Alex Zorach

(They/them) I love sustainability, dancing, birding, plants, ecology, tea, and public transit. I run @bPlantOrg, @RateTea, and am a co-founder of Why This Way.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

I have created @bPlantOrg, a twitter for https://t.co/KtMH8fFcik which is an ecology-focused plant website, with an emphasis on ecoregions. Please follow if you're interested in plants, ecology, and the like, and want to learn about this stuff and support this project!

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

In other news, it's still time to replace Biden, and there's still enough time. New from A.B. Stoddard: https://t.co/yJ0Vj5cM3O

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@rankthevotede Hey, is your organization active at all? I want to support Ranked Choice in Delaware and I was excited to find your website, but your movement looks totally dead, no activity since 2022. Is anyone organizing here any more?

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@mobotgarden Your Plant Finder was down for many days with no mention or explanation on your website or social media. It looks like it's back up now, but can you be more proactive about announcements in the future? A lot of people rely on that tool and you left them hanging.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget A problem with law enforcement too is that when drivers block the bike lanes, the response is often too slow to catch them. This is why I contacted you, it is unlikely that the police found this vehicle while it was still blocking the lane. But I want some action taken.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget I don't like to involve law enforcement more than necessary, I think having you all contact the owner of the car, even if no direct enforcement action is taken, would be a good outcome. I just want them to get feedback that people are bothered by them blocking bike lanes.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget Thanks much, I already did report it! And thanks much for passing on the info! I recognize you are not responsible for the actions of renters, but I do know that rental agencies will sometimes refuse to rent from people if they are caught breaking the law using their vehicles.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Dylan_McDowell @harrisonfinberg Every pro-Palestinian protest I have attended and group I've been active in online has actively shut down antisemitic views. If it didn't, I wouldn't participate in it. Isolated incidents of antisemitism are being blown up by the Israeli hardliner lobby to discredit the movement.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Dylan_McDowell @harrisonfinberg Exactly. I am no fan of Hamas, but the US is approving a $14 billion aid package to the Israeli government, weapons used to indiscriminately massacre civilians including children, and destroy civilian infrastructure.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget Also, can you please address whatever issue is causing 1 hour + hold times in your claims department? That is wildly unacceptable and knowing that makes me wary of renting from you in the department. Your parent company has a profit > $300M. Surely you can staff your call center.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget I love you guys and have rented from you many times. Today one of your vehicles was egregiously blocking a bike lane in a way that created a safety hazard. I tried calling your claims department but there was a 1 hr wait time. This wait time is disturbing.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget Can you tell me how to report the vehicle to you? I got its license plate and I have a timestamp of exactly when I observed it blocking the lane. I want to ensure the customer at least receives feedback that there was a complaint about them blocking the lane.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget_Truck Also, can you please address whatever issue is causing 1 hour + hold times in your claims department? That is wildly unacceptable and knowing that makes me wary of renting from you in the department. Your parent company has a profit > $300M. Surely you can staff your call center.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@Budget_Truck Can you tell me how to report the vehicle to you? I got its license plate and I have a timestamp of exactly when I observed it blocking the lane. I want to ensure the customer at least receives feedback that there was a complaint about them blocking the lane.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

I now have had a broken washer from @SpeedQueenHome for nearly a full month. Servicer came out and replaced the door sensor, it's still broken. Now we need to wait 7-10 days, a second time, for another part. The company doesn't even have the decency of answering the phone.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

I tried calling @SpeedQueenHome today around 40 minutes before their supposed closing time (4PM EST) and they said that they were closed and their system just hung up on me. More disappointment, but not surprising. I feel so cheated having bought a washer from this brand.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@sp6runderrated A non-carceral solution would be suspension of the license and/or confiscation of the car. Use 1 day in jail only for people who later drive without a license.

[@civicgrit.bsky.social @civic_grit]

A problem with PennDOT is Philly's district office is located within King of Prussia sprawl.

Boston and NYC get it right: departments that serve a premier city should be within that city.

How will people who live and drive in KoP know how best to spend billions in Philly?

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@phlbikeaction Stuff like this, which I saw happen fairly regularly (all sorts of different offenses from overruning stop lines to blocking bike lanes) is a major reason why I found Philly so unpleasant to live in. I was stressed out any time I went for a walk or bike ride. I hated it.

[Alex Zorach @cazort]

@phlbikeaction I've seen people doing this too when I lived in Philly. This needs to be charged as a serious criminal offense, something like reckless endangerment. I want the person's license permanently revoked and car seized and auctioned off. It disturbs me how lawless Philly has become.