Davey Kim

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Davey Kim@dvyk· 11d

Holy sweet spaghetti.

Grand opening of Jollibee in SF. Market st.

Davey Kim@dvyk· 15d

That's one way to make a crater

Space X stock showing record lows as if mom July 27

Davey Kim@dvyk· 20d

Financial Times: Japans trains are getting much faster as the country embraces moonshots

Squidward staring down in the dark out the window while his neighbors are having fun

Davey Kim@dvyk· 20d

Spermanent. I mean this is not really a laughing matter but...

New Spermanent supportive housing required to be drug free

Davey Kim@dvyk· 26d

www.britannica.com/topic/liars-...

Encyclopedia Britannica

liar’s dividend
social phenomenon

Learn about this topic in these articles:
misinformation and disinformation
/ Free speech and the liar’s dividend
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Davey Kim@dvyk· Jul 4

I'm glad the rain cools us off to 102F

Flight announcement. Next stop cleveland. Thunderstorms with highs of 102F.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Jun 27

Stay classy San Francisco

Davey Kim@dvyk· Jun 10

It just astounds me how much these podcasters pose as regular ole guys completely disinterested in politics, but then seem happy to strategize over running cover for an administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/m...

The vice president once again pushed to release as much of the Epstein files as possible. And with an eye on the public messaging, he proposed that he should be the one to appear on Rogan’s influential podcast. Vance had just gotten off the phone with Rogan, and he later told others that Rogan said he wouldn’t have Blanche on his show but would take Vance.

Vance argued that if he were the one to appear on Rogan’s show, then only a part of the conversation would be about Epstein. The rest of the interview, he told the group, could be about the president’s recently passed legislation and what it would do for working families.

Davey Kim@dvyk· May 31

Id like to toot this tidbit:

But beyond practical benefits and safety, we also wonder about our son’s developmental maturity. If I do this transit dad thing right, my son will grow up knowing how to navigate his city confidently and, eventually, independently.

He’ll learn to embrace neighbors less fortunate than him rather than fear them, with regular, daily interactions showing him that they have more in common than not. He’ll have a relationship with San Francisco that is only possible from sharing space with others not just on the bus but in all the public spaces that make up our civic life.

Davey Kim@dvyk· May 10

C,man Zoox

Davey Kim@dvyk· May 2

Philz on a Saturday morning is pretty sparse. Anyone know if it's because of their recent private equity play?

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 30

It's a little hard to buy the throat clearing about not opposing rail, knowing well that for most people the takeaway is: don't build it.

This is not to say Alto shouldn’t be built, nor that it’s a bad idea. The construction and operation of a high-speed rail line would generate growth and socioeconomic value for Canada.

It would create tens of thousands of construction jobs, billions of dollars in new opportunities annually and could help revive Canada’s suffering steel sector (currently dealing with tariff pressures from the United States).

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 30

Oh interesting: economic growth causes more activity that can cancel out emissions reductions from rail? Good point! Oh you don't account externalities of economic growth from EVs or electric planes? Okay (nods head)

One of the real benefits of high-speed rail development is economic growth. This arises because a new high-speed train makes new forms of economic activity possible.

It reduces the time it takes to travel between cities, making greater connectivity possible, while also increasing tourism opportunities. In theory, it also expands the distance that workers are willing to commute, which could create new housing development opportunities in regions that otherwise would not have experienced them.

Nevertheless, these same benefits potentially undermine some of the environmental arguments for high-speed rail. These new economic opportunities induce new transport demand — not only for the new train but for other modes of travel as well.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 30

Like yes, you have to account for emissions from high speed rail construction. You have my attention. Oh, EVs and electric planes are better options you say? Oh and you didn't account for emissions from manufacturing and infrastructure of those alternatives? Okay (nods head)

Much of the diverted automobile traffic for high-speed rail — by the time the train line is built — will likely come from EVs. That leaves diverting traffic from aircraft as the main way to reduce transport emissions. Yet even this sector is also expected to electrify in the coming decades.

