the happiest guy you know. fmr. head of engineering @ (acq. Snowflake), now doing a privacy @ Snowflake. ๐ฎ๐ช in ๐บ๐ธ. everton and bohs, for my sins
i was happy to vote for Scott. I donโt agree with him on a number of issues that are important to me, but on the most salient issues facing Californians he has been the most effective legislator we have had in the decade+ I have lived here.
i for one am shocked that the affably popular, tall (!!), hardworking legislator who has spent decades building a constituency that values his work smoked the carpetbagger who even pissed off the local organizers heโs aligned with politically
@JorgeO yeah everyone thought we were nuts and rates would make prices plummet โ and yet here we are, two years later, and itโs already up at least 25% ๐คทโโ๏ธ
@pitdesi counter-example within England: the Duchy of Lancaster is older but more modest. (1351 at the earliest, but certainly in its modern iteration as an independent property of the crown by the end of the wars of the roses c. ~1460).
Every time I spend an hour talking to a group of young engineering students about what theyโre excited to study and work on, it creates a tectonic vibe shift in my mood.
Smart, motivated 20 year olds with access to mentorship and tools feel completely unstoppable.
โก Poll: 65% of Americans support arming Ukraine.
Around 81% of Democrats, 56% of Republicans, and 57% of independents expressed their support for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on June 28 revealed.
The Board of Supervisors decision to block 10 new homes in Nob Hill based on a frivolous CEQA argument raises serious doubts about the viability of SFโs housing element.
SFโs housing element โ if itโs effectively fake due to CEQA obstruction โ is subject to decertification.