Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin)

I live on Oakland's barrier island also known as Alameda 🏝. I write software for work and my two young kids keep me busy. 🚴🏻 evangelist, ⚡️ everything, YIMBY

[Thomas H. Ptacek @tqbf]

I’m sorry, I simply cannot be cynical about a technology that can accomplish this.

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

I think I did that wrong. A link for your clicking pleasure:

https://t.co/7cCrMoqRGL

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

I guess I'm supposed to put this here? @[email protected]

I hope to see you on the other side. ✌🏻

[Arlen Parsa @arlenparsa]

"Some staff at Twitter who are on H-1B visas are staying on despite wanting to leave the company"

“Many of these people will have been in this country for over a decade"

A broken immigration system allows unethical employers to take advantage of workers

https://t.co/h8o8b562EK

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@JKW4Alameda Obviously in a different category altogether, but this tactic (disingenuous arguments having the opposite real world effect) is so true for the speakers who claimed their position was rooted in concern for climate change. Density reduces GHGs, not backyard lawns.

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@laurendo Yes! And then speaker after speaker says “the state doesn’t require this” when they clearly do! They told us!

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@brianrmcguire 😬

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

In January 2021, @amazon said it was cutting off donations to the 147 GOP objectors, calling their vote to overturn the election an "unacceptable attempt to undermine a legitimate democratic process"

Last month, @amazon donated 17.5K to 9 GOP objectors

https://t.co/Ay2ExZmnR0

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@tinyscorpio666 This one? https://t.co/ETb1X75345

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@303 Awhile ago you posted about the Dato Duo. I thought our son might like it so I showed him the video and now he's *obsessed*. Good odds it's his holiday present. Is that the kid-friendly synth you'd recommend still, or has something better come along in the intervening years?

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

that’s right, it isn’t the driver in the two ton vehicle who is at fault, it is the child riding his bike in his neighborhood

[Luke Spray @lukespray]

Before I get too far away from it, I wanted to share a bit about how amazing yet simple Barcelona's Superblocks are.

[southpaw @nycsouthpaw]

What a world we live in.

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

Over the last two months I've read dozens of studies about gas stoves and indoor air quality.

I also installed monitors in our home and ran my own tests.

Here's a thread on what I learned 🧵 #energytwitter

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@pabloest @meraki OMG they jinxed it

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Credit to the NYT for prominently noting that Joe Manchin makes half a million a year in income from the coal industry

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

One dinner at the French Laundry, $276 million.

[Sunrise Harvard @SunriseHarvard]

BREAKING: After a decade of constant pressure by students, faculty, and alums, @HARVARD IS FINALLY DIVESTING FROM FOSSIL FUELS.

It’s a massive victory for our community, the climate movement, and the world — and a strike against the power of the fossil fuel industry. (THREAD)

[Brian Tobin (https://sfba.social/@briantobin) @briantobin]

@sofiaflevin I’m sure these are common suggestions but Your Own Backyard and To Live and Die in LA are good ones.

[southpaw @nycsouthpaw]

Texas stands for a right to life that begins at conception and ends at birth.