Colin Parent

Port of San Diego Recognizes Circulate San Diego as Anchors of Excellence Awardee for the Month of October www.portofsandiego.org/press-releas...

With my people tonight, celebrating pro-housing wins this year for California!

#2540 The Deadly Status Quo - Bike Talk Ride For Your Life is a Washington, D.C. memorial ride in honor of Sarah Langenkamp, whose husband, Dan, worked to pass a law protecting cyclists in her name after she was killed riding in a bike…

Thanks to the Bike Talk podcast for inviting me on to discuss Circulate's latest report "The Powerless Brokers: Why California Can't Build Transit." Listen here (27:05): biketalk.org/2025/10/25-4...

WATCH: Things Get Explosive In Opening Minutes Of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 The clip was revealed at New York Comic Con on Saturday along with new images.

No continuation of Gorn plotlines, so this is a promising start. trekmovie.com/2025/10/11/w...

Roman tombstone found in NOLA forever immortalized in the pages of the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Circulate published a major report last year that informed many of the conversations in Sacramento about reforming, and making different appointments to the Coastal Commission.

Read it: www.circulatesd.org/a_better_coa...

Sacramento Report: One Coastal Commissioner’s Take on Developing the Coast The agency has been roiled in criticism for its power over housing development along California’s affluent coastline.

Hopeful commentary here from San Diego's representative on the Coastal Commission, Chula Vista Councilmember Jose Preciado.

I agree we can have special treatment of the coast, and still allow more inclusive growth and access. voiceofsandiego.org/2025/10/10/s...

Yes. "California is Over" pieces are routinely dumb.

"California is Weird Kind of" pieces are often revelatory.

The AI Kids Take San Francisco Brilliant, workaholic teenagers are flooding the city — and reshaping our future in their image.

There is a particular genre of [East Coast Magazine] that captures how surreal California can be.

Want to see how the @CityofSanDiego is doing for housing production?

We compiled past reports for a clearer picture.

Oktoberfest’s New Drip At Bavaria’s annual celebration of autumn and beer, new generations of partyers and new arrivals to Germany are adding their own twists to traditional fashion.

This was fun. 🍻
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/10...

Wishing everyone a fun and safe Oktoberfest! Prost!

Wishing everyone a fun and safe Oktoberfest! Prost!

Congratulations to all the nonprofits and government agencies that made it through the end of the Federal fiscal year.

I hope you met all your deliverables, used your budgets effectively, and have a moment to catch your breath.

How walkable is San Diego? San Diego has some walkable neighborhoods, but others — not so much. We look at what walkability looks like in our region and what is being done to address it.

My colleague Carlisle Dockery was on @KPBS this week talking about walkability in San Diego. Carlisle is @CirculateSD's Director of Planning and Community Engagement, and is an expert on the subject.

She did a great job! You can listen here: www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

How walkable is San Diego? San Diego has some walkable neighborhoods, but others — not so much. We look at what walkability looks like in our region and what is being done to address it.

My colleague Carlisle Dockery was on @KPBS this week talking about walkability in San Diego. Carlisle is @CirculateSD's Director of Planning and Community Engagement, and is an expert on the subject.

She did a great job! You can listen here: www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

‘He trusts her so much’: Meet Gavin Newsom's new climate chief Gov. Gavin Newsom is turning to his senior climate adviser to lead California’s powerful air quality agency.

‘‘He trusts her so much’: Meet Gavin Newsom's new climate chief
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

What Americans Think About Housing Housing costs are too high, but Americans aren’t unified on solutions

Some inconvenient polling about how voters think about housing reform.

Fortunately, common sense policies like requiring local governments to approve projects that meet clear standards still poll very well.

"Circulate San Diego celebrates Park(ing) Day in downtown Chula Vista, highlighting the potential benefits of repurposing street parking for public use."

After last week's YIMBYtown conference in New Haven, I stopped into NYC for two nights.

It was a fun whirlwind, after a 6-year hiatus. Hope to visit again soon, and catch up with everyone.

California Transit Association > Events > Annual Conferences > Fall Conference & Expo > 2025 Conference Agenda Emerging Mobility Transportation options offered across California are significantly different today than they were just a few years ago. A variety of mobility services and

I will be speaking on a panel at the @CalTransit annual conference in November about "The Powerless Brokers: Why California Can't Build Transit. "

See the whole schedule and register at caltransit.org/Events/Annua....

The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound. The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives.

This really is incredible. I can't wait to try them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...

With the Em Dash, A.I. Embraces a Fading Tradition The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for.

A very indulgent article about writing and punctuation. Showing off really.

The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound. The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives.

We really are living in the future. A realtime translator in your ear has been imagined in sci-fi for decades upon decades.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...

Abundance is a useful way of thinking, to prevent rent-seeking and build state capacity. It can apply across a lot of policy areas.

Limiting oligarchy is another. Should be applied to competition via anti-trust, and also in regulatory tools meant to promote viewpoint diversity.

A lot of the modern/left anti-trust enthusiasm is less about protecting competition, and more about preventing anyone from having too much power to leverage in the political and cultural spaces.

Media consolidation is the area where that has the most clear applicability.

Opinion | We Can No Longer Tell Ourselves This Isn’t Really Happening Laughter is now a government-regulated product.

The US used to have strong rules to prevent media consolidation. We need those again.

Corporate overlords would have far less incentive to muzzle comedians and news outlets if the merger approvals they're seeking were preemptively prohibited. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

The Campbell is a half-hidden bar in Grand Central Station. It's a very New York experience.

The urinals at the Comedy Cellar have mirrors in front and behind your head, perfectly positioned to see exactly how much your hair is thinning.

Hamburger America in Greenwich Village. Super good.