As part of my ongoing investigation into the hopeless collapse San Francisco I went to Dolores Park. I know I am kind of cheating here, but if the doomers can post the same four blocks of the TL, I can post a picture of a park on a sunny day right?
@kevinnbass
Conservatives have abandoned reason, objectivity and intellectualism and are not even interested in pursuing careers in science, law, medicine or journalism. The rot starts when conservatives replaced classical liberalism with conspiratorial narratives.
@Jason
What do you think about legacy admissions? You sure were upset when some people were getting a leg up, but have gone completely silent on the issue of rich people buying their way in.
The bash San Francisco crowd is getting shriller and shriller as it becomes obvious to people that they have presented a false narrative and are being shown up for what they are.
Bay to Breakers had a nice turnout in spite of efforts by conservatives to drive business away from San Francisco by complaining about "street conditions."
I rode the 14 Mission here. There were no stabbings, no fights, nothing of any note. Just a bus ride.
Lines outside of Good Good - wow must be hopping to have this crowd at 5 PM!
Lines at Bi-Rite Ice Creamery. A crowd outside Dolores Park Cafe.
@sentdefender
The only time we got steak and lobster in the 82nd Airborne was Christmas dinner. If you were being deployed you got an extra couple of MREs 😁
Kids on the playground, kind of a throwback to the 90s guy on his motorcycle.
I saw one disheveled looking guy muttering to himself. Also some obviously high young people singing loudly.
Here’s a great new restaurant that opened in Bernal/Mission and it is packed. The doom loopers never want to talk about this. New restaurants are popping up all over.
I did notice the noxious smell of that evil drug that has been killing thousands of San Franciscans. You guessed it: tobacco. In spite of all the well know dangers, some people can’t kick it. I don’t judge them, it’s hard to get off addictive drugs.
Took a walk through the Tenderloin today. It's basically an open-air traphouse + mental institution. All of this is a few blocks from the mayor's office.
I tried to go visit
@LondonBreed
but city hall was closed today. I guess all the cops are also taking the day off?
@Noahpinion
@RishiJoeSanu
My daughter plans to study English and philosophy and I support her 100%. It’s sad to see the university reduced to trade schools. But it’s good for her. I think the ability to think abstractly in words will be useful and rare in the next generation.
@JamesClayton5
You act like this is a bad thing. San Francisco needs more housing.
Most tech companies have nap rooms and washing machines. The employees appreciate it.
I have slept under my desk during a crises. That’s what you do when you believe in what you do.
@stan_okl
Half of my brothers have never had a paying regular job. Two of them are ex-cons. They live in a rural area. There are lots of people like that in the sticks.
@Jason
We are never going to have the unfunded tutoring. So we are returning to the old way of hereditary aristocracy, where the wealthy buy privilege for their heirs, including admission to elite private schools and permanent tax breaks. Just like pre-revolutionary France.
We need more housing at all income levels. We need to make it legal to build multi-family in areas zoned single family. This will make housing cheaper for middle class families, which will reduce commutes, improving lives and reducing green house gas emissions.
@Noahpinion
Warmongering is bad. Spending $1T preparing for offensive military ability throws money away that we could use for high speed rail, education and health care.
Invading other counties is what you do when you have a huge military and a political establishment dedicated to it.
@lilibalfour
@AaronPeskin
@Ahsha_Safai
Oh you bought the con. He grew up wealthy and was a legacy admit to Stanford, as his dad was an engineer and taught there. Was a homeowner. That computer Garry is sitting in front of in his living room is a Westinghouse robot controller and was worth more than a year of my rent.
@JamesClayton5
At Google interns used to sleep in campers in the parking lots and enjoy the three free meals a day and the free gym, laundry, game rooms and other perks.
Who are you to judge?
@FreeNortherner
Let’s check back in a few years and see if Millbrae is “destroyed”. I have some low income housing near me and my neighborhood is oddly not destroyed.
Remember that city sponsored homeless encampment I took a picture of earlier. Here it is in the daytime. Good neighbors. Same with all the affordable housing adjacent.
@KevinBriggs1776
I wonder if the worldwide pandemic which killed tens of millions of people and drove people out of cities worldwide might have something to do with that.
FiDi has lots of shuttered business which isn’t good. It’s also less a tiny fraction of San Francisco.
@constans
I do fifty pushups and lift weights everyday. I go long walks and bicycle rides on the weekend. I go to the range to keep my shooting skills intact. What’s the point of that training if you don’t keep sharp.
@America1stLegal
@StephenM
Where will you lead the charge against legacy admission polices that unfairly discriminate on the basis of how much your daddy donated to the university?
Oh you don’t mean *that kind* of discrimination.
