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Pics from last night's Critical Mass + Cole's train bike on the way over.

It was a pretty good turnout, though much smaller than the 30th anniversary ride last month

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Pics from last night's Critical Mass + Cole's train bike on the way over.

It was a pretty good turnout, though much smaller than the 30th anniversary ride last month

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A person rides a bicycle made to look like a train, with a cow-catcher, engine, and caboose.

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Many people with bikes gather by San Francisco's Ferry Building shortly after dark.

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Lots of people biking on the Embarcadero. One has a costume that looks like they're on fire, with flames shooting out of their back.

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When I joined #mastodon, I just wanted an open-source #twitter clone.

I got more than that. Subtle design differences made for healthier conversations in ways I wasn't expecting.

Here's a blog post to try to capture those differences and why they matter. https://scott.mn/2022/10/29/twitter_fe atures_mastodon_is_better_without/

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When I joined #mastodon, I just wanted an open-source #twitter clone.

I got more than that. Subtle design differences made for healthier conversations in ways I wasn't expecting.

Here's a blog post to try to capture those differences and why they matter. https://scott.mn/2022/10/29/twitter_fe atures_mastodon_is_better_without/

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Omg the feature to do full-text search, but only of toots I wrote, faved, or boosted, is amazing. It's actually way more helpful than birdsite's unconstrained search.

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Omg the feature to do full-text search, but only of toots I wrote, faved, or boosted, is amazing. It's actually way more helpful than birdsite's unconstrained search.

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@danderson @phire I hated that at first. Desperately wanted a quote toot feature. Then I came to like it. It’s healthier to talk TO people instead of ABOUT them.

You can always boost your reply.

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@danderson @phire I hated that at first. Desperately wanted a quote toot feature. Then I came to like it. It’s healthier to talk TO people instead of ABOUT them.

You can always boost your reply.

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Getting ready to ride to Critical Mass with the Scenic Routes crew

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Getting ready to ride to Critical Mass with the Scenic Routes crew

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Six happy people with bikes, one in a deer costume, in front of Scenic Routes bike shop

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This seems to be a recurring problem with ballot initiatives saying they do the opposite of what they do.

Collectors for what became Prop I in SF were caught many times doing the same. Saying it kept cars banned on JFK in Golden Gate Park, the exact opposite of what it does. (No on I, Yes on J to keep car-free space!)

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This seems to be a recurring problem with ballot initiatives saying they do the opposite of what they do.

Collectors for what became Prop I in SF were caught many times doing the same. Saying it kept cars banned on JFK in Golden Gate Park, the exact opposite of what it does. (No on I, Yes on J to keep car-free space!)

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Californians, beware of canvassers asking you to sign something to “help minimum wage workers.” It’s actually Starbucks, Chipotle and McDonald’s trying to *overturn* a minimum wage increase. https://perfectunion.us/fast-food-gian ts-trying-to-overturn-pro-worker-law-in-california/

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Californians, beware of canvassers asking you to sign something to “help minimum wage workers.” It’s actually Starbucks, Chipotle and McDonald’s trying to *overturn* a minimum wage increase. https://perfectunion.us/fast-food-gian ts-trying-to-overturn-pro-worker-law-in-california/

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All yesterday I was thinking how fucked up it is that Elon now controls Twitter. Then, before bed, I took the trash down to the building garage, walking past my neighbor's Tesla, which whirred to life and showed that it was recording me. Oh.

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All yesterday I was thinking how fucked up it is that Elon now controls Twitter. Then, before bed, I took the trash down to the building garage, walking past my neighbor's Tesla, which whirred to life and showed that it was recording me. Oh.

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My #feditips for new/returning people:

1. Follow fast. Follow people here even if you didn't on Twitter. Glance thru the local timeline and follow anyone you see post anything funny or interesting. You need stuff in your feed.

2. Unfollow just as fast if you're not vibing.

3. When a friend joins, turn on post notifications. It's the 🔔 on their profile.

4. This site is slower paced. Snarky hot takes aren't rewarded as much.

5. Toot! is a good iOS app. People seem to like Tusky for Android.

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My #feditips for new/returning people:

1. Follow fast. Follow people here even if you didn't on Twitter. Glance thru the local timeline and follow anyone you see post anything funny or interesting. You need stuff in your feed.

2. Unfollow just as fast if you're not vibing.

3. When a friend joins, turn on post notifications. It's the 🔔 on their profile.

4. This site is slower paced. Snarky hot takes aren't rewarded as much.

5. Toot! is a good iOS app. People seem to like Tusky for Android.

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Stir-fry with finds from today’s Mission farmers market

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Stir-fry with finds from today’s Mission farmers market

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Onions, peppers, zucchini, eggplant, and mushrooms stir-fried over white rice

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“The Twitter executives who were fired include Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief executive...”

