Andrew Alden

Am I correct that Draymond made it thru two full games without a PF? Then made 3 in OT.

Ocher quarry update The former campus of Holy Names University, in the hills just above the Warren Freeway, has been for sale for a while, but no one seems to want to move an existing college or start a new one there.…

The would-be developers of this (pre)historic property favor a scheme of townhome sprawl around two big Holy Names buildings, which will be "cultural centers" with no parking. The ancient Ohlone ocher workings? Who knows.

excuse me that's Operation Epstein Bury

Lake Merritt, Oakland, nello stile di Canaletto
20FEB2026

Rust&Ruin, Skull Haus, Cinder and Gloomfang, all of 'em good from Ghost Town Brewing

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Ah, good. Yes, it was Campus Drive.

nice house; always wondered where it is.

Do they have one called Gimme a Beer?

I was learning a bit about pandemic preparedness and have discovered a new vector to build defenses against:

The SF Cal Academy of Science on a day that daycare and schools are closed.

It is a grade-A gray day

"Say hi to your dead Grandma! Say 'I love you' and watch what she says!"

"Do not copy this intro along with the text that follows"

Six people you meet in Oakland while reading Manuel Betancourt’s “Hello Stranger” Cruising for a connection.

A little Valentine's Day foreplay: @msatris.bsky.social reads Oakland through the lens of Manuel Betancourt's "Hello Stranger," a work of "cultural-criticism-cum-memoir-cum-cumming-theory-and-praxis."

Sorry, you're abs. right, I meant the inventors of this "seven-league boot" thing.

18th St. is one of Oakland's most dangerous. Here's how the city is fixing it An ambitious plan to improve the West Oakland roadway is expected to break ground this summer, with buffered bike lanes, pedestrian islands, and more.

This is excellent - 18th Street, one of my faves, will really blossom.

Do we need to walk faster than we're evolved for?

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High praise for my other persona

I never hear people scan their cards at the stations; they treat the 1T as a free ride. But your stat may not actually mean percent of passengers who pay. Truth is hazy!

Just speaking from experience.

Sure, but nobody pays the fare, nobody.

Age verification? I used to sneak out at night and buy whiskey shots at age sixteen.

I'm so happy that "belly fat" ads are long gone, but nonplussed at all the ugly dementia ads now the rage.

4 panel comic Panel 1: Pink Guy holds up a stack of paper and says: I’m a writer, could you read my manuscript? Yellow Guy, walking dismissively out of shot: gross no Panel 2: Robot moves into shot. A panel in its stomach is full of scraps of text. Robot snatches manuscript from pink guy and says: Gimmie that Panel 3: Robot stuffs manuscript into its mouth Panel 4: Robot bends over and proceeds to shoot a sludge of disgusting paper mulch into Yellow Guy’s smiling open mouth

when you say “duhh ai writing is good actually” you’re the yellow guy. this is u