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Proud to earn the endorsement of a champion for working families: Secretary @rbreich.bsky.social. Scott Wiener may have billionaires and big corporations backing him, but I stand with working people. San Francisco deserves a representative who answers to the people, not the powerful.

I asked UNH's archivist to create a file of letters protesting the "weeding" of 30% of the library's books. Future researchers need to know faculty did not let the books "go gentle into that good night" (30+ books on Dylan Thomas to be culled). 🗃️ #skystorians www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-e...

About 1 in 5 voters has asked AI chatbots about politics or elections. And besides the chance of getting hallucinated facts, there’s also a chance the answers may have been shaped by governments around the world. theconversation.com/how-governme...

Why do so many centrist campaign mailers insist that San Francisco, or aspects of our city, are broken? What if we insisted on not being broken? What if the very last thing that we need is another firm-handed ostensible rescuer claiming to be He Alone Who Can Fix It?

"A large body of research shows how ... eviction is associated with worsened health outcomes. Previous studies have shown that right to counsel is associated with improving health along a variety of lines, including a reduction in adverse birth outcomes for babies of Medicaid-insured parents."

For the umpteenth: *Snow Crash* isn't an instruction manual.

In fact my basic sense from this whole weeks-long slush of techbro IE mailers trying to drag down Connie Chan's candidacy for Congress is this: They're offended by her saying No to things they want. and They're extra offended because she doesn't always smile when she says No to them.

Another expensive mailer today from an independent expenditure committee with big tech donors, again ranting against SF Sup. Connie Chan, candidate for Congress. As usual, there's a photo of her face with her mouth open. What do they want us to think is wrong with Connie Chan's mouth being open?

Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao is fighting for reelection in central California. 6 in 10 residents of his district are covered by Medicaid, which he voted to cut last year. n.pr/47xDZkw

They wouldn't impose the same examinations on boys. That tells us everything about who these ghouls are behind the proposal and what kind of society they want.

Also note the anti-poor side of Scott Wiener on display in this article. We haven't seen that side of him much lately because he's trying to run to the left. But it's there. Has never been clear if he sees homeless San Franciscans as his constituents, or only as inconveniences to his constituents.

I would argue that Ballard has been far more blighted by thousands of ugly giant concrete blocks everywhere than it has by RVs.

Attention Transit Nerds, Foamers, Railfans! SFMemory Update! 282 late 1950s color Kodachrome slides showing Muni Streetcars, Key System Trains, Ferryboats, Cable Cars. A remarkable collection from George A. White #sfmemory #sfhistory sfmemory.org/Update/2026-...

Here's why we recommend you vote ❌ NO on Proposition A in the upcoming San Francisco election! Your vote on these San Francisco propositions matters. To learn more about why we oppose Prop A, go to lwvsf.org/ballot-recom.... Then ❤️ and 🔁 this if you'll #VoteWithTheLeague!

Here's why we recommend you vote ❌ NO on Proposition D in the upcoming San Francisco election! Your vote on these San Francisco propositions matters. To learn more about why we oppose Prop D, go to lwvsf.org/ballot-recom.... Then ❤️ and 🔁 this if you'll #VoteWithTheLeague!

Here it is again, this assumption that our country and most of the public are a testbed where techbros are free to run experiments.

Won't link to the awful video game that pits players against "zombies" in the Tenderloin. (Look on KRON if you must.) Fed up with techbros treating most of us in SF as Non-Player Characters (NPCs) as if they were the only heroes in our city's story. We have agency. We vote. No on A, D, E and F.

Interesting if real. Like snake-handling as an expression and test of faith in divine protection. And so very old-school Calvinist. More or less Jonathan Edwards' Basilisk.

The most important report–the death of local news over the last year–is out now. Read it. Understand *this* is a significant reason why book bans have risen, why vaccine hesitancy has grown, why authoritarianism has taken over, etc etc. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/sta...

This is also what Proposition D would do to us in San Francisco. The heavily funded promotion campaign for this anti-democratic measure on our local SF Nov. 3, 2026 ballot rests on trying to persuade voters that it would benevolently save us the inconvenience of too many choices on future ballots.

"Planting fruit trees is something everyone can agree with." www.kcur.org/environment-...

As their camps trade attacks ahead of the election, we asked congressional candidates Scott Wiener and Connie Chan which criticism they consider unfair. Read their answers: missionlocal.org/2026/10/meet...

Had missed this when it appeared. www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is a remarkable map of current San Francisco elected officials' politics. Also remarkable: Supervisor Matt Dorsey expressing concern for the rights of the accused. missionlocal.org/2026/10/sf-d...

Every week, Mission Local has been asking the congressional candidates a question and publishing their answers. See Connie Chan and Scott Wiener's responses here: via @io-y-g.bsky.social @yujie-z.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/10/sf-c...

What I would like to see someone ask Supervisor Dorsey: What percentage of his District 6 constituents does he like or approve of? missionlocal.org/2026/10/meet...

Here are the megadonors bankrolling California’s voter ID ballot measure Packaging magnate and Illinois businessman Richard Uhilein and venture capitalists Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are among the big spenders bankrolling California’s voter ID measure.

Elders often die soon after they are evicted.

Connie Chan has asked Nancy Tung to resign as chair of the disgraceful San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. Good. I am tired of seeing people of goodwill outside San Francisco blaming "San Francisco Democrats" in general for the behavior of this board. sfstandard.com/2026/10/06/s...

Rather than investigate poor living conditions or economic inefficiency, the current HUD OIG seems increasingly sure that the problem with U.S. subsidized housing is tenants. 
 www. hudoig.gov/newsroom/press-release/hud-oig-announces-results-operation-clean-house-multi-city-enforcement

San Diego is not expendable. Our lives are not bargaining chips. The President’s words were reckless, dangerous, and a betrayal of the people he swore to protect. I love this city, and I will never stay quiet when someone treats our families, neighbors, and communities like they are disposable.

“The powerful are getting what they want.”

Column by @christinevans.bsky.social endorsing a big NO on San Francisco's mayoral power grab: Propositions A, D, E, and F on the November 3, 2026 ballot. www.streetsheet.org/mayor-lurie-...

🚨Meta got $3.9 BILLION in federal tax breaks last year to build AI data centers. Scott Wiener opposes a national moratorium on data centers and California’s billionaire tax. I support both because working families can’t afford to keep subsidizing billionaires and corporations.

Also: Where's our Bd of Supervisors on Flock? Why was this only a self-regulating edict from the Mayor after pressure from the Human Rights Commn.? And with a strong-mayor system in SF already, why would anyone vote for Props. D, E, F, or A to shift more power to the Mayor from the Supes & voters?

Can't reach the KQED article at the link below -- it seems to be gone -- but here's the Mission Local writeup: missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-... .

"A labor department survey and two other federal datasets that included child labor injury data have also ended." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.

Anyway student journalists have been and remain one of the best reasons to have hope for this country

There it is again, that phrase, "not real people."

Scott Wiener is opposing the Prop. 40 billionaire tax as quietly as he can, avoiding saying so directly in his statement to @missionlocal.org . He probably has a conscience but he's willing to cut it to fit his techbro supporters. Connie Chan does support Prop. 40. missionlocal.org/2026/09/scot...

“Text messages from Zanello and other officials that were previously exposed during the case revealed they were aware of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, running rampant inside 26 Federal Plaza.”

The infantile mascots that Meta uses to promote their AI service look a lot like the parasitic Adipose creatures who emerge from weight-loss patients' bodies in the 2008 Doctor Who Tennant/Tate episode, "Partners in Crime". tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Adipose...