroom anywhere downtown. Moms will not go.

One time they towed my car, because I went to move it at 8:05 instead of 8:00 am for the construction. There was actually no sign on the street the night before, but they had just randomly put it there. You never know which side was coming next. There was no warning with when/where they'd put the cones. Then had to go to Hayward where a toothless man with pit bulls demanded $500 to return it. Such a racket.

I lost all my money to SF parking tickets in 2011-12 because they were doing construction or fixing some main water pipe around Bush st that took forever. It was dog eat dog to find a spot. Also there was a meter in front of our victorian triplex bcd there was a Chinese restaurant on the corner, so none of us could even park on our own street. Also random 2-4 am street cleaning on the other side street. Perfect time to move your car if you're a 24 year old woman! TEARS. It was so bad. Those meter maids had no mercy. Also I once got a ticket for parking not close enough to the curb - I think I was 1 inch away from the "legal" limit. That one was embarrassing.

He's doing both. He's tackling the tough issues (crime is down) and the day-to-day issues. I used to live in SF and it was really hard to find nearby parking -- sometimes I'd have to drive for 20 minutes to find a spot within 6 blocks. The third thing he mentioned -- parallel parking in front of your own driveway will free up many spots for people who need to commute to work. The little things add up and almost no mayor before him ever addressed things like this, and they also did way less than he's been doing on safety. He's like a 10x mayor, and does 10 what anyone else has ever done.

@DanielLurie 🚨 Drugs handed out for free. Crime caught and released the same day. Streets unsafe. Mayor runs “how to park” ads. San Francisco needs real leadership, accountability, and safety, not PR stunts. #PeopleFirst #AccountabilityNow #sf4gov

@mamboitaliano__ Both women are beautiful, talented, and raised good kids. One of the best actresses walking behind a helicopter pilot and entrepreneur. What is the issue?

Nicole Kidman vs. Lauren Sanchez is the perfect metaphor for 𝕏 You do your best to genuinely get some attention and then the big account enters the room 🤣

@Nnedi Beautiful!

The boughanvilla are losing their minds right now in my neighborhood. Glorious.