Vallery Lancey

RIP Walter❤️

Californians, please talk to everyone you know about the insurance commissioner race! Many folks don’t know who to vote for, since both candidates are Dems. And plenty of people don’t understand that Jane Kim’s proposal would incentivize high fire risk & have urban folks subsidize high risk areas.

$100 donated to my campaign breaks down roughly as follows: $45 printing (across all printing: door hangers, palm cards, lawn signs) $35 postage (I mailed 19,800 people!) $9 snacks for volunteers $7 web hosting, bank fees, other administrative $4 actblue fees No paid staff. Just infinite gratitude.

it's not the only problem in the world but it seems very clear to me that better ADHD support leads to better real-world outcomes, and that the delta between outcomes for the well-supported and unsupported is frequently enormous

computers are now battlefields

33 elected officials urged AC Transit Board to censure Director Joel Young for substantiated gender based harassment. And on Wed the Board Pres said they would take no action. Now voters must hold Young accountable and elect @valencia4actransit.bsky.social to replace him. And we need your help...

“The Regional Transit Measure will dramatically improve VTA service to offer faster, more frequent service and improved efficiency to bring back riders and take more cars off the roads.” www.mercurynews.com/2026/10/16/c...

I'm so psyched for how in focus this moment was. The background. The feathers on the head, the nictitating membrane!!! 🪶

If you want to see the AC Transit Board take action and censure Director Young, please speak out at the Board meeting tomorrow Wed, October 14 at 5 pm in Oakland or on Zoom: actransit.legistar.com/MeetingDetai... Can’t make it? Email the Board: www.actransit.org/form/contact-the-board-of-directors

I'm not doing a voter guide, but here are some CA state votes that I think deserve your attention: * Insurance Commissioner: Vote Ben Allen. Kim's plan would suck even more money out of cities to pay for houses that never should have been built in fire-prone areas. It's decidedly not socialist.

I, personally, would not go on the record with a reporter to announce I’m in favor of destroying the playground my kid is currently loving because I drive to work once a week (and the road still wouldn’t go there anyway), but everyone lives their lives differently I guess

Does Shake Shack run trains, Michael?

In the 2010s, there were generally 0-2 other women in my software engineering classes. I thought about this photo a lot.

BART just set a new ridership record! We carried 254,248 trips yesterday. That’s our highest ridership day since the pandemic, a record we have been breaking again and again this year as more people want to take transit. Thread ⬇️

Also, Young is bad at being a Board Member. During the budget debate, he said nothing. During the discussion on falling reliability, he said nothing. These are their biggest concerns and he’s checked out. Why even be here? Vote @valencia4actransit.bsky.social

... "Young is facing Adriana Valencia this November in the Ward 3 seat that represents Alameda, Piedmont and parts of Oakland." fin (editor's note: this is your chance to improve bus service by improving the Board!) www.valenciaforactransit.com

East Bay Insiders today: "—YOUNG TROUBLES MOUNTING—AC Transit Director Joel Young has had issues involving women dating back to 2012, when he was accused of domestic violence by a former girlfriend. Over the next 14 years, Young has largely avoided accountability at the ballot box, but ..." 1/x

This kind of penny-wise, pound-foolish thinking drives me batty. Employees work in tasks done, not characters output. If you give them worse tools, you will get less done and/or spend more getting it done.

A few new works today. A little black cat in the snow, white snow, black fur, and a trail of happy little paw prints. I hope a little of that happiness reaches you too.😊 #shouxinsketch #petart #animalart #illustrationartists #pet #sketch #sketchdaily

“Stop asking permission.” “Strike up a conversation with anyone.” “Keep moving forward.” This retired teacher made an urban trail go viral. He won’t stop until the whole city is discovering San Francisco. Your feel-good story for the weekend. #RetirementGoals www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Election mail is so boring...but not this! Great concept and execution. Good messaging, too!

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Please read @georgespies.bsky.social 's entire thread. Then, please: vote for me this November. I'm running to make buses work not just for those who are dependent on transit, but for everybody.

We are excited to announce our endorsement of three candidates in this November election: @valencia4actransit.bsky.social for AC Transit Ward 3 Sara Barz for BART Board of Directors District 8 And Robert Raburn for BART Board of Directors District 4

These types of transit service cuts are tantamount to surrendering to climate change. It doesn’t have to be this way, vote #YesOnRTM & volunteer now to multiply your impact. Opportunities every day here: luma.com/connectbayarea

SPUR’s new report details how catastrophic it will be for Bay Area transit riders if the public transit funding Measure RTM fails. But drivers will feel it too, w an estimated doubling of Bay Bridge crossing times and more than 3X longer through the Caldecott Tunnel. www.spur.org/sites/defaul...

I’m still new enough to computer glasses that I keep putting them on in my first meeting of the day, when I see my image without them.

See a PCC, post a PCC.

Greetings from MacArthur BART after the RTM event this morning! Going to a Day of Action event means that not only getting to meet cool people, but you also get some cool swag to show your support!

AC Transit and Director Joel Young thought they could sweep his harassment under the rug by hiding it and then lying about it. No way were we going to let that happen. Young isn’t fit for office, and since his colleagues won’t hold him accountable, voters must. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

I work on alignment (getting people to agree with one another).

This Thursday, we're kicking off the ground game for the Regional Transit Measure, with events in each of the 5 counties. There are 50 days until the election. In that time, we need to convince Bay Area voters to invest in public transit! In San Francisco? Come rally and then talk to BART riders!

Pragmatism is just a scam to make people more dependent on better outcomes.

I’m trying to think about how to better share photos, because I’m not anywhere near as online as I used to be, and posting them to social media ad-hoc just isn’t satisfying. Do I get a Glass account? Do I hop on the newsletter bandwagon?