Christian Sinclair, MD

Happy Monday, folks! I’m at San Mateo City Hall tonight, where the council is set to consider spending several million dollars to rip out bike lanes installed in 2022 in favor of more parking spots for cars.

Yes, really. 🧵

the athletic should retract their britta curl redemption story and links from the week in queer sports

NEW: I wrote a little about why I think The Athletic should either correct or retract their puff piece on Britta Curl from December, in light of even more evidence of her anti-trans views. It was a blatant attempt at damage control ahead of the Olympics & The Athletic participated in it.

Abolish prior authorization

I like Greek myths probably because I am most familiar with them.

I like the stores about the muses and the inspiration for creation. I’ve been enjoying the game Hades and Hades II as it is helping me recall a lot of the relationships and stories.

What about you?

We could be working on so many more important problems if we did not have to deal with all this manufactured bullshit. They are creating problems over and over again.

Consuming all the information on community organizing that I can.

Just bought two copies of “People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal” by Marshall Ganz.

1 to read and 1 to share so I can talk about it with someone.

I should not have to do this. I should have hobbies.

We had a great meeting full of passionate people about transit, housing, the streetcar, and bike lanes coming to the Kansas City metro area in 2026!

Just went to my first meeting of the

@kcmetrourbanists.bsky.social

I got to talk abt bus, bike, pedestrian & city council for a whole hour!!

And no-one’s eyes glazed over after 30 seconds but rather engaged with good questions and ways to build on what exists.

#KC #KCmetro #JoCoKS #transit

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

FAQ: Do I need to be a citizen or registered to vote to call?

Nope! You do NOT need to be registered to vote or even eligible to vote to be a “constituent,” you just need to be a resident. Members of Congress represent everyone who simply lives in their state (Senators) or district (House Rep).

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:

www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...

If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …

I didn’t. I’ll try a different email next time.

I rsvpd but no link. Website says 6pm this says 630pm.

“This bill is a combination of a culture war-obsessed supermajority and a broken legislative process, using every process trick in the book to get unnecessary and harmful legislation into law with no public input.” -Rabbi Moti Rieber, Kansas Interfaith Action

How a Small Canadian City Tripled Cycling Rates in Just 11 Years Video: Victoria, Britiish Columbia has rapidly become "the strongest cycling city in North America that isn't widely known for it."

Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling

Fred from Mystery Incorporated stands with arms crossed standing directly next to a smug man in hat and suit and tie. Fred says, "All of this sounds VERY EXPENSIVE.This is a LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD. The people who live here CAN'T AFFORD apartments like those! If you tear down their homes, where are all the POOR PEOPLE supposed to live?" The man replies, "I guess they'll just have to move to the SUBURBS like everyone else."

'This bill spits on basic human decency': Kansas Legislature passes bathroom ban without hearing • Kansas Reflector The GOP-led Kansas House and Senate on Wednesday approved a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people, after the House debated for hours.

The GOP-led #ksleg on Wednesday approved a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people after House Democrats delayed passage by six hours, proposing multiple amendments to set the stage for a possible legal challenge | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/01/28/t...

Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.

They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.

If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.

Live here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...

Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.

Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.

This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

This is why the Attorney General and Secretary of State matter!!

They are both up for election in Kansas this year. #KSleg #KSgov #Kansas

@bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social

CNN: Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost assaulted at Sundance Film Festival event, police say By Aleena Fayaz Updated Jan 24, 2026

NBC News: Man lunges at Ilhan Omar during town hall and tries to spray her with unknown substance January 27, 2026

Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.

Jameese Joseph with a blistering strike. Holy moly. Smart turn and great shot.

More please!

#USWNT

Enjoy the happiness of 3 labs in the snow

(Shout-out to my in-laws who snow blowed trails in their backyard)

@clofsnitville.bsky.social

Lowkey annoyed that the general public paid so little attention to women's hockey that it took Heated Rivalry for anybody who wasn't already a hockey fan to know that US and Canada women's hockey players keep marrying each other. It's been a whole meme with hockey fans for ages.

@amabel.bsky.social thank you for the “Robert Yeats Allen (left)” joke in your latest video.

That was well placed.

Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon.

Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social

The youngest USWNT captain on record.

20-year-old Claire Hutton 🫨

Book cover for “100 things to do in America before you die” by Bill Clevlen. The number is 100 have an American flag pattern and are oddly super imposed with thin, vertical black stripes that makes it look like prison. That’s weird. There’s also a bucket at the bottom of the cover to imply a bucket list, which is a list of things you would do before you “kick the bucket”. That is a euphemism for dying.

2017: Open my pages and find fun things to do!

2026: Get your affairs in order.