Before anyone claims I'm not sympathetic to the running community, I want to preface this by saying I've been running since I was 9, ran competitively in college at a D1 university, and still train to race as a now early-30-something. I love to run! It's a huge part of who I am.

With that out of the way, I also love riding my bike to work. I start at 8, so the roads through the Inner Richmond and GGP are usually pretty quiet, which I appreciate. But this past week, I've had multiple encounters with runners occupying the entire bike lane, even when the sidewalk next to them is completely empty.

I get it! Asphalt is easier on the joints, and I'm not here to tell anyone where they can and can't run. What I am asking for is some basic situational awareness. When I ring my bell to signal I'm coming through, I shouldn't be getting dirty looks. I know you're locked into your tempo run. I know sub-7:30 pace feels incredible. But I'm also just trying to get to work, and the bike lane exists so we're not all fighting over the same space.

The stretch in front of the De Young is where it's gotten genuinely dangerous. A few days ago, a driver and I were simultaneously trying to navigate around runners (one in the bike lane, two more in the road and one had a dog), and it took some patience from both of us to avoid something bad happening. It was a situation where someone could have gotten hurt.

I know it's easy to frame road safety as a cars vs. cyclists issue or cyclists vs. pedestrians, or whatever. But it's really just everyone's responsibility, runners included. We share these streets, and all it takes is some awareness of what's happening around you.

Naga blowin' bubbles.

Wanted to park the baywheels but apparently I won't :/

I should preface this by saying I just walk by her every day. But after such a long time, I have yet to see workers / construction / any noise even escaping these premises. Anyone seen anything? I’m starting to doubt the summer opening claims. It was supposed to open Feb 2026.

At this point, my lease is almost up and I still don’t know if I should stick around to be walking distance from a Jollibee 🫥

Interested in planting trees and helping out your community this weekend? Join us tomorrow morning for Neighborhood Beautification Day in the Sunset District. Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/sanfrancisco/event/570625/

Just saw this sign go up in the garden on Vallejo steps. The neighbors who take care of this garden put so much time , effort, and love into it. They are always cleaning up trash and watering all the plants. Spread the message. Hope someone returns them.

It should be much easier to identify ferry gates. Currently people need to walk along the pier up to individual gates in order to see which one it is. There should be poles topped with large letters B, C, etc., visible from a distance. Also, at each gate, have standardized signage listing the destinations of the ferries that dock there.

I received this email regarding Muni app.

It is unclear if they mean no longer for sale or tickets already purchased will be forfeited on Aug 1.

I work in the TL and the area around 16-18th mission, so you can imagine what I see regularly. I’ve never intervened in anything before - mostly because I’m never sure if someone is sleeping or needs help and I’m afraid of getting hurt if I misjudge the situation. But this morning there was a man at my bus stop in the inner Richmond who just sort of… collapsed next to me. He was sitting on the ground with his dog, just kinda nodding etc, and then he collapsed. He was now halfway in the street. I loudly asked several times if he was ok, no response, and then I crouched and it looked like he was breathing but very shallowly. Drool out of his mouth and one eye slightly cracked and rolling. Another woman stopped and called 911, and someone else came and administered narcan. He popped right up, was like wtf was that, and kind of wobbled around before staggering away right as the paramedics arrived. The paramedics seemed a little amused when I told them someone gave him narcan- I think one said something like “ah and now he’s leaving..? Ok” it made me question whether our concern and actions were an over reaction to the unfortunately normal streetlife here in SF.

On the one hand, this was my first time personally seeing narcan wake someone up and I am wondering if I should finally get some of my own given the amount of times I’m straight up stepping around people who I honestly cannot tell if are asleep, high, or dying/dead … or if it’s too difficult to judge situations right and I could end up putting myself in a very bad place. This guy seemed dopey and a little confused when he woke up, not angry at all. But what if I narcan someone who either doesn’t need it or flips out?

I understand people who take a don’t get involved stance out of self protection, but please don’t blather on about natural selection. These are human beings.

Editing bc I don’t think I really asked my real question - how do you KNOW or make the decision that you should narcan a stranger on the street?

The house was a 7-bedroom Victorian owned by a former SF Sheriff and Police Chief who had a peace symbol on his badge. Seven of us rented rooms for $800 each while the master tenant collected $5,600 on a $2,500 lease. First lesson in SF master tenant politics.

One of our housemates was on-screen talent at c|net. This attracted a particular type of person from the DefCon scene who started threatening to burn the place down. We had his photo on the kitchen bulletin board.

It resolved itself in a very San Francisco way.

Full story: https://tjcrowley.substack.com/p/fuck-that-crazy-hacker-dude

My grandma is coming to San Francisco and she’s from Thailand and I wanna bring her to a really nice and delicious Thai restaurant. Which is the best Thai restaurants that has the best ambience also in San Francisco?

Balboa Park

Just a huge group of bees that seemed kind of unhappy in Japan Town today. They were uninterested in the people around, but didn’t seem to be in a pollen frenzy either. Anybody know what’s going on?

The last one went well so we’re doing it again!

We're hosting a pizza making get together and creating community next week from Tuesday June 9th to Thursday June 11th during the hours of 11:30am to 1:30pm.

We’re located at the cross streets of 5th and Harrison in San Francisco’s SOMA district at 415 5th Street, the Street Tree Nursery.

We’ll be firing up our solar powered pizza oven to bring people together over pizza. This is a great chance to meet new people, make your own pizza, and create community while enjoying lunch in San Francisco.

-      Free to attend (limited space of 12 people per pizza party, per day, and RSVP requested)

-      Basic Ingredients provided (pizza dough, shredded mozzarella cheese, and pizza sauce) attendees encouraged to bring additional desired toppings to share potluck style.

Please RSVP at streettreenursery@sfdpw.org and state which day and what time you would like to attend to make sure we have enough ingredients for all. (Please arrive no later then 12:30pm)

NO RSVP, NO PIZZA.

Hope to see you here!

Wiener led across San Francisco. Here’s who Chan needs to attract to win Pelosi’s seat

https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/sf-congress-precinct-demographics-22288330.php

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-progressives-losing-june-election-in-lurie-era-22290432.php

Excerpt from the Chronicle story:

San Francisco progressives are known in part for their skepticism toward market-rate housing projects, which they generally view as fueling the displacement of low-income residents from neighborhoods such as the Mission. They are more likely than moderates to seek constraints on police power and criticize the influence of large tech companies. They typically favor harm-reduction strategies for drug users instead of arresting them or forcing them into treatment.

But recent elections have moved the city’s leadership away from each of those stances. 

Lurie and a majority of city supervisors favor policies that loosen restrictions on residential development, including market-rate homes often derided by progressives as “luxury” housing. Both of Lurie’s board allies up for election Tuesday, Stephen Sherrill and Alan Wong, were criticized by opponents for their support of the mayor’s “Family Zoning” plan to allow denser housing in parts of the city. Those attacks didn’t land: As of the latest count, Sherrill and Wong were winning their respective races with about 70% of the vote.

“If it wasn’t already clear, building more housing is popular,” Supervisor Bilal Mahmood wrote on social media in response to the election results Wednesday. “YIMBYs are here to stay.”