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Semi-professional, part-time-aspirational somatic bicycle therapist. I think and talk about bikes, books and music. @scenicroutessf is our bike shop.

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Essie@Essiebanana22 Oct 2023
And I am saying to leave my friends and teachers alone and stop pretending to care about me so you can use me as a political pawn. 11/11
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Essie@Essiebanana22 Oct 2023
I am one of very few Jewish students at Balboa High School. I’m sure many of you have seen the viral videos of a pro-Palestine walkout at my school. One in particular has been viewed nearly 17 million times. 1/11
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This piece ostensibly about bad art reviews by @elisabethnicula is absolutely fantastic. momus.ca/bad-reviews/

Bad Reviews | Momus

I took a community-college workshop five years ago with Kirk Stoller, an artist whose work I could look at forever. Kirk used carpentry tailings and…

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My debut at @Slate: Venture capitalists are parasites who couldn't be trusted with the financial institution that held up their industry, let alone the direction of our technological development. Euthanizing them is imperative if we want a better world. slate.com/technology/2023/03…

The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank

Remind me why, exactly, these guys have so much control over technological innovation?

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Cut to: 22 year old eating sushi in bed googling “how to get trash off sidewalk”
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@StreetsblogNYC3 Oct 2022
BREAKING: @NYCSanitation hires @McKinsey to do a comprehensive study on what NYC needs to finally get trash off the sidewalk (couldn't we have just called the mayor of Barcelona?): nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/10/…

EXCLU: Sanitation Department Hires McKinsey for Containerization Study - Streetsblog New York City

The global management consultancy will assist in designing a citywide pilot to get trash off sidewalks and into large bins.

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How to Start A Grassroots Safe Streets Movement In Your City usa.streetsblog.org/2022/10/… via @StreetsblogUSA

Interview: How to Start A Grassroots Safe Streets Movement In Your City — Streetsblog USA

In communities across America, people are getting angry about traffic violence. But what does it take to turn that anger to a full-blown movement, with neighbors fighting alongside one another to...

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they're putting up fences at a free festival and paying hella cops overtime to patrol. it's messing up the bike/ped paths through the park remove cars from MLK and give it to bikers, it's the least they can do. bike infra is always the last to be built and first to be repurposed
SF Bicycle Coalition@sfbike26 Sep 2022
FYI there will be temporary road closures this weekend due to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in GGP – plan your bike routes accordingly! 🪕🎶
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Jay Beaman retweeted
Jason@jasonford117 Sep 2022
Replying to @KCGrock @SFMTA_Muni
Burrito plan
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🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲SLOW STREETS SLOW RIDE TOMORROW! MEET UP AT DOLORES PARK 1:30PM! 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
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The Great Highway south of Sloat is crumbling into the sea. Prop I would undo a decade of planning & add incredible safety risks & costs. This is climate denialism, plain & simple. It would also end the popular weekend walkway north of Sloat. Vote no on I. sfexaminer.com/news/the-grea…

The Great Highway debate is missing the point. The ocean is rising and coming for the road

A car-free highway may be a given, because the southern stretch is crumbling into the ocean and its northern reach is disappearing under mountains of sand

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this new vroomer lit drop is a little on the nose..
A modified version of the Yes on I (cars back on JFK) flyer The background is orange, reminiscent of Orange Sky Day Sep 9, 2020. Cars and smoke obscure the park and people in the background. Text in the middle reads "Access for CARS" then a giant letter I. at the bottom "Golden Gate Park is for CARS". At the top "also let the water treatment treatment plant fall into the ocean for some reason"

ALT A modified version of the Yes on I (cars back on JFK) flyer The background is orange, reminiscent of Orange Sky Day Sep 9, 2020. Cars and smoke obscure the park and people in the background. Text in the middle reads "Access for CARS" then a giant letter I. at the bottom "Golden Gate Park is for CARS". At the top "also let the water treatment treatment plant fall into the ocean for some reason"

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I think our best San Francisco has lots of bus shelters.
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every bus stop in SF should be free of obstructions — whether those obstructions are private businesses or private cars. every stop should have shade, protection from rain and seating. anyone who spends their time arguing against that isn’t serious about accessibility or transit.
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Jay Beaman retweeted
Helen 🍅@garfooble30 Jul 2022
You can ride your bike here (Point Bonita)
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Claire@bayyclaire27 Jul 2022
Kind of wild that bike commuting is still the most pleasant option despite all of the attempted murder
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Jay Beaman retweeted
Luke Spray@lukespray26 Jul 2022
This could be Slow Streets but you playin
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Hot take, but sometimes, I actually like how slow biking, walking, & even transit can be. So much of our lives are about brutal, relentless efficiency & productivity, often not even for our own benefit. Going slow can be a form of resistance, and it shouldn't be a big privilege.
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It's a beautiful day to move a bike shop by bike! They say it takes a village and a village we have. @scenicroutessf
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Jay Beaman retweeted
33 1/3 Books@333books8 Jul 2022
She's a 10 but Pitchfork initially gave her a 5.4
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