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Draft PCH Master Plan Feasibility Study Document - PublicInput The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) seeks public comment on the Draft Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) Master Plan Feasibility Study which focuses on approximately 21 miles of PCH in Mal...

Sent an email to 07-pchmpfs@publicinput.com in support of overall effort and urge to connect bike lanes where they end from Santa Monica at Temescal. 💥

Project: engage.dot.ca.gov/j77248

Pacific Coast Highway Master Plan Feasibility Study Round Two Survey - PublicInput Caltrans District 7 is developing the PCH Master Plan Feasibility Study this is a Round Two of a survey to ask your preferences about possible modifications to the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). | Spani...

engage.dot.ca.gov/07-pchmsfsr2 Caltrans is conducting a study and ran a survey that’s now closed, but it looks promising.

Well I went down the rabbit hole and PCH plan is state highway planning jurisdiction. (See public comment 3 on the same theme.) I’ll see where that leads!. pw.lacounty.gov/core-service...

Do you know who specifically? I think the PCH disaster recovery aspect was mostly Caltrans, US army and LA emergency dept for broader plan—with governor’s office too. Agree that mandate is more “cleanup and reopen.”

Who leads vision and planning for what the PCH should be?

Thank you for the speed in addressing this!

Rebuilding the PCH is an opportunity to extend bike and pedestrian paths North, from the Palisades.

Today paths dissolve into dangerous riding and walking along highway shoulders. An opportunity for better living and less congestion. Could it happen?

Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.

Call Congress: 202-224-3121

China’s Exports to U.S. Plunge, in Sign of Bite From Trump Tariffs The drop in U.S.-bound shipments was offset by a surge in Chinese goods to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

China will be fine through Trump’s trade war (We won’t be.)

Chinese shipment of goods to the U.S. dropped 21% in April from a year earlier, while exports to:
Southeast Asia surged 21%
Latin America jumped 17%
Shipments to Africa soared 25%
European Union rose 8.3%”

www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Another tragic broken promise:

$2,000 billion ($2T) goal
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~$130b actual or less.
‘Wall of receipts’ accounts $63 billion
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Minus ~$200b 2026 alone: less tax revenue, unemployment, rehiring etc.
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=~$70b loss just 2026.
DOGE increased deficit while cruelly and illegally cutting people and services.

Everyone should remember that they ARE destroying essential services and research that make us better but they ARE NOT reducing spending.

Even when Trump confounds us with an occasional righteous goal (in the 90s it was Democrats who led the charge on worker protectionism) he will do everything to execute it dumbly

And I like to think we’ve all evolved a bit and believe in global trade. Incentive-based policies like CHIPS—that works.

Elon Musk on X: "https://t.co/BwrVlYiWfx" / X https://t.co/BwrVlYiWfx

What a guy! Truth seeking, inquisitive, humble, just a regular Joe who pays people to hold signs with his name x.com/elonmusk/sta...

Houses that were built to withstand fires didn’t burn. All houses near burn zones should be required to be more resilient. Financial assistance under certain income levels to do so. This is an area where regulation is obviously a good and productive thing.

These longer days are INCREDIBLE

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

Correct take

Love that

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Budget Cuts The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, officials said.

The first SANE budget reduction call—8% military cuts each year over 5 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

But of course the double standard—Military gets to come up with a 5 year plan while other departments are gutted. I’m confident in the legal fight to defend them.

Great point and unnecessarily confusing word! Maybe just say progressive organizing against moderates.

Actual question— what triggers Community Notes to show up on Twitter? The most circulated posts are flying around with made up facts, eg x.com/realDonaldTr...

just one more executive order bro just one more

Spotify needs a “surprise me” playlist — if there’s an algorithm, you don’t know what it is

Backlash builds: why the architecture world hates The Brutalist Brady Corbet’s Oscar-tipped film is clearly based on real-life modernist master Marcel Breuer but brazenly misrepresents him and his revered modernism

I really, really enjoyed The Brutalist. It’s big cinema. But something about the Bauhaus philosophy didn’t feel fully captured, which this sensational headline confirms. I still recommend you see it on the biggest screen you can find. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Congrats—I went back to IC and I’ve really enjoyed it!

Damn

Introducing Operator A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. Available to Pro users in the U.S.

This is a big deal—ChatGPT can now work as an “agent” to do web-based tasks for you. (Expensive at $200/mo. Worth it if you can delegate often IMO.) openai.com/index/introd...

I can boost your restaurant revenue by $20k/mo

My secret? Use warm lighting and dim it down ffs

Dear civil servant A guide to the new executive actions on the federal workforce and what you can do now

The @protectdemocracy.org team has an *excellent* guide out today for federal civil servants to navigate this moment. Worth sharing to anyone who may be affected:

open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

Nice