OK, now I get why so many of you are on here today. I didn't realize this was happening in such an immediate way. 😬 https://www. nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technol ogy/musk-twitter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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“The Twitter executives who were fired include Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief executive...”

OK, now I get why so many of you are on here today. I didn't realize this was happening in such an immediate way. 😬 https://www. nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technol ogy/musk-twitter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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City of Quartz, temporarily free to download, is a great book with an excellent chapter on the history of exclusionary suburbs in California. It’s the much less talked-about first stage of the homeowner revolution that led to Prop 13.

RIP #MikeDavis. https://www. versobooks.com/books/2762-city-of-quartz

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City of Quartz, temporarily free to download, is a great book with an excellent chapter on the history of exclusionary suburbs in California. It’s the much less talked-about first stage of the homeowner revolution that led to Prop 13.

RIP #MikeDavis. https://www. versobooks.com/books/2762-city-of-quartz

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Just met Julia and Mori who are bike touring from Alaska, near Juneau, and headed to South America, hoping to make it to Ushuaia. They’re loving San Francisco and think it’d be cool to move here, but they’re also spending money faster than anywhere else on the trip so far.

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Just met Julia and Mori who are bike touring from Alaska, near Juneau, and headed to South America, hoping to make it to Ushuaia. They’re loving San Francisco and think it’d be cool to move here, but they’re also spending money faster than anywhere else on the trip so far.

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Me smiling with two smiling young people whose bikes, heavily loaded with panniers, are behind them.

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I see you Sutro Tower

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I see you Sutro Tower

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Base of Sutro Tower. The rest of the radio tower is invisible in dense fog

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Welcome to the fediverse, all you new people joining because Elon bought Twitter!

Ok I haven't actually seen an uptick yet, but manifesting this.

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Welcome to the fediverse, all you new people joining because Elon bought Twitter!

Ok I haven't actually seen an uptick yet, but manifesting this.

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Man on a bike carrying *three* children just stopped at this cafe. Replacing cars with bikes is more than a slogan, it’s happening now.

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Man on a bike carrying *three* children just stopped at this cafe. Replacing cars with bikes is more than a slogan, it’s happening now.

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It often happens I see a street scene that looks pretty to me, take a photo, but when I look at the photo later I’m like: what was the point of this? this is just asphalt.

I either need a zoom lens or SF to shrink its overbuilt streets. Maybe both.

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It often happens I see a street scene that looks pretty to me, take a photo, but when I look at the photo later I’m like: what was the point of this? this is just asphalt.

I either need a zoom lens or SF to shrink its overbuilt streets. Maybe both.

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sun shining on a row of Victorian houses on a wide street with perpendicular parking

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Streets are "open" when you can freely walk in them.

It's heavy traffic that "closes" streets, forcing you to the sidewalk only unless you're in a car.

Great article about traffic logic and how we can escape it. #carculture #carfree #bancars https://www. theguardian.com/environment/bi ke-blog/2022/aug/31/how-car-culture-colonised-our-thinking-and-our-language

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Streets are "open" when you can freely walk in them.

It's heavy traffic that "closes" streets, forcing you to the sidewalk only unless you're in a car.

Great article about traffic logic and how we can escape it. #carculture #carfree #bancars https://www. theguardian.com/environment/bi ke-blog/2022/aug/31/how-car-culture-colonised-our-thinking-and-our-language

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Yessss, #AB2097 passed! No more parking minimums within a half-mile of public transit, statewide. That is a huge step away from car culture in California.

Excessive parking discourages residents of new housing from riding transit, even more than good transit encourages it. (So found this study: https://www. sightline.org/2021/01/28/more-parking-isnt-harmless-it-actually-makes-us-drive-more/)

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Yessss, #AB2097 passed! No more parking minimums within a half-mile of public transit, statewide. That is a huge step away from car culture in California.

Excessive parking discourages residents of new housing from riding transit, even more than good transit encourages it. (So found this study: https://www. sightline.org/2021/01/28/more-parking-isnt-harmless-it-actually-makes-us-drive-more/)

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Matrix of correlations where parking ratio is correlated positively with drive frequency and negatively with transit, walk, and bike frequency; while AllTransit scores, walk scores, and bike scores are all correlated negatively with drive frequency and positively with transit, walk and bike frequency

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@thomasfuchs What a weird thing to say, "aligned COVID guidance to meet where most Americans are." What is the point of public health guidance if it is going to be "aligned" with what the public was doing anyway?

This whole statement only makes sense as a volley in a culture war, not science.

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@thomasfuchs What a weird thing to say, "aligned COVID guidance to meet where most Americans are." What is the point of public health guidance if it is going to be "aligned" with what the public was doing anyway?

This whole statement only makes sense as a volley in a culture war, not science.