Unsafe use sites already exist. They are all around you whether you are aware or not. That’s where the thousands of people die each year from entirely treatable causes.
Opposing safe/supervised use centers doesn’t deter or reduce drug use. It just perpetuates preventable deaths.
Another “VC and founder” who arrogantly thinks that the experts are all wrong and we need to do is listen to the billionaires. It’s funny to watch them circle the wagons. Looking for some funding bro?
Talk about arguing in bad faith.
@garrytan
literally wants kids to learn math and not be afraid to ride the MUNI or have to walk by drug dealers in their own city. If you cared about the community, you'd want that too.
Instead of spending money on treatment for people who are seeking treatment, Dorsey wants to spend it on people incarcerated. The evidence shows rehab works best on people who want it. Why are you doing this
@mattdorsey
In the 70s, progressives and conservatives basically made a tacit grand bargain to replace much of the civil service with nonprofit organizations.
It is not going well.
@OliverJia1014
The “incredibly brutal” (your words) ended the Khmer Rogue’s genocidal campaign against their own people, which had already killed 3M. This undoubtedly saved millions more. Remember Cambodia had been bombed and destabilized by the Americans during the Vietnam war.
@constans
Why isn’t “the left” solving it? Who cut HUD funding massively in the 80s, removing the housing of last resort for poor people. It wasn’t “the left”.
The Bay Area rightwing megarich who masquerade as democrats while pushing for old school failed cruel approaches like the war on drugs cannot handle even an ounce of criticism or debate.
@ShulginsDaemon
@Scott_Wiener
You are pro-death threats then?
You have decided that since your political ideas are too unpopular to win elections, that you will use violence instead.
@BriannaWu
We are never going to be able to afford things like universal health care if we keep spending trillions of dollars a year on the Global War on Terror.
It's not extremist to be opposed to the bombing of civilians. Were you pro Iraq War as well?
@vodkasnowflake
I grew up poor and we went out for fast food many once or twice a year when it was somebodies birthday. Did you talk to any poor people before you posted this?
@JennyChachan
I saw one bad thing happen so that means no one should go to San Francisco. Go interview one of the 30,000 Salesforce conference attendees.
Your desire to see San Francisco fail is obvious. We won’t fail. Prepare to be disappointed.
@GrantWarkentin
@guyfelicella
So you would rather that the overdose death rate triple. That doesn’t seem compassionate to me, but at least there will be fewer addicts to inconvenience you.
@OliverJia1014
The US war killed far more people but the North Vietnamese wee more brutal. It’s not clear the North Vietnam was “worse”.
The US also poisoned the land and water, left unexplored ordinance everywhere and destroyed the counties infrastructure.
Tech execs and VCs who have decided that they are experts in everything, including urban planning, public safety, homeless, addiction, politics, transportation and government are the worst kind of arrogant tech bros.
Kara Swisher on tech vs media:
“Most techies now dabbling in the media are arrogant amateurs who think that because they excel in one area, they are masters of all domains. What they really are is incompetent at giving any insight or illumination beyond their own narrow
It really hard to understand who is buying the 💩this guy is selling. SFUSD is doing well and it is one of the best large school systems in the State of California.
Private schools are booming in SF because public schools are failing.
Any parent who has the means and wants their child to be prepared for college/professional career will avoid SFUSD.
SFUSD has been driven into the ground by the extreme left, many who simply use the school
@tar_xvzf
Yimby Action has over 2500 dues paying members (that's in San Francisco alone) and added 700 more this year. Pretty good for an "astroturf" movement. Moderates, Progressives, Liberals, Libertarians, Conservatives and DSA members are all part of the Yimby movement.
@OliverJia1014
It’s hard to blame all the excesses of the Khmer Rogue at the feet of the US government but remember Cambodia was peaceful and calm before CIA intervention and then American bombing campaigns during Operation Linebacker which is estimated to have killed at least 10s of thousands
Moderates will always do anything to avoid learning and taking responsibility for their own failed policies. First it's Boudin's fault. Then the judges. Then the BoS. I wonder who they will blame next.
@LightBlueChevy
@TheJackForge
Get a roommate, take the bus, start saving 50% of your take home pay and in a couple of years you can do whatever you want. Don't let your lifestyle keep up with your income.
@FeliciaKim_Kim_
Why do car drivers ignore stop signs? Same reason, except even more so, since cyclists have to use energy to speed back up.
Cyclists should treat stop signs as yield signs, just like most cars do.
@SFPD
is funded with taxpayer dollars and surely their work is more important than a bunch of welfare recipients. Mandatory weekly drugs testing is needed for all members of the force.
@SanFranciscoPOA
I hope I can count on your support.