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Bay Area residents take 1M+ trips every weekday on our four largest transit systems — to get to work, school & everywhere in between. We can’t let devastating cuts take that away. I’m voting YES on the Regional Transit Measure to keep our region moving. www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...

Prices go up every time some “tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum” is not how I’d have thought JD would summarize high gas prices

I have YIMBY planner friends who swear up and down that these views are anything but hegemonic in planning but they’re not. The planning profession by-and-large believes the San Francisco model works. It’s near a consensus position.

Ethics aside, this take could use some contact with reality. Biden's expanded CTC didn't motivate recipients to vote to maintain it. Trump offered $5000 checks and it hurt him in the polls. The empirical claim that welfare creates single issue voters just doesn't hold up.

Cyberpunk 2 associate game director Pawel Sasko revealed that much of the game’s staff are actually former modders who CD Projekt Red picked up to work on the highly-anticipated sequel. https://t.co/comu7mNVMv

Since fairs first arrived on the art scene in the 1960s-70s, collectors have found them worthwhile because of their scale and efficiency. But art enthusiasts now have fair complaints

I didn't realize there was a sharp downturn in Youtube influencer ad and sponsorship revenue. May be an underrated contribution to both the "why are economic vibes are terrible" conversation and the "why did Gen Z turn on Trump" conversation youtu.be/vCMfltmszHY?...

CA cities that disapprove housing projects are in a world of hurt. New Court of Appeal decision sets up developer lawsuits for damages, at least where state law requires a ministerial permit (SB 35/423, AB 2011, SB 684, and more). Shi v. Palos Verdes. threadreaderapp.com/thread/21141...

TIL tropical wool didn't exist until the 20th century because colonial British administrators had to wear suits while posted in India. Definitely my favorite warm weather fabric being lighter and more durable but unfortunately its definitely not cheaper than linens or cottons.

Reminder, Prop 43 is Prop 13 Maxxing

NEW from me: Last year, Mark Carney set a goal to double Canada's non-US exports by 2035. Today, he's already halfway there In response to Trump's tariffs & threats, Canadian businesses, consumers, & even tourists are taking difficult steps to decouple from the US🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/how-canada...

did this for the first time last fall—I moved some of my perennial containers where I raked the leaves under a tree (not too close to the trunk), insulating them. not only did we get some forgotten bulbs popping up under in early spring, we had no aphids this year and lots more moths and fireflies.

Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42% https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/personalized-mrna-cancer-vaccine-cut-melanoma-death-recurrence-by-42/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50235217)

Old people: "It's the end of history and I need to make up an existential crisis because I'm bored" Young people: "end of your fucking history maybe"

Straight into my veins Young ppl realizing the red-pill path is one big con 🥹🥹🥹

Reform and Tories have pledged to reverse ULEZ repeatedly.

Panel starting at #EMNLP with Lillian Lee, Dirk Hovy, and Mor Geva on “New Missions in NLP.” Wifi is down but I’ll try to share some quotes! Lillian polls the crowd, ~40% feel negatively about the future of NLP research.

pundits are basically bored by the idea that these democratic candidates are not meaningfully behind with black voters and so are trying to conjure a controversy into existence

This is both a lot of money & <.0008% of Elon Musk’s net worth.

Your age divide is little baby watch this

This is very sad news, some people just riding bikes were killed by a drunk driver www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

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Honeyboys was one of the two VR movies shown at the 53rd edition of the Ghent Film Festival this month.

In a rural corner of the US state of Pennsylvania, known for being home to the nation's largest Amish community, there is a scramble to contain one of the worst measles outbreaks in recent history.

"OnlyFans Creators Are Pissed That Meta Lets Muse Talk Dirty. Adult performers are questioning why Meta allows its AI agent to sext while restricting their social media accounts." www.wired.com/story/onlyfa...

San Francisco health officials are investigating two active tuberculosis cases linked to a longtime strip club on Market Street.

The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are unionizing.

See it while you can.

Police In Guinea-Bissau Raid Offices Of Danish Anti-Vaxxers Planning CDC-Funded Unethical Study In all of our coverage of the disastrous tenure RFK Jr. has had... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/23/police-in-guinea-bissau-raid-offices-of-danish-anti-vaxxers-planning-cdc-funded-unethical-study/

The thing about being in Hollywood for Halloween is that costumes are mandatory

Houstonians are putting their voting stickers on the memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by ICE in July

I'd never thought I'd see a pro-housing mayor in Los Angeles, but there's a very good chance this year. Please support Nithya Raman if you're a voter in the City of Los Angeles

Interesting article about how India’s new American-style highways aren’t peeling trucks away from the old roads because, essentially, there isn’t enough sprawl infrastructure (mechanics, rest stops) to support trucking www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Tom Steyer endorsed Scott Wiener for Pelosi’s House seat, while former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich endorsed Connie Chan. missionlocal.org/2026/10/stey...

The fact this is happening is crazy in and of itself but I'd really like to know how they decided on Fort worth

Good, concise summary on the R290 situation. Opaque industry regulatory bodies are holding back a safe option that should let us heat and cool our homes more efficiently

Felt bad so I bought bonsai plants

"Building 10,000 in apartments downtown Sacramento next to jobs, Amtrak, light rail, and every possible amenity will be great for affordability, walkability, and climate goals" vs. No it won't.

Gary King just dropped a study showing that AI peer reviews now dominate human peer reviews on every metric they tested. gking.harvard.edu/peerless/

This is horrific on its own, and also instructive since Ramaswamy himself has been the target of really racist attacks. He hasn’t learned anything from them. This, and his persistent anti-blackness, show us he can’t see his way to empathy for others. He can’t be taught. He can only be defeated.

B2 Arch proposes a rental single stair building at ~3 FAR. Lots of 2 and 3 br units. All corner units. Quite dense at ~2.9FSR (vs our 1.6 FSR prototypes)… I’m hearing that ~2.8 fsr is where rental pencils at the moment. Glad to see a project moving ahead. dailyhive.com/vancouver/21...