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San Francisco, trade unions at odds over modular construction sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti… Complicated situation. I understand SF trade unions being concerned about the undercutting of wages but OTHO I think geographic job growth equity in places like Solano County is good @SFjkdineen

San Francisco, trade unions at odds over modular construction — even for homeless projects

A supportive housing development is at the center of a fight between the city’s building trade unions and some affordable housing proponents.

sfchronicle.com
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Starting today, US hospitals are banned from reporting COVID data to the Centers for Disease Control. Instead, they must report it to a no-bid, privately-contracted server under control of the Trump political apparatus. nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/po…
Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data (Published 2020)

Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data (Published 2020)

Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.

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My reasons for optimism about Japan’s future: I think Tokyo can figure out how to do a San Francisco tech company substantially easier than San Francisco can figure out how to do a Tokyo literally anything else. teapaw.org/pinboard/status/986630…
Pinboard (@Pinboard) profile picturePinboard
@Pinboard18 Apr 2018
I spent two weeks traveling in Japan with my elderly mom, who has a little trouble with stairs. Every elevator at every subway station was functional. None of them smelled like urine. Each station had a working bathroom. I would like to see this in the Bay Area before I die.
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He 👏🏽 called 👏🏽 everybody 👏🏽 out. "I'm even disappointed in one of my best friends, Ray Lewis" teapaw.org/undisputed/status/9123…
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In 1995 Walmart pulled "Someday a woman will be president" T-shirt from shelves, saying it offended "family values."
Image from Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur)
Image from Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur)
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This is how carrot harvesting is done
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.@HansRosling's life expectancy vs fertility rate data animation made with ggplot2 & gganimate @drob @hadleywickham
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0% unemployment teapaw.org/mlnow/status/657304341…
Mission Local (@MLNow) profile pictureMission Local
@MLNow22 Oct 2015
Hiring woes: "We're desperate" says one business owner. "The working class of SF is disappearing" says another. ow.ly/TJgkN
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People who cross deserts and seas to reach Europe are unlikely to be slackers when they arrive econ.st/1JEoLWW
Image from The Economist (@TheEconomist)
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How SF's Progressive Politics Led to Its Housing Affordability Crisis citylab.com/housing/2015/07/…
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Good news: The millennium development goals seemed unrealistic in 2000. But they were mostly achieved by 2015.
Image from Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn)
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Where can I get @ChromaticCoffee in San Francisco?#BrunchFight
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Image from Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr)
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Plant intelligence at work? check out these time-lapse videos of bean plants "finding" a pole to climb. New Yorker nyr.kr/1gSjKQi
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Everyone on Twitter keeps talking about SOPA. Never knew so many people were so passionate about soup. goo.gl/HBzmy
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Bernie asks Fed Chair Ben Bernanke what he thinks about #OccupWallStreet youtu.be/eVXEYoo46ZY #OccupyVT #OccupyDC #ows
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7-11 and vegan meals - an upgrade: bit.ly/q16Jfj
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My column this week: The Fallacy Behind Tax Holidays: nyti.ms/r91tUw
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Quakes Hurricanes Tsunamis, etc. Clever ways Earth is telling us to get the hell off. Yet another reason for a space program.
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Reminder: Under the Boehner bill, we will be doing this all over again during the holidays, but we would need 2/3 of the House or we default
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