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@Termez @mattyglesias I remember reading that there was effectively zero drunk driving in the DDR. And while I loathe how terrible motorists have gotten behind the wheel, I don't think it's worth having a police state to fix it. Norway's drivers are also safe!

@mattyglesias Yep. In all the places i've lived overseas the dictatorships have generally been the safest. The order comes at a steep price.

I feel like Jane Jacobs is missing the possibility that the criminal activity in late 20th century Italian ethnic enclaves is a little more "organized" than elsewhere and that's why you have less random street disorder.

@antarestrader @Ryanrz If the property passes to the state when this person dies, sure no problem

@Ryanrz Then charge tax on the number of bedrooms rather than assessed property value. That way we are actually taxing based on resourced consumed. I still thing there should be a tax penalty for bidding property prices way beyond what working people can afford, however.

You want to tax the trillionaire. I want to tax the millions of California boomers hoarding housing and not paying their fair share for services. Repeal prop 13.

@LarryQ6 @kimmaicutler What's wrong with a [my street] compromise? Hardly any weekday use except cut-through traffic, let it close at one end as a cul-de-sac for us residents to enjoy

@kimmaicutler What's wrong with a Great Highway compromise? Hardly any use on weekdays (weekend use not great either most times, truth), so let it stay open for vehicles and commuters.

The Green New Deal guy is endorsing the car lady. What a crock of BS.

@wenwenwen2386 @530BruceRoss I am interested in the evidence for this argument. Is there any?

@530BruceRoss A bright kid can have that result, low IQ kids do have ceiling that cannot improve no matter what coaching does.

I favor high standards for admissions to serious colleges and think standard tests can play a useful role. But also if a few months of tutoring can bump your score 200 points, is it really measuring something that fundamental?

@prpl8 Own party approval above Biden or Trump I at same point

still too high

@aishwarya_08 @LifeByThunder @devahaz Thanks, but this was both a defense and a gentle critique. Yes, some conversations are exhausting. Change the subject! With a handful of exceptions, most people can be fun. Works, not faith

@busgus @LifeByThunder @devahaz 💯

This just means you’ve found all the most boring people in San Francisco

@LifeByThunder @aishwarya_08 @devahaz I don't think this is fair. I heard a lot of this back to "what's your major" in college. Too common to get exercised about. Many are interesting if conversation is diverted to an interesting course. And if not, someone else probably is

@aishwarya_08 @devahaz Both of the ppl you mentioned are not normal. You are in a self induced bubble and are likely one of those said ppl

On the other hand x.com/i/status/11134…

On the one hand, plus ca change x.com/i/status/20661…

@yinyang_yo_ Appointed D4 Supe Alan Wong wrote an op-ed early May at singtaousa.com/2026/05/03/new… (run through gtranslate)—west side politicians love cars. I'd even accept this if the city let us turn our block into a cul-de-sac if we got enough signatures, but that will never ever happen

It's pretty ridiculous that Connie Chan is such an opponent to the Sunset Dunes when Sunset residents are showing signs of getting over the major adjustment and she's still able to get away with being called a progressive

@moultano The online chud right lives in a fantasy world, it still has no idea. Unfortunately, this means irl R/groyper staffers make policy based on these fantasies, and here we are headed for the cliff

Side note to the actual stakes here, but I will note a few weeks back that ~the entire chud right had no idea that American supremacy in technology hinges entirely on immigration.

@nyttypos @mattyglesias I feel most understand either without punctuation in context, ymmv. My one opinion on today's music writing is that I will defend the worst ahistorical tripe if it gets more people out to see bands in clubs. Will this piece? Who knows let's hope

@mattyglesias The words ‘50s and ‘60s mean quote, fifties (the sixth decade of a person’s life) and quote, sixties (the seventh decade of a person’s life), not 1950s or 1960s, the contractions of which are ’50s and ’60s.

Tobi Vail must be incredibly cool. slowboring.com/p/hard-work-is…

@finger_puppets Heart those weirdo Ballard stories so so much ty

Everybody is saying that Borges writes Backrooms better than Backrooms (which is true), but why are we sleeping on J.G. Ballard?

@TheRealJohnSeal I don't feel like watching this but my observation as SF pedestrian is that most drivers only see other cars and larger vehicles. There was no traffic and the driver had green, and in SUVs anything ahead below 4 feet is effectively invisible. This is why I often cross mid block

Is it just me, or did the car not slow down, even though the people it hit seem to be in clear view? What am I missing? Also, why are police chasing shoplifters into the street? Is it really so important to return that purloined bag of Druid Circles to Trader Joe's?

@atelicinvest Professional designations are harmless simple signals like college degrees. Could you cram enough to pass o-chem/cfa-2? Great, lots of hiring managers or their managers want that. A market failure, but it's rational. CFA/FRM and keenly aware they're useless

unfortunately, asset management game isn't about actually outperforming, it's about selling the promise of outperformance. And it's super easy to say 'we are all about the AI' without having any AI workflows. But you know what stupid three letters a lot of people want? Yep.

@__paleologo My mom bought me that and I expected to hate it and I was so so wrong. What a fabulous book

This is one of the best books ever. Need to reread it. Super-recommend

@AlekseiKaplin I posted x.com/busgus/status/… the other day to a local blackshirt whom this reminds me to block and it feels apt here. Fun for me is that even after taking down the wall, the ex-DDR has since been outpaced by neighbors who never built one

@bauhiniacapital They will. And continue losing. Slowly & surely.

The bad faith responses and RTs are off the charts. This guy RTed me and then blocked me so I could not respond. Once again for the people who can’t read… If Country A with world leading tech bans exports of that tech, Country A’s tech will not be globally dominant.

@rohindhar Making the SF code (and the IBC!) suck less would be really nice, but having gut renos be electric not gas is good actually. I am not smart enough to solve, a targeted mix of subsidy and penalty maybe. Tax gas use (universally!) to partly fund subsidies

Article here: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hom…

Death of housing supply by a thousand cuts in San Francisco If you want to renovate an apartment building to improve or expand the housing stock in San Francisco, it just became more expensive and complicated Despite how expensive it is, the housing stock in San Francisco (particularly for rentals) is already so old with infrastructure that that falling apart. Now new hurdles further disincentivize improvements Regulations like this are a minor inconvenience for well-to-do homeowners renovating homes. But will make improving rental apartments a non-starter The city is simply not serious about the housing crisis where there are not enough homes and not enough quality homes Obviously doing things like this makes housing more expensive not less expensive, so that’s what we’ll continue to get in San Francisco “Starting July 1, most property owners seeking permits for gut-level renovations that also replace major mechanical systems, such as water heaters and furnaces, will be required to ditch natural gas and install fully electric systems” “The San Francisco Department of the Environment estimates that the new rule will affect the equivalent of roughly 261 single-family homes and 293 multifamily units a year”

@Exysay_Eastbay When The Band That Would Be King came to the UC in the 90s, they somehow had Jad Fair show up with it and perform a handful of songs. Spoiled rotten

I was so spoiled growing up

Looks uphill to this corner and the departed 53, requiescat x.com/busgus/status/…

Our intrepid performer starts his run right around here x.com/busgus/status/… The Bullitt chase is evergreen

That's my bus home