Benjamin Fry

Wait, really? I thought 80% had to be spent on roads.

All of this is because of fed funding. We need to stop that spigot, or redirect it to train and transit to stop this nonsense.

Otherwise CalTrans is just leaving free money on the table, and who’s going to block that?

I don’t know why I like it so much, just something about the government agents being such screwups.

Oh I disagree. There’s something so awesome about this show where so many of the characters are just totally incompetent at their jobs.

The entire show feels like a snarky commentary on people who fail to choose what to do, rather than having the choices forced on them.

Homer strangling Bart Simpson.

Strangle BART until the electricity is flowing again!

BART!!! Agh!

Jonathan Hale was arrested by LAPD today for painting a crosswalk, even as the city of Los Angeles funnels more money to LAPD and does gymnastics to avoid implementing HLA.

@mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.

At one point this guy went out of his way to marry same sex couples to make a statement.

Now he’s doing the classic democratic mistake of running down the middle. Haven’t we lost enough recent elections to show how bad this strategy is?

You need to energize your base. Medicare for all. Simple.

I was also disappointed that he couldn’t quote the number of people killed on our streets when answering questions about that.

And by “bad weather” I mean, not freezing, sometimes heavy rain, but usually just a light rain easily defined with a simple rain jacket.

We get bad weather here like 1-2 months a year.

“But what do you do when it rains?!”

I get oddly jealous that I don’t live in a place where I’d ever need tires like this.

They should do an episode on road rage, like what’s the worst outcome of a single incident. bsky.app/profile/drta...

Cars bring out the worst in people.

I don’t understand expected goals. That one shot from Sabbi ping off the posts twice and then was followed up with another close range shot that hit the post.

That could have been like an xG of 2 right there.

Regional: Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Is Legally Protected In California. So Why Are Major Healthcare Providers Ending It? California has been a leader in transgender rights and gender-affirming care, even declaring itself a safe haven for families denied such care in other states. But as federal opposition to treatment.....

This is a very well-researched and comprehensive article on the state of gender-affirming care for kids in the Bay Area. I hugely appreciate the Rainbow Family quotes in particular. www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...

Netflix To Acquire Warner Bros. Studios, HBO And HBO Max In Blockbuster Deal - TVLine In a multi-billion-dollar deal announced Friday, Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including HBO and HBO Max — get details.

HBO is going to take a stab at another rebranding:

HBO Go
HBO Max
Max
HBO Max
HBO Flix
Max Flix (forgot the Max!)
HBO Max Flix (forgot the HBO!)
Net HBO Max Flix! (That’s the one)

www.tvline.com/2043847/netf...

BREAKING: US agrees to settle all foreign disputes on the pitch! No more war!

FIFA World Cup finishing place will be the arbiter for settling all disputes, on a quad annual term.

No more war, we settle all disputes on the pitch.

Lots of patios and balconies.

Also, I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s spins the pan before using it.

Omg, a roux base, and the pickle? I’m making this over the weekend.

Dill pickles feels like the correct choice.

Run more trains and let [the airlines] burn.

Right?

I love that hat. I need a hat like that.

Though I live in a boring place where I never need that.

Sources: US Open Cup Changing Format for 2026 US Soccer limits number of clubs per professional division

We got some further clarification on the US Open Cup changes. Full tournament details out tomorrow, but the gist of it is the changes came from US Soccer, NOT the USL.

www.southeastsoccerreport.org/p/sources-us...

Doesn’t it feel like the US Open Cup should be getting more important with USL’s growth? Especially for USL itself?

Amazing work! Congratulations.

Thank you Oakland City Council for voting unanimously to approve the construction contract for the Lake Merritt Blvd / Lakeside Dr protected bikeways & bus lanes project (yellow line on the map below), starting in 2026!

www.oaklandca.gov/Government/O...

It’s not just stopping a promising attack, like a shirt tug, or a late tackle. It’s an egregious personal foul that’s resulted now in a player dealing with substantial injuries as a result.

If we meet Australia in the World Cup, I bet the USMNT players are going to remember this offense.

FIFA needs to change how it approaches these types of fouls. Inevitably they are going to happen to the best players, like this. Trip from behind, Geria, “sweep the leg!”

This needs to be a Red Card, we want our best players to represent the US, but it’s a perfect example of why they hesitate.