David Pollack

Distrust of tech helps drive ‘populist fervor’ in Silicon Valley Populism is on the rise in Silicon Valley, with more residents saying that they distrust local tech companies and more wealth now concentrated in fewer hands, according to a new report from Joint Vent...

As a 25 year Silicon Valley resident and reformed tech worker, when have tech execs ever been trusted?https://www.paloaltoonline.com/regional-politics/2026/03/04/distrust-of-tech-helps-drive-populist-fervor-in-silicon-valley/

As a long term sub, I need one of these.

The Venn diagram of students who make cheat sheets, do the daily class assignments, and who do well on tests is a circle, signed a high school educator.

In order to make the road less safe and just plain uglier

Out of petty resentment when motorists sense of superiority isn't given 100% priority over safety

Despite 90% of public comment supporting the bike lane

The redo even reduces the amount of parking. Usually their most sacred possession

For most of the history of cars, turning right on red was illegal due to its obvious danger, since drivers looking to their left for oncoming vehicles can't see pedestrians in the crosswalk on their right. It should be again.

Welcome to the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter and the DINO of the San Mateo Democratic Central Committee.

Study Finds Most U.S. Bike Lanes Are Just Paint — and Placed on the Most Dangerous Roads.
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When historic preservation goes from protecting particularly beautiful and interesting old buildings from demolition to opposing a handsome new apartment building on a surface parking lot, something has gone very wrong.

This could be you while the rest of the world boycotts the Munich Olympics redux.

Unbelievable that people have been brainwashed into thinking every apartment building is luxury, but more expensive SFHs are not.

Probably due to the fact that apartments have been made artificially scarce by zoning.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Oh no, more cars on El Camino!?!! What are the entitled residents of San Mateo to do? 🙀😱🙀

Closing Streets to Cars Helps Business. It Works in Small Towns Too A practical ladder from one-time street fairs to permanent pedestrian corridors, examples from suburban California and Florida.

Walkable cities are the way. I don’t make the rules. maxmautner.com/2026/02/27/p...

Nepo & pedo bonding

Did you know this bit of history about the City of San Mateo, Hillsdale Mall, and why BART doesn't go there?

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5 Bay Area Cities Among The Most Bicycle-Friendly In The Country, Nonprofit Says The distinction, awarded by The League of American Bicyclists, is only held by 32 cities across the United States, officials said.

Mighty low bar award: Palo Alto, San Francisco, Oakland, Menlo Park and Alameda make up five of eight California cities that have won the gold-level award from the League of American Bicyclists, making them some of the most bike-friendly cities across the country. 🙄 patch.com/california/s...

An Atherton realtor shortly after WWII suggested that all of the San Francisco Peninsula should be "off limits to Asian and African Americans". Many wealthy, low-density Peninsula towns were known for enforcing such exclusions through restrictive covenants and social pressure.

Today in San Mateo County systemic racism history, Redwood City functioned as a "sundown town" sometime between 1920 and 1950. In December 1946, the home of a Black World War II veteran, John J. Walker, was burned down after he and his wife received threats.

Today in systematic racism in San Mateo County, the developer of Hillsdale Mall, David Bohannon successfully fought extending BART on the Peninsula in 1961 because it would bring undesirables to surrounding communities. www.foundsf.org/Bohannon%E2%...

✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨

Every news story is now “State Senator Randy Pervert (R-Springfield) was indicted on 8 counts of lewd behavior with a child under 12 and has been put on paid leave from his two jobs as Border Patrol liaison and youth pastor at First Presbyterian (PCA) where parishioners say they were ‘blindsided.’”

people are murdering entire families in their cars without serving a day of prison time, so I kinda question this bill's equating "treating ebikes like cars" with "accountability"

Looks like the Harass Brown Kids on Bikes Act of 2026.

California's E-bike Accountability Act seeks to ensure safety, requiring owners to register their rides with DMV The proposed e-bike registration law seeks to introduce mandatory DMV registration and license plates for Class 2 and Class 3 e-bikes.

Moral panic around e-bikes is getting out of control.

The assemblywoman proposing this bill is quoted in the article saying she has concerns abt people riding "30,40, even 60 mph" -- those are not e-bikes! Those are e-motos!

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Woodside town manager on leave after releasing whistleblower report against mayor, council members Woodside Town Manager Jason Ledbetter was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday, after he released a 14-page whistleblower report alleging that the mayor and mayor pro tempore pressured him to ...

Woodside Town Manager Jason Ledbetter was placed on paid administrative leave after he released a 14-page whistleblower report alleging that the mayor and mayor pro tempore pressured him to delay housing projects. www.almanacnews.com/news/2026/02...

a little girl in a pink and yellow outfit holding ski poles with the words let 's go written below her ALT: a little girl in a pink and yellow outfit holding ski poles with the words let 's go written below her

Happy ski week to all the privileged California students entitled to celebrate.

And a 100% chance that a car driver crashed into them regardless how the media frames it.

Call me a carceral urbanist but I think that you should have to go to jail if you kill an entire family with your car.

Further, we should hold elderly drivers in particular responsible for the their actions because we need to create a deterrence effect to encourage people to stop driving.

Visalia Redwood High School parents are probably all over Nextdoor complaining how they are the real victims and setting up a GoFundMe. Colleges should be rescinding their acceptance letters.

Another day, another pedestrian killed without repercussions by a driver. Damn those e-bike riders anyway!!!