Notices by (gobsmacked) (nwchapman@sfba.social)

@skinnylatte DPH *really* needs a robust overhaul of data and IT. They have a huge and messy number of systems and a desperate need for better tools, dashboards, etc. Or at least did when I was there. It would be challenging but potentially very interesting and transformative for the biggest and arguably most important dept in the City.

At City College:

Beginning Bicycle Maintenance

Course in basics of bicycle and electric bicycle repair and maintenance. Students will learn how to perform maintenance such as repairing flat tires, adjusting derailleurs, chain maintenance, Basic electric system troubleshooting and safety inspection. Rebuilding of wheel, steerer, and bottom brackets bearings will be covered. Frame modifications, wheel-building/truing, and various electric bike services will also be covered. Emphasis on "hands on" implementation and practice

MTWR 09:10-01:30PM 06/09-07/20

#bicycle
https://www.ccsf.edu/courses/summer-2025/beginning-bicycle-maintenance-54306

NightLife: Inked

California Academy of Sciences' third annual celebration of ink! Explore the wonders of ink, from cephalopods to live tattoos–yes, the real kind.
June 5 starting at 6:00 pm
#SFBAWhatsOn
https://www.calacademy.org/nightlife/nightlife-inked

The Chronicle should have just stopped the headline at this

Here's what traffic looks like right now

Don't even head towards the Bay Bridge until this clears up.

Find a cafe and spend some time with a good book.

🚨 ALERTSF: Police Activity is affecting Bay Bridge: EB 80 West of Treasure Island. All lanes closed. Expect delays & plan alt routes

In almost every dataset about life and people that stretches back past March 2020, you can find the blip when Covid changed how we live. Aatish Bhatia and Irineo Cabreros, for NYT’s the Upshot, used a stack of 30 charts to show the shifts
https://flowingdata.com/2025/03/11/everyday-life-changes-after-covid/

@skinnylatte A lovely story. Also, and I hope you won't mind me saying this, it seems like very much a lesbian couple story. I know a couple other couples here in the Bay that had a similar path

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Student Intern Program, Summer 2025

Positions for people working in a variety of divisions, with backgrounds in planning/urban planning, architecture, engineering.

Pay is $35 or $38/hour

https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990006318926
https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990006319006
https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990006318966
https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990006318977

#jobs #CivilService #SanFranciscoJobs

After law enforcement cleared homeless encampments in eleven cities, a team of ProPublica reporters distributed notecards to the unhoused people affected, inviting them to detail the belongings they had lost in the sweeps.
#homelessness
https://longreads.com/2025/01/09/i-have-lost-everything/

"The social function of the economics profession is to explain, over and over again, that your boss is actually right and that you don't really want the things you want, and you're secretly happy to be abused by the system." - @pluralistic
#economics #TheDismalCult
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/socialism-for-the-wealthy/#rugged-individualism-for-the-poor

#TIL Lol... this may have been around for awhile, but I just encountered it for the first time today :

"liztruss" as a descriptor for a wilted lettuce in @pluralistic 's latest piece

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/socialism-for-the-wealthy/

Excited to have someone from McKinsey working on "health, homelessness, and family services" for San Francisco

They did such a great job with oxy addiction, excited to see what they can do to... I mean, for San Francisco
https://missionlocal.org/2025/01/daniel-lurie-picks-mckinsey-partner-to-oversee-health-homelessness-and-family-services/

McKinsey...

Ex-McKinsey partner pleads guilty to destroying records on opioids

Martin Elling pleads guilty to destroying records on advice provided to Purdue Pharma on how to ‘turbocharge’ sales

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/mckinsey-partner-destroyed-opioids-record?CMP=share_btn_url

It actually seems to me to be fitting that the MCU films have become boring (albeit in a loud and spectacular format), stupid and unengaging in pretty much the same ways as the comics did, because they made similar "storytelling" choices from, I'm guessing, greed
#MCU #film

@skinnylatte We're so glad you came!

I knew that healthcare spending and results in the US were worse than in various European countries...

But I had no idea they were this bad.

The US spends more than 3 times as much as Italy on healthcare, but still has an average life expectancy that is four years lower.

If you allow for "statistical" deaths, it becomes clear that the health insurance and for-profit healthcare industries in the United States are killing tens of thousands a year and the only consequence they face is... increased profits.

With #UnitedHealthcare one of the major beneficiaries of this profiting off death

Now I want a game, a sort of mash-up of GTA and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, where you have a series of missions taking down evil corporations and their profiteering leaders and fascistic politicians.

This North Beach dive should arguably be the most famous bar in San Francisco

SFGATE dive bar columnist Broke-Ass Stuart investigates the long and fascinating saga of La Rocca's Corner
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-north-beach-dive-la-roccas-corner-19955788.php