David Shere

I replied and tagged page hosts - the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association - if they normally allow antisemitic comments and their page and for some reason they have not replied or taken down the comment.

Does anyone have or has anyone seen a write up on ways that things will actually get better if RTM passes? I know the point isn’t building a world class transit system, it’s to stave off collapse, but I know I’ve heard folks say that some things will actually improve.

Family logistics are now such that I have to start parking at BART and whoops entire politics have changed, you can take my parking when you pry it from my cold dead hands, won’t someone think of the eggplants or avocados or whatever the hell people grow, neighbors not towers, argue bargle bargle

many such cases

Never ever ever ever ever ever ever Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever Ever Buy a boat

This is an antisemitic comment, right? Am I making that up?

Hard for me to understand this because what is the point of a document that the person whose name is on the document didn’t read or understand? What value has been added?

The Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) announced its first construction project ever on Friday, marking a milestone for the new public agency.

I learn so much from her. An icon of a scholar @danaelkurd.bsky.social And she is keep writing these mesmerizing essays that I file under Prose I Should Have Written Vol 2345. Hotdamn. I’m sharing these two essays I read during my breaks at our conference in Torino. J'y ai laissé mon cœur. 1:

Not that I expect this but nightmare scenario is Ds get 60+ for 29, eliminates pressure to kill the filibuster but we still get little done because now you need 100% of the caucus for anything rather than having votes to spare.

This reads like once the horses are free they’re going to massacre the owners in the absence of state intervention.

One thing I love about the AI era is that the quality bar has collapsed so far that people are like “thank you for actually writing this document yourself.” It’s amazing, just free plaudits right there on the ground for the taking.

The Bike Bus arrived in style at Thousand Oaks Elementary School this morning.

Does anyone happen to have a shapefile around for recent/current/future housing development projects in Berkeley? Or one for racially concentrated areas of affluence?

The backers of Prop 45 are counting on the public not being able to tell infill homes near transit from building new roads into wildland / fire areas for sprawl's sake. EB4E recommends a NO on 45 this fall. eastbayforeveryone.org/2026/03/05/s...

The developer of a major high-rise plan that has stirred controversy in Menlo Park has sued the city, asking a judge to force the project’s approval in a test of California’s housing laws.

yikes

You can tell what a wild, frankly unreal accomplishment this is by the number of very famous, talented singers who record this song at half speed.

Completely false. I bought my house 40 years ago for $80,000, I could never afford this $600,000 condo, ergo it is luxury housing for people I don’t like. What is my house worth today? I don’t see how that is relevant and frankly it’s a pretty rude question for you to even ask.

Who needs a volcano when you have Neighborhood and Landmark Preservation Ordinances?

Hmm wonder who paid for this survey

Winning a governor’s race in Georgia would be humongous because it means you can nominate one of their senators for (V)POTUS without the fear that they’re irreplaceable and you’re giving up a Senate seat.

A driver struck a teenage boy outside a North Berkeley middle school Monday as school was getting out, authorities report.

Safe streets are a *core* function of government along with police, fire, and street paving. Some things are more peripheral but safe streets are not deferrable or only for when times are good - they are urgent and essential, now.

The problem with this here is that it reinforces the mistaken belief that there are easy solutions to our problems but corrupt, greedy politicians stand in the way. Can’t speak to Seattle but I don’t think we can generalize from Zohran’s “delay pension contributions” and “get a state bailout” plan.

www.fdd.org/analysis/202...

Been in San Diego for a good few days now and if my Evelyn NormieDem-ass family is any indication the prospects for the e-bike revolution to wash over this town are depressingly slim.

Amazing how much things have changed in just 10 years. Still a very long way to go... www.berkeleyside.org/2016/04/06/b...

I'm at this hospital in San Diego (everything is mostly fine) and every time a baby is born in the hospital they play a little nursery song over all the loudspeakers and every time I'm just 😍😍😍

So if AC Transit had to get rid of at large seats to go fully district based because of California civil rights law, would that also apply to the Rent Stabilization Board? Because if the Board moved from all at-large to all district based, that could have a big impact on how that agency operates.

Wha…what? What? This is the second time in just a few months that something has come out of the AC Transit board that makes clear they *really* do not give a shit about the Brown Act, and my thing is, does it actually have teeth? Because most ppl who are subject to it bend over backwards to comply.

Stares hungrily over at Imperial Beach, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Coronado and Lemon Grove

It’s like touching an evil orb together in a weird ceremony doesn’t even mean anything anymore.

The right model here is a bring your own cloud thing where the vendor (forgive the jargon) owns the control plane and you own the data plane, so you don’t have to take anything on faith, you literally control and can accept or reject every request, because the data lives in your servers not theirs.

Not sure if this directly impacts Berkeley - SF's tax was a bit more intense/insane than ours, but I suppose we'll see www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...