In fact, it is precisely the short-haul flight market within the busy Québec City-Windsor corridor where small electric aircraft are set to debut in Canada. Airlines have already put in orders for electric planes, which may even enter into service before the first rail link is built.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 27

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 26

Okay now Im gonna cry #gokingsgo

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 24

Let's go CTA!!!

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 23

If I don't see halmonies and harmonicas tonight, I'm going to freak out. #gokingsgo

2025 LA kings playoffs, Korean seniors playing the national anthem with harmonicas

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 23

Cahmahn. True locals don't need parking.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 19

I dont want to be a snob, but do you have to debut your new jerseys in shorts and shower flip flops? #gokingsgo

new ontario reign jerseys modeled by players in shorts and flip flops

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 15

For height-phobic NIMBYs who fear we are "turning San Francisco into Miami," here's an actual rendering of the recently passed Family Zoning Plan. Thanks to @foglinesf.bsky.social SF actual zoning =Orange/Red Miami heights = Blue

Zoning height map showing modest height increases

Same zoning map but with high miami level height limits.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 15

Excerpt from @eitanhersh.bsky.social Politics is for Power: the culture of the modern Democratic party is to sub your responsibility for action toward material social change (i.e. building housing at local levels) for...

Even so,<mark style="background: #FFEB4FA6;"> why has the college-educated middle class generally failed to participate in concrete local committees where they might work to ad- dress issues such as environmental policy or civil rights? The answer is also, of course, self-interest, in the form of NIMBYism (Not In My Back- Yard). For someone who cares about environmental protection or racial justice, it's easier to sign a petition or send in a donation to an organi- zation in Washington supporting liberal positions than to face one's neighbors and deal with the issue in one's own backyard.</mark>26 It's easier for parents to let their children skip school to march in sup- port of national and international climate action than to let them skip school to demand serious and immediate changes from their own cities and towns. Carol's county Democratic committee in Oregon takes positions in municipal races because it wants to push the agenda its members care about at the local level. But other local party committees don't do that because the professional class of liberals who dominate local Democratic groups either aren't themselves on board with economic, environ- mental, and racial policy priorities when it comes to local politics or else they do not want to face their immediate neighbors on those issues.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 12

Gonna cry #gokingsgo

Kopitars last home game before retirement.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Apr 3

Real headline from the New York Post. Who laundered this pro-rail innuendo into car-brained reactionary media? #15minutecities lives! Muahahaha.

Metro
LA’s $24B high-speed tunnel project could slash 405 Freeway commute to just 18 minutes

Davey Kim@dvyk· Mar 21

Had to rub my eyes for this one. Whose sense of justice is served by seizing an 11-year-old's piggy bank hidden under his bed? Remember kids: hiding assets from the law is illegal.

If the parents were found not at fault, Levine said, damages could be limited to the child’s assets. Those could include money held in a bank account the parents had set up for the child, and also future assets — judgments in civil suits can remain enforceable for as long as 20 years if the plaintiffs do the right paperwork, Levine said.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Mar 14

One of these folks (besides the person in pink) will be take Nancy Pelosi's Congressional seat.

Congressional candidates for San Francisco

Davey Kim@dvyk· Mar 2

Who's eggcited for the post-Hiller era? #gokingsgo

Portrait of new Kings head coach DJ Smith

Davey Kim@dvyk· Mar 2

I fell for the click bait. Damn these people. #gokingsgo

YouTube thumbnail that says Auston Matthews to LA.

Davey Kim@dvyk· Mar 2

I think I'm gonna need more than 90 days (cleaning out childhood boxes)

90 day limited warranty on a Nintendo entertainment system

Davey Kim@dvyk· Feb 24

The wealthy denizens of SF's West Portal are unhappy that their location, named after a major transit stop, will see dense housing built right next their major transit stop.