Scott Feeney

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i'm more active on mastodon https://carfree.city/@scott/
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I totally stand against NIMBYism in general; however, the NIMBYs on *my* block make some good points... they're a rare exception to the rule

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Hearing that Jane passed away this morning. An immense loss. Her teachings changed much of my life. If you've never read her work, you should make it a priority to do so today.

we all gotta cherish the time we have left with Jane McAlevey, but among the things that are great about her is how much time and effort she's spent making sure we will have more organizers like her

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Has anyone priced out the value of the mass transit systems to the areas they serve, not just to the actual riders? If so, I suspect there’s data to support an argument against charging fares at all…

Meanwhile, hardening fare gates to better exclude people who can't afford BART's highest-in-the-nation fares will cost $90 million. www.bart.gov/about/projec...

New Fare Gates & Station Hardening | Bay Area Rapid Transitwww.bart.gov

"Aaron Breetwor, a skating advocate who has been pushing city officials to sanction the event, distributed two dozen white and black helmets" One guy did more to keep people safe at #DoloresHillBomb than all the cops. missionlocal.org/2024/07/dolo...

Dolores Park hill bomb goes on, skaters avoiding SFPD barricadesmissionlocal.org Despite SFPD's pleas for skaters to stay away from Dolores, the annual hill bomb went on this year—much calmer than expected.

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This is the entire view of the right and one they’re pushing out tons of propaganda about. It’s why we get 10,000 stories of people shoplifting from Walgreens and nothing about tax cheats even though it involves multitudes more money. They want to define crime as existing entirely within the poor

Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

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TRUMP: I am going to drop daisy-cutter bombs on Seattle just cuz BIDEN: I'll have the Bob Salad — ha, COBB Salad, whoops. NYT: Biden's Gaffe Sends Shockwaves Through Democratic Party; Trump Pledges Infrastructure Changes to Northwest

what are we doing here? he accidentally said million instead of billion and then immediately knew it and corrected himself. he didn’t “flub a line” and then “make an effort to correct himself,” he did the speaking equivalent of a typo that you know you’ve made and instantly correct

*looks at Yamaha acoustic guitar*

Still the best thing I've ever read on @theonion.com, and that's saying something. So funny because it's so true. @bencollins.bsky.social www.theonion.com/yamaha-ceo-p...

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List is final: 10 California Propositions for 2024: 2🏫School bond 3🏳️‍🌈Marriage Equality 4🌎Climate bond 5🏗️Easier to pass local bonds 6⚖️Ends Slavery 32💵$18 min wage 33🏠Rent Control 34🚫Limits AHF political activities 35🏥Medi-Cal funding 36🚨Increased drug & theft penalties 1/

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MUNI funding is on the ballot! Fund the Bus

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the real way to fight climate change is public transit and bikeable/walkable cities. not cars made for individuals that are still expensive consumer products at the end of the day

Electric vehicles can save lives by polluting the climate less than fossil-fueled vehicles in most places. Yet EVs are much heavier and accelerate faster, so are more dangerous in crashes. @costasamaras.bsky.social argues that increased car-crash deaths could be on par with lives saved via climate.

Make electric vehicles lighter to maximize climate and safety benefitswww.nature.com Tax heavy cars and shrink batteries to consolidate the gains from electrifying transport. Tax heavy cars and shrink batteries to consolidate the gains from electrifying transport.

As people react to the horrible crime of someone getting pushed in front of a BART train, worth noting platform screen doors prevent this and are standard in subways around the world. BART decided against them because $24m was too expensive. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

BART shelves costly plan for barrier to keep people off trackswww.sfchronicle.com The idea was complicated, but the need seemed clear: a see-through wall between the BART...

People have had enough. Politely holding signs and writing to members of Congress doesn't cut it anymore. It's time for radical direct action. It's time for setting off explosives in the sky

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“We need a strong institution that sits outside of electoral politics, that is not at the mercy of right wing courts, that has its own inherent form of power that can be exercised on behalf of the public good, that will naturally work towards progressive goals.… [T]hat is the labor movement.”

The End of Liberal Institutionalismwww.hamiltonnolan.com Excessive belief in institutions is a proven failure.

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LFG. www.sfexaminer.com/news/politic...

