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Joined January 2007
San Francisco, trade unions at odds over modular construction sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti… Complicated situation. I understand SF trade unions being concerned about the undercutting of wages but OTHO I think geographic job growth equity in places like Solano County is good @SFjkdineen
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Starting today, US hospitals are banned from reporting COVID data to the Centers for Disease Control. Instead, they must report it to a no-bid, privately-contracted server under control of the Trump political apparatus. nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/po…
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My reasons for optimism about Japan’s future: I think Tokyo can figure out how to do a San Francisco tech company substantially easier than San Francisco can figure out how to do a Tokyo literally anything else. teapawt.org/pinboard/status/986630…
I spent two weeks traveling in Japan with my elderly mom, who has a little trouble with stairs. Every elevator at every subway station was functional. None of them smelled like urine. Each station had a working bathroom. I would like to see this in the Bay Area before I die.
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He 👏🏽 called 👏🏽 everybody 👏🏽 out. "I'm even disappointed in one of my best friends, Ray Lewis" teapawt.org/undisputed/status/9123…
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In 1995 Walmart pulled "Someday a woman will be president" T-shirt from shelves, saying it offended "family values."
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This is how carrot harvesting is done
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.@HansRosling's life expectancy vs fertility rate data animation made with ggplot2 & gganimate @drob @hadleywickham
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Hiring woes: "We're desperate" says one business owner. "The working class of SF is disappearing" says another. ow.ly/TJgkN
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People who cross deserts and seas to reach Europe are unlikely to be slackers when they arrive econ.st/1JEoLWW
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How SF's Progressive Politics Led to Its Housing Affordability Crisis citylab.com/housing/2015/07/…
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Good news: The millennium development goals seemed unrealistic in 2000. But they were mostly achieved by 2015.
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Where can I get @ChromaticCoffee in San Francisco?#BrunchFight
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Plant intelligence at work? check out these time-lapse videos of bean plants "finding" a pole to climb. New Yorker nyr.kr/1gSjKQi
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Everyone on Twitter keeps talking about SOPA. Never knew so many people were so passionate about soup. goo.gl/HBzmy
Bernie asks Fed Chair Ben Bernanke what he thinks about #OccupWallStreet youtu.be/eVXEYoo46ZY #OccupyVT #OccupyDC #ows
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7-11 and vegan meals - an upgrade: bit.ly/q16Jfj
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My column this week: The Fallacy Behind Tax Holidays: nyti.ms/r91tUw
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Quakes Hurricanes Tsunamis, etc. Clever ways Earth is telling us to get the hell off. Yet another reason for a space program.
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Reminder: Under the Boehner bill, we will be doing this all over again during the holidays, but we would need 2/3 of the House or we default
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