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chris arvin
@chrisarvinsf
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2011
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    trains will be like “i know a spot” and then take you there efficiently and sustainably
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    walking mode vs queer walking mode
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    i have spent years building up this knowledge
    San Francisco Store Cats
by Chris Arvin · @chrisarvinsf

Lilly: Michaelis · Fillmore & Union
Fufu: S&S Grocery · Grant & Union
Sun Sun Trading · Stockton & Pacific
Animal House · Fillmore & Waller
Tosca: Nabila’s Naturals · Hayes & Laguna
Kiano: O’looney’s Market · Haight & Steiner
Dogg: George’s Market · 14th & Church
Toasty & Meow Meow: Seven · 25th & Irving
Kit Kat: Randa’s Market · 16th & Valencia
Chucky: Flora Grubb · 3rd & Jerrold
Boots: Hey Neighbor Café · San Bruno & Burrows

Photo credits: Lily photo by David N. on Yelp, Fufu photo by Ben G. on Yelp, Boots photo by Max Ramirez. All other photos taken by me.
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    happy holidays from the traindeer everyone
    Trains from different cities with red noses and reindeer antlers.
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    Boston has removed fares on 3 bus lines primarily serving low-income & PoC riders. on the first one, ridership is up 48%. “Our plan is to continue demonstrating that this works…I have spoken with so many families who have said it’s been life-changing”
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    the cashier at target just asked me “do you need validation” and as a non-drivist i did not understand it was a parking thing
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    me: I should probably try drawing things other than trains also me: what if I made trains...but they were happy
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    i love taking bart to lake tahoe 🥰
    it's a photoshop of bart going in lake tahoe
    my cousin from LA is coming to the bay and asked me if bart will take them to lake tahoe
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    Replying to @amazonpay
    cool cool check out this one
    bernie sitting next to headline "Amazon is using union-busting Pinkerton spies to track warehouse workers and labor movements at the company"
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    what the rest of america thinks SF politics is like: today we are allocating funding for free weed for all queer people what SF politics actually is like: today we're accusing a tamale lady of catering to drug dealers and voting to approve cop robots that blow people up
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    i’m sorry i am trying to keep my posts more positive but this image is going to haunt san francisco forever. we have one of the strongest economies in the US, empty hotels offering rooms, amazing health professionals. yet this is where we’re telling unhoused people to go. horror.
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    when u ask the california state legislature to fund transit service
    Bart Simpson reading “DIE BART DIE” note
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    oh just wait until you hear about how the suburbs were made you’re gonna be so mad
    We’ll Protect America’s Suburbs
We reject the ultraliberal view that the federal bureaucracy should dictate where and how people live.
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    Parody ad of the ad in the quote tweet. Text:

Cars are terrible for cities.

Yes, even the self-driving ones.

Self-driving cars don’t solve congestion issues. Their batteries are harmful to the environment. Even with electric cars, we need to massively reduce vehicle usage to meet climate goals. Self-driving cars still require designing cities for cars, not for people. The tech is not ready and regularly impedes public transit. Cruise’s desire to remove labor for profit doesn’t convince us to let our city be their testing course.

Let’s invest in buses instead.
    We ran this full-page ad in @nytimes and several local papers today. Human drivers aren't good enough. America can do better, and it is time we fully embrace AVs.