Uber tax measure to fund Muni on track for ballotwww.sfexaminer.com Measure could raise $30 million annually for transit agency

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There have been so many of these but they still find ways to shock me

Change in Headline

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Remember, if you're angry at the supreme court setting themselves up as dictators, don't protest at their homes, focus on organizing to defeat them the next time they're up for reelection.

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We gotta redirect funds from the carceral state back to the people man. Ain’t no way they should be able to afford a Trap Music Proofreader.

“So she would have the artist turn his lyrics over to the government prior to putting out or promoting any songs he planned to use them in, and at that point if they are deemed to be “inconsistent with the goals of rehabilitation”, prosecutors could ask to modify Dorsey’s supervised release terms.”

Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US governmentwww.theguardian.com Ruling leads to claims that BG’s right to free speech unfairly challenged in another case putting rap lyrics on trial

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The Right has been licking their chops to dismantle worker and civil rights protection. This ruling was packaged up and ready to go within hours of the supreme court's announcement. Expect more of the same as this revanchist revolution against governance accelerates. www.hrdive.com/news/texas-s...

State employees in Texas not subject to overtime rule, judge holdswww.hrdive.com The ruling — which relies on the Supreme Court’s same-day decision that overturned the Chevron doctrine — is likely to foreshadow similar pending challenges, attorneys noted.

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Thank you everyone who worked on and/or signed the Berkeley Tenant Protection & Right to Organize ballot measure campaign! Signatures have been filed with the city clerk and now await verification.

Main thing to know is no one can get funding to build housing in SF anyway for macroeconomic reasons Countercyclical funding for social housing would be a way to break that impasse but it's staunchly opposed, not by Peskin, but by London Breed, who cut the City housing budget 2 years in a row

Happy "SB 423 touches down in SF" day to all who celebrate. The details are complicated; but the main thing to know is that from today onward, SF NIMBYs will have basically no ability to block new housing that complies with zoning. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

S.F. becomes first California city to miss its housing goals. The impact will be massivewww.sfchronicle.com San Francisco becomes first city in the state to miss its housing goals. Here's why that might be a good thing for people who want more housing.

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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence. /1

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Dean Preston is no shit the real deal, and his opponents have aaaaalllllllll the money. If you want to send some funds to a guy who’s doing the work, they like REALLY need it secure.actblue.com/donate/deanp...

Support Dean Preston for Supervisorsecure.actblue.com Show your support with a contribution.

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It is estimated that the total scope of reconstruction of the Strip will take anywhere between 40 and 80 years depending on whether Israel reimposes its illegal blockade and the degree to which its blockade is enforced. 40 to 80 years. If the war ends today, I will be 63 years old at the youngest.

Do people on here genuinely not get that more than 70% of Gaza City literally does not exist anymore. Are you people fucking stupid.

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Thank god the Supreme Court finally had the guts to overturn Chevron. It was unconscionable what Chevron did to Steven Donziger.

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one element of Grants Pass is that it’s not just about whether you can enforce anti-camping laws against the homeless. it’s about whether you can enforce those laws **even when you haven’t provided adequate shelter beds**

First decision is Grants Pass. Gorsuch has the 6-3 opinion finding that the Eighth Amendment does not bar "generally applicable" laws banning public camping. Sotomayor writes the dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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“this city, with a generations-in-the-making homeless problem, claimed in its amicus brief that a two-year-old legal situation led to SF being besieged and helpless. And the Supreme Court has parlayed that into enabling draconian means of dealing with the unhoused.” missionlocal.org/2024/06/sfs-...

San Francisco's dishonest legal brief helped Supreme Court criminalize homelessnessmissionlocal.org The city's dishonest amicus brief provided succor to the Trump Supreme Court and will now enable a nationwide homeless crackdown.

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Central Park went car-free six years ago yesterday. People said it would never happen. People said it would never be a success. Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way. (Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)

At last, Central Park is permanently car-freeny.curbed.com New York City’s most popular park is now closed to vehicular traffic, except on a few crosstown thoroughfares.

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If you have any questions feel free to DM us! Route info below and on the website: ridewithgps.com/routes/47172...

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a 49, 14, and a 14R walk into a bar, all looking very determined. the bartender sees them and says "wow, you three must be on a mission"

This evening, Patricia's Green was hopping with activity. The temporary activation across the street on #ParcelK — the luxury outdoor gym NIMBYs want to preserve by canceling affordable housing — had all of *one guy* using the machines.