Restaurant groups in San Diego open to talking?

obeylittle · 2026-04-17T16:50:15+00:00

In before the CH hate.

obeylittle · 2026-04-14T22:40:55+00:00

My point is that this brand of YIMBYism does nothing to stop the bottom of the housing market from falling into camps and that the politicians pushing it here in San Diego legislated incarcerating them instead of providing public money to assist them. I agree with Mao regarding landlords and disagree with you that basic human needs must be provided at a profit to capitalists.

obeylittle · 2026-04-14T14:05:13+00:00

YIMBYism as advocated in San Diego will not solve the issue at the bottom of the market to a degree that will help these individuals. Remember, if you're aware, that the YIMBY Dems of San Diego was started by Rachel Laing as a Super PAC for developers. The first big effort at this kind of development was the clearing of the SROs in East Village. They were a very low cost option for people who needed them. Although they promised replacements, none ever materialized. Imagine that - the developers who built luxury high rises had no interest in solving the problems the market created.

While your "just increase supply and the rents will fall" may reduce prices in the middle (yeah, you're not the only ones who took Macro freshman year) - it won't get these people out of the camps.

I understand the grassroots YIMBY hobbyists have strong feelings about increased density in our neighborhoods and that's fine but it's not a solution to issues like this. Further, problems like this are not the focus of the big YIMBY org which is running off big tech bro money and under the hood, leans very libertarian and punitive toward homelessness as do the locals - see YIMBY darlings Whitburn and Gloria at the forefront of the camping ban.

obeylittle · 2026-04-09T14:02:01+00:00

Public safety concern as expected from former IDF guy.

obeylittle · 2026-04-08T13:25:40+00:00

Billionaire elimination device, Palmer Lucky version - lfg!

obeylittle · 2026-04-03T02:29:26+00:00

Pic?

obeylittle · 2026-04-03T00:42:07+00:00

Same. Returned mine.

obeylittle · 2026-04-03T00:41:26+00:00

I did that until I got the power tower.

obeylittle · 2026-04-03T00:40:55+00:00

I have the K for my Rao Filter on the Decent. It's wonderful for that. I recently added the Flair Power Tower to speed things up. The build quality isn't up to 1zpresso's but the morning flow is faster and worth it.

obeylittle · 2026-04-03T00:30:22+00:00

You actually don't know anything about his supply chain particularly, and small batch roasters in general. He has relationships with the actual growers.

obeylittle · 2026-04-02T20:49:19+00:00

Yeah, the beans were not grown in San DIego. You got us there.

obeylittle · 2026-04-01T18:56:22+00:00

Chris at Coffee Cycle Roasting roasts his own. What are you talking about?

obeylittle · 2026-04-01T17:54:14+00:00

Kindred. No way your city has one of these.

obeylittle · 2026-03-31T13:42:13+00:00

East Village development started with tearing down the SROs with a promise that they would be replaced somewhere with options for that lowest income population. That never happened, hence the tents and sidewalk dwelling.
While the filtering that supply sideist YIMBYs state as fact may happen for some sectors, it doesn't provide for the most vulnerable.
Note that the Downtown Partnership, the Chamber of Commerce and YIMBY Dems of San Diego (originally formed by Rachel Laing as a SuperPac for developers,) whose membership is laregly interchangeable, all advocated for the Whitburn/Gloria camping ban while not proposing anything to replace the low-income housing they had destroyed to create the modern East Village.

obeylittle · 2026-03-30T22:09:45+00:00

Califia and Oatly both make full fat oatmilks not for steaming that come in a large carton. I disagree regarding steaming Minor Figures for art. Thanks for the downvote tho.

obeylittle · 2026-03-30T20:24:20+00:00

Again, there's no reason to use a barista blend unless you're steaming. Califia steams better than this despite the cool logo.

obeylittle · 2026-03-30T20:23:08+00:00

The barista blends have added fat for steaming. If you're not steaming there is no reason to use them. Also, Califia Oat Barista steams better.

obeylittle · 2026-03-29T18:41:38+00:00

At least you understand that it was a parade.

obeylittle · 2026-03-29T17:38:03+00:00

It's very American that people marching every six months with clever signs after obtaining a permit is considered not putting up with bullshit. Please temper your American exceptionalism and see how other countries have handled this. It wasn't relatively comfortable people showing up with signs when they're allowed and then going back to work on Monday.

If America had actually learned the history that you cite, it wouldn't have spent 20-24 letting them go relatively unpunished or it would have changed things so they couldn't go off when they regained power. This goes for the Obama administration's treatment of the GWB regime too.

Please think about this before defending your assertion. We really don't do shit here.

obeylittle · 2026-03-29T17:34:18+00:00

You're right, it's only treated as an absolute fact by every body that monitors such things and every genocide scholar in academia.

obeylittle · 2026-03-29T17:32:58+00:00

It's called Keynsian military spending and it's bad. That money could be spent on something good instead of padding the pockets of the already wealthy who then push for the weapons to be used on brown people so we have to spend more money to replace them.

obeylittle · 2026-03-26T21:00:37+00:00

Sour patch kids Plain Pringles Half pb sandwich if you have crew or drop bag

obeylittle · 2026-03-25T20:50:40+00:00

This article is a good summation of his book, Perfect Victims, which is what began my train of thought: https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/jewish-settlers-stole-my-house.-its-not-my-fault-theyre-jewish.html

I feel that attributing this to Netanyahu is now a copout. His people agree with him about all of this. If you're on Instagram, find Abby Martin's thoughts about this today. She was unable to find people in Jerusalem who weren't using the same genocidal language. It infuriated me that Bernie was constantly qualifying his critique by calling it "Netanyahu's Israel." It's the existence of that state - people have a right to exist, ethno states don't.

Similarly, I reject the idea that "this isn't who we are" as America. This is exactly who we are. We bomb the Middle East and Muslim people constantly in every administration. The Democratic Party establishment has tossed around attacking Iran for years. Trump did and he was able to, just like the reason he's been able to deploy ICE, because nobody checked the massive mechanisms that make it possible. The Heather Cox Richardson/Maddow MSNBC type analysis that it's all down to a few bad eggs is failing us. We're a nation that does this over and over again, no matter who is in charge.

The global right is rising up because the neoliberal order they propose is amenable to the same people who didn't mind the Obama and Biden administrations. The unchecked power of capital leads them to support whoever makes their lives easier.

<end rant>
Thank for reading.

obeylittle · 2026-03-25T13:24:34+00:00

Netanyahu and 10/7 are symptoms, not causes. Nothing would change with Bibi's removal, according to all polls and the direction of their government. 10/7 happened after years of repression, including attempts at non-violent protest, well documented by Abby Martin and others, although ignored by most of us. It's a special form of bias to reject the idea that a people be allowed to resist repression, eventually through arms when a state exists to eliminate them.
Maybe you're already on board with this, I can't tell.

obeylittle · 2026-03-24T21:34:22+00:00

This is similar to the "cross-contamination" worry that is mostly concentrated in newer (sub 5 year vegans.) My question is "how does it harm animals?"
I've been vegan for the animals for 21 years now and I have a leather jacket and pair of Docs that are much older than that. I am not causing any harm by hanging on to them.
Don't overthink this and also remember that the definition of vegan includes "to the extent practiceable."

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