Which moment in SF politics first made you realize that its flavor of progressivism is often self-interest cynically dressed up as a form of sensitivity? So many to choose from. First that comes to mind is when Calle 24 successfully removed traffic calming barriers by claiming

Alternative narrative: You don’t get to raises prices while decreasing quality forever Eventually you have to meet your maker

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are Boston City Councilmembers Murphy, Santana, Mejia, Flynn, and Weber all on their phones while blind Bostonians testify against their proposed ban on fully autonomous vehicles.

Solar power is good Batteries are good Air conditioning is good AI is good Nuclear power is good Stop thinking like a medieval peasant

"A man who was found inside a manhole attempting to steal copper wire in an unincorporated neighborhood in West Los Angeles over the weekend was criminally charged on Tuesday... Arrest records show Natividad was cited and released that same day..." LA City Council: "We can't

This is only possible because the port of Long Beach isn’t under the control of the International Longshoreman’s Association.

“20 concerned neighbors” is bullshit

"with my new app, Defectr, you can more easily opt out of adhesion to any kind of social contract or obligation to maintain any kind of commons. you're wasting dozens of hours monthly meeting basic obligations to other people. get that time back."

This is why all the anti-solar tweets from @ENERGY are so annoying. Coal is last century's technology. Solar is this century's.

Can’t believe I bought a $300 razor based on a Growing Daniel tweet (and ChatGPT)

Even in a dry state like CA, focusing on data centers in the water debate is borderline delusional thinking. Alfalfa farming is less than 0.1 % of CA's GDP and yet consumers 14% of all its water. Don't grow livestock feed in the desert!

@sdamico @Noahpinion Sam is correct, a rail line could be built on the I-5 from San Francisco to LA and indeed the French operators SNCF proposed just that. Rejected for political equity reasons!

I don’t know where this idea comes from that it’s bad for highly remunerated employees in profitable fields to enjoy nice environments and fringe benefits, but it’s getting a little silly

Framing electric technology as being about the climate was a strategic mistake.

I saw two guys smoking fentanyl and a guy taking a dump on Market street in Sn Francisco during my afternoon walk yesterday. I also got a ticket for running a stop sign on my bicycle and city fire inspectors are making my company dismantle all our office phone booths bc they

This doesn’t save the planet, permitting solar and batteries does.

Since this building was deemed "historic" by the city of San Francisco, it cannot be demolished. And because its in an industrial zone, there is no clear path to it becoming housing. (despite the apartment building next door) So instead we get this - legally protected blight.

The whole "nonviolent protest doesn't work if the goons beat you up" thing is so dumb...it works BECAUSE the goons beat you up, and then everyone hates the goons!

Josh Barro: "When I look at policies in New York that stand in the way of Abundance, very often if you look under the hood, you eventually find a labor union at the end that's the driver"

Abundance is so moderate/banal/measured that I'm half-convinced there's some secret, second book out there with the same name that you're all arguing about.