David Bonowitz

Read this whole thread (and don't miss the sly post at the end about how Americans deal with new technology, or fail to until there's a crisis). Specifically, this post looks like where we currently are re big data centers: tech pushing Community Benefit Agmts that only their lawyers understand.

Good pod on the Valks-Dream finals: - the series - the cities and arenas vibes - how the league success is attracting troublemakers but shutting them down with joy & inclusion. Smart takes on the Vs' short rotation too, which I think is helping, even if it means fewer minutes for K. Chen.

Brazil yesterday. Israel tomorrow. bsky.app/profile/dbon...

I am thoroughly confused by a string of good news in the news and going to try really hard to just accept it as good news without worrying about jinxes or what comes next or what have you.

Hungary ✅ Serbia ✅ Brazil ✅ Israel ___ U.S. ___ What is this I'm feeling? Hope returning ...? RUN THROUGH THE TAPE.

For the record, in the last 24 hours, the Jackson campaign sent me fundraising emails at: 7:04 am Sat 9:02 am 11:02 am 1:01 pm 3:02 pm 6:01 pm 7:11 pm 8:31 pm 4:11 am Sun 6:32 am I'm not complaining, but I do have to wonder if this is really an effective way to campaign, or just raise $, in 2026.

"NOAH is the largest source of affordable housing in the United States, and preserving this housing stock is essential as cities face rising rents and displacement pressures." And in CA, preserving it means retrofitting buildings with collapse-prone "soft story" seismic deficiencies.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social it WAS Jared. bsky.app/profile/paul...

Brilliant as usual from jomboy -- analytical, historical (Koufax cameo), comical, insightful. But for a #sfgiants fan of a certain age, almost any talk about check swings will be TOO SOON.

If you've been following the golf course case, read this whole thread -- especially this nugget, which explains a lot that Judge Reyes is probably never going to have a chance to get steamed about.

As usual from T, this is the slipshod, corrupt, pro-developer version of Community Benefit Agreements: get a NDA and pay off the decision-makers & the poor who will suffer down the line. But big new DCs do have CBAs. The Q is whether towns have the resources to negotiate w/ Amazon's lawyers.

This one aged well, as they say.

The director of FEMA is not allowed to do this legally. The director of OMB is not allowed to do this legally. The President of the United States is not allowed to do this legally. They're a gang of criminals, and should suffer the consequences.

www.haaretz.co.il/news/world/a...

This week a white nationalist tried to assassinate a member of Congress and you probably didn’t even hear about it—and a reminder that being an elementary school student in the US is more deadly than being an ICE officer: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/three-shoo...

Read this kafkaesque thread, an October reminder: - They dismantled our academic & scientific institutions - They stole our money - Defense through the courts is not enough, even if we win years later - EVERY R is complicit - VOTE STRAIGHT D, and in 3 months we'll have new tools to resist & rebuild.

Big "Breakers to Bay" biking day in sunny SF: No Kings at the Beach, then Valks at Chase (if I can even get close).

It’s been 36 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake in northern California northeast of Santa Cruz. This devastating earthquake cause billions of dollars of damage and 63 fatalities. Learn more - youtu.be/ReqW_Vsq_JM?...

Central and Eastern Washington experienced some of the most destructive fires we've ever seen in Washington state history. Today, I sent this video to the Trump Administration. We're asking them to grant a Major Disaster Declaration to help these communities recover.

We can't replace Roger Angell, but between this, @mollyknight.bsky.social , and the jomboy breakdown linked here, perhaps we can recreate him in the aggregate ;-) bsky.app/profile/jomb...

When the Loma Prieta earthquake hit on Tuesday October 17, 1989, BART was put to the test like never before. Not only did service resume just a few hours after the quake, BART ran 24-hours a day, seven days a week for about a month while the bridge was out.

Excellent companion piece (more about the politics) to @dventon.bsky.social 's piece earlier. As with so many issues, we lurch into hard answers only after easy ones fail. Could be that if we try Allen's approach & it doesn't work, we'll end up at Kim's anyway, but only after a crisis.

Happy Ave Maria day to those who celebrate. Two years ago today:

Merry and tragical! tedious and brief! That is, hot ice and wondrous strange snow. How shall we find the concord of this discord? By analyzing the data, that's how. h/t @shakespeare.lol

"So now we're all gonna have a massive fire drill because the government can't be trusted. Unless you're gonna tell me that the government can be trusted?" Judge Reyes now proposes a plan.

so the final four are * a team that has never won the World Series in its 28 seasons * a team that has never won the World Series in its 57 seasons * a team that hasn’t won the World Series in 77 seasons * Dodgers

Bad time for a team-wide 3-game slump, but even so:

It's October. Polls will tighten.

Watch the seismic waves from today's quake in Panama ripple across Alaska's network. Shaking was widespread and intense, but thankfully, destruction was not major.

Following the AOC / Ossoff lead: "Affordability," but he doesn't shy away from putting the blame where it belongs.

My brother, busier than he ought to be.

Watch this. Josh Shapiro was asked about the death penalty at tonight's PA Gov debate. Instead of dodging his changed position, like most politicians would, he raised it himself and explained how he evolved after a talk with his son. This is a skill. You don't see that often.

As predicted, @buffywicks.bsky.social ' code freeze is causing headaches while not producing the promised housing. We needed but did not get trailer legislation to clarify the exceptions, esp re existing buildings, mitigation, and mixed-use buildings.

"Fascism surges in moments of real material crisis." Another (maybe the best) reason to design for reliable recovery, not just immediate safety.

fyi, Hamilton County means Cincinnati -- Vivek's hometown.

Three U.S. citizens arrested and detained by immigration agents are the first Californians to sue federal officers under the No Kings Act, hours after it was signed by Gov. Newsom last week.