Notices by scott f (scott@carfree.city), page 3

hearing this, i wondered if degrowth should rebrand as "green redeployment" or something since, as acknowledged in the interview, many people associate "growth" with social progress so it's a difficult name to market the idea under

but maybe the provocativeness is part of the point, to make people rethink that association

highly recommend this overview of #degrowth by @jasonhickel in conversation with the great @parismarx! https://techwontsave.us/episode/226_how_degrowth_will_reshape_technology_w_jason_hickel

"right now, all our engineers are deployed by capital to do things like develop new algorithms for advertising... [this labor] could be remobilized for other purposes: to innovate more efficient public transit, or more ecological building materials"

I wonder if the story about VC parents putting their kids unaccompanied in a robotaxi is criti-hype

Uses our rage to share the story while also seeding the idea that the robotaxis are reliable and pleasant enough people can want to do that

Gives me pause about amplifying

so apparently this asshole was at the DNC tonight yelling about social justice and economic justice and civil rights...

Today some of you are strongly praising Joe Biden. I wish I could agree because he did some great things domestically. Unfortunately, history will remember him for knowingly providing the bombs to commit a genocide in Gaza.

@EverydayMoggie That would be a fine way to talk about a politician who was a disappointment in terms of tax cuts or funding for trains or something like that. I do not think that committing genocide is simply a disagreeable policy decision that you can average out.

"It is Kafkaesque cruelty to legally prohibit people from simply existing outside when the same government has not taken sufficient action to ensure they have somewhere to go. More practically, it’s also not going to work."

Sweeps are not just cruel, they're stupid

https://prospect.org/infrastructure/2024-08-02-gavin-newsom-homeless-sweeps/

@raganwald Reminds me of Moxie Marlinspike's observations about the guys sitting in first class on the airplane; this had a deep effect on me. https://moxie.org/2013/01/07/career-advice.html

@jalcine

#fediblock: Unblocking ursal.zone based on this thread. It’s a left-wing Brazilian instance that was on a widely-used block list we imported, but seems ok.
https://ursal.zone/@Ursalzona/112887835305291433

I’ll hand it to Peskin on this one. Price-fixing with an algorithm is still price-fixing.

Also relieved it wasn’t controversial and passed unanimously

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/sf-bans-automated-software-accused-of-price-fixing-housing-rents/article_800f5ade-4ebb-11ef-8a48-93144e457db1.html #sfPol

median voter 🤷♂️

goddammit i was just thinking how we may be stuck with invasive security theater in airports but at least it hasn't spread to other forms of transportation. and here comes Officer Adams to ruin that
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112855390360131896

61 parking spots here is 61 too many!

- 2 grocery stores and Church metro station within a block
- Duboce bikeway across the street

Building parking here will allow wealthier car-brains who can live anywhere to displace potential car-free households that specifically want to live in this extremely walkable area.

https://missionlocal.org/2024/07/new-23-story-200-unit-housing-building-planned-for-duboce-and-market/ #sfPol #housing

In case you wanted to buy falafel from someone who supports a self-described “MAGA Republican” for mayor, you can now do so at Yasmin 🤨

He reconsidered

Joe Biden is resigning, endorsing Harris. Here’s why that’s bad news for the Valencia bike lane.

Breed wants us to blame a disproportionately Black and Latino “other” for all San Francisco’s problems and is performing maximum cruelty on purpose.

oh, and she rejects all the evidence it’s a housing problem. So much for “Yimby mayor”

tell me this isn’t the same energy

@luis_in_brief maybe because it could be used in very racist ways

@kingrat Yeah, that too! The roads need serious road diets.

Have you seen me post this? It's the dimensions of Harrison and Bryant streets showing how a block of them could be turned into a narrow street for people